Merry Christmas Eve !

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone. Hope all is well. Pistons won last night over Golden State so we're 21-3 now. The Red Wings also had an amazing comeback last night. Down two goals to none with a minute left to play.......we get one with about 38 seconds to play.......then another to tie it at two...OVERTIME ! Overtime periods last 5 minutes and the Wings decided to use 4:59.8 until they scored for the final time and won. It's not very often you have shots in hockey that just beat the buzzer. Anywho, it was a good night and fun was had by all. Merry Christmas to everyone tomorrow. Bye Bye !

This Can't Be Happening !

It's nights like tonight when I hate the money that is involved with pro sports. My favortie Red Sox player Johnny Damon has decided to sign with another team......anyone want to venture out and take a guess at what team. THE YANKEES. If you're going to leave Boston, just please go to any other team than the yankees. It is a sad day for Red Sox fans.

On a brighter note the Pistons pulled out a 93-89 win over Portland tonight. Winning 4 games in five nights is quite impressive and I hope the guys can get some much needed rest before Friday night. We're 20-3 and just keep on rolling. Alright it's past my bedtime. Night Y'all

How Many Game Winning Shots Does It Take ?

How many game winning shots do you have to make to win a game? One. Obviously. How many chances do you usually get to take a game winning shot at the buzzer? One. Normally. Last night the Pistons fearless leader, Chauncey Billups had not one, not two, but three count them THREE chances to make a game winning shot at the buzzer. One at the end of regulation, one at the end of the first overtime, and the last one at the end of double overtime. Thank goodness he made the one at the end of double overtime. It's always nice to get a phone call after the end of the first overtime. Who would it be you ask? My Mother. "I'm leaving it up to you to get them a win son, I gotta get some sleep." Nice to know there was support elsewhere for the boys in red last night. So I stayed up and watched it go back and forth again and again. Until finally I could breathe easy when Mr. Big Shot, Chauncey Billups hit the game winner and the Pistons won 106-104. That improves us to 19-3 and we now get to come back to the Palace for 5 games or so. Always a good thing to come back home.

In other news I went to work again today. 7:30-5. I'm tired. The work is not as fast-paced as it was at UPS which is nice but when you're on your feet for 8 or 9 hours....it hurts. But I'd rather have some soreness in my legs than to have unbearable pain in my back which was the case at UPS. I got to go on some deliveries today with Chris.....one of the workers there. He showed me at least 20 places where he delivers to and kind of pointed to them as we drove by. I'm gonna have to drive around them about 50 more times before I remember where all of them are. We even went in one place that makes stabalizer bars. That was an interesting place. Lots of heat and lots of metal.

Well that's the exciting life of me....Hope you enjoyed it. Bye !

Hex Cap Screws, Flat Washers, Button Head Cap Screws, Plow Bolts, Wing Nuts, Elevator Bolts....You name it

Those are just a few of the products I got to handle today. I started my new job at Fastenal today. 8 am to 5 pm. I actually enjoyed getting to know my way around the store as the day went on. Finding different bins for different products takes a long long time when you don't know where anything goes. All in good time. There are four guys who run that store, myself included. Soon it will be five guys though, another part-time guy starts on the first of January. I'll prolly get to train him since I'll have a few weeks in. The guys are very nice there and laid back. They like to joke around and don't mind helping you when you have a question. They really seemed to appreciate having me around today since the boss just returned from vacation and it was just two guys running the store for the last two weeks. On Wednesday or Thursday my boss said I'll probably get to ride along on a delivery or a call and see how things get done on that end of the spectrum. I would like to do that since that's what I'm going to school for. All in all it was a pretty good first day.

In other news I'm on Christmas Break for school and am glad that I don't have to attend class for a few weeks. The Pistons continue to play amazing basketball and are still the best team in the NBA at 18-3. Way to go guys. That's all the news I have for now. Bye y'all

All Jazzed up

The Pistons lost to the Utah Jazz the other night. Not cool guys. Better beat Sacramento tonight.

Congrats to my sister getting onto grad school.

That's all I got....Take it easy everyone.

Lazy Saturday

Well I'm back now. The hot chocolate was pretty tasty. I should start to study this afternoon. I don't really want to but when does studying ever sound appealing? I could go to the rec. I went there last night for the first time this semester. Joel and I played some pool and then went and played some basketball with Nick. My back doesn't hurt today so I must have not overdone it. Go me. No matter how fat I think I'm getting I'm still the lightest guy in my apartment. 160 pounds with shoes on, after an entire semester of eating like crap. We had weigh-ins at the rec last night and Joel came in at 176 and Nick came in at 195. I'm pretty sure we're all within 2 inches of each other in height as well.

