Same Ol' Same Ol'

I really haven't had much to blog about recently, I've just been keeping myself occupied with my extracurricular activities.  If you asked me what I was up to lately I'd just tell you "same ol' same ol'".

For example, pool league is going very well and my Tuesday 8-ball team now sits in 1st place after 6 weeks!  I lost my first match of the season a couple weeks ago, but overall I am 4-1 on the year. :) It's funny when teams play us, some call it a "trap" because we have so many low-skilled players and they can't decide who to play against us.  Usually it's a given that a top-player with a 6 or 7 skill rating would play, but a lot of teams aren't sure that's the best strategy against us.  We'll see if we continue that success, things are looking great and morale is high!

Bowling has taken a turn for the worse unfortunately.  I have seen my average drop about 6 pins in recent weeks and I am searching for answers.  Part of me feels it is fatigue, since I bowled 9-weeks in a summer league and when you count the 19 weeks already through this season, that's basically a full season that I'd be accustomed to.  It's also possible that my ball is starting to die, but I'm hoping to get it revitalized and resurfaced over the weekend and also pick up a spare ball (something cheap, plastic, and non-reactive) to make picking up 10-pins more consistent.  There's a good chance our team won't be making the championship game this year, so I figure I'll start working on taking my game to the next level and becoming better for next year!

After Hours Gaming League is starting to trend upwards now as well.  After a slow start, team IBM is now 3-2 on the year and sitting in 3rd place in our division.  We'll have an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot in the last 2 weeks and if we do make the playoffs, I like our team's chances.  I think our team's depth has really improved since last season.

All that remains in terms of league play is IBM basketball, which hasn't started back up yet.  But I'm trying to get back into the groove of playing ball at least twice a week. :)

In other news, I had another Superbowl (I'm sorry, "Big Game") party this year.  This year's theme was "Finish Your 12-Pack".  Since really only one person officially finished the "18-Pack Challenge" last year, I figured I'd make things more reasonable this year.  Anthony ended up finishing his 12-pack of Dos Equis in like 2 hours (congrats Anthony!) but he also passed out shortly after that LOL.  Overall the Superbowl party was another big hit this year, and much of its success can be attributed to the awesome 143" of screens I set up at my house. :)

I added my 46" Aquos and Lucky's 42" Aquos to the kitchen counter tops and the game was pretty much visible from everywhere in the house, even outside on the patio.  There was a great turnout in people (25+) and we had soooo much good food.  Thanks everyone who came, I'm blessed to have so many great friends to party with. :D

I did drive up to Phoenix recently to visit my parents and celebrate my Dad and sister's birthdays.  We went out to Mekong Restaurant on a Friday evening and then out to the Wandering Horse buffet at Talking Stick the next day for lunch.  On my way home back to Tucson however, my car blew a tire and I was forced to change in the spare along the highway about 40 miles outside of the city.

Now it was probably my fault since I've had these tires for about 40,000 miles already and they were probably long due for a replacement.  What makes this story interesting is everything that happened after.  I put the spare on (a donut) and I was able to get the car home to Tucson.  I then went to Discount Tire and I figured I might as well get all 4 tires on the car changed.  The Lexus IS250 has different size tires in the back than the front and they didn't have my back tires in stock at the time.  They said they could get them in by Monday, so I figured rather than have to go in for tires twice, I'd just wait and get it all done on the same day.  I thought I could survive the weekend by driving on the spare with minimal driving distances.

Anyway, later that night my car ended up on 4th avenue.  I was too drunk to drive home that night, so I left my car on 4th.  The next day, I arrived at my car and my spare was flat.  LOL.  Serves me right for not checking the tire pressure on the spare more frequently huh?  I called my friend Jon to help me, 'cause I was hoping we could pump up the flat spare, but the tire was pretty much donesky.  I got a tow truck the next day to tow it over to Discount (this was actually the first time my car had ever been towed) and eventually I got all my tires and the spare replaced.  It was definitely quite the learning experience for me!  So many lessons learned!

These are pretty much all the stories I have for now.  Thanks for stopping by and check back soon for more blogging!