All is Right in My World Today

After a long cold winter season, Spring has finally returned! Today, the 26-time World Champion 37-time League Champion, Greatest Sports Team in History returns. Yes! Today, the Yankees season starts again! The feeling of hope and new life is back and all that I love is back on the playing field. Oh how I love the Yankees! May the Run to 27 begin today!!!





Update (10:10 AM PT): There is a rain delay. UGH! Why can't New York have beautiful weather like the Bay!!

Update (11:30 AM PT) GRRRR!!! Stupid Rain! The games has been postponed till tomorrow night. Guess I know what I will be doing tomorrow.

Update (2:00 PM PT) Well at least I got a good game out of the rain delay. Instead of my beloved Yanks, I got to watch Royal-Tigers which ended up going into the 11th inning. The Royals won 5-4 over the Tigers. So while it was no Yankees game, it was enjoyable to see baseball yet again.

Update (April 1, 2008 7:00 PM PT) Ok, so that's annoying. ESPN didn't cover the make-up game, so I was left with watching the pitch-by-pitch play update online. Not the most enjoyable way of seeing the Yankess opener. But the Yankees did win 3-2 and on their way to a 27th title!

The Job Search

While I do love the picture of Ty Rogers from Western Kentucky, and just got a joy out of it leading off the blog. I think it is time to post again. Western Kentucky has of course gone on to the Sweet 16, but is facing UCLA, who I have in the finals, so I hope there will be no more photos. If they do win however, I promise another Ty Rogers or Western Kentucky picture. (For those who want to know, Western Kentucky is in Bowling Green, KY which is almost where Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky meet up. Geography lesson of the day.)

But onto the new post.....as y'all know I moved out West without a job. With savings, tax returns, and other sources, we have been doing ok, but money has never been the point. One of the key reasons for the move was to make the transition to my true passion of features and move away from the advertising world, which while great in its own accord was just not for me. So far things have been going alright......I had an interview a few weeks ago, which I am still waiting to hear back from and had an amazing (informational) interview on Thursday. I say informational because the company doesn't have any openings at the moment, but if awarded some projects will have need and has mentioned they would like to bring me aboard.

As you know, I don't like to mention company names because I hate talking about the stigma of some companies I am going after and also don't want any blowback from all of the confidentiality agreements that I sign.

When I came out west, my goal was to have a job by the beginning of April. I figured that I would be networking everyday, going on a few interviews a week and things would fly together. Now I am getting a better sense for the pace. The feature world seems to move slower than I am use to. In advertising, you had two weeks for a project (if lucky) and you need to be staffed up immediately, and job postings were filled as quick as can be. With features, the projects take months and years, not weeks and so there is more time to make sure the position is filled properly and with the right candidate.

So while I have only been on two interviews, I do feel things opening up. Just this week, I received a call from another company that is looking to bring people on, I have another informational interview next week with a B-List company. (Work is still work) and have just recently made ins with at least three more top shelf companies. So while I now am ready to acknowledge I most likely won't have a job by April 1st, things are definitely moving forward.

So there we go....it's partially a waiting game and this point, and always a networking game. It's who you know as the adage goes, and my network is increasing by the day. So wish me all the best, I will of course let you know when something becomes official and as always, I will blog with you later.

-Nice Guy SMA-

Madness Baby Madness!!

After yesterday's more introspective and solemn post, I thought I would blog about something a little more light hearted. Perhaps, something crazy and wild.....no those are the wrong adjectives. Perhaps something......MAD.....yes that's more like it. It is March Madness my friends, the best three weeks in sports for the entire year. Sure the NFL playoffs come close, but nothing matches the intensity, madness, and heartbreak of the NCAA tournament. Do you know that so many people get invested in the tournament that businesses project that they lose $3.8 billion in lost productivity. That's just crazy...I declare a holiday! At least for the opening two days (which were yesterday and Thursday). I was fortunate as I did not have to work and actually got to watch every one of the games.

This year was truly a case of Madness. The opening games on Thursday were boring as could be. Beside for a Duke nailbiter. which could have been the upset of the decade, no Cinderella teams emerged other than the 11th-seeded Kansas State Wildcats with arguably the best player in the country beating the 6th seeded (and perhaps too highly ranked) USC Trojans. At the end of Thursday, the prognosticators were looking at their brackets with a huge smile. Where were the upsets? Where the stories from '08 that we would tell to our grandchildren one day? Nothing happened. And then came Friday!

