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I'm Sorry Wayne County

2009-09-23T15:42:00.000-07:00

We're Number One!

According to the latest Census my currently county of residence, Wayne County, Indiana has the single highest divorce rate in the United States of America. According to this Census 19 Percent of all people over the age of 15 are divorced in Wayne County. Why they include data about 15 year olds to find out about divorce rate is a good question for another day but right now I would like to think about why the divorce rate in the rural Indiana county can be so high.

After much deliberation and countless hours of studying it came to me how this could be so. Me. Yes, that's what I said, Me. I've been living in this fare county for 8 months now and in that time have attracted so many women that they are divorcing their current husbands in order to have the opportunity to spend their life with me.

Now I feel horrible about all of this and would like to send an official apology out to Wayne County and its' residents. It is with great hope that I wish you accept this apology and realize that it was not something I intended to happen but is just a consequence of Bo being Bo.

Beatles Day

2009-09-09T14:25:00.000-07:00

The day of his birth. His first day of kindergarten. His Indiana Pacer's Locker he got as a Christmas present. The time he mistook me as someone who might actually have lightning at my diposal. And of course the day in which he married "Mrs. Thug Mrs." All these were significant days in Sean P. Stevenson's life but none of which match the magnitude of September 9th, 2009 Anno Domini. In Sean's 25 years of life he has seen a wave of technology fly by unlike of anyone any generation before him. He was there to witness the original Nintendo to become the Wie. He was there to witness Word Processors become computers. He has seen Pacer games from a once blurry wwt4 t.v screen 20 games a year to now seeing every game in the high quality of HD television. He has even been here for the music revolution that has gone from cassettes to cds to ipods. And with all this his life has been lacking one thing, the revolution of the Beatles to the new millenium.

Now what is amazing to me is what has taken so long for this music to be remastered. Look at Disney, I can't even watch a whole commercial without knowing that Bambi has been remastered. You would think that with a kagillion dollars the Beatles have made already they would use a small part of that money to remaster their music to make to make a kagillion more and here's another added bonus, your music is going to sound infinetely better than it did beforehand.

Editors Note: The above picture of Trish Stratus is intentionally being put in to offset the picture of Sean.

Sean brace yourself for this story because it may cause a Revolution in your life. While in the library yesterday I overheard a junior high boy ask who the Beatles were. He had seen the commerical for Rockband and was unaware that they were an actual band. Instead he thought they were part of a kids show that was Hannah Montanaesque. This incident nearly led to a Ben Affleck like ass whooping from Dazed and Confused. What are wrong with kids today?

Still, it seems like the Beatles have been working from old forms that still have the "19__" on the top to help you with the date which makes it even more refreshing that Sean can finally have his day in the sun.

I have been thinking long and hard what I can compare this day to in the eyes of Sean. I myself have never had to wait so long for anything my entire life, for Sean to have to sit there while pile of garbage after garbage gets remastered and rereleased and your'e just waiting for your day to come when all will be right in the world. So to culminate this momentus occasion I have taken a quote from the famous speech from the President in the movie Independence Day said about the world regaining independence from evil aliens and have altered it to fit this day about the Beatles.

"Good Morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others around the world (to purchase Beatles merchandise). And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind (bidding wars). "Mankind." That word should have a new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore(which is better a Hard Day's Night or Yellow Submarine). We will be united in our common interests (The Beatles). Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July(09/09/09), and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution....but from annihilation (Yoko Ono). We are fighting for our right to live (through The Beatles). To exist(through The Beatles). And should we win the day, The Fourth of July (09/09/09) will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice "We will not go quietly into the night!"(And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me, Shine on until tommorow, let it be.) We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day! (Beatles Day!)"

Come on Down....You're the next contestant on WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW

2009-08-30T13:47:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows me will tell you I am a fan of novelty. Hence my interest in such things as wrestling, vh1, watching fat people try to do any sort of physical activity and trying whatever the newest brand of pepsi is. The latest event to spark my interest? 85 year old animal advocate Bob Barker is hosting the Labor Day edition of WWE Monday Night Raw. There could not be a better man for the job, Bob Barkers whole appeal is a novelty. He's a game show host who used the same set, the same microphone and same announcer (I know Rod Roddy died but in my heart he didn't) for 50 years. Everything the man does is random. Who ends every show by saying "have your pets spayed on neutered." Who plays himself in a movie and beats the bajesus out of Happy Gilmore at a golf tournament? Speaking of which, the only movie/tv show I can find Barker ever being in when he didn't play himself was in a 1960 episode of Bonanza. Barker was 37 then just to give you some perspective on how old his guy is. But now he returns once again to host my favorite tv program, WWE Raw. I don't even know where to begin with where Raw might go that night but my only hope is that Bob a) beats the crap out of someone and b) has a shower scene with Kelly Kelly.

Im running (out) on Dunkin. Take II

For the first time in what seems like decades I'm back to work every Monday through Friday for the good of humanity. And thats all I got to say about that.

In Sean We Trust

In wake of you also rejoining the work force I thought I would give you a compiled list of some of the things that you will no longer be able to enjoy being that you are no longer unemployed.......Actually after some that, you're going to be able to do everything you did before you got a job. Consider this as probably is a sign that you need to invest in new hobbies/interest.

Something for Sara

This weeks top 5....because your big 21st is fast approaching here's a top 5 of must have drinks for you to enjoy during your celebration.

5. Kamikaze. Because of our family's interest in history especially with WWII this is the perfect drink to get your night started.

4. A Wisconsin Lunchbox. There's nothing fun about this drink and it won't even do the trick that much, but no one should have a night full of drinks they actually enjoy.

3. Jager Bomb. Lets just get this one out of the way. I'm not the biggest fan of this but its neccesary. nuff said.

2. The Three Wise Men. Consider this drink to be Me, Sean and Scott being with you in spirit. And just so you don't forget us, No chaser.

1. "The Birthday Shot" There's nothing more awesome than telling a bartender it's your birthday and to make you something, anything. This often ends with the bartender shamefully giving you a very potent concauction they often refuse to even charge you for just because of their own distaste for what they're making you put in your body.

and after you complete this list you have 16 more to go and your all set....

Inspiration for Tom

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."

--Frank Sinatra

114 Days and We've Got an Update

2009-08-13T14:19:00.000-07:00

You tend to look at your life a little differently when you're 24 years old and you find yourself out running errands with your mother. Part of you feeling proud of yourself for doing something nice for your mother, part of you praying that you don't see anyone you know, and then there's that final part that makes you wonder what direction you are going in your life. This is what I went through for two hours this afternoon. Here's a rundown of my day.

"What are you doing, trying to race there?"
"Do you need money for your McDonalds?"
"Will you sweep out my car while I'm in physical therapy?"
"We got to go to Aldi too. Do you need anything?"
"We might need to go pick up a cat, I need to make a phone call first."

