Celebrity Sightings

I am still up as I just finished my finance mid-term and emailed it to the professor. This is going to be a more serious post but before I delve into it, I am going to hit on a few random things that happened or I found out today. I was talking to the concierge of my building this afternoon and through the natural progression of conversation I found out that a guy who lives in my building is somewhat of a celebrity in small circles that I happen to know. On a bigger celebrity note, Mel Gibson partied in my building last weekend. Apparently he stuck to Red Bull, as he doesn't drink anymore. I have to get in good with the guy whose party he was at. Apparently, he is an older guy out of Houston who has turned his place into nothing but a high-end private night club. That could be cool. Oh yeah, we won our Wednesday night softball game tonight by ten or so runs. I promised Chase I would tell everyone that I went down looking if I could tell everyone that he friggin peed while playing in the field right beside me. I look over and he is holding his shorts and peeing down his leg making sure not to get any on his shorts or on his leg. How funny is that?

On a more serious note, I have done alot of reflection this week on myself and how I react and treat people around me. The summer I had coupled with three hour seminar classes leads to a large amount of introspection. I have always been kind of a middle of the road guy. Someone who rides the fence with most things and tries to always have his cake and eat it too. Its always been pretty effective for me, or so I've thought till now. Since I was a kid, I had the golden rule preached to me. I tried to live by it, only problem was I didnt live by it completely. When it came to matters of relationships, I always came before anyone else. Its funny, I would go out of my way to accomodate a stranger, but I came before a family member or a special someone. This has consistentely resulted in me hurting those who meant the most to me. Unfortunately, I never recognized it. Because of a stupid ego and pride, I refused to show them and tell them how I felt. I made them feel as if they were unimportant at times and became almost indifferent or ambivalent toward their feelings even when they were doing their best to love me. What can I say, Karma is a bitch. They would refuse to quit and I would continue to do my best to drive them away, thank God my folks werent allowed to give up. So sitting in class last night, I made the decision that from here on out I will wear my feeling and emotions on my sleeve and let those important people know how I feel. If thats not "cool" enough, I think we're looking at the wrong definition of "cool". Its going to be quite a change for me, but I think it will be much more rewarding at the end of the day.

I know I know.....I promise no more soap boxes for a while.