Week 2 Picks

Buffalo at Green Bay
Miami at Minnesota
Kansas City at Cleveland
Chicago at Dallas
Arizona at Atlanta
Tampa Bay at Carolina
Philadelphia at Detroit
Baltimore at Cincinnati
Pittsburgh at Tennessee
Seattle at Denver
St. Louis at Oakland
Houston at Washington
New England at New York Jets
Jacksonville at San Diego
New York Giants at Indianapolis
New Orleans at San Francisco

In Case You Missed It

It's a busy world. A lot of things happen and you don't realize it. Don't worry, I've got you covered.

Man finds his dead wife under a pile of all the crap she accumulated over the years.

She was dead for 4 months.

Former CIA assassin assassinates himself.

By accident. Oops.

Enough with death though...

German soccer match canceled because boars ruined the field.

"This is the second time Liepzig, who lost the 1987 European Cup Winners Cup to Ajax, have had to call off a league game after last month's match against FC Sachsen was washed out due to flooding the night before the game."

I don't think God likes their team.

More crazy soccer news: Bahrain defeats a team pretending to be Togo.

At least they won.

Schwarzenegger lays the smack down on Sarah Palin.

Damn.

NFL Previews: NFC North

Those picks from earlier in the week... ouch.

The AFC North... home to a guy who caused an innocent bystander to be paralysed, a rapist and a murder (or two). And the Cleveland Browns. Maybe crime does indeed pay.

Week 1 Picks

Minnesota vs New Orleans
Miami vs Buffalo
Cincinnati vs New England
Denver vs Jacksonville
Carolina vs New York Giants
Detroit vs Chicago
Oakland vs Tennessee
Indianapolis vs Houston
Cleveland vs Tampa Bay
Atlanta vs Pittsburgh
Arizona vs St. Louis
San Francisco vs Seattle
Green Bay vs Philadelphia
Dallas vs Washington
Baltimore vs New York Jets
San Diego vs Kansas City

Yes, I know the Min/NO game already happened. I was in the hospital on Wednesday and recovering from it on Thursday. Sue me. I would have picked them anyway, they are the better team and were at home.

NFL Previews: NFC North

The NFC North, where the rans and also-rans clearly reside.

NFL Previews: AFC South

Ah, the AFC South. Same shit, different season. The Colts will reign supreme and everyone else will be wondering why they can't catch up. Hint: it's Peyton Manning.

MQM: 8/30

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

-Mark Twain.

FQF: 8/27

So I'm walking down the hall at work and one lady says to another:

"You look like a midget!"

She did.

NFL Previews: NFC West

Today maybe the most competitive division in the NFL, the NFC West. Most competitive because 3 of the 4 teams could conceivably win the division. By default. Someone has to finish first.

NFL Previews: AFC West

I've been negligent with the blog lately. That changes today. Today I start an eight part NFL preview, one for each division. I'll predict the order of finish but not the records, predicting the actual records is pointless. But these aren't your normal previews, where everything's rosy and bets are hedged because a national media member has his reputation to worry about. These are the ramblings of a jerk who literally makes a living watching football. Nice work if you can get it.

Let's start with the least competitive division, the AFC West, where the only thing up for grabs is 2nd place. Teams listed in predicted order of finish. Oh, and don't expect a playoff (other than of course division winners) or Super Bowl prediction. That's completely foolish at this point in the season.

Oceans

Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
Glide me towards...
You know something's left
And we're all allowed
To dream of the next
Oh, the next, time we touch...


You don't have to stray
Tho oceans away
Waves roll in my thoughts
Hold tight the ring...
The sea will rise...
Please stand by the shore...
Oh, I will be...
I will be there once more...

-Pearl Jam

I've always loved this song. Lately I can't get it out of my head. The Unplugged version is excellent, Vedder's vocals are spot on from the album recording.

MQM: 8/16

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

-Charles Swindoll

FQF: 8/13

It's Friday the 13th! Ahh!!!

"Would anyone like some fruit pie?"
"No thanks, I'm in a relationship."

