i love this place

more pics from the trip.

do this

Put Madness to a good cause - Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati Enquirer

Katy Hines is my cousin. and when i say cousin, i mean it in the way that black people use it. katy and i aren't actually related by blood, but her family were very close to our family and i called her parents aunt and uncle my whole life.

lame brag

i was chatting with a friend of mine here at work a few weeks back, just shooting the shit talking about our time here at this wonderful company. he told me he'd put in a good word with his boss for me. i've heard this from people before and usually nothing comes from it, i didn't expect this to be any different. however, it was different. apparently the senior directors of both the global supply chain and sourcing department have been "fighting" over me for the past couple weeks. over the past 2 days i've heard from my boss that the position title is sourcing coordinator and will most likely start by june 1, if not sooner (depending on how long i'm out for on short term disability), and that it comes with a 21% increase in pay. maybe the best part of all of this: i don't have to interview for the position.

it's been a good morning :-)

i love march

this is by far the best time of the year for sports. 3 weeks of basketball followed by the masters.
this is what i came up with on my first try, i'm sure i'll change a game or two by the time i have to turn my brackets in. the first time i filled it out i had all four number 1 seeds in the final four, i think there's a realistic chance of that actually happening this year.

ca$h cab

cash cab is one of the coolest shows on tv. i've become an avid watcher of this show and since i've started watching, i've decided that my life will not be complete until i am on this show. have you seeeeen the new season?! double the money and a loooot more red light challenges!!!! discovery channel, monday thru friday at 6p.
i haven't been to new york city in a while, but the next time i go i'm going to devote an entire day to riding around the city in van cabs with the hopes of finding benjamin bailey and the cash cab. when i DO actually make it in the cash cab, i'm pretty sure i'll know it right away and ben won't be able to trick me with his fake accents, nor will he be able to trick me into thinking i got a question wrong by doing that fake out thing he does. i dont get how people fall for the latter, but whatever. suckers. also, i feel that anyone who doesn't go for the video bonus question should have to forfeit their winnings. grow some gamble people, the question is NOT that hard!!

odd

it's kind of odd getting a friend request on facebook from the guy who's family had me suspended from school for 10 days and then sued for $6k-ish back in junior high..

edit: the more i think about it, the angrier i get. i mean, come on. going blind? seriously? how high were they when they came up with that story? maybe more importantly, how high were my parents and everyone else when they heard that story and actually believed it? his parents are what's wrong with this country. something go wrong? let's sue!! why? because we can!! what a joke.