The stairs aren't my friend

Over last couple days, I think I've tripped while going up public staircases 4 or 5 times. I don't know if the frequency of this happening is because of my boots or the fact that I just wasn't paying enough attention. Nonetheless, it sucks. It especially sucks when you trip on the stairs in the Carlson School of Management while drinking a pop. The thing didn't completely spill but lets just say I got a bit of a splash to the face.

On a good note, the weather was fantastic yesterday. It's crazy how noticably better people's moods are when the weather is really nice in Minnesota. I notice it in myself. That reminds me why I need to move to California.

Another thing that's really awesome is that it's only two weeks until baseball's opening day. I'm not the biggest baseball fan as sometimes I get bored with the game but I have a great time making a day of going out to a game with some friends and tailgaiting. I have my Twins home opener ticket in my wallet as we speak and the thought of a fired-up grill and flowing beer in the parking lot is lovely. Gotta love the Twinkies...no steroid users.

Finally, I got a pretty sweet (though very belated) birthday gift from my girlfriend. She got me this messenger bag made by this company called LoopNYC out of where else but New York. What makes it awesome is the unique style and materials that comprise it - specifically the shoulder strap made out of the same strong synthetic material as a car seatbelt. It'll be nice having this thing because with the amount of stuff I'm usually lugging around in my backpack my back hates me sometimes. Anyway, here's a picture of the bag:

I'm sure you're amazed I updated again so soon. I can't even believe it myself. I'll definitely try to write with this type of frequency more often. By the way, if you do read this blog, drop a comment every once in a while and let me know what you think.

Until next time, I'll be at the Bacon Tendercrisp Cheddar Ranch.

CURRENT LISTENING: 3 new jams from a Limbeck live college radio performance

March Madness...Literally

So it's 3:42 am on a Sunday night and I just woke up from falling asleep in front of the t.v. on the couch. That also means that my spring break is officially over although I'm not so sure I ever really got one. The past week was possiblily just as chaotic (or dare I say MORE) than the normal week for me. Besides being that exciting and crazy time of year for NCAA baksetball - which I'll get back to in a second - the term "March Madness" could apply to several things about my spring break week. First off, the weekend trip to Milwaukee last weekend to visit a couple high school friends. Now anyone who has ever been to Milwaukee can see where this is going but for the kids who aren't 21 or have no interest whatsoever in going to Wisconsin I'll just throw out the random fact that Milwaukee has the most bars per capita out of all of the major U.S. cities. Couple that with the fact that we drove right into a blizzard Friday night that was so bad that we had to stop the car at one point because we couldn't see the road at all (I swear I wasn't hallucinating) and you have a pretty crazy weekend in the bag. Overall the trip was a great time but I still don't consider that a spring break as I'd take a 3-day road trip to Milwaukee over any normal weekend of the year.

Next, we have the madness of NSAC. That's the National Student Advertising Competition in case you don't take classes in Murphy Hall. I won't get into it too much but right now our team is right in the thick of developing a campaign to brand and promote Yahoo! to 13-17 year olds. It's an interesting challenge and a tough one. How tough? The past week saw us carving away at the campaign work day and night. It's rewarding to believe our work has paid off and we've pounded out what looks like a great campaign but it's definitely been stressful. Madness.

Finally, there's the college basketball tourney which I'm disappointed to have only watched a combined 86 minutes of...approximately. Of course I'm in two pools and of course I made plenty of "educated" (see: ESPN analysis) sleeper picks, but a lot of them turned out to be the wrong ones. Who would've thought Syracuse, UConn, and Wake Forest would be out by the third round? Obviously not my bracket. So with Wake out, I lose one of my Final Four picks and I'm not so sure where my chances of winning the dough are. I still have plenty of teams in it along with my Champion, North Carolina, whom I picked to win over Illinois. Assuming that I'm not going to take home the cake I'm pulling for UW-Milwaukee to continue to turn the basketball world upside down. I did at least pick them for the first round upset - PANTHERS BABY!!!

To wrap this up, I'm going to do a little something that is a tradition of one of my favorite bands on their website. That is, post my "Top 5" for the month. This Top 5 is a loose list of any 5 random things making life fun, interesting, or exciting right now. It can be themed but usually has no such organization to it at all. Anyway, here goes:

Top 5 for the month of March
1 - Surviving the drive through the blizzard of '05
2 - NSAC campaign work in full throttle
3 - UW-Milwaukee Panthers
4 - trip to Milwaukee
5 - Kings of Leon show @ The Fine Line

Hope you're doing just fine.

CURRENT LISTENING: Songs from both of the latest Bright Eyes releases (and Aaron Rhody's fantastic trip mix)