Can't Wait for the iPhone 4

“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.” -Unknown

Things are picking up and I'm learning that the less thinking involved, the better things feel. It is not the way I operate though. So I had mentioned Rino's girlfriend Jessica had her 80s themed birthday party on Saturday. I had no clue what to dress up as. I should have just worn my Thundercats tshirt, but instead I decided to dress up as Gordon Gekko from Wall Street (1987). (Secret, I have rented Wall Street in anticipation of Wall Street 2 and it is at my house, but I have still yet to watch it.) I had everything but the suspenders. You do not know how hard it is to buy suspenders nowadays. I went everywhere. Most people just thought I came after work, but some people got it. It did give me an excuse to buy a blue shirt with a white collar. I've never had one of those and always wanted one. Too bad it has French cuffs, which means I'll wear it less often.


There were some pretty cool costumes and my favorite, and the one that won the contest, was a girl who dressed as a chick from the Robert Palmer videos, Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible. Sadly, as much as I love the 80s and 80s music, I did not get the reference. That is what happens when you grow up without MTV. You know the music, but not the videos that are so iconic.

My cousin Vanessa (Rino's sister) and her husband Mario came down from Dallas. I have to say, the more and more I get to know Mario, there more I realize he is a really cool guy. Good job Vanessa, I mean, good job Mario. I played pool and skeeball, but since I didn't know a lot of people there I wasn't too social. Jess's friend Kate's brother Mike was pretty cool and made a pretty sweet PacMan shirt. I'm sure Jess will put up some pictures at some point.

Sunday I went to the driving range with my friend Oscar and his girlfriend Clarita. I met Oscar at his place and we talked about the triathlon he just finished. He did very well. I am so far from being able to do one that it isn't funny. You think about it and get motivated, but not enough to do anything concrete about it. I would very much rather do a marathon first and then go from there, but that too I could probably only complete 1/26th of it at this point. I hate the starts and stops that have defined my physical activity projects over the years.

But back to golf. So I'm getting better and better each time, but I have so much to go. I can't wait until I'm an average golf player. I very much enjoy the driver though since I like seeing the ball go far. I decided to try putting thinking at least that I would excel at. I mean, I'm a mini-golf super champ. Ok, I made the super champ part up, but I'm sure I would be if there were a contest. That said, I sucked at putting too. I gave myself a Par 3 for each hole (putting people) and still could not meet that. I just want the game to be enough fun that its addicting and not too hard that I just quit. I do have a lesson this week, so that should help.

Monday the iPhone 4 was unveiled. I spent the better part of my day watching multiple live blogs on the event. I have an old iPhone 3G and will definitely be buying a new iPhone 4 when it comes out on June 24th. This is very exciting for me, but I really hope I don't have to wait in a crazy long line like I did for the 3G. I hate that it is tied to AT&T, and my bill each month is crazy, but I do make use of my phone I must say. I'm very much looking forward to this.

Tuesday I had my appointment to find out of I'm a candidate for Lasik. I'm very excited about this because I have been sight challenged my whole life and would love to be able to see without contacts or glasses. They said that I was a good candidate. The first thing I'm going to do afterwards is invest in a good pair of sunglasses. I do say, I might feel more self conscious in the shower, but it is going to feel nice to be able to see the alarm clock in the middle of the night. The surgery won't be for a while because of work and making sure I have the money to pay for it.

I'm going to be doing a lot of traveling for work and weddings these next two months. I'll be in Dallas June 17-18 and probably stay for the weekend after, then Louisville, KY June 25-27, Houston July 1-2 (maybe weekend) and Arizona in late July for my cousin's wedding if I can make it. During that time I'm also thinking of planning a trip to California and possibly Vegas. 3 years of not traveling, this is a huge bunch of traveling lined up. Hopefully I'll get to visit with friends I haven't seen in a while. Plans are just that though, can't wait to see how it works out.

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