"Get a job"

That has been prioirty #1 this break - try to find a job. So far, I have worked on a Cover Letter, e-mailed a couple of people looking for contacts, e-mailed a couple of people looking for jobs and spent a lot of time looking around on the internet. I feel like this is a good exercise, because the more opportunities I explore the more offers I may get down the road. Plus, I will feel much less nervous next week at the company visit to Chicago if I have some other ideas in mind. I can imagine myself getting very nervous in a job interview type of setting, which sucks because I can easily give presentations in front of one hundred people if I need to without getting nervous.

I'm also reading the book "Good to Great" because I find it interesting, and I need to read some business books so that I can answer that interview question intelligently if it comes up. The question being: "What books have you read recently." To which my answer will be "Good to Great" and "Business as a Calling." If it's three, I would also include "Letters to a Young Conservative," which is not good, because it just might give away my political preferences.

"I'd rather run the other way than stay and see"

The Rosenberg Adventures: Night Out

This evening Rogers and I were treated to dinner and a movie (Chili's & Rumor Has It) by Dr. and Mrs. L. Rosenberg. The time was well-spent minus one awkward conversation that dealt with my Mother openly disagreeing with my Father about what exactly the LoveBerg's wedding gift would be:

Option 1 (Larry): "We would like to pay for your Plane, Hotel, and Car Rental on your honeymoon within the continental United States."

Option 2 (Becky): "That's not what we said. We said a lump sum that they can waste on an expensive honeymoon or use to get started."

And so debate ensued. Back and forth went the discussion, while Rogers observed feeling awkward and Andrew said things like, "Well, Mom, I understand that you want to give us like $10,000, which is much more than Dad's offer of simply paying for our honeymoon."

Anyway, that was odd. Apparently, my Mom is not only Non-generous, but she also disdains generosity from my Father when it comes to gift-giving.

"You stare politely right on through"

Movies I've watched since last Thursday evening (Dec. 23) (not necessarily in the correct order): Fun with Dick & Jane, Munich, Calendar Girl, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Story of Us, 21 Grams, Ringer. In short, it's been a slightly underproductive week...but a good week. Holiday week.

On the subject of tears -
Would you think of me to be a sensitive or emotional guy? Maybe. Whatever the verdict says, I would describe myself as emotional.

• Things that make me cry are when I have let someone down or someone I hold in high regard has let me down.
• When I realize that something good will never be back again or experienced again. For instance, I cried a lot when I realized that Lisa would never see her high-school dog, Zoe, again. I had no real attachment to Zoe, but I felt awful for Lisa. Another example of this was when I gave up basketball - gave up being not playing in college.
• Finally, some movies can make me cry. Most recently, I almost teared up in The Story of Us and Eternal Sunshine...almost. It's a Wonderful Life may get to me, when I next watch that.

Now that I've killed 30 minutes reading (Jason's Page, Phil's Blog) and writing (this thing doesn't write itself), it's time to do some work.

Today I will: 1. Develop a Reference Page 2. Create a Network Spreadsheet 3. Create a Cover Letter 4. Go to Chili's with Mom & Pop Rosenberg and Rogers 5. Maybe see another movie.

And so we end where we began, as most good things do.

"I will remember you"

Today has been semi-productive. I guess for a Break-Day, that means Very Productive. One week from now I will be in Chicago for a "Mutual Assessment" with a Consulting firm. That should be interesting and exciting.

The day was spent: watching 21 Grams til 3:00 a.m., sleeping til 11:00 a.m., working out, eating lunch, hanging with rogers, working, networking / looking for job opportunities.

Tonight could consist of me taking some Christmas presents back to their place of origin in exchange for something that fits better, going to see Munich (anyone?), hanging out at the Lounge.

How exciting is that?

"And so I'm offering this simple phrase"

Today was Rosenberg family game day. One game of Scrabble and two games of Careers were played. The only Rosenberg not to win was Julie, who is actually a Spires now, so it was only appropriate.

Tonight was hang out with Rogers and Sharp time, which was very fun. We watched some Arrested Development - a very good show that Lisa's mom got for me on DVD. Anyway, Sharp was flirted with by at least 3 guys out of 4 at Starbucks through the Drivethru! Imagine if we had gone into the joint?! So tomorrow, I hope to start working again. I can't just live it up all break.

"Tiny babe of Bethlehem"

This is my Baby niece Noel! She is pretty wonderful.

This is me reading to Noel today.

This is one side of the Christmas tree and proof that I wasn't lying about the presents.

This is the other side. It took a good 4 hours to open as we do "Turn-Based Opening."

This is me and Lisa on our last single Christmas and less than 6 months until the Big Day.

Merry Christmas, everyone. You're loved.

I leave you with this:

Lisa: (After I make some sort of joke or comment) "Yeah, those Russians!"

Andrew: What?

Lisa: "When in doubt make a joke about the Communists, that's what I say."

"This is Santa's big scene"

Taken from the song Silver Bells sung during our 11:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service, the line "this is Santa's big scene" echoed through the church, to which Lisa and I looked at eachother inquistively and confused. I guess I never knew anything about Silver Bells besides the chorus. Same thing with most of the songs I'm familiar with, I suppose.

Tomorrow will be the biggest unwrapping of gifts in Rosenberg family history. Which is saying a lot, because I was raised in a family where the family leader has always gone way overboard when it comes to the opening of gifts. In short, we always have a huge pile. Tomorrow that pile will be significantly bigger than ever before. It will be the Perfect Storm of gift-giving. The additions of Chris, Lisa, and Noel in recent years are certainly contributing to this storm. Early predictions show Noel leading the pack with roughly 40 presents to open. That sounds like an exaggeration and probably is, but if you saw the pile, you might understand. Let's hope the little tike gets a nap before she arrives. I guess it all comes down to one thing, according to Becky Surrogate-Mother-to-Phil Rosenberg, "Your father just has an overwhelming sense that he needs to give all the time." Of course that was said in a typical BR negative tone, which was odd, because really it was a complement.

So anyway, that's the news from Lake Wobegon...well actually it isn't. It's Christmas everyone. My favorite day of the year for all of the reasons that Phil doesn't celebrate anymore www.philllip.blogspot.com I love the traditions, the family, the gifts. And it doesn't hurt that it's Jesus' birth, which is quite amazing. Imagine Angels appearing hovering in air. I think I take that for granted when I read the story (or here it from Charlie Brown's Christmas). Did the Angels hover or did they just appear next to the Shepherds? I've always pictured them hovering. That, my friends, would be a scary sight. Imagine God being born and placed in a craphole. Imagine the feeling that his parents had when shepherds, stars, wisemen, and angels heralded this Baby's existence. I wonder how the animals reacted. Goodnight. Merry Christmas!

"It's that time of year"

Happy Festivus everyone. Although it is now Christmas Eve rather than Festivus. Today lived up to all expectations. Nothing scheduled except when to pick up the Stuffed Crust Pizza for dinner (25 minutes). Since my last update, I've watched 3 movies and two episodes of Lost. Which seems like a bunch of television, but I was wrapping presents and/or eating during one of the movies and both episodes of Lost. So then it's not so bad. The movies were Ringers (Johnny Knoxville pretending to be "special"), Calendar Girl (three teenagers out to score a date with Marilyn Monroe), and The Story of Us (Michelle Pfeiffer and Bruce Willis explore the history of their relationship and whether or not they should finally give up...it almost made me tear up).

This is it for movies at least - Berg's Favorite Movies of 2005 -
Preface: Berg would by no means argue that these are the "best" movies of the year, but these are simply the ones that he enjoyed the most.

5. Sin City - The over-the-top violence, the super-hot dames, the all-star cast, the noir. Really this was a freakin good movie. A heck of a lot of fun to watch.
4. House of Wax - I'll stick with the tried and true equation: Paris Hilton + Elisha Cuthbert x Horror = Best Movie Ever (or at least 4th favorite for the year). Really though, it's movies like this that make me have to include the Preface up there. Also the movie that I've seen the most of any movie for a long time: 4 so far.
3. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Listen, at worst it's the 4th best Star Wars movie ever and at best it's a close 2nd best Star Wars movie ever. That means it's a damn good movie.
2. Cinderella Man - it's easy to love boxing movies, and I loved this one...not just because I saw it on a pseudo-date with Eileen either.
1. A History of Violence - just a kick-a movie. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone agreed with me on this one, which is cool since he saw 451 movies this year and I only saw 37 new ones. Sorry Jason whom I forgot to call to go see it with me and Ricky. You really missed out on this one.

Runners Up were: Batman Begins, The Jacket, The Chronicles of Narnia, and maybe even The Weatherman starring Nic Cage, which I really enjoyed quite a bit.

Worst movie of the year: Man of the House starring Tommy Lee Jones (although I did fall asleep during it). Plus, I try to stay away from terrible movies most of the time, so this probably wasn't half as bad as some other crapfests.

So instead of droning on about movies all night, I'm going to go kiss my fiance goodnight and head home to La Casa de Rosenberg, the home that I was raised in for one last pre-true-adulthood Christmas at home. True adulthood setting in when I'm a married and employed college grad, amazingly 6 months from today!

"It's hard to leave all these moments behind"

Tonight was the annual Yuletide Celebration in Indianapolis - something my family has attended almost every year for as long as I can remember. Lis & I went to hang out with Noel for the afternoon, which was certainly a treat. Perhaps I'll post a picture of the little one.

Well my favorite holiday is fast approaching. This year has perhaps been the least ready for Christmas that I have felt. Ready being primarily mental as in, "It doesn't feel like Christmas." Which is unfortunate, because I certainly like the feelings that go along with Christmas.

Tomorrow should be a rather relaxing day. Perhaps one of the first since break started where I have nothing on my agenda. That should be great. Unagendized days are ideal in Berg's World. And I'm in the middle of Berg's World, so this is an ideal day. It shall begin now with my kissing my fiance goodnight and heading to the Megaplex, okay Applewood 8, where I shall watch what is likely to be a bad movie in good company.

I've been thinking about my Top Lists and I'm ready with the first one.

