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What's Your Edge

Andrew

January 05, 2009

So I think the title of my last post encouraged people to click on CTS's blog even though he hasn't updated it in a few weeks, because he is ahead of me now. I'll try to avoid doing that in the future. Sorry I haven't blogged lately. I had a big blog planned out that I was gonna write on Dec 31, but I ended up getting invited to the Bulls game that day and then I basically shut it down through the weekend. Now I'm back in the swing of things and I want to blog.

So as I mentioned, I got to go to the Bulls game on New Years eve. I somehow hadn't been to a Bulls game yet this year so I was pretty pumped to finally get out to one. I also love Dwight Howard. I knew he would destroy the Bulls, but I figured it would be fun to watch. Unfortunately, they destroyed the Bulls much worse than I ever imagined. The Bulls were down 15 by the end of the first quarter and 30 by half. They suck. They absolutely suck. They have no big men and can't even dream of stopping or outrebounding a team with a big man like Dhoward. At least I got a reason to wear my new Derrick Rose jersey. I got my brother tickets for Cavs - Bulls next week. I got us really good seats. We are 2nd row off the court. I've been wanting to see Lebron up close for awhile. This is my chance. I just worry that it will also be a terrible game. I guess that's the price you have to pay to see Lebron these days.

Not much to note about New Years Eve. We went to a local bar where we got a $80 all you can drink from 9-2am deal. A bunch of my friends were there and it was a good time. Here are a few pics.

This is one of the few pics I have from our Christmas party. Since it's got 3 poker players in it, I figured I'd post it.

The rest of the weekend, I took it pretty easy. I played a decent amount of poker and just hung out and watched TV. I did see a few movies that I liked a lot. I rented The Kindgom (Jamie Foxx and Jen Garner) and I thought it was really good. The action was great. It's definitely worth watching. I also saw Gran Torino in the theater. Clint Eastwood is obviously a badass and this movie is no exception. Go see it. It's good.

End of 2008 Thoughts:
Every year since I started this blog (mid 2006), I have written up a brief summary of the year and talked about my goals going into 2009. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it this year because I've found I don't stick to my "resolutions." To be frank, I've had some dumb resolutins. For instance, I had "learn spanish" as one. I'm never going to sit down and relearn Spanish with the life I currently live. Maybe this is something I can do in the future, but I just won't do it now. That was a stupid resolution.

Anyway, I had a really good year in 2008. I think we made some great strides with Cardrunners. CR didn't grow as much as I had hoped it would, but I feel our product improved a lot. We've also brought in some great new pros. You guys are all pretty familar with this, so I won't go too much into detail.

In my personal life, things were really good. I met Julia. I guess I technically met her in 2007, but we started dating in 2008. We just had our 1 year anniversery the other day. I can't believe we have been dating for a year. It's been a great year though. I'm very lucky to have her. She's a great girlfriend. One of my goals going into 2008 was to find a girlfiend. I wasn't even necassrily looking for something longterm, but I'm glad it's worked out that way.

I had a lot of really good times in 2008. The coolest had to be going to the Playboy mansion. I still can't believe I was able to do that. I also travelled a lot around the US and made my yearly Aruba trip. My only complaint is that a lot of the trips I went on were to places I had already been. I'm going to make an effort this year to travel to new places and cut out the repeat trips. I plan on going to Asia this year, which will be awesome. I also have a trip to the Kentucky Derby planned. I wouldn't mind making it out to Europe at some point as well.

I took pretty good care of myself in 2008. I let it slip hard the last two weeks, but that's ok. I'm going to continue to focus on my health. My health is very important. Taylor mentioned taking daily vitamins. This is something I've been doing off and on for a few years now. I want to be more dedicated about that.

I hope the holidays went well for all of you and I wish you a great 2009!

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Jan 5, 09 17:36:02

Kentucky Derby recommendations: I went last year. Bring a giant tarp for you and your buddies, and get there mad early to setup shop. Bring a chair too. Standing for 12 hours is not fun. If you plan on going to the party end of the track, be warned, there are some crazy dudes out there. That is all.

SUNSCREEN. My ears were swollen after that day. Painful and swollen ears...totally crazy I know, but you've been warned.

Don't actually plan on seeing any races...most of the spots on the infield you can't see a dang thing.

Dubois1212

Jan 5, 09 22:00:14

You look sexy in the Christamas party pic

Stinger885