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April 26, 2009

Hey guys, long time no blog. I guess I just haven't had a ton to talk about, certainly nothing as fun as going to Europe. This upcoming week is my last week of classes for the semester. I've been pretty busy with school, which has accounted for a good deal of my free time. Here's a quick roundup of what else I've been doing:

I went to the Yankees' home opener at the new Yankee Stadium. It was a good game for 6 innings, then the Yankee bullpen took over for CC Sabathia and proceeded to give up 9 runs in the 7th and the Yanks lost 10-2. I still had a blast though, the pregame ceremony was awesome. It featured tons of former Yankee greats, Bernie Williams playing "Take Me Out to The Ball Game" on guitar (damn he's talented...), and an F-14 flyover after the national anthem, which was sung by Kelly Clarkson. Really cool stuff. The stadium itself is super nice, although our seats in the right-center field bleachers had an obstructed view of deep left. There were flatscreen TVs that we could see the left field action on though. The stadium has a wide open feel, so you can see the field when walking around the concourse. We checked out an inning from behind home plate, just standing above the field level sections. That was cool. There have been lots of empty seats recently though because the Yankees priced many tickets way too high. The good news is I'll be able to get some tickets at face value this summer, usually impossible. Home runs have been flying out of the park at an alarming rate too, it's been a big news story lately and it'll be interesting to see how that gets sorted out. It will also be interesting to see if Hank Steinbrenner can stop being a clown and just put Joba back in the bullpen already. I'm not holding my breath, though.
I've been rooting my Bulls on hard against the Celtics. I'm biased but I think it's by far the most interesting first round series. The Bulls really laid an egg in Game 3 but as I'm writing this they have the lead in the 2nd quarter of Game 4. I'm confident in their chances, during the 4th quarter of game 1 I bet a friend that the Bulls would win the series, getting 2-1. I like it a lot for that price. The Powe injury provides additional help for us. And D-Rose is the man (although Rondo has outplayed him in the last 2 games).
I've been loving the nice weather! It took forever to finally get warm in lovely old Ithaca but it feels so sweet now. I'd be very curious to live in a warm weather place for a year and see if I still appreciated nice weather as much. I think I very well might be a four seasons kind of guy. Anyway, I've been taking advantage of the nice weather by playing a lot of golf and doing some daydrinking. I'm really motivated to become a better golfer this year. Getting into better shape since last year is paying off, I put a 4 iron on the green from 210 yards out the other day. Last year I could only hit my 4 about 190. Also, my roommate Shane used to be a 4 handicap in high school and still knows his shit pretty well, and he's been a big help with some adjustments. I intend to play a bunch this summer and I'd love to get down to 15 handicap or so. Another good use of the weather is my front porch. Sitting out on the porch listening to music and either doing work or playing poker is much nicer than doing these things inside. It's funny because when I was younger I'd often waste beautiful days inside playing video games and stuff. Now I find it difficult to not go outside when it's nice out. I guess I used to be kind of weird, I like it much more this way.
Social life has been pretty good lately. We've had some fun parties and mixers at the frat, as well as the aforementioned daydrinking. We play a fun wiffleball variant in which the batter hits the ball and then immediately starts chugging from a pitcher instead of running, and he continues to chug until the fielding team hits him with the ball. 2 outs in an inning (only Ks or caught fly balls are outs), team scores a run if it gets down a full pitcher in an inning. The pitcher is refilled each half inning. It's a very fun game, I recommend giving it a shot. Also, this coming Friday is Slope Day. It's always a ton of fun, but I'm very disappointed with the musical selections this year. The Pussycat Dolls are glorified strippers, but less attractive and with more clothes on. And I'm not even a big fan of strippers in the first place. Asher Roth is a guy who, to my knowledge, spent about half a semester in college, yet his hit song is about all these memories he has of it and stuff. It's so fake and doesn't even make sense. I'll probably end up going to the slope, but I don't even really want to. We'll see...
If you haven't been following Wiggins' blog, check out his last 2 entries. Awesome trip reports from his Asia trip with lots of great pictures. I'm very jealous of the water gun fight, among other things.

Entry Tags: bulls, yankees, slope day

Apr 28, 09 03:52:20

i am lakers fan But lets face it. The Bulls/celtics series is by far the best 1st round series. It isnt just your bias.

Gl on the golf game.

ANd yes Wiggins trip blog=amazing

charliemultitable

May 13, 09 15:38:17

gooooo celtics and rondo! you should def post more imo.

lana