Top 3 Favorite Christmas Songs
Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Merry Christmas Eve - Better Than Ezra
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Traditional

"I'm not only back, I'm not only numb"

Three days later. Three at time emotive at times enjoyable at times just downright confusing days later. Good days. Bad moments. There's no use in describing the bad and emotive times here, but to describe it in one word, I would say, "Miscommunication."

Anyhow, the good parts are always better to write about. Unfortunately my internet isn't working so I've got to make this quick and could be cut off. Some fun items were:

The Cincinnati Zoo. I now know how to spell Cincinnati, something that has haunted me for nearly a year. Is it nn or tt? I could never remember until now. That's not the point though. The Zoo was great. It was a cold winter day with brilliantly bright Christmas lights, good friends, and a gentle snowfall that could be described as nothing less than a perfect snowfall. One of those snows from the movies.

Brian's parents are super-nice. His Mom made a bunch of cookies for us. Unfortunately for Brian they all had nuts in them and he hates nuts in the cookies. My only theory is that is one of her small ways at getting back at him for moving so far away to Alaska, which is something my mom would do. Or maybe they're just her best cookies and she only makes the best for us!

Well, I actually have to split right in the middle of this. Stay tuned for the Top Lists of the Year....coming soon (and the rest of this post). Merry Christmas!

"Oh, yeah!"

It doesn't feel like Christmas Break. It doesn't really feel like Christmas. Tomorrow Berg leave's for Cincinnati with friends to visit Brian B-Nasty. It should be an enjoyable time. I am looking forward to it.

Rogers just rubbed my head for awhile, while I laid in her lap. We were kind of talking. But then I started falling asleep. When she said the next thing...something about me not having any dandruff. I responded with something like, "Now she sees that you don't have any on both sides." That wasn't exactly it, but it basically had nothing to do with what Lisa said, but instead fit into whatever Lucid dream I was entering. Lucid being my term (maybe accurate, maybe not) for the dream state that one enters before falling asleep. Anyway, it was weird to realize taht I just said something that didn't make any sense. Have a happy two days if I don't get a chance to update. I'll be back on Tuesday. This is Saturday.

"We've got heads on sticks"

The next line out of Kid A is...oops there it is....the title of this post. It was Friday. A good day. Fun with friends...pretty typical these days. Out to Garfields - back to watch a movie - the 40 Year Old Virgin. A funny flick. Then to Wal-Mart for a couple of hours of shopping. I purchased The Shining and a DVD shelf that I needed. Both with a gift certificate.

Today Lisa and I worked out for the first time in awhile. I'm always going to start working out. Today I actually did.

I also made a Christmas List for my Dad today. That was fun. I guess the day seemed more productive than it actually was.

"Ladies is pimps too"

The first full day of break was spent sleeping, lunching with Grandma, working, hanging out with Rogers, hanging out with friends, playing Halo. Of course, that was a good day.

Tomorrow should be like a semi-typical Friday minus the 8:30 wake-up-alarm and classes. Friends are driving home. Drive safely, friends. Other friends are staying. It's going to be a good time, other friends!

Merry Christmas.

"I'm more than a nitwit"

Another semester has come to a close...a good semester. Tonight was Dinner - Christmas Party - King Kong night. While King Kong was a very good movie, I would recommend Narnia more. King Kong is visually stunning. Narnia's just a better story. King Kong is action-packed, though. Some really cool stuff.

Anyway, rather than bore the world, I shall soon go to sleep for more than 4, 5, 0r 6 hours for the first time in awhile. Last night was 4 hour night, and I don't really know how I stayed awake all day. Probably because it was the last day of the semester. I guess I was just that excited.

"Well the kids are just happy cause their out of school"

In 7 hours, I should be finished with my last final of the semester. I will then head to a business brunch and be completely finished. This is a good thing. Unfortunately, I still need to study for that last final, although I only need roughly a 45% to get a CR in the class as opposed to a NC. I think it will be okay.

It's been a fun week. I've begun to make some new friends, as I've mentioned, for probably the first time in a couple of years, which is both fun and strange. Fun because they're fun people. Strange because, I don't know if there's actually time to develop the friendships to a point where they will be lasting. Although a bunch of us are going to Mexico on Spring Break, which should be a blast. Fun because we do things I love doing like hang out, play halo and watch Saved By the Bell. Strange because it's wierd to hang out with new people. Fun because we laugh a lot. Strange because I wonder if and when I develop new friendships in my future life, it will be the same good feeling.

Anyway, the next week should be superb. It will include things like, finally hanging out Lisa Ann for a few consecutive days. Heading to Cincinatti for a couple of days to visit B-Nasty. Not doing homework.

Goodnight. Goodluck. Merry Christmas. How Wonderful Life is On Christmas.

"Everything else will be over-rated"

Wow. The past week has quite possibly been one of the most laughter-filled school weeks I've ever had. Today was another excellent day. My final went well.
Taking a page out of Phil's book, perhaps a bulleted list would be most appropriate.

• After final nap. As Josh says, "One of the best naps of the year." I guess that means its right up there with post-Thanksgiving dinner. It was only one hour, but it was good.
• Lunch with Webber. A good lunchtime as I gave her "bad relationship advice."
• Head to Rogers to hang out and hear from a Consultant in Chicago. Hanging out, very fun. Hearing from Consultant in Chicago, very good.
• A side note: On January 5th, I will visit said Consultant. Should be very interesting.
• Dinner with Rogs @ Hacienda. Need I say more? Thanks for treating, babe!
• More hang out with Rogs, then off to see Mr. B-Nasty Roberson who is home from Alaska Pacific University for break.
• Off to Humbleman's Holiday - very freaking good time. The White River Boyz absolutely rocked. When Micah played a solo on Jeff's shoulders it was quite possibly the "#$%&ingest awesome thing I'd ever seen. And I don't say that," I added. To which Micah replied, "Don't tell your parents." Also Dancing Santa did make a great debut at least to the 8 of us who were already familiar with DS and laughed really really hard.
• Anyway, that was great.
• Then to Pizza King, where we spent the next 1.5 hours or so. More fun. Thanks for treating again, Babe.

Tomorrow there is work to be done, but also time for fun.

"Everybody must get stoned"

Well last night's studying adventure was interesting. I studied pretty good until about 2:00 a.m. at which time I decided to take a nap on Lisa's couch. I finally woke up and just gave up on studying all together at like 2:25. I come home and for perhaps the second time ever I park in the back, behind the house. While walking to my room I see the TV on and think very little about it, until I see Zach Morris on the screen. Oddly enough my SBTB friends were in the Lounge watching SBTB (of course) by themselves. Apparently Josh had let them in at like 12:00 a.m. I was real tired so after about 20 minutes of the show, I went to bed and they finished the episode and soon left. Anyway, it was a very nice welcoming into my own house to see my friends waiting for me. So I not only missed out on some good Hot Tub Action, but also some Good SBTB action. Stupid test. Man if this isn't the longest paragraph ever...

Back to studying. I've got about 1.5 hours left. That's about 5 minutes per page that I have.

• Baby Noel at the Marketplace = Good opportunity to show her off.
• Chronicles of Narnia = Good
• Hershey Sundae Pie = Fantastic
• Jared Brenneman falling off or our porch into the cold snow only to be suddenly hit with an asthma attack like reaction = Really, really funny

They say, "Defense wins championships." I say, "Man, studying sucks."

"The answer is blowin in the wind"

I just received a call from Wilbe, Jason, Shannon, & Eileen in that order. All in about a 30 second time span. I looked at my phone and decided not to answer. Although I am appreciative that they are interested in talking to me, I cannot be tempted by whatever off they bring to the table. Instead, I must do homework. For 31.5 hours for now is my one important final. In that timespan, I will also spend roughly 12 hours sleeping, 3 hours at church and lunch, 3 hours watching the Chronicles of Narnia. Suddenly, I'm down to 13 hours of possible studying.

I guess I could have answered it. Oh well, they could have left a message too. The cellular telephone is a very valuable communication tool. However, I try to not give it priority over other people, conversations, or events (depending on the circumstances). Tonight I just didn't feel like answering. Wish me luck on my studying. I wish you luck on your fun time.

They say, "These are the best days of your life." I say, "Are you kidding me? I've never even had sex. There are better days ahead."

"Colors seem to fade"

Tonight was a different night for a Friday night--a good night.

What began as a typical night out took a sudden nasty turn when what I would refer to as a "Lover's Quarrel" sent Rogers packing to get away and do some homework. She was missed.

Ricker & Deardorff joined the smaller, but usual Parlaiment, Sharp & I for Applebees. After which, we hung out and played video games, insert Jon Ross. Then Cheap Thrills takes place. A super-funny skit about ESCIFE a parody of SIFE was in there. The fact that we are apparently Parodiable was flattering. We are a pretty easy target though. Nevertheless, they did a great job.

After Cheap Thrills, which was fun because Shannon & I laughed a lot--unfortunately not necessarily at the Skits, a group of folks (Natalie Webs, Bex Firestone, & Kim Coon) came over to hang out and watch some Saved By The Bell. Insert Dan Straley and Nate Deardorff jumping into snow in only shorts/boxers. It was crazy. Goodbye Shannon. Hello Jared Breneman. Meanwhile about 15 more people came over to Hookah.

Hung out and talked about relationships--good talk. Then to Rickers, Deluxe, back to Lounge for 5 Episode mini-marathon of SbtB. As I said, a good night. Different people, different activities, fun times.

They say, "The grass is always greener on the other side." I say, "My wallet is always greener on the other side of work."

"Baby, it's cold outside"

The end of my last first semester is drawing near. One paper to edit and turn in. One important test to study for. One not so important test to study for. Three movies to see in theatres. One SIFE party to attend. One White River Boyz concert to attend. One Lounge Christmas party to attend. One girlfriend to kiss.

It's snowing outside. A lot. Doppler did not let us down. It's multi-inch snow, supposed to be about 8. "Freakin crazy," is what I would say if I were speaking rather than writing.

I'm really enjoying life right now. I'm making new friends and getting to be better friends with other old friends. I haven't made a lot of new friends in school. I think this year, I really am getting to know some people that I am starting to consider to be friends. And guess what? That's right! They're in SIFE! You knew it was coming.

