Alas, at last, here it is: my repayment of the debt I owe Mike for losing our bet on the UCLA-Gonzaga game.
Originally, I was only going to have to post the picture of myself wearing Mike’s UCLA jersey (at top left, and after the jump) for a short time, but because I overslept twice when I was supposed to be at the law school having the picture taken, and thus I inadvertently delayed things by several days, I agreed to a substantial increase in the penalty, for good faith’s sake. As a result, the UCLA jersey photo will remain there through Saturday, until the end of UCLA’s Final Four game against LSU. And, far more horribly, the name of my blog has been changed — for today only — to “The Irish Bruin’s Blog.” (”Today,” for purposes of the bet, starts at 9am Tuesday and continues until 8:59am Wednesday. But I’m posting this now to prevent any further potential oversleeping problems.)
Let this be a lesson to you, boys and girls: if you lose a bet, show up on time to pay your debt. :)
For the uninitiated: I graduated from USC in 2003; hence the hatred of UCLA. I now attend Notre Dame Law School, where Mike is one of my good friends; he graduated from UCLA in 2004. Entirely unrelated to all that, I’m a Gonzaga fan; I’ve been cheering for the Zags since 1995. So when it developed that Gonzaga and UCLA were set to meet in the Sweet 16, it was only logical that Mike and I make a friendly bet on the game, just like we did on the USC-UCLA football game last December. (That one went rather better for me.) So, you’re seeing all of this because of Gonzaga’s horrendously heartbreaking loss last Thursday. If Batista had just passed the damn ball to Raivio (duh!) before Farmar could steal it, y’all wouldn’t be looking at these ugly pictures of me in cardinal-and-powder-blue. (Instead, there’d be a picture of Mike in a Gonzaga sweatshirt.) Harumph.
But I still love my Zags… and my Trojans. For the next few days, however, I have to pretend to love the Bruins. Excuse me now while I go barf. :)
Anyway, here’s a picture of Mike and me yesterday, after he took the “official” picture:
And here’s a larger version of the “official” picture:
Did I mention I hate UCLA?
P.S. For posterity’s sake, here’s a screenshot of what the homepage looks like right now:
I haven’t seen anything so ugly since UCLA’s last football game…
March 28th, 2006 at 7:02:33 am
It’s still The Irish Trojan in the title bar. No filching.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:02:53 am
Someone take a screenshot of the top of the page and archive it in the Bloypedia. I don’t know how to do any of that fancy stuff.
March 28th, 2006 at 8:09:09 am
It’s still The Irish Trojan in the title bar.
No it’s not… you might need to clear your cache or something…
No filching.
For the last time, it’s welching! But it says “Irish Bruin,” not “Irish Trojan,” for me anyway, and I changed it in the template, so I don’t know how it could not say that… can anyone else confirm or deny?
March 28th, 2006 at 8:25:31 am
Title bar…the blue bar in IE at the very top of the screen.
March 28th, 2006 at 9:11:10 am
Brendan, you look so mutinous in your picture. I’m glad you made this bet and not me; I don’t know if I could have done it!
March 28th, 2006 at 9:25:06 am
Who’s the nerdy kid next to Brendan?
March 28th, 2006 at 10:04:22 am
I bet that’s a first.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:29:35 am
Brendan,
I hope you take a good shower after taking off that awful jersey. Anyway, UCLA sucks and they will lose the next game….read my fingers!!!! Hey, that kid next to you doesn’t look like SC material.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:33:09 am
Josh:
If you click on *printscreen* (above insert) you will ad a copy of the screen your viewing on your clipboard. then, Open your picture editor (ie> photoshop) and click on paste. Voila, your whole screen which you can now crop, resize, and adulterate.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:37:08 am
Brendan,
Maybe some strategy would help alleviate your pain of having to wear that….
Like, posting on your wikipedia website/ glitching the site/ redirecting/ popups / talk about the following in depth: Social security / immigration / war in Iraq /etc etc. Maybe open up a forum for ideas.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:40:15 am
Did you get a haircut?
March 28th, 2006 at 10:46:04 am
It’s still The Irish Trojan in the title bar.
No it’s not… you might need to clear your cache or something…
Sorry Brendan, but he’s right :) The title bar does indeed still say Irish Trojan’s Blog.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:02:41 am
Title bar…the blue bar in IE at the very top of the screen.
Oh. That. Yeah, the bet didn’t say anything about changing that. But perhaps I will do so, in an abundance of good will…
Who’s the nerdy kid next to Brendan?
I bet that’s a first.
Hahahaha.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:36:06 am
But . . the comments still say Irish Trojan! We won’t rest until the whole blog is UCLA!! BWAHAHAHA!!!
