Song of the Week: Diamond Rugs new album Cosmetics <--Stream it!
Tuesday February 10th was my return from the Bahamas, read my previous blog yo!
Wednesday February 11th, 2015 was a day that brought me back to the reality of Chicago, cold winter weather! I took the L to downtown to the train station and then took the train to work. Rates keep going up and the trip cost me $10. Traveling is expensive no matter how you do it these days! On the train I finished the book Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. I had not read it since high school and although the ending was pretty good, still do not understand why it is considered one of the greatest books of that era. The Walking Dead returned, so I watched the first episode of this half of the last season, if that makes sense. After work I also watched the 30 for 30 about Bo Jackson called Bo Knows. I didn't realize he was such a natural, amazing athlete. Perhaps the greatest athlete of all time? Made myself some soup for dinner, as well as some chicken with hot sauce. Not a bad first day back from paradise, although the 20 degree weather is not as nice as 70s.
Thursday February 12th is a blur and I don't recall what I did, so we shall skip that day in this blog!
Friday the 13th of February was a record setting day for me. I shot 97mph with my right hand and 91mph with my left at work, both personal bests. Amazing how much whip will do for you and a little bit of shooting for speed practice considering my highest back in college was 83mph. A whopping 14mph swing! John stopped by my work and we drove back to the city together. First time seeing him since his trip to Nepal with Melissa. Can't wait for him to put together a little video to share with the masses.
Brian met us at our place and we headed over to a local shawarma shop. Unfortunately we got there after 9pm and they were out of lamb shawarma, so I ended up getting a Kaftka Kabob which was not bad, but no shawarma. We played some rounds of Mario Party 2 while sipping on some land sharks, and despite my winning ways, Brian pulled out the victory in the end. Then we headed over to the Wiener Circle. This was my first experience and it was pretty crazy, and funny at times. People were yelling things at each other and being mean (this is how it works when you order there), which really isn't my style, so I just floated in the back while Rachel, John, and Brian ordered up in the crowded little shop. I ended up getting a chardog and some fries which was very tasty! We watched some Always Sunny in Philadelphia while enjoying our food.
After about 3 hours of sleep, John and I awoke on Valentines Day and headed back to where we came from since I had to coach at 7am. After coaching and then working until 2pm, I stopped at Jewel to pick up some good for dinner that night. Back in Chicago, took a little nap (longer than planned) and then made a Valentines BBQ Chicken Bacon Onion Pizza with Rachel. It was very delicious! We had some wine as well while listening to music and chatting some. We also then began Better Call Saul the TV series that is based off the character Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad. Interesting show that shows where Saul started and how he is going to get to where he was in BB. I'm excited to watch this season live!
Sunday February 15th was a left over pizza kind of day, as well as a cleaning the apartment day. There was a significant amount of ice in my parking spot since people thought it would be good to pile it there. Luckily I remembered I had an axe with me so I axed the ice down and provided my car a nice little spot to back into. Rachel and I got Standard Market Grill for dinner and I had a steak sandwich and it was delicious! Covered with mushrooms and onions just melts in your mouth. We watched a second episode of Better Call Saul to be caught up and I then watched an episode of The Walking Dead.
President's Day was here! No work, but of course I have a lax tournament to go coach in like I do every year. My team performed well, going 3 and 0 in regular scheduled games. Squeaking out some wins against some pretty good teams. We then lost in the semi-finals to a competitive team. Overall a great tournament and I was proud of the guys, should be an awesome season! Johno then hit me up that the new Diamond Rugs' album Cosmetics was streaming. If you are not already streaming, go back up top and stream it!
Rach and I watched a third episode of Better Call Saul, this one on live TV once I got home. Watching on live TV is crazy now because almost everything is streamed where you watch episode after episode. Only one at a time now! Frustrates Rachel a bit I think! HA. We enjoyed a tasty sausage jambalaya dish while watching as well.
Video of the Week: Skate 2. Throwing it back to a Jcubed classic from 2007. Perhaps a skate 4 in the near future!?
Movie of the Week: Pay it Forward - Change how you treat people, and be nice to all! Incredibly uplifting film with a little boy's goal in life!
Back on track with my blogs, I'll be back next Tuesday!
Josh