Others make friends through music...that's right you know who and what other blog posts of the past I'm referring to. I make friends through business. It's only appropriate.

"The best things in life are free," they say.
Andy says, "A Hacienda chicken and cheese quesadilla is $3.50!"

"I've been here all day and it's time"

Today was a wonderful evening filled with fun activities with mostly new and a couple old friends...business friends...SIFE friends. From our Mexican themed fiesta, to our trip to Taco Bell, to playing some Halo, then another trip to Taco Bell before playing Pit, and ending up with some Saved By the Bell that ended just a bit ago at about 2:20ish.

What an evening of fun. And it looks like we might do it again next week after our SIFE Christmas Bash!

In other SIFE news, a group of us are going to the Mayor's office tomorrow to learn about the cities Economic Development plan, which should be very interesting. But first, things first: I've got one more chapel to attend, and fortunately, it's All-Club Chapel!

"You'll be surprised, as your solitude subsides"

Last night, Philip walked in and out of my room during the 1:00 AM hour while I took a nap fully clothed with my hooded sweatshirt pulled tight around my face. The nap lasted until 5:38 AM, when I woke up from a nightmare where we (we being me and friends) had murdered someone and then I couldn't buy a new Nintendo. It was a wierd dream. After waking and realizing I hadn't missed class, but I also hadn't finished studying I went into my loft for another couple hours of sleep. Now tonight:

Scenario #1:
11:10 - Update Blog, Return to Studying, at 2:00 start working on paper, at 3:00AM go to sleep.

Scenario #2
11:10 - Update Blog, Return to Studying, at 12:15 start working on paper, fall asleep

Scenario #3
11:10 - Update Blog, Return to studying, fall asleep while studying at 11:40.

I'll let you know what happens. In theory, I could be up all night trying to learn this crap, as it is my last serious bit of homework until Finals week.

CDs to Listen to While Studying _ Rilo Kiley _ New Pornographers _ Gin Blossoms _ (then one more) _ then sleep.

Love, Berg

"Does everyone have a different take?"

Rogers has arrived back safely from Cruising, not much tanner, but with a few more freckles that could pass as tan.

Here's a few of her pictures!
That is Shannon and Lisa and Cruise Boat (in background)!

So I finished 98% of my business plan, which is good, because it means that the week, might not be as bad as I thought. Test Wednesday and book report due Wednesday. Other than that two finals and I'm home free. The end is rapidly approaching, which is good in one sense, but in the other, I've ony got one semester left.

"I still hold your hands in mine, in mine when I'm asleep"

While Rogers' plane touched down at 9:08, she has not arrived home yet at 1:30. So I guess its a good thing that a whole group of us didn't go to pick them up, because others may not have been up for the 4.5 hour journey home from Indianapolis to Anderson.

The roads are icy, the weather is bad. We are under a winter storm advisory. I guess that would be better worded "The residents of Madison County have been advised, 'there's a winter storm.'" But that might not be accurate because not everyone may have been advised. Anyway, I'm glad she will be home safely any a few minutes.

And I'm also glad to have 92% of my business plan done. It's now just a matter of editing, printing, and organizing.

"You're wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully precious"

Today was a different sort of Friday. Since the usual Friday night out folks were gone and/or busy some of us that were around had a super good meal at Burger King, including (ricky will be jealous) Hershey Sundae Pies. I spend $8.64 in one meal at Burger King. Not necessarily a good use of money, but you get the point that I ate as well as you can with fast food.

Next, we came back to the Lounge and many students went to Candles & Carols, the event of the season, that I have never wanted to attend. So instead I took a really really good nap. About 2 hours. I was out solid. It was great. This was after finishing Jackie Brown, which I bought from Clodfelder for $6 and tonight discovered that he bought it for $6.

After nap, I hung out with good people and smoked hookah. I think I might try to read a book tonight. Business as a Calling. We'll see if that works out.

I'm really looking forward to seeing LaRogers tomorrow. She's been gone all week. If she had to be gone for a week, I can't imagine a better week, as I had no time to do anything other than schoolwork until tonight. So in that way, it was good that I didn't have the option of hanging with her (not that we see eachother much anyway during the week). Anyway, I'm glad she's coming back after what was hopefully a happy cruise.

"It's touching that the monkey sits on my shoulder"

Today was unique because I had a very positive conversation with a consultant in the Chicago-land area. He was gracious enough to talk to me for about an hour, before telling me to touch base again next week with some more questions. Additionally, he invited me up to visit his company in Chicago to meet him and his team and also to introduce me to some other people in his company. Very exciting. This could be a really great opportunity for me.

Additionally, I've now had two business schools e-mail me encouraging me to apply for scholarships or graduate assistantships for my MBA. Texas A&M and University of Tampa.

Things are actually starting to happen. It's a good feeling. Another good feeling is not having to do homework for the next few hours. Instead I'll relax and then go to sleep. And I'm going to start that relaxing right now

"Let the judges frown"

I forgot my most important point of interest yesterday:

1) I have won lunch for me and 10 of my co-workers at Buffalo Wild Wings. So the Anderson Media Group is going to BWW next Friday for free. What fortune?!?

2) I received an e-mail from the University of Tampa asking me to consider applying for a Graduate Assistantship because of my GMAT score. That was honoring. I'm not too interested, but you never know. Tampa! At least its warm down there. I'm trying to reconcile my potential, interests, and life goals, I guess as I think about my future.

-----On to today-----

Today, I went to class at 10:00 a.m. and have since: been in class, ate lunch with Wiggles Schultz, worked for about 3 hours, ate dinner, done homework homework homework, watched the last 10 minutes of the Duke - Indiana game in the Student Lounge at the School o' Busyness, then went back to homework. Now I am going home after a 14 hour day. And then I'm going to work on a paper and presentation.

I think that the "Real World" the parents and other older folks warn us about will be easier than this. At least it looks easier on MTV.

Two Words that describe my events for the day: Behind Schedule
(I expected to be working on my paper by about 8:00 this evening)

Only a couple more quick days until Rogers hits A-Town again!

"Well I woke up this morning, a rainbow filled the sky"

It's been one of those days. You know the days when you work all day, but don't feel like you've accomplished near what you'd hoped you would.

A few points of interest.

1) I was almost late to chapel because Phil was in the shower, so I kept sleeping, then I got the last card. Luckily I made it.

2) At lunch, Josh & I stole another kids table, because his bag was on the floor and we figured if we sat down, he would come back pick up his bag and move. He moved before we'd even sat down. It worked like a charm, but I felt like a bully, kind of.

3) I had wierd pudding for lunch that had a snicker flavor and looked like crap, but it tasted really good.

In regards to yesterday's comment, in my opinion, Elisha Cuthbert is much hotter in both The Girl Next Door & 24 than she was in House of Wax. However, I still love that movie and her involvement with it, only makes it that much better. I've now seen it 4 times, and enjoyed every one of them.

To describe today in one word: Unrelenting

"To relive time in his mind"

The Colts rock right now. 11 - 0. This is it, what we've been waiting for. We being Indianians (or Hoosiers).

Top 5 Celebrity Crushes - Based mostly (if not exclusively) on Looks

5. Naomi Watts - maybe, who doesn't love an Aussie?
4. Kirsten Dunst - Cute in an attainable sort of way
3. Scarlett Johansson - another beauty, but also pretty hot
2. Elisha Cuthbert - smoking
1. Paris Hilton - that girl is freaking hot

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Top 5 Discs I've listened to recently

James Blunt - Back to Belam
New Pornographers - Twin Cinemas
Damien Rice - B Sides
Better Than Ezra - Before the Robots
Postal Service - District Sleeps Alone Single

"Remember us and all we used to be"

Top 5 Thanksgiving Break Moments

5. Seeing "Just Friends" with Ricker, Cousins & Gals until 4:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Night.
4. Hosting my cousins at the Lounge - Nerf Dart Hunting & Halo Playing (on severe handicap, which caused me to lose a lot)
3. Laughing with my family.
2. Hearing the song Indianapolis Indeed during a Beef 'n Boards Christmas and realizing that I really would love to stay in the Indianapolis area (we'll see how that works out).
1. Eating two Thanksgiving Dinners between the hours of 12:00 and 3:00 on Thanksgiving Day thanks to the Rogers & Rosenbergs!

Other Things I loved about Break:

• Not being productive
• Eating a ton of Lisa's Smore dessert
• Discovering a new wonderful artist (James Blunt) thanks to Target
• Being up for Black Friday shopping, because I was on the way home from a movie, but then sleeping instead
• Seeing family come and go throughout the week
• Playing the freaking fun game Settlers
• Surfing Facebook and friending a bunch of other Rosenbergs & Rosenbergers

Here's a Bad Feeling: Two weeks of school to go, but wishing there were more because I have so much work to do.

Another thing I just realized: 3 of my Top 10 (almost Top 5) best friends will be gone all week and on Friday.

"Every time you go away"

As quickly as they came, they went...Lisa included. While Rogers flew off to catch a boat and float around the Caribbean, the Martin clan headed home from Thanksgiving at the Rosenbergs. Only Grand-Ma&Pa Martin are left.

I really love the family. They really are great people.

Switching subjects - you decide the caption: Leave a comment with the caption for this great picture of Lisa Ann Rogers & Andrew Donald Rosenberg circa Spring 2002!

"It's that time of year"

Today represented 1 month until Christmas and 7 months until Lisa & I arrive at our honeymoon destination.

Man I have a killer headache. As long as I can remember or at least throughout most of highschool, I've always had problems with my neck. In high school I would constantly be popping it. Now it's not quite constant, but it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for me to be fidgety, trying to make my neck feel better. I used to go to chiropractors, but they never seemed to help much. Generally, I turn to tylenol, when my neck causes a headache, which is probably a few days each month. Recently I've been using one of those electronic neck massagers and it helps. Sleep also helps.

"The lights go down, and the clouds are building oustide"

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. I'm having a good ol' time in Anderson, Indiana with my family of 18! Today I ate a meal with Lisa's family at 12:30 and another meal with my family at 2:00. It was a day of feasting and thanks. A good day, that is still underway.

