Beisbol. What a debbie downer weekend for the Rebs.
1. LSU (18-9) 2. Florida (17-10) 3. Alabama (17-9) 4. Ole Miss (17-10) 5. Georgia (15-12) 6. Arkansas (14-12) 7. South Carolina (14-13) 8. Vanderbilt (12-14) --- 9. Kentucky (11-16) 10. Auburn (9-18) 11. Mississippi State (8-18) 12. Tennessee (9-19)
Auburn, Mississippi State, and Tennessee are eliminated from the SEC Tournament.
This Week
*Alabama at Auburn *Ole Miss at Arkansas *Kentucky at Florida *Georgia at South Carolina *LSU at Mississippi State *Tennessee at Vanderbilt
I will give credit, when credit is due and you have to give it to MS State for beating us this weekend, as much as it pains me to say that. The 09 meetings between the 2 clubs were split evenly. They did beat us, but in no way, shape, form or fashion are they a better team than us. Sure they beat us, but no way in the big picture are they better than us. We just did not get it done this weekend. It's so disappointing, but it is what it is. We had the opportunity to become a national seed and win the SEC out right and we just collapsed. We move forward. We finish strong and not dwell on the past. Fellow Rebels, we are good, don't panic. We will be ok. I mean look at the SEC tournament field, that is just sick. The only team to "not be worried about" would be Vandy, but even then anything can happen. It is going to be a tough road for any team to get to the Championship game of the tournament, but whoever does we will all slow clap for them because it will be impressive for sure. Bittle will be available to come in for a couple of innings this week vs the Razorbacks, but certainly will be under a strict pitch count. If I were Mikey B, I wouldn't even throw him and make sure he is fine for the tournament. Baseball is about 9 players, not 1. At this point we are a lock for a regional still, pending we do not get swept by Arkansas. We will be traveling for a Super unless an upset occurs which would be nice but we will have to wait and see what happens.
How about our Rebels from the 2004, 2005 team in the Big Leagues!
Seth Smith is hitting lead off for the Rockies.
Matt Tolbert is playing 2nd for the Twins and hitting 2nd
Chris Coghlan, my boy is hitting 2nd for the Marlins and playing Utility. He is gonna be awesome, a pure hitter, gap to gap with speed. I am so pumped that he is up.
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Check out the sweet pic of me and Greg Hardy at the Library, prior to my sick nasty dancing skills invaided the dance floor. He is a projected NFL first rounder boys.
Ole Miss, Florida, and LSU would be SEC Champions. (tiebreakers only for seeding)
Cannot break tie between LSU and Florida for 1-seed. They don't play until next week.
LSU wins tiebreaker over Ole Miss for seeding.
Cannot determine tie breaker between Alabama and Arkansas. They play next week.
Next week's schedule: *Arkansas at Alabama *Auburn at Kentucky *Florida at LSU *Vanderbilt at Georgia *Mississippi State at Ole Miss *South Carolina at Tennessee
Last weekend of season's schedule: *Alabama at Auburn *Ole Miss at Arkansas *Kentucky at Florida *Georgia at South Carolina *LSU at Mississippi State *Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Rebels are Ranked #7 in Baseball America's Latest POLL
Rivals.Com has us at #14, crackhead. No way. No freaking way.
"Ole Miss has had a fantastic past couple of weeks and certainly is playing great baseball right now, but I think the teams ahead of them most certainly have a strong claim to be where they are, especially from a consistency standpoint. If Ole Miss continues to win, everything will play out. There's no question about that."
-Kendall Rodgers, Editor for Rivals College Beisbol.
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Side note, this video seems to have been shot at a Raifords-esqu establishment. If this was played around me after some cocktails. Look out.
Stellar weekend folks. Lets start the day off by laughing at some dbags.
This seriously could be one of my all time favorites of the guid in training.
Now onto the weekend. What an amazing weekend. Oxford is my favorite place ever, most of you probably don't know that or that I really like Ole Miss because I never talk about either. SIKE. The weather could not have been better. Clear skies low 80's and breezy. Perfection.
Folks the Rebels are good. We just took the series from #1 UGA. The simple fact that we were 1 pitch away from potentially sweeping the series speaks volumes for how good we really are. Like I have said before, we are not flashy, we aren't going to over power you with homeruns. What we will do is grind out runs, get people on base, move people over and play solid defense. I will take that any day of the week. We are a complete team that competes and has someone new step up and be a leader each game. Our pitching has been terrific, which was a question coming into the spring. Bittle will be a first round pick in the draft. If we continue doing what we do, we will be setting up nice for the post season.
The atmosphere this weekend was top notch. Here are some quotes from UGA
UGA head coach Dave Perno:
"It's not just the environment...it's the stadium. They've got everything. It's done right. It's the best we've been in, not just the environment and being tough to play in, but just the looks, the aesthetics. Everything's done right and I tip my hat to Mike, Ole Miss and their athletic department. They've done a great job."
Georgia player Rich Poythress:
“It's the best environment I've been around...I've been to LSU. I've been a lot of places, and it's the best environment, other than Omaha, that I've seen in college baseball."
Thats what Texas Coach Auggie Garrido said when he came in 05, Miami coach Jim Morris said we have the best atmosphere, not to mention the countless other teams that have come in and said that Ole Miss has the best enviroment in college baseball. Argue what you want about Mississippi State, LSU and Arkansas. But in my opinion you cannot beat ours. The student section is really the cherry on top that sets us apart from every team in the nation. No other student body supports their team like the Rebels. I think we are setting up not only for a Regional but a National Seed.
Sure we dropped the series to USC, LSU (by 2 freaking runs)and TCU, but are they better than us? Absolutely not. That day they were, and I hate to be the fan that tries to justify the losses by saying "well, baseballs baseball." but the fact is, it is. It's a wierd game. And great teams lose. Thats why they play so many games, you have to look at the entire resume not just 1 or 2 or ever 3 series. We can compete with anyone. We aren't scared. We might be making a trip to Omaha folks, I honestly think we have the capabilities. And boy o boy, if we go to Omaha, this Ninja is going to be there in full effect with nothing but 1 bell and a whistle and maybe some leaves infront of my junk party boying every person around.
Here is a look at the SEC
1. LSU (14-7) 2. Georgia (14-7) 3. Arkansas (13-7) 4. Ole Miss (13-8) 5. Florida (13-8) 6. Alabama (12-9) 7. Vanderbilt (10-10) 8. South Carolina (9-12) 9. Auburn (8-13) 10. Kentucky (7-14) 11. Tennessee (6-15) 12. Mississippi State (6-15)
Next Week
Alabama at State LSU at Arkansas Ole Miss at Auburn Florida at Georgia Tennessee at Kentucky Vanderbilt at South Carolina
Now lets talk about the shit show that was.
Friday night was pretty lax, I mean sure I had some brews at the game, and left in the 7th to get to Robert Earl Keen, but by no means it was crazy. I jammed out at Lyric with some Frat Rats from Houston and we talked about how cool Texas was and just your normal Texas People talk. But by no means crazy. Then took it to the house.
Saturday, Double Decker Day.