Heres a brief summary of the answers from the above questions. 64 mph is entirely way to fast to be driving down Carlos Road in which was recently repaved thanks to a "Wheel Tax" whatever that is. No, I do not need money to buy McDonalds but I will accept your six dollars to pay for it. No I don't really want to sweep out your car in the 90 degree heat but what choice do I have now that I've accepted your six dollars. I don't think anything makes you feel like a 4 year old than going grocery shopping with your mother and yes I let her buy me some strawberries. And finally no cat today, I don't know how the cat got on the list of things to do or why a phone call put a hoax on the whole deal but that's all just too bad. But all and all what a great day to spend with my mom.

I'm Running (out) on Dunkin Take 2

School starts next week which means I actually might start working a little bit as a full-time sub. At this point in my lfe I consider this as good as it gets.

In Sean We Trust/Something For Sara

I've decided to focus this top five list to you Sean and the top 5 Part-Time Jobs you should look into.

5. Dunkin Donuts. Of course. Just use me as a reference and your'e in makin America's favorite coffee and breakfast pasteries.

4. A Fireman. I realize that you are over qualified for this position on a variety of levels but I feel you could thrive with this profession

3. The Janitor. Just be "The Janitor" anywhere with no one really knowing who you are until one day you quit only then to reveal your true identity.

2. Professional Fighter. Here's a link http://www.usadojo.com/kata/martial-arts-schools.asp?st=136 of some local places in your area where you can begin your training. Hopefully you can find something Rex-Quan-Do esque to fit your training needs.

1. Bee Keeper. You can actually start this today with the gigantic bee hive in my parents backyard. Thus far the thousands of bees seem pretty harmless so you should have no problem removing them from the property. We will provide you with a set of gloves for your trouble.

Inspiration for Tom

From my new favorite movie, The Hangover

"You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack. But when my sister brought Doug home, I knew he was one of my own. And my wolf pack.... it grew by one. So there.... there were two of us in the wolf pack.... I was alone first in the pack, and then Doug joined in later. And six months ago, when Doug introduced me to you guys, I thought "Wait a second, could it be?" And now I know for sure, I just added two more guys to my wolf pack. Four of us wolves, running around the desert together, in Las Vegas, looking for strippers and cocaine. So tonight, I make a toast!"

Can you hear me now?

2009-04-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

Going through 3 phones in a calendar year may sound excessive for the average phone user. Well for this young blogger it is not enough. The first two dead phones were a result of wear and tear and then water damage. And now after switching networks to the dark side (Verizon) I have more phone problems. Since this past Friday I have not been able to speak to or hear anyone on my phone. What makes the situation even better is that my phone still actually rings and I can answer it, but then cannot hear or say anything. For those of you who desperately need to contact me have no fear for my texting availability is still here. And after a trip to Verizon today (which is always an adventure) I learned I can get a new phone mailed to me in two days. What was more intriguing is that even though I pay 6 dollars of insurance for my phone it was still going to cost me 50 dollars for a new phone. Now maybe my understanding of what the definition of insurance is skewed but I was always under the impression that insurance meant that my phone would be insured if something happened to it (i.e. the sound stopped working). Just a misunderstanding on my part I guess.

I'm running (out) on Dunkin' Take 2

The world of work has me by the shorthairs right now with teaching, coaching two teams and reffing every chance I get but as my friend Steve-0 would say, "Anything worth doing is worth over doing." That was Steven Tyler actually but Steve likes to say it and wishes he could take credit for it so I was gonna let him have this one. He needs it.

In Sean We Trust

Now I've already went public saying that our 2009-2010 INDIANA Pacers will win 50 games next year. Im purposely stressing the word INDIANA because I'm not sure how long Larry Bird's squad will be in our fair state and I loathe the day I won't be able to speak of the Pacers as a current NBA Franchise. Moving on to happier news. After some extensive research I have found out that it will cost 6 more dollars a month to get a Direct TV package that includes WGN so I can keep up with the WWE Universe and watch WWE Superstars on Thursday evenings. 6 dollars seems to be a very interesting amount because it is the exact amount I am paying for my noninsurance for my verizon phone currently. I expect to start redirecting this 6 dollars very shortly so I can enjoy Tombstones, Batista Bombs and MVP's Ballin' Shot! ASAP.

Something for Sara. This section is designed for myself to give out different top 5's. This week's topic: My top 5 school lunch meals.
5. Chili and Peanut Butter Sandwiches
4. Thanksgiving Lunch Day
3. The Rectangle Pizza
2. Ham and Cheese Croisant
1. The Foot Long Hotdog
Life really doesn't get any better than with these meals.

A Love Story

I went to Ponderosa yesterday with Sean and his wife. While preparing to order I noticed that instead of just getting the buffet for 70 cents more I could get a steak and a baked potato which after asking I realized I could get it TO GO!!! So after stuffing myself with chicken wings, mashed potatoes and runny macoroni I got to put my steak and baked potato in an actual doggie bag (yes they didn't stop making doggie bags in 1977). And for supper last night I got to enjoy my 70 cent steak and baked potato in the comfort of my own home. If that's not love im not sure what is.

Inspiration for Tom

We'll just go ahead and say Steve-0 came up with this from now on, he might as well have

"anything worth doing is worth over doing."

Spring Break!

2009-04-03T17:14:00.000-07:00

For those of you uniformed with the current calculations of the life of this young writer please pay attention to the following. As of two weeks ago I took a job as a special ed teacher that i love, i am coaching a hs girls aau team that won their first game last nite 77-56 and im in high debate whether i want to coach a jr high track team that i need to decide one way or another in by the end of of the weekend. So thats the life jobwise, socialwise I am on Spring Break right now which i spent the first half in bloomington and broke my record for beers in a single nite, 22! so hooray me for almost being able to still drink my age, what a sad life. The grail of the week of course is coming this weekend where Wrestlemania XXV will be airing and I am in no way prepared for. Anyway, lets move on to my sections so I can move on with my nite.

I'm running (out) on Dunkin' Take 2

Congratulations Dunkin' Donuts. I took ur job because of the novelty and because of it I am teaching everyday. For no reason at all i decided to put Dunkin in my teaching resume' and during my teaching entire spent more time discussing about my time at Dunkin Donuts than any teaching or coaching job I've ever done. My favorite donut is just a regular Maple Donut.

In Sean We Trust

See Section "something for sara

Something for Sara
This section is designed for myself to give out different top 5's. This week's topic: My top 5 matches I'm lookin forward to at Wrestlemania this weekend

5. Cena vs Big Show vs Edge. Im going to be honest. Vickie Guerrero makes this match and I can wait to see where her heart truly lies with the big show and edge. my prediction, cena wins the match, vickie will have to pleasure herself from now on afterwards.

4. Women's Battle Royal. Anytime Kelly Kelly is involved is one thing, but 25 of them in on over the top rope battle royal is worth 55 bucks any day of the week. My prediciton. Gail Gim (pictured above) just because I have a thing for asians and i mean are you serious?

