Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Back Stage Passes

Last night I went to a Stars game with my best friend phil. He works for the hockey team out in Fort Worth and was able to score some nice seats and locker room passes for the San Jose Sharks. While down there, I got to see Rob Blake, Jeremy Roenick, and Joe Thornton. Three great hockey players. Overall, it was a really fun experience that I'll remember for a while.

2009 Resolutions:
1. Work out more. I was doing well up until the Christmas Holidays... I need to get back in it.
2. Save the actual amounts that I'm suppose to.
3. Enjoy life and experience it.

I'm sure there are others I will come up with in the next 35 hours... But for now, I'm off to Laguna Beach for a couple days, then San Francisco.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Chicken sausage for dinner, goin old school

Friday, December 26, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008

2008 White Rock Relay - South Park

It was another great year for Seam Ttupid, this being our 4th White Rock Marathon Relay (My 3rd to run in). This year I was tasked with the 3rd leg of about 5 miles. Great times...

The following narrates it all in photos:

The night prior event always takes place at the Gingerman. We have a mandatory meeting at 2 am. This year... the meeting continued on into the night until 3:30 AM.



Myself and Webb... at the gingerman.




And we drink beer...



Suzanne and Meghan... good ole friends...




Seam Ttupid... 7:40 AM before the race starts




We fought some bulls...




Me starting my 5 mile leg... chuggin down a beer...




Catching me at a transition point...




Struggling... the only reason i was able to keep running was due to the help of the girl behind me... i did not want someone that goes to OU to run faster than me... So i just paced myself till the end.




Rental cars... who cares if you stand on top of them...




Post Race... in front of the AA




Next year... we should be able to get Michelob Ultra to sponsor us. You think i'm joking, but seriously... while taking pics in front of the truck, the Michelob Ultra rep asked us if we were the BOrats two years ago, and Stewies last year (it's amazing how people remember our stupid antics). She gave us her email and said next year they would probably be interested in sponsoring us. Awesome... my dreams are coming true, being sponsored by a beer.

The plan for next year is underway already... wait for it.

Friday, December 12, 2008

Executive platinum

Is it bad that a personal goal of mine for 2009 is to make executive platinum on American airlines. If you don't know what that it is, it means by the end of 2009, I should be able to fly the plane.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Why'd you wanna go and put stars in their eyes...

It's the same old story, they just didn't realize.

That would be the song that is jammin on my laptop at the moment. Just got back from the gym... did a quick 3 mile run at 8 minute mile... and now I'm hurting a little. Not sure if that is good since I'll have to do 6 on sunday with a huge headache. Either way, i did the best i could at emergency training (really only started seriously training 2 weeks ago).

The past few days have gone a lot better at work. Still really busy, but things are kind of clearing up. Of course right when things clear up, some other issue comes up, that i have to understand... so now it's just something else. Guess that just the way it goes.

Tomorrow, I get to go home. It will be nice to sleep in my own bed again. THe past several night I've been waking up several times a night, and for some reason not feeling tired. I'm not sure why, i'm staying up late, waking up early. I should be way more tired than i am. What is wrong with me?

Next week will be my last week in Florida for 2008. I'll be spending new years on the opposite side of the country... Laguna Beach. Should be interesting since I've never been to that are in Cali. Hopefully I'll meet Lauren from the Hills and we will fall madly in love... ha... fat chance.

this is me breathing?

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Tuesday

It was rough waking up this morning, but I survived. Had a two hour meeting from 930 to 1130, got assigned more work, not sure how they are going to expect me to do all of this.

Another two hour meeting in the afternoon. I imagine there will be a few more this week.

Ran last night. 4 miles in 33 minutes. 8 15 miles. I need to drop that to 8 and be able to run 6. Tonight i'll shoot for 2 or 3 at sub 8.

Not that anyone cares... but these are the things that consume my days lately while im in florida. Eating free breakfast, long meetings, lots of work, $4.25 lunch, more meetings, more work, free dinner, work a little more and take care of personal finances, work out at Gold's Gym, eat some turtles, drink a poweraid, go to sleep.