Errr . . . yeah, never mind. ;) Just kidding with you.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:43:26 am
I think in the place of “USC 34, Notre Dame 31″ you should have to put the final score of the fUCLA-Gonzaga game.
March 28th, 2006 at 8:11:38 pm
I was wondering why the quality of the site - the writing, story choice and such, was down today.
Then I saw the name change. Duh.
j/k You’re a good man, Brendan. :)
March 28th, 2006 at 9:26:59 pm
I feel like barfing…
YOU attended USC and are going to ND WHILE wearing a UCLA…
I hope you never go to the USC campus…
People will HATE you for doing this…
Going to ND is like shooting your brother…
WEARING a UCLA(sucks by the way)Jersey is like shooting your mom while kicking your father in the family jewels..!
March 28th, 2006 at 9:31:37 pm
I would KILL to attend USC,I’m a freshmen in highschool by the way,
You actually went there…
Now ur going to ND…
I feel like crying
“UCLA will lose theor next game” - no duh!
they play LSU in the final four…
If ur talkin bout the next USC-UCLA game, DUH!
March 28th, 2006 at 9:41:46 pm
Jesus,
Wow, I’m used to getting crap from Domers, but getting crap from my fellow Trojans is a new one. As I just wrote to your e-mail address:
You want to question my loyalty to USC?
Have YOU spent three years on a hostile campus singing the praises of a team that all your friends and classmates hate with a bloody passion?
Have YOU ever sat in the Notre Dame student section, surrounded by rabid Irish fans, and cheered for the TROJANS at the top of your lungs, even though all your friends hated you for it?
Have YOU flown across the country in the middle of your first semester of law school just to see ESPN GameDay come to USC’s campus, skipping an ND home game and a bunch of classes, even though you didn’t have tickets to the ‘SC game?
Have YOU flown across the country again, in the middle of your third semester of law school, to watch the Fresno State game, again skipping an ND home game and a bunch of classes?
Don’t you question my loyalty to USC.
I’m wearing the UCLA jersey because I lost a bet. I hate UCLA, as the post made clear. Last December, I made my UCLA friend wear a USC sweatshirt, also because of a bet (he lost that one). That was sweet. This is payback, but I’ll survive the indignity… and find a way to humiliate him again when the Trojans kick the Bruins’ asses next year.
As for attending Notre Dame… would you seriously not go to the best law school you could get into, just because they’re a football rival? That’s f**king dumb.
I bleed cardinal and gold. Everyone here knows it, and I get a lot of sh*t from Irish fans for it. It’s easy to be a Trojan in L.A. Try being a Trojan in South Bend, and get back to me about true loyalty to your school.
March 28th, 2006 at 9:46:23 pm
Oh… you’re not really a fellow Trojan… you’re a freshman in high school. That explains a lot.
Life is complicated. People sometimes end up going to a graduate school that’s different than their college. There are Trojan Bruins, Bruin Trojans, Irish Trojans, Irish Buckeyes, Irish Wolverines, etc. etc. But most people still root for their undergrad alma mater. I certainly do. My first loyalty will always be with USC.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:14:20 pm
It’s easy to be a Trojan in L.A. Try being a Trojan in South Bend, and get back to me about true loyalty to your school.
Dude, half the people in South Bend hate Notre Dame. Seriously, it’s not that big a deal. Maybe some drunken assholes on gameday, but other than that, you’re blowing that one waaaaaay out of proportion.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:18:44 pm
Randy, I don’t live among townies, I live right near Notre Dame’s campus, so there aren’t very many people here who “hate Notre Dame.” That said, you’re right, it’s not that big a deal. I’m just trying to make a point to Mr. “Jesus” up there, who seems to think that because I go to Notre Dame, I’m a disloyal Trojan. In fact, the opposite is true: attending Notre Dame yet remaining a Trojan fan indicates loyalty, not disloyalty. That’s my point — not that I’m some sort of martyr.
March 29th, 2006 at 3:42:10 pm
You look like one of those frowning, sad-looking people in the “before” photos that they always show at the conclusion of those televised makeovers. Hilarious! Maybe you should post an “after” photo of you wearing a Trojans or Irish basketball jersey. A juxtapositioning of the two would be even better! :)
April 1st, 2006 at 12:09:35 pm
hey. i like the web-site and your views on politics. good luck in law school.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:09:51 am
oh wow I am so sorry about that. But I know this guy and he likes ucla, and i am a usc fan. we had to do this thing where the girls dressed up the guys, so i dressed him as a usc cheerleader! hahaha