Well woke up and freshened up and headed to the field to go wait in line in left. got there at about 11:30am with Marcus, craked a beer and started to jam out with the older guy next to us in line, we were 16th in line. Collin joined us shortly after and we just kicked it. Shortly after I was introduced to one of my blogger fans ( I only have 4 or 5 and I know all of them so this was exciting) so we had a little chit chat, by 1:55pm it was time to get ready for the chair race, for those of you that don't know this is what the line is like.
it's like the running of the bulls. We got our chairs set up and headed to the square to eat. Eat. ha. no such luck. Instead jello shots and hunch punch were suitable. Within the hour I was at a buddies house on the square, after being a couple of beers deep, I had had 3 everclear jella shots, and 2 cups of the punch, needless to say I way on the highway to the danger zone. Went back to the field at about 3:15pm and proceeded to drink more beer and Jam out to the ipod. Great crowd in left. The smell of the grill going, the booze. It's just what Oxford smells like. Good times. After the game, we went to the boom boom room (library) and from like 8:30pm until that joker shut down I party boyed and dropped it like it was hot,I was sweating like a had just ran a marathon and my hips didn't lie. If I wasn't on the dance floor, best believe I was just going up to randos and shaking my badunkadunk to any female. Yup, another weekend of being that guy. And wanna know an amazing piece of information. I did not even have a beer, drink in my hand in the 4 1/2 hours I was there. I was steady ballin with out booze, well because I already had enough I suppose, and its hard to drink when both your hands are on the ground shakin your ass in the air. For some reason Dave is right, white people catalog everything we drink no matter how drunk we get. We know we had 17 beers, 2 shots, what we ate.
Ear me now, ear me now. Check it. Famous words from my main man, Ali G.
Word up it's Friday and I am pumped. I am like a kid in school, on that last day of school before summer, just chompin at the bits to get out. Why you ask? Well you saw the photos above by god thats why.
#1 UGA comes to town to take on the #11 Rebels. Robert Earl Keen is tonight at the Lyric and Double Decker is tomorrow. Can't get much better than that, not to mention the weather should be in the low 80's and clear. Ballin.
So the Rebs have a chance to shatter some attendance records at Swayze this weekend, will it happen? Well hell why not, brand new park, double decker, bad ass weather and playing the #1 team in the country outta do it. I think we also have the opportunity to take 2/3 from the dawgs which could put us in place to become a national seed, and when you are a national seed the percentage of going to Omaha is something like 88%. Now, I know, when we were a national seed back in 05 we got paired up with Texas who ended up being the National Champions that year, but we got the fist job on the seeding. But I think if we play like we are capable of playing, we will have no problem taking on anyone. To be honest ever since 05, I have not been scared to play anyone. I think we are a premier program and know that we can compete with ASU, Texas, USC, Miami and all the other traditional powers.
Well my little league team the Padres, well we went 1-2 this week. I swear I think someone is playing a joke on me because it seems as if I got the most uncordinated group of kids out there. Damn kids look like they are wearing rollerblades for the first time out there. They need to grow a pair, stop being scared of the ball and get some flexibility. They are almost 15 and they still throw like pansies. They need Kenny Powers out there.
Well I gotta run and do some work before I transform myself into a freshmen again for the weekend. I will let you know how things work out....
Word up. Man I freaking love grapes, I am eating some stellar red sedless grapes right now. Freaking awesome. I used to hate eating my lame lunch, but now that I added some grapes to the mix, its awesome.
Anyway, lets talk Rebels real quick. Those not as privilliged to have attended A Great American Public University, please scroll down.
The diamond Rebs play Florida this weekend. We gotta win this series if we want to be in the running for a regional host site. Projections have us being a 2 seed at Clemson and being pared up with LSU as the national seed. As of now you have 3 of the 8 national seeds going to SEC schools (Arky, UGA and LSU)we lost the series to LSU by 2 runs, but still can take UGA and Arky. We must take care of business now, and for sure next weekend if we have hopes of hosting. We are just a scrappy team, not a tone of big name players, we just find a way to get things done. Frustrating part is that it is a roller coaster ride being a rebel fan. But we should all be used to that by now. I wanna go to Omaha so freaking bad. I hope we can do it this year.
Spring Football game is Saturday. I will not be in attendance, I have little league practice. We won last night 20-10. Our pitching is so brutal, walk after walk, and none of the kids retain a damn thing. One of the kids knows I despise LSU and he wore a purple undershirt yesterday to piss me off. Anyway, the Rebels are projected to be a top 10 team this year. Yea, just let that soak in for a second.................................................................................................................................................................... Yea a top 10, holy shitballs. I mean we won't know what to do if we can do what we have the capabilities of doing. From Chris Low of ESPN --Notice I didn't include Ole Miss quarterback Jevan Snead in this conversation. That's because he could make a legitimate run if he picks up where he left off last season and the Rebels play their way to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game.
I mean we are all over ESPN, CNNSI, Rivals and I love it.
Please copy this link and read this Rebel fans. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=4069907
I am already planning the Shark Tank Tailgate for the game @ Memphis and @ Vandy. When we go the SEC championship game expect one there and either the Rose Bowl or Sugar. For those of you that didn't go to the Shark Tank at the Cotton Bowl it was a blast. 350 People, Open Bar, Catered food, DJ all before the game. So you will have to get your fins up and join. It will be first come first serve though.
So my friend Joey told me he did not find the 5 chapters of that book in progress funny. I was highly offended, he said it was a waste of his time and everyone that went to college has those stories. Well not everyone that went to college publishes them, and the fact that I can relate to making fun of the same people Claire does, remembering the blurs of my tenure at Ole Miss and hell the times I go back as an Alum make the stories even better. Boo on you Joey? Anyone else feel the same way as him? If so they are selling new senses of humor at Wal-Mart, go buy one.
On to easter weekend. It was fun, flew back home to Houston for it. Always enjoy it, the Tex-Mex was the first thing I went after once I got off the plane and it did not fail me. I enjoyed the 3 Tex-Mex meals in 3 days I had. Friday night was just a disaster. Started off good, went to Spin class at some new gym by my house, went to lunch with a buddy of mine and then chillaxed for a while. Then invited some people over for dinner with my fam. I cooked dinner, see photo at the top. It was good to finally cook for these people that hear about me cooking all the time and then actually getting to do it for them was fun. Well thats when the pounding of the wine started. Go big or go home right..... well after polishing off a couple bottles between me and 3 others we met up with Ben at Foundation Room at House of Blues. It was bad ass as expected. We drank red wine until our teeth turned purple. Saw a tone of trendy button downs with dragons and neat creatures on them being worn by oversized middle aged men. Took some horrific shots before leaving, I am talking straight vodka pretty much, you know the ones that make your eyes water, as soon as you set the glass down you clutch the bar look down and pray that nothing comes up, attempting to talk is not an option as your hand is in a fist over your mouth, all your attention is focused on not letting everyone know what you thought of the shot. So we are couple shots in, couple bottles down things are looking pretty good right. Sike, they are looking pretty hazey. We leave foundation room and thats when things get just downright fuzzy. We allegedly went to 3 other bars after foundation room. I only remember one of them. I was apparently party boying again. Gotta love it right. Stayed there for all of 10 minutes until I made everyone leave for some reason, to go to the next bar. Where more shots were taken, and lonely dancing occured. After that all I remember is waking up outside of Bens house on his driveway looking up at the sky. O boy. My mother gave me $200 that night and said, now don't you spend this on anything stupid. Well mom, sorry. I wish I could tell you where that two hundy went, but no dice. I woke up without a wallet and like 10 bucks. I quickly texted those who were with me to find out if they had my wallet, and sure enough one of them did, gah, what a close call that would have blew. Ben called me after I left later in the afternoon on Saturday and said, well hell I wish we woulda drank last night. Another eventful night for party boy, maybe I should try acting my age sometime..............hmmmmmmmmmmm. Lets see what happens this weekend, I am cooking out tonight and then some of my buds from Med School are coming up to hang, so the forecast looks cloudy.........