The evening shall consist of game-playing and maybe a Midnight movie with Ricker & cousins. We may also hunt eachother with our supercool nerf guns that we got at Meijers as Thanksgiving rang in last night.

"Feeling short of stable"

Happy Thanksgiving break everybody. I rang in the break by skipping my 3 hour night class and heading over to the Hacienda with my maternal grandparents. The next three weeks hold an absolute ton of work for me, yet I still think I should be able to relax and rest easily over this break.

Thursday I'll even get to open some early Christmas presents from extended family after giving Thanks in the afternoon at two houses. It shall be a superb week, I imagine.

"Let me tell you"

Tomorrow is the last day of school this week. Thus today, seemed like a Friday. Well that didn't really make sense, but today did seem like a Friday. I left work early to meet my mom's cousin who's visiting for the first time in a long time to both see the family and talk with me about my resume, portfolio, and the Consulting field - the field that I am currently most interested in entering after graduation. We had a very good and useful discussion.

Unfortunately, that meant I missed Club tonight, which I had wanted to attend. I'm really looking forward to seeing my extended family this week. Tonight was a good way to kickstart the week. Now it's time to finish up a bit of work and head back to the Lounge, where hopefully my wonderful roommates have re-established my internet, since I do not know much about those types of things.

*Title taken from the Acapella Spiritual "Ain't Got Time to Die" as sung by the Anderson University Chorale on their Anderson University Chorale & Chamber Orchestra album.

"With a little love and some tenderness"

Today was a Sunday, the Sabbath, I like to say, although I think technically the Sabbath was on a Saturday. I was semi-productive today. I did some homework and was a friend. I cleaned my drawers and watched a movie. I took a long nap and watched the Colts game.

It was a good day.

Tomorrow begins a week of family and fun. Unfortunately, we still have classes this week. My mom's cousin, who is a consultant with Deloitte (a huge consulting firm) is visiting. Hopefully, I will get some good advice. I know I will get some good food as the family is going out on account of his visit.

Tuesday the rest of the family will begin arriving in town. They will be here all week. Some, even until Sunday. I'm looking forward to it. We should have a lot of fun and food. I need a lot of fun, but not a lot of food.

If you are a Lounger and you are reading this, a couple of my cousins may spend the night here Thursday and Friday. Just wanted to let you know.

*title taken from a Hootie & the Blowfish song

Leave a band name in the comment box, and maybe my next update will be titled a lyric from that band!

"On and on from the moment I wake, to the moment I sleep"

A good Saturday. A rare day that I actually did some homework on a Saturday this year. Weekend homework has been few and far between this semester. Here are the people I saw today, that I know in chronological order (not including after Midnight from last night):

1. Lisa Rogers - hung out at her house and then went to Marion with her to pick up her wedding shoes
2. Tom Rogers - Lisa's dad whom I haven't seen a long time in Marion
3. Cassandra Rogers - Lisa's stepmom, Tom's wife. Our time in Marion was "sufficiently awkward" as Lisa put it.
4. Larry Rosenberg - my dad
5. Becky Rosenberg - my mom. I did some homework and ate lunch at my house today
6. Nate Deardorff - Good friend whom I don't see as much this year, even though he's in SIFE. I saw him for about 10 minutes today
7. Philip Patrie - a fellow Lounger and good friend, who may or may not be addicted to Hookah
8. Dan Straley - I saw him for about 45 seconds today
9. Shannon Sharp - Lisa's best friend and maid of honor. We hung out tonight going to Garfield's, Dairy Queen, & Starbucks...in fact we're still hanging out watching Kicking & Screaming at the Lounge
10. Eric & Brad Simcoe & Paul at Sam Goody
11. Delray Shaffer - my highschool science teacher. All around good guy.
12. Dottie Swartz - she was working at Starbucks
13. Jason Clodfelder - he came to Starbucks to pursue what would later become a failed attempt to go bowling with us
14. Eileen Mason - she came with Jason and we had fun chatting at Starbucks
15. Mason Hutcheson - he came to Starbucks too, seperately
16. Mason Hutcheson - he went to Family Video too when Shannon & I went to pick up a video there.
17. Sarah Snodgrass - She was also at Family Video, and although I don't know her personally we had Philosophy together I think
18. Wilbe King - He came to the Lounge and we had a good time chatting for a good couple of hours
19. Nate Parliament - He came to the Lounge too. It was a good talk.
20. Josh Campbell - Fellow lounger who graced us with his presence for a while inbetween homework.
21. Richard Lehman - I haven't seen him yet, but I think he'll come in the door before we finish watching Kicking & Screaming.

Well I think that's it. 2o unique persons that I know I saw on this Saturday. It was a good day. A very good day.

"Situation candlelight"

The Black & White Party was an overwhelming success. Dancing, relaxing, Pit-playing, and Hookahing made for a fabulous night.

The fog machine / strobelight / professional disco lights were amazing. It was a heckuva a good time, even though I can't dance. My signature move is the spin-in-circle & have fun move.

We also had like 30 people there, many of whom, I've never seen in the Lounge. Black&White Party = Good.

"Let it snow, let it snow"

My laptop has for some reason been operating sans internet the last couple of days. Since I don't know anything about computers I must rely on my roommates for all internet fixes. Normally, they are the ones who mess it up anyway, since I don't touch any of the cords or hubs (and they do), although perhaps my $200 Laptop malfunctioned.

If you are a Lounger and you are reading this, I have two points of interest. 1) I may have typed this very w o r d with your keyboard. 2) If you want to figure out how to connect my computer to the internet, you are more than welcome.

I had a marathon at the S.O.B today. I went to chapel at 10:00 and didn't finally leave until 10:30. Although I did eat two meals in the Marketplace.

I think that maybe now I'll watch a movie. I worked all day (including homework). Now I need some down time.

"I finished it off with some French wine and cheese"

Can you find the missing girl?

Two events of note occur each November 16.

1) My best male friend since elementary school, Ricky Lehman, celebrates a birthday. This year it's 22.

2) My best female friend, Lisa Ann, & I celebrate another year of dating. This year it's 7.

I don't think any day could be more celebrated when it comes to my best friends.

Additionally, 7 years is almost 33% of our lives. In another few months we will have been dating for 33% of our lives. When we reach 30 it will be half of our lives. Lisa Ann & I began our relationship in the Liberty Christian School lunchroom, seven years ago today. Here's to 70 more!

"All we can do is pray, pray for tomorrow"

Really, I shouldn't even write anything. Visit: www.philllip.blogspot.com for some entertainment. Read it twice. It's a twice-readworthy piece.

I hugged Philip, patted Josh's leg, and went over some last minute SIFE business with Andrea before leaving the Lounge for what could have been the last time as the storms approached this evening. Storms that caused the cancellation of my classes. Storms that caused Lisa & I to sit in an inner hallway in her house for at least 30 minutes. Storms that caused me to fall asleep while waiting, causing Lisa to wonder how I could sleep during such inclament weather.

Anyway, as you read on Philip's blog. You did visit it right? The storms were not really storms at all. They were rain, as far as Anderson was concerned. At least class was canceled! Lisa was supposed to have a test, too.

"People hanging with their good friends, listening to those old songs"

The Bad News

• My parents hit a deer tonight in the van, damaging the van and presumably the deer. However, it was slippery and rainy so they kept going and we're unable to check on the deer, which "flew up in the air" according to Mom.
• I've got a ton of work ahead in the next few weeks.

The Good News

• I got my Better Than Ezra photos back today thanks to Clod (see below).
• I found out that Better Than Ezra is playing in Indiana twice in the next month. Amazing.
• Marraige Counseling tomorrow.
• I started watching Lost with Rogers tonight. So far, so good.

The Best News

• Good Friend & Freedom Fighter Jon Ross is at large in A-Town.

This is me with Tom Drummond & Kevin Griffin of "a musical group with uncompromising vision." I feel kind of wierd that I put my arm around him, causing him to grimace. Look closely. The grimace is there. Notice the football that Jason caught thrown by Mr. Drummond himself.

This picture shows how close we were. KG on stage. Berg in audience. Both in picture.

"As it starts to rain again, fall away"

Today was a nice day. I spent a very good part of it with Rogers. I went to her house in the morning and just dropped her off a bit ago. We had a good old time. I did some more Christmas Shopping today.

I'm really tired. My lack of sleep is starting to catch up with me. Today I felt pretty warn down.

Tonight was a rare Rogers movie night. We watched Mean Girls and then Old School, which I unfortunately fell asleep during.

Well the update is short, because I'm sleepy and my brain isn't functioning all that well. Time to sleep it off.

"They sang a simple song"

It finally arrived. My first Better Than Ezra show since last June. Hands down, the best BTE show I've been to, not necessarily performance-wise, but personally-wise. To put it briefly, I walked away from the show with:

*A Football with a BTE design and signed by the band that they throw out during one of their songs, and Jason-just-promoted-to-best-man#3-Clodfelder snagged it out of the air and handed it to me.
*A setlist.
*An advertisement poster.
*A picture with two of the three band members.
*A guitar pick (all three of us actually got souvenier picks. I caught two and Jason pulled one that Kevin had dropped).

I literally got every type of souvenier available for free. I also bought a t-shirt and hooded jacket for a hefty sum of money. To me that kind of justifies me getting all that free stuff. I did spend roughly $115 on 3 tickets, 1 shirt, 1 jacket. The show was well worth it. And I get to do it all over again on Dec. 11 in Indy!

Only then I probably won't be with Jason & Parlaiment, who make the evening great! Hopefully, I can post some pictures tomorrow.

"Both of us never tiring"

The other night, I think I forgot to talk about my Christmas Shopping spree at Wal-Mart from 1:00a.m. to 2:30. I love Wal-Mart in the wee hours of the morning. It's kind of therapeutic to walk the aisles without a care, taking as much time as you want to look at whatever you want. Needing to buy things for people for Christmas is great too. In December even after Midnight the lines are long, so I may as well get an early start. That's right. If you get a Christmas present from me, it very well may have come from Wal-Mart.

