'Could You? (10)'

"My mom thinks my friends are bad influences, but honestly, I'm usually the one coming up with the ideas..."
-@Nika28531- (via twitter)

"I'm attracted by looks, but personality makes me stay..." -@BestLoveNotes- (via twitter)

"You'd think after a day of traveling I'd have some funny stories to tell...  All I've got is DON'T LEAVE YOUR HOMES IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO!!!" -@rachellinfox- (via twitter)

"I always try and go back to sleep to finish a dream..." -@shannonjadee- (via twitter)

"If you can't find Bigfoot after 25 years of looking, then you sir suck at 'Finding Bigfoot'..."
-@fatbeano- (via twitter)



Could you not be so excited about your job?  Have you ever had the waiter or waitress who is just WAY TOO AMPED UP about serving you?  I'll admit that I try to have a positive disposition (you wouldn't necessarily know that by reading my blog... :P) and that I did wait tables when I was an undergraduate, but my Dad and I had "that guy" wait on us at dinner last night.  Not long after he greeted us EXCITEDLY, the nearby "eight-top" was seated, and he welcomed them with, "IS EVERYBODY HERE?!"  After they nodded and answered yes, he IMMEDIATELY followed that up with, "ARE WE MISSING ANYBODY?!"  Now look..., EINSTEIN..., if they're all here, they probably aren't missing anybody...  Reminds me of the people at work who come at me with "really?" or "seriously?" after I tell them that no glass is allowed upstairs.  NOOOO, I just said that to BOTHER YOU...  :)

Could you steal my thunder?  I was about to come on here this week and tell you that I was predicting that Gonzaga would not win the national championship.  I was about to call Gonzaga the "Boise State of college basketball" (although I have more respect for the Gonzaga basketball team than the Boise State football team - they play more people)...  Then Gonzaga goes and loses to Wichita State on Saturday - uggghhh...

Could you be more perplexed?  This happened at work a few weeks ago, but got lost in my scattered blog notes...  At the checkpoint I man on the way to the Veranda (the bar on the roof), I usually (always) place drinks under the stool that I sit on so that I won't die of thirst when I can't get away.  Depending on how healthy I'm trying to be that week, the combination and sizes of the water, Coke, and Red Fuel will vary...  As I was preparing to take my position in this spot for a weekend shift, I placed my drinks on the floor before moving the stool there to cover them (the stool and me sitting on the stool protects the drinks).  Well, an older lady who was not aware of anything that I just typed saw me placing three drinks on the floor in the corner of the hallway and looked at me like I was..., COMPLETELY INSANE...  :)

Could you be just a little prepared?  I don't smoke, but I find it more than a little amusing that so many smokers never seem to have cigarettes..., or a lighter...  :)



Could you tell me how it's going to play out when you..., COMPLETELY LOSE YOUR MIND?  Again, from work not too long ago, from one customer to another:

"Where are we going?  It's like..., a tunnel..."


Below is the eyewitness account from my last day working at Harper's, Slackers, and The Veranda...

"He just lost it man, he just went CRAZY!!  He was flipping those poker chips, like,  A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR, and he just started SCREAMING, 'IT'S NOT A MAZE, IT'S NOT A MAZE!!!  It's a HALL WAY...  You go UP or DOWN!!!  There's NOT A MOUSE, and you're not going to find any CHEESE!!! And it's NOT A TUNNEL!!!  Do you SEE ANY dirt or shovels???!!!  C'mon people, it's a HALLWAY!!!'  Then they just wrapped the guy up in a straight-jacket and carted him off.  It was SO SCARY..."
(Then the eyewitness looks around)  "You know, this REALLY IS like a maze..."  :)



Could you tell from that little rant that I hear the maze comment EVERY SINGLE TIME that I work the stairs, and that it NEVER FAILS to amuse me?  ;)

Could you give a warm welcome to everyone who is playing fantasy baseball with me?  I had my last draft on Saturday, and as I said yesterday, you will be seeing the results of all three of my drafts this Friday.  Something funny happened this weekend, regarding my draft and the blog...  I went to the chatroom for the draft, said hello to everyone, and posted the address for my blog.  Well..., this time, no one ended up chatting, but when I returned home from work on Saturday night and looked at my blog stats, my 'Draft Strategy' article had been viewed at least four times...  :)  For those of you who don't write a blog, the blogspot stats don't match your total views, so when the stats show you how many times a post has been viewed, that's the MINIMUM number of times...  ANYWAY, I found that to be pretty funny, but I'm not worried about it.  EVERYONE ELSE'S strategy is to try to win all 10 stat categories in fantasy baseball, while I admit that I'm only trying to win 8...  :P

Could you do some basketball studying today?  I will be back tomorrow with my picks for the 'Sweet Sixteen...'  It was at this point last year that I started picking winners and scores for the games here on the blog, and I proceeded to go 13-2.  That appears to be quite the lofty standard for this tournament (34-18 to this point), but we'll see if I can compete against last year's standard...

