I am ready to find that girl that I am going to spend the rest of my life with. I have been thinking about this a lot lately as everybody around is celebrating their two-year anniversary, or getting married, or are just happy together.
It sucks being the single guy and hanging out with a group of couples. No matter who you are and who I am with, there are times that I feel like the 3rd-5th-7th wheel. There are some days that I just need to get away from all the couples as it bugs me at some times.
But anyways back to the original topic. I am about to end one chapter of my life and begin a new one in about two months! I am not sure what is going to happen but it would be nice to have somebody there beside me, going through the next chapter with me, and all of the other chapters to follow.
Needless to say, I am praying, looking, and waiting for that right girl.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Football = Boring
Can I go on the record and say that I do NOT like football? Well of course I can, this is my blog!
I do NOT like football! Its not that I do not like the sport itself, its the fact that everybody lives for it. Yesterday was the first game of college football teams and everybody, and I mean everybody, was talking about it. Twitter and facebook was flooded with football scores, reference, you name it! Then if one person insults another or makes a comment about another team, this huge debate happens.
Meanwhile a Tropical Storm is hitting the Gulf Coast and no body is paying attention to it. It seems very weird to me and I don't like it.
Now this was not to start some debate in person or on this blog. I am just expressing my opinion. I know there are things that I am interested in that some people might find boring.....I get that. I just needed to express my opinion on this.
I do NOT like football! Its not that I do not like the sport itself, its the fact that everybody lives for it. Yesterday was the first game of college football teams and everybody, and I mean everybody, was talking about it. Twitter and facebook was flooded with football scores, reference, you name it! Then if one person insults another or makes a comment about another team, this huge debate happens.
Meanwhile a Tropical Storm is hitting the Gulf Coast and no body is paying attention to it. It seems very weird to me and I don't like it.
Now this was not to start some debate in person or on this blog. I am just expressing my opinion. I know there are things that I am interested in that some people might find boring.....I get that. I just needed to express my opinion on this.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Tropical Storm Lee: Advisory 6
The biggest threat to the Mobile area from this storm is rainfall. Mobile is expecting around 17" of rain over the next 5 days according to the Hydrological Prediction Center (HPC). Just a few hours ago Mobile was put under a tropical storm warning. Mobile is also under a flash flood watch through Monday evening.
The best chances for tropical conditions for Mobile is on Monday. Right now everybody is watching New Orleans as Lee is sitting nearly stationary to the south of New Orleans dropping a lot of rain onto the city and whether or not the levees will hold.
USA vs W. Alabama
Yesterday was the kickoff to South's football season against West Alabama. After weeks of preparation the bookstore was ready for this to be a great game!
We didn't leave until noon and did last minute preparations in the morning. At least we were leaving.....we hit traffic going to the stadium but it didn't ruin our spirits. We got there and unloaded tailgate 1 (venue) immediately and then the east venue. We moved on to tailgate 2 and the two west venues. We get tailgate almost completely unloaded and things went downhill! A huge thunderstorm from Tropical Storm Lee hit the stadium and it poured and the wind blew. I was stuck in the truck with 3 other people while about 7 people were stuck inside the tailgate 2 venue. They immediately through everything to the center so the shirts and stuff didn't get wet but they didn't predict what would happen. All the rain washed down the tiny hill that tailgate 2 was sitting on the bottom of and the bottom of the boxes got soaked!!
Tailgate 1 didn't get hit as bad but they still got a few things wet. After the storm passed the two bosses drove over to look at the damage and decided to shut tailgate 2 down as there was not much left to save. Tailgate 1 was to remain open for a while. We quickly unloaded the west venues and then went back to tailgate 2 to load up tailgate 2. As soon as we finished that they announced that tailgate 1 was going to shut down as well. We helped them load up the rest of that tent.