Rocky Top

Because of a temporary shift in my work schedule, last weekend was the last real weekend of my summer until Labor Day weekend. Picked a pretty good way to wrap it up if I do say so. Colt, Deceptive Mexican and I headed up to eastern Tennessee to go rafting...

All thanks to The New Deal.

From The Hips

I'm at my best when I'm at my worst
I'm at my worst when it's not rehearsed
I don't want to know the goddamn words
I don't want to have to spell it out
Don't want to mumble what I'm trying to say
I want to scream it from my foaming mouth
Shoot out the lights and ride away

I'm in my worst when I'm at my best
I'm at my best when I'm trying to look and think and talk
And sing and read and write like all the rest
We're all just trying to play our roles
In a play that runs ad-nauseum
I hate this damn enlightenment
We were better off as animals

We're at our best when it's from our hips
From our hips we don't give a shit
It just feels good, and that's no sin
It's the only way to feel alive
The closest thing to being born again
And when baby comes, it's "job well done"
Roll in the hay, or roll around the sun

We're at our worst when it's from our lips
From our lips we caused a rift
And this world is falling in
From Babel to barroom brawls
Our words have formed a death sentence
And I wish that we had never talked
Our hips said it all

And I wish that we had never talked
Our hips said it all

-Cursive

This version is far, far better than the album version, although Tim Kasher flubs the opening line:

MQM: 8/9

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

FQF: 8/6

"If you want to know more about baby turds, just ask me."

No, I don't think I will.

Bored At Work?

Here's some completely random links to keep you occupied.

Makes sense to me.

A Different City

I want to live in a city with no friends or family
I'm going to look out the window of my color TV
I want to remember to remember to forget you forgot me
I'm going to look out the window of my color TV

Through the cracks in the wall
Slow motion for all
Dripped out of the bars
Someone smart said nothing at all
I'm watching TV
I guess that's a solution
They gave me a receipt that said I didn't buy nothing
So rust is a fire and our blood oxidizes
My eyes rolled around, all around on the carpet
Hit the deck, it's the decal man
Standing upside down and talking out of his pants

I want to live in a city with no friends or family
I'm going to look out the window of my color TV
I want to remember to remember to forget you forgot me
I'm going to look out the window of my color TV

Through the cracks in the wall
Slow motion for all
Dripped out of the bars
Someone smart said nothing at all
I'm watching TV
I guess that's a solution
They gave me a receipt that said I didn't buy nothing
So rust is a fire and our blood oxidizes
My eyes rolled around, all around on the carpet
Hit the deck, it's the decal man
Standing upside down and talking out of his pants

Through the cracks in the wall
Slow motion for all
Left holding the ball
And a part for your car

I don't know, but I been told
You never die, you'll never grow old

- Modest Mouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbXtDd5szGU

MQM: 8/2

Over the weekend I saw the following quote on a chalkboard at a bar:

"If work is so great, why did the rich leave us any?"

Good stuff, but not that motivational.

With football training camps opening up this week, I figure it's a good time for this simple but effective one:

"I hear not what you say, only what you do." - Chuck Knox, who won Coach of the Year with three different teams for turning them around. I'd say his actions spoke pretty loud.

FQF: 7/30

WTF July is almost over.

Here's another one that never gets old:

"I'm so upset I can't even go to church."

Hate To Feel

What's gone wrong, I can't see straight
Been too long, so full of hate

What the fuck will it take
Drown myself in my wake
Another shaggy D.A.
Now a dog, shake my leg
Plastic man, paper face
Candy heart, what a waste
Gotta change, set a date
Eat my cake, lick my plate

Stare at me with empty eyes and
Point your words at me
Mirror on the wall will show you
What you're scared to see

I can see, yeah, wish I couldn't see at all
I can feel, wish I couldn't feel at all
Hate to see, wish I couldn't see at all
Hate to feel, wish I couldn't feel at all

So climb walls, thin my blood now
And I crawl, back to bed now

What the hell, gotta rest
Aching pain in my chest
Lucky me, now I'm set
Little bug for a pet
New Orleans, gotta get
Pin cushion medicine
Used to be curious
Now the shit's sustenance

All this time I swore I'd never
Be like my old man
What the hey it's time to face
Exactly what I am

I can see, yeah, wish I couldn't see at all
I can feel, wish I couldn't feel at all
Hate to see, wish I couldn't see at all
Hate to feel, wish I couldn't feel at all

-Alice in Chains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwaBE84gocY

Summer Nights, Impossible Odds

I can't believe I just referenced Styx. But I did.