3. HHH vs Orton. Any feud that involves assault a sledghammer throwing , breaking into a house and then destroying it, kissing another mans wife while her actual husband is handcuffed to the ring rope, 3 McMahons who all have spent time in the hospital AND tricking cody rhodes into an actualy cage is going to make my top 5 at any pay per view. my prediction. orton

2. The Money in the Bank Ladder Match. This match usually steals the show at Wrestlemania because its just so god damn ridiculous. My prediction. Kane

1. Shawn Michaels vs the Undertaker. Taker's 16-0 at Wrestlemania. Michaels is 'Mr. Wrestlemania'. I can remember playing this match on my super nintendo. I am not ready for this. my prediction. rest in peace michaels. taker will be 17-0

A Namedrop for my friends Business

In honor of my girl Tiff who has givin me everyone haircut ive had in the last 2 years I want to reccomend to everyone that they start getting their haricut at the College Mall REGIS' in Bloomington, IN and make sure u ask for TIFF!

A Love Story

Inspiration for Tom
This is just a good quote, you should take notes from the Undertaker actually

"Listen, if you've got beef with me, I aint a hard guy to find. I stand 6'10, I weigh 330lbs, and I'm usually kicking the hell out of somebody." The Undertaker

Larry Bird = Idiot

2009-03-02T15:49:00.000-08:00

So after putting my blog on hiatus for a month and a half while I moved from Bloomington to Williamsburg, Indiana and waited on the lengthy process of attaining high speed internet I feel as though I have left my faithful readers in a cloud of darkness and bewilderment of what is going on with my life and how I feel about different subject matters.

Well with the birth of our high speed internet here in Amishville I did what many of you would expect me to do this weekend, catch up on all the Pacer, IU and WWE news that I've been missing the past 6 weeks. Well while I was combing through the salaries of my Pacers for this year and the upcoming years I was kind of surprised to see that we had the 14th highest payroll in the league. I mean we're terrible so what are we playing for. Then I thought about for a second and thought that a lot of bad teams have high payrolls so we're just sitting low for contracts to expire. Wrong. This year the Pacers have a payroll of over 70 million. Next Year it's going to be almost 58 Million in garanteed deals. For the 2010-2011 season its over 56 million. Now 56 Million dollars seems like an excessive payroll for a team currently last place in its division so I decided to do some investigative work. Out of the top 14 teams in Payroll this year the Pacers will rank 10 next year and number 2 in the 2010-2011 season. The only team that will be ahead of the Pacers? The Lakers who have the big 3 of Kobe, Gasol and Bynum wrapped up in big contracts. Not to be outdone however the Pacers have their big 3 of Murphy, Dunleavy and Granger wrapped up also. So in the Big free agent extravaganza of 2010 that features Lebron, Wade, Bosh, LL Cool J and Snoop-a-Loop the Pacers will be wondering what to do with their 13th Draft selection where they will undoubtedly take Matt Roth from IU. Larry Bird = Idiot. I did put a picture up of him with Reggie Miller to help make me feel better about the whole situation though and I wont lie to you, it's working.

I'm running (out) on Dunkin' Take 2

Ok Dunkin'. You win. After leaving you for greener grass I am once again looking for more work because apparantly 2 so called jobs are not enough for this guy. So for anyone who has a job opening in the Richmond area note this. I am a skilled baker, a medicore student and am very lacklusterly motivated so please hire me.

In Sean We Trust

Well since most of this blog was for you I suggest you re-read the Larry Bird Section and then fact check it Bill Simmons style and send me a 3 page email pointing out my errors.

Something for Sara

This section is designed for myself to give out different top 5's. This week's topic: My top 5 concerts:

Off this List: This was one hard list to put together but noteworthy and interesting concerts I've been to that did not crack the top 5 are as follows, metallica in columbus, redman in bloomington, dierks bentley in muncie, lynyrd skynryd/kid rock in noblesville, gwar in indy, megadeath in indy, summer slaughter tour in louisville, among others.

5. Metallica in Chicago. 2 Metallica concerts on 2 nights. The first night in the upperdeck, the 2nd night front row. Follow that with a weekend being beside next to Wrigley Field at an excollege buddies place then you got all the makings of a good time.

4. Aerosmith in Noblesville. You can never forget your first concert and I know I never will. Aerosmith, Run DMC and CheapTrick. If you would have asked me at the time I would of never told you that Aerosmith would be lucky just to crack the top 5 on my concert list.

3. Ozzfest 2007 in Indy. This had all the makings of a good time. I was single. My roommate tank was single. Steve0 who I hardly seen at that time was single. Free Concert. lost of Friends. Ozzy. Things got rough. And then cam the afternoon. I still owe Tank my life for getting me home that night but it was one of those days that I sorely needed at the time and glad I got it.

2. Motorhead in Columbus, Ohio. Maybe it was because it was my first road trip with my little brother. Maybe it was because Steveos leg was still broken. Maybe it was because baby Cox came or maybe it was because a hurricane hit Columbus and the concert got postponed that stranded us in Columbus another night but being front row for Motorhead was phenominal. So many side stories came with this trip I dont even know where to begin but nothing really beats Scotty just saying "I'm Leaving" then walk out into the Columbus darkness.

1. Ozzfest in Dallas. Steve broke his leg the day before we left. We had to fly to get there. Metallica headlined it. I dropped almost a 1000 bucks for the event so it better be a number one thriller and it did not dissapoint. There's just something about being at a 14 hour concert in during the heat of the Texas summer that makes you happy that the Margaritas are only 12 bucks a pop.

A Love Story

Im going to be honest with you here, I'm just glad that Elliot and JD are back together.

Inspiration for Tom

From the ever so popular Surfing Instructor Kunu in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall

"When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons,' and bail."

"Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!"

2009-01-12T12:41:00.000-08:00

I learned from my Public Speaking teacher that if you really want to captivate your audience you need to open with a quote and honestly I cannot think of anything more captivating than a quote from the Office where Dwight is complaining about something that Jim has done (this case being that Jim has dressed and is acting like Dwight at work.) It seemed fitting though that almost a month hiatus from this blogoshphere I needed something monumental to happen so I could make a glorious return my blog and my fans and as of last evening I thought that had happened. Yesterday I put my notice in at Dunkin' Donuts (for a second time) and officially made up my mind that I will be moving back home to the suburbs of Williamsburg to realize my dream of being a full-time substitute teacher and to be Coach Bo once again. It will all set up for me too except that when I got home I opted to watch the Pacer game instead of this blog which at the time seemed like a good idea that way I could rip the Pacers for their 900th loss of the season by a combined two points. And I was off of work today so I could devote my entire day to this blog (that is until 9 PM where Raw/Pacer Game/Turk Night begins). So anyway everything was going to plan until about 8 AM this morning when I was woken up to a call from my bank informing me that my identity had been stolen. Yes you heard me, someone thought that my life was so great that they wanted to be a part of it. Anyway lets move on and talk about what this wannabe would rather have than my money, my life.

I'm running (out) on Dunkin' Take 2

As mentioned before this gent has decided to run as far away as he can from the coffee business and actually start to try to get a career in what he went to school for almost a decade for, being a teacher. And let me tell you something, nothing makes you feel more appreciated than when you tell your boss that you quit and they don't even care if you put in a two weeks notice but just want you to make sure you tell them if you're going to be there for the next week before they make the schedule and don't want to have redo it if you're not going to be there. Oh, Dunkin love.

