Stuff

I think I had a pretty good weekend, aside from my FFB team laying a complete egg and scoring 0 touchdowns between the entire team, save the one player I have playing on Monday Night Football tonight. Doesn't matter - I clearly lost. As of right now I'm the low score for the week. In the grand scheme of things, it's not a big deal at all. Everyone loses and I'm still towards the top in overall points. But the big loss here is that I've lost all my shit talking privileges for the foreseeable future due to the complete suck-bomb that my team laid out there this weekend. And I like to talk shit. So I'm a bit disappointed.

But other than that, things went well. Saw two movies, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs in 3D and The Informant. Cloudy was ok, there were some cute parts and there was a funny monkey but I wasn't really feelin' it. Matt Damon really nailed it in The Informant, though. Just a tremendous performance. His character breaks off into these crazy thought patterns as he is in the middle of doing things (as shown through narration of random things while something else is going on) and I found it highly enjoyable. Pretty cool story, as well, considering that it is mostly based on a true story. Another instance of a character in a movie or TV show going to Cornell only to be a crazy person/psycho or fool (see: Bernard, Andy). Is Cornell the go-to Ivy League school for flawed scripted characters? I know it's not the best school in the Ivy League but please hollywood, give us a break.

Marissa and I were supposed to go camping but ended up not due to the 1 inch of rain being forecast. This ended up being a wise decision because the forecast was accurate and we would have been miserable. We did end up going to the Adirondacks for the day, which I really enjoyed. I like to be in the woods and to hike and stuff, even though I don't get to do it that often. Jack had a perfect doggie day of running through the trees, swimming in a lake, climbing a mountain and getting a lot of attention from strangers (which he even allowed after he was tired).

We ended up climbing a mountain, which was a half mile straight up hill. I had Jack on the leash so I ended up taking it in dog pace, which was pretty fast. Thankfully I've been exercising all summer so I was able to do it pretty easily. It was a beautiful view, and we ended up having lunch on top while enjoying the view. It was pretty nice.

So tonight I am off to Maryland for my interview. I'm trying not to be nervous about the plane trip. I kinda hate that I'm the kind of guy who worries about things that have a 1 in 8.5 million chance of happening. I'm just trying to relax and not think about it. I do hate flying though. Marissa is going to be watching Jack so I hope that he behaves. I think he is still worn out from Saturday, though, so he probably won't be much trouble.

Interview tomorrow, which hopefully goes well, and back in Syracuse by 10:30 PM if all goes well. Let's hope that it does!