Have a great day and I will see you again tomorrow!
    







      

That Could Be Us!

"You talk too much for someone who has nothing to say..." -@BrainSeducer- (via twitter)

"I'm not really funny, I'm just unstable with my thoughts and they come out of my brain in a funny way..."
-@PUEBLOPLUG- (via twitter)

"It's amazing how clean a house can get on rage..." -@kjmeow- (via twitter)

"My first crush was on Beaker from The Muppets, just in case you wondered what type of guys catch my eye..." -@StellaGMaddox- (via twitter)

"I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest..."
-@Yalyeh- (via twitter)



Good afternoon everyone.  I know what you're thinking, I know, I know...  You're thinking that we should have a contest to see which of first two quotes above best relates to my blog - y'all are SO MEAN...  :)

A little trivia question for you...  What do VCU, Duke, St. John's, Iowa State, Maine, Mercer, East Tennessee State, Lipscomb, and Stetson have in common?  All of these schools have basketball teams that are saying, "WE should be in the Sweet Sixteen - that could be us!"  Okay, Duke ACTUALLY IS in the Sweet Sixteen, but this is the list of schools that beat Florida Gulf Coast during the season.  Lipscomb actually beat them twice, just in case you're keeping score at home...  Congratulations Eagles, you are making this tournament very interesting!  :)  You also account for 2 of my 16 losses...  :P


My predictions fared better in the 'Round of 32' - I went 11-5 over the weekend, and my total for the tournament now stands at 34-18.  All of my picks should look as good as my Miami vs. Illinois call...

My prediction:  Miami 62  Illinois 56     Actual score:  Miami 63  Illinois 59


I slept REALLY WELL after I got back from work last night, and I've got plans to see my dad today, so I'm going to keep this post short.  The bad news (for you) is that I am going to post every day this week through Saturday.  Here is a preview of what you can expect this week:

Tomorrow (Tuesday):  My next 'Could You?' post...
Wednesday:  My predictions for the 'Sweet Sixteen'...
Thursday:  My next 'I Remember The First Time' post...
Friday:  The draft results from my three fantasy baseball drafts...
Saturday:  My predictions for the 'Elite Eight'...

Due to what has transpired already, do you realize that it is GUARANTEED that we will see either Wichita State or La Salle playing this weekend in the Elite Eight?  Gotta love the madness...  :)

I hope that you have a great day, and I'll see you again tomorrow!

NCAA Tourney 2013 - 3rd Round (Sunday)

Good evening everyone.  I guess there's a good reason that I didn't predict any games for last year's tournament until the 'Sweet Sixteen'...  I got SHREDDED yesterday, only going 8-8, which puts me at 24-14 for the tourney so far this year (1-1 today).  I was extremely tired after work last night, and my fantasy baseball draft took the expected two hours today, so FINALLY, here are my picks for tomorrow's games.  Thanks for your patience...



Sunday, March 24th



Ohio State                          75
Iowa State                          65

Indiana                                78
Temple                                71

Kansas                                 74
UNC                                     66

Florida                                  65
Minnesota                           58

San Diego State                70
Florida Gulf Coast            66

Mississippi                          69
La Salle                                61

Miami                                    62
Illinois                                  56

Duke                                     73
Creighton                            62



I hope that somehow you have some brackets that are still alive and that you enjoy the rest of your basketball weekend.  See ya on Monday!

