holy orange bowl blowout, batman! one time that i don't feel bad rooting for usc, as they led the pac-10 and became the national champion with a 55-19 rout over #2 oklahoma. all the doubters who started squawking again after #4 cal lost were abruptly silenced by the pac-10's current shining star. take that, bcs voters who have no respect for the west! total domination. maybe they should have given auburn a run at the title after all...

how could i have forgotten to mention this among last week's events? we went to see the baby great white shark at the monterey bay aquarium! she's in the outer bay tank with the barracudas, sea turtle, hammerhead sharks, reef sharks, and yellowfin tuna (although it looks like they took the sunfish out-- for their protection?). she's pretty small still (about 65-70 pounds, maybe 4-5 feet long), but it's very cool to see her-- she's currently the only great white in captivity, so hopefully they will utilize her time in the aquarium to learn a lot about her habitat needs. if you want to see her, check out the outer bay cam.