After two weekends of travel, and as importantly, after an interminable week, I needed to just relax this weekend. A nice quiet weekend of lying by the pool (ahhh.....), getting drunk and disorderly, and shooting a handgun. Not all in the same day, thankfully. I'd most likely be writing this from jail if that were the case. Nothing too worth mentioning (this is not to say that nothing happened), except for this, which you have to see to believe:

MQM: 7/26

"All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant."

-Aldous Huxley

A little extreme? Only if you think the Butterfly Effect is crap. I mean the theory, if you think the movie sucks I'm not going to argue with you.

FQF: 7/23

This was said by one of my partners over at Top 5. Those of you who know us can easily guess who.

"So I brought my baseball bat. And my flail too."

New York State Of Mind

Went to NYC for the weekend. Here's what I can remember.

Long Division

(This is not a song about math.)

It's a long time coming,
It's a long way down,
It's long division, crack and divide.
This is a parting, some separation,
We lay in pieces, cracked to survive.

I'm not your villain, not your adversary,
I'm not your reason to crack and divide.
It's long division, crack and divide.
-Fugazi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZLJNemvD2U

MQM: 7/20

Yeah, I know, it's Tuesday. Well, Tuesday is my Monday.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
-George Bernard Shaw

FQF: 7/16

About to leave for NYC for the weekend, and because of who I'm going to see I'm reminded of this gem. We're at Disney World and it's hot out and we're thirsty. And being a theme park, everything is overpriced. So one of my friends goes up to a cart selling water and says:

"Hi. I'd like a $4 bottle of water please."

Calm but annoyed, the guy selling water retorts:

"It's $3.50."

WTF July

Simon: I swear... when it's appropriate.
Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
-Firefly

After looking back at some of the things that have happened and looking ahead to some of the things that will happen this month, I have decided this is no longer merely July. It's "WTF July," in a good way...

Storms

Every night that goes between
I feel a little less
As you slowly go away from me
This is only another test

Every night you do not come
Your softness fades away
Did I ever really care that much
Is there anything left to say

Every hour of fear I spend
My body tries to cry
Living through each empty night
A deadly call inside

I haven't felt this way I feel
Since many a year ago
But in those years and the lifetimes past
I did not deal with the road

And I did not deal with you I know
Though the love has always been
So I search to find an answer there
So I can truly win

Every hour of fear I spend
My body tries to cry
Living through each empty night
A deadly call inside

So I try to say goodbye my friend
I'd like to leave you with something warm
But never have I been a blue calm sea
I have always been a storm

We were frail
She said "Every night he will break your heart"
I should have known from the first
I'd be the broken hearted
But I loved you from the start
And not all the prayers in the world, could save us
-Fleetwood Mac

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands on one of my favorite albums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fzu1HDSOgE

Returning The Screw

A fine disservice
Deceptive, too
Check for the sender
Sender was you

Caught me wide open
No simple burn
This is complicated
Calls for return

Fine disservice
Intended, too
Check for the sender
Sender was you

The point has been recorded,
The malice has been revealed
When I stripped away the humor
From the arrow that it concealed
Sharpened and soaked in urine
It was meant to spread disease
But now discovered
Becomes the sweet antithesis

Returning the screw
It comes back to you
-Fugazi

Been on a Fugazi kick as of late. And for good reason, they're phenomenal. This song starts as nothing then crescendos into fury.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIxQeXd8rAU

4th of July

It's been a month for the Summer of Dave. Well, 6 weeks, but the month of June has come and gone. Looking back, it feels like that first entry was months ago, and I consider that a good thing. It's true that time flies when you're having fun, so for the past 6 weeks to feel longer than that is to me a good thing. I don't want the time to fly by like it was yesterday, I've had enough of that.

