ACC's Doo-Dad

Cold Day Cooking

2008-03-31T03:44:20Z

Cooking is fun for me, and a bit therapeutic. It really does combine this science of artistic nature into one activity. The artistic nature really seem a bit self-explainitory. You are improvising somewhat and going with instinct (assuming you are adventurous) and you hopefully in the end have a dish which is quite literally, a feast for the senses. Now the science of cooking spikes my curiosity as well because I enjoy really digging into not just WHY adding olive oil to one dish makes it taste better, but the science of WHY it makes it taste better. Is it a consistency issue? Does the emulsification help to enhance flavor? Is it merely a flavor enhancer? Sometimes these answers come merely by wondering, and then being observant, but sometimes I'll do a bit of quick research to really figure out why doing something a certain way, or certain order, or adding this or that ingredient produce the desired result (or sometimes, an undesired result.)

Tonight, I made a soup that I've made before. I always try and take a twist or two on my previous attempts just to see what works well and doesn't. Tonight was a Sweet Corn Crab Bisque. I was able to do it with relatively low effort and I am pleased with how it came out. It's quite rich, but I should be able to freeze a bit of this and enjoy it for a while. Tonight, it's been nice to enjoy with a bit of glass-bottled Coca-Cola, and some relaxation.

In relation to the above topics, I have to add that I love Trader Joes. It's one of those stores, that if you have money, you almost always end up buying at least one thing more than you intended to when you walked in the front door. Today was no different, and I was being adventurous looking over the selections. The cold and rainy day only hightend my desire to get out of the house and find something interesting.

Welcome back.

2008-03-29T06:07:45Z

Hi there. You may have been here at (adamcaskey.com) a few times in the past while and not seen much in the way of updates. How ridiculous.

First, I'm alive. Second, I'll be fine. And third, I'm back.

new job; KC returns

2007-12-19T01:06:21Z

It's been a busy last few months in my life. I have reduced my posting frequency because I have been on the hunt for a job. A real to life job. A grown-up person job.

And success! My search has culminated in the result of a job with the largest health care services provider, the McKesson Corporation. I am doing IT infrastructure sales work for them, as an "Associate Technology Engineer". The job should be interesting and challenging and I am really energized to push ahead into my career. I just completed my first week and started my 2nd and it's been an interesting adjustment from my lifestyle beforehand. I'm no fool, clearly an 8-to-5 job is going to be vastly different to that of a college student, but even my days working full time in the office as Director of IT at the radio station differed from this more traditional office style. I cannot say it's a bad thing though, it's something I've known was coming for a long time now, and it really is exciting to experience a new environment and routine. I know that I'm very adaptive, and that I can adjust to the changing needs, I'm just very curious to see how I interact with these new challenges.

KC returns on Thursday, and I'm ecstatic. I haven't seen him in person since August so we are both excited. I won't have much time with him since he leaves Friday with his family to spend the Christmas holiday in South Dakota with his Grandmother and other relatives. But, he will return for good after Christmas and we will spend a great deal of time together then no doubt.

My life has changed a great deal over these last few weeks and really, this year. I think I will have to reflect more on that as this year comes to a close.

Career-Search; Football; KC

2007-09-13T10:54:15Z

Well there’s a fair share going on lately. The job search is fully underway. Although, “job search” is misleading since almost anyone can get a “job”. It would be more accurate to say that I’m on a career search. We had a career fair here at Georgia Tech on Monday and Tuesday, and I had the chance to meet and talk with several companies about interesting prospects. I was able to distribute quite a few resumes and gain some real insight. I’m hopeful about many of the possibilities, as well as leaving open the opportunity to pursue my MBA down the road.

Outside of the career-search, it’s been fun to have college football back on again. Last Saturday marked our first home game at Georgia Tech, and it was a impressive victory. This weekend will bring another big game, and a night one at that against Boston College. It should be lots of fun.

Missing KC as usual, but we stay in good contact, so that’s been very helpful. We talk fairly often despite the time difference and distance involved, so thankfully technology has made the distance seem closer. Nevertheless, I’ll be happy when he’s back.

The Townhouse gets robbed

2007-07-03T12:04:02Z

Well I came home after a hard day at work and found that our townhouse and been broken into and burglarized. They had busted through the window in my bedroom and ransacked my room looking for valuables. They stole $133 in cash tip-money, and my newer 80gig iPod and my older 20gig iPod. They then went upstairs and ransacked some more stealing my roommate Nick's laptop, camcorder and digital camera as well as his removable hard drive. The boldly just walked out the backdoor after they were finished. I called the Atlanta Police and after a lengthy wait, they arrived and took a report. It's unlikely that we'll ever seen any of it again. They had someone come out and dust for prints too.