Anyway, I've been burning the candle at both ends, which I guess means I'm going to burn out sooner than if I was only burning it at one end. I don't know what else that expression could mean. So tomorrow I'll be suited up for FSB Visit Day starting freshly at 8:00 a.m. Life with SIFE...

Tomorrow night: Better Than Ezra. I am prepared to have my @55 rocked off, which is what the automated voice tells you to do before they take the stage. Really, it's a pretty cool intro.

Now, I sleep for a few hours. God has blessed me with a killer immune system, because I feel fortunate not to get sick even though I don't take good care of myself. Goodnight. By tomorrow at this time, there will be two more Ezralites in the fold...hopefully.

"It's just one of those days"

Another busy day. Another productive day. Well, semi-productive. I didn't get nearly as much homework finished as I originally hoped, but that was because I was conversing with friends more than anything at the Old School of Business. I certainly think that is worthwhile.

Facebook's new Photo feature is pretty darn cool and so is the mystery present that I have for Lisa and I that she will get next week. A hint is, it is from a company that created items I had as a child.

I gave Dr. Rosenberg a tour of the School O'Business tonight, which he had never been in. I showed him my sister's name on the wall for Outstanding Management Graduate and the SIFE and Public Relations offices. It was pretty cool. This was after we had gone out for dinner at the new Jazz Bar downtown. Excellent food (mostly appetizers and sandwhiches) for reasonable prices.

Tonight was the 1-Year Anniversary of Halo 2's Release. Oh how much changes in a year. But we still played and had a good time.

Love - Your Friend - Berg

"It was good"

The scary man, is eyeballing me!

Handicap doors can be safety hazards!

home sweet home

"Held to the past too aware of the pending"

Payton Manning led the Colts to victory at New England for the first time tonight. Congrats Colts. The team is now 8 and 0. It's a good time to be a sports fan in Indianapolis. The Pacers have a great team. The Colts have the best team. Maybe we'll finally see some championships. Maybe.

I've gotten very good at avoiding homework to spend time with my friends. I'm glad for that. Friends are more important. I think I'm getting to be a little bit more of one of those last minute types. We'll see how that translates into grades. My worst class this semester gave us an opportunity to make up 20 bonus points today and Wednesday. That could move me from B+ and A- range to a solid A. Let's hope I get most of the points.

"When so much is left undone"

Crap. As I head to bed, I realize that the Colts are playing the Patriots on Monday night Football tomorrow night, which is awesome except the work that I neglected to do tonight, will have to be squeezed in somewhere tomorrow. Somewhere. At least I got a few things done today that were productive.

And I spent time with my friends. Rogers during the afternoon, which was wonderful. Then the guys at night, which was splendid. Overall, a fabulous Sunday. Now I smell a little smoky as I go to bed.

I really could skip school tomorrow. But I can't bring myself to do such things. Isn't it awesome that Dr. Edwards is reading my Blog! (see comment below) It's really him. If you don't believe it, click on his name.

Two.5 weeks until Thanksgiving.

Things I purchased this weekend:
Mean Girls DVD $5
Jackie Brown DVD (from Jason) $6
Parking at King's Island $9
Gas for Kings Island $7
Skyline Chili $6
Don Pablos $22
Olive Garden $17
Poker Buy-In $2

That's about $75 of things I didn't need, save King's Island stuff and Poker. If I did that every weekend, that would be around $4,500 a year on weekends alone. Of course, I'd have 104 DVDs, and I potentially would win money back in Poker. But the food, is down the tubes, literally. That's an American Achievement.

"So hold me closer, tiny dancer"

At one point during the day Jason congratulated me for being there on one of the three worst days of his life.

We woke up early and traveled to Kings Island expecting there to be rainy weather and short lines. Instead we had beuatiful weather, but the longest lines I've seen at Kings Island in a decade. 20+ minutes for the Viking Ship. 45 Minutes for Top Gun. Normally these are walk on rides. In the end, we rode a total of 5 rides. Five. But we had a good time, and it was worthwhile. The cost wasn't much: $15 to $20 each including a hearty Skyline Chili Lunch. It was $18 worth of gas and $9 to park. The tickets in were free.

Anyway, we did have a good time. Tonight we went to Castleton and ate at Don Pablos. Tomorrow is church - hang out with Rogers - homework - small group - homework day. If only we had Monday off of school. If only...

"It's a wicked mind with an axe to grind"

Tomorrow, I am heading to Kings Island on a whim of sorts. Because they sent me an e-mail saying "Come for free" and bring your friends, I am going. Good job Ad Wizards, you are geniuses.

Today was a semi-typical Friday although I actually had important stuff happening in classes. This weekend should be pretty busy. It is off to a good start with Halo on Xbox Live & Olive Garden before House of Wax and now we're on our way to La Island de Kings. It will be Clodfelder and I on a Mandate, to steal Phil's word. The shortest trip I've ever taken to Ohio possibly.

"It looked as if I'd picked your name out of a hat"

Today I was sad to hear that one of my Lady friends broke up with her boyfriend of multiple years. She even had a promise ring of sorts and everything I'd heard about this character made him sound like quite a guy - you know the type that makes the rest of us look bad because he's always giving flowers and stuff.

Anyway, apparently, she'd just had enough of something. She said to me, "How do you make it work." To which I replied, "You gotta stick like Jerry Maguire." Well, she's younger so she'd never seen Jerry Maguire because she "was like 10 when it came out." Anyway, in summary for all those who are wondering how to make it work: You just don't ever give up.

Today Rogers followed in the footsteps of Berg and had a positive conversation with a professor in that professor's office. Perhaps my proudest moment, simply because it went so well for her and with just a small step, she's undoubteddly earned the almight "Benefit-of-the-Doubt" in that professor's eyes.

That's right BlogReaders and Bloggers alike: The Benefit-of-the-Doubt is all we need to earn from professors so that we can skip class when necessary, score slightly lower than expected, miss any class and have the ability to make up missed work, and perhaps get a boosted grade at the end of the semester. Some call it sucking-up. I call it smart. The professors are not our enemies (most of the time), they are our friends. They want us to succeed. We just have to show them that we care a little bit and give some effort above and beyond the call of duty to earn the BotD.

Man the key to sustaining and presumably succeeding in Relationships and the key to succeeding in school in one Blog Update. This post has more Reader Benefits than any previous. Enjoy!

"The daisies and the roses"

Some of My Strengths:

• Leadership (I'm a natural you know, just ask Jason)
• Communication (I think more written than verbal, just ask Lisa)
• Analysis (maybe)
• Nice (I'm friendly to people, you know)

Some of My Weaknesses:

• Discipline (in all areas such as diet, organization in work, staying on task)
• Priorities (sometimes I let them get out of hand)
• Pride (I think I definately have too much pride)
• Always thinking I'm right (I think that's pride though)
• {insert perceived weakness here via comments below}

Today I was inspired by Mr. Philip Patrie to listen to some old-school music. The 1996 grammy nominee worked out well with Coolio, Joan Osborne, All-4-One, and TLC all on the same disc. Later I brought out Plankeye a CD that reminds me of being in Florida with Darren Rayl many years ago. Now it's time for Jars Of Clay.

BlogFans Look out. Soon I will have a new internet service and a new computer to replace my old laptop that is now only worth about $200 simply because it has a keyboard and Microsoft programs.

"They would make your name sing"

Today was a good day. So far this week, I've kept my work work to during the day, which has been good. I've got a couple of things to do tonight, but that's okay.

I missed an opportunity to see Jem tonight at the Music Mill. I guess it just seemed like there was enough going on and I also had a class I would have had to miss. Plus, I've got BTE next Friday, which I'm looking forward to.

I've always been one to end a good sentence with a preposition.

I guess that's all the news in BergLand. Life just keeps on ticking on.

"You're a stalled car in the desert"

The least celebrated Halloween in the history of Berg. Today was a typical work day. Tonight Rogers and I relaxed and did very little, save a little bit of hot-tubbing. Then I skipped Club and did some homework. Now I'm updating my Blog.

One of my earliest Halloween costumes was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Costume. Then later I remember going as a Clown a couple of years. One year, my parents bought me this really scary masks that had Halogram eyes. It was pretty sweet, no pun intended. Halloween was always a cool day, literally, it was freezing. Today, however, the weather was fantastic. We used to get lots of candy, just for asking for it.

November should hold a lot of superb things. In 11 days, I'll be seeing Better Than Ezra in Concert. In 16 days, Lisa & I will be celebrating seven years of dating, while Ricky celebrates 22 years alive. Thanksgiving will be held at the Rosenbergs this year, which should be fun. That means I need to purchase some Christmas presents soon though. I think I have Grandpa this year.

I submitted a story to the Literary Arts Magazine today. Hopefully, I'll make the cut.

"Or feel the touch that I adore"

- Funniest Line of the Day -
Kyla when hearing about how Dottie fell asleep during her party: "She pulled a Lisa!"

- Happy Birthday, Eileen -

Today was an okay Sunday. I went to church. I went to Hacienda with Rogers. I went to the Mall. I went to see Elizabethtown. I did homework. What did you do?

"Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!"

Just a few funny lines from this evening's activities:

Lisa on what Andrew must be thinking: "I wonder if I'm going to play Halo tonight. I wonder how I can hump Phil in Halo tonight on the M0rdorf Bridge or the Gandalf Bridge."

Shannon on what Andrew must be thinking: "SIFE! SIFE! SIFE!"

Chapman on why he never calls Shannon: "I lost your number, Shannon. And I thought about calling Lisa, but I thought that might be awkward since I never talk to you guys anymore (Lisa & Andrew) if I called just to get Shannon's number."

Christian on us arriving at her House's Party: "Were you guys invited to this..."

Andrew on why he regrets immediately leaving that party: "Man now I feel stupid for wearing the Santa hat. If you wear the Santa hat, you gotta stay."

Wilbe as we're coming up the stairs: "Do not come upstairs. I just got out of the shower. You guys might want to wait downstairs."