**That other pic is what I sent to Henry (roomate) who went to state before we played them in Baseball and whooped that ass in Jackson this week 8-1. But the brightside of MSU Baseball is that they already outscored the MSU football team. 45-0 baby!!!! Hotty Toddy!
Afternoon Videos
Loving this song right now....
Start your weekend off right with a little Kenny Powers!
April Fools suckas. I gotcha, see I haven't posted since March and most of you thought I quit, na, I was just joshing with ya. SIKE, I have been pretty busy, but no more excuses. I will update at least once a week. I promise (Rachel), I can find 20-30 minutes in my day to have diareha of the mouth that I can send via the web.
So much to catch up on. The past couple of weeks a lot has gone on. A mutual friend of mine is in the process of writing a book. I have met her a couple of times, but damn she is freaking hilarious. If you wanna read the rest of the chapters, just e-mail me, she is strikingly similar to my style and I like it. Here are a couple of clips (iannavarr@gmail.com)
I love my friends. However, I do not like the majority of girls. I feel like there are 75% of douchebag girls who make the entire race look bad. I would like to dedicate this chapter as a big F YOU to all the girls to whom I blame a lot of my dating mishaps on. I am not saying that I didn't deserve some of the things that happened to me, but I also think that guys assume a lot of girls are the same... and by the same I mean clingy, annoying, needy, and whiny. I'd also like to explain why I chose "douchebag." First of all, douchebag is one of my favorite words. But honestly, I just cannot think of a better word to describe these females. They aren't necessarily bitches or even sluts. They are douchebags. They are, by a landslide, my favorite people to make fun of. So let me begin. Ok in past chapters I have vocalized my love for Facebook. This is a love that only competes with Lil Wayne, Bill O'Reilly and my beloved beloved red bull & vodka. I think it is a love that most people share with me but that few with admit. I also will agree it is a blessing and curse. Facebook makes girls look dumb, annoying, and psychotic, to put it mildly. Let me just touch on this subject for a little while: girls Facebook profiles. wHy Do GiRlS tHiNk iTs CoOl tO wRiTe LiKe ThIs??? Dude- how long does it effing take you to type your ENTIRE profile in that font??? and for what purpose other than to annoy the FUCK out of me??? One of my favorite things to do is to find douchebag girls profiles and copy and paste them onto my friends walls. This is something I invest way too much time in. These are the girls with constant status updates, ridiculously long list of interests, and lots of !!!!! and ***** in their profiles. I need to remove them as friends but I just cant. There is nothing than gives me greater joy than making fun of these girls. I have a few favorites so I will happily copy and paste them below and then proceed to make fun of them in the following paragraphs. One girl in particular is my favorite- but sadly, she has chosen to remove me from her Facebook friends. I think she caught on to the fact I was making fun of her after I posted her "The Knot" page on half of my friends walls. Don't worry though- I will get on my friends account because I cannot write an entire chapter about douchebag girls without writing about her.
Sorority Life
So I have never understood peoples prejudices about sororities..... SIKE yes I did... its called jealously. Seriously my biggest pet peeve (along with about 100 other things) is when people say that being in a sorority means you have to "pay for your friends" Wow! You're sooooo right!! I am sure 150 skinny, pretty, southern blonde girls really cant find anyone to be their friends and need to pay 2000 a semester for them. Let me let you in a little secret... we arent paying for our friends... we are paying to not have to hang out with people like YOU. I loved being in a sorority. I loved everything about it. So thats why it really grinds my gears when people who clearly know nothing about Greek life decide to put their 2 cents in. I have still yet to see any movie that portrays sorority life even close to how it actually is. I mean.... what the hell are these movies??? The House Bunny!? If you have actually watched this please go jump off a building. These producers/directors.. whatever.... have obviously never ever been anywhere near any Greek establishment and have no idea what it is about. And does anyone remember the show Sorority Life on MTV? WHAT. THE. FUCK. umm last time I checked sororities had more than 9 members and no one had braces. I would like to talk more shit about this show but I really dont remember anything else about it because I refused to watch it.
Again, she is in the process of writing a book, and I know I will purchase it once it hits shelves. I was trying to read all 5 chapters on my blackberry yesterday while driving to Greenwood, and luckly there was nobody else on the road because I was occupying all lanes while laughing.
So lets just do a rehash of events over the past couple of weeks. Try to keep it kinda short as it has been 17 days since my last post.
Lets Start it with the song of the day:
So as a Memphian now, I was pleased to hear that Calapari left. Gah, the city of Memphis was literally on suicide watch. Every news channel was flying over his house in a chopper, people were standing in his front yard crying, holding signs begging him not to leave. They of course were sporting bad ass chin strap facial hair, baggy cargos, white kicks, a sweet as tiger tee and some killer pukas like they were scooped of MTV's Spring Break. So terrible, but it made my day seen Memphis put back in it's place. But in all fairness, I will say that I hope Josh Pastener, their new head coach does reasonably well because he is only 31 and seems like a good guy. But I still hate that school. A lot. Thank you coach Cal. For leaving Memphis.
New Raifords opened up a couple of weeks ago. Better believe I was there. I wasn't there for long, but there none the less. That night started pretty early, ole Sammy boy was intown and me Cass and Sam were watching Cocktail the movie and getting pretty marinated for the festivities. I was pounding Vodka Cranberries, (Im on my diet for all you naysayers, ps lost 31 lbs baby, since January 4) anyway we started taking shots at my house, and well you should know how this story ends. We get to raifords at like 10:30. Well this guy gets tuckered out and takes the trolly to main and auction, hops out and walks back to the house. Much better than the original raifords 5K of a month ago. Apparently I was overserved at my house, got a beer at raifords and just walked around like a lost dog, went upstairs to the loft area where some couches are, sat down and relaxed, i was just resting my eyes, geeezz. Well some girls took pictures of me moving my hands and arms in different directions, and pretty much making fun of me, which is ok. But I will say this is all alleged, and I am innocent until proven guilty and have not seen any of these pictures so I will pretend it didn't happen.
Well the following night, well I went to Oxford for the Ole baseball game. The Rebs were playing UK and Sam and I got there right at about 1:45pm. Set our chairs up in left, and headed to the square. We went to Funkys, the new daquri bar. Let me tell you, I knew from the get go when Sam ordered 3 tequilla shots within the hour that I was on "A highway to hell" (pretend that was the song) and indeed it was. We left, walked back to the game and pounded some cold brews. O did I mention, I didn't eat anything but about 2lbs of crawfish all day. Ha well, again, we know where this story ends. Another adventurous night. Game ends, Rebs win and also Sweep the series the following day. We go the the boom, boom room (library) and Cass is trying to tell me the importance of me going to Rib Cage with him. I disagree, and continue acting like a freshmen. Well again, alegedly I was "ridiculous" that night. Sorry I like to dance, have fun and party boy everyone.