Meh... It really sucks. It makes you feel both angry, and violated. All I can do is secure the house even more and try to prevent it from happening again. In the mean time, I'll have to work doubly hard to catch up on GMAT study time that I lost cleaning up and running errands to try and re-secure the house... as well as the expenses incurred for it, and the valuables lost.

Pride Weekend; studying

2007-06-27T08:08:54Z

So pride was this past weekend. I had to work Friday and Saturday night. It was a concession I made to make SURE that I had Sunday off. The highlight of the weekend is the parade, and I wanted to be able to see that. KC and I woke up and walked over to 5th & Peachtree St. to find our spot. We arrived and shortly thereafter the parade made its way down Peachtree. It appeared larger than last year's probably due to the sunny weather. It was a great parade filled with both the zany and outlandish, and also the heartstring tugging moments like the proud gay parents marching, and various Atlanta area churches showing support. After a break at the GT bookstore, we made our way over to Piedmont Park to walk around the festival. It was a lot of fun bumping into friends all over the place. The heat was tremendous so a break here and there were required, but we made our full round around the park looking at the various displays and even stopping in at the AIDS Walk tent to signup, and I got vaccinated for Hepatitis A&B at the HepTeamAtlanta tent. So a great day all in all filled with entertainment, touching sentiment, and social responsibility. :)

Now back to reality, and... I do not enjoy studying for tests... (GMAT) grrr.

Atlanta Pride 2007!

2007-06-23T10:38:58Z

It's Pride weekend and what a joy. Just a quit post though to let everyone know who's asked... I'm not sure when I'll be there this weekend, but I can tell you that I'll for sure be watching the Parade on Sunday at 1pm, watching from 5th Street and Peachtree for anyone who wishes to join me/us, and then attending the festival immediately following. I hope to see a lot of you there at some point, so feel free to hit me up! Happy Pride!!!

Saturday night with KC; Roasters Employee of the Month!

2007-05-28T04:58:00Z

Time for an update. Well KC and I had a great date day/night yesterday. He came over and we napped for a bit and then we headed out for a bite at Arby's before heading over to the GT Student Center for some bowling. Then we made a run to the store for supplies for dinner. We came back and cooked a really great meal. I prepared Crab Corn Bisque, and a Baked Ziti. KC made Cheddar Bay Biscuits, and an awesome Chocolate Mousse! What a great meal!!!

Today was back to reality and off to work. A long day to say the least. As a bonus I was named "Employee of the Month" today, and got a $50 bonus. So that was sweet.

Crescent Moon Cafe

2007-05-25T09:20:13Z

Today was nice. I woke up and made some calls and sent some emails, generally caught up on some general housekeeping. I spent last night cleaning my room and doing laundry so I was on a productive roll. After a brief nap, I caught up with KC and went over to Decatur and had some dinner at Crescent Moon Cafe. I ordered the tasty Rainbow Trout stuffed with crab meat and a sauce, with some steamed spinach. KC ordered the Crab cake Sandwich with the Sweet Potato puree. Both were very good. It had been a while since we had eaten there and KC was itchin'. There's really a lot of nice places to eat over there. I'll have to put that on the to do list now that the weather is so nice.

Spring continues to progress.

2007-05-24T10:33:48Z

Still lots to get done, but a few days off here as the weekend approaches will be nice.

Couple of things to note though:
- I DON'T like these high gas prices.
- I DON'T like that Blake Lewis didn't win American Idol.
- I DO miss the CRC, and I can't wait to get back up there soon.
- I DO enjoy the mild summer nights. Great for late night drives with the windows down and late night walks...

Went for a super late night walk tonight. I strolled around campus enjoying the quiet and near deserted state it was in. Really helps relax the mind.

Weekend; Brother's Europe Trip

2007-05-19T18:05:19Z

Well the weekend is here! YAY. I'm getting ready to walk out the door to meet up with KC for our Date-Day. We'll start out with some Taqueria Del Sol for lunch... mmmm, then off to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens... Should be a fun day!

