I Will Never Leave ASU

You know those people who are so happy to get college over with? I'm not one of them. Sure I find myself getting frustrated at the amount of work I have to do while in school, but when I'm out of school I get so bored during my free time I actually find myself wishing I had the work to do. It is a sense of accomplishment. I didn't always feel this way, in fact I used to be a big underachiever back in my college heyday. In today's day and age I try hard and get good grades, of course that would have been much more beneficial to my future 5 years ago! For those who are not fortunate to know every detail of my life let me catch you up:

• I graduated ASU with a degree in Business and History in 2006
• I decided to come back to pursue teaching certification in Spring 2007
• I finished my first semester in the program in Fall 2007 and decided to suspend my placement to take a full time job.

Well now I am taking one class this semester, a special education class, for various valid reasons. So I am still an ASU student as well as a member of the full time workforce! Looks like I am easing my transition into my adult life. That being said lets move on to some random thoughts:

I recommend you check out Lupe Fiasco's new album, The Cool, if you are in to hip hop. It has some killer tracks, like Dumb it Down, Little Weapon and Superstar. I've been jamming to it for a while and for a few seconds thought it might even be better than his first album, Food & Liquor. Thankfully J to the and Eazy E talked me out of that stance. I love The Cool, but the first 6 tracks on Food & Liquor can stand up to almost any album of all time.

(edited 2/4/08: Yeah I can edit stuff too. I want to throw in this note: I know officially believe The Cool is better than Food & Liquor, in fact I think The Cool might be my favorite album of all time. Let's just say I love what Lupe is selling).

I went to the Fiesta Bowl yesterday, which was about 1000 times better than the Insight Bowl even though the margin of victory was greater. I enjoyed watching Noel Devine dominate, and I enjoyed yelling "Devine intervention" over and over, mainly because that phrase will get played out so quick (it probably already has). I also enjoyed the fact that there were a crap ton of people I knew in our section, so I mingled around for most of the game talking to people. I was engaged in such intense conversation I am pretty sure I missed the entire third quarter of that game. Did I mention I got the tickets for free? Thanks to Mr. Fiesta Bowl himself, Scottie Travis.
What makes New Years Eve such a downer must of the time? There are a few factors, the first one being that it feels like we are under obligation to have such an epic time. This only comes around once a year, better not blow it. Well that is a ton of pressure and New Years Eve rarely lives up to the hype of that pressure. The second factor is, if you are a single guy, is the race against the clock to kiss a girl. Now when a single guy goes to most parties he is always looking to hook up but usually there is not a midnight time table on the hook up. You know how hard it is to work game in under two hours. If you don't come to New Years with a few leads you most likely will not be kissing a girl.

With that being said I better stop writing for the night. I am just now getting readjusted to a busy schedule, after spending all of December waking up and going into work whenever I wanted, and now I always find myself tired. This time will pass. I will say I will miss going out on a random weeknight, not that I did that much when I could. Until next time loyal reader (not a typo).