Hooks Galore

Now that I am back in Corpus and ready to go, I am working once again with the Corpus Christi Hooks, AA Afiliated with the Houston Astros. I worked here last year with onfield entertainment and promotions and after a successful summer I was invited to come back and work in the office with sales. So I descided to take one more summer back home in South Texas and take the job.

But before that I had jury duty. Yes, jury duty, and it was aweful. I got back from the Roadtrip on Sunday and the next day was jury duty. It was, well, haha. The room was loaded with people. I got there early but still it was loaded with people. Then they told everyone who was feeling sick to come up to th efront and get signed off in case of the swine flue. So a few people went in. The dude standing next to me didnt want to be there either and after thinking for a while said the heck with it, and descided to go report sickness just to get out of it. Then I stood there for 3 hours waiting my name to be called as if I was in a concentration camp, waiting for my fate. Finnally I was called on the second chair of this jury. Then we got this peice of paper with a phone number to call in to find out about our case. Well thankfull when I called it at 5pm my case was cancelled! Thank God. Now I dont have to convince the attorneys to put me down!

That night I helped my dad take his stuff out of the office with carlos. Took forever but we got it all with the frame and everything in the suburban and into the office here in the house. Get this-- we loaded and unloaded the frate elevator and loaded the suburban in less than 20 minutes and then unloaded it in 8. Now that's efficiency. 2 of the boxes weighed 60lbs plus. And I I didn't bring my boxes fat I used to ship from Michigan we would have been screwed. So that worked out.

But then the Hooks started and I worked and worked. I lost one of my positions but was given another one. So currently I work in sales and with sponsorship promotions. So it is a lot of work, a lot of hours in the office and in the humid air but I am enjoying my time so far. Its good to see old faces and fun to meet to the new ones!

First Saturday off in forever. Slept in alleluia. Dag holes for plants in the morning. Read 100 plus pages to finish Cinderella man. I really enjoys that last section. Man I love boxing and I love joe louis. Then went to play tennis with mama papa an skunk. Won the match 6-3, 6-4. The second set we were down 3-0 and won 4 strait. We would have won the fith strait as well but in duece skunk hit it out but it hit the score cards and bounced back in. Since it is attaché to the court it technically counts and they won two points to win the game. But I won my serve and gallantly defended against papa's massive serve to win the set and match.

Then we went I heb plus an got parties and brawlrths and glory road on blue ray. Cinderella man comes out on blue ray in 3 weeks so we are gonna wait on that. I had some problems setting up the ps3 into high def an when all hope was fading carlos fixed some settings and it worked. We watche the movie and it was very fast pace. Kinda scrible over the characters; no character development. Apparently they scribbled over a lot of facts of the true story but at the end I really liked it and man I can see myself coaching after that one. Lately I have been thinking of that dramatic comeback I made coaching after coach long got liked out and how much fun I had leading the team as a coach on the side lines. I can see myself doing it. Anyhow it was very cool and I want to buy that book and read it during the summer.

Saturday the 16th sucked. And let me tell you why. I got up late and tired. I ate with Ed and made some sandwithces. At 12:50 I try to leave and the bmer wasn't working. The engine wouldn't even attempt to start. So I had to wait for carlos to come get me. I had to do the prize wheel with katylin. Its liek this spin wheel. YOu pay $1 and get to spin with a guaranteed prize, and most of these prizes are pretty good, which is insentive for people to come over and over again. It took a lot of preperation. Almost all of the day. Then there was fear of rain. Then we opened the gates at 5:20 with 2000 people oustise ready for the camo replica jersies and then there was us, on the prize wheel. Then they pulled out the tarp beforethe game and people were all ready waiting 45 minutes to play the wheel. So many people! Then tv wind was blowing insanely strongand everything was falling over of flying away. So we got moved to a corner where there was no wind. But people kept comming and comming because there was rain and no one knew when the game would start. Well they didnt and I was getting really dehidrated hungry tired and dizzy. But we kept going. Finally at 9:40 we are told that they will call the game and shortly after they said it on the PA and then we soon closed. We ran out of so many things and had to restok on so many things. Most nights we make between $150-250 dollars. $300+ is a really good night and those only come on Fridays or Saturday. The record is just over $500. Well, we made $704. No joke. We blew everything out of the water. We made so much! Cause there was nothin to do! But I was beat and had to wait for my mom to pick me up.

QUOTE of the WEEK:
Quote of skunk on 051709:
"I told you already, I am going to bench 480lbs. I already bench 115lbs and I'm 13. When I turn 15 I will be benching 180...with my eyes closed and making pethitos...with a closed grip...and one handed! Take that!!!" ...yeah, right....

End of school maham

Well Fokes....I was so busy these past 2 weeks that I didnt even have time to stop by and say hi! It was terrible! Work coming out of my nostrils and all other bodily openings! Its wasnt even funny! But alo, I am here now. And so we begin

School was nuts. My Movement Science 110 final was pretty good. Hard, but I got a B. Overall in the class I got a B. Thats great at Michigan. I studied a lot for my econ101 final. Of course I should have studied more, but I picked up some extra shifts on friday and saterday...I wont tell you how much I worked those days, but I will tell you that they were a lot. So of course when those days were gone, I killed my butt studying for econ101 all sunday, monday and tuesday. I worked and worked, and it seemed I was getting the concept down...and I really was, really, but then that blasted last exam came around tuesday night and the rest was history. It was so hard. I didnt know what was going on. It was definitely harder than the last exams covering the same material. There were 33 questions. 10 were true/false, and the rest were multiple choice. I had to guess on 6 of them, completely guess b/c I didnt know what the heck was going on. They would show you a graph of the marginal cost tell you the average total cost was at minimum, and expect you to advise the monopoly whether they should increase or decrease output, increase or decrease price, and that was if you said stay open in the first place! Baaa! So essentially I guessed 6/23, thats like freakin 25%! It was terrible! I wanted to kill someone! But I was too tired and brain dead to do so! I turned in my exam to my GSI and told her it was butt hard. She said it was surprisingly hard for her too...which tells you something....