Oh my bro is putting together a trip to Europe and is looking for travelers, the group is going to Dublin, Galway, London, Oxford, and then Amsterdam. All of his trips in the past have sounded like a lot of fun and they have seen some great things. He is making all the travel arrangements. I hope I can somehow come into the money to go!. If you are interested drop him a line a Budgetbackpacker@yahoo.com or check out his myspace group: www.myspace.com/budgetbackpacker </td>

Graduation; website updates; next?

2007-05-17T21:34:08Z

Well, it is done. I've finally graduated from college, and I cannot tell you how bittersweet I am over this huge transition in my life. This started as a crazy idea of mine back in 1999 to go back to school at Georgia State University, and has ended up 8 years later with a transfer to Georgia Tech and a degree from the same. I could never have dreamed that my life would have played out this way, but I always knew it was never going to play out in the conventional way. Things have always been different for me, and I'm just blessed to have had the opportunities and rewards that I've been given. Going back to school was one of the best and most important decisions I've made in my life, not in just the education I've received but in the people I've been lucky enough to meet. From my friends at GSU like Alyssa, Jeff, Nolan, Justin, and the rest, to my friends at Tech, like Scott, KC, Ob, and so many many more. There's no way to even begin to contemplate how my life has change as a result of these people and this education, but without a doubt, it has been for the better.

So I've been doing tweaks to the website (adamcaskey.com) and hopefully, making ongoing improvements over the next several months, so be sure to keep an eye out. Beyond that, the summer is going well thus far. I've been working a lot trying to keep the bills paid and the lights on, and in the down hours, planning my next move. Everyone keeps asking "so, what's next Adam?", and well honestly, I don't know yet, but that doesn't mean I lack ideas. The short answer: either Grad school, or a job. But in reality the answer is a bit more complicated. Nevertheless, don't assume that things are busily in progress behind the scenes, I just like to work and deliberate on these big life decisions on my own and then announce them when things are more finalized, rather than call the play-by-play of every turn and outcome. Hopefully I'll know something firm soon, but in the meantime, it's exciting to know that within the next year, my life is going to be very different and hopefully exciting and challenging, whatever the outcome. For now, it's get ready for working tonight at Roasters, and look forward to boyfriend time later tonight.

I'm also using a new blogging tool, so hopefully my journals on Myspace, LiveJournal, Facebook, and my website adamcaskey.com will all be tied-in and updated together! The "master" blog still lives on livejournal/adamcaskey.com which has my complete blog history, but hopefully future blog updates will at least be mirrored on the Myspace and Facebook. More updates to come!

Wow. Almost to the end.

2007-04-25T19:01:42Z

Wow. It's getting close!

Only one more class session before my college undergraduate career is over. It's been a long and winding road and this is a bittersweet time for me. It's surreal for me to think of how far things have come between the years ago when I began to consider the thought of even returning to school, and now I'm on the cusp of getting my degree from Georgia Tech. While there still remains a great deal of uncertainty about what lies next, for the moment I'm in a place of refection.

1 more class on Friday, and 2 exams next week. When the campus whistle blows at 11:55pm on Friday, May 4th, my undergraduate college career is over!

TiVo + Idol = great

2007-01-18T20:39:07Z

TiVo... important now, more than ever. So a friend and I are watching American Idol's 2nd two-hour premiere last night and because we had to wait until he got off work, we watched it on my TiVo... and thank God. Because Idol is jam packed with commercial breaks. With each press of my skip button, I jump 30 seconds ahead, allowing me to easily skip past most 2-3 minute commercial breaks in normal tv shows. But during Idol, I found that the commercial breaks were up to 6 minutes long! Insane. Thank you technology for allowing me to skip this insanity.

I like money; accPod2; scanning the bulky way; weather what?

2007-01-13T09:34:12Z

Well, sometimes it pays to go to class... Today it did quite literally as I found a $20 bill on the ground while walking to class. Not a bad way to start the day. I went to my nooner, and then went over to the Student Center to check mail and drop by the PA office to see the peeps. I miss having class on this side of campus. I feel like I miss out on an energy and such by being at Tech Square most of the time. Hah, I also miss my clockwork-like visits to Pandini's. Good times.

In other news, I now have accPod2: an 80gig black iPod to replace accPod1, the poor thing. This 5th gen iPod is a lot different, but I'm enjoying it thus far. I'd still like a nano just for working out. I think that's perfect for running and such, but on the whole, for most of the time, I really like having my entire music library available to my every whim and mood. Why "get that damn song out of your head" when you can just cue it up and listen to it on repeat for 2 hours?