A lot has happened in those six weeks. There was an awesome wedding, a good trip to the beach, a nice weekend with an old friend and the World Cup took up a good portion of my days. I went to some new places, tried some new things, and had a lot of good experiences. Like 4th of July...

MQM: Independence Day

Yes, Independence Day was yesterday. I don't do this stuff on the weekend. And most of you have off today for it anyway.

"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." - Nathan Hale, the first American spy, his last words before being hanged by the British.

Doctor's Visit

One of my oldest friends, The Doctor, visited me over the weekend. That's not a pun, but we do like to joke that The Doctor is in reality an old man. It was a great opportunity to experience a slew of new things, plus a little bit of old times thrown in for good measure.

That's not a surgical mask.

She Is Suffering

Beauty finds refuge in herself
Lovers wrapped inside each others lies
Beauty is such a terrible thing
She is suffering yet more than death

She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
You exist within her shadow

Beauty she is scarred into man's soul
A flower attracting lust, vice and sin
A vine that can strangle life from a tree
Carrion, surrounding, picking on leaves

She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
You exist within her shadow

Beauty she poisons unfaithful all
Stifled, her touch is leprous and pale
The less she gives the more you need her
No thoughts to forget when we were children

She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
Nature's lukewarm pleasure

-Manic Street Preachers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhL5MQ9lYkY

"She" is desire.

Wedding Weekend, Part III

The final installment of Wedding Weekend: Saturday and Sunday

MQM: 6/28

With The Doctor in town (write up coming on Wednesday, maybe Tuesday), I find this one to be a fitting quote:

"The only way to have a friend is to go out and be one." - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

FQF: 6/25

I've been bad about keeping the blog updated this week. Sorry. I promise to have Wedding Weekend Part III up next week. The World Cup is eating up my free time.

In honor of The Doctor coming down for the weekend, I give you this quote, said to me. In reference to him. By a stripper.

"If he's Gary Busey, you're Kevin Spacey."

Beautiful.

Isner vs Mahut: What You Didn't Know

Isner wins, and can't believe it's over.
After this photo was taken they kept playing, out of habit.

So as you probably know, American John Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut completed, by far, the longest tennis match ever. The previous record was a 6 hour, 33 minute true epic at the 2004 French Open. This one took 11 hours and 5 minutes for Isner to defeat Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. An incomprehensible 70-68. That's higher scoring than a WNBA game, and about as unexciting, because both players were so dog tired they couldn't do much with their returns. They broke the scoreboard, which inexplicably was programmed to only go to 47. It set all kinds of records including the longest match ever (the 5th set alone was longer than the French Open match), most games in a match at 183 which is 100 more than the previous record, and both players shattered the record for aces in a match. They had to stop the match for darkness... twice. But that stuff is fairly well known now. You probably didn't know though, that you could do the following things and be finished before the match was over (if it were to be played non-stop):

Promises

Words, words and expressions
All these confessions of where we stand
How I see you, and you see me
Dedications of symmetry
Together, we will be, forever.

Promises are shit
We speak the way we breathe
Present air will have to do
Rearrange and see it through
Stupid fucking words
They tangle us in our desires
Free me from this give and take
Free me from this great debate

There were no truer words than when spoken
"Let that stand as it should"
There was nothing left when broken
We grab anything when we fall

Promises are shit
We speak the way we breathe
Present air will have to do
Rearrange and see us through
Stupid fucking words
They tangle us in our desires
Free me from this give and take
Free me from this great debate

You will do what you do
I will do what I do
We will do what we do
Rearrange and see it through

Go where you think you want to go
Do everything you were sent here for
Fire at will if you hear that call
Touch your hand to the wall at night

Promises, words

-Fugazi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heUFQKqDvaU

I don't really need to write much about this song, do I? Quite simply, it's very powerful.

MQM: 6/21

It escaped my mind today that Motivational Quote Monday is supposed to be posted in the morning. Oh well.

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein.

Einstein in Harper's 1942 swimsuit edition.

Tybee Island: More Bird Calls Than A Hunting Expedition

It can't be the summer without at least one beach trip. So Colt, Teep, Perfect Hair and I went to Tybee Island for the weekend. Tybee Island is about 20 minutes west of Savannah and apparently it's the hangout for 14 year olds and 55 year olds and not much in between. Still, we had fun...

