McDonalds Monopoly… I should know better than to eat at that place, but after all these years, the game has been really inviting… all i’ve ever really won was a small coke.  Today, I got the premium sandwhich [blah] with my friend, and both of us were eyeing everyone who weren’t keeping their game pieces.  We were able to nab a few, but it didn’t get us anywhere.  Good times, good times… but tomorrow will be Chic-fil-A.

So how do you respond as a brother when you discover that Chris Leak, quarterback and Heisman Candidate of the University of Florida “Gators” [not to mention the #5 College Football team in the nation as well as undefeated], flirted and carried a lengthy conversation with my sister [Idania – 21], walked her to her car, then… she drove him to his and somehow they ultimately exchanged numbers to “keep in touch” and he’ll [possibly] be calling her in the next couple days to arrange to “hang out sometime.”  He was pretty insistent about it.  Sure, big brother is certain to help disperse wisdom, but sheesh… this is some pretty neat news.  🙂

wild coincidence update: Mom was also hit on by a University of Florida quarterback at exactly my sister’s age.  My mom had just moved from California to Jacksonville and at a dance club, when this guy approached her wanting to dance with her.  Little did she know, he had bet the football team $100 that he would get the beautiful spanish girl to dance with him. When my mom shut him down, the team was in the background laughing and giving high fives.  They eventually talked for a little bit, and he had asked for her to come to a practice… and she never did.  man… what is it with the ladies in my family!?

this absolutely made my morning.  what a beautiful love story.

they just came back from their honeymoon in hawaii and had this to share…

http://www.sarahannephotography.com/blogslideshows/joypete/

(you don’t even have to know them to enjoy this)

visit pete’s xanga

“emo”

alright… so what does this mean?

i mean, it can’t be that complicated, right (?)

is there any special formula that makes one this way?

i’m so proud of her. 🙂 my younger sister, Idania (21) was published in the local newspaper yesterday (her first piece) on a piece on 9-11, and i had a really cool video that i took for it with the newspaper, my sister talking about it, etc… it was pretty neat and i had a good idea for the music and all, but alas… i accidentally deleted the footage. sorry, Idania.

you can still check it out for yourself by clicking here. Or you can click here… or here… and you are still allowed to be impressed.

so the discussion in the office was whether or not this was funny

since the accident with bambi, they’ve given me a brand new 2007 PT Cruiser as a rental car and the best thing… it only had 11 miles on it when i picked it up.  i think it will be an adequate substitute for my volkswagen while its in the shop.  i mean even though the thing looks like a hearse, its still a blast to drive… i feel like i’m driving a really neat go cart (ha).  not too shabby, but i still miss my v-dub (vw).

so last night I had a dream that I was at teen mania as a guest at a banquet and once the banquet was over, all the ACA’s got together to help clean up the auditorium and one of the staff members hands me the microphone, as i suddenly become the “honorary guest” and suddenly i have all the ACA’s once again looking to me for direction… this time i didn’t recognize a single face.  wow, how time flies, and how memories of organization suddenly return.

yesterday was a difficult day at work, a long one, but glad it ended on a beautiful note.  it just helped me go to bed, as i took the dive early, but this morning… so refreshed.  mmm… now, to take on a hurricane… well, by the time it gets up to me it will be nothing but rain.  oh well.  looking forward to this 3-day weekend tho… mmm…