This God-forsaken Economy

It's been over two months since I was gainfully employed, and right now it looks as if there's no relief in sight. My connects can't connect, and my contacts aren't contacting me. I've seriously contemplated pursuing a position in "pharmaceutical" sales. Would I be wrong? I mean, a man's gotta eat right? I've got a business mind, so I think I've got an edge on the average street hustler. If you see me pushing the new R8, don't ask any questions.

Yet Another Reason to Love Gus Johnson

If you know me, you know I love Basketball. I love playing it, I love watching it. In my hierarchy of sports events, March Madness easily ranks #1 (Unless Virginia Tech makes it to a National Championship game...more on that during football season). And a key factor to March Madness, is Gus Johnson.

If you aren't aware of who Gus Johnson is...just watch this:



No one on this earth is more excited to be calling basketball games than Gus Johnson, except maybe Dick Vitale. I'm pretty sure the world would explode if Gus Johnson and Dick Vitale were to call a UNC-Duke National Championship game that went into OT.

Anyway, I am a fan of all things Gus Johnson. Try this:

http://www.gusjohnsongetsbuckets.com/

I've spent hours upon hours on that site, playing around.

Pause...

Which brings us to the point of this post. In the wake of talking about the recent episode of the Boondocks, "Pause," Jay brought this to my attention earlier today:




Let's let that sink in for a second.


Are you kidding me? Gus Johnson, the most professional use of "Pause" ever. With Spike Lee no less....

It's official, I want Gus Johnson to cover every major event in my life: my wedding, my movie premiers, the birth of my children. The man is simply amazing.



....Pause.

Wait...what's this blog doing here?

You know how you have things from the past that you pack up in boxes. Yearbooks that go in the back of the closet. Notebooks that go in the drawer. Awards and certificates that get stuck in some textbook and hidden away when you come home from college. Then years later, you need some space, so you start going through the boxes, looking to rid yourself of the clutter. What happens is you get lost in the nostalgia. You start reading your yearbook, or admiring the doodles from your Trig notebook. You start remembering the feeling of getting the certificate for that award that has been long forgotten.

That's how I feel about this blog. A bunch of us from College decided to start a blog together, to document a formative time in our lives, and to keep in touch. Of course, life got in the way, and the posts fell off. Well a number of us got together over the July 4th weekend, and it reminded me how great these guys were and how important this time in our lives are. The discussions we had also reminded me of the great points of view we all have, that should be shared with the world (or, you know, whoever will read this.) So...I've decided to try to restart the blog. Since the last posting, over a year ago, a lot has changed. Hopefully one of those things will be our ability to keep up with a blog.

It's worth a shot.