Friday, August 04, 2006
Where's Robin?
Things have certainly livened up a bit since Sunday night. For a while it was essentially Bo and I and a big empty house. Now Tony and Brad are back and I’ve had some more human contact. While they were away I had a lot of time to read and I finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The only thing I knew about the book is that it was about drugs and Vegas. That pretty much sums it up. I know a lot more about drugs and I managed to look at Vegas in a whole new light. To celebrate, Tony and I decided to watch the movie for Fear and Loathing. If you know anything about the story, watching that movie sober just wouldn’t be right. If I could read the book while I was under the influence it would have served the story justice.
Tony and I worked hard to cash the keg starting at about 8:00 at night. We worked through several pitchers during the movie and when it was over we continued to drink while watching a Dave Chapelle comedy special. After that we did a power hour and by midnight I had drank more than enough. I went back to my room and fell asleep with the door open and my clothes and the lights still on.
At five o’clock in the morning, I awoke sober enough to brush my teeth change out of my clothes and turn off the lights. As I was trying to fall back asleep I noticed a big bug flying overhead. Then I thought it looked more like a bird, and then I realized what it was, a bat. It was flying back and forth like a lunatic pacing the small room. I turned the lights back on and kept the door open giving the bat a chance to escape but he missed his opportunity. I came back with a little plastic tray. When I returned, the bat had curled up like a fuzzy ball on the wall. I snuck up on him and swung for the fences, but I failed to make contact. The bat flew back and forth and on every pass I took a swing. Eventually I took him out and tossed him out the window. It was quite the adventure.
I have also started formulating a letter and a resume for applying for NFL front office positions. I will probably have to settle for an internship but if it doesn’t pay I could supplement my income with poker. I am also starting to settle on a plan for selling myself. I am going to try to sell not only my ability to be helpful as an intern but also to sell myself as someone who has thoughts and ideas that make me a worthwhile investment for the future. I assume when they look for interns they are almost as intent on finding someone that wants to stick around and move up as I am in sticking around and moving up. I will work hard to sell my skills because my experience does not really speak volumes.
I only have another week here in Madison so I intend to make the most out of it.
Tony and I worked hard to cash the keg starting at about 8:00 at night. We worked through several pitchers during the movie and when it was over we continued to drink while watching a Dave Chapelle comedy special. After that we did a power hour and by midnight I had drank more than enough. I went back to my room and fell asleep with the door open and my clothes and the lights still on.
At five o’clock in the morning, I awoke sober enough to brush my teeth change out of my clothes and turn off the lights. As I was trying to fall back asleep I noticed a big bug flying overhead. Then I thought it looked more like a bird, and then I realized what it was, a bat. It was flying back and forth like a lunatic pacing the small room. I turned the lights back on and kept the door open giving the bat a chance to escape but he missed his opportunity. I came back with a little plastic tray. When I returned, the bat had curled up like a fuzzy ball on the wall. I snuck up on him and swung for the fences, but I failed to make contact. The bat flew back and forth and on every pass I took a swing. Eventually I took him out and tossed him out the window. It was quite the adventure.
I have also started formulating a letter and a resume for applying for NFL front office positions. I will probably have to settle for an internship but if it doesn’t pay I could supplement my income with poker. I am also starting to settle on a plan for selling myself. I am going to try to sell not only my ability to be helpful as an intern but also to sell myself as someone who has thoughts and ideas that make me a worthwhile investment for the future. I assume when they look for interns they are almost as intent on finding someone that wants to stick around and move up as I am in sticking around and moving up. I will work hard to sell my skills because my experience does not really speak volumes.
I only have another week here in Madison so I intend to make the most out of it.
