Battlefield 2 Retirement

Tonight, I reached my final goal of reaching Sergeant Major on Battlefield 2. It's a good time to put that game to rest. I've spent about 15 months playing this game. It's by far the longest time I've ever put into a game. Well, there are some Final Fantasy games that I've beaten at least twice. Nevertheless, I can focus my energy on more productive endeavors such as studying.

Michigan Continues to Roll
Today, Michigan defeated Northwestern on a cold windy and rainy day. By doing so, Michigan preserved its perfect record (9-0) as it moves towards the inevitable; in three weeks I expect the nation to be watching the premiere game of the entire season. Last week, I was lucky enough to watch Michigan beat up Iowa with my Dad. It was his belated birthday. This picture is of Victor's Plaza at Michigan Stadium. We're standing in front of the football column. With any luck they'll be chiseling in new titles for this year's performance.

Do you Own a Truck?

Okay, I really do have a beef with people who own trucks and never use them properly. I have this gripe because they are gas hogs. On another note, people should stop complaining about gas prices; I have two reasons backing my opinion. First, saving 10 cents a gallon won't save you on your $5000 credit debt. Secondly, people should be more worried about paying $3.75 for a cup of coffee from Starbucks (that's 8 oz of sugar and fat) or some other outrageous price for other crappy stuff.

Now, since I've vented I can continue with my story. So, I was coming back from Mountwood park; I had a great day mountain biking even though my bike wouldn't shift gears. Anway, I was driving down this state road until it intersectedwith the expressway. There is a traffic light to make a left hand turn onto the highway and I was lucky enough to pull behind a truck. I was like wow - a truck and someone is using it to carry something. Now, I've seen all types of objects tossed in the back of a full size truck, but this was the first time I've seen two cows in a cage in the bed of a truck. The cows were just standing there eating some hay. Well, the light changed and the truck made the left hand turn to head up the on ramp to the highway. At this moment, the cow just looked at me and while continuing to eat it started peeing. Yeah, so here I am trying to get on the expressway and my car is getting showered with cow urine. There's nothing I can do. I can only hope my my wipers will work and I'm staring at one of the cows. The cow just continued to look at me; if it could talk it would have said, "Hey, what would you do when it's 50F outside and some dude is taking you on the expressway. I'm a little nervous. I'm Sorry. But as a condolence this hay is good. Man, I can't get enough of this hay."

Yeah, let's just say my car needed to get wash ASAP.

Lovin' Philly

Once in a while it's worth driving 7 hours to escape West Virginia. This weekend proves why Mineral Wells will never catch Philadelphia. Actually, when I was at King of Prussia mall I saw more people there than the entire town of Mineral Wells.

The purpose of my trip was to drink some good beer and eat some good Philly food. I met the first goal when I got into town around 10PM. A local brew from Kalamazoo didn't hurt either. Nevertheless, after a few drinks it was time to head over to the local diner - 401 Diner for some grub. You know nothing beats a omelette on corn bread and covered with marinara sauce at one in the morning. Don't worry, somehow I managed to fall a sleep.

The following day I spent shopping with Sara. I really wanted to buy a pair of distressed black jeans. No, not pure black and not pure gray either. It took me some time, but I found a pair. Plus, the shoes and sweater match the jeans well. I consider it a successful shopping trip.

Yes, there are more fun stories about me drinking martinis and a little dancing on Market Street. Saturday night was just a great time, but you'll have to ask for those details later. It was only fun because I was there with my friends.