Yesterday 10th seeded Davidson upset 7th seeded Gonzaga (which I will argue is a larger upset than KSU over USC) to start things off and then things crumbled. First it was your always expected 12-5 upset with two 12 seeds winning. 12th seeded Western Kentucky upset 5th seeded Drake with a 3-point basket at the buzzer in overtime. That is what madness is about. Then 12th seeded Villanova proved that they and the Big East belonged in the tournament with an upset over 5th seeded Clemson. But that was not the true bracket-busters. No....a 12-5 upset while crazy can sometimes be expected....no it's the following that makes this a mad world. Two 4 seeds went down yesterday. 13th seeded Sienna upset 4th seeded Vanderbilt. And in the heartbrake of heartbrakes, my second favorite team (next to The Orange of course), the 4th seeded UConn Huskies were upset in overtime by one-measly point by 13th seeded San Diego. Oh it is soooo painful!

But that is why you have to love March Madness. Today's set of games are actually very good if not a bit predictable due to the lack of upsets on Thursday. But tomorrow, you will have two games where a 13 seed will face a 12 seed. Who would have thought!!! As for me, I only got 20 out of the 32 teams right and lost 3 of my Sweet 16 teams. I'm hoping the upsets were the same for everyone, but my chances this year....not so much.

Anyhow.....have a wonderful day, enjoy the games and I will blog with you later.

-Nice Guy SMA-

P.S. As for a training update: I had an amazing workout week. Ran in total about 15 miles this week with a full 10K yesterday that included my best mile interval ever. I also got back to the gym Tuesday-Thursday and had some great workout. Plus I am now back on the legal-supplement of Muscle Milk! So things are going well. Now I just need to get the job things moving forward!

The Fragility of Life

This blog entry will be a bit more solemn than most so I promise that I will try to keep it on the shorter side.

Today while at Good Friday Mass, the priest made mention about a young man who was killed this past Saturday night in a hit-and-run accident more or less right outside of my apartment complex. While running the other day, I had notice a memorial wreath and was curious as to what it was for, not realizing what had happened just a few days earlier.

After hearing this story, I immediately thought of a friend of mine, Graham Dickinson, who was also tragically killed in a traffic accident while walking. This August will be the 10-year anniversary of his passing. His death was tough for me because he was a friend, younger than me, that was so full of life in everything that he did. I think his passing in part with my going away to college made me a much more religious person than I was previously. At every mass still to this day, I still say a prayer for him and try to remember the spirit of life that he kept with him everyday. His tragic passing made me appreciate the fragility of life and made me think about how things can end so suddenly such as with the young man this past weekend.

So, on this Good Friday. I ask everyone to stop and enjoy the moment for which they are living in. As the famous song in Rent quotes: "No Day, but Today." Let go of any anger or grudges that you may hold and make sure that those whom you love know that you love them. This is one of the hardest things in life to do because we always feel as if we will get another chance. But as is the case with Good Friday, life is fragile and we must make the most of every single day that we have. Thank you for letting me have this moment and my love to all of you.

-Scott-

Rock On!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to get out of the house, meet some new people and get back into indoor rock climbing which I haven't done in a few years. As I mentioned below, I have been feeling a bit socially isolated so I joined up with Meetup.com and found a group that was doing some Indoor Rock Climbing in Berkeley at a place called The Ironworks. It was a good time. Got there around 7:00, and after some initial confusion over whether I needed to take a certification class, I was able to get up and start climbing. I used to go often when I was younger and a little bit over the summers during college when I worked in New Mexico. But recently haven't and I figured it would be a good way to get back and meet some new people. We did 4 different routes, the toughest of which was a 5.9 According to the Yosemite Decimal System (It's kinda like Dewey's crazy stoner cousin) a 5.9 is listed as "The move has only one reasonable hold which may be for either a foot or a hand." The first of the 5.9's I did, I only got about 1/2 way up, but on the second one I make it up to the top and did it pretty quickly.