But thats what happens after an all day boozefest, people buying me shots. At least I am a fun drunk right. Always look at the bright side folks. Anyway, the night went on, I was sweating like crazy, got seperated from the pack as usual. Buckel up folks, I got a ride to the Kappa Sig house to late night, O yea. I was that guy, forgive me to want to continue partying, anyway I proceeded to jump on the furniture, party boy more with some girls, sit outside until I decided to have one of the actives call a pledge for me to get a ride to a friends house, well maybe he decided for me. Anyway, the pledge comes up introduces himself as Pledge _____ we are driving down Jackson, and I make him pull over at Wendys. O yes, nothing like a little late night grub huh. Welcome to wendys how can I help you. Pledge asks what I want, I look over and see the double meat cheeseburger and fries, pass, ceasar salad......check. I want a ceasar salad. The pledge tells the lady, and I swear she thought we were crazy, Ceasar salad??? I was wasted faced and still had the self control to avoid a burger, what a billy bad ass. We pull up to the window to pay, he looks at me (pledge) sticks out his had, I look at him and say, o yea I don't have any money. My tab is still open at the bar. Whoopsies, ahhaa. I made him pay for my food. Well he drops me off where I tell him. I go up to the door, do the drunk knock and doorbell ring, you know the one where your ring and bang until someone answers. Well turns out I was at the wrong house. Guy opens the door, just a crack and says, "Ya, can I help you?" here I am with a Wendys bag, Madras shorts, sweat probably dripping off my head, so surely he didn't find me as a threat. I just looked and said, wheres Gant? He said, ugggggggggghhhh you got the wrong house. My bad. haha. Opps, I did it again, got lost in your.....(brit spears) what an idiot. O boy though. What a good weekend. You can't put a price on fun right.............
Couple new movies you need to check out this summer.....
Come on tell the truth. I didn't blog last week because I was busy at work, it's amazing how the week flies by when you do that. Crazy. Today, yea, not so much. Hopefully it will be my only slow day of the week, as I enjoyed the speedy week last week.
I want you to caption this pic at the top, the one of the wrestlers. Lets see who comes up with the best one, and the winner gets nothing.
Mine will come with a video.
Put yo money in da air like it's a tip drill---
So last week was good. Blake and Ally got married, it was fun. Lots of binge drinking. We got on the party bus and I proceded to grind on some face. Check out the pic. Pretty sweet. Went and saw Zac Brown on thursday, and he was bad ass. Going to a concert sober is really wierd. Enjoyable, but not really something I want to experience all the time. It was on a Thursday and due to my diet regimen, I limit myself to Friday and Saturday drinking only. I didn't drink in high school, and my friends would always say it makes you more sociable and helps you have a good time. I was like yea, right, some liquid does this to you? Haha, right...clowns. Well they were right, and I found the fun juice once I got to college. My X-X-X girlfriend, my high school gal, well when we had our awful break up she cused me out and told me I would be such a drunk in college, blah, blah, blah. I didn't believe it. Well, there are some good pics out there of me, better stories and amazing second lived memories of them. How people can go out with drunks sober is beyond me and I feel for them. Imagine how annoying that would get on a regular basis. Man. This weekend was super lame. I felt like a parent. I went to the sweet 16 games here, which were fun. But no booze was sold at the games. The NCAA is about making money and well they really shot themselves in the foot on this one. 17K plus people that were willing to pay $7 for a beer. Whoopsies. I didn't go out after. BOOO. Then Saturday, I worked out, cleaned the house, organized the garage, watched golf, cooked and went to bed. Sunday, worked out, spun, mowed the grass, went grocery shopping and cooked. Man, what a thrilling weekend. O well, I got some rest and didn't spend a dime.
Rumor is Calapari is leaving Memphis for UK. That would be amazing. As Memphis would get a swift kick to the nuts and reality, that well they are Memphis and will likely go to the nearest Hollister, Gadzooks, Spencers Gifts and Outback Steakhouse to find therapy in finding a new coach. Damn Memphis fans. Moving forward
Rebels lost a hard fought battle to LSU this weekend in Baton Rouge. Bittle pitched great. We had opportunities to win, but didn't finish. We have to have clutch hitting and execute when we have runners on. We also have to throw people out when they steal. I don't think it is anything to freak out about, LSU is ranked #2 in the country and we really could have swept, we were 2 runs from doing so. So don't hang your head down low fellow Rebels, we will bounce back. Rebs play tonight vs Arky State at home, making up a rain out date. Then come to Memphis to take on the Memphis Douches at Autozone. Should be a fun game, its a pretty park. Then take on UK this weekend at home, at which point hopefully Calapari will be in the dugout shooting the shit with UK players.
Rundown of the week.
Monday -- Little League game -- Season Opener, we are going to do awful. Tuesday -- Little League Practic -- rain likely Wednesday -- Rebs vs. Douches @ Autozone Thursday -- Little League game Friday -- Cardinals vs Redbirds @ Autozone, followed by Raifords #2 grand opening. Saturday -- Head to Oxford for the UK game and then to the boom boom room.
Little league, damn, freakin filling my schedule up and I have only seen 1 hot mom. What the hell, well hopefully now that the season is kicking off we will see some big sisters and divorced mothers who will think I am just so nice for coaching these kids.
I need some Netflix suggestions folks, please throw them out there.
Saw "I love you bro" good flick, you should see it too. Funny, couple of good one liners, safe to take the girlfriend to as it is not overly gross.
Last week we saw a couple of former Rebels do well. Cozart had a good week with the Reds big league camp. Tolbert went bomb with the Twins and Coghlan had a inside the parker vs my Astros. Well done boys, well done.
Until we meet again, o yea. Check out the new dew, if anyone has seen the sun, please, please notify him and tell him we have a 911 with me. We really need to see eachother soon.
Word Up. Big news, well kinda. Raifords is opening another location. The original location where many of you may have grinded, and will continue to grind will still be around, that location is off of Vance and Main, by the Fedex Forum. It is owned by 2 guys who bought it from Raiford 2 years ago. For those of you who don't know what the hell Raifords is, well its amazing. It's loud rap. There is a drum set that anyone can play. Fog so think in there you can barely see the end of the room. A dance floor that lights up blue, red, pink and green. A zebra wall and floor. Leather couches, stripper poles and strobe lights. They only sell 32 oz beers. And it's open from 11pm-4:30am Wednesday - Sunday. A place where many hook ups have blossomed into relationships, STDs, and small children. Well, the original Raifords and his daughter, Paula, will be opening up a new location on April 3. It will be on the corner of Main and Monroe. What a better location. The Raifords 5K will be cut in half for those of you who try to run home after the bar back to Mud Island. Not to mention it's in a better part of downtown, you will have Bardog, Flight and Sauces, all a bit tredier than Ernsiens and Green Bettle, but hey to each their own right. This location is slatted to look pretty much the same except be 4X bigger. Thats amazing. I am excited about it. Read more about it here.....
