My LITTLE brother is 21!

Amazing... Mike's 21 and I feel old. Here's some photos from this morning.

Mike blowing out candles as my mom and his girlfriend Olga look on.


Mike and Olga. Cute.


Me and Mike.


The family!

So sore!

Spring has come and once again I am sore! After months of hibernation inside my comfy home I have resurfaced to the outside world as pale, out of shape and overweight!

Generally every year around this time I try to hit the gym looking for some miracle exercise routine that will blast away the fat and give me those six pack abs I so dearly want. Of course, three weeks later I've usually given up and am back on the couch eating Ben and Jerry's at 2 a.m.

Another pastime I partake in when spring hits is outdoor sports with my friends. Today was no different... Zach, one of my close friends turned 24 today (happy birthday BTW) and we all headed out to Windy Hill to play some golf, hit balls in the batting cage and do whatever else we guys like to do at sport parks. While I loved hanging out, and crushing baseball in the cage after taking four years off *Dominated the 85 mph machine! :-) * I'm paying for it now as I am as sore as I can be!

Every muscle aches! My shoulders, pecs, triceps, biceps...etc. etc.

I'm walking wounded and there's no cure.

Then again, it wouldn't be spring if I wasn't sore and loving the outdoors.

Spring has come... where's my ice bath?

What I'm listening to...

Lately I've been heavy into exploring music, some from my favorite bands like 3 Doors Down, The Frames, Chevelle, etc. and some from new bands I've never heard of like Flobots and Rilo Kiley (actually saw them in concert opening for Colday now that I really think about it).

Since Wednesday is my really slow day at work, I've been surfing Youtube for music videos and I've come up with a few videos I think everyone should check out. Each song is from a different band, one is from 3 Doors Down (love!), one is from Flobots (cool, but are they a one hit wonder?), Death Cab for Cutie (always heard of them, this is the first song I've ever HEARD from them..) and the final one is from Panic at the Disco (still need to pick up the second album).

So check it out, this is what I'm listening to...


Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart"



Flobots - "No Handlebars" - I think they have a shot at being huge!



3 Doors Down - "It's Not My Time" - This group is my favorite band of all time, I cannot wait for their new album to drop later this month!



Panic at the Disco - "Nine in the Afternoon" - Love the song, question the video... seems like I'm doing that with all of their songs...

Thoughts for the week

Monday has come and gone, and with it, a new week has once again begun.

Had dinner with the parents and family friend Mr. Slagle. Had two pieces of cake... And got some financial advice... All in all it was a pretty good night.

As for what's on tap for rest of the week? A variety of things actually...

Gotta go to the bank sometime this week to drop off the check so I can pay student loans (joy!)

Need to call the SAT people to get them to 'unarchive' my SAT scores from just 5 years ago and pay them 20 bucks to ship the scores all of a few hundred miles.

Put some gas in the Civic... Gas man, that'll be $50 bucks on my tab please!

Somehow make time to go back to ACAC. Supposedly I have this crazy notion that if I start exercising it might actually do me some good. I'll investigate that claim further a bit later this week.

Read some pages out of a few books... I've got so many sitting around my room, I'd love to start knocking out some of the pages.

Respond to work email!!! I had 54 emails waiting for me when I signed in from the Times Dispatch building this morning. Mainly this is my fault as I've pretty much ignored email for the last couple of weeks... but come on people, 54! Do you really need to reach me that badly?!?

Take a breath, and be thankful for all God has given me... I know this should always be first on the list, but I thought I'd mention it anyways. God has been so good to me throughout my entire life; from protecting me through accident(s) to showing me kindness and love unlike any other, God has blessed me and I cannot thank him enough!

So that's my week, what are your plans for the week?