The countdown is on

That's right, the countdown to the 3rd Annual Cook Halloween Bash taking place on Halloween night this thanks to it falling on a Saturday. Still not sure on costumes yet, so I gotta get on that soon. My initial thought was a golf caddy, but I'm not sure I really want to carry around golf clubs the whole night, but I may go w/ that still. It's early in the process so I'm sure I'll change my mind about as much as Scott did when he was deciding what kind of doctor to be because apparently some are better than others...who knew?

So just a quick update for this blog:

Went to Athens, GA this past weekend w/ Adam and Scott to visit my high school buddy Craig, who lives about 1/4 mile from the University of Georgia's campus. Got down there real early friday morning, spent Friday afternoon walking around (aka, scaling/climbing the massive hills) the campus. Best part of this was actually sneaking "Between the Hedges" (Georgia's football field). It's amazing what you can do if you just act like you know what your doing. So we got some decent pictures from that. Tailgate was very sweet on Saturday. A lot of great scenery down on Georgia's campus... Didn't actually go to the game as scalpers would not come below triple digits for a single ticket as the game featured two teams in the Top 20. So we ended up watching the game at a bar...great game, wish we could have gotten in, but not for $125/ticket. The rest of the trip was an assortment of bar hopping at the college bars....Craig said it was the craziest he's ever seen it. Weather was great (high 70's, blue skies), so all in all a great trip.

Is Jimmy Clausen going to win the Heisman? I'm being serious.... he's got a much better shot then I initially would have thought. something to keep your eye over the next few weeks, especially if ND pulls out a victory over USC. Speaking of that game, I'm tailgating w/ some high school friends for that game as it's the day of 10-year HS Reunion, so I'll be in Elkhart that day. Not sure if I'll go to the game or not, but I wouldn't rule it out.

My 10-year reunion...holy smokes. Time has gone pretty fast. I am looking forward to it though. I know many people, including some of my blog readers, who aren't looking forward to their's and some that did not (will not) go. Hell, I may even go to Ritter's 10 year reunion as well since I know a ton of people from their 99 class plus some people actually think I went there...like their alumni office. I got an invite to go the Alumni Dinner for Cardinal Ritter HS. It was addressed to me and everything, so somehow the school as me in their alumni database. too make it even funnier, Andy & Scott, two of my friends, that actually graduated from that HS did not get invites!

Went 0-2 in my picks against the spread last week, bringing my record to 4-4. In all fairness to me, since I was in Georgia Thursday-Sunday and driving back from GA on sunday, I didn't have access to any of the spreads until the afternoon games, so I essentially had to pick from just 5 games. Didn't get a chance at the 1pm games. Also, since I didn't have computer access in the car, no money was actually wagered...so a good week to go 0-2 since nothing was lost! Diddy went 1-1, so he is now 5-3 on the year w/ the early advantage over me.

Vegas trip in November is picking up steam as I have 2 guys that seem to be committed as well. Can't wait for my vacation...I need one desperately

I'm out. I leave you w/ this. And parents thought monkey bars were the most dangerous recess activity