In Sean We Trust

Well after the Pacers lost their 10th game of the season last night by less than four points it would be pretty easy for me to dog our hometown boys. But since as of late you have decided to give Larry's guys a tongue thrashing after every loss I have decided to talk about a cheerier subject. Actually on second thought I got nothing so I am going to use this space to advertise the subletting of my apartment here in Bloomington. If anyone is interested in a 1 bedroom apt in Bloomington on the corner of 7th and Dunn please let me know. My least last from now until August and rent is $400 a month with free water and parking, yes you heard me that's free water AND parking.

Something for Sara

You've been begging me for your own segment for months so here you are and after much deliberation I have decided to combine this segment with a John Cusack reference from the movie High Fidelity and give you my top 5's on random subjects. And this week in honor of me moving we're going to look at the top 5 places I've lived in my life:

5. Park Doral. I lived here with Adam the semester before we both left to student teach. We were one of the few white people at this apartment complex but enjoyed the pool and the spacious rooms at this apartment. Number One moment at this apartment had to be the fact that we never turned on the heat at this apartment even though we lived there well into December. brrr.

4. Greenwood. Living with Sean (Chuck) the six weeks before his marriage were both liberating to me and Ringo. Number one moment at this apartment would of been WWE's one night stand where Batista absolute destroyed HBK in a stretcher match. I believe it was this moment where Sean officially became a wrestling lifer. yeah!

3. 7th and Dunn. It's the apartment I currently have and although I live by myself its closeness to campus and to the bars makes it very guest friendly. Number one moment would be my birthday this year where we were piled 7 deep in my place and I slept on the floor somehow while multiple people slept in my bed. weird.

2. The Villas. This was a year and a half of total ridiculousness. There's no reason anyone ever needs to live in an apartment with 5 people but it was sure was fun though. Number one moment was celebrating Little 5 there with the almost 30 people that stayed at our place. yikes

1. "The Apartment". Anything that you refer to as just "the apartment" is probably going to win this category but this was the first place I ever lived at after High School back in Lynn. It was a quaint apartment located directly above the bank and living there with Chris was a great life experience. Best moment there would be the shot dedication night where I dedicated every shot I took (21 of them) to a random girl that I knew/had dated/wanted to date. Anyway if that wasn't enough I decided to write out my dedications as I took my shots on a piece of paper that Steve-0 has framed to this day. According to my hand writing I did well until about 8 or 9 but then by 15 no names are legible and only about half the numbers are. good times.

A Love Story

This segment is usually dedicated to a failed love story of either myself or a friend of mine but since my Identity Theft Perpetrator decided to use my ID for purchases on match.com I'm going to assume that him stealing my money is going to lead to true love for him/her and they will learn nothing from this experience. So let me be the first person to congratulate you on your new found love life.

Inspiration for Tom

In case you hadn't gotten enough from Teen Wolf mania as of late here's a doozy of a quote from Coach Finstock:

"It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference."

what do you mean this years over?

2008-12-31T16:21:00.000-08:00

With just a few hours left in this year I thought I would set up with what surely will be a life-altering blog for my loyal readers as they reflect on the past year and look forward to the one ahead of them. For the past 3 weeks I have struggled to find motivation to write about anything even though a lot of good things have happened. For instance, I have graduated college, I celebrated a great Christmas with my family, and I am currently listening to some Akon in my apartment preparing with what should be a memorable New Years at the Bluebird in a few hours. On the downside of things my Pacers have managed to go winless for the better part of two weeks now, IU has had back to back home losses to Northeastern and Lipscomb, bonus points if you know what part of the country those colleges are in. Also on the Debbie Downer side of the news is the fact that even though I have graduated I am still currently raising money so I can pay off last semesters tuition so I can actually recieve and be able to hold, grope and fondle my diploma. If you are not up to date on my financial aid issues please tune to some of my previous blogs.

But enough about 2008. When most of you read this the year is going to be over anyway. Lets look forward. 2009 baby. Enjoy it.

The 2008 Slammy Awards

2008-12-09T11:24:00.000-08:00

In honor of the WWE Slammy Awards last night on Raw which rewarded the top wrestling moments of 2008 I have decided to host my own Slammy Awards using my life experiences from 2008 as the nominees but still keeping the same categories the WWE did. Enjoy.

Tag Team of the Year

This will probably be the easiest and most obvious award I will give today but lets tell the tail of the tape anyways. The tag team of Steve-0 and Bo (aka Chocolate Bear and Vanilla Bear) in 2008 traveled to Louisville, Indianapolis, Columbus (twice) and to Dallas, Texas just to go to concerts and have a Chicago adventure planned at the turn of the year to see a little band called Metallica play for the third time in my life. If not that was award worthy enough for you here's the link to the youtube video of Guy Love sung by Turk and JD from Scrubs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaTR5juMfr8

Best Finishing Maneuver of the Year

This is an interesting topic because I'm not sure whether to make it dirty or not but because this is a family friendly blog we're going to stay on clean street with this one. At this point in my life, being only one week from attaining a college degree when I hear the term "finishing" I just think about finishing college and so even though some stories may get inappropriate later on we're going to let this one be the way it is.

Extreme Moment of the Year

This award is difficult to give out because I tend to do a lot of random things and follow them through for if for any other reason, my own amusement. Runner ups for this award include my Superbowl Party, our night in Columbus, Ohio when there was no power and we didn't have a place to stay, living out of my car for a month and of course the night I danced with a 55 year old woman at in Indy bar because it was her birthday and I wanted her to have a good time (the fact that both of her daughters were easy on the eyes also helped). But the winner has to be the going to Dallas, Texas for the weekend just to see Ozzfest. Plane tickets, hotels, car rentals all for one concert. It was one of those weekends that you can always fall back on and think about and be like, yea I did that and be happy with yourself about.

Couple of the Year

Since I have been single the great majority of 2008 it makes it very difficult for me to nominate myself for this award. That being said I can say that after living with my cousin Sean for a couple months while he was preparing for his wedding I truly learned who the couple of the year were in my life. Sean's cat Ringo and myself had a couple of the best months in my life. That's right ladies, I picked a cat over all of you for the year of 2008. Feel Special. Ringo over the course of 2008 allowed me to watch wrestling and basketball whenever I wanted, never once cared if I wanted him to not sleep in my bed at night and was also a huge fan of my "Flying Ringo" game, a game that I have never found any girl to enjoy up to this part of my life. So girls, I hope you all realize by reading this that you need to pick it up a notch.

Diva of the Year

Instincts told me to just post a picture of the hottest girl I was involved with over the course of 2008. Me not wanting to get my ass kicked decided to go with a picture of the girl I hope to get with in 2009. That's right folks, I give you Kelly Kelly.

OMG Moment of the Year

This award is being given to the most random sudden thing that happened to me this year which is probably without a doubt the night that I hit a donkey on that lonely county road in Randolph County. The good news from this incident was that the donkey was ok, my car was ok (except for a little love dent that the donkey gave me on my hood) and I also get to tell people for the rest of my life that I hit a real life donkey for the rest of my life. It's not something to go out and brag about I know but I like being a story topper and this is quite a doozy of one to have in my arsenal.

