AC DC radio

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This weeks parking spot

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First and probably last cowboys game

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Xm radio is nice

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Sept 19. Talk like a pirate day

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This mornings view

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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

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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The infamous orange chair.

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My favorite shirt that got stolen

Hilton thinks I have a kid. What did I do?

The hotel bar has Stella.

And I can't get enough of it.

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

Red sox game

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Boston

Sam Adams grave...

Cigs

My first and last pack to purchase.

Parking spot

My parking spot.

Boston

In T-minus 3 hours. Holla!

Last Thursday

Drunk

Florida

Odds are, that after next week. My new client will be located in Jupiter, Florida. From what I've heard, we stay in this hotel. Even if that is not true, the client itself is located about one mile from the beach. I guess I'll need to bring my swimsuit and sunscreen. Holla!

If I do end up going, expect several uploads from my phone of pics of the beach.

My apartment smells like stale beer

So we had my roommate's 26 birthday party this weekend. And we decided that a keg would be needed to supply enough good times for a night where I don't get to sleep until 545 am. Yup... one of those really tame chill saturday nights... right.

It was rough from the begining. The first two keg taps were broken, and the third... well it worked. So all was good. There was some flip cup, quarters, hula hooping, taco cabana, mickey avalon, and might have tried to dance a little.

All in all, it was a good party. Tomorrow is Monday. I'm really excited to go to work... or not.

The Reverend

The Reverend Mac. I met 7 year ago in an old beat up locker room at the Travis County Expo Center. I had already played one year on Gibb's hockey team. Unfortunately, I didn't get resigned to that team and I was picked up by Fertig's team. It was that year that I met the Reverend Mac. After first meeting him, I asked if he was really a Reverend. "Technically, yes. I'm certified on the internet" he told me. We spent many nights the next couple years playing defense together, killing penalties, winning a championship or two, and drinking cheap beer after the games. Always a good time and the Reverend Mac always had a classic story.

About two years ago, while flying to Montreal for a hockey tournament, I had a layover in Detroit Michigan. I had a few hours to kill, so I decided to go have a beer at the closest bar I could find. There... Reverend Mac was sitting in his infamous black leather jacket. I sat down with him and we caught up over a few beers. Finally we shook hands, and we both went on our ways.

Today, I got an email from Fertig. Apparently, the Reverend Mac's is suffering from liver failure. They are unsure how much longer he will live, but hopefully he pulls through and can get back on the ice.

ebay kicked my ass last night

So last night I was trying to do anything but work. So I started cruising eBay. From there I ended up looking at my past reviews from other buyers/sellers, and found someone that I bought two paintings from a long time ago. I decided to check if the guy was still selling stuff on eBay, and low and behold, he was. I cruised through some of his stuff, and decided that I liked one of them and it was a reasonable price. 64.99 for a four canvas collected art piece. So I bid 100, reserve not met. At this point, i became more obsessed with wanting to know what the reserved price was. If you do not understand Reserve Prices, basically, a buyer cannot win until they bid a minimum amount that is set by the seller (this amount being the reserve price). At this point, I begin to increase my bid, until I hit the reserve price. Eventually, I bid 200. Well, I hit it. The reserve price was actually 179.00. With 20 minutes left in the auction. I felt for sure, that someone would surpass my bid. And someone came very close, uping my payment up to 194.50 (I'm a little suspicious about this, and believe it might be insider selling, but oh well). Anyway... 194.50 later, I'm the proud owner of the following painting:

Gettin my a... kicked

So i learned this morning, if you ever want to feel really slow. Meet at Luke's Locker at 6 am on a Wednesday. I only did 4 miles, and the rest of the group did 6 miles... and they smoked me. Oh yeah, and 80% of them were girls. I feel really good about myself today...

This is me breathing.

Classy beer

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The crusher!

32 ounces

5.4 mile run and a bacon sandwich

MMmmmmmm

really...

sometimes certain people do the stupidest things which i will forgo to attempt to understand. I don't even know why i considered it.

Anyway, last night i went to the french kicks concert with D and tha sistas. It was a great show and we all had a great time.

Saturday i'm going to make my first appearance at the House of Blues. A Guns N Roses cover band is playing... it will be awesome fo sho.

This is me breathing.

And... it happened

I've had my jeep for about 6 months now and have been very good about not leaving any valuables in it for even the shortest periods of time (I'm the dork that takes his computers into bars during happy hour, but only because I don't want my computer to get stolen).

So last night, I left my jeep in my garage where there are about 10 other cars. I left my ipod inside the jeep.

This morning, it was gone.

I know it's my own fault, so... I guess I'll be listening to NPR a lot more.

No Coke

Today is day 1 of no Coke. So far so well. Let's see how long I can make it.

I'm the great white hope.

Finally...?

It’s Friday. The past two weekends have been pretty crazy with weddings and bachelor parties. Erick and Ricky are married, Eric, Clint, and Webb all got engaged in the past few months. I guess I’m hitting that age, where all my friends get married? I’m 26. This is me breathing.

Is the sun still shining in Texas? It is somewhere, right?

Where I be?

So I know it has been a while since I last blogged... i'm pretty sure the last time was several weeks ago while i was in mendoza, Argentina staying at a really bad ass hotel.

While in Buenos Aires... I met some pretty cool people...
I passed out in the back of a truck with some flowers...
Drank a lot of wine and ate some skittles
Tried SweetBread (cow brains) and ate the shit out of the best steak I have ever had...
Mowed a yard or two with the locals
Drank a lot of Stella
Went on a hike in the Andes

Tried to grow a beard and went a little crazy with it...


The next few weeks were spent recovering and training for the Greenville Pub Crawl that took place this past weekend. Our team of 10 decided to dress like 80's tennis stars... I was Jimmy Connors. Unfortunately i only snapped a few photos that included myself:

Me and the roomie...
Kate and I doing a Kris-Kros chugalug
And finally... Josh and I posing in the Cinco De Mayo cut out...


All in all... it's been a great past two weeks. Life has been good... work has been good... and the girl i'm dating seems to keep getting cooler. Walk it out.

Mendoza

I made it to mendoza argentina.. thus far we have been to ba and uraguay... all good times. back to it.

Tomorrow ...

Ill be 26. Today, I drink good beer at my favorite bar on an amazing weather day.

Computer joke

On some video cards, if you press ALT + CTRL + right arrow it will turn the screen sideways. Note, this only worked on 1 out of the 5 computers we tried it on today

Buenos Aires

Today I finally booked where we will be staying while we are in Buenos Aires on April 9th throught the 17th.

http://www.buenosaireshabitat.com/apartments_details.php?id=304

Should be a good time. Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to do while I'm there.

really...

Tonight felt like a great night from the start. Few guys came over, played some wii, had some drinks, had plans to meet up with the S girl (my fav co worker). So we go to quarter, a typical starting off point. At this bar, i have some drinks, things are good. I notice a guy named bob who is friends of the last girl i dated. no big thing.

i see her and some friends walk in. Still not really a big thing. i'm having a good time, things with her didnt go well, no big deal. She comes over to say hi... This i''m not sure why happened. I know she did it just to be nice which i dont get. It is what it is, so i say, awkward 30 sconds... and she is gone. Pretty much just like the end of our relationship.

Anyhow,,, it was a fun night overall. Thats what counts.. night

20.6 mpg

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Wtf

It's not you, It's me

For the last month or so I dated a girl. A very nice girl that I clearly misread. I guess that is pretty typical for me, because who wouldn't like me...jk. Things ended and I think she explained things pretty well, but i was very confused still. Or maybe its just the fact I don't trust 99% of all girls (the 1% being my mom, sisters, and of course Alanis Morrisette). Of course i tend to blame myself like all relationships, and luckily she didn't wait 6 months or a year to do it, so I guess I should be glad.

So why am I writing about this, well, to hopefully make you laugh. A while back I wrote a blog entitled, Who Am I, comparing myself to a few of the Seinfeld characters. The following video defines who I was the other night. Although I didn't pull it off like George, I definitely thought about this episode the next day and how it made me laugh.



Although I am still somewhat sad, I met up with her tonight to get back some things that I had left over the course of our time together. It did not go as I planned. It was a strangely awkward , mostly because I only had 5 minutes so we had the type of conversation that two people have when they aren't really close friends and have a limited of time to speak, so they try to cram in the gist of a lot of stuff in a short period of time. The following questions are what I'm referring to:

How is work going?
Hows the new project?
Are you liking your job?
Are you still feeling sick?

I felt like I was on a tv show. I felt like i didn't know her when just over a week ago, i felt like i knew her so well.... well.... that is.... until she broke it off. Anyhow, she is a very nice girl and I definitely wish her the best. My only conundrum now, is that when she said, I want to have you as a friend, did she really mean it. Should I check up on her every so often? Or just wait until I run into her at the bar, see her with a guy, and then who knows how i react (I've been know to get drunk following these encounters).

Although I'm single now, I think I might have found my new girlfriend. Thank goodness I have some friends who are sending me all my possibilities so that I do not miss any of the awesome girls that are available:



This is me breathing.

Waffles again

Waffles for dinner in tahoe. Being sick for 2 days of vacation in tahoe is not good

Tahoe

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First time eating mcdonalds in a long time

Tahoe

Blind sided... again

once again it has happened. Yup.

One plvace I never thought I'd be

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Stuck

Today I was stuck in this elevator for 15 minutes. That was the first time I've ever experienced this. Good times.

The view from my desk

.... Amazing

what it is

So it’s been a while. Yes I know. That’s just how I roll.

Past few weeks have gone pretty well. Went to “Chicago” last weekend for the kids hockey tourney. We ended up winning which made for a great weekend. The kids were really happy and it was great to win. Unfortunately, our 6 game win streak ended Wednesday night with a 5 to 1 spanking.

Saturday I finally got around to doing some things I’ve been meaning to do around my place. I fixed the garbage disposal, mopped the floors, dusted, and did my taxes (I love getting money back). Went out a few nights… didn’t get too crazy, but still had fun.

Yesterday was a pretty long day. Got to work about 7:30 am… left around 10:15 PM. We go live this Thursday, so things are a little crazy. After work, made a pit stop at the Loon to see some friends who were in town from Houston. Don’t worry, I didn’t have any Jack and Cokes, just a few beers and sausage pizza. After I got there… I was informed there was some really hot guy named Chase from some Gossip show. I saw him… wasn’t too impressed. But then… the door opened, and in walked Owen Wilson. I was a lot more impressed with him (Hello… Zoolander, Royal Tannenbaums, the list goes on). Anyway… it’s only Tuesday, and I’m ready for Friday.

Back to the hotel life

But this time I'm in Chicago

Somewhat Success

This past weekend I was somewhat successfully in completing most of my tasks. Status update:

1. Clean Room - 75% cleaner
2. Clean Bathroom - 50% cleaner
3. Laundry - 100%
4. Mop Floors - 5% -- I thought about it
5. Vacuum - 0% -- I didn't think about it at all
6. Throw Some D's - 100%

Overall, I completed more than half. Pretty decent I guess you can say.

This weekend I leave for Chicago to help coach a kids hockey tournament. The high on Friday is in the single digits... so it will be just like my good ole days in Minneapolis. Should be fun driving in a city I've never been, and hopefully I'll have some time to see some sites (Other than the inside of the bar with parents).

The past week or so I've also been hanging out with a new girl. She's kept my interest thus far and is actually really nice and fun. Shocking that she still talks to me, considering I forgot her name minutes within meeting her, but then again, I was drunk, but so was she. So it all works out. We'll see how it all un

Best mileage so far in the jeep

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Goals for the weekend

1. Clean Room
2. Clean Bathroom
3. Laundry
4. Mop floors
5. Vacuum
6. Throw some d's

Any bets on how many of the 6 above tasks will get done. I'm going to very optimistic and say 6.

Back in the day

an old friend sent me some college photos... good times...

College friends with Leslie

Ski Trip 2004... poker and drinking... good times

Welcome to 2008

Well, it's here. I made it another year. Time is just flying by, before I know it, it will b e 2050. Can't wait for that. It will definitely be a party.

Last night was definitely a party. Unfortunately I don't remember a lot of the night. But I think the 3 second video of my roommate summarizes things up the best (I was the video taker... as you can see, my hands were not steady as I went):

Some highlights of the night include but are limited by my memory:

1. My first McDonalds Hamburger ever, i ate two. They were t-t-t-t-t-tastay tastay
2. Drinking three beers and a Jameson-Coke prior to going to the all you can drink for one low price party
3. Watching several white boys do dance offs
4. Roomie vomiting on one of the bartenders.
5. Charlie the cab driver who started the night off for us with some rock and roll. Love it.
6. Heart to heart with my roommate where I apparently cried a little
(Apparently someone who is wearing a bracelet, a female of course, thought it would be funny to flick us off while taking the picture... .thanks)
7. Me being MacGyver and trying to pick the lock on JR's door. Eventually climbing up to a strangers balcony, and then getting a post from DF to up to the third story balcony, only to find out the balcony door was locked.
8. Walking 2 miles to get home from JR's place at 4:00 AM... priceless

I think all in all it was a fun night, and a decent way to start out 2008. This is me breathing.