Well I'm up here at the Student Center right now at like 4:23am on this lovely little Friday night having just scanned in my 300+ page course packet for Strategic Management class. I had to come up here in the middle of the night so I wasn’t interrupting anyone else’s copying. (I use the copiers up here to digitally bulk scan the packet.) Plus, I'm at my prime late at night anyhow of course! But thank goodness I got that packet scanned. That sucker is too big to drag to class every day, so having it in a PDF on my laptop is much nicer, plus it's text searchable once I run the OCR software through it. Nice.

The weather outside is crazy nice. Mind you, it is nearly perverse for it to be this warm during January, but it's so mild outside, that I nearly want to throw my bag into the trunk of Mobile 7, and put the iPod on and take a walk... and I just might. To hell with the time. Anyone wanna toss the frisbee around tomorrow!?!

classes start back; iPod bad sectors!

2007-01-10T07:03:00Z

For a final semester of my undergraduate colligate career, I will admit, it will be some work. I think after that first day, the bulk of the workload seems to be centered on the readings and case studies. So I'll really need to stay on top of that. I've already ordered my books, and hopefully those will arrive shortly. I just got done importing all of the schedules into Outlook, so now I have those sync'd in my Treo, which is nice. Tomorrow (Wednesday) will be busy I'm sure. It's that first "real" day of class. The day when you really get down to notes, and PowerPoint slides, and class interaction. No more, "here's your syllabus, have a nice day!" Ah well, time to get a crackin'!

In other news, my classic 3rd gen iPod seems to have developed bad sectors on its hard drive. *sigh*. I mean, granted, I have sucked more life than I should have been allowed to out of that thing, so that's okay. The fact that it has extra buttons, and a non-color screen still seems to amaze people. But, as of right now, I can't put fill up more than 4 or 5 gigs of its 20 gig capacity, which sucks. If anyone knows of a way (other than all the conventional means, which I've already tried), that you can easily mark the bad sector(s) and use the rest of the drive's capacity, let me know! Of course, now the new iPhone is out, and everyone's talking about how great it would be to get that. But, jeez, I already have a powerful phone in my Treo... and do I really want to wait around for that thing to finally come out, then go to the trouble of switching carriers and all that?... and what do I do in the meantime... go with my crippled iPod? *shrug* Either way, for now I'm going to see how finances (and the marketplace) go and try and suck a 'lil more of life out of 'ole accPod 1.

Happy Xmas; Xmas update; Xmas eve

2006-12-25T17:24:01Z

Well Happy Xmas to you!

Today was not bad. Aside from the cold and dreary rain, and the fact that everyone's finances made for a lean Christmas, it's been nice to spend some family time and have some good food. I've also enjoyed the driving around in the desolate and nearly deserted roads. It's so peaceful and enjoyable. Even Midtown Atlanta has this awesome peace and quiet to it. I really enjoy it. To some degree it almost gives you this frightening feeling of loneliness, but that's only if you let yourself get too wrapped up in the emotion. If you just take the experience at it's essence, it's really quite enjoyable and tranquil.

As for gifts, as I said before it was a lean year, but I did get some nice things. A nice Starbucks coffee mug and a Starbucks gift card, some glass bottled Coca-Cola, a Jason's Deli gift card, a nice scarf, a neat LED flashlight, some chocolates, and some cash.

Last night was our big Christmas Eve Holiday party up here at Todd's house (where I'm at now for the moment.) We had a good turnout, and I made crab stuffed mushrooms, stuffed celery, holiday sausage meatballs, mini-bacon and cheese quiches in philo dough pastry cups, and finally deviled eggs. It worked out pretty well, and seeing as how there is very little leftover, I suppose it worked out.

In a few, I'll head up to Dad's house for a visit there. Then probably back to Midtown for a nice afternoon nap and who knows what tonight will hold. Nice. :)

wallet replacement errands; looking ahead to the holiday weekend

2006-12-20T21:53:10Z

What a hectic day of running around it's been. Losing one's wallet is never a fun prospect, but sometimes it's the pain of having to go run around to get all the cards and such replaced that's a bigger hassle than losing the money inside of it. Well... and I have to buy a new wallet. Ah my faith in humanity is shaken. But ah well.