Match of the Year

Because I'm a lover and not a fighter and also because my friends are mostly all talk and no game I didn't really see to many altercations that were award worthy which is why I am going to the ring with this one. This past August when Sean, Scotty and I attended Summerslam we had no idea what we were getting into. First off, the event was held at Conseco Fieldhouse and we had to wait over two hours just to get in the place, something I never recall ever having to do from the near 100 Pacer games I have attended there. The event itself was unreal (and I don't mean unreal like everything is fake and its stupid). Whether you're a wrestling fan or not watching an even life will make you a kid again. 4 year old Bo would agree. The match of the Year was without question the Undertaker vs. Edge. Intro music, pyros, a giant 15 foot tall Hell in the Cell, Tables, Ladders, it was just all there. I will say though that when the Undertaker through Edge off the top of the ladder through the entire ring and then proceeded to light him on fire I could of died right now and been fine with it.

"Damn" Moment of the Year

For you non-wrestling junkies this award is given out to the most ridiculously hilarious extended moment of 2008. That is that it is not a single moment, but a string of little moments that make you shake your head and just say "Damn". My "Damn" moment of 2008 came this summer when a friendly case race between Steve and I escalated into have theme music and intros which escalated into a side contest where to put this generously lap dancing was involved and the winner got an actual microwave donated by yours truly. And although I was not in the side contest but was merely one of the officials of the event it does make you kind of put your head down, smirk a little bit, shake your head and just say "Damn".

Superstar of the Year

It should surprise none of you that I have nominated myself for Superstar of the Year. During this year I have lived in Carlos, Greenwood and Bloomington. I have student taught, coached an 8th grade girls basketball team (9-7 was our record), coached a junior high track team (girls got second in the county with only 6 girls), coached a 16 and under girls basketball AAU team (I don't remember our record here, too many random games but it was significantly above .500), and have made a rapid rise at Dunkin Donuts in the process. and I am also on the brink of graduating college to conclude my year academically. Personally I have seen concerts in 5 states, have been to at least a half dozen Pacer games and another half dozen IU games (when we were good). I have seen girls come and go and in some cases come again (that's what she said). I've been told I'm an amazing guy and I've been told I need psychological help. I've made new friends and established new enemies (namely the Financial Aid Dept, Jesse Ballenger is a close second). I lost my grandfather but became closer to my family in the process. It's funny how life works, how the unexpected always seems to happen and how we're so surprised when the unexpected does happen. (Sorry but I had to sum up my 2008 with a JD like statement).

2008-12-02T12:19:00.000-08:00

I'm Running on Dunkin' (Take II)

After weeks of nontraditional posts I have decided to go back to my roots, to where it all began and get in touch with my true fan base for awhile. Since we last left I have moved to a different Dunkin' store and am quickly becoming a steamliner with uppermanagement written all over him. Now this sounds familar? A guy whos not really a motivated worker at his current job gets promotion after promotion. Of course in that movie he ended up robbing the place and getting away with it, but why would I need to rob Dunkin' anyway?. (see Regaining Paradise: The Search for the Lost Green Monster from the grips of the Evil Coquette in the Financial Aid Office: Parts I and II). And with the way managers are getting fired/arrested I'm probably going to own the place by Christmas.

In Sean we Trust

In honor of Sean and his always good advice I have decided to listen to him once again and write a book about my life (also known as an autobiography). And although I have no idea how long I will think writing a book is a good idea he is very persistent that my life story this past year or so could entertain the masses in a very episodic way. So with this claim I expect him to begin writing his foreward to my book that will be included in it. And keep in mind cousin, in Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto the foreward is actually longer than the book itself.

A Love Story

So I recently kind of threw myself at a girl and although I was not expecting major dividends from it immediately I knew I would be proud of myself for it. Anyway in preparation for this I watched the famous scene from the movie The Sandlot where Squince finally loses it and shows his affection to Wendy Peffercorn. Although I didn't go this far with my antics it probably wouldn't of been the worst idea. Well anyway, heres the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr5lHZQz-Z4

Your Indiana HOOOOOOOOOOSIERS

In part because of the Men's teams deficiencies this year and also in part of the IU Women's Coaching staffs loyalty to Dunkin Donuts every morning for their morning coffee brewed by yours truly I have decided to make a season long section to IU's best basketball team. The ladies are 4-2 in this young season and are gearing for their 4th victory in a row when the take on Miami (FL) this Friday. IU!

Inspiration for Tom

In honor of the holiday season I have decided to use this quote from a Charlie's Browns Christmas for your daily inspiration

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."

--Linus (referring to the stick of a tree that Charlie Brown picked out to use for Christmas)

Regaining Paradise: The Search for the Lost Green Monther from the grips of the Evil Coquette in the Financial Aid Office: Part II

2008-11-18T10:28:00.000-08:00

I told myself I would hold off on this blog until I could write the thrilling conclusion about my financial aid saga. Well I have some good news for you, the saga continues and although this is not the end to my story it is a thrilling continuation of its entertaining beginning. When I last left you I was currently waiting to hear from my adviser to hear if she would write me out an academic progress report stating I would graduate. To me avail I heard from her moments after posting that blog and was very excited to hear that I would be allowed to set up an appointment with her and get my letter in a cool five days. Seems about right. Fast forward five days and I get my letter. Fast forward another day and I submit my Academic Appeal so I can get my aid.

This story would be a lot better in my eyes if I could just say my appeal was approved and I got my aid. The end. The best stories don't end like that though and neither does this one. It was about a week later and I get an e-mail from the Great Financial Aid Department and what do I see? My Appeal was denied without cause. This prompted a spring from my apartment to the Aid Office looking for an explanation. What did I get? My appeal was not through enough. Interesting. The woman advised me to redo the appeal and be very specific about any class that I have ever taken that was not related to my major, I had to retake or I withdrew from. Keep in mind that I am no longer counting my financial aid trip office visits anymore but if you're that interested.....The next one I make will be my sweet sixteen. Anyway moving on. After this news I was deeply emotional and took the night basically to calm myself down to write out my new appeal. The next morning was my day off work and I woke early, walked to the ed school library and began writing my appeal. How in depth was my appeal? I copy and pasted my academic transcript to a word document and wrote about every single class I have ever taken in my college career and wrote what was essentially my autobiography with it. The end result was 11 typed pages of my college career. Something that might be posted as a blog itself as a spin off once from this one was my story ends. After I was done with the new appeal I made yet another trip to the financial aid office and probably talked to one of the most ridiculous women I have ever talked to in my entire life.