The End.

Monday, December 08, 2008

three hour meeting

i had a three hour meeting today. I believe zero progress was made. This cannot be good, can it?

Four more days in beautiful Florida. Weather here is perfect.

Went to the gym tonight. Crowdedness ensued. Followed that by going to Hurricanes to have some wings. I'm not much of a wing eater... they were alright.

White Rock Marathon is this weekend... wait for it.

I'm still considering London at the end of January for a 3 - 4 day trip. It will be rough, but I'll be there with some really fun guys which will mean some really good times.

Off to bed... let's see how this goes.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Tomorrow is Friday

How do i know this you may ask, well i know this because I have one pair of socks, one pair of boxers, and one more under shirt.

I go home tomorrow. Wait for it. I need to be somewhat good this weekend.

Whoa

So... only in South Florida will you see a 70 year old woman smoking a swisher sweet with sunglasses on at night. You know what they say, the sun never sets on cool.

Planned Trips for 2008:
1. San Fran
2. Possibly London
3. Whistler
4. Probably one vegas trip
5. At least one NY trip
6. Possibly Peru
7. Jackson Hole, WY

I imagine one or two trips may be thrown in there. We shall see... only time will tell

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

A preview

of our white rock costumes for 2008.....

Monday, December 01, 2008

A boring entry... because this is my life

4:55 - I wake up on my own mostly due to nervousness that one of my two alarm clocks will not go off. I'm paranoid about oversleeping and missing a flight... I know, I'm crazy.
4:59 - Alarm number 1 goes off. I can't figure out how to turn the damn thing off. Why do I set alarms I don't understand.
5:00 - Alarm number 2 goes off. Very easy to turn off, so I do. Luckily or unluckily, however you want to put it, I'm awake due to both alarms. The heater kicks on. Strange, I didn't know we had turned it on this year. I make some adjustments to make it turn off.
5:30 - Out the door. Make my call to AA to find out my gate. All is good.
6:25 - Board the plane and sit in seat 10F. By far the greatest seat other than being in first class (except for I didn't plan for weirdo to sit next to me).
6:26 - I'm in my seat and asleep. Life is good
6:45 - Someone hits my chair really hard. I wake up.
6:45:02 - Someone hits my chair really hard again. I turn around with the death stare, only to find a co worker. Ha.
6:50 - Guy sitting next to me arrives with starbucks coffee and some form of pastry. I still don't understand why so many people in this word must drink coffee to get going.
6:51 - I'm back asleep
6:55 - Guy next to me opens the window next to me. WTF. I'm trying to sleep, the light sure doesn't help. I push through it and am able to fall asleep.
10:30 - Touch down in FLL. Rent Car. Drive 1 hour to Fort Lauderdale. Eat a burrito at Moes.
12:30 - Arrive at work to start my day.
6:20 - Receive a random voice mail. All i can hear is TI singing in the background. I must have been pocket dialed.
6:30 - Leave work. Pick up Dry Cleaning. Check in to hotel.
7:00 - Go downstairs to eat the free dinner. Salisbury Steak. For some reason, this makes me happy. Wheel of Fortune is on. I knew that prior to looking at the Television since it's 7 pm and and the TV is always on the same channel.
9:15 - Current time. I go to workout now.

This is my life on the road. Almost every monday goes like this. For some reason, I like it.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Recent Ebay Acquisition

I got my recent eBay acquisition in the mail yesterday and framed it last night. Now just need to figure out where to hang it.



Thoughts on where it should go?

Monday, November 24, 2008

wtf

am i doing? Sometimes i wish i could have the opportunity to spend one day in the future... and base my decisions i make today on what i saw in that one day (which... in result, would change the future).

But unfortunately, i don't have this super power (at least not that I've been able to discover). Maybe I just need to try harder. I'll work on that tonight and see how this all goes. Am i going crazy.

This is me breathing.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

freebirds

what i wouldnt do for a free bird burrito right now. Wow, there bbq sauce is one of the best. Maybe tomorrow i'll make a trip.