The DMV today wasn't too bad. I wasn't sure if I was going to be stuck there for hours, but I went to the one up in Norcross and I was able to speed through the place pretty quickly. After that it was off to the bank where they were out of temporary ATM cards and out of pretty much anything that I needed, so after getting nowhere there, I went back to Tech campus to get my BuzzCard replaced. I didn't realize how much I use my BuzzCard... since I use it to work-out at the CRC, and to park, and to gain building entry... that qualifies it as a pretty high priority item for replacement. Which it better be seeing as how it has been the most expensive thing to replace thus far. Luckily they were still open today (about the only thing in the Student Center that was, besides Hair Cuttery.)

I'll head to work in a few to work one of my two shifts this week. I'll admit to being tired though. This is the first day since finals started that I have been able to get anywhere CLOSE to a "normal" sleep schedule, and even today I slept somewhat late. That "finals week" really threw things out of whack. But, hopefully I can steer them back to normal.

I'm amused that everyone keeps asking me if I'm going home for the holidays. I mean... I AM home. This is pretty much home to me. Granted, my parents and most of my brothers live in the suburbs out in Gwinnett not too far away, but I can just hop in the car and visit them during Christmas and Christmas Eve. I suspect it will be a quieter holiday this year with it being somewhat lean financially within the family, and with fewer people in town. In some ways, that might be nice. In other ways, perhaps a little lonelier. My boyfriend will head out of town on Friday to visit family out of state, and with most of the techies out of town as well, it will be fairly quiet outside of the family going's-ons. I will have the big Christmas Eve party to cook for though, and that should be a good deal of work this weekend. Both stressful and fun though. We'll see!

Just a lil update

2006-12-05T13:34:11Z

Haven't made a post in a while... So, why not now?

It's early in the AM, and I'm sitting in class. "Adam, you should be paying attention!" Yea, well whatever, it's group presentations today, and I'm running on just a few hours of sleep after finishing a 17 page paper, so I don't have to! Getting that paper done though is a nice feeling. That was a big item sitting in my "IN" box. Now the only thing I have left is a group presentation on Thursday, and then begin studying for finals next week.

In the world of everything else... Things with KC are well, and it's somewhat funny how often people ask. Things at work are also fine. The days vary, I never know how busy any given night will be, and thus, how profitable. I'm just working on being able to turnover as fast as possible to increase sales. Also, I need to win the lottery. I don't play, because I can't afford to, but I still need to win, so if you know how I can swing that, lemmie know!

Driving Back

2006-11-25T20:01:25Z

Well I'm in the car, in route back to Atlanta. No, I'm not driving... but I am riding shotgun in my brother's truck using my laptop and Verizon wireless hi speed. It's nice... I mean, aside from the fact that I'd normally be asleep right now, I'd probably be doing the same sort of things at home. Sitting online, surfing, chatting and the like. It's nice.

We just stopped in Perry, GA on our way back North from Florida. I'm wearing my GT windbreaker to show my spirit for today's huge rivalry game against UGA. I'm in enemy territory down here being in rural Georgia. I could feel the eyes on me as I was in line at the Chick-Fil-A. There was an older Georgia fan in there on his way north to the game in Athens. He was nice though, and we had a nice chat while in line. Those are the kinds of fans I like. All business during the game, but civil and real otherwise.

Anyhow, the trip went well. Put in some good family time. I just wish I had worked out my sleep schedule better. For now, time to focus on what's next!

Thanksgiving in Rural Florida

2006-11-23T19:26:28Z

Happy Thanksging to all!

It's me, Adam, here in Dowling Park, Florida, a small quiet and God fearing community in rural Florida. I'm here with the brother and parents to visit our Grandmother for Thanksgiving and relax a bit. I'm actually posting this from my Treo as I actually have cellular service here for the first time ever. It's quite remarkable given how far in the middle of nowhere we are. nevertheless I'm enjoying my post meal lethargy and sending a Happy Thanksgiving to all. Have a great one. Sorry the posts have been absent... More posts to come!

Leah's gig; Kalin's bday; ESPN; game night

2006-09-23T23:59:32Z

Well the weekend is going great so far. Last night Scott and I went up to see Leah perform in the group that she’s in, “Tova Rinah and the Way Home”. It was in this total loft like venue off North Avenue in somewhat of a rough area of town. It was a reminiscent venue of some of the early raves I went to back in the day, except this place had couches and interesting lighting going on… a bit more quaint and comfy than the more industrial setting of the early raves. The clientele matched the venue. A hodge-podge mix of college-aged hipsters and emo kids. The mix of people, the interesting venue and anticipation to see the band lent itself to a good mood by most people in attendance. Once Leah and her group began to perform, I really relaxed and enjoyed the music. I was impressed with their sound. By no means did they sound underground or amateur, and they were all clearly, very talented. I remarked to Scott how interesting the mix of people and personalities was in the band. It just seemed like a very cool mix of people, of what seemed to be varying backgrounds, who were united by a common interest in music and got together to jam and have fun. At least, that was the impression I got by watching and listening to them play. It was an enjoyable set and a fun way to spend the beginning of my Friday night. Check ‘em out online http://www.myspace.com/tovarinahandthewayhome