I wanted to appeal to be viewed by someone of significance before I was going to turn it in. Just to make sure it was exactly what they wanted . Well apparently someone significant wasn't available and I got this random woman. She went on to tell me what was wrong with my appeal even though she had obviously not even read it. Finally she told me that this appeal might be ok but it would be better with my semester grades with it. By now it is after 4 pm on a Friday. I go ahead and tell her just to take that appeal and I would work on getting the grades for my next appeal assuming that one got denied to and if you looked at the situation logistically I would probably have a hard time getting a hold of my professors over the weekend. This takes me to this weekend which was one of the more work induced weekends of my life. I worked 8 hours on Saturday, 10 hours on Sunday during a night shift and got up before sunrise on Monday to work 9 more hours. So by the time I got off work on Monday I was looking forward to my day off. Instead of normal turk night preparations I came home to an e-mail from the lovable Financial Aid Office stating that my appeal I been denied again and would at this point most likely not be approved for this semester but I was more than welcome to try to submit another appeal if I thought it was necessary. This was yesterday. It was 8 degrees outside. I had just taken off my work clothes and was in mesh shorts and a tank top. I read this email at 3:45. The Financial Aid Office closes at 4. I slip on my new balances and literally sprint to the financial aid office this time pissed off, really pissed off. The type of pissed of very few have seen me get before. I get in there and demand that I talk to someone about my financial aid and why I'm not getting it. Apparently my tone worked this time because I didn't get any of the excuses or follow up questions I have gotten before they just promptly led me to the back (where the big heads work) and took me to someone they thought could help me. The mans name was Klinger and he looked like Steve the Pirate from Dodgeball (when Steve the Pirate had short hair at the end of the movie). I told him my situation. AGAIN. This time though he actually appeared to be at least somewhat listening to me He tries to tell me that the reasoning from my denial was because there were 2 semesters during my college career that were somewhat of question. Keep in mind these are not the past two semesters or anything but just two semesters in general.

This was very confusing to me because everything accumulative about my academic progress is fine and I thought putting to random semesters together that were not even back to back was skewing the statistics in their favor. Well Klinger told me he would get on it and that I should hear something by morning. Well he was a man of his word and when I woke up this morning I had an e-mail in my hotmail account waiting for attention. He said in his letter that after talking to numerous people about my situation they had concluded that I would not be eligible for aid this semester and that I could apply for aid next semester but it is highly unlikely that I would ever get anything again.

My next steps were cautious ones. I knew this would in all likelihood be my last trip to the Financial Aid Office and I wanted to make sure I had everything ready and I was prepared . I go there, I tell them I want Klinger. Next thing I knew I got Klinger. For the next 20 minutes we argued about the poor system of the Financial Aid Office, their inability to help me or not hurt me and finally ending with me telling Klinger that dealing with his financial aid office was one of the top worst experiences of my life. Well that was fun. Now lets talk solutions. I'm not eligible for aid. Great. I do still need 3 grand by the next month so I can receive my diploma. I mean I'm open to ideas here. So we end up rounding out our hour meeting discussing Private-Non School Loans, Student Advocate Programs and other possible solutions. So finally I got up and began to walk out the door before he stopped me a final time and asked me about my coaching basketball class and how fun it was. I told him it was pretty cool but believe it or not I think I might have a hard time getting Tom Crean to send you guys my semester grade like you asked but I'll see what I can do. I'm not sure but I think he's kinda busy right now and should be leaving for Maui anytime now.

So here we are. A phone conversation with Sean during a walk to the library and I've been blogging ever since contemplating my next move. At this point though I think this story just might end up at a dog track with me putting a 50 spot on a 60 to 1 odds pup. Come on Santa's Little Helper! (The Simpsons) I need to graduate!

Regaining Paradise: The Search for the Lost Green Monther from the grips of the Evil Coquette in the Financial Aid Office

2008-10-30T11:31:00.001-07:00

Every once in awhile a man encounters something that he must engage in that is truly a testimony for the kind of man he really is. For this man that encounter is his fight for his financial aid money. This tale begins like so many other ones, in sunshine and happiness. It was late August and I was just beginning to think about the need to apply for a student loan when what I thought was a gift from God appeared to fall into my lap, it was the Frank O'Bannnon Grant from the state of Indiana saying that I wouldn't have to pay for schooling this year. This was quite the momentous occasion in my life for a multitude of reasons namely being that I actually had never received a grant to go to school. The grant was everything I ever thought it could be, free schooling and perhaps even more importantly, no hassle. The grant specifically said on it that I needed to do absolutely nothing to qualify for such an award and that I just should sit back, relax and wait for things to take care of themselves. I how I miss that once glorious August week.

Fast forward to October. I'm starting to think about applying for classes in the spring to start my grad school but here's the hitch. My grant hadn't run through yet. I mean wtf, what could possibly be taking so long? In the meantime I decided to apply for a student loan to help out with bills, my books I bought this semester and the overlapping balance I had to pay from last spring that I basically paid off with a credit card (good idea/bad idea? i don't know). So even though I had kind of procrastinated for this student loan because of the GodKing known as the O'Bannon Grant it was time to make something happen. So in mid October I went to my faithful computer to give ole' Aunt Sallie a look up to get some financial assistance. I filled out my part, sent the information for the folks to cosign and basically take care of the rest. Meanwhile back in the Financial Aid Office they finally had a reason I had not yet received my grant. Apparently according to this fine university my graduation date was set for the Spring of 2008 and even though I did not receive a degree on 2008 they could not allow the state government to give me anything until I changed my graduation date. Trip 1 to Financial Aid Office: I'm there for 4 minutes, change my graduation date to the Winter of 2008 and they tell me my grant should appear on my account the following Wednesday. Great, well about time anyways. Fast forward to the next Wednesday, guess whats not showing up in my account? You guessed it, Frank's Grant. So the following day I make Trip number 2 to the financial aid office: I was there for approximately 5 minutes this time. All they had for me is that it wouldn't be processed now until the next Wednesday. Oh how convenient, and by the way, what kind of business only operates its functions one day a week. I mean it's a FINANCIAL AID OFFICE but yet they only process the ACTUAL FINANCIAL AID 1 DAY A WEEK. That's the equivalent of a pizza shop only selling pizzas on Tuesday's and just telling you the rest of the week to "Wait till Tuesday and your pizza will be ready." The only thing even comparable to how slow this process is would be the Pony Express which was the first mail system in the U.S. which was coincidentally replaced by the telegraph in the 1860's just to give you some perspective on what we're dealing with here.

Another week passes, I hear no activity from the Financial Aid Office, awesome. Wednesday comes and goes and like the two weeks before I stumble in on Thursday to see why the Pony Express didn't drop by my house on Wednesday. Trip 3 to the Financial Aid Office: Now I was expecting a lot of different possible scenarios when I walked in there but what I heard even I wasn't expecting and bare with me because I am paraphrasing here, "Well it wouldn't of processed anything yet since you just changed your graduation date." Ok one. Why is this graduation date thing such a big deal? I am enrolled in classes, I cannot emphasize that enough, what else do you want from me? And two. How come it was totally possible for my financial aid to show up on the first Wednesday but not the second. The man told me I should expect to see something the next Wednesday. Hmmm, sounds kind of familiar.

Over the weekend I decided to start devising my plan of attack, it was difficult though however because it was hard to read the enemy I was dealing with for a variety of reasons. The main reason being is that they want my money which really isn't a new concept to anybody. A lot of people and businesses want money for different reasons, mostly goods and services (this case being my education as a service I am purchasing from the University.) Unlike most collectors however the Financial Aid Department will only accept your money their way. You can't simply borrow money from one place (the state, Sallie Mae) and give it to the University. They have to oversee and pick at you with a needle during the whole process. So here's the game plan. I had decided that within one weeks time I will get my Grant and my Loan settled and be able to move on and essentially be able to start my life once again.

