The Weekend In Review

Ahhhh how I love spring time.  Birds are chirping, the sun is out, and it’s finally nice enough to open some windows and put away the winter clothes.  While I golf my fair share, I am looking to branch out this summer and take on another outdoor activity to stay active and try to get healthy again.  I really enjoy bikeriding, but decent bikes are so damn expensive, and the roommate whose bike I used to use moved out last year, so I’m shit out of luck in the mooching department.

I see a lot of people rollerblading, but it’s never really been my thing.  Don’t get me wrong, I consider myself athletic enough to pull it off, and I used to do it in high school, but my back tends to get sore from it.  On that note, one of the things that absolutely cracks me up is when I see someone rollerblading who isn’t really any good at it.  You know what it looks like, they are hunched over at a 45-degree angle and taking short, choppy steps instead of long, smooth strides.  Those boots have wheels for a reason people, use ‘em!

Walking is good for you, but it’s just too boring for me.  Running, no thanks.  It’s good for the heart, but I’ve never been much of a distance running type, and anyone who knows me can personally vouch for that.  Also, in the way of losing weight, it’s a fairly well known fact that running doesn’t burn many more calories per hour than walking.

So maybe I’ll pony up and buy a bike, who knows?  Either that or I could walk when I go golfing instead of taking a cart … HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. No.

Spinning off topic, this is another one of my favorite times of the year sports-wise.  The NBA playoffs are getting underway and there is no shortage of games on TV over the next 6 weeks.  Golf is in full swing (no pun intended) and even though we’re over a month away from the next major, there are plenty of good tournaments to hold us over until then.  The NFL draft is just around the corner.  It’s so close I can taste it.  It’s been an idea of mine since day one of this blog to do a running diary type thing during the draft, much like Bill Simmons does for major sporting events.  I’ve always enjoyed reading his, and I think I would have fun writing my own, so keep your eyes peeled for that next weekend and shortly thereafter.

Oh, I almost forgot.  Possibly the best part of the last week for me was inspired by you.  Yes, you.  After my post about my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, I got an overwhelming response that was absolutely shocked that I hadn’t seen Arrested Development. Well, I am always looking for my new television fix, so I went out to Best Buy and scooped up season one.  Four days later, I finished it.  One word can describe it: hi-freakin-larious.  I’ll probably end up buying the other seasons over the next month or so, and after I get completely caught up, I’ll write up a review and amend my list to reflect the addition of my new favorite comedy.

Second place in the running for highlights of the last week occurred last night.  My buddy Eric and I had a bartending gig for a sorority/fraternity formal and while it was fun in and of itself, the most interesting part of the night were the three separate fights we had to break up, two of which happened basically simultaneously.  Apparently a bunch of fraternity douchebags + alcohol + girls = a hostile environment.  I would say Eric and I rose to the occasion to do work, though.  He had a guy in a full nelson and was pulling him out the door while I was throwing people around and saying curse words at will.  It was an adrenaline rush for me, and after the first two happened, I told Eric that I wanted to do that again some time.  Well as fate would have it, the douche-baggery continued and not less than 45 minutes later, another fight broke out.

Aside from those little hiccups, the night went well and I enjoyed myself.  Even though I worked a butt load, I enjoyed my weekend.  I hope yours was good as well.

If you plan on calling me or contacting me in the near future, please ask yourself the following questions:

1. Does it involve golfing with me?
2. Does it involve the NBA playoffs?
3. Does it involve the NFL draft?
4. Does it involve Arrested Development?

If none of these criteria are met, please think twice about contacting me in the next few weeks.  This is not to say I will totally disregard your attempt, but you can certainly score some points with me if one of the aforementioned topics is included.

One love,

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