Is that a bear?

Interesting week.

It's slow at work so it seemed like it took forever to get through these last five days. But I got through it and I had a pretty light Saturday.

With Gee out of town I didn't really do a whole lot early in the week. I read quite a bit and that was really about it.
Thursday's where things get somewhat interesting.
Me and Ms. B went out. Had fun, talked a lot, danced met some really weird black guy. We left the bar at around 1 a.m. Had some more weird talks. A bunch of weird stuff happened.

The thing about Ms. B is that I still like her and still have a lot of feelings for her. But you can't make someone like you. I know this. I think she's just one of those girls that is hard to forget. She's one of the most unique people I've ever come across. I mostly miss the little things about her and the conversation. I suppose I'll always have some of those feelings about her no matter how she feels about me. I've got things pretty well in perspective and realize who she's with, what she does and all that has no bearing on me. So while I still have those feelings, I'm continuing to move on. I actually feel good about the situation. Plus I have some absolutely wonderful friends to help put things in perspective.

Friday I got to work and felt horrible from drinking the previous night. I actually threw up in the bathroom. The best part was there was a guy in the stall next to me when I was calling the Lukeasaurus Rex. Plus I think one of my bosses walked in and possibly the old guy I work next to.
That night I went to happy hour with a bunch of girls. This is always interesting because the girls put them away and our tab is usually like $140. Strangely enough, no matter if I have one beer of five I end up paying $30. So taht's cool. On the plus side one girl gave me a phenomenal compliment that completely made my day. Unfortunately she's married but called me the total package and said I was one of the best guys out there. I wasn't having the best day and she turned it around. SO just a heads up to Luke Nation. Pass out compliments. Even if it's to a stranger. It could make their day.
Went out to a couple more bars before cruising to my friend Jill's house. Jill was still at the bar so I passed out on the couch. Problem was I let her dog out and it's pretty ill behaved. Jill got home, yelled at me for allowing her dog to eat a mitten because he then puked it up. I can't blame him, those mittens looked delicious.

Saturday went to work early to finish up, went to watch the Georgia game with the boys from the south. Now I'm waiting for CU to get smoked. Or can we become bowl eligible? It's going to be tough but fuck it, CU 38 Oklahoma State 28.

What else?
Got the ski pass and am gearing up for that. Hoping Party Boy Al Booker can hook it up in Beaver Creek at least once. Maybe i can pass the favor back. Hoping to do Vail a couple times and of course good ole' Ski Cooper. Should be a decent winter.

Ah the holidays. No matter what, the holiday's are usually good. I'm working Thanksgiving and Christmas so I'll just hang around here for the most part. Going back out to San Diego in December.

Also some big news on the "next step" plan, but I'm not going to totally put it out there until it advances a little further into the process. Don't want to jinx it. If you want the details, call.

25 new things in 25 days.
1. Travel to San Diego
2. Deep sea fishing
3. Nap on the beach
4. Went to Red Lobster
5. Art Museum and Aquarium
6. Metallica (seen them before, but not from where I sat. It's cheating but whatever).
7. Did a philosophical experiment on myself designed for you to differentiate your self from your body. It was a book I found in geenis' room. Pretty interesting stuff.
8. Wrote actual letters to varying people. (Still haven't sent them — my bad).
9. Went to a play by the Ski Town Productions (was pretty good, except the second half dropped off). First time I'd been to one since I lived here.
10. Tried to meditate = HEF. Tried again a couple hours later to varying success.
11. Tried crack — just kidding. Went to breakfast by myself and read and wrote.
12. Watched a new movie (The Grand). It's a poker movie and it was actually pretty funny
13. Went to Village Inn and had a delicious slice of pie. Plus I read for a couple of hours and had a wicked good conversation with some old guy. I even wrote some things that were pretty wild.
14. Poetry Slam in Steamboat — it was actually really cool. Certainly not the crowd I'd associate with. But I loved the passion. The guy that won, his final poem gave me chills.
15. Got tipsy and shut down a chick.
16. This is today. But I already watched a Georgia game in a bar with the boys from the south and rooted hard for Georgia while mocking Auburn fan. The day is still young.

25 new things in 25 days is a phenomenal idea. It's absolutely fun.
On the family front, sounds like everyone is doing better. It's funny since my bro got a cell phone, it's nearly impossible to get a hold of him. funny the way that works. My grandma in Denver is recovering well after surgery. She's just itching to be able to get out of her house and do stuff. That's a good sign. Grandma in Buffalo is still fighting. She's stubborn as hell.

Sports.
If the Bills don't win on Monday night, their season is officially over. But it's in Buffalo, which reminds me that Buffalo tailgating is some wild shit. For this Monday night game, RV lots and parking lots opened on Thursday. That's right. THe family says a good portion of the lots were full by Thursday. This means it's like five days of righteous partying.

I'll fully disclose I used to like the Yankees. I really did. But this is just getting ridiculous. they're going to sign CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Derek Lowe, Mark Texiera and anybody else. Come on put a salary cap in baseball. Please. On a note, one of my favorite stories of all time from the Onion dealt with the Yankees signing every player in the big leagues to assure they would win the world series. This is essentially happening.

Until next time.
Pimps up, ho's down.