Here comes Tuesday. I need to get my loan done so it can meet that all important Wednesday Pony Express deadline. I check my loan, it says that I am preapproved but still need a cosigner to sign it. Ok dad, where have you been the last couple weeks? Fast forward through a phone call and some step by stepping dad completes the cosigning portion. Bad news though, its denied. What? I mean are you kidding me? Ok whatever I guess, Mom do this. Mom gets on to cosign it for me. Swing and a miss. Wow, how could this really be happening? I mean I was preapproved for the loan individually, how could an addition of a cosigner make my loan be declined?

The Day of Days

Now today is the culmination of this story. I woke up at 8 A.M. and decided I was going to forfeit all my classes for the day and do whatever it took to get my aid that I have been so desperately fighting for. Move 1: Get my loan. I went online to my Sallie Mae account but couldn't really find a solution to why it wouldn't approve my loan with a cosigner so I decided to call Aunt Sallie and play the waiting game with them. Fast forward 67 minutes of holding and I was talking to a real life person. Success! Here was the sitch though, my loan would go through if I took my potential cosigners off of it. Ok sorry mom and dad, and although even as I write this I don't understand how I could get preapproved for a loan by myself and declined for a loan with a cosigner I was not going to argue with the man, just give me my money, thank you.

Financial Aid Office Trip 4: Alright I can't wait another Wednesday for my Grant to not show up to so it's time to see what's going on. I walk in with all my paperwork and all the information showing what I should already have, my grant. Even though this is my fourth trip in as many weeks to the Aid Office I am talking to my fourth different person sitting in the same chair, I just thought that I would point that out. This specific young lady looks at my information and my account and then tells me that there is a "glitch" in the system and that is the reason I had not received my grant. A glitch huh? She did tell me however that they could override the glitch manually and that my Grant and my Loan should show up on my account within an hour. I couldn't believe it, finally I'm going to be able to live again! I was so excited I went to Penn Station to celebrate and called my dad on my way home to let him know that I had figured everything out, I was just so proud of myself. Once I got back home the first thing I did was get on the computer and check my e-mail and low and behold the Financial Aid Offices had sent me something. This part of my life is called getting punched in the face.

I had received an e-mail telling me that since I had enrolled in over 150 credits over my college career I had to fill out an Academic Process Appeal Form explaining why I have not yet graduated, double awesome. So since I don't have a printer I went to the library to print this mamma jamma out. With this Appeal Form it says I also to have a copy of an Academic Plan signed by an advisor indicating just how close I am to fulfilling my degree. Ok let me go ahead and set the ridiciliness of this whole process for you. The whole reason I have been enrolled in over 150 credits is for two reasons. One being that I am a transfer student and had to retake several classes once I started going to this fine university. The second reason is my enjoyment for taking a fun class (Coaching, P.E. on a given semester). Ok whatever, I can bs a form if that's what it takes for me to get my Aid. The Academic Plan is what really perplexed me. My graduating academic plan consists of the following: This student needs no more classes to graduate. He's done. Give him his money so he can get his diploma. Signed by: Some Lady. Now maybe it's just me but I found this idea utterly retarded.

Financial Aid Office Trip 5: I get there only to see a new person I've never seen before sitting at the desk I've become all to familiar with mere hours after I talked to someone earlier. So here we go again, I give her my information, my situation and she tells me basically what I already know. The woman is though fairly persistent that I have to have an advisor signing something that says I am going to graduate this semester. I remember asking the woman specifically twice if there was a special form that an advisor needed to fill out or if she could just sign my arm and that would be sufficient. Her response was that as long as my arm was attached and signed to my appeal form I would get my money. Ok moving on to the walk across campus to the Ed Building to find an advisor. We do the meet and greet, information giving, story telling but this increasingly unpleasant secretary insisted that I needed a specific form from the Financial Aid Office for an Advisor to fill out. Keep in mind at this point it is 3 PM and all I have done for the last 7 hours was work on this financial aid and eat a sandwich, I've been in better moods. I'm trying to explain to this secretary that the Financial Aid Office told me all I needed was a signature from them and I could move on with my life. She finally tried to call the Financial Aid office but apparently didn't get an answer so she told me to sit down until she could figure something out. While she was "figuring something out" I decided to call my Financial Aid Office myself to triple check that I didn't need a specific form from an advisor. And wouldn't you know it, they answered and told me for the third time all I needed was them to fill out something, anything for me to hand in. Meanwhile at the secretary's desk she returned and while I am still on the phone with Financial Aid Office the secretary tells me I need a specific form from the Financial Aid department. I tell her I am getting conflicting stories and she literally jerks at me with an evil eye and yells "I am not giving you a conflicting story." At this point I hang up the phone and tell the secretary that I was very aware that she was not giving my a conflicting story but her story and the Financial Aid Story was that was conflicting. The secretary clearly unhappy with me at this point wants me to fill out the Appeal Form and hand it for her so they could "take care of the rest". Exactly what they're going to take care of I have no idea since there's absolutely no room for anyone from that department to write anything on it but I gave it to them anyway.

Now I don't know how long it would take you to look at an Academic Process Report and see that I don't need to take any more classes to graduate and then sign a piece of paper stating that but right now I am going to give you an idea of how long it would take me, so excuse me for a moment while I do a little experiment. 47 seconds. That's how long it takes to log onto Onestart. Pull up a degree process report. Scroll through that report and sign a paper saying my Undergraduate career is affectly over. Granted I'm from the computer generation and it could take someone older a little longer to do this procedure. But apparently it takes this specific Advising Department 24 hours to perform such a task which was just music to my ears because I can't wait to walk back to the Ed Building tomorrow for some good news about my loan progress.

So although this story has not ended and possibly will never end I have high hopes of getting my signature tomorrow for my phantom Academic Plan so I can journey to the ever so exciting Financial Aid Office for Part 6 of my quest and to officially hand in my Academic Progress Appeal that basically says I'm a transfer student and I'm graduating this Fall so please give me my money that I have already been preapproved so I can pay you with it? Now there's something about this whole process that doesn't really make sense to me and it seems to be a lot more complicated than it really should be but what do I know except that I actually might be getting my money after I turn in this form tomorrow and wait the mandatory 10-14 days for the Financial Aid Office to review the form and of course then wait for whatever the following Wednesday is so my money can/might actually be processed and disbursed to me and so I get to apply for graduation!

2008-10-29T06:09:00.000-07:00

I'm Running on Dunkin' (Take II)

After leaving the world reknown Dunkin Donuts franchise last month I recently received a phone call from my former employer imploring me to come back in exchange for a promotion and a significant pay raise. I know what you're thinking, how can a franchise with thousands of stores set up across the nation be so dependent one one lowly college worker in Bloomington, Indiana. The only logical answer to this question is that after years and years of being overshadowed by Starbucks the ole' Double D was recently dubbed for having the best coffee across the country. Now I know that you see the connection as well. Dunkin' strived for 50 years to make the best coffee in the world, and it took me all of a month and a half to push them over the top which coincidentally is exactly what I told my friend and coffee rival from Starbucks Troy Thornburg after being appointed a job at DD I would do. Now that America's best cup of Joe has their secret weapon I secretly doubt that they will ever let me leave for another sabbatical again.