NCAA Tourney 2013 - 3rd Round (Saturday)

Good evening everyone.  It's been hectic here on Bikini Hill as I'm now posting twice in one day for the second time in three days, but as you know, I'm a team player...  ;)  Some friends of mine who just returned to San Marcos from Las Vegas yesterday were telling me how long the betting lines were at the sportsbook at 8:00 a.m. as they were heading to the airport.  Yep...  :)  If you don't know, the first four days of the NCAA Tourney (Thursday through Sunday) generate as much betting action as the Super Bowl...  I hope that your brackets are faring better than my predictions so far.  My record for the tournament currently stands at 17-9 (which isn't completely awful), but I expect a little more from myself...  Some of my scores have been very close if you want to sift through my past few prediction posts, but right now, it's time for tomorrow's predictions (not many easy games here either)...  I have my final fantasy baseball draft tomorrow morning, and depending on how I feel after work tonight, you will be getting my predictions for Sunday's 3rd Round games before or after that draft...  Here's the lineup for tomorrow:



Saturday, March 23rd


VCU                        76
Michigan               72

Michigan St.         62
Memphis               59

Louisville              80
Colorado St.         73

Arizona                  78
Harvard                 64

Marquette             68
Butler                     63

Oregon                   70
St. Louis                 66

Gonzaga                 79
Wichita St.            72

California               69
Syracuse                66



If you haven't been doing so, you might want to look at the Vegas betting lines in regard to some of these games, because some of these "upsets" haven't been as big as the media would make them out to be if you're judging purely by how the teams are seeded for the tournament.  I picked California by 3 over UNLV (which happened), I only had Oregon losing by 5 to Oklahoma St. (Oregon, the #12 seed, won), and St. Mary's was actually the Vegas favorite by 1.5 points over Memphis.  Now, the New Mexico game against Harvard WAS AN UPSET...  ;)  I picked Kansas State to win today, by I only had them beating La Salle by 5...  There's a lot to be said for looking at the scores and results for these teams throughout the season...  I wish you the best of luck with your brackets (if they're not in the trash can already), and I'll see you again..., SOMETIME TOMORROW with my picks for Sunday.  Have an outstanding basketball evening!

I Remember The First Time (9)

"My mom texted, "Punxatawny Phil must die" and she lives approximately three hours from him.  Winter will be over soon guys..." -@SharpeBytes- (via twitter)

"Before I die, I want to follow a family around Disneyworld for a day, just to be in the background of all of their photos.  #bucketlist" -@jazzledazzle94- (via twitter)

"Be confident.  Just kidding - life is unpredictable and you should be terrified..."
-@SergioValenCo- (via twitter)

"Good Lord, will someone please take Twitter away from Amanda Bynes?  #hotmess"
-@Mcolette- (via twitter)

"You deserve so much more than what you accept..." -@_msnemo- (via twitter)



I remember the first time that a quote spoke to me...  I really relate to that @msnemo line that is listed directly above - I need to do something about that...

I remember the first time that I never visited the twitter page of Amanda Bynes...  Two quotes up, well..., I just thought that was funny, although I've never seen Amanda's tweets myself...  It's a similar quote to something that I tweeted a little while back, about people needing to have their twitter accounts revoked if they thought that Percy Harvin is better than Anquan Boldin.  Maybe that's why I like it...  :)

I remember the first time that I overslept...  This entry is coming to you later than I had anticipated today because I slept for about seven hours straight after I got home from work last night.  You will be seeing another entry later today with my predictions for tomorrow's third-round NCAA tourney games as soon as I get to look at the matchups.  The reason for this is that I have my final fantasy baseball draft at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.  At some point after I have finished that, I will post my predictions for Sunday's third-round basketball games.

I remember the first time that some of our regular customers gave their parents a tour of my workplace...  Last night I saw Maddie and Ashley, and they both had their mom with them as they showed off the best party spot in San Marcos, America...  ;)  The girls proposed the outstanding idea (hmmmm....) that we should have a slide that our customers could ride from the Veranda down to the ground floor.  Someone ALWAYS has to shoot down a good idea, right?  My thing was that customers would go up to the Veranda JUST to ride the slide...  One of the mothers chimed in that our customers would get sick on the slide, and that someone would have to clean it up...  Don't you just hate it when people steal your thunder?  :)

I remember the first time that I had a simple answer to a question...  Recently customers approached my checkpoint and asked, "how do we get upstairs?"  I nodded toward the stairs and answered, "upstairs..."  ;)



I remember the first time that I was involved in a birthday scavenger hunt...  Last week a group of very excited girls approached me with a piece of notebook paper.  They were animated as they informed me that they had a birthday girl and were participating in a scavenger hunt.  They looked at their list, and the conversation went:

Them:  "You could kiss another dude?..."
Me:  "Hmmmm..., NOOOO..."

