Brewers Game

Man alive, I'll tell you what. I had a blast last night!

We got to Miller Park a solid hour or so before the game started and immediately began tailgating. I tried Land Shark a few days before and it's amazing!

For anyone that doesn't know what Land Shark is, Land Shark is Margaritaville Lager. The label has the fin of a shark cresting the surface waves with a few palms swaying in the background. Around the neck of the bottle is an image of Jimmy Buffett's plane, the Hemisphere Dancer - a Grumman Goose. The bottle itself, when full of beer, gives off the essence of bronzed sun and, when empty, gives it's lucky host a few more ounces of heaven.

At any rate, I was only in my seat for a few minutes when my friend Vanesa and I were sent to get our friend Megan a drink. Four innings and a couple Long Islands later, we we're disrupted by Megan yelling at us for not bringing her her drink. Apparently Vanesa needs proper attention when intoxicated or else she's liable to do something she's not proud of - or is, I dont know.

We left at somepoint in the ninth inning and returned to basecamp for some more tailgating. We grilled some burgers and dogs while putting down a few cold ones. By this point the parking lot had gotten quiet dead so we all decided it was time to head on back.

I called my brother Sam up when I got back to my place and he and I breathed in some good air before passing out.

I had an amazing dream last night although I don't have the slightest idea what it was about. I know there was a lot of randomness in it - more than my usual randomness. For a few hours after waking up, I would be reminded of some glimpse of the dream by sight, passing word or some other sensation.

I watched the game on ESPN today for a few minutes. Only thing I saw was Ryan Braun hitting a homerun. That's all I needed to see.

Sports Journalism

One of my friends is about to graduate. He's graduating with a degree in Journalism just as I plan to be in a couple years. At any rate, he's leaving his job as a sports journalist for the city's local paper and said I'd probably be able to get a job there.

At first I was very apprehensive about the whole idea because I didn't know to what extent I would be qualified to write about sports. I sucked at sports as a kid.

After a talk with one of my good friends in which we were analyzing the last football season I realized, hey I know more than I give myself credit for.

I went to bed that night buzzing with excitement. The next day, yesturday, my friend Megan invites me to see the Brewers play the Dogers tonight because one of her friends received a bunch of free tickets. To me, that was a sign.

I am going to contact my friend's boss at the paper and hopefully start writing sports. That's fitting ... I've always admired Hunter S. Thompson.

Fear and Loathing in Whitewater,
R. Church

A Warm Hello

Hey All,

This is my first blog. Exciting eh? Well right now I am sitting in my bed with our dog Harley at my feet. She's covered up under the covers as usual. This semester is almost over and I couldn't be more excited.

Does that ever bother you guys? Someone saying:

"I could care less" vs "I couldn't care less"

It doesn't bother me that much because I know what they mean but the proper expression is the latter. Anyway, the reason I started doing this is because my uncle has a blog on here and his is really awesome. Everyone should check it out

www.szaboszabo.blogspot.com

Anyway, I'll be updating this as I go on.

R. Church Donahue