It was also nice to meet new people. There were three people there and they said that they would try to keep Tuesday nights for East Bay climbing. While I may need to wait till I have some money before I go frequently, I think I will check it out again. It was a good time...nice to meet some new people and a great exercise...my hands are still sore today. Speaking of sore....just to explain my Scott luck.....after all my climbing, I tried to do some bouldering (which is basically climbing, without a rope for safety). I climbed an easy course, made it to the top and then on my climb down smashed and I mean SMASHED my funny bone into a handhold. My right arm was tingling for an hour afterwards and is stll tender this morning. Saved the best for last right!

Anyhow....good times and a good excuse to get out of the house. Blog with you later.

-Nice Guy SMA-

Month in Review

Ok.....so technically it's like Five Weeks in Review, but the month mark sounds so much more catchy. Yes, I have been out here for just over a month and will be going into my sixth week starting tomorrow. As for some initial thoughts:

• The weather is beautiful....the coldest day was this past Saturday and it was 51 degrees. Yes 51, and people were all bundled up saying how cold it was.
  
• Living near the beach is great and I get such a great sunset each night, which makes for a pleasurable walk/run.
  
• Having a gym in the complex (and no job to be at) has made it much easier to work out each week.
  

Now that being said, I want to use this blog to sort of review where I'm at, where I thought I would be at, and where to go from here. I guess I can start by saying that the distance from Mel is a thousand times harder than I ever thought and I miss her tremendously. Now I'm not saying that just to get some oohs and awws out of the female reader, (Did it work though?! Huh, did it?!) but rather because I thought that the love that we hold would make the time apart difficult but doable like when Mel would go on business trips in the past. The difference of course was that during those past trips, I was working during that day and after a busy day of work I did kind of like the quiet time to myself.

That leads to my next thought. I did think that the job search would be easier. Maybe easy is the wrong word, perhaps I should say that I thought it would be more fruitful. As you know from reading, I have been on one interview which granted was a major interview that I am really pulling for. That being said, that is the only contact I have had...at least until today, when I got a call from another major studio to come in and meet with the head of production. So this feeling of despair which was well thought out prior to today is now shifting to accommodate the recent news. Still, I did expect that I would have been in touch with more people and my network would be larger than it currently is. While I knew it would take time, I thought opportunities would make themselves open to myself other than the constant "available position" postings that I have been answering constantly on company's websites.

Thus being out of work with not much interviewing or networking contact has led to a lack of structure, which I now realize I was unprepared for. While I have found structure in my running and gym routine, that has been at one-hour increments only. I find I am most successful (as I was while working) making lists and setting goals for the day. When I do, like today, I feel much more focussed on what to do. When I don't, my mind wanders, I surf the internet, bum around watching TV, and ultimately see the day slip away like a day a few weeks ago where it was 4:00 before I knew it and had not done anything outside of going to the gym. However even with a detailed list of things to do, there is still a lot of downtime, which I am trying to prevent from going astray into worthless activities. I enjoy the ability of going out for walks or hanging around town, but am always fearful of getting an important phone call while out in an area that doesn't allow for my best phone conversation skills. It is a tricky balance of not staying in the house constantly mixed with being prepared to email, research, network, and interview if need be.

As for social networking, I have been spending a lot of time with my sister-in-law, which is great and she has been so helpful in helping me get out of the house. I also have been hanging out with a good friend from high school. This has been nice, but I do find myself isolated because of the lack of work. Being in the East Bay has also separated myself a little as most of the people I do know are in the city or somewhere else in the area. This weekend seeing this to be a major drain on my motivation and positive persona, I joined up with Meetup.com to try and meet some new people that are more local to the area. We will see if this works. I am going to an activity this week and the little addition of personal contact will help to keep me motivated.

As for my persona and internal feelings without getting too Dr Phil on you. (Your life is like a Banana......there is an outside layer that people sometimes slip on. You know what I'm saying.) I can immediately feel a change in pace and personality from New York, one that I absolutely love. I pass random people on the street and say hello, and I can get in conversations with people at the store. This has been pleasant. I don't feel an overall stress, but then again I am not working, like I've said before. Where I have failed is that I do find some of my bad habits continuing like the days when I do not accomplish much or I stay inside and on the computer. I find the lack of structure troubling, which has been very difficult. However after a really frustrating Friday, which got me pretty low, I was able to spend the weekend reassessing and I feel that I know what I need to do to move forward more positively and productively.

