293-engagement party

no, not for me...for missy's friend's sarah (the baby) & matt. the party started in a heated tent at fizz. it was $30 to get in, but missy snuck by the doorman (bad missy!). then she made me lick my hand and transfer the stamp to her hand just like the college days. then we had to make a break for it, as the bartender was following missy's friend janelle around, so we headed over to belly's. i hadn't been out in a while, so i was ready to stay out all night, but i got overruled when missy wanted pizza...she had about one slice and i ate the rest. guess i need to back to that gym now. for more pics of the party, go here.

294-back to the gym

ok, so maybe i was kidding about getting into shape in a week for san diego, but i did pretty much hibernate all winter minus the pick-up basketball at holstein park twice a week.

time to stop throwing money at bally's and actually start using the place. tonight was the first time back in a while. i got on all the machines for arms, legs, chest and back...i just hope i can get in some sort of shape for the duck snorts season opener.

current weight: 185 pounds - all, skin, bone and fat

295-one week until san diego

only one week til i go to san diego to hang out with haber and ian and watch the cubs play the padres. two small problems:

1) i am white as a ghost

2) i have about 10 pounds of back fat from the winter hibernation

so, here's the plan:

1) go on a liquid diet

2) work out at lunch and after work and

3) hit the tanning salon 3 times within the next week.

stay classy, san diego!

296 - timer added

look at the header! yeah, i added that; and yes it did take me all day! i don't know java, so it took me a while to write it. i want to make it countdown automatically, but for now we'll just have to settle for a 'reload' to change the time.

297-rss feeds

new! - rss feeds

hi all! i just added rss links to the links section on the right. that way, if you have an rss reader you will be notified everytime i make an update to my blogs! the links will always be at the right but if you want to take note of them, here they are:

countdown to 30: http://bernok.blogspot.com/atom.xml
cubs blog: http://go-cubs.blogspot.com/atom.xml

and if you use gmail, you can even add it to you feeds at the top of your inbox. just go to settings --> web clips and type in the url for the blog you want updates on (i.e. http://bernok.blogspot.com)

298-mountain dewed

i'm not much of a caffeine drinker, but i do love my mountain dew. one thing i need to learn that the dew and sunday nights don't mix. case in point last night i stopped by 7-11 and got a dew. next thing i know, it's 4 in the morning and i can't fall asleep. needless to say, i took a mental health day off of work which worked out perfect since i was going to the cubs game to sit in the legendary section 512 with benny, dave and little st.peter (they definitely do the dew in section 512). the cubs looked doomed but rallied in the 8th to win 6-3. check out the recap (with a must-see video) on my cubs blog or use the link at the right.

299-spring cleaning

i decided to do a little spring cleaning today and clean out my closet. it's been something i've been needing to do anyway. since missy takes up 9/10ths of the closet space around here, my closet space is at a premium and needs to be cleared out every once in a while. i try to live by the "if you haven't worn it in a year...then throw it out rule", but sometimes that can be difficult due to sentimental value. anyway, i ended up giving about two and half grocery bags to the salvation army and i few things that i didn't want to get rid of i put on ebay. that way if it doesn't get bid on, i can still keep it. take a look here and here if you think i should ditch these items, make a bid!

cubs 7, cards 3

300-garage sale

the cubs held a "garage sale" today. what they really should have called it was "remember sammy?" day. i don't know if they had more sammy t-shirts or more bricks to sell.

i really wasn't expecting to buy anything since i figured they'd want a fortune for the bricks and bleachers aka clay and wood. but i wanted to check it out anyway. when i got there at 9, there was a line halfway around the stadium. so i figured "forget the bricks"and went inside. they had some used game jersey and flags flown from the scoreboard. pretty cool, but what am i going to do with a rockies pennant flag? or a will ohman jersey for $200 (hell, i rather pay him $200 for one scoreless inning!)?

however, the bleachers were open, so i went to check them out. i'm usually skeptical when you mess with a good thing, but the bleachers were amazing! you can actually walk around now under the bleachers. you can yell at the right fielder from the "knothole". you couldn't get into the centerfield restaurant, but there is a standing room only section above it that has a great view. even the overhang of the bleachers looked good. i looked more like a shelter than anything else. plus, they paved the sidewalks with bricks which looks quite classy. overall, it looks like a new stadium...but still wrigley.

after the tour of the bleachers, the line had really shortened. so, i decided to give the line a try. i ended up getting two bricks and one bleacher. i still have decided if this is the best $100 (bricks & bleachers) i've ever spent, or the worst (wood & clay). i don't know, what do you think?

post script: i also noticed they let dogs into the park, so i went home and grabbed missy and chance. what a great photo op to get inside wrigley with your dog. but by the time we got back they quit letting dogs in (the food service guys complained). this is as close as we got.

301-cd to mp3

i've been working hard over the past couple weeks to get all my cd's burned to mp3s. look for them soon to be loaded to my googlepage. hopefully, i will get an album up per week.

cubs 3, cards 9

302- a long, hot shower

that's what i do when i need to calm down or reduce stress. tonight, i was in the shower until it ran out of hot water. the reason: while watching espnnews i saw the "break"-ing news; lee out 8-10 weeks. not only is it bad that he is out 1/3 of the season for the cubs; he is also our 1/3 of the fantasy season. it just so happens lee is on my team in 3 of my 4 fantasy leagues. my summer is as good as ruined. i guess i could come up with something more productive, like exercise, but more likely i will just hope and mope away the fantasy season.

303-cubs blog

rafael furcal must be really upset that he went to the dodgers. so much so, he took his frustration out on d-lee by running into him at first.

in honor of the cubs losing d-lee, i have posted the link to my cubs blog.