Namely, the fact that apparently the only thing worth mentioning about the place, in a video overflowing with Austin references (they managed to include more shots of UT cheerleaders than Texans and Cowboys cheerleaders COMBINED), are apparently the the Texans cheerleaders and the San Jacinto Monument. Nice that the Austinite could momentarily acknowledge the place where Texas independence was won in between his adoration of Austin, San Antone and DFW (you realize Dallas is the birthplace of everything the rest of the world hates about TX; the disgust with that attitude starts in Ft. Worth and builds rapidly as you get farther from Dallas). The cheerleaders are really the best part though; so many shots of the UT girls. There are people in China who've heard of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders; you'd probably have to explain to most of them what UT Austin is.

Happy Indepedence Day anyway. The subject of "national days" came up i norskkurs tonight and the lærer had each of us say when our various ones were; naturally, I had to give two. As far as songs to though, I'll stick with this: