Happy New Year?

I just realized that I haven’t posted in the year 2012 yet. I’m going to write a good, long post real soon about stuff. Also, I’ll be writing more because I am in a journalism class which is forcing me to. I’m OK with that. I need to blog more anyway. So you’ll be hearing from me again shortly, but in the meantime, always remember to Water The Bamboo.

Whirlwind

Haven’t posted anything in a while, but I promise, I got a big post on the way. I’ve been in a true whirlwind the past few months, in the best way possible. So a good post is on the way.

In the “What Ever Happened To” realm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots

Oregon + Acapella + Lady Gaga=

2.7 million views and counting!

Stressed but Content

There are times in your life that you sit down at the end of the day, exhale and say, I NEED SOME SLEEP! That has been almost every day of the past week. With the pledge process winding down, On The Rocks’ 10th anniversary show coming up, recording the OTR album, and school all going on at the same time, when I finally get to put my head down on my pillow at night, it is one of the best rewards I can get at the end of a day.

Yet, this isn’t a post about stress. Look at the title! Stressed but CONTENT, content being the key to the phrase. Even with all these things going on right now, I have found an event, moment, thing, whatever that has helped me be able to take a breath at any point in the day and say, “Finally! Something is going the way I had really hoped it would go!” You could browse the history of this blog and find plenty of posts which say, “I hope this happens this way,” and “I hope this happens that way.” Yet when it was least expected, one moment helped change everything for the better….and if I dare say, for the best! Great things can happen, and do happen. Now just to wait for all this stress to end (next week I will be a semi-free man!) so I can spend my free time how I wish. However, even with all the stress, this new found revelation gives me something to stop in the middle of my day, stop for a moment, take a breath, and for the rest of the day feel like relaxed and happy!

UNRELATED: 2 episodes of LOST left. Still trying to figure out what I’ll do when that show is out of my life. Need to find a new drama to watch. Flash Forward? Fringe? Something LOSTish. Suggestions?

It’s Not Halloween!

I hate the San Francisco Giants. I hate them. With a burning passion. Everything about the Giants. Their colors, their logo, their players. But the thing I hate most about the Giants is the arrogance and ignorance of their fans. I’m not saying all Giants fans are idiots. I know plenty of Giants fans who are very smart, intelligent people who know a lot about the game of baseball and the history of the sport. However, the fans I’m talking about are not these fans. The fans I’m talking about are they ones who are always angry, confrontational, mean hearted people. The people who yell and scream about how much your team sucks, but don’t use history to back it up. They people who claim that Tim Lincecum is better than any pitcher the Dodgers ever have or will had. Really? Better than Koufax, Drysdale, Newcombe, Hershiser, and Fernando? I would go on, but my battery is dying. In conclusion, don’t be an ignorant, stupid fan. Know what you’re talking about!

We’re No Strangers To Love (…or viral videos)

NYC Subway Gets RickRoll’d…a’cappella style!

It

“It gives allows us to escape. It gives us something to root for and believe in. It takes us on a roller coaster ride of emotions; from the lowest of lows, to the highest of highs. That ‘it’ is baseball. And for the next 6 months, America’s Pastime will be in full swing, making our summers seem brighter and our nights seem shorter. Yes, it’s the start of the [2010] season. When 25 individuals will become one team. When expectations are are their peak. And when Dodger fans start hoping that their summer dream turns into the reality of playing in the Fall Classic.” -Vin Scully, Opening Day 2009

Happy Opening Day!

Hotel Passover

Sushi and Matzo/Peanut Butter Sandwich. A Boston hotel room passover meal for the ages!

Just to Recap

Saturday 3/6:
Woke up at 9am
OTR recording 10-12
Breakfast 12-1
Kinkos 1-1:30
Basketball Game 3-7:45
Dinner 8-9
INFO HELL WORK 9:30pm-12am

Sunday 3/7:
INFO HELL WORK 12am-7am
Nap 7am-12pm
INFO HELL WORK 12pm-6
Fantasy Baseball Draft 6-8
INFO HELL WORK 8-12am

Monday 3/8:
INFO HELL WORK 12am-7:30am
Breakfast 7:45-8
Class 8-9
Nap 9-1pm
INFO HELL WORK 1-6:30
AEPi Chapter 6:30-7:30
INFO HELL WORK 7:30-12am

Tuesday
INFO HELL WORK 12am-?

Things Consumed In This Time Period:
Scambled eggs, hash browns, and toast
2 Qdoba steak burritos
Track Town Pizza
6 Red Bulls (2 8.4oz, 1 12oz, 2 16oz, 1 2oz Energy Shot)
Snickers
Sy’s Pizza
Chicken Tenders
Double Stuff Oreo’s
Sour Gummy Worms
3 Musketeers
Matzo Ball Soup

and I still have a Twix, 16oz and 12oz Red Bull, and Gatorade left!

Side note: Even with all this crap food going into my body, I have lost 6 pounds since the middle of February. All joking aside, Info Hell is becoming a health matter. I am burning through all the food before it has a chance to give me any sort of sustenance. 41 more hours until the project is due. Less than 24 hours until it is turned over to campus copy to get bound.

Fun Fact!

Barry Manilow wrote the jingles for Band-Aid (“I am stuck on Band-Aid, cause Band-Aid’s stuck on me…”) and State Farm (“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there”). Good stuff!