So there you go. The move I will say was definitely the right choice and while things have not got exactly like I envisioned, there are still a number of good things on the horizon. I should hear from my first interview by this Friday (last Friday I was told I was a top choice, but they still had a few more people to meet) and then I have the other interview on Thursday. Overall, I would give the first month a B+ with definite things to work on and further, and of course getting a job and getting Mel out here will make everything worthwhile. Ok..enough for tonight.

-Scott-

P.S. As for a running update, I had a good 6-mile run today, which felt very good, and got back online to my NikePlus account, which always gives me added motivation.

D'Cha Ever Have One of Those Days? or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Murphy's Law

Have you ever had one of those freak days where every little chip falls the opposite way? And I'm not talking about a day where everything goes horrifically wrong. No, those you can just cry or sleep off. I'm talking about one of those day, which I'm sure must come around once every few years where the chips fall just a hair in the wrong direction. One of those days where good 'ol Murphy is looking down and just laughing his ass off at all of your misfortune. And you can't be depressed or pissed, just astounded at how everything could have been perfect if not for..... Yeah....well today was my turn.

As you know, my sister had been visiting for the past few days, and while she was here I let her sleep in my room, while I slept in the living room. Last night, I returned to my room and went to set my alarm clock, which Kristen had changed while she was here. I may have been tired or looking at the clock at angle because the alarm which I was positive I set for 7:30 AM was actually set for 1:30 AM. When the alarm goes off, I get up, curiously think for a moment as to why it is so dark and conclude that it must have to do with the change to daylight savings time. Of course that makes sense! I then proceed to move toward the shower until it hits me that I am up six friggin hours early. I reset the alarm and go back to bed. I should have been warned by this.....

When the alarm goes off for real at 7:30, I am so tired that I hit snooze for about 30-45 minutes before stumbling to bed. Now, not having a job has allowed me the luxury of sleeping in and moving at my own pace, but this morning I had a call with a headhunter that I did not want to miss. I had been trying to get in touch with her for the past few weeks and we finally set up a time to talk. She was going to call around 9:00 or so and it would be a great way to start the day. I wanted to get up early so I could go for a run, get back, get dressed and be ready to talk to her. Seeing that I had overslept, I thought I should push the run till later, but my ego ultimately got a hold of me and I thought I could make the run down the beach and back in time. A nice easy 3 1/4 miler with time to spare. What I did not factor in was that I was going to take a quick break in the middle of the run and stop at the post office so I could buy some stamps thus allowing me to mail some bills.

I grabbed my gear, keys, and a credit card so that I could buy the stamps. Halfway through the run, I stopped at the post office and went in to buy stamps. After noticing that the stamp machine did not take cards, I went up to the counter to buy a booklet. After receiving the booklet and being told the cost, I went to pay with my credit card only to be told that I needed to show ID. I tried to plead that I was in the middle of a run and had only brought my Credit Card. The lady would have none of it, and I left the post office empty handed. I finished the run, rushed up to my room and heard my phone beeping. I had missed the headhunter's call by about 5 minutes. I quickly called back and got her voicemail. Needless to say, every call I made went to her voicemail and we never got in touch.

So there I am with no job direction and no stamps. I grab some breakfast, jump in the shower and head back to the post office with both credit card and ID in hand. When I return I find a line almost out the door. I think that since I have my wallet and just need stamps, I can use the non-credit card accepting vending machine. Guess how short in cash I am....$1. So I guess it is the long line for me. I wait in this endless line knowing that I need to get back because I have some job stuff and some moving stuff to accomplish for the day. I wait in line.....and I wait in line...and I wait in line. Eventually as my turn is about to come up, I listen as a lady a few people in front of me goes to order commemorative stamps. She is offered some choices, one of which connects with a job that I am interviewing for. Again, I will leave names out until I hear something, but being the superstitious person that I am, I knew I wanted those stamps. It was my turn and based on the flow I was going to get the counter person who had the stamps! The person she was currently with was finishing up, I was next in line, I was going to get the stamps, all would be set right again, and then she put up a "Register Closed: Next Teller Please" sign and goes to lunch(?). I proceed to the next teller and ask for the commemorative stamps, but he does not have the ones I was hoping for. I ask if he can get me the one the lady has, but I am told that he can only sell me what is in his drawer. I ask if he could switch out with the lady's drawer and I am told a "Nope, we can't do that." Great! Now I have Forever Bell Stamps. At least those will be good when the price goes up again.

