Well, I made it to New York even though I tried to miss my plane. The fact that I missed my plane is all thanks to my co-workers. They wanted to take me out for my birthday since I was going to be in town and I’m not one to turn down someone buying me drinks. The only problem was that my plane left at 8am, meaning I had to be up at 5:30. Well, my co-workers were a little too nice to me. As you can see from the pictures there were several pitchers of beer and some car bombs involved and it turned into a long night. Fortunately, I made it home in time to get a couple hours of sleep and managed (by the grace of God) to wake up in time.

The flight was fine. I, understandably, slept most of the flight. I am now at my friend Ben’s in the Upper West side of Manhattan. The weather is good. A little chilly but nothing I can’t handle. We’re getting ready to head out and have some fun, but I thought I’d put a quick entry up and the pics from last night. Time to meet the Big Apple.

Well, I head off to New York tomorrow. I’ll be there for a week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (and coincidentally, my birthday). Check back here for updates and photos as I go. Wish me luck.

Today I saw the best news I’ve seen in a while. The Family Guy is returning to TV! The countdown begins until I can start watching Stewie’s attempt at world domination again. This is way too exciting…I’m off to take a Paxil.

I’ve been working all day and I feel like taking a break so I thought the second blog entry of the year might be in order. =) Not much is going on in my life right now. About the most exciting thing is my upcoming trip to New York City for my birthday (St. Patrick’s Day for those who don’t know me). It should be a great trip especially considering the day. St. Patrick’s Day in NYC should be good for a couple stories. After NYC, I’ll have to try and make it to Chicago and watch them dye the river green (if they can die the river green on St. Patrick’s Day, why can’t they dye it blue the rest of the year). Also, this is the final birthday of my twenties. So begins the victory lap to 30. I figure the whole year should be a celebration of the fact that I’ve made it this far.

Most people seem to get upset at the idea of turning 30. I’m not. I’m actually excited about. There’s a certain amount of maturity that seems to come with the fact that you’ve been alive for three decades. It is interesting how people who are over 30 seem to look down at twenty year olds with a certain amount of disdain. I’m not sure I believe in some magic wisdom being bestowed on me on my 30th birthday. However, I can’t argue with my mom when she says, "You don’t have a lick of sense until your 28 years old". I’m 28 now and I’m still not sure I have a lick of sense, but maybe that’s the point. Is part of having wisdom knowing that you don’t know anything? Ironic…

Well, it’s time to get back to the coal mines. Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful Southern Californian day and not spending it in a air-conditioned warehouse with no windows.

Well, I finally got some pictures of my trip to Mammoth up on the site, thanks to Jessica. My camera didn’t see much action, but Jessica’s did. I still have some pics from camera that I need to put up. I’m not sure there’s any exciting ones on mine, so we’ll just have to see. You’d think from these pictures that we never left Bishop, but I promise you that we did.

The skiing was pretty good. The first day was pretty rough on my body. My legs are little too out of shape to be doing a lot of mogul runs, but I still felt pretty good. I was using new skiis, bindings, and boots so that didn’t help matters. The second day we were all a little too hung over to go skiing so we decided to play drinking games for six hours…not very smart. On the third and final day, it was a near blizzard up on the slopes. I decided not to ski for the 2 hours that was left of the day, but Jason, Carl, Jessica, and Teresa went up and braved the elements. The each had a brush with death but managed to come up none-worse-the-wear. So, all-in-all a successful trip. Now, I have to get ready for Whistler later this year. I’m too excited.

I guess I should also say something about the new year. For at least the second year in a row, got a little down during the holidays. I’m not sure why, it’s nothng specific that does it, but it’s definitely there. So, to those who had to tolerate my moodiness, I’m sorry. However, As soon as January 1st hits, I’m a new man. I’m excited to start a new year now. There’s a lot I’d like to do this year and hopefully I can accomplish half of them. =) I’ll keep the list to myself, but as soon as I accomplish one of them I’ll let you know.