Shannon's response: "We'll wait outside!" (Unfortunately, it was in the 40s)

Shannon & Lisa on bathrooms: "Why didn't we just go in Hartung, like we normally do when we're on this side of town."
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Yes, tonight was a fun night. Apparently, anytime House of Wax is involved, the night turns out wonderful! Minus the part that our stay at Dottie's party lasted about 1 awkward minute.

"It's your gradual descent into a life you never meant"

This day was the day that a group of us went to Haunted places in Indianapolis. Specifically, a cornmaze, house, and hayride. Afterwards we went to Coldstone then to Josh's to watch Poltergeist, which I slept through.

The Anderson Media Group is offering many positions. A total of 14 persons could be working with the group for 8 to 15 hours per week.

I am pretty tired. My weekend schedule seems pretty good. Not too much to do. Start studying for a test. Work on some other projects.

"You're really a part of me"

It may seem like Lisa and I fight often. In fact, rarely does more than a couple of days (sometimes hours) go by without some sort of spat or one of us gets annoyed with the other. But there is something that I feel is unique about our fighting style. We never drag it out. Rarely would the words "We're fighting" come out of our mouths and mean anything other than "right now" or at worst "today." Our fights are rather quickly resolved or pushed aside. Normally, they're pointless so there isn't much to resolve, as those things tend to go.

Of course there are those times when you think you've had enough. This is it, I might think. I'm not calling her for the rest of the weekend. I'm so sick of all this crap. But it never plays out like that. Instead, within a few hours one or the other gets over it and realizes that we can work through whatever the issue is. In short, as far as I can remember, over the course of our 7 year relationship not once have we let a day go by when we were fighting. If we're fighting on Friday night, by Saturday night, we've made ammends. If we fight on Friday afternoon, by Friday night, it's over. Somehow we always get over it.

The song Wee Small Hours of the Morning summarize my feelings best. If we had been fighting, and I was absolutely furious, by the time I'm going to bed, I miss that gal. I realize that in the grand scope of things, whatever it was isn't all that important and, I wish I could be with her.

So anyway, I thought I would put that out there. Outside looking in, one might think, "Why the heck are they together?" I can't really imagine being a part. I've looked into the same eyes, kissed the same cheeks for 7 years. Here's to a lifetime more.

"Our heads are filled with perfect sound"

A History of Violence (4 Stars)

Perhaps my favorite movie of the year so far. I just downright enjoyed it. Check it out.

Overall, this Wednesday, was a superb day. We had an All SIFE Meeting and then Culvers dinner tonight, which was very enjoyable. Normally, we don't really bond a lot until we travel together for competition. This year, we seem to be bonding as a team already. It's been a blast.

Here is a picture of a few SIFE men. This picture will appear in the Alacritis Calendar. So, you will be able to purchase your very own Men of SIFE Photo and get a bunch of other photos too.

Since this picture is leaking onto the net, I'm expecting a lot of illegal downloads and total viewership to my Blog to double. We'll see what happens.

From Left: Andrew Rosenberg, Edasa McCurdy, Samir Pipalia, Kyle Webb, David Smith

"I close my eyes and disappear tonight"

For anyone praying that the new business I'm helping launch with the School of Business: Thank you! So far, God has truly blessed us. We have gotten exactly the amount and types of applicants we need to make this work in just a few days. It's been a huge blessing. There is still a lot of work to be done, but so far so good.

Tonight is one of those "not too much" homework nights. Praise the Lord. I've been exhausting myself the last few days. Tonight I'm just scrapping together whatever I have to do and I'll wing the rest.

Overall, life is grand. As if there was ever any doubt.

"Spinning around gets me high"

Better Than Ezra tickets have been procured. I learned the word procured from a video game of all places (Phantasy Star IV for the Sega Genesis), and I've used it ever since. I'll be witnessing God's Gift to Rock on stage in Bloomington, Ind. on Friday, November 11. If you're reading this and you're interested in attending the show (a nearly guaranteed good time), get some tickets through ticketmast ($15), or let me know and I'll get a ticket for you, and you can pay me back. Believe me though, this should be the perfect event to let loose and listen to an amazing live rock band. They're live shows are full of humor and crowd interaction. They usually invite someone on stage to either play along on the guitar or the cowbell (during their Don't Fear the Reaper cover).

Enough on that.

The funniest thing I heard all day was on Laguna Beach. A mother is talking to her daughter (Taylor) about her graduation gown.
"That's why you need to go ultra-sexy, to counter the potato-bag effect [from the gown]."

Fathers beware. Your daughters are being taught to go "Ultra-Sexy" under graduation gowns.

Well, I've got some homework to finish, so it's goodnight.

"We couldn't imagine what it was"

This is my 242nd post. Who knows what might happen? Check this out. I think I'm in the middle of my night's sleep right now. I took a nap from 11:30 to 11:50. But then, instead of getting up, I kept resetting my alarm until after 1:00 a.m. So I slept about 1.5 hours, which is equivalent to 1/4 night's sleep for me.

However, I have some homework to do, so I had to finally get up to keep working. We'll see how the homework goes. So far badly, because when I was supposed to start it, I decided to Blog.

I did not make it to church today. Unfortunately, Lisa's car ran out of gas in her driveway when she was leaving to pick me up, so I went to her house instead of God's house. We spent the whole day together, which was nice.

I'm not done yet. The best is yet to come.

"I think about it now"

Tonight was a heck of a party. 30+ persons visited La Casa de Rosenberg for some Lasagna and Camp-firing. Hopefully, a good time was had by all. Afterwards, one group went to Starbucks, while another went Hookahing, and a 3rd played the game of Pit well into the night.

Later, I watched the Machinist with Ricker. An intriging film. I feel rather tired. And so I must cut this short. Tomorrow is Sunday. I have a lot of homework and other commitments and things. Hopefully, the day will be grand. I will spend some time with Rogers, which is desperately needed.

"The gun went off it was a mistake"

Work seems to be getting extremely busy. We are in the midst of hiring roughly 10 people to begin a Media Services business in town. It should be interesting...and busy. The part that scares me is that, I could be adding to my workload for the year, which I don't like because it's the last one and it's supposed to be a blast. We'll see though. It'll probably smooth out soon.

Tonight was Cheesy Horror movie night after dinner out at BWW and Hookahing it in the basement. Overall a good Friday...they always are. I'm also very tired since I'm riding out about 4.5 hours of sleep from last night. Basically at this point, I've had 4.5 hours in the past 42 hours of life. Plus a couple of 15 minute naps! Thus, I am tired. Thus, I shall sleep.

If you're reading this post and if you're coming to the party tonight, and if the driveway is full, please park on the side-street about 50 yards before my house...yes, you will probably have to turn around to go back to it, because you will have passed it before you will have seen that the driveway is full.

"I am back. This time, I'm the big surprise"

Well, the GMAT went well. I received a score of 680, which is in the 90th percentile. My goal was 700, but I mostly would have been disappointed with less than 680 since that's what I scored on the practice test. So anyway, I was pleased. But...when I told Chris an employee at the School of Business her jaw-dropped in excitement. Apparently, this is a phenomenal score. She called Doyle immediately, which was cool, then he came to talk to me about it. Apparently, the score is Doctoral worthy. I was in the 96th percentile in Verbal and 64th in Quantitative. Apparently, there are a lot more people who are good at math than english, because my scores in both were very similar.

Saturday is the cookout / lasagna dinner at the Rosenberg's. So far we've got roughly 24 people coming. Should be a super-good time. Additionally, there could be a rockstar attending with a friend of our's, Holly. I say our's like in the Mafia, because Holly is a Made-Girl if Phil were a Mafia boss. Perhaps someone like Stacey would be a Made-Girl in my Mafia family. Thus if Phil was referring to her, he could say a "friend of ours."

That's the story, folks. Tonight: movie with Josh & Ricky then sleep. Tomorrow 8:15 a.m. meeting with the Boss. As in my actual boss, not the Family Boss!

Band of the Day: The Elms

"Just count the inches on your lifeline"

Today's the Day: GMAT Day...Yeah...Hip Hip Hooray. If read or thought the preceding sentence (after the colon) contains a word then two words that rhyme with that word. Can you find them all? No Hip does not rhyme with Hip or GMAT. Sorry.

Well, we'll (wierd) see how it goes. I'll let you know...good or bad.

Also, rumor has it there's a massive party on Saturday on 38th St. I hope you all can make it. Let me know.

In other news, I interviewed my second person today. He will probably be hired tomorrow and begin work next week. Man it's going to be a busy time for Berg.

Goodnight, Friends.

"Sing me Spanish techno"

My Top 2 Favorite Females - Congrats Lisa & Noel

"It's all happening," I said today with glee as my SIFE Vice Presidents all told me how well their programs were going. I was getting concerned that things were not moving as quickly as they should, and then I find out that great progress is being made. Yes, I am a fanatic about SIFE. I consider it my job, (which is appropriate since I do have a paid internship as the president). Since it's my job, I take pride in the work that we do to help Anderson. We have 65 members, and multiple layers of management. I really feel like I am getting wonderful management experience.

Today was Lisa's B-Day and for her primary surprise from me, I snuck into her house last night and put the new Ashlee Simpson CD in her car, which was released at Midnight. She seems to have enjoyed the surprise and had a fabulous weeklong Birthday celebration overall. This year will be the end of Rogers and the beginning of Rogenberg!

Song of the Day: Sing Me Spanish Techno - The New Pornographers

"This thing is your mission"

Happy Birthday to Lisa Ann Rogers, the Love of My Life. She is 22 Today.

I find myself immersed in the middle of what looks to be another busy week. I've discovered that I really hate night classes. I would much rather have 3 more classes during the week than waste almost my entire Tuesday night in class. Basically, it wipes me out for Wednesday because I have to stay up very late doing homework, usually. This means that if I'm planning far enough ahead then I should be doing Wednesday's homework on Monday night, which also sucks.

On a happier note, here's a picture of my niece, Noel from Sunday and then a pic of RogenBerg from Lisa's B-Day Extravanganza at Coldstone's.

See how happy Ice Cr...Love makes us!!!!

