Sunday, February 17, 2008
Hair/Tattoo
As promised earlier, here are a couple of pictures of my highlighted hair and my new tattoo (located on my right wrist).
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Signs of Spring
"That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball."
-- Bill Veeck
Even though it's only Valentine's Day, and there is still plenty of snow on the ground, it's time to get ready for some baseball! Spring Training workouts are beginning today!
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us."
-- Walt Whitman
Every team starts out each Spring with the dream of competing for the championship. Rookies everywhere are nervous and excited, while veterans slowly round their games into shape.
"They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square."
-- Willie Stargell
The glimmer of hope in my own dream to be a major league player may have faded decades ago, but this time of year still gets my juices flowing and my heart beating a little bit faster!
"People all say that I've had a bad break. But today - today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."
-- Lou Gehrig
Play ball (once the snow finally melts)!
Monday, February 11, 2008
What's Happening?!
To update you on the last few weeks of my life:
- I celebrated my 36th birthday on Groundhogs Day (2/2), and I got my hair highlighted once again and a new tattoo on my right wrist (pictures forthcoming)! My friends and I went to Claddaghs Irish Pub for an awesome dinner, and some of us finished the evening back at my place watching Elizabethtown while enjoying cigars and a fire - an awesome movie and an awesome birthday!
- I am on a much-needed break from school, with my next class starting on Thursday, February 21st.
- My cousin Monty is still not doing very well. He starts chemo again today, and he has lost 50 pounds from the first round. He is taking a different neusea medication, so hopefully the weight loss won't be as dramatic this time. I still have not been able to see him yet, but I hope to spend some time with him soon.
- I will be going on a missions trip with my church to Waveland, Mississippi the end of this month. We will be working with a ministry to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. My dad recently paid the cost of the remaining balance for my trip - an answer to prayer! Now, I will just have to figure out how to pay my bills when I will be missing work for that week!
- I celebrated my 36th birthday on Groundhogs Day (2/2), and I got my hair highlighted once again and a new tattoo on my right wrist (pictures forthcoming)! My friends and I went to Claddaghs Irish Pub for an awesome dinner, and some of us finished the evening back at my place watching Elizabethtown while enjoying cigars and a fire - an awesome movie and an awesome birthday!
- I am on a much-needed break from school, with my next class starting on Thursday, February 21st.
- My cousin Monty is still not doing very well. He starts chemo again today, and he has lost 50 pounds from the first round. He is taking a different neusea medication, so hopefully the weight loss won't be as dramatic this time. I still have not been able to see him yet, but I hope to spend some time with him soon.
- I will be going on a missions trip with my church to Waveland, Mississippi the end of this month. We will be working with a ministry to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. My dad recently paid the cost of the remaining balance for my trip - an answer to prayer! Now, I will just have to figure out how to pay my bills when I will be missing work for that week!
Monday, February 4, 2008
I've Been Tagged!
My friend Gretchen was recently tagged on her blog, and then she tagged some other people, including me. See my answers to the questions below, with the names of people that I have now tagged.
8 things I'm passionate about:
1. My friends
2. Cigars
3. Kids
4. Baseball/golf/sports
5. Tattoos
6. Claddaghs/all things Irish
7. Antiques
8. Food
8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Get married/have kids
2. Remodel my house
3. Adopt
4. Visit as many baseball stadiums as possible
5. Travel abroad (Ireland, Italy, Finland)
6. Learn to cook
7. Climb another mountain
8. Own an antique sports car (Porsche)/or an antique pickup truck
8 things I say often:
1. Sweet mercy
2. What's shaking
3. I need a snacky snack
4. I've got a paper to write
5. Stogies/smoke/cigar
6. Yo, yo
7. Wow
8. Buddy
8 TV shows you recently watched:
1. The Super Bowl
2. Seinfeld
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
4. Two and a Half Men
5. King of Queens
6. The Office
7. The Dan Ho Show
8. Antiques Roadshow
8 artists I never tire of listening to:
1. James Taylor
2. Matchbox Twenty
3. David Crowder
4. Mat Kearney
5. Diana Krall
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Colbie Caillat
8. Anything Celtic
8 things that attract me to my friends:
1. Honesty
2. Silliness
3. Caring for others
4. Sincerity
5. Hilariously funny
6. Adventurous
7. Similar interests
8. Gentleness
8 things I learned in 2007:
1. I know what I want and what I don't want in my life
2. I value community
3. I enjoy psychology
4. I want to help others
5. I like sharing a good conversation, a good meal, or a good cigar with friends
6. I am at peace at the North Shore
7. I enjoy Minnesota's changing seasons
8. I like tattoos
Who am I gonna tag?
