Trippin'

Yeah, yeah, yeah ... I have been neglecting my blog, so what! I have been busying living life that I haven't had time to sit and form coherent sentences. I am back now, and somewhat coherent.

Austin was a total wash out and I didn't get to play tennis on that Saturday and Sunday. That Monday, I was going to play because it was nice and sunny but I was just fed up and decided to go home earlier. But I later found out they had a "mini-tournament" and handed out trophies on that Monday. I inquired about getting a refund, but they will not offer one but will probably give out discounted admission next year. I will more than likely will not be in Texas next year so it is kind of worthless.

Anyway ...

This past weekend I found myself in Houston, Texas mostly for emotional support for the Greek. He had to drive four hours down to get his Visa renewed this past Wednesday and he was going to stay until the following Sunday. He was in a state, and was upset that I was not coming with him. He was really down. So while he packed, I hopped on the Internet to see how I can get down to Houston. Greyhound would have been too long and uncomfortable, drive a rented car would have been tedious and expensive, flying ... well, if you know me then you know that I have issues with flying. I haven't been on a plane since September 26, 2001 so I wasn't really considering this mode of transportation. The flight was only $100 and 35 minutes long ... so I ended up flying. I told the Greek my plans and he immediately became happy again.

I landed in Houston at around 9pm on Friday and I ended up waiting for 20 minutes because the Greek got lost. We got to the place he was staying, we went out to eat at a nearby restaurant, and then it was back to the Inn so I could sleep.

Saturday after we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science to see the Body Worlds 3 collection. If you get the chance, and if it comes to your town, you should really check it out. The collection uses human cadavers that has been plasticized in varies poses with various organs showing. It was a bit freaky, but really interesting.


Saturday Night was the main reason why I was in Houston. The Greek wanted to go to this party at a club called South Beach for "Madonnarama".


It was okay. The music was way too loud and it just sounded garbled. It was interesting because the Greek had this Madonna shirt in his apartment and I jokingly tried it on. It was a medium, and I thought there was no way I was getting into that shirt. Not only did it fit, I actually kind of good in it. I was urged to wear it at "Madonnarama" so he packed it and brought for me. I was hestitent to wear the shirt because it was tight so I put a polo over it and went to the club.

It got hot quickly so I was debating whether or not to take of the polo, exposing the madonna shirt. I couldn't take the heat anymore so I removed the polo.



There were about 5 guys with same shirt but my shirt was by far the tightest ... and it got me a bit of attention. Some guys complimented my shirt, some guys grabbed my chested ... it was horrible ... and I LOVED IT!!! The Greek was not happy with this turn of events and became a bit jealous. We ended up leaving and I was groped yet again. It was a fun night, but I was glad to leave.

Left early the next day, and drove 4 hours to Dallas. It was an uneventful drive ... but there are two towns right next to each other with interesting names. The towns of Ennis and Alma; if you seen Brokeback Mountain then you know where I am getting at.

Rain Delay

I am here at the hotel in Austin, and it has been raining since last night so all the matches were delayed. I was suppose to start my match at 10am, but it was delay until 12pm ... but it is still raining. The sun is trying to peak through the clouds but to no avail.



The matches are in two different locations: my match was the University of Texas tennis courts and the other is at the South Austin Tennis Center. After I found out about the delay I drove down to the S. Austin TC and met up with some folks from Dallas and chatted for a bit. I didn't stay for too long before making my way back to the hotel.

I got back to the hotel, hopped on my computer and after 10 minutes I finally was able to log onto the wireless connection. I had an issue connection yesterday and called technical support to inquiry about the issue but they were no help at all. Not that I work as a Technical Support person, I am more patient with these people; but these guys weren't helpful at all.

I was reading Dan Renzi's blog when the phone rang in my room ... IT WAS DAN! It was a weird coincidence. We chatted for a bit and he gave me his cell number in case I wanted to hang out later. I am with the Greek so I may not have time but I will give him a call if I do ... maybe, I am not sure.

I am alive, don't worry

Yeah, I have been away for a while ... I know. My life has been busy and I haven't had the chance to post on my blog. I am a very bad blogger. As amends, will give you an ADD recap of things ...

The Greek and I are doing well. We have been hanging out a lot lately, which is good. But I believe that the extended exposure to one another cause some friction. We had a couple of serious discussions and worked through them, which is great. I have been in relationships where we never had an arguments, and those ended rather quickly. I always had this ideal relationship in my mind where partner and I never fought and it was just an oh-so-blissful existance. That's not reality. Or maybe I didn't care about the people enough to bother to fight with them ... but the Greek and I are good. So good that I am learning Greek. The alphabet is difficult but I will have to practice them for a while before I move onto vocabulary. I still have difficulty pronouncing gamma ('g' words) words because it has a weird "hg" tone which sounds like and 'r' but it is not. It is a bit throaty. I will post some of my greek studies here ... to share.

The Academy Awards were okay, mostly because Jon Stewart was the host. I watched it on a TiVo delay so I could fast foward through the boring parts. I ended up watching a lot of and the show, and I was shocked (SHOCKED!) that Three 6 Mafia won Best Song for "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp." I think they are trying to make the awards more "minority friendly." Take a listen:

Why did that H.A.M. of a girl get up and tried to hit that last note? She proabably thinks she will get a record contract out of it.

Work has been really busy, but today was oddly slow. I am being sent out to Fort Worth to work on one of our sales centers on Thursday. I am hoping that this will all go smoothly and won't have to be there for a couple of hours. Three hours max .. then I will be able to get back home before rush hour.

I am in the process of building my CD collection. I am starting of purchasing the CD that I got illegal to support the artist ... but I am not going to pay full price. I getting the CDs used for like $2 or under and playing $3 for shipping from Amazon. So far I bought Bjork's Debut CD and Brandy's Afrodisiac. Afrodisiac is a hot CD and I can't believe it didn't sell more than it did. I came out two years ago but I am still playing it in my car. I have four more CDs that should be here this week: Sunshine Anderson's debut CD, Janet's janet album (I have it but lost the cover art and the CD is scratched), and Bjork's Post and Vespertine albums. I am going to add to my collection by getting some music before the use of Pro Tools ... 70's soul music. I don't listen to the radio but I know I am not missing much. I saw a clip from the 1982 Tony Awards and must buy the Dreamgirls Soundtrack because of it. Have a look:

Awesome! I am looking forward to the movie in December.

Project Runway ended, and in the words of Michael Kors ... I was a bit underwhelmed. The fashion line by Chloe, Dan, and Santino were just meh compared to the first season. The lines by Jay and Kara Suan were awesome. Kara Janx who was the final person out before the last runway show had the best collection by far. If she were still "in" she would have won. Take a look ... the purple wrap dress near the end is gorgeous.

The tennis tournament in Austin is this Saturday, and I am excited. Inspired by Project Runway I created a theme for my outfits ... Hell on Earth:

So I got the look, I just need to be on my game during the tournament. My backhand is really good now ... more consistent. I just need to get more power behind it. I will be taking pictures of the events while in Austin and I will share them with you all ... all six of you. I will have the Greek take some photos and movies of me in action as well. Your welcome!