Pistons Update: As you know we traveled to Oakland to play the Golden State Warriors last night. It was back and forth the entire game and like usual we turned up the defense in the last few minutes. We didn't run away with the game but it just seems like the guys turn it up a notch in those last few minutes. Rasheed Wallace gave us some big buckets and came up with a key steal down the stretch and my man Chauncey Billups got a lay-up off that steal. We were up 4 in the last 9 or 10 seconds and Golden State hit a 3 pointer to come within one point. They started fouling us to stop the clock but we made our free throws and held them off. The very end made my heart skip a beat when Rasheed Wallace decided to make a full court pass to Ben Wallace.....I was hoping he wouldn't have it hit off his leg or arm or something and give Golden State the ball back but everything worked out and Ben caught it...took two steps and slammed it home. So we're up 3 with the last few seconds ticking off the clock and Golden State launches a 3 pointer from way back and................it just hits off the rim and the Pistons escape with a close victory to improve to 14-2. Way to go guys.

Red sox Rumor: I heard there might be a chance Boston might get Nomar Garciaparra back. Even though he's like the Grant Hill of baseball and gets hurt all the time I still would love to see him back in a Red Sox uniform.

After the game Joel, Tiff, and I watched Home Alone because we find that movie hilarious.....we watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation earlier in the day and that too is a classic Christmas movie. I fell asleep about half way through Home Alone and that was the end of my night.

Well it's time to start that studying. Happy Saturday everyone.

No Coffee

Why did I wake up at 8am today? I'm not quite sure....but I'm sure we didn't have any coffee. Oh my, a revelation as I type....there is one packet of hot chocolate left. I hid it for a day like today. I'm so smart. Alright, maybe another post will happen later but I need something warm to drink. Bye !

Southern Comfort

It's mornings like these I wish I could wake up at about 6:30 and pour a cup of coffee (black) maybe throw a sweatshirt on and head down to the dock for some early morning fishing. Instead I awake to a few inches of snow. This is depressing. I used to be ok with snow but I think it lost its intrigue when I grew out of my snowpants. I haven't built a snowman in ages, I can't golf with the snow on the ground, and it makes driving your car too much of an adventure.

So here I sit, in my apartment not wanting to go anywhere from the way things look outside. I probably should go out and do something though. Even if it's just a quick trip to 7-11 or something. It's kind of weird in the apartment right now. My roommate is passed out in his bed from a night of drinking too much, some people are at their final class for the semester, and I'm sitting here eating an entire bag of cocktail shrimp by myself. It must be college.

Despite the bad roads last night a bunch of us went out and partied last night. It was a good time. Some of us were celebrating the end of the semester. Some of us just wanted to go out. We drank a little, danced a little.......all in all a pretty solid Thursday night. Yesterday was my last class and I only have 1 exam during exam week and it's not until next Thursday. I have to write a final paper for another class and then take that one exam and this semester will be officially complete. Hallelujah!

The Pistons haven't played in about 6 days which is bumming me out. I can't wait until tonight when they play Golden State. Hopefully they don't come out slow. They should be nice and rested and ready to go.

Well that's all I have so I hope everyone stays warm and has a nice weekend. Bye Y'all

Almost Finished

The semester of school will soon be over. Just one week of classes and one week of exams. I am ready for a break from school. I'll keep busy though since I was just hired at Fastenal. Yes, I have a job. Fastenal sells industrial and construction supplies if anyone is wondering.

What else..........oh I went to a concert at Joe Louis Arena last night with Amanda, Jason, Sue, Tony, and Kalee. Dave Matthews Band was playing and I got free tickets through Jason's mom. They are the most mellow band ever. That fiddle player they have is quite amazing I must say. We got to sit in the executive suites and had free pop, pizza, beer and...........a bathroom. I drove separate so I did not partake in the free beer but I think my brother-in-law picked up the slack. They had these cool plastic cups with the redwings logo on the side and I wanted some for school so Amanda helped me steal about 30 of them. Amanda also kept me up to date on the pistons score via her new heat-seeking missle launching, GPS tracking, map-making, dictionary, instant messaging, back-scratching phone. I even think she said if you press the right button it will make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I don't have that option on my phone. All in all the concert was fun.

This morning I went to church and Mom's organ died. So she just switched over to the piano and continued on. Now I'm just sitting at home thinking about the homework I should do. That's all I have for now.....oh the Pistons won last night and improved to a NBA best 13-2. Ok bye everyone !