Wow, what a jammed packed and exhausting 3 day weekend. I could barely get myself up for work on Monday. Needless to say, I did have a lot of fun.

A group of us decided to buy tickets at the last minute to the Party Rock Tour at the Pageant. The tour consisted of LMFAO, Schwazye, Far East Movement, Paradiso Girls, Space Cowboy. Most people (my age) have no clue who LMFAO (or the rest of the groups) even is but they have probably heard their songs before. “I’m in Miami trick” was their first popular song and “La La La” and “Shots” are getting heavy radio play. I didn’t think I knew the other bands but Schwazye has a couple songs that were popular like “Corona and Lime” and “Get U home.” Paradiso Girls was a newer version of the Spice Girls. I guess they have a popular song called “Patron Tequila” but I am not sure if I had ever heard it. They were also just featured in the December issue of Maxim. The other two bands were pretty funny…that’s all I can say about them but all of the 5 groups are part of some popular 2009 songs so I guess the concert was pretty strong in party/pop/rock circuit. Overall the concert was interesting to say the least. I thought I was at a rave with a bunch of 16 yearolds. The 21 and up section was only half full (at max) while the various stages of the main floor had “one in – one out” which I have never seen before at the Pageant. I did see a lot of girls getting dropped off by their moms. What was even funnier was seeing some older regulars of the Party and the Park scene. I sure hope I am not in this scene in 15 and 20 years like them.

Saturday was a long day of enjoying some adult beverages for Mizzou’s final home football game. We had actually been planning this game for 3 months and this was the only game that everyone was available. I stayed out too late and had to be in Winghaven at 8:30 so I got very few hours of sleep. We didn’t get in CoMo and the hotel till about 11AM so we hopped in a cab from the beautiful Red Roof Inn (where we told by the cab driver that a stripper was just killed a couple weeks ago over a drug deal) to the field. We just walked around randomly for a couple hours tailgating and tossing the football. The game was entertaining but I was disappointed in the lack of people in the student section. I was reminded later that night that the students were on holiday break so that explains why there were less people tailgating, at the game, and at the bars. We went back to the hotel for a couple hours then went to Shiloh which was dead then to the Vu because the boys wanted to dance. It was a lot of fun but the Vu is definitely the Buca of Columbia.

We played a football game on Sunday and had a small bbq with some friends. I did not think I would be able to run because I still have some kind of respiratory infection but it didn’t seem to create a huge problem. The newly purchased spikes were a lifesaver. It makes it 10 times easy to play in coverage when wearing spikes. I think I only allowed my guy that I was covering to catch the ball 3 times (max). I also had a pretty good day at QB which really got me thinking about something. I use to be able to throw a great football in grade school and high school but went downhill in college and life after. I’ve had the same issue with a golf club. I could drive the ball so much further in high school than I can now. My new theory on why this is the case is that I have lost a lot of upper body muscle that I gained in college. Most people would say, shouldn’t it be the opposite? You would think but I think it is because I lost some flexibility so some of my quick twitch muscles were not performing up to par. Needless to say, I had a ton of fun at the game but I am extremely sore after a couple collisions and take downs. I can swear I was the only one that kept getting knocked down (except for the time I knocked down Courtney when she got in my way when I was gunning for the Rengler when I was trying to set a block after a pick. My legs are sore but not as bad as I was expecting. My shoulder is super sore from the Rengel take down. I also jammed a finger which is now swollen. As a side note I was told to mention that Courtney is a pretty good player. She had several catches and passing and receiving TDs.

This was a no frills weekend for me because I was sick with something. It wasn’t the flu so do not worry about any H1N1 talk. I never had a fever so this is my reason I do not think I have the flu. I’ve just been really congested and super tired. The bad thing is that it hasn’t seemed to improve in a week.

Needless to say I stayed in both nights….I did not even leave the house once I got home from work on Friday. I was extremely lazy and pretty much lived on my couch. Watched some sports; a bad Lakers loss (but not as bad as Sundays loss), a good Mizzou win in basketball and football, and a good Rams loss (I know its hard to say good but they played well and almost pulled off a huge upset). I also caught up on my DVR and Netflix watching. I watched 3 movies: GI Joe, the new Transformers, and X-Men Wolverine. GI Joe and Transformers were both good. I liked the storyline, special effects, and the amazing sound quality. These were the first Blu-rays that I have ever watched. I think I enjoy the sound quality 10 times more than the picture quality. Nothing is better than being immersed in an explosion that rattles the room. Wolverine was a bit of a disappointment. It was okay to see his storyline on how he was created but then the storied died after that. I was thinking “is that it?” as the movie ended. I was expecting still another hour of a plot.

