Basement, nerves and no sleep

I woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat... I can't get the basement finishing project out of my mind. All I keep thinking about is what I've missed, what to do with all the stuff down there, how long it's going to take, how to pay for it, etc, etc, etc. Each night I wake up thinking "oh no, I forgot about that!". This is no way to go through life... I prefer that I've planned every detail down to the most minute step so there are no surprises. I feel like Seinfeld after he had to spend the night in Kramer's apartment with the Kenny Rogers Roaster sign shining in there.

My biggest problem right now is figuring out where to put everything so that there's room to build. I have this big universal gym, see, and it took me 4 days to put it together, see, and it has approximately 400 bolts, see... but it's in the way. I can't build the room around it and even if I could how do I get the carpet down? It's got to come apart, but man, what a pain in the ass.

I just realized I never touched on the Packers or Badgers yesterday. My bad...

First, the Pack. Brett's done, everyone knows it, he just hasn't admitted it yet. Especially now that Sherman has been fired (for what? going 4-12 with almost every key starter on IR?). Brett said he didn't want to learn a new offense. About the only thing that might make him reconsider would be if they hired Mariuci but that's not going to happen either. I'm just glad I watched the game and even if the Seahawks didn't play their starters in the second half, it was nice to see Brett go out with a win.

Badgers... what can you say? I thought they would get blown out in the Capital One bowl by Auburn. They were double digit dogs but they came to play and their big stars, Calhoun and Williams, had huge games. Looks like Calhoun will bypass his senior year to enter the draft. Can't blame him, he's a stud. Only bad thing to happen was Joe Thomas blowing out his knee. He's the anchor on the O-line and was playing D when it happened. Looks like that will force him to come back for one more year instead of going pro now.

Hockey Badgers. They won their little tournament against not so great competition. One interesting tidbit. They beat Northern Michigan in the final. Northern Michigan is coached by Walt Kyle, who I watched coach the Seattle Thunderbirds when I lived back there. Walt is currently coaching the US Juniors at the World Championships, which was coached by Mike Eaves 2 years ago when they won it all.

Basketball Badgers. They lost a tough one to Pitt. Pitt seems to have their number each year. They're getting better. I still think they are one really good player away from winning the big 10. They're close and should compete but until you see Butch and Steimsma start to dominate consistently they won't be better than middle of the pack.

Watched I Heart Huckabees last night. Strange movie about existential detectives that can be hired to help you find meaning in your life. Some funny parts and Mark Wahlberg is pretty good as the post-911 firefighter seeking to find meaning to his life and also to stop people from using petroleum products. Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin play the husband and wife detective team.