Funny Quote Friday, 6/18

This one was said at work. I honestly don't remember who said it, or the context. Not that it matters.

"What's the male version of a female?"

Peeled Apples

You know so little about me, what if I turned into a werewolf or something?

The more I see, the less I scream
The figure 8 inside out is infinity
The naked light bulb is always wrong
They make your break complete,
Then they blow it to kingdom come

Riderless horses on Chomsky's Camelot
Bruises on my hands from digging my nails out
A series of images against you and me
Trespass your torment if you are what you want to be

I once impersonated a shop work dummy
The Levi jean will always be stronger than an Uzi
A dwarf takes his cockerel out on the cockfight
Falcons attack the pigeons in the West Wing at night

Riderless horses on Chomsky's Camelot
Bruises on my hands from digging my nails out
A series of images against you and me
Trespass your torment if you are what you want to be

-Manic Street Preachers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUbjxX3Lh7M

Peeled apples... Apples seem to last forever, but when you peel off the skin they brown almost immediately, and the skin tastes awful. At least that's how it's supposed to go. I gave a lot of thought about what song I would first put up for my Wednesday feature. This one's been stuck in my head for a while for a variety of reasons, so it was pretty appropriate. I like that the analogy of a peeled apple can apply to many a thing in a person's life. I also really like the line "trespass your torment if you are what you want to be." Of course, what you want to be has to be the best you.

The Manics are one of my favorite bands, no one in America knows them, and I kind of like it that way. They're incredibly hit or miss and their lyrics are either fantastic or tripe, sometimes within the same song. But when they're on, they're on. This is the first track of their 2009 "comeback" album Journal For Plague Lovers, with all the lyrics written by their former lyricist who has been missing since 1995. But that's for another post. Also, this song is one of their heaviest since their 1994 landmark album The Holy Bible, and it has the feel of song from that album. So I like it for a bunch of reasons, but most importantly the peeled apple analogy.

Heat, Humidity and a Head Cold

Woke up Sunday morning with a sore throat. Don't quite know why, but it was pretty cold in my bedroom so that didn't help. Then Deceptive Mexican--who uses actual wood clubs--and I went golfing in sweltering heat and humidity. Now I have a head cold. It was almost worth this view:

The 17th hole. The sun was perfect for a photo, not so much for the eyes.

Did fairly well on the front 9, but then the combination of elements and feeling like crap got to me and I fell apart after the turn. I did have a great tee shot that went about 220 yards, a few nice putts and a wonderful tee shot on 17. I also only hit two trees, and the rebounds on both put my ball on the fairway, so I'm definitely getting better. Baby steps.

Wedding Weekend, Part II

Part II of III of Wedding Weekend: Friday.

My apologies for the delay, but there was a lot to write.

Motivational Quote Monday, 6/14

Sometimes we all need a little inspiration in our lives. And while actions speak louder than words, words can be pretty important. So I thought that on Mondays I would share with you an inspirational or reflective quote that I really like. Maybe it'll give you a little needed motivation on a Monday, or a little reality check if you're in a difficult spot. What you do with it is up to you, but I don't randomly choose these.

"The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live." - Flora Whittemore

USA vs England: A Look Back

Tomorrow I'll have Part II of Wedding Weekend, but today it's a recap of USA/England and some post game activities.

Even Coke cans have vuvuzelas.

Funny Quote Friday, 6/11

So it occurred to me after writing yesterday's post that today starts the World Cup. And when that ends, it'll essentially be training camp time for football. So baseball will be taking a back seat this summer.

So onto the funny quote to get you in the right mind set for the weekend. This one comes from the Myrtle Beach bachelor party. There are so many to choose from:

"It smells like Wilford Brimley in there."



Old man and oatmeal. A wonderful combination.

Thursday Wildcard: Ball Four

Kind of hard to "smoke 'em inside" with a knuckleball.

