What's my age again? What's my age again...

I submit to you that one of the worst experiences in life is getting sick. I have a slight case of allergies that kicks in for a few weeks in the beginning of spring, so I chalked up my stuffy nose and red eyes to my annual fun. Then, during our basketball game I felt a loss of energy and quite a bit weaker, which had half to do with the most annoying team I've ever played in intramural basketball. Actually, the most annoying team I have ever played. Period. Let me enlighten you on some of our intellectually stimulating conversation:

After being bullied in the paint by a 6'4" man weighing in at 225 lbs I felt a little abused, but happy that I had prevented him from scoring. Said Behemoth then decides to complain to the referees, saying that I "was shoving him around." Somebody explain to me how the stick figure that is me was able to bully around a giant. So I responded with, "Seriously? You're a big boy!" To which he so smartly replied, "Your Mom's big!" ....This so called man had his wife and 2 year-old toddler at the game, yet I felt like he had just graduated the fifth grade. I tried not to laugh, and then considered how ridiculous we can all act in sports games. Did man really evolve from a cave man? I now have more reasons that suggest that we have not evolved at all.

Number of Casualties: 2

You'd think I'd have learned my lesson by now, but no. Every season I tell myself, don't pick BYU to win any games in your March Madness bracket. Every year I convince myself that they have a chance, and I pick them to have some kind of an upset. What a fool I am. I'm tired of watching BYU lose it's composure every time it comes to a tournament of some kind. Three-time Mountain West Conference Champions, three-time losers of the Mountain West Tournament, and three-time losers of their first fame in the NCAA Tournament. What a joke.

Rooting for BYU is like rooting for Wile Coyote- every time you think he's finally going to catch that Roadrunner. I mean look at this- He has the bird in a choke hold! What could go wrong??!!


And then reality hits, and by that I mean you're fighting against the laws of nature. Yes, just a second ago you were on firm ground, but you manage to find the edge of a cliff....

Number of Casualties: 1

After 2+ years of battling on the front lines, my laptop finally tasted cold led and bit the dust yesterday. I’m so mad because it should have lasted so much longer, but what can you do? Now I deal with the eternal dilemma of what do I do now? Do I splurge a bit to ensure quality and performance, or do I bargain hunt and risk the chances of getting another dud. Do I go for a Mac or a Dell? Macs aren’t popular in the business world and Dell’s just scare me.

P.S. Steve threw an awesome St. Patty’s Day Party. Here’s my rundown of the event:

Shamrock and Roll ’09

***Baseball darts – another victory for the Mariners against the Red Sox (Rumsey vs. Jennings). Too bad this hasn’t been a reality as of yet, but I’m content to live in my imaginary happy place. World Series or bust! They got this!

***Chug-off – How fast can you down a quart of water? Me? 13.6 seconds. I have no idea why I felt the need to prove the stereotype of egotistical males by competing. I’m married! I have no need to prove myself anymore, so all I accomplished was an aching belly.

***Root-beer Pong – I was last year’s reigning champ, but after chugging a quart of water I had no desire aggravate my stomach. He was already mad enough at me, and I don’t like it when he’s angry.

***Jig Off – Some people can do a real Irish Jig (Geneva Wagner), some people can’t do anything close to an Irish Jig but still manage to please the crowd (Gary Connell), and some people attempt to do an Irish Jig but would’ve been better off with the excuse of actually being drunk rather than just holding a mug of root beer (Steve Hale). Haha- but in reality the only person to get more cheers was Geneva who actually knew what she was doing.

Those who couldn’t make it are saying, “How can get an invite to Shamrock and Roll Twenty-Ten?” No dice – It’s probably going to be relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. But you can bet that I’ll be doing everything I can to make the trip. It’s well worth it.