Tonight we went to the londoner and watched OU destroy TECH. i was very surprised and hoping for a much better game. Oh well. The bar is new and was pretty nice... my kind of place (not crazy more chill than anything). Got a call from my new friend... and had a good time.

are you ever confused about what you are doing in life. Cus right now, i think i'm more confused then i've ever been.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Sunday, November 16, 2008

I figured out Vegas

I have figured this place out. Vito is my boy and jack is my friend. Detox for the next 2 weeks

Friday, November 14, 2008

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Gun barell city

Thursday, November 06, 2008

yup... it's been a long time in the making

So... apparently, a lot of people are getting tired of me just posting pics to update you on my life. I've gotten thousands of requests in the past few weeks to write an actual entry. So here you go, are you happy now? Of course you all are.

Anyway, all has been going pretty well in the life of brian. Work is killing me and i'm learning that... well, work isn't always a breeze. Coming from my last project where it was all 8-5 and once a week we'd leave at 3 to go drink with the energy traders. However, at my new place, i find myself working 7 to 7 (at least) on days that i'm in Florida...

SO how is Florida a lot of people ask. It is a great place, the area we are in has a lot to offer, including Whole Food, Captial Grille, Moes, Let's Talk Turkey, an awesome mall, la PLAYA (beach in spanish), an even a Chilis (my favorite). The guys i work with are great and the team at FPL seems to like me and they very nice people. However, there is also a team there that is making my life a little difficult. We are both on different pages, which is frustrating both of us. It will all work out in the end, hopefully, just the interim is tough. Early on in the project, i kind of had my first big eff up of my career. I was put in an interesting situation that involved a vendor, and i took the wrong path. It has all been smoothed over, but for a while, i was prettied worried and stressed about it.

Last weekend I stayed the weekend in Miami and partied it up with some friends from college. Watched UT lose, which sucked. Then did bottle service at the Mansion. Somehow, I met some latin pop star and partied with her part of the night, which was... well... how you say... interesting. All in all it was a great trip, but i defintiely need to sober up this weekend.

Next weekend... Vegas for a bachelor party. Which means another 11 day trip (similar to what i just got back from). Being gone for 11 days can be difficult, and it didn't help tonight when i went to check in that they said it is too late. I was able to make it... but for about five minutes... i thought i was going to have to stay another night. Aka... no bueno.

AIght aight... i'm done. Have a good night. must run tomorrow!

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

The McCain pinata

Saturday, October 18, 2008

McCain pinata

Friday, October 17, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Monday, October 13, 2008

Dinner. For champions

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

AC DC radio

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This weeks parking spot

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Monday, October 06, 2008

First and probably last cowboys game

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Xm radio is nice

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Sept 19. Talk like a pirate day

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

This mornings view

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Florida

As you can see in the previous post, I am in Florida. This is my third week here, and first week to stay at the hotel on the beach. I do enjoy staying 100 feet from the beach, but I only get the chance to see it for maybe an hour since we get home around 7 pm. By 8 pm... it's dark and the beach is gone. I ate at the Subway down the street from the hotel, since the only other choice in walking distance is the hotel restaurant, which i had last night, and it was not very good. Now, I haven't had Subway in well over a couple of years, and i always remembered it tasting like shit. And just in case anyone wants my opinion, it still tastes like shit. I have no idea how that Jared dude ate this crap everyday. He must either have no taste buds, or an extreme desire to "lose" weight. Tomorrow I'll most likely eat the hotel, only because I've heard the best things on the menu are the quesadillas. But then again, I'm from Texas, so the quesadillas back home are always amazing.

Good night. So ready for the weekend. No one better forget what Friday is, International Talk Like Pirate Day

Monday, September 15, 2008

View from my hotel in juno beach

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The look of ... uninterest?

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Good, bad, good

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

The infamous orange chair.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Monday, September 08, 2008

Thursday, September 04, 2008

The hotel bar has Stella.

And I can't get enough of it.

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Hanna...

Hopefully Hanna keeps on its projected path. I really want to make it home without any problem.

Florida has a lot of Palm trees

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Red sox game

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