Also, Lisa bought me The New Pornographers CD, which is quite good. If you want to borrow some Porn (music) let me know.

"I reach out from the inside"

The last day of Fall Break. They call it Fall Break when really it could just as accurately be called Friday Break. But we love it anyway.

Tonight I took a practice GMat test, which is the test for admissions into MBA school. My goal for the test is to score a 700, which would certainly be Ivy Leauge material. On the practice test tonight, my score was a 680. I was pleasantly surprised to be in the 90th percentile. I missed a total of 17 multiple choice out of 82, which would be terrible on a school test, but isn't bad on the GMat I guess. Anyway, my confidence is boosted. I hope I can pull off a decent score on Thursday, by the grace of God. My score could make a difference in our future plans as far as where we'll be and when so we'll see what happens.

I watched Say Anything yesterday. Lloyd Dobler is a great character.

"Listen to the fireplace roar"

Birthday Night out with Rogers. "Our annual date," I called it, which is fairly accurate. Although we usually spend time together throughout the week and occassionally on the weekend, if alone we are usually just relaxing around the house for a few hours. If we go out, it's either to Hacienda or we're with other friends. Thus actual dates are very few and quite far between. A nice visit to Castleton that was unprofitable in regards to searching for sweaters for our Engagement picture on Monday.

I started practicing for the G-Mat today, the admissions test for an MBA or "Business School" as I'm finding its called. The test is on Thursday. My goal is to score 700, which should put me in okay position for some of the top schools. The cool thing is, I think I even find my score out on Thursday. It will probably be hard though. Today, in practice, I got 30 of 36 math problems correct. Seemed okay.

Interestingly, the test is a Computer Adaptive Test meaning the difficulty of the questions will change depending on whether or not the previous question's answer was correct.

It's time for Christmas Music!!!! I picked up a Nat King Cole and Dean Martin Mix at Kohl's for $5.

"Happy birthday dear Lisa"

Tonight we went to the Macaroni Grill to kickoff a whirlwind Birthday weekend for Rogers. She's going out with her dad tomorrow, me tomorrow night and my family on Sunday. And her B-Day's Not until Tuesday!

We had a good old time at the Grill though. A good fun group. However, our Italian food led to much stink throughout the night as the garlic and onions didn't digest that well in everyone. We played Risk (Future Risk) tonight until 6:00 a.m. By the grace of Jason and Vince's inexperience, I emerged from the depths of defeat to win. But as Jason said, "there are no winners in a game like this." It took 6 hours and there were a lot of smells, as I previously mentioned.

One highlight was pulling off "The Goat" at 5:45 a.m. to an unsuspecting Felder.
Tomorrow night: a rare date night with Rogers. Can't wait!

"The only constant in the world for me"

The Vintage T-Shirt Sale turned out to be an overwhelming success. Pretty much as good as it possibly could have. With roughly $340 worth of expenses we profited $185...pretty reasonable return for two days worth of sales and a few days of collecting shirts.

I have no more classes this week, as it is Fall Break, but I do have one homework assignment for tonight and tomorrow I'll get dressed up for a SIFE activity and then to interview someone for possible work at the Falls School of Business. That should be interesting. Another thing to add to the resume. Interviewed and hired employees.

I saw my high school math teacher tonight who I respected and looked up to a great deal in high school. I hadn't seen him for a couple years. He mentioned that he'd been at Liberty now for 8 years. Which means, it was 8 years ago that I was a freshman in high school. I still remember some specific things about that day.

In another few months I'll have another first: first day on the job. These are exciting times. Immediately exciting is the fact that I should receive a good 6 to 7 hours of sleep after the last two nights of less than 5 coming not too long after my 1 hour in Toronto.

"While you debate half empty or half full"

1:20 a.m. Go to bed
6:05 Wake-Up, Reset Alarm
6:20 Wake-Up, Shower, Dress in Suit
6:50 Go to School of Business, Prepare for Meeting
7:30 Business Advisory Board SIFE Meeting
9:00 Go home, Change, Load Car for T-shirt Sale
9:30 Set-up for T-Shirt Sale
11:00 Class
12:20 Arrive and work at T-Shirt Sale
3:00 Leave for SIFE Meeting
3:20 SIFE Officer's Meeting
4:45 Leave for Home, Clean-Up Some, Load Laundry
5:30 Take Nap
5:50 Wake-Up, Leave for Class
6:00 Class
8:45 Class is Over
9:00 Eat at Rogers' House and Watch TV
10:00 Begin Homework
11:00 Update Blog
(Tentative) 11:05 p.m. - 2:45 a.m. Work on Homework

Although I love college, I cannot imagine looking back on college and thinking "Man, I had it easy." And yet, that's what we're told we will think. Maybe those folks weren't quite as productive or busy as we are these days. Because days like today downright SUCK!!! Throw a few of them in a row and it's amazing we survive.

"There all along"

Tired. That's me tonight. And unfortunately I have a 7:30a.m. meeting tomorrow. School seems like a distant afterthought compared to all that is going on. Tomorrow is the Vintage T-Shirt Sale. I hope we sell a lot, but even moreso I hope that Fall Break arrives very very soon. Thursday can't come soon enough. Sorry for being boring Berg. At least I am always able to alliterate, eh?

Love - Berg

"I send my thoughts to far off destinations"

My day consisted of the following: No Church, Lunch at Hacienda, Time spent with Rogers...4p.m. supposed to be studying... 5p.m. supposed to be studying... 6p.m. - present supposed to be studying. However, I failed all the way through.

Basically I'm screwed for my test tomorrow. Right now I'm thinking of a 4:00 a.m. bed time. We'll see. My first instance of "Senioritis," the disease where seniors wisely start reprioritizing and putting school near the bottom. I say wisely, because the disease is already taking me over, and frankly, school isn't that important.*** Spending time with friends, trying to change the world (through SIFE of course), and trying to line up a post-school job all seem and are more important than tomorrow's test.

So I visited a Canadian gals blog that I met and saw a sitemeter, so now I have a sitemeter and will know that you are reading. Yes, that means you, you anonymous visistors who don't comment, but then mention that you read my Blog, occasionally. Yes you, you good-looking, fun-loving people.

I'm sitting here staring at the screen trying to think of something to type all in the name of not studying.

I recently fell in love with Death Cab for Cutie. That's another 5 c.d.s to add to the list of future purchases. But before I do that, I've got to get the wonderful L.A. Rogenberg something for her 22 Birthday, which is a mere 8 days away.

***that's the disease talking again.

"Bend through allies and bounce off all the buildings"

What a fantastic week:
Here are the Highlights in Reverse

• Saturday was one of the best nights out in a long time. A group of eight ate a great (lots of rhyming) meal at Red Lobster. Very fun time with great friends.
• Saturday began in Toronto after 1 hour of real sleep, I got in a taxi to head to the airport. 6 hours later I'm in Indy. I did sleep pretty much through both of my flights.
• Saturday hanging out with Rogers was great. I also came home to a cleaner room thanks to Rogers.
• Friday night was a great SIFE party at a pretty cool club. It was a good time to observe dancers, enjoy the music and atmosphere.
• Friday afternoon the final round of the SIFE World Cup was amazing. Zimbabwe takes the victory over the US, Nigeria and France.
• Thursday to Friday- I watched 12 SIFE presentations in 2 days. 37 minutes each makes for a couple of long days, but the projects were so amazing and interesting that it wasn't bad at all. Some great life-changing work is being done.
• Wednesday through Friday- In addition to SIFE events, I fell in love with the City of Toronto. What a great place. Hopefully I can make it back sometime.
• Tuesday - the Forum that took me to Toronto. A good time to give and get feedback.
• Throughout the week, I spent time with people from Britain, Germany, Canada, Singapore, Australia and Japan. I also met people from South Korea, South Africa, China, Botswana and a host of other places. A simply amazing experience.

The Bad News - While I was gone Anderson seems to have fallen apart:

• Phil the Facilitator broke his teeth and hurt his wrist in a Moped accident.
• The entire AU Student e-mail system crashed permanently erasing over 700 of my e-mails that I had not sorted yet.
• Phil and Trent split the vote allowing a 3rd party to steal the Homecoming King spotlight.
• Okay so it didn't fall apart, but definately some crappy stuff.

Band of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie

"Picture this"

I'm sitting in a pub talking with two Britains, one Canadian and an Australian. Down the table sits a South African and a half dozen more Canadians and Australians and another American who's from Saint Lucia.

This was my first night in Toronto. Surreal. Amazing. I love traveling in foreign countries. I love meeting people from all over the world. What could be better? Oh yeah, they're all here for SIFE too.

It's been a great two days so far. The 2005 SIFE World Cup starts tonight. Should be exciting.
Hello, Andersonians. You're missed. Can't wait to see you all on Friday.

"There are faces in the houses where we used to live"

I'm off to Toronto, Ontario. At least I think it's in Ontario. I wasn't really all that sure where I was going until I finally looked at a map a few hours ago. It's been a whirlwind weekend though trying to finish up everything before leaving. Tomorrow I fly. Let's hope for sunshine and a nice easterly breeze (meaning a breeze heading east rather than a Resurrection breeze). In a mere couple of days, I'll be chanting SIFE with hundreds or thousands of other SIFE fanatics. What could be better?

"Anywhere you go"

B.U.N. DUX. Rogers. Berg. Pumpkin Carving. Really good pumpkin. Tired. Monday: Canada. Tonight: Sleep. More Sleep = More Tired.

It seems like just a few days or maybe months ago that I was in freshman orientation. It's interesting to think that for that 3 or 4 days you're put with a group of people who will all go their seperate ways over the next 4 years. But you remember vividly some of those that were with you for those very important first days.

Philip I met the first day of moving into Myers Hall. I was on a big Nintendo kick at the time and it was our first conversation that both Nintendo and Croquet came up as we walked to the ice-cream social / outdoor movie event. Later he rode with us to Meijers. "These are going to be my new best friends," he's reported to have thought about that day. I remember laughing a lot.

Flash forward two academic years and I'm delighted to discover that Phil is interested in rooming with Josh, Ricky and me. What a treat.