After the exam that tuesday night I went strait to the St Mary end of year dance thingy. It rocked as usual. I went to the Christmas one and had a blast, and this one was swell as well (thats a rimmer!). At first I was so frustrated about the exam, so my friend Devon took me up stairs and we wrestled to get the frustration out. I beat him real fast, but it did a great job of getting that frustration out. I was going crazy in the dance again. My dancing skills have improved leaps and bounce since last year, no joke, really, like I can actually dance kinda now. You have to believe me (Arce and Casey). I have been working diligently to get some some, natural moves down, and I am at the level were I can just hit the floor and not worry about how undanceful I am any more. Good stuff

Weds they had a barbecue at my dorm, and when they do something like that at Bursley on North Campus, its a big deal, cause we have over 1000 students living there. So in stead of getting there when everyone else would, I went to lift and came back at the end, and there was still a huge line. But I played some football and stuff...you just had to stay out there cause the weather was so good! Finally Michigan turned sunny! Finally Ann Arbor came to its amazing spring self! I mean, sure the leaves were not out yet, but hey, the temperature was a perfect 72 degrees, with the sun out not too bright, with a smooth breeze, and I could go on and on, cause it was perfect. So I spent a little too much time with my friends, but it was worth it.

(Me and Marc, my buddy from Cameroon that lived right next to my room)

So I did finish classes and my last final on tuesday, the 15th of April. But I had 2 papers due at noon on friday. I also had to pack all my storage boxes and my boxes shipping back home for the 3-5 pick up on friday. So I was flying, trying to get through this paper as fast and as good as I could. I had the great idea of playing tennis with on of my buds there, Eugene, and we played out in the sun from 11:30 to 2pm. I lost the first set 6-2, it was pathetic. But I lead in the second match starting 2-0. We tied 2-2, then I lead 4-2, then we tied 6-6. We fought back and forth and then I finally lost 9-7. It was crap. SO close! It was my first game in ages. But the sun killed me as I always does, and Im not just talking about the sun burn. I got a massive head ache. It was terrible. I wanted to do nothing but sit around the rest of the day. But I had to work. And then I had to write my papers. I ended up taking an hour and 1/2 nap b/c everything felt so weak. Then I wrote some more and more until I finished at 2:30 am. Then Eugine came back to taunt me cause he beat me and b/c I looked so tired and weak and he only needs 3 hrs of nap time a day. And with that I began to clean! And Pack! and Clean! And then I died at 5:30. I got up at 7, packed a little more, then took a 1/2 hr nap, packed packed packed, and then I left at 10:30 to go to my meeting. I dropped of my 2 papers and went to my meeting at cottage inn with the St Mary NCSA (Newman Church Student Association). Then I went back, packed like a freak, cleaned and was done by 3:45, just like I needed to. I had 3 boxes for shipping, 2 of storage, 1 plastic container of storage, and a cleaned refrigerator for storage. I had way too much crap with me. After that, I went to drop off some stuff, picked up my suitcases from a friends house, and went to the Briarwood mall with Annika before she leaves forever back in Germany. I was lucky enough to borrow a friend of mine's car. Matt is awesome- just for the record. He wants to start his own gaming developing firm, so all you should buy the games he makes, cause he is a great guy. I will remind you guys in the future, so dont worry about it too much now. So I did all my errands, got back and packed my bags, or tried to squeeze everything that was left in those bags, and then died again. I was kinda sick cause of the sun/lack of sleep, so that night was not pleasant. But considering it was more than the last few days combined, it was nice. I was sleeping on a bare matrice cause everything was already shipped. I stole Pete's blanket, my roommate (no, pete is my roommate, not the blanket silly!) and that helped a little. I did wake up a few time drenched in sweat. I was sleeping in the same clothes I wore all day cause thats all I had. I got up that morning, tried to figure out what to do to sign out, and finally left with Miriam Torrez, my awesome Godmother who took me to the airport. This was the first time American Airlines has ever been good to me. I actually got to Corpus on Time and with all my luggage! A miracle indeed!

W3ll, being back in the hot, humid Coprus was strange, but kinda nice. My dad and two younger bros, Christopher (AKA Skunk...dont ask) and Michael (Aka Sumo/Mega Wario) were jumping up and down to greet me. Michael even had a shirt that said "MR. HAPPY" and had a smiley face on it, haha. We went back home to see my mom and Carlos (AKA HotDog), oh, and the dog (Pepper, the only other female in the house). My dad finally decided to complete his Texaness and bough a grill. He loves grilled food, he just doesnt like the smell afterwards on his clothes and hair (Weak Sauce!), but he finally got one. So we grilled and ate outside by the pool and fountain and chatted the night away. Then of course we watched basketball together. Thats kinda my imprint on the family. I love to watch NBA, especially the playoffs, and since the playoffs began this saterday, we watched some of the first few games to come. Those darn spurs! GRRRR! I give Tim Duncan credit, but looser Manu Ginobli had to make the game winner to lead the Spurs over the Suns by 2 points in double overtime. And then the rockets just flopped. It was ugli. We will see what happens in the future.

Ok guys, I think I have spoken long enough. I had a lot to fill you in. Upcoming is my first week in Texas, including my new job with the Corpus Christi Hooks, so we will see how that goes. Also, more playoff action ahead, and who knows what else! Adios! -DP