So nothing really exciting. I am looking forward to the next week though. I am going to Columbia with a big group for Mizzou’s last home game and then have a short work week then a 5 day weekend for one of my favorite holidays because I love turkey dinners.

As a side note, I had lunch with my companies outside photographer who is probably the most interesting person I know. He travels all over the world taking pictures. The interesting thing is that he is always going to places that most people don’t. For example, his next trip is to Columbia, the country. He said you never ride in cars because you will get kidnapped if you do. Instead you either take a plane or a bus to go from city to city. This got me thinking and I really would like to do a trip to Peru. I’ve been talking about it for a couple years now and this is the time to go since it is summer there. He told me some trips to take there like a 4 day hike to Machu Picchu where you pay a guide to basically carry all your gear so you can enjoy the journey. Just something to think about.

Pretty jammed pack weekend for me. Mainly because Mr Matt Rengel got hitched over the weekend. I participated in his fun wedding rehearsal at the Moolah where I won two out of three bowling games we played….not bad since I haven’t bowled for at least 5 years. I was on a bowling “strike” for some reason over that time period.

I hit up The Scottish Arms for dinner on Friday. The thing that stood out the most is how much the Scotch Eggs tastes like an Egg McMuffin. The group ended up going to Mollys which sort of sucked then hit up the new club Europe “on” Wash Ave. The club could have huge potential but I ultimately see it failing.  The reason why it was good was because (1) it was a huge club with a large dance floor which Wash Ave is missing (2) it had a good layout with multiple floors with multiple bars (3) it had a great appearance … the designer put a lot of money into the project. The reason why it will fail is (1) location – This is the biggest downfall. The building is a block north of Wash Ave on 14th st. Its entrance is right across from the Windows off Washington Entrance. This is out of the beating path in both directions plus you can see the building from Wash Ave (2) advertising in general – there is no way to tell that it is even open from Wash Ave. They need to put a sign on the side of the building facing wash ave along with maybe even someone on the street. All in all I think they should have paid the extra money to move closer towards 12th or 13th st where all the action is. We gave up on the place around 12:30 to hit up the never disappointing Rue 13 for 80′s night.

Saturday was the big day of the Wedding. The Wedding ceremony was very good. The party bus, my first ever, was a lot of fun too. The reception at the Lemp Grand Hall was also entertaining but I was very tired. I think it had to do with me coming down with hopefully what is only a cold….I am really struggling today. I did feel really embarrased about a trick that was played on me at the wedding. The DJ called out the wedding party guys for a dance competition. I thought this would be interesting since Smith and Rengel have sweet moves. The kicker was that we had to put a paper bag over our head that had numbers marked on them so the people could judge us. Needless to say I won but found out that everyone took off their bags right away to watch me “act a fool.” I thought something was up in the beginning because I was sort of laying low in the back and they were not disqualifying me. I let it all out though once I was “one of” the last people left. Still not sure how I was chosen to be picked on.

I told my brother a while ago that I would post this but I forgot. My brother is selling his 4-wheeler. Here is a link to the craigslist add. Please contact him through craigslist or me if you are interested.

This weekend went by so quick. Overall it was a decent weekend. I enjoyed the wins by both Missouri and the Rams which is always a plus. The one disheartening thing is that I am not feeling as confident with Missouri’s team. It is pretty obvious that we can not compete if the defense blitzes alot. I would think the other teams we play would also recognize this.

As for the actual weekend. I decided to stay in Friday and catch up on the DVR. I decided at the last minute that I was going to dress up for Halloween. For some reason, I am not a big fan of Halloween. Not sure why. Needless to say, I went as Brendan Ryan because he has a sweet stache. Unfortunately, mine was not as sweet since the Halloween store was out of the good ones and the one I bought was hard to manage. All my friends had no clue who I was but I had at least two people at Harrys tell me. I tried to get a Ryan jersey but couldn’t find one. The stache and the pulled up socks should have given it away. A straight brimmed hat would have helped but I despise wearing hats. Mike P definitely won the best costume award for being Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite. The pictures do not do him justice…he even pulled off the Pedro facially expressions.