So I thought more about the rules of engagement on cheering for another school, as my post yesterday and status on the shitty new facebook garnered a decent amount of attention from Tiger High fans.
Here are the rules of being a fan.
1. You will be 100% committed to your Alma Matter, if you got a degree from that school or spent at least 3 years at that institution you will pledge alligance to that school. You are exempt from that rule if you school does not have a division 1 team or does not offer that sport, say you are a University of Vermont grad, you can then choose a football team to cheer for, and it can be anyone and nobody will hold it against you.
2. If you graduate from your Division 1 school and do not visit but once a year, you are bush league and should be slapped in the face. Unless you must travel overseas to get to the game.
3. In no way, manner, or fashion is it ok for you to attend an institution and like another school. If you were to stupid to get into that school, go to community college, and then transfer. Do not walk around campus wearing "Wish I went to XYZ U". That is also grounds for a bitch slap.
4. You may like another school for fun and for when your team is not playing. And when I say like, I mean like a cute little ugly dog or animal. You want them to do well, but it's not really gonna matter if they fail. You do not get emotionally attached to another school. IE, my other teams Colorado, USC and Georgia are fun to root for on all occasions but when we play them. And, when/if they loose, I could give two shits and continue on. When my Rebels play and we lose, I feel like someone kicked me in the nuts, don't want to go out and become anti-social. That is the right way to feel about your institution. You cannot carry those feelings on with a second team.
5. You may temporarily carry thoses feelings if you are wagering a large sum of money, say $150+. In that case, you can cheer for who you like and be pissed and depressed if they lose. But this is just temporary.
6. The only time you can claim a team is:
They are a professional team, I cheer for the Grizzlies because I have a connection to them, I live in Memphis now. If you live in LA you cheer for the Lakers, ect. This does not apply to college teams AT ALL. The college team in your town/city will always take the backseat to your own university, ALL THE TIME. IT is however acceptable to attend games if you live in say State College, PA to go cheer on Penn State as it would be more difficult to get to your alma matter of Arizona State. But again, being depressed will not be acceptable and no facebook posts should ever include you hoping another school wins unless they are playing your Rival or you are in a pool/gambling on it.
You have added a diploma from that institution, say a masters or a PHD, however again, if you spent 3+ years at one place. Your fanhood stays there regardless of what your diploma reads. And even if you get a masters/PHD from another school that will always be your second team.
You attended a small school, University of Phonenix, School of Hard Knocks, or aquired a GDI will you then have the liberty to pick your school.
7. Lastly, you are welcome to cheer for your home state/city school. BUT, I cannot stress this enough. You cannot advertise openly, post facebook statuses, twitter posts, or own any t-shirts that may stake your claim to that school. That is just like cheating on a girl friend. A girl would dump you if she saw you making out with another dude. If I were Ole Miss and you were cheering for the tigers, I would yank that damn diploma right off your wall and ask you never to step foot on campus again, as you have tarnished your reputation and the repuation of our institution.
PS, it is ok to wear a article of clothing/another school colors to another game as long as you are a visiting fan, and your team is not playing. I did it in Austin when Texas and Ohio State played back in 06. I wore a burt orange polo with an OLE MISS hat. And I still felt like I was cheating on Ole Miss. The whole day I felt like I was going betraying my university, but my friends that visity the Grove wear red and the same is acceptable if you are visiting another school with a friend. **this is not allowed all the time though, as then you begin to think that is your school.
I hope I have cleared some things up for you. Enjoy your NCAA tourney, and I hope the Tigers get pooped on.
Sorry folks, been a bit busy. You'd be amazed at how much I can get accomplished when not in front of a computer. No stalkerbook, Spirit, WWTDD, NAFOOM and shit I can do some wonders on work.
So lets start out by professing my extreme hate for the Memphis Tiger. I mean, as I type this I can feel myself getting stressed out. They aggrivate the hell out of me. Mainly because you have people that grew up in Memphis, went to Ole Miss, State, Auburn (Fill in with your school choice) yet still manage to be die hard Tiger High Fans. How the hell does that happen? Your alligance to your school is like marriage friends, til death do us part. I mean, I am a Rebel through and through. I might have teams that I am kinda like ya, hope they win against XYZ team, but I could give two shits if they win or lose. Those teams PS, my "bandwagon or other" teams are USC, UGA and Colorado. Random. Yes. But again, I could careless if they win or lose to be honest, but I will cheer for them if they are on the tube. But for the Memphis wanna be fans, why don't you go buy some white tennis shoes, some hair gel, go pierce your lip and drive your sooped up HUN-da. Just infuriates me. I think I hate them more than LSU. The fuel is added to my fire when I pick up the paper everymorning to find out that on the front page, they tell me that John Calapari took a dump on a yellow shitter. Then the next day he walked on beige carpet. I mean who the hell cares. Talk about the freaking Grizzlies, talk about the REBELS. I would rather read about MSU. You don't see me cheering on the mighty cougars of Houston, or the mean Owls of Rice do you. Hell I don't even cheer for the Texas Longhorns, unlike most people at Ole Miss who are from Texas but couldn't get in so came to Ole Miss. They would rather go to a UT game then an Ole Miss game, and that kinda crap drives me up the wall. If/when I move back to Houston, I will be the most obnoxious Ole Miss fan there, and I will go to HS to promote Ole Miss. I went to the Notre Dame Tennessee Game and the Notre Dame Michigan game and wore Ole Miss Polos to both games. Ya, well if I could marry Ole Miss, I would. Shes fine. And has a ton of property in God's Country. I love Ole Miss. You should love your University. Not someone elses you clowns.
Memphis fans...remind me of......
While we are on the topic of Memphis. Here is a great blog for any Memphians.... http://www.paulryburn.com/blog/ Especially if you live downtown. Mo tight.
So the rebels finalized their 2009 & 2010 schedule for football. its booboo. Aside from our nasty home games, we have terrible non confrence games. Slap Pete Boone if you see him for me.
Sept. 1 Central Arkansas Oxford Sept. 8 UAB Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 15 Texas Oxford
Sept. 22 Tulane Oxford
2013
Sept. 14 Texas Austin, Texas
2015
TBA Clemson Clemson, S.C.
TBA Fresno State Oxford
2016
TBA Clemson Oxford
TBA Tulane New Orleans, La.
2017
TBA Tulane Oxford
2019
TBA Georgia Tech Oxford
2020
TBA Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga.
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Hope that comes out ok and formatted ok on the blog, if not o well, call geek squad for me and have them figure it out for me.
----- Rebs one last night vs Arky St and wore green hats because of our good friend Asst. Marketing Director Brandon Hudspeth, props to him for setting it up, all ass slaps and high fives should be forwarded to his facebook wall.
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So Ian had a shit show this weekend. Ole Scotty boy from B-Ham (College Roomie) came to visit me. Henry (current roomie) had like 8 of his boys come in. We hit up the crawfish boil at Red Rooster, then went to the dog track in West Memphis. I won $40 off a $2 bet, I was pumped! Then dominated Raifords. Where I drank 2 32oz beers. Listen, thats impressive ok. If you have to drink a whole one at raifords, clearly the earlier part of your night did not go as planned.
