Flying made interesting

Tourney Time

I've noticed a trend in my thinking over the last day plus while the NCAA basketball tournament has been going on. That trend is this -- any time that a team struggles but wins and I've got them going deep into the tournament, automatically I think, 'Alright, I like them having a struggle. They're motivated now to fight harder than ever.' But, any time that a team stuggles but wins and I've got them losing in the next round or two, it's definitely, 'HA, totally gonna score on that pick. Look at how much they struggled in the first round!'

Example of thought process #1: Villanova

Example of thought process #2: Kansas, Pittsburgh

This probably isn't anywhere close to being isolated to just my thinking, but I thought it was funny that I succumbed to such double thinking.

Oh, and West Virginia to the Elite 8? Ummm, not so good.

An abode

Violet and I now have an apartment to live in after we're married! It was the first one we looked at and we like it a lot. It's only a few minutes away from school for Violet and is in a very nice, quiet neighborhood. We're really excited about it. Now, the only problem is furnishing it. :)

The kitchen is what I'm most excited about. It's just large.


This is the dining room.


The living room.


And one of the two bedrooms.


I'm free to move in April 1, so we'll see if I have enough stuff to go with then!

Another YouTube

I confess that I haven't put up a whole lot of original material recently, and for that I apologize. However, I continue to find YouTube clips that fascinate me. Here's the latest one that caught my attention.

Forrest in One Minute

I thought this was rather entertaining.



Basketball is now over. We finished the season a not-so-great 7-14. It was disappointing to have seven seniors and have such a poor season. At the end, it was tough to see if they really cared. Having coached those seniors for two years, it hurt even more for me, because I knew what they were capable of doing. Anyway, my new after-work project? Planning a wedding! Woot!

Amazing rhythmic gymnast

via videosift.com

Latest basketball update

Since my last update, LCA is actually 2-2, but what's more interesting is how we got to that record. First, we lost by 10 to the team right above us in league standings, Landmark. (We're in second-to-last place.) Then we beat the worst team in the league, Berwick, by 28 on Monday. Our second game of the week was last night, where we blew a late lead to a middle of the pack Portsmouth Abbey, losing 51-49. We had two opportunities to tie or take in the lead in that game in the last 30 seconds. Then tonight, to top it all off, we beat the second best team in the league, Bancroft, 73-70. What an up and down season! Unfortunately, the guys maybe just saw tonight was they can do as a team. With only four games left in the season, there's not much recovering that can be done in standings, but at least we could end on a good note.

In other news, I'm rediscovering Pandora. My roomate my sophomore year in college, Shawn Cowley, introduced me to this Internet radio service but I never really tried it out. Now I have and I'm using it all of the time. Basically, you create "stations" by giving Pandora different genres, bands or songs, and it makes a stations for each one you enter. It then plays songs of a similar nature to your entry. For example, let's say I like the 70s band, Journey. I insert Journey and Pandora plays Journey's songs as well as songs from similar bands like The Eagles and Boston. The feature I like the most is the quick mix which allows you to pick an assorted collection of your stations and it plays songs from each station. I'm getting to listen to a lot of good music this way. If only Draper didn't block this site during the work day--seriously, I'd be so much more productive. :)

Pandora: http://pandora.com/