Afterwards, Scott and I went over to Kalin’s 21st birthday party. Our friend Alex lives with Kalin so that proved to be convenient. It was an interesting mix of people over there at this party as well. Perhaps not quite as colorful and eclectic, but an interesting sociological observation opportunity none-the-less. It seemed like fun was had, and after getting our asses kicked in Halo, Scott and I left shortly after.

Oh! I got on National TV on ESPN on Thursday night at the Virginia vs. Georgia Tech game! The camera got right up in my face and that was awesome. We won the game too which made it further awesome. Thursday night football is always good fun, and the Fall weather that night proved to be nice as well.

Tonight, on the menu, some board games and wine with friends. We’ll see how that goes!<Photo 1>

first fall exam

2006-09-18T22:18:44Z

Aaaaand we’re off!... There goes the first test of the semester. I think Monday exams are generally cruel, but alas, this one wasn’t too bad. Of course as I say that, I’ve jinxed any chance of doing well on it. As far as the rest of the day, it hasn’t been too bad. Today was the first day I felt comfortable enough on the foot to walk to class. It still hurts and feels really tight, but I’m just figuring, use-it or loose-it.

There’s a PA meeting later, then dinner after at Salsa… then some studying for tomorrow morning’s Marketing Research exam. Yay.

Troy at Tech on the Sidelines; Ob's party; etc

2006-09-17T21:57:27Z

What a crazy day yesterday. I woke up and went to the Troy vs Georgia Tech game with Scott and his friend Colt. It was an afternoon start, 1:30 to be exact, and the weather was generally pretty good except when the sun was out. My friend KC shows up to the game a little late, but better than nothing, and we enjoy ourselves some football. Before the game, I decided to register for this “Sting Mobile” thing that someone? (Verizon wireless?) does during the game, and they send you scores, and updates, and trivia, and you can win random prizes and such. Well about 10 mins before halftime, I’m up there and I get this text message “Sting Mobile wants you…. You get to watch the second half from the sideline! We are coming to your seat to give you the prize!” Well like a few minutes later this guy shows up at my row, and is like “Are you RadioACC?”… and I’m like “yea”… and he says, “Come with me.” And I’m quickly swept away down to the field entrance, and given an All-Access sideline pass. It rocked, I got to go into the tunnel and get some PowerAde and then chill out while the band played, and then spent the rest of the game on the sidelines, watching us play to victory. I will say that I typically have more fun in the stands with my friends though. It’s a bit subdued on the sidelines. But having never been on the sidelines during a game, I was having fun.

After the game, Scott, Colt and I headed back to the townhouse, and then Scott and I went and picked up Nate and got ourselves some Jason’s Deli. Mmmm. Love that stuff. Then it was back to the pad to clean up and prepare for the night’s activities. I went over to Ob’s house, where he was throwing a little party of sorts. All of the usual Ob crowd was in attendance. It was good times. After that, I headed back to the pad to chill with some friends and start to wind down from the long day. Not a bad Saturday!

Today

2006-09-13T20:51:21Z

It’s a somewhat cool, overcast, and off and on drizzly day as I sit in the Spring Street Arby’s next to the Georgia Tech College of Management. My 3 o’clock Sales Management class has let out, and now I sit, nibble on some mozzarella sticks and wait for 5 o’clock to roll around when I’ll meet my best friend Ob here and we will travel to the Sweetwater brewery for our more recent Wednesday tradition of beer tasting and general malaise about our life and the world.

Despite the dark overtones, today’s a good day I’d say. This week continues to be a busy one with both academics and social activities abound. Last night was trivia night at Joe’s on Juniper. Our GT Pride Alliance team placed somewhere in the top… 3rd I think, but of course, there’s no prize for 3rd, and we had to pay our bill. Hah. It was some good social time though, and a good turnout. Sadly our loss drops our record to 1-2 for trivia nights which I’ve attended. But between Ov’s dancing, and Keaton’s diabetes-camp-created bracelet, the entertainment was provided for in abundance.