My mind is wandering to wonderous places, as Dave Matthews would put it.

"Many the lives we lived in each day"

What a splendid Friday. A very busy day. It began by watching the movie last night. Afterwards, I hit the hay around 3:00. Wake up: 8:23. Take Shower, dress in suit. 3 Classes. Lunch. Work from 1:o0 to 5:10. Very productive. Go home e-mail people. 6:00 out to eat. Cheeseburger in Paradise with the ladies. Coldstone. Goodwill. Home to work on shirts, relax and chat with good good friends. A very fun evening of relaxation.

Tomorrow, the first day I can sleep in past 9:30 in at least 3 weeks. I can't wait. Maybe 11, maybe 12. I definately have some work to do tomorrow, but it should be a good day of rest.

Goodnight, world.

"Even as I try to sleep, I'm looking for my best friends"

Busyness. Seems like a whole lot is going on, which is in part due to the fact that on Monday I leave for Canada. Should be an interesting time. Two very good friends are nominated for Homecoming King (out of three total). Which is very cool, because another very good friend was named Homecoming King last year. Could two former Myers residents & Novus Dux members be named back-to-back Homecoming Kings? Could two of my Groomsmen have been consecutive Homecoming Kings? That would be crazy, cool. But not sexy, so we can avoid all TLC "Crazy, Sexy, Cool" references.....waterfalls, you know.

Went to see the Constant Gardner with Ricker and Josh. That makes for 3 or 4 weeks in a row now of Thursday night Midnight Movies! Ah, the days that we'll never have again. Got to make the most of em while they're here, even if it means being tired.

Peace & Love - Cheers - Ciao - Kindest Regards - Love - Your Friend -
Berg - andyrose - Andrew - F. Roz - Rosie -

"I was looking to rock, I was looking to roll"

Just a quick bonus post to record a new personal Tetris Record: 167 Lines and 162,805 points. This is Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System (the non-Tengen version). Congratulations I am a Tetris Master.

"With one eye closed and one eye beaming"

Tonight and tomorrow night are do homework to accomplish things before leaving for 1 week nights. Unfortunately, tonight was also go to Yips with Ricky, Dave's Video with Phil, chat with the Landlords, and Halo night. So to recap, tomorrow is do homework to accomplish things before leaving for 1 week night. Tonight is/was fun night! I purchased Lost Season 1 on DVD. All my wildest TV DVD plans are coming true. I got it for a wopping 20 bucks after store credit and coupons kicked in. What would be $45 at Wal-Mart is a great deal at Dave's.

Tonight was an extremely fun Halo night, which was great. We had a good group of 8 for 6 to 10 games, which were competitive and fun. Perfect size group for playing. Perfectly fun.

My fingernails need cut. It's just that time of the week. Maybe in the morning.

"They go together like a horse and carraige"

For today's post I simply reference you to a Chapel opinion and counter-opinion at www.philllip.blogspot.com under the title Shake well before using.

Enjoy, then add your own thoughts.

I spent 10 to 20 minutes posting my comment on philllip's blog, therefore I declare myself to drained to post further.

Love,

Andy

"My memory never severs"

What the H was I thinking? I completely forgot to update the old Blog yesterday. I really suck.

Best Day Ever: I found out tonight that we're having macaroni & cheese at the wedding! That's right. Mac & Cheese at a Wedding...and believe it or not it wasn't even my idea. However, when I heard it was possible, there was no way we weren't going to have it. I think this wedding event is going to turn out a-okay.

In one week, I'll be in Canadia speaking French to the Royal Mounties and looking for Brian Roberson amidst the igloos. Should be a blast.

Subsequently, this week is labeled professional development week: I worked on my portfolio yesterday...today I worked some on my resume. No not resume like please resume removing your dogs from the room Lisa, so we can make out, but resume as in before I get a job interview I have to send in my resume. And yes, I did ask esteemed professor do we need the little things above the e's when we write resume, to which he replied "No, but where will you write it, anyway?" To which I replied, "Oh, you don't write it at the top?" When I should have said "On my Blog tonight, because I can't think of anything funny to write at 2:00a.m. so I generally write about classes, and my readers are going to be confused when they see the word resume and then I'll have to explain that I don't mean 'resume' as in 'Jerry please resume kicking John Keyes out of our room and in the stomache.'" To which, he would reply, "In that circumstance you might as well use the e thingy's in résumé...why do you hate John Keyes?" Then I would have to explain the events, which led to the naming of John Keyes as one of very few archenemies, simply because everyone needs at least one archenemy.

"When I grow up"

Today in 10 words or less: Shopping for old T-shirts, 40 Year Old Virgin movie Phosh.

Phosh is Phil and Josh, the two friends I did the independent of each other activities with. Additionally, I played Halo with Ricky and Josh, only for a few minutes, but a much needed game of Halo (we just hardly play anymore).

I'm a 22 year old virgin. So it was kind of interesting to see a movie about a guy who is a virgin, but he's 40, but some of the same ideas apply to me, but I'm engaged, so I guess I'll no longer be a virgin in 9 months. And it is odd sometimes, to think that little high school kiddies that you see are probably having sex, and cheapening something that is important to me and some others that I associate with. Well, I guess they're missing out in the long-run. At least that's what the preachers used to tell me in chapel. I don't really know how anyone could no for sure. Because, either you're a virgin who gets married and you decide that it was worth the wait, but you waited so how can you tell...or you're not a virgin and you get married and you decide that you should have waited, but maybe it wouldn't have been worth the wait. I think that makes more sense in my mind than typed into a Blog.

"Papa died smiling"

Ray LaMontagne. A Man with a freaking amazing voice. An excellent 1.75 hour set in Indy tonight, was very cool. One highlight was the 2nd encore song that was played only because Ray was locked out of the stage door exit, so he walked back over and played another superb song, that I think was a cover maybe, but I'm not sure by who.

Anyway, quite a different setting, atmosphere, set than when I saw LaMontagne one year ago in Chicago merely a week after his debut album came out.

Also the opening act of Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee was pretty decent. Irion really has the makings of a future star.

Tomorrow is shopping for Vintage T-shirts and Unique Clothes tomorrow. Should be a good day.

Artist of the Day: Ray LaMontagne (Obviously)

"Get out of my way"

A Roller Coaster day for a variety of reasons. I had a good discussion with my advisor today seeking advice about my future plans. Good dinner at the Country Club, although it went long ruining my opportunity to hang out with Rogers, which I had really been looking forward to.

Then The Aristocrats with Ricker and Josh. A very profane, albeit sometimes funny, and always interesting movie about the most vulgar joke out there.

A guy walks into a talent agency with a great pitch for an act. He describes the act, which is odd/profane/unspeakable/whatever the teller wants it to be. The agent says, "That's interesting...well what do you call yourselves?" The guy says "The Aristocrats!"

"Somedays I'm bursting at the seams"

This was a good day. I knew on Sunday that Monday to Wednesday we're going to suck because of all the work I had to do. Appropriately, this allowed Wednesday to be a day of rest, and I enjoyed it. The next week is going to be packed because about 11 days from today I leave for Toronto for a week. Busy, busy times.

Anyhow, tonight was nice. Dinner at Garfield's with Dad where we talked business and had a nice time. White River Boyz concert and then Halo with old Halo players, but new friends. Super. Superb.

Tomorrow, a suit and tie dinner at the Anderson Country Club. I wonder if any of my friends will be waiting. 9 Months and 2 Days until Marraige. It's coming! On another note, I was somewhat seriously, somewhat humorously asked to be in a men of AU calendar, which would of course be a super, superb honor...and funny. We'll see if that works out.

"When the world caves in"

Ask yourself: are you living life to its fullest, now? What could you be doing differently? Are you focusing on worldy things rather than eternal things?

One month into my final year of college, I worry that I'm wasting too much time. Maybe I'm doing a little too much homework rather than enjoying the company of my friends. I've got to make it count. There's no time left to waste. I can't worry about the future, it's not promised to me anyway.

Song of the Day: The Blues - Switchfoot

"Find the word"

Yesterday was a productive day. I was studying for my first test of the year in HR Management and was taking my typical numerous breaks: check out the emmys, take a nap for awhile and finally decided to look up some company info, which led to looking up some MBA info, which led to me registering for the GMAT, the MBA equivalent to the SAT.

On October 20, I'll take the test. I hope to score extremely high so that I can get into an Ivy League MBA school if I so choose. I'll prepare some the week before the test. It'll be up to God, as the destiny of our lives seems to be.

I am excited. I'm going through the process I've envisioned myself going through. Take the MBA, research some companies, build a portfolio. All of these things will hopefully lead to a job and later graduate school.

Right now, I'm torn between working on a paper or watching the rest of Ghost World. The paper is due on Wednesday, so there's no escaping it tomorrow. On one hand I don't feel like writing...on the other, it could be not that bad possibly. Of course I'm writing now. At least I was.


If you look closely, you'll see Co-Better Man Campbell and Co-Better Man Lehman and Groom Man Rosenberg...topless!

"Cold water surrounds me now"

Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Tie - Pizza and Ice Cream
Favorite Roller Coaster: Vortex @ Paramount's Kings Island
Favorite Music Group: Better Than Ezra
Favorite Xbox Game: Halo 2
Favorite Super Nintendo Game: Super Metroid
Oddest Concert I've Ever Been To: New Kids on the Block
Favorite Concert: Better Than Ezra @ the Murat - Front Row
Favorite Website: Tie - www.betterthanezra.com/bteboard and www.yahoo.com
Favorite Blogger: Philllip www.philllip.blogspot.com
Favorite Sports Team: Tie - Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers
Favorite CD: Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter
TV Shows Watched: Sopranos, Scrubs, Sienfeld, Saved By the Bell, Felicity, and 24
TV Shows Hoping to Watch: Lost, Desperate Housewives, Arrested Development

"My life is gonna be beautiful"

Tonight was Dux Friday Night Event. Let's put it this way. Although it was the unspeakable event, I ended up in 3rd place out of the entire club and felt darn proud of it. I struggled my way through the night never having an advantage or huge hands. But I plugged away and managed to outlast many. Putting it all