In Sean we Trust

This is a new section of the blog dedicated to the creator of this writers blogging life.

In loom of tonight's Indiana Pacer season debut at Detroit I have decided to give you to following suggestions on what to watch in case the Pacers do not give a par performance and the game is decided by halftime:

Game 51/2 of World Series on Fox

Scrubs on TV Land

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III on ABC Family

Phoenix Suns vs Spurs on ESPN

Numbers 20-1 Worlds Greatest Rap Songs on VH1

Wisconsin vs. Northwestern in Women's Volleyball on the Big 10 Network

A Love Story

Last summer a friend and I went to a concert in out of state. While at the concert my friend got attention from a very attractive girl who was also attending the show. They exchanged names, chit chatted and eventually got each others numbers even though they lived hundreds of miles away from each other. For weeks my friend would text this girl constantly and she would text him back constantly. I could not believe it. Finally after about a month the girl decided to make a 4 hour drive to see my friend. Her stay was quite an eventful one. She only stayed one night and was gone by almost sun up. While she was visiting although she did manage to take my friend for a ride, or two or three....Right before she left however she told my friend that she had a kid and that's why she had to go back so soon. Interesting. So off she went, 4 hours back home to attend to her child. Later that day my friend got a call from a number he had never seen before. It was this girl's husband who was extremely upset about the whole situation and was wanting to know who this guy was that was constantly talking to his wife. My friend hung up the phone, ignored several more calls from that same number and never heard from the girl again. The end.

Your Indiana HOOOOOOOOOOSIERS

Well the preseason poll is out and IU has been picked to finish dead last in the big Big Ten this season which would be the first time IU finished last since the 1960's or while Bob Knight was still coaching at Army. Coincidentally Purdue was picked to finish first in the conference which only means one thing, Purdue is well on its way to set itself up for one of those massive choke jobs they are best known for, and maybe I'll have to sit through four months of Purdue winning first but it's still the best possible setup to their second round exit of the NCAA's.

Inspiration for Tom

After much debate what I wanted your segment to be about I decided to go with famous quotes to serve as motivational and thinking purposes. I decided this week to go with a Yogi Berra quote but couldn't settle on just one so here is two of them. Hope this helps you get through your week.

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

It's time to turn a new leaf

2008-10-21T00:13:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Bo's thoughts.

After months of being the driving force of a certain "in the day of life of sean" blog I have decided to branch off and be become my own entity and start the first ever running series where the spinoff was actually better than the original. So sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Wild Thing you make my heart sing!

For an NBA season preview this year I have decided to focus all my attention on the only team that actually matters, the Indiana Pacers. Now before I actually make my prediction on how this team will finish (stay tuned for next weeks blog) I have though that it is better suited for me to take this time to actually introduce the team to others who may not be so familar with the team. To best do this I have decided to compare this years Pacers to the Cleveland Indians from the movie Major League. This comparison of the two became strikingly clear to me last week when I attended a Pacer preseason game with approximately 700 other willing Americans. Here's what

I concluded:

Pedro Cerano/Roy Hibbert

This is a very obvious connection because both are big, black and have rarely been heard speaking complete sentences in english. Also where Cerano only accels at hitting the simple fast ball, Hibberts biggest quality so far as been the ever so difficult right handed layup. Although I am unfamilar with Hibberts religious beliefs and am pretty sure Larry Bird would not let Roy admit it even if he was, the Pacer center is a voodoo doll away from being my new player.

Roger Dorn/ Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy, the Artist formily known as Croshere.

All are white, all are overpriced and all are very unlikeable (with the exception of the Dunleavy wardrobe). I put down three Pacers down here because in all likelyhood only 1 will be healthy at the conclusion of the year. Way to earn your money guys!

Willie Mays Hays/ TJ Ford

Small, quick, ready to break out into stardom. This is TJ Ford.

Eddie Harris/ Jeff Foster

Old, been around the block, doing little cheap things to get ahead of the game, this is how Jeff Foster is still in the league and thanks to the contract the Pacers just signed him to it is the reason he will be in the league for years to come.

Jake Taylor/ Danny Granger.

Probably the weakest comparison by far but like Taylor, Granger is the leader of this time and that is what is going to take us to the playoffs or not.

Ricky Vaughn/Brandon Rush

Like Vaughn, Rush is extremely talented but just throws shit up there sometimes. Pacer Nation as a whole is collectively holding their breath hoping Rush finds his sight in time, until then, Wild Thing, You make my heart sing!

Lou Brown/ Coach O'Brien

Both started their professional coaching careers while on the ladder part of their life and like Brown, O'Brien may see himself as a manager of "TireWorld" if he does not eventually find sucess with the Pacers.

Rachel Phelps/ Larry Bid

The terrible owner of the Indians is reminding me more and more of the Pacers President of Operations these days. Some of the moves Bird has done since he came back have made me wonder whether he's trying to win or move the team closer to his favorite golf resort. Well I have news for you Larry Legend, Orlando already has a team.

Harry Doyle/ Slick Lenard

Both are old enough to have witnessed the Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia, A Great Depression, and a couple of Mavericks running for the office of presidency and vice-presidency. Also during their lifetime they got to witness 40 years of what was mostly fugile seasons by their repected teams. What has this bought them? They can say literally anything they want on the radio. Congratulations Gentlemen.

The Dead Guy/ Eddie Jones

For anyone who is not a die hard fan of Major League you may not directly connect the dots in. In the Movie when Rachel Phelps issues the list of the players the Indians would invite to spring seaon the Cleveland GM had to let Phelps know that one of the players on the list was dead. I found this a fitting comparion considering Mr. Bird recently traded for 73 year old Eddie Jones who hasn't been seen since the turn of the Millenium. I guess all of us didn't survive Y2K.

In conclusion this years pacers resembles the Major League team alot, both are very young, talented teams oozing with potential. All the Pacers need is something to bring it all together and maybe its just me talking but I think a giant peel-off poster of Larry Bird would be just the trick.

I'm a Reformer

As the world knows, I recently hit a donkey with my car that slightly damaged the hood of my car. over the weekend I have done some research on how this could have been prevented and found out that in Namibia there is an organization that puts yellow reflective tags on donkey's ears to prevent such accidents. I purpose that this become law in America.

A Love Story

Once there was a young man who got a job at a donut shop. While working at the donut shot he began to like one of the girls he was working with. After a couple weeks of casual flirting and small talk at work the young man decided to ask her out. After some that the girl told him no and they both went on baking donuts together for the next two and a half hours. It was awkard for both of them.

The boy was undetered though. He still honestly believed that he could date this girl. So he spent the next couple of days thinking long and hard and decided to write her a poem expressing his feelings for her that he would read to her the next time he seen her. He worked on this poem for hours and hours and couldn't wait to read it to her. Finally the day came when he would see her at work again. Upon arriving at work however it was apparant that the girl had been making fun of the boy the past couple of days to all their coworkers that they worked with about him asking her out. So he quit and never went back to the donut shop. The end.

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