i headed over to t-town for the bama/ut game last weekend. it was a big game. we were heavy favorites, but my all-time record was 1 – 7 – 1 against tennessee (far and away my worst against any opponent). also, it was michael’s (jason’s eldest’s) first big SEC game. the game was much tighter at the end than it should’ve been, but this late in the season, i spose there is no such thing as a bad victory. survive and advance 12-10.
here’s a team photo with me, michael, jason and kent.
here’s a video of “sweet home” over the loudspeakers
and here is one of a chubby white-dude superhero jam at one of the on-quad tailgates after the game. this video doesn’t even do it justice…..it was weirder than this. superheroes on the quad? having a dance party? for the record it wasn’t halloween yet.
anyway, we had a good time that evening (although i believe we were all in bed by 11 – sad) and then the next day, jason and i played ball with is kids, grabbed lunch at newks and then went to volleyball practice. we scrimmaged against the men’s team for 2 1/2 hours straight. i’ve TOUCHED a volleyball twice since may, so needless to say, i’m still feeling like someone beat the crap out of my body. even my fingers are sore…..not from getting hit, but literally, my finger MUSCLES are sore…….how does that even happen? anyway, i made it home safely to lillis (who had stayed home due to work again) and then had one day to rest up before i (FINALLY) started my new gig with AMEX. glad to be getting going on that, for sure. ROLL TIDE!
sooo, lil’s dad had come in town and we were supposed to go to asheville for the weekend, but lil was exhausted from a very tough week (month? year?) at work and needed to work that weekend, plus the weather wasn’t stellar. so, we decided to just stay home and lay low and let her rest and recover. however, to fill her desire to do a little hiking and see some pretty “fallness,” we did ride up to dahlonega on sunday. lillis knows what falls were were at here, but i have no idea. i do know, however, that we came up and hiked to this very fall just a coupla weeks before we started dating 2 1/2 years ago. the biggest differences were that this time we brought her dad, and that lillis didn’t wear the little grey shorts that hug her butt. : )
a shot of lil and her dad
lil and me
all three of us
and one of the falls all by itself.
i was very glad we were able to get lillis out of the city for at least a little bit to see the leaves and the waterfall (although, the pictures represent the barely half-hearted attempt by the leaves to change colors for us).
having finally decided on a job (i ended up taking the american express offer instead of the job at nasco. it was a VERY difficult decision with one representing more long term certainty and the other more short term opportunity and freedom. i took the opp and freedom over the certainty…..hope i still think that’s a good choice 3 years from now) drew and i headed up to blue ridge for a day. we headed up thursday night to his cabin and then went out kayaking on the toccoa river the next morning, then played some golf at Whitepath golf course in Ellijay. the river was great that morning, and the golf course is a pretty interesting layout. we had a great time kayaking and on the golf course, with drew shooting 1 over on the front side.
it was a beautiful morning on the water with fog still clinging to the mountain.
drew is part monkey. he brought the most bruised up bananas i’ve ever seen out on the river with us. it was like someone shoved pudding inside of a banana peel.
here we are at the end of the run just up river from the bridge there. not a bad morning commute.
and here’s a little video of drew ripping the water up
sooooo, i was able to convince john and stephen that it would be a good idea for us to spend a weekend out in the woods with no food and no hair dryers (more a concern for stephen than for me - and less so every day). we found our way up to the greater […]
we went to huntsvegas for our end of the season volleyball tourney with the tsunami club i've been working with. below are a few picks of my team (13 black). we had a tough opening day, but did manage to upset the #1 seed in the tournament on day 2 before bowing out.below, allie poses […]
i took a second trip to nicaragua in april. this time brent nix (the mystery 4th in our group) and john headed down as well. it was john's 3rd trip and we were taking a look at a couple of places that he had visited before as well as some new places that peter wanted […]
sorry, no pics for this one. soooo, Atlanta was hosting the inagural ING marathon on March 25th. several of my friends had been training for months, but i had been nursing a sore leg and had not jogged for about 2 months. for some reason my friends (most notably jason, drew and blake) thought it […]
well, i'm sure everyone was jonesin for an update on the fantasy baseball draft update. i know it's like a monkey on my back. well, we were very excited that our draft angel was still there this year and had not indeed been killed by the fans of the Dominican team last year. as you […]
soooo, i decided to wing on up to DC to check out the WHO at Verizon Center with my friends Jeff and Todd and my brother Jeremy. We had a pretty fun weekend there, highlighted by either the girl who claimed she had political asylum, or the one whose belt was "Hermes" (as i was […]
all apologies for my lateness in getting this post out. the lesson here? i'm a slackass. a special note, going forward, all blog pictures will be clickable. clicking them won't make you smarter, but it will increase the size of the photo. this service i supply to you free of charge.sooooo, stephen, jason and myself […]
soooo, as you may know (if YOU are indeed reading this, and it's entirely possible you're not) i am now coaching volleyball. i'm coaching a girls 13's team that plays out of Woodward. often times those practices are the highlight of my week. there's something really amazing about having 12 people scream your name every […]
i usually try not to really mention what i'm thinking here, as it is my general supposition that no one really cares, but today will be an exception. i'm not even going to pretend that any more than 3 people in america might find me insiteful, but i figured i'd just put it out here. […]
nothing really to tell here. drew and i went fishing. i caught my first bass (more of a fly fisherman, i am)you may remember my phat hat as being the same one i won for catching a barracuda on drew's bachelor party. it still looks every bit as good as it did the day i […]
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