Saturday, well we played bar golf. Our rules were as followed. visit 9 bars. 30 minuets at each bar.
Beer = 1 point Mixed Drink = 2 points Shot =3 points Silkies Diver= 10 points Puke time= -10 points Bathroom Breaks = -5 *allowed one per hour at no charge.
Well, I won that joker, I was the last man standing, therefore I win. We hit up Silly Goose, Club 152, Club Chill, some rando bar on Beale, Silkys, Raifords. Well we were supposed to hit 9 but we stayed at Silkys for a long time. Then I stayed at raifords forever. Until the joker closed. At 4:30am. I freaking dominated the drumb set like a jackass both nights at raiford too. I have never played the drums. I sounded like this probably.
So Saturday at Raifords. Me and this unknown lady were grinding......to this.....
Which I think is a staple song there. Anyway, grinding away, I dropped it like it was hot a couple of times also. She was throwing me around and being rough with me, I was totally diggin it. I kept pulling her necklace and things appeared to be getting pretty. darned. serious on the dance floor. Well, it got less and less crowded. And all of a sudden, BOOM lights turned on and bouncers began kickin folks out. We sat on the couch, discussed a future meeting and the bouncers made us get up and leave. Her friends got in a cab, we stood out talking. I was getting her number and my freaking phone was dead. I looked at her with my lost eyes, "shit, my phones dead......uhhhhh" meanwhile her friends are in the cab screaming for her to get in, the 1 dude that was with them was standing by the door with one are proping it open (I could sense the feeling of, come on dude, are you gonna seal the deal or what make up your effin mind) So I said, well we can do this the old fashioned way ( somewhat slurred speech I imagine) do you have a pen, she looked in her purse. NO DICE. We asked in the cab. No DICE. Cabbie. NO DICE. Looked around and said "does anyone have a pen?" NO DICE. She was quickly shoveled into the cab by the dude friend who had enough waiting. No Phone Number. Ian, Fail. Well Ian also didn't have any cash. Phone was dead, and friends were gone. So began the 1st annual Raifords 5k. It was 4:30am. I began my journey down Main St. I was in jeans, a button down and loafers. Perfect attire for a 5k. I started getting winded by the Orpheum. Sad, I know. Even though I have been doing spin, but I was a little boozed up so shut it. I was approached by a Bum who asked for money, I said to him "well if I had any don't you think I'd be taking a cab?" and ran past him. Streets where empty. The rest of the way I didn't pass anyone or anything. Until I hit the round about on Mud Island. Where those familiar know that on Sunday Mornings in front of TUGS they set up a paper stand. Well the damn paper boy was just sitting in his chair to start selling the Sunday Paper. I laughed. And I am confident he was like, what the hell is going on. Folks, I was drenched in sweat when I got home. The Raifords 5K was certainly an experience, not that bad either, plus I burned all the calories I took in. I wasnt even mad. Amazing.
Shitty weather here in the Mid-South. It has canceled my trip to Nashvegas, as the weather is not condusive to watching a baseball game or playing a game for that matter. So best of luck to my Rebels. I will miss not being able to go to SATCO, and chillaxin with my folks up in Nashville. But, I will soon make a trip there.
So on the way to work this morning, I was flipping through all the radio stations like I think most of us do. I landed on Hot 107.1, a Rap station. I am white, I realize that, but I like rap. I like country, rock, spanish, classical, I pretty much listen to everything. Well, a commercial was on right before the song, it was for a animal clinic. They said "Come see us, we are in the heart of whitestation, 100% black owned and operated". Now how the hell is that ok? That does not make me ever wanna go there. In fact I wanted to call and say, hey listen I am a white guy who listens to rap occasionally, and that is just not right. Would it be ok for a business to advertise as 100% white owned and operated? No. What they are showing is that unlike what they want to be doing, Progressing society. They are regressing. They, and when I say they I am obviously generalizing as not everyone wants this but here in Memphis, it's like Black vs White. It's sometimes annoying. I mean, if you were in the hospital and the doctor was black, asian, indian, would that stop you from wanting his help. Hell no. Are you not going to go to a restaurant because a certain ethnicity owns it? No. So again, why the hell is it ok to promote that? I mean I understand that the dominate audiance that listens to that station is African American, but like anything you are going to have a mix. I can assure you that you will never here that on 107.5 which is the top 40's station. And you certainly will never here the country station advertise a "white business". We live in an era that I would like to consider equal, if anything favoring minorities. Which is fine. Everyone deserves an equal opportunity, if you are willing, committed and have a strong work ethic. The society we live in now, Black President, Female CEO's, Indian Doctors, Chinnesse Accountants; where a 25 year old can be a billionare and a 60 year old can be homeless. This is America, and it provides opportunities for all kinds. That add just really pissed me off.
Next subject. Cass and I hit spin class this morning, like our usual Friday routine. We both have hit 20LB of weight loss. I am so pumped. My gut doesn't stick out like it used to. I mean back around the cotton bowl, just look at my facebook pictures and you can see my gut sticking out, it was gross. I could rest a beer on it. Sick. It was time for it to go, and thats when I got my mind set on changing my ways, and I have. I eat right, take in good amounts of water and exercise 5-7 times a week. No fried food. Lots of veggies. Lots of sweating. Lots of me wanting to punch the spin teacher in the ovaries. But it has paid off. I still have 13 LBS to go. May 1 I would like to be 180. Which is what I came to Ole Miss at. We will see.
Any Memphians doing anything this weekend? 126 Household is thinking about the St. Pattys parade and pub crawl tomorrow. (after spin class) Tonight maybe sushi or the crawfish boil at the red rooster. Anyone that wants to chillax, just holla, holla, holla.
you can catch me riding dirty, downtown 5-6 times a week. It's pretty bad arce, especially now that I have started burning cd's for my instructor.
I really started Spinning, regularly, probably a month maybe 3 weeks ago. It has been great. I just finished a 2 hour spin on Saturday, and it makes me feel somewhat like an athlete again just because of the pace you can go at and now after doing it consistently for a while I don't lose my breathe as easily after going "up hill" or doing "sprints". Its a fun class, and there is usually some good looking females in there. What females, there is a good looking dude in their named Ian for you too. Geez, no need to get testy.
Anyway, I weighed in at 195 this morning. January 4 I was at 213. So BAM!!!!
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Rebs are playing UK in basketball right now. Close game going into the half. Rebel Baseball travels to Nashville this weekend for the SEC opener vs Vandy. I will be in Nashville for the series. I love that city. I am for sure hitting up some SATCO. For those that don't know, well you will just have to go to Nashville to find out.
Rebel football may not have to hang its head down low if they manage to pull off Colorado for our September 12 game. I would love to have a home and home with them. Boulder is bad ass.
Yoccona has been rumored to have burned down last night, that sucks because it was awesome. However, this might provide for an opportunity to expand and or move to a new facility. Which in my opinion wouldn't be bad, sure its all fine and dandy to bring your own wine, wait an hour for a table and drive 10 miles out in the county to go out there. But wouldn't it be much better to do it in Oxford, still brown bag it, just bring it in closer. I hope they do, kinda like the mansion but with way better food. They already have a client base, so it's not like they wouldn't come.
