Sunday afternoon is always a somber time to reflect on how quickly I wasted away my weekend and what awaits me in the upcoming week. Needless to say, this is not the happiest of times. However, I'm working towards approaching it with a sunny attitude, despite how bitter I am about the blizzard that never was. Monday brings a tad bit of oral surgery to kick the day off followed by the usual in class, some refereeing, FU basketball against Elon and finally studying for an accounting midterm which I am frighteningly optimistic about. The week picks up after that featuring not one, but two, Shamenomics contests which promise to be battles on the hardcourt and will hopefully keep our playoff hopes alive. I may be mistaken, but I believe midterm occurs sometime this week which remind me how swift and deadly our friend winter term can be. I am of the opinion that the quicker it ends, the better. Then it will be time for a random spring break of discovering fun along the road, at home or here at 'ol FU, only time will tell where that takes us. Spring term is shaping up to be a pretty good closer to this year with classes working out fairly well thus far, and the promise of fairer weather is especially bright on days like today. Fortunately, spring term will not be the end of my academic year this time around for a mere 6 days after wrapping up my exams I'll be jetting out of Boston with 16 other Furman students to spend a month in Ireland. I am exceptionally pumped about this experience mostly because I do not know what will become of it or what course it will take. It will be one of those things that evolves as we go that I enjoy so much in my life.

Hello 2005!

Thats right, its a new year chock full of new adventure and numerous events to look forward to! Lets focus on what has happened in the first two weeks of the year and then have a look forward into the next fifty. The New Year kicked off right with another venture to the Outer Banks with the Suffolk crew. This was, as always, an extremely entertaining 3 days complete with Team Drugs triumphs in pool, a friendly greeting to our long lost friend Shelley, and a series of motion pictures under Kevin's careful directing/acting/screenwriting. Sadly, the next day the festivites ended and I returned to Furman....for more festivities! A new year had begun and B208 responded with an entertainment upgrade among many other improvements (Red Light District). Winter Term reared its ugly head, but we would not be deterred and thankfully, it has yet to swallow any of my friends, so we continue to focus on the positive and fight through it (especially with a three-day weekend on the horizon). The BIGGEST news of this new year is that our hoop dreams became reality when Shamenomics took the court last night featuring Ben He's Tall, Shifty, Dan/Dan, Crazy Brian, Matt "We Didn't Know Him Before But Now He's Our Leading Scorer" Bounds, two more randos, and myself. Better still, we WON our opening contest, shaming our opponent, shaming our doubters (EWoods), and shaming Ben Pauluhn in our dollar bet. Now all that remains is a playoff run to double that money. Class has come up, so the look forward to the forthcoming year will have to wait for another entry. For now, exalt in Shamenomics victory!