1. Dan S.
2. Eric
3. Heidi
4. Dan H.
5. Nicole
8 things I'm passionate about:
1. My friends
2. Cigars
3. Kids
4. Baseball/golf/sports
5. Tattoos
6. Claddaghs/all things Irish
7. Antiques
8. Food
8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Get married/have kids
2. Remodel my house
3. Adopt
4. Visit as many baseball stadiums as possible
5. Travel abroad (Ireland, Italy, Finland)
6. Learn to cook
7. Climb another mountain
8. Own an antique sports car (Porsche)/or an antique pickup truck
8 things I say often:
1. Sweet mercy
2. What's shaking
3. I need a snacky snack
4. I've got a paper to write
5. Stogies/smoke/cigar
6. Yo, yo
7. Wow
8. Buddy
8 TV shows you recently watched:
1. The Super Bowl
2. Seinfeld
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
4. Two and a Half Men
5. King of Queens
6. The Office
7. The Dan Ho Show
8. Antiques Roadshow
8 artists I never tire of listening to:
1. James Taylor
2. Matchbox Twenty
3. David Crowder
4. Mat Kearney
5. Diana Krall
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Colbie Caillat
8. Anything Celtic
8 things that attract me to my friends:
1. Honesty
2. Silliness
3. Caring for others
4. Sincerity
5. Hilariously funny
6. Adventurous
7. Similar interests
8. Gentleness
8 things I learned in 2007:
1. I know what I want and what I don't want in my life
2. I value community
3. I enjoy psychology
4. I want to help others
5. I like sharing a good conversation, a good meal, or a good cigar with friends
6. I am at peace at the North Shore
7. I enjoy Minnesota's changing seasons
8. I like tattoos
Who am I gonna tag?
1. Dan S.
2. Eric
3. Heidi
4. Dan H.
5. Nicole
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Happy Groundhog Day!
Yes, it's that special time of year once again, when we pull a sleeping groundhog out of it's home and make it forecast the weather for us! Is it cloudy or sunny, did it see it's shadow (if it even knows what it's shadow is for that matter), will we be in for a shorter or longer winter?! Who cares, we still have six more weeks of winter left no matter what! The more important thing about this day is that a special someone (who me?!) was born 36 years ago! Wow, I'm old!
Alright, alright, back to writing my paper for class and enjoying my coffee, while waiting with anticipation for an amazing dinner tonight at The Claddagh Irish Pub with my good friends.
Alright, alright, back to writing my paper for class and enjoying my coffee, while waiting with anticipation for an amazing dinner tonight at The Claddagh Irish Pub with my good friends.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Who's Next?!
That's it, I am officially ticked off! First we trade Moss (goodbye you big headache), then we trade Garnett (the face of the franchise is now gone), then we let Hunter leave via free agency (who can blame him for taking the money and running), and now we trade Santana (the best pitcher ever) - are there any more superstars left?! Will we end up trading Mauer, Morneau, and Gaborik too?!
I understand that sports is no longer a game, and that it changed into a business quite some time ago, but come on! If the Twins can manage to get the taxpayers to foot the bill on a new stadium, then they could at least attempt to keep their talented players around for the next few years so we can see them play in the shiny new ballpark. It's about time Carl "I'm too old to own a baseball team, and my kids don't care" Pohlad opens up his immense wallet and gives some of that darn money back to the state of Minnesota!
Oh well, at least Favre might be playing another season or two...
I understand that sports is no longer a game, and that it changed into a business quite some time ago, but come on! If the Twins can manage to get the taxpayers to foot the bill on a new stadium, then they could at least attempt to keep their talented players around for the next few years so we can see them play in the shiny new ballpark. It's about time Carl "I'm too old to own a baseball team, and my kids don't care" Pohlad opens up his immense wallet and gives some of that darn money back to the state of Minnesota!
Oh well, at least Favre might be playing another season or two...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Friday Ramblings
"If love were a whisper,
what would I give you to speak?"
- Matchbox Twenty, 'Can't Let You Go'
Here I sit at work on a Friday afternoon, listening to some tunes while I work ahead on next week's Target web pages. This week has been a very busy and draining one for me. I've been in class quite a bit, including all day tomorrow, and my brain has had a hard time shutting down each evening, making it difficult for me to get some sleep. Let's just say that I feel a little punch-drunk today. At least I have some good music to play "air drums" to (who said Abs is the only hidden-rocker in the group)!
what would I give you to speak?"
- Matchbox Twenty, 'Can't Let You Go'
Here I sit at work on a Friday afternoon, listening to some tunes while I work ahead on next week's Target web pages. This week has been a very busy and draining one for me. I've been in class quite a bit, including all day tomorrow, and my brain has had a hard time shutting down each evening, making it difficult for me to get some sleep. Let's just say that I feel a little punch-drunk today. At least I have some good music to play "air drums" to (who said Abs is the only hidden-rocker in the group)!
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