Question for the audience. How the hell was it 83 degrees tuesday night, and today its freaking snowing and sleeting.
Anyway, Nashville this weekend. Looking forward to it. Also debating on going home to Houston for the Shell Houston Open, or the following weekend which is Easter. We have home series both weekends so I would either miss UK or USC. I went to the Open last year, sat 18th Green Skybox. It was awesome. All the big boys were there except Tiger. Same thing this year......Hmmmmmmmmm....
Greetings, Boy o boy its been a while. Como estan todos? We will start out with a class video for all you love birds to play for your better haves......
I got this in an email and thought it would provide some fun reading, maybe not. We will see.
The Bucket List
( ) Been to Europe -- NO. Kids in college. Please study abroad. Not just blondes.
( X ) Been on a cruise --- The Norwegian Sun, and it was the titties.
( X ) Gone on a blind date --- Yes, a couple and all of them I would have wiped my ass with sand paper.
(Xxxxx) Skipped school -- I'm a hoodrat. Of course I did
( X) Watched someone die --- Just on the first 48.
( ) Been to Canada -- Never. I'm not to big on Hockey, but its kinda cool And I like maple syrup.
(X ) Been to Mexico -- duh, freakin spring break brasuf.
(X) Been to Florida -- does a bear shit in the woods?
(X) Been on a plane -- is the pope catholic
(x) Been lost -- well not since me and my friend tomtom met.
(X) Been on the opposite side of the country -- LA. Florida.
( ) Been to Washington , DC -- Never, but i want too.
(X) Been to Vegas -- Hell yes. Place is amazing.
(x) Swam in the ocean -- Stupid question.
(x) Dumped in a portopotty -- Not yet. Im not opposed to the idea though.
( ) Been Sky Diving -- I would shart myself.
( ) Seen the Cherry Blossoms in Washington , D.C. -- nope
(x) Played cops and robbers -- yea. after a swap with a phi phi.
( ) Flown a plane -- no but that would be kick ass.
( ) Owned a boat -- well a raft.
( ) Watched grandchildren grow -- not that im aware of, but i wouldn't doubt it....
(X ) Recently colored with crayons -- Crayola make fantastic body paint......just saying, trying to get some of you to be more creative in the sack right...
( ) Been to the Kentucky Derby-The racetrack in Louisville, not the race. -- have not gotten lucky in Kentucky, however I am taking applications now.
( ) Been to Key West -- negative ghost rider.
(x) Been to a rodeo -- the biggest one in the world, duh. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
(x) Sang Karaoke -- not sober.
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only? -- Yes, yesterday. What. We are in a recession. Don't act like you haven't.
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? - O boy. To many times.
(X) Made prank phone calls -- I was a jerky boy.
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose -- very often, i am easily amused. what can i say.
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue -- 2 weeks ago.
(X) Danced in the rain - only because she had a white shirt on.
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus -- back in the day.
(X ) Been kissed under the mistletoe -- kissed where?
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone -- Yup
(? ) Seen the green flash at sunset -- do you mean pee while the sunset? if so, yes.
(x) Blown bubbles -- in the tub. but not with my mouth.
(x) Gone ice-skating -- i used to be a figure skater.
(x) Gone to the movies -- what a dumb question. have you ever sat in a chair?
(X ) Owned a convertible -- no but my friend ben moores has a miata that he lets me borrow.
1. Any nickname? Duckie, Frat, Chef, Stud, Baller, Big Dong
2. Mom's first name? Your mom goes to college.
3. Body Piercing? weiner
4. How much do you love your job? Like, I wanna marry it.
5. Birthplace? Screwston, Texas
6. Ever been to Hawaii ? nope, but on HD on the travel channel i feel like it.
7. Ever been to Africa? Maybe.....
8. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner? Fatty McFatterson.
9. Ever been on TV? People Know me.
10. Ever steal any traffic sign? 1,2,3, 5th.
11. Ever been in a car accident? Yes
12. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4 doors
13. Favorite number? 9
14. Favorite movie? StepBrothers, My Best Friends Girl, Wedding Crashers, Role Models, 40 Year Old Virgin -- you get the picture
15. Favorite holiday? XMAS.
16. Favorite dessert? Chocolate Body Paint
17. Favorite meal of day? Dinna.
18. Favorite food? TEXMEX
19. Favorite day of the week? Friday, or Saturday during football season
20. Favorite brand of body wash? Anything sexual. I mean sensual. MMMM
22. How do you relax? Spin Class baby. Or lay on my couch.
23. How do you see yourself in 10 years? 5'11, 175 LBS of solid steel.
24. Furthest place you will send this message? This Blog
25. Who will respond to this the fastest? Not a soul.
Please forgive me, I know many of you have just been struggling over me not posting. But I am back for a short one. Update on the weight loss campaign at casa de Ian. Jan 4, 2009 : 213 March 6, 2009: 196
Cass and I began two-a-days Wednesday morning, hitting the gym aroun 5:45am and then spinning at 6pm. Our attempt will be to do that 3x a week. Then I am also attempting a 2 hour spin class tomorrow. yikes. we will see what happens with that. I will report back on Monday.
Nothing major happening here in Memphis. Randy Rogers play tonight at Newbys. Rascal Flatts played last night, had a friend stay over and I gladly gave him and his girlfriend my room to sleep in. They came up for the concert and I slept on the couch because I'm a good friend. Anyway, I was quickly awaken by what seemed to be a couch throwing competition up in my room, but it was likely fornication. O well, he was kind and washed the sheets for me. What a gentlemen right.
Above are some pics of the snow from last weekend. It caused us to miss 2 little league practices, therefore we have one make up tomorrow causing me to miss my crawfish boil in Oxford. BOOOOO. Kids are gonna run for that!
Check out Memphis in May Line up, not to shabby. www.memphisinmay.org
So I wish I could learn to use all the features of this blog better so I can track how many people view this, beacause it seems like nobody reads it and I am debating on stopping.....hmmmmm. They need like a blog tutorial session. I think I could make it a lot cooler if I could add some jams, some polls, some links maybe a video blog kind of like Kige Ramsey, my video blog idol.
Anyway, some of you need to start commenting because from what I hear, The Daily Rambler might become extinct.
So nothing to exciting went on yesterday. Normal routine. -Work -Spin -Cooked Dinner -Watched TV
Quality TV that was watched -- Gangland (bad ass), The Bachelor Season Finale (Funny) and The City -- A must watch on Monday, all shows mentioned above are quality forms of entertainment and probably a waste of time but they fufill me and thats all that matters, and if you make fun of me I will make fun of you right back. Except on MY blog.
Quality Television that I am missing tonight because I have little league practice after spin. -Biggest Loser -Homeland Security -American Idol (actually dont really watch it, but provides for a commercial filler.)
Now some might say, that I waste a significant amount of time watching tv, but the facts are maybe 2 hours max a day. Which I don't think is too bad all things considered. Sure, I should probably read a book instead but hey, tv is a virtual book.
