Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Man Weekend

It has been too long since I have last blogged. My sincere apologies. This past weekend was Man Weekend. That means that a bunch of men from college and beyond gathered together to celebrate March Madness and how awesome it is to be men. We played croquet, golf, watched college basketball, told sweet stories old and new, ate too much junk food, and much more. It was so good to be encouraged by how dear friends are living.

Speaking of manly things, hockey season has started. I'm in the big leagues now, no more roller hockey. Playing on ice is so great and even though I am terrible in comparison to my teammates, I have great fun and it gets me off of my fat butt. The Whalers (that's my team) are 1-3 with one of those losses coming in overtime. We have played the best teams in the league and are looking forward to easier teams and more wins. The Whalers are generally comprised of older men who talk about their wives, families and jobs. My teammates ensure there is never a shortage of post-game beer in the locker room. Needless to say I don't have a ton to add to post-game conversations, but I do my best to relate and communicate with this demographic.

I have spent some quality time with my sweetheart lately. I have changed her forehead (windshield), replaced an eyelid (wiper), given her a blood transfusion (oil change), and I plan an alveoli transplant (air filter, look up alveoli for yourself) within the next few weeks. I decided to change oil at the shipyard's hobby shop which is a garage where you can use a hydraulic lift to put your vehicle real high so you can walk under it. I met a man there who had the sweetest mexi-mullet/mustache combo I have ever seen.

Speaking of the shipyard, it has been a good few weeks, save for today. If you have been reading about recent adventures, you will recall a man I named "Sweats". Sweats decided it would be a good idea to fart in the face of my friend Kevin and I today. I usually laugh at farts, but that was really gross. We have been doing some really good work on the boat and all of that culminated Monday when we completed the most important part of the ship's time in the shipyard. I learned last week there is a man at work named Bruce Wayner. Take that "r" away and you have Batman. I hope he wears a batman costume on halloween. I also met a guy on the boat who is from Lee County, VA. It was refreshing to meet someone representing southwest VA.

Finally, we all know that white people love to make black friends. I am no exception. I play basketball before my workouts at the gym and I met a guy named Fingley who reminds me of LeBron James. He can dunk, shoot the J, drain 3s like it's his job, and block everything. I played 21 with Fingley and 6 others before we played 4 on 4. Fingley dominated 21 and therefore got first pick for 4 on 4. Now keep in mind that all the players were exponentially better at basketball than me. Most were taller, all could jump higher, and everybody was faster. Guess who Fingley chose first? ME. The white kid who only knows how to play defence. Defence must win championchips because we rolled through 4 straight teams and Fingley's favorite passing option was yours truly. It was like Stockton and Malone/Jordan and Pippen. The chemistry was flawless.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are well. I look forward to catching up with you soon. Have a great week!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

A great week in sports

This past week has been fun. It is always good to see the beginning of March Madness come together with great games to watch. This week was also the first Bristol nascar race of the season and although I didn't watch it, I get excited for it.

My trip to Blacksburg was fantastic last weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with my family, especially my sister Bam, her husband Clint, and their great kids Connor and Jenna. I got to play with them and I didn't have to change a diaper! That's win-win. I also got to see many great friends, both current hokies and hokie alumni. If I was fortunate enough to see your smiling face last weekend, thanks so much for making my weekend awesome!

I realized this week that I forgot to mention a fun item about Sweats. If you recall previous blog entries, Sweats is the guy I work with who sweats perfusely, no matter the ambient temperature or effort exherted on his part. Sweats has a habit of playing games during work. This is not abnormal for government employees, but this is a middle aged man who is playing the game known to most as Taipei, where the object is to match tiles which are in a stack. The game has very childlike colors such as bright greens, pinks, yellows and oranges. When asked why he chose this game, he told me about how his daughter plays an online child version of the Sims, and by playing this game he earns points for her so she can purchase new virtual clothes, houses, cars, etc. Picture now a man at a shipyard playing a game designed for an 11 year old girl. Now laugh appropriately.

I also learned this week that government employees do not recognize the name Uncle Sam. Apparently he is known as Uncle Sugar, because of his habit of giving me money every two weeks. So if I ever mention a man named Uncle Sugar, I am not referring to some creepy uncle who you have never met.

I have now decided to make what is known as a blog flashback. This feature will appear about once a month. It is with regards to things that have happened in the distant past in my life which are extremely funny. This week's blog flashback is Leonard, the fellow who I spent a summer working with on air conditioners. For those of you who haven't heard of Leonard, he is about 55 with long hair and a head-turning gotee. He smoked all the time and since we were a two man team, I got to hang out with him while he smoked. Moral of the story, if you don't smoke, smoke breaks are super lame.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Correction

Apparently, the "I forgot" post below has a faulty link. Please try this one instead. Andy Samburg is in this, he is one of the funniest guys I've ever seen.

http://www.jiggystudio.com/play.php?vid=1519

You might laugh more if you go here first:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g

Friday, March 13, 2009

End of an Era

It's over. The mullet is gone. I figured that after 22 days, I needed to look like a normal human being, not a fervant supporter of the '80s. It was totally sweet for a time, much better than last year's. It flared out in the back and drew alot of attention.


Work has been good, it is nice working 6-2 as I am able to go the gym afterwards and still have time in the evening with friends. As I mentioned before, I am on the USS Boise. We are essentially changing out a scrubber, which is a fairly fascinating process. I am excited about the VT/UNC game, as I'm watching play by play stats on ESPN right now. Too bad we don't have TVs while at work. Bummer. I'm hoping VT can pull out a win and maybe make it to the big dance.

I am headed to Blacksburg after I get off work, which promises to be a great weekend. I've decided to continue this blog at home which has been difficult due to my computer having an aneurysm. Anyway, I've decided to include a recipe every other week that I have made and can personally recommend. This week is Emeril Lagasse's Jambalaya:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/cajun-jambalaya-recipe/index.html

I hope you enjoy it. Very cajun. I'm off to Blacksburg! I hope you have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

i forgot

And now for your entertainment, http://www.yagoo.ro/play.php?vid=1453. Justin Timberlake and Andy Samburg being dancers in "All the Single Ladies." Great.

graveyard

So it's 3:30 am and I'm bored at work. Time for blogging. I'm working one more week of nightshift in order to secure a long stint of normal hours (6 am to 2 pm). Most people like the beach because it's warm, but we received over an inch of snow earlier this week and it hasn't been above freezing. I'm on a new boat this week, the USS Boise. I'm on shift with my friends Dan and Kevin. Dan is a fellow hokie so we always have great stuff to talk about while at work.

I will be making a trip to Blacksburg next weekend and I am looking forward to some rich time with great friends and family. Another trip I will be making this summer will be to Peru with my church where I will be either helping out in an orphanage, teaching english, or helping in medical stuff. I am very excited about this trip and as I learn more, I will be sure to include that info here.

This week I had the priveledge of tutoring again in Norfolk. I helped a young man named Sincere. We did homework and then made paper airplanes. Awesome. Back to work. I hope you are well.