Thursday, May 28, 2009

Quick update



Wow, super lack of posting this month. It probably has something to do with the fact that this has been one of the busiest months Ive had at work in a while. Nonetheless, here are a few things going on that you should know about.

1. No, I have had no responses to the guitar on my craigtlist listing. I did lower the price to a cool $2,000 where it will remain until I either sell it on ebay or die. The plan is to put it up on Ebay some time next week after I get some time to fiddle with how I want the page to look. Bidding will start at $1000 with a $1500 reserve. Tell your friends!

2. I am going back to New Orleans tomorrow. This trip is being made out of the necessity to hit up a Harras at least once every 6 months to maintain players card points. I have been dying to get a vacation in for sometime and this will surely put my mind at rest. Nothing like winning a few Gs in the casino to get mind, body and soul recharged, amirite?

3. I finally cancelled the satellite dish the other day. I was asking myself everyday for the past couple months why I continue to pay for a service that I dont use. So now it will be internet only for my tv viewing pleasure.

Not much other than that on the upcoming schedule. That Sandcastle event that I got epic sunburned at last year is next weekend. More measures will be taken to ensure I dont end up feeling like crap for the following two weeks. I might even *gasp* use sunscreen for a change as my plan of just stay out of the sun and you will be ok did not work out at all last year. Anyway, until next time, Ill leave you with an inspirational story:

You know, when I was in school there was this kid, right, he wanted to play football more than anything - coach wouldn't let him because he wasn't big enough. But did he give up? No. No, it just made him try harder and harder, I mean the kid ate like a wild animal everyday, I mean he pumped iron all night long and after two months he got a hernia. Makes you think, huh? Oh yeah, there's one more thing, that kid's name was Richard Nixon. - Jimmy James, NewsRadio

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Impulse buy



Ok so heres the story of how I came to be in possession of a Country Music Legends autographed guitar.

It all started the Friday night before. We were all playing cards at a bar and proceeded to drink entirely too much alcohol. Being unable to drive back to Sugar Land, I crashed on Christine and Jonathans couch. I woke up Saturday morning in a daze. As I collected myself I had a bit of a dude, wheres my car moment. My keys were gone.

I came to find out that one of my other friends felt too cool or something to sleep on a random couch and proceed to drive my car home. So I am now car-less. Interestingly enough, I get a phone call from Taylor saying that he knows I dont have a car and would be willing to not only take me to Sugar Land but also to a free BBQ fundraising lunch being hosted by the Masons. In the back of my head I was certain this was going to be one of those cult meetings where they give you a weird hair cut and force you to drink kool-aid, but hey, cant pass up free BBQ.

So we get there and the food is delicious. They didnt have any kool-aid or any kind of punch or anything leaving me slightly disappointed. So I walked around a bit a looked at the various things that were in the so-called silent auction. Silent auctions never made much sense to me because it always seemed to have the loudest people crowded in a confined little space. Not seeing anything that particularly interested me, I prepared myself for the so-called live auction which involves people being as silent as possible lest they be confused with a person who actually wants to make a bid. I guess this is just one of those drive on parkways, park on driveways kind of things.

Anyway, it was at this point that Taylor and I saw the guitar. Let me just go ahead now and describe this thing to you. It is an S101 D41425BK acoustic guitar signed by Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, Charlie Daniels, George Straight and BB King. Being the impulsive business man that I am, I immediately started scheming about how we could flip this thing. Surely we would be able to get it for way less than it is actually worth. So anyway, long story short, after convincing Taylor for like 20 minutes to go halfsies with me, we purchased it.

Now since I hope to eventually post a followup on this issue, I am not going to publish how much we paid for the guitar. The plan is as follows:

Step 1: Acquire Country Music Legends autographed guitar.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit.

Last night I finally got around to taking some pictures of the thing and it is now up for sale on craigslist. I will be sure to let you guys know when I unload the thing and have a massive coke party or something.

So thats it, thats the story of how I came to be in possession of a Country Music Legns autographed guitar. The stars must have been perfectly aligned that day. Had I not gotten sloshed the night before, this most likely never would have happened and I would be living a life where I don't own a piece of Country Music Legends history. Alcohol truly is the cause and solution to all of life's problems.

On a related note, the stars were also aligned for another guy on the same day. This guy went to a live auction that his mom was catering and ended up buying a fighter jet. I tip my hat to you, good sir.

Thats all for now. Hopefully the follow up will be sooner than later. I would love to get this thing sold before my trip to New Orleans (yes, again) next Friday.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Book it, done



I will be watching Game 5 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals between the Rockets and Lakers tonight after trivia. But before it comes on, let me give you a little "next week on an all new LOST" type of preview of what will surely transpire.

The series is tied 2 games a piece. Since this game will be played in Los Angeles, the Rockets will have a lead at halftime, maybe 10-12 points. The Lakers will struggle in the 3rd quarter but so will the Rockets. The fourth quarter will start with a slim Rockets lead of only 2-6 points. The Rockets will widen that lead to 10 points at the 8 minutes to go mark of the game.

Suddenly, the Rockets will begin to make mental mistakes and commit fouls only when Kobe has the ball. He will sink all his free throws. The refs will rediscover that the traveling rule still exists and call it several times against the Rockets in the closing minutes. Finally, a defensive 3 seconds in the paint technical foul, something they havent called all night, will be called on the Rockets sending Kobe to the line with 30 seconds to go which will leave the Rockets only up by 1.

Ron Artest will go for an offensive rebound but it will be violently stripped by Kobe and a foul will be called on Artest. Kobe goes to the line and sinks both shots to put the Lakers up by one with 10 seconds to go. Kobe punches Ron Artest in the face on the inbound play and makes an easy layup to secure the win. Ron Artest gets a technical for complaining about it to the refs and gets a 10 game suspension. Laker fans spend the next 2 days applauding the refs for their fair and balanced officiating.

Think Im crazy? Just watch the game tonight.
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