Apparently, that is now my poker name.

Papa Bear.

I know, it doesn't seem to fit me, but Michael gave it to me at 2 AM Saturday, so it will stick, I suppose. That's what I get when I jokingly refer to the small blind as the 'Baby Blind' and bring on the Goldilocks references.

I am not very good at Poker, so it seems. Turns out, I don't really ever try to bluff and when I do, its pretty obvious since I have a giant, ridiculous smile on my face the whole time. I hope no one that I will ever play against reads this revealing nugget of information.

Took Friday night to go to Owensboro to visit the family a little bit. First time in a long time that I had seen anyone, especially without having a particular occasion for it. It was actually kinda nice. Got a chance to sit around and watch Flight of the Conchords with Michael and my dad. Went through some old clothes from high school (wow, I was a dork...a dork who wore REALLY big clothes) and salvaged a little bit. Found my old church league softball jersey. Keeper! Yay for tiny thermal shirts as well.

While we're talking about manly things that I'm not the best at, like poker...I had my chance to play Halo 3 at my mom's. Let's just say the world of online Halo gaming isn't missing out on much due to the fact that I don't play. It was kinda fun...I guess...but Halo would definitely not be my video game of choice if I was wanting to pass hours and hours and hours of time per day, like many. I miss Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog mostly. I'm not talking these fancy new 3D Mario/Sonic games. I'm talking NES Super Mario Bros. that comes bundled with Duck Hunt (another fantastic game). I am still quite proud of my 9:38 time for beating Mario--I should probably put it on resumes and mention it at job interviews.

Speeeeeeaking of which...

I need some direction on what exactly the plan is for the spring. As some of you may know, I've talked about going to Australia. This is still an option, but one that I can't always picture as something I would actually go through with.

I am somewhat considering graduate school as well. MBA? Masters in Marketing? Stay at Western? UK? Australia? Just a few questions there...

Then there is the workforce. After 4.5 years of college, I could just get a job. Would be nice to make more than $8-9 an hour. Would also be kinda nice to not work at the mall. I don't know though. Somehow I think that whole real job thing is overrated. We'll see I suppose!

Until next time, I leave you the fruits of my fondness for ProjectPlaylist, including a guilty pleasure song :) I'll let you guess which one that is.