Just like that our two biggest venues were shut down and the estimated damage to shirts and stuff was about $1,000.....just from a thunderstorm. We all filled up the inside venues and tried to sell as much as we could. Our jaguar spirits were broken but we finally got them back. We brought out the tutus and people wore them around trying to raise some spirit up in the stadium. The venues inside did sell a lot of stuff and I have not heard how damage was done or if we made a profit.
Although it was the worse football game for the bookstore in the 3-season history, the JAGS are still undefeated as they beat W. Alabama 20 - 10 and are now 18-0!!! GO JAGS!!!!!!
We didn't leave until noon and did last minute preparations in the morning. At least we were leaving.....we hit traffic going to the stadium but it didn't ruin our spirits. We got there and unloaded tailgate 1 (venue) immediately and then the east venue. We moved on to tailgate 2 and the two west venues. We get tailgate almost completely unloaded and things went downhill! A huge thunderstorm from Tropical Storm Lee hit the stadium and it poured and the wind blew. I was stuck in the truck with 3 other people while about 7 people were stuck inside the tailgate 2 venue. They immediately through everything to the center so the shirts and stuff didn't get wet but they didn't predict what would happen. All the rain washed down the tiny hill that tailgate 2 was sitting on the bottom of and the bottom of the boxes got soaked!!
Tailgate 1 didn't get hit as bad but they still got a few things wet. After the storm passed the two bosses drove over to look at the damage and decided to shut tailgate 2 down as there was not much left to save. Tailgate 1 was to remain open for a while. We quickly unloaded the west venues and then went back to tailgate 2 to load up tailgate 2. As soon as we finished that they announced that tailgate 1 was going to shut down as well. We helped them load up the rest of that tent.
Just like that our two biggest venues were shut down and the estimated damage to shirts and stuff was about $1,000.....just from a thunderstorm. We all filled up the inside venues and tried to sell as much as we could. Our jaguar spirits were broken but we finally got them back. We brought out the tutus and people wore them around trying to raise some spirit up in the stadium. The venues inside did sell a lot of stuff and I have not heard how damage was done or if we made a profit.
Although it was the worse football game for the bookstore in the 3-season history, the JAGS are still undefeated as they beat W. Alabama 20 - 10 and are now 18-0!!! GO JAGS!!!!!!
Friday, August 26, 2011
Hurricane Irene: Advisory 24A
Hurricane Irene is currently a category 2 storm, but is expected to strengthen and become a category 3 storm again. Tropical storm conditions are expected for coastal South Carolina starting this morning through tomorrow morning. According to WCBD-TV News, Charleston county schools have been cancelled and Berkeley County schools are on a half-day schedule today. Wind gusts are expected to top at around 50 MPH with an estimated 1 - 2 inches of rain, however some areas could get 3 -4 inches of rain.
Meteorologist Rob Fowler tweeted that the first band from Irene was moving into downtown Charleston with winds of 50 MPH.
Continue to watch the news/weather channel for the latest information! Be safe!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Hurricane Irene: Advisory #22A
As of advisory #22A, Hurricane Irene is currently a category 3 hurricane with its eye located over the north of the Bahamas. Little change in strength and forecast since the last advisory.
The biggest news is that the coast of South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch from Edisto Beach to the SC/NC border. This means that tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours. According to the Channel 2 News web-site there are no evacuations planned for the SC coast. The conditions expected are high winds and heavy rains. Stay tuned to local channels on up-to-the minute weather alerts.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Hurricane Irene: Advisory 18
Irene shot from the International Space Center.
Courtesy: NASA
The 18th advisory for hurricane Irene shows that the track has not changed much since advisory #16. She will be off the SC/NC coastlines around 8 AM Saturday. The track has moved a little to the west due to a deepening of a trough in the northeastern US.
Currently the emphasis for news is on the Bahamas as it is making landfall in the Bahamas as of right now. For Charleston, SC, I would recommend staying tune to Channel 2 News (WCBD). There appears to be a lesser threat to the area as Charleston County is now in OPCON 4 which means they are just monitoring the storm and have no plan of action as of now.
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