Which brings me to the next topic of conversation. I think I will be moving from the wonderful Memphis within 18 months. Things are well in Memphis, I have fun, enjoy my job and friends here. But like Barack Obama says, It's time for a change.
Nashville, Atlanta, Dallas and Houston are looking like my landing pads.
Cashville Clean city, fun, vibrant, young. Smallest one of all the ones mentioned but its the Hollywood of the south people. Relatively close to Oxford, hilly terrain, you have a river there and it gets 4 seasons there. Downside would be the lack of Texmex, (SATCO is the only viable option) and no NBA, MLB team. Plenty of concerts and NFL and NHL are there. Not a hub for any airport, so chances are you will connect anywhere you go, but Southwest does fly there. Casinos aren't to far, and skiing is a days drive away. Plus it's in SEC country. Odds of me moving there 30%
Hotlanta Big city, lots of traffic, pollution, crowdedness. All things I enjoy. It has every major sports league, plenty to do. Buckhead provides plenty of bars and the young professional crowd an area to mingle. Plenty of growth as Coke, CNN, Weather Channel, Home Depot, Delta, Air Tran and other major companies are there. Hartsfield -Jackson is one of the the largest cluster f's of an airport in the US, and you can fly direct anywhere in the world pretty much, or close to it. Proximity to other southern towns/cities is good. SEC country. Downfall, texmex. Good overall culinary scene though. Odds of me moving there 20%
Dallas Major city in Texas, home to plenty of businesses. Uptown/McKinney area is good for the twenty somethings. Every major sport is covered. 2 airports, Americas team. Major Bowl Game, good mix of SEC & Big XII people. Drive to Oxford in a day. Clean areas, modern. Big highways, buildings, lots of traffic no matter what time of day and great food. Lake LBJ, hill country and golf all not far from the city center. Odds of moving there 10%
Houston Born and raised there. Know it well. Have plenty of friends from various colleges that are there. Home to many fortune 500 companies. Excellent Texmex, lunchbreak drive away from the beach. 2 airports. I-10 is 24 lanes (including feeders and HOV), major sports. House of blues. Good concerts. Downtown that is being revitalized, light rail that just got put in effect. Largest Medical center in the world. Always stuff to do. Casinos are less than 2 hours away. Things that would deter me are the trendy t-shirts, gel heads, douchebags, cars with giant muflers, euro lights, sideways hats, the lack of SEC people and the humidity. Odds of moving there 40%
Now alot can change between now and then, but if I were to move today, I would say Houston, here I come. But a lot is dependent on work. We will see what happens. I will open the floor for discussion.
Just kidding, we can't be that excited can we? Just another beautiful Monday here in Memphis, windy and chilly. High in the 40's low in the 20's. Amazing. SIKE. Freaking wind is brutal, luckily my little league practice got canceled. Woulda been the opposite of fun out there trying to run a practice while watching all the hot moms stick around practice to watch their kids play.
Great weekend on my part. I did NOTHING. And I loved every second of it aside from terrible food experiences. Not that the food was ever really bad, it was just the act of getting the food that sucked ass. Friday night, I was starving. This must be prefaced with my lunch M-F so you can understand my frustrations....
4 oz of turkey (no bread) 15 pringles --literally. thats 100 calories 1 apple 1 cup of carrots 1 90 calorie granola bar.
So anyway, leave work. Pumped. Happy its Friday right, just like the rest of the working and non working world. Get home around 530. We make plans to leave the house at 620 to head out east where we were eating (Cozymels - the only decent mexican joint in Memphis, this is the standard of texmex where I come from)well, of course....females disrupt this plan, and my stomach is eating itself. We do not leave until like 650. I am furious, and when I get hungry I get a little edgy. Sorry but hunger will do it to you. On the way there, we hit every damn red light. It's raining and Poplar Ave in really a 4 lane road that they turned into 6 but I was still driving like a NASCAR racer trying to get there. Just frustrated as all hell we finally arrive. We order margaritas and they taste just like what I am sure the piss of a drunk person who just had like 10 margaritas tasted. Frustrated again. But the chips and salsa did not fail me. Nor did my fish tacos.
Saturday -- Spin class 845am. Get back, clean house. Eat a good lunch at Cordellias on the island. Snow fall begins. I will get to that later, right now its about food. Well Cass and I watch the golf tourney, the snow and the rebs on the tube before heading to Beale St for oysters and zydeco fest. Well we waited on some folks, late again head to Silkys around 7. Agitated again, because I had eaten a wrap at noon, we ordered oysters. Now I have never had raw oysters, and those who know me might find that a bit surprising. But they weren't anything to write home to the folks about. Didn't get me full. I had 3. Still STARVING. We go meet our other roomate at BB Kings and they are slammed. Well we stay for awhile and by the time I get my grub its 930PM. Not very happy, but happy because I ordered alligator gumbo and had some zydeco on in the background. I dominated that gumbo along with my Louisiana hot sauce which I put on everything. Happy Ian. We hang around a little bit longer and head to the house. Snow is falling heavily and has coated the streets.
Sunday, o it's what I love about Sundays .....
We (roomies and GF's) decided to go to the Arcade after sledding. The Arcade has been featured in a handful of movies, magazines, food network, travel channel, blah blah blah. It's been open since 1919 and pretty much everyone in Memphis knows about it. It's just a down home cooking place. Grits, Biscuits, Ect. Well we arrive. Crowded, every table is full and it is the ole "table will be ready in just a minuet" trick. Well it wasn't that long, but certainly not a minute. Liars. Anyway, they sit us at a round table by the window, which is good because i parked in a tow-a-way zone so I was in perfect condition to quickly run out in case any sight of a tow vehicle came by. The table of 5 was seated at a table for 9. Needless I had plenty of room to kick it while I watched the couples just googoogaagaa over eachother, at one point I thought they were going to ask for a drink with 2 straws......or like this...
Sick. I know right. Try living with emmmm.....geeez. Anyway, so a freaking hour goes by and the anger starts to kick it. I am getting pissy. They bring out our food after the waitress never stopping by to say it will be right out, let me check the food. I am not one to complain, as I have been on the other side of things before, but damn they were teter-tottering with me. They brought out a poor excuse for an omelet, that I quickly drenched with Louisiana Hot Sauce. They forget my hashbrowns, which weren't good anyway. I was ready to leave. Arcade.FAIL. I equate it to Denny's. I would encourage others to visit Bosco's or Majestic Grille prior to that experience, but still go so you can say "you went". Walking out of the restaurant alone (I'm single and went with the couples) I had this song playing in my head as they walked out, it was like slow mo... almost made me tear up. So sweet....
Eating out this weekend, on an empty stomach....no DICE.
Snow.....so bad ace. We got about 6 1/2'' to 7'' over on the island. Now for you yanks that might not be much, but by God here in the south thats the equivalent to Colorado. Freaking awesome. I was peeling out, throwing snowballs, just like a little kid. Sunday morning the residents of 126 riverwalk headed sledding and it was so much fun. I will post pics later. I also was a good neighbor and helped push someones car out of the snow who slid into a yield sign. Im just such a nice guy.......
Rebs lost. Lets not talk about it. More after lunch or maybe tomorrow. Not sure yet.
Paige Bee and Anna Leigh May are the coolest, sweetest, nicest girls ever.
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