Climbing the Stairs to Bed to Stars

Got to go to bed
so I can go to work
But the stars outside are calling my name

Got to go to bed
so I can go to work
What if I could change this game

No more got tos
No more go tos
Let the stars swallow the flourescent bulbs

Rula Bula Irish Toast Contest 2005 ~ 2nd Place

Well, I guess I am kind of glad I did not win. I mean, if I were to achieve such greatness at such a young age, what else would there be left to do? It was probably for the best. 2nd place still paid a handsome Guinness Fleece. Back to the lab. Wait 'til next year.

2nd Place Entry, 5th Annual Rula Bula Irish Toast Contest

At the end of the raibow
In the town of Tempe
Lies a pot o’gold
Where the Guiness flows free

Whether you feel like dancing
or shooting the breeze
Whether you’re kicking the clouds
or down on your knees
Pull up a stool
Say this limerick with me:

When skies are blue and clear
Or clouds and rain are near
We’ll spend the night
Where the Craic is just right
At Rula Bula for good times and beer

~ Andy O'Tandy~

Quite a Weekend Ahead

Tonight I will compete in the Irish Toast Contest at Rula Bula's anniversary celebration. (Toast to be published after competition for security's sake).






Dad comes in from Austin in an hour, and it should be fun to share such a night with him and friends. In his words on the phone last night, we will "party down!" I love you too man!

If we wake up in time, there is a cheap women's golf clinic where Victoria may swing a golf club for the first time. I hope that if she hits one perfect shot, she will be hooked. I, on the other hand, am likely to continue slicing.

Nemesis 5, our Hero 4.

My nemesis beat me in Black and White last night. Coughed up the Knights early, then turned the table when we took both Bishops - oh what a pleasure to see those two holy men watching from the sideline. But we let him strike first, and that was our downfall. We were running from check to check until it was over, all while our blessed Queen and noble Castle were on the other side of the board, a move or two from a tag-team dance of destruction. Frustrating. Beaten by Pawn play. All tactics and no strategy dammit! We are planning our revenge, and you my nemesis, will pay!

Better Together

V is now back in town, and it is amazing how much my standard of living has improved. I am now eating and bathing regularly, I have scrapped the science experiment that is now a clean toilet, and I am now dressing from a system of organized drawers and hangers instead of the pile on the couch method.

Now this should not be interpreted that V feeds, dresses, and bathes me. Rather, she motivates me to do all of this and more for myself. By motivate I mean she might kill me if I did not live like a civilized man of the twenty-first century.

Take for example this weekend. Saturday morning commenced with the making of something called a "to-do list". It is a mutual exercise, and by mutual I mean, she lists and I write. For the rest of the weekend, whenever I find myself with time to wander or wonder, all I have to do is look at this list, and I no longer drift about like some cloud in the breeze.

A few weeks ago, with all accountability severed by the Atlantic Ocean, I would have spent the same weekend unshowered, undressed, and unvertical, waiting on the couch for an interesting television program that would never come. And though I see the merits of such drifting more than anyone I think, I am much more satisfied and fulfilled moving from task to task instead of channel to channel, though I do it my own way, weaving a little song, dance, and drifting in between.

Scince I Last Wrote

Started new job in large coporation.
Victoria went to Spain for 4 weeks, than Colombia for 2.
Lost my balance, throwing all time and energy into work, putting in up to 60 hours / week, and realized just how unfilling that can be.
Committed myself to creating a career I am passionate about, regardless of much it pays.
Discovered how great it feels to work towards a dream, and inspire others to pursue their own dreams.
Realized just how much better life is with V in it.