Introducing A Daily Feature

I was thinking of ways to write on here more (I'm currently in the middle of what feels like the fourth draft of Part II of the Wedding Weekend), get my thoughts out and share a little bit of me. So I thought I'd do a little daily feature on weekdays. Here's what I'm thinking:

Mondays - Post an inspirational quote to help me and you get your week started.
Tuesdays - Some kind of photo, whether it be funny, inspirational or just really well done. This may change.
Wednesdays - A song, or song lyric that means something to me or I just really want to share.
Thursdays - Wildcard. Whatever I'm in the mood for.
Friday - "Funny Quote Friday" - a funny quote from someone in my life (they'll be anonymous), to help set the mood for the weekend.

I hope you like it.

Wedding Weekend, Part I

This past weekend was the wedding of two of my closest friends. It was a great wedding and a great weekend. On every level, everything exceeded expectations. How's that for alliteration? This is part I of III of my weekend's experiences: Thursday.

Opening Weekend

Opening weekend wasn't the most eventful weekend, pretty much it was Saturday and that was it, but that's quite alright. This upcoming weekend will be epic, and I have two more major weekends planned for June. So a light weekend was welcomed...

The magic word and the winning chip.

A Quick Note

In the interest of privacy and with the added benefit of a little humor every now and then, anyone that isn't me will be referred to by a nickname. For the most part these nicknames exist solely in my writing, and those of you know me in real life will know who they are. That doesn't matter. It's the total strangers reading this (if there are any) that this is for. Have to protect the somewhat innocent. Thanks.

What To Do?

So what is there to do? A good place to start is a side by side comparison of what George did over his summer, and what I plan to do over my summer. This is not to say that my summer will consist of only this, no, this is just a little something to get it started.

George's activities, according to Wikipedia.

1. Reading a book, from beginning to end and in that order.
-A tall task for George. Not for me, I'm going to read many books.

2. Playing frolf (frisbee golf). He plays at least once.
-I'm going to play actual golf. A bunch of times.

3. Watching television programming, like The White Shadow and the Tony Awards.
-I'm going to watch some TV shows I've been meaning to watch but haven't gotten around to.

4. At least in the first couple days, he intended to relax or as he termed it, de-compress. Jerry derogatorily refers to this period as decomposing.
-This will absolutely be done.

5. Purchasing a new recliner with a refrigerator in it, stocked with soda.
-Hmm. What to do here... We are moving the man cave at my house to a larger location. A special piece of furniture may need to be purchased.

6. Mid-morning naps.
-A must. Right now I take them in the late afternoon.

7. Peeping at nude co-eds.
-I didn't see this in the actual episode, but so what!

8. Insignificant telephone conversations.
-Phone conversations don't really work for me. Text conversations are more fitting.

9. Banging his head on tables.
-Consider it done.

10. Assisting Jerry in maintaining his relationship with Lanette (Amanda Peet), a younger woman Jerry is dating. He acts as Jerry's relationship intern, ex, making dinner reservations on Jerry's behalf, coordinating Jerry's outfits, suggesting compliments, purchasing invitations for a party that Lanette is throwing, etc.
-This is going to be tough to do, but there may be an opportunity for this. Perhaps some details to follow.

11. Growing a mustache.
-Been there, done that. Doesn't mean I won't again, but I look pretty terrible with a 'stache.

Additionally, George's legs were in a "state of advanced atrophy, due to a period of extreme inactivity." Me, I'm going to run even more than I already do.

-Dave

"Time to taste the fruit and let the juices drip down my chin."

If you ever watched Seinfeld, you know about "The Summer of George." If you don't, in short, George Costanza, having been traded to Tyson Chicken from the New York Yankees (yes, you read that right), gets 3 months of pay as a severance package from the Yankees. Rather than doing the smart thing and getting a new job along with wisely investing his Yankees money, George instead spends the summer unemployed doing almost nothing. And when he does do something, it's incredibly uninteresting. It was possibly the high water mark in the history of laziness.

Well, I'm Dave. Summer is approaching fast, and I want to make it a really memorable one. So I'm proclaiming this "The Summer of Dave." Unlike George, who spent three months being lazy, I'm going to keep myself very busy. I'm going to go places, do things, try new things. Sometimes I'll do it solo, sometimes I'll have some friends along for the ride. This blog will be the journal of my summer. Join me.

-Dave