Then as they anxiously looked over their list, I asked to see it.  Starting at the top, I noticed the second item - "supercat" (I think that the new Bobcat is actually a "powercat" - ANYWAY....).

Me:  "Isn't this a supercat?"  (I showed them the logo on my ballcap, which I had been wearing backwards).
Them: "YESSSSS!!!"

Here to bring joy into the lives of others..., that's me...  ;)



I remember the first time that I was accused of being on drugs...  I was at my checkpoint, manipulating the three poker chips that I'm almost always playing with, when a guy stops, surveys the situation, and then says:

Guy:  "You're on cocaine..."
Me:  (YEAH, just more than a little surprised...)  "Nooooo..."
Guy:  "You're on..., SOMETHING..."
Me:  (Someone who has NEVER done any drugs, unless you count alcohol of course...) "Nooooo..."



Okay my friends, just be a little patient, and I will be back shortly with a new post outlining my NCAA picks for tomorrow.  Have a great day in the meantime!











  

NCAA Tourney 2013 - 2nd Round (Friday Games)

Good afternoon everyone.  FINALLY finished...  :)  You can't imagine how much time it takes to sift through scores when you have watched almost none of the games all season.  ;)  However, I think that you will be surprised by how many games I get right (at least I know that I always am)...  :)  I am currently sitting at 3-1 after the first-round games.  Before we get started, I wanted to a minute to point out the new link on the right side of my blog for all of you sports fans.  #1SportsPicks is the product of a friend of mine, and he offers a FREE pick or two on a daily basis for all of you sports fanatics.  I also wanted to give a shoutout to my friend Sam for letting me take the "early out" at work last night so that I could compile the "masterpiece" (we'll see) that you're about to read below.  These are my predictions for the second-round games that will be played tomorrow, and my last blog entry has my picks for the games that are being played today.  Here we go...



Friday, March 22nd


Duke                         85                                         North Carolina             71
Albany                     58                                         Villanova                        66

Wisconsin               63                                         Florida                              71
Ole Miss                   57                                         Northwestern St.          56

NC State                  72                                         Oklahoma                        77
Temple                     66                                         San Diego St.                  72

Miami                       73                                         Iowa St.                            75
Pacific                      57                                         Notre Dame                    68

Cincinnati                67                                         Kansas                               86
Creighton                 60                                        W. Kentucky                   62

Colorado                  67                                         UCLA                                70
Illinois                      64                                          Minnesota                       63

Georgetown            69                                          Kansas St.                        72
Fla. Gulf Coast       57                                           La Salle                            67

Ohio State                85                                          Indiana                            77
Iona                            66                                          James Madison             61



I hope that you enjoy all of this basketball, and I will see you again tomorrow with the 'I Remember The First Time' entry that got bumped today.  I will also see you again on Saturday with some more basketball predictions for the weekend.  Have a great day and good luck with your brackets!


      

NCAA Tourney 2013 - 2nd Round (Thursday Games)

Good evening everyone.  I am actually ahead of the schedule that I set for myself here yesterday, but I am not going to post my complete entry of second-round predictions right now due to the fact that all of Friday's participants haven't been determined yet.  Right now I am going to give you my picks for tomorrow's tourney   games, and tomorrow I will post my picks for Friday's tournament action.  I went 2-0 on my picks for last night's games, and right now I am ahead on my James Madison prediction (don't ask me how)...  ;)  Here are my predictions for the sixteen games that are being played tomorrow:



Thursday, March 21st


Michigan State     68                                       Louisville                     81
Valparaiso             56                                        NC A&T                       55

Butler                      65                                        Michigan                      83
Bucknell                 60                                       South Dakota St.       70    

Pittsburgh             75                                        Arizona                          82
Wichita State        71                                       Belmont                         76

St. Louis                 72                                        California                      74
New Mexico St.    59                                        UNLV                            71

Memphis                81                                         Missouri                       77
St. Mary's              75                                         Colorado St.                74

Marquette              67                                         VCU                               78
Davidson               62                                          Akron                            65

Gonzaga                 85                                          New Mexico                72
Southern                62                                          Harvard                       60

Oklahoma St.       80                                          Syracuse                      67
Oregon                   75                                          Montana                       63


I wish you the best of luck with your brackets (as long as they don't contradict my winners...), and I'll see you again tomorrow with the rest of my second-round predictions...  Have a great night!