Spring 2007

So the new semester is upon us. With it brings the usual mad scramble to buy textbooks (or, in my case, to not buy them until I absolutely need to), plan workouts in the gym, check out all the new chicks you're gonna hit on during the semester, and secretly mock the overzealous "gunners" in your classes. I have a developing theory that "gunning" is the manifestation of an intellectual insecurity probably caused by a lack of attention from mommy and daddy and perpetuated by some bitch elementary school teacher. Or at least this is how I justify my relative lack of over-participation in classroom activities.

Fortunately, or so I thought, I've got a class thats 50% undergraduates. Check that, I've got two. I'm taking this weightlifting class that's got a couple girls. Except only one chick is hot. What's wrong with this place? I want classes with 18 year olf freshmen, or at least 21 year old senior social work majors.

Not much new on the social front. In an awkward move, I've decided I'm gonna limit my Spill intake. As much as I like a little filth on my Friday and Saturday nights, I need a new scene. Yea, it's time for the 18+ scene :-) And I am also thinking about not drinking in the month of March. I did this last year during the month of April and I felt great...and my wallet stayed full.

The Super Bowl is this weekend. Go Bears. I can't believe I am cheering for Rex Grossman. What's wrong with me?

I cannot wait for Think 'n Drink this week. Everyone come out.

Finally, I get to see my good friend Lien tomorrow. We were very good friends in undergrad but I haven't seen her since I finished UT in 2003, so almost 4 years. Very excited.

I have A Dream

In-Game Adjustments

In case you didn't know, the BCS championship game is tomorrow. Go Florida.

My latest time-waster is this new, digital sports crack pipe called Bodog LIVE. This lets you wager play-by-play for football and has similar applications to basketball betting. I'm the first to admit that prop betting is generally pretty stupid and is almost a sure way to lose money. Except this is different. Betting on LIVE action enables the savvy sportsman (c'est moi) to detect patterns in the game and capitalize on them through every play. I've done extremely well on the NFL games this weekend, and I plan to spread the good luck to all of you faithful, gambling, readers. Watch for me to continue this trend as the NFL playoffs continue next weekend (go Saints).

In a major ironic twist, Strongarm Simpson lost an epic battle over the weekend at Spill to none other than his biggest friend and wingman, alcohol. Yea, you guessed it, the girl was too drunk.

Haha, we love you man.

The New Year - and One Special Memo

In my approximately quarter century on this earth, I've created many memories, but only a few have the ability to bring tears of joy to my eyes, and I'd like to mention one here. Exactly one year ago today, January 4, 2006, the Texas Longhorns beat USC to win the national championship of college football. Of course, I was in attendence, and I still think about that game every day. It is something I will tell my kids about one day. I'll show them the dvd, everything.

Ok, that's out of the way. Now on to new year's shit.

I trekked it out to Orlando with Ron Jones and Strongarm Simpson to celebrate the new year. It was wild. We drank like there was no tomorrow. I made out with a girl from, of all places, Wisconsin, a red state (translation: Republican), which was a personal victory for me. Ron blacked out. Strongarm smoked a black, then puked all day the next day. It was classic. The preliminary plans for next new year's eve is to spend it in Los Angeles.

As no new year recap would be complete without mention of some goals for 2007, I shall mention them here. In 2007, I will:

• get my abs back
• get a full time job offer
• go to las vegas
• go to the caribbean
• start dating again
• reach 160 lbs in weight (currently 144)
• take better care of my skin

Yep, thats what's gonna happen. I think this will be a good year. I'm looking forward to continuing to meet people in my MBA class, and to enjoy all that comes my way. Happy New Year everyone! Let's have fun in 2007.

Where the hell am I?

Yea, yea, so I’ve told most of you that I’ve been in Sugar Land for the past few days. Well, there’s a limited bit of truth to that. In fact, I thought I was safe in the city of Houston until three nights ago, when I’m convinced I went to Mexico. I was hanging out with Jenni and Diana at the original Sam’s Boat when 2am came and we had to leave. Although we were supposed to head to what I think is a large, fun after-hours place, we got lost somewhere along the way and wound up in a random pool hall behind Sharpstown mall. There’s nothing weird about a pool hall. But I figured something was up when I got frisked by the police officer upon entering, saw the place was 100% Mexican (Jenni and I were the only non-Mexican people in there), and heard the non-stop Tejano music. On top of that, they served beer after-hours. Cheap beer, and they charged $3 a can for it. Absolutely ridiculous. Anyway, as you may imagine, people are looking at me like I’m lost. They’re right. I don’t know why I am here. Diana, who was probably trashed when we got to the place, was enjoying herself. I wanted to leave. Then, some dude comes up to me and starts making small talk. Very sketchy guy. After the short convo, I decided it was time to go, so we left. Over the next 50 to 60 years, I’ll go to a lot of places, thousands of them. That pool hall will not be one of them.

Anyway, tomorrow my friends Sonali and Prayes are getting married to each other. I’m very happy to go and be a part of what (to date) will be the best day of their lives. Then on Sunday, Strongarm Maurer, Ron Jones, and I are headed to Disney World, I mean Orlando, for New Years!