I return home, and know that I need to accomplish some moving stuff. Since Mel will be coming out in about a month or so, it is now time that I need to finalize the moving of furniture. I call the moving company we have decided to use and am told that my representative has just left for home as she had an early day and that she could get back to me on Monday! Thank you long Post Office line, and thank you Forever Bell Stamps!!

The remainder of the afternoon was pretty uneventful. Some job stuff, watched a movie via Netflix. As night rolled around I had in mind that I would head out to the local coffee shop, read for a little bit and then return to make dinner and finish the night. Not wanting to drink coffee on an empty stomach and deciding that it would be nicer to end the night on some coffee, I made dinner first. After finishing dinner, I cleaned up, washed the dishes, took out the trash and was really looking forward to ending the evening at the coffee house. As I go to the door, my phone rings and I enter into a ridiculously long, and tiring conversation. As I hang up the phone, I look at my watch and notice that the coffee house will close in 15 minutes. And there you go.......

Now to just make this ranting post even more perfect, I finish with the greatest piece of irony I have seen in recent memory and one surely placed forth by Mr. Murphy himself. Everyday I try my best to read from a daily devotional book. I had not yet read from today's reflection at the point just written about and after feeling so defeated from all of the missed opportunities, I felt that this would be the perfect time to recenter. I flip through the book, find today's passage and read:

"I'll believe if I get a sign, people say. We'd be better to say something like I'll know when I get a sign."

So there you have it a day full of signs. For what, I don't know. I just know that I probably don't want to be around when it happens. Murphy you may have won this one, but I still have next week!!!!!

Till next time.....I will blog with you later.

A busy past few days

I'm going to keep this short and I will write more either tomorrow or this weekend. Just an update as I have been busy over the past few. This past weekend, I went home to New York for my friend's bachelor party. (Hence the posting below) It was a great time, watched the New York Knicks actually play a game and just had a fun time seeing friends, details of which I will not bore you with, since you were either there or don't know most of the people.

I also got to see Melanie this past weekend which was so wonderful and bittersweet due to how short the visit ended up being. Living apart is truly more difficult than I thought, and Melanie, you know I miss you. I will be going back sometime in the next month depending on how the job search goes.

Going back to New York, allowed me to be in the city as a visitor, and I will say that after doing so and then returning, I am so happy on the west coast. I may still be in the honeymoon phase, but I am loving it, which I will write more about later.

After the weekend, I came back west with my sister, which was nice and which gave me the opportunity to explore the Bay Area in some touristy ways I have not yet done. We went to Alcatraz, walked all of the Haight-Ashbury district and saw the "true" fisherman's wharf. The highlight of which had to be a man/street artist, hiding behind branches and flowers disguised as a memorial bouquet, and then jumping out at me and scaring me half to death. Good times.

Yesterday we went up to Napa and drank some great wines. We also ran the gambit of wineries, visiting a winery in a trailer park, literally, and then going to the gaudiest most pretentious winery I have ever been to. Quite the juxtaposition if I say so.

My sister left to head home this morning, and the rest of the day was catching up on a few of the things around the house and continuing the job movement. As I said I will write more shortly and till then, have a great night.

Bachelor Party!

To steal from my great friend, The Blogger formerly known as T-Shirt Guy J, this weekend I will be heading back to New York to help throw a party for my good college friend. What type of party, well a......


It will be a fun weekend and I am really looking forward to seeing a few of my good college friends, one who I haven't seen in going over a year I believe. Of course, I am counting the seconds until I can see Mel again and am now realizing that while I do ok on my own, the distance is definitely tougher than I had expected, especially when I'm out of work with not much to do each day.

But as for the weekend, it will be a great time filled with, what I like to call the three B's! Get your head out of the gutter..... It will be Bar-B-Que. Basketball, and Booze! First we are going to Hill Country Bar-B-Que, which if you visit New York is a must. Great Texas Style Bar-B-Que. Nothing will ever come close to Dinosaur BBQ, but this is pretty darn good. Afterwards, we will be going to see the lowly New York Knicks in a game against the Portland Trail Balzers, and then it will be a fun night going to some of the New York City bars. I am really looking forward to visiting New York again and taking in some of the night life. I definitely can see myself as being one of those people that say the cliche: "I love to visit New York, but I wouldn't want to live there." I am anxious to visit again and hang out, but ultimately, I am excited about getting back, having Mel finally come out here and truly living up the West Coast life. It will be a great time, and I know that all of us will make sure my friend has a rockin good time.

After the party, my sister is coming back to SF with me. We will be exploring the city, which I haven't really been able to do yet, though I have gone in on a few occasions, and we may take a trip up to Sonoma or Napa for a quick Wine visit. It will be a fun time and it will be nice to have someone living with me for the time being.

In other news: I had a HUGE interview on Wednesday that I think went very well and I am feeling good about my prospects. Now it is just that terrible waiting part. I would really love this to work out, but I will be continuing to look at other places, continue my networking and applying for open positions. So if everyone could just say a word/prayer of good luck for me and hope it all works for the best.

Lastly, a running update: Today I got in a really nice 5 or so mile run and really started to feel better. I'd say I'm at about 70-75% of runner lung capacity. Give it a little bit more and I should be able to really increase the mileage. I also ran to possibly the best running music compilation ever. I ran, as I sometimes do, to the soundtrack from Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky. It's all the best music from all of the Rocky movies, including some funny, if not cheesily inspiring dialog interludes. After removing a few of the slower, love songs included in the compilation, it is perhaps the greatest running mix ever. Whenever I need my best run, I turn it on.

So there you have it, a great interview, a good run, and a weekend filled with Tom Hanks and Adrian Zmed.....uh...I mean a fun weekend with friends. Not too bad for a second true week out here on the west coast. Alright time to great ready for the day and catch my flight. I will blog with you later.

-Nice Guy SMA-

Belated Post -- Hike at Mount Diablo

This blog is a little bit late, so you'll have to forgive me. One activity that I love is being outdoors and hiking, backpacking, camping, etc. As a former Boy Scout, I spent a considerable amount of my weekends grwoing up doing outdoor activities and high adventure sports. From Rock Climbing to Mountain Biking to Water Sports like White Water Kayaking, being outdoors is something I love and makes me feel alive. While I definitely got my fair share of "hikes" living in New York City (walking from 86th street to 23rd street, etc), it wasn't the outdoors life I was looking for. And while living in my Bay town of Port Washington did give me the opportunity to go the beach or play in the beautiful park right near the house, the distance to true hiking and outdoor activities turned me off from that lifestyle.

I'm sure you can figure where this is going as, ultimately, this is a blog about my move west and my personal growth. Thus the proximity to great hiking and outdoor activities was a top draw of the move for me. Everyone knows of Yosemite and Muir Woods, both which I look forward to truly exploring, but there are so many outdoor adventures that I just get excited thinking about all the possibilities that lie ahead. One of these parks is Mount Diablo, which is in Danville, CA. This past weekend I was able to explore a little bit of the park with my sister-in-law and her close friend. Here are some photos from the weekend:


While we did not make the summit because we needed to get back for a previous commitment, it was a great hike and in all we did about 6 miles up and back. It was truly wonderful getting back into nature and being away from society. Ironically, we listened to the "Into the Wild" soundtrack on our way there. We had lunch on top of a beautiful rock formation called Rock City and just had a fantastic day conversing and taking in nature. One of the most interesting pieces of nature that I saw, and that I had never seen before, were these trees:

The tree's bark was almost encased in a second tougher layer of red and almost paint colored bark. It was like the true tree was hidden underneath this cool looking outer layer, which is viewable to most everyone. A protective shell if you will. I'm sure you can see where I can go with the cliched moral of the story. The tougher outer coating protecting the true inner self. So take it for what you will, a very cool piece of nature or a natural representation of the human condition. What I thought had to be the coolest were the parts, like in the second picture where you were able to get a sense of both barks and the true essence of the tree. Ok...I'll leave it at that.

As for today, I have a HUGE interview, so please don't mind me if I run off and prepare for that. As for my running progression: On Monday I ran a nice easy 3 1/2 mile run and started to feel better. Still have a ways to go, so hopefully Friday, after my Tuesday-Thursday routine in the weight room, I will be able to get a nice 4-5 mile run in. I will keep you updated. And this weekend, I head home to see Melanie and help a friend celebrate his bachelor party. Should be good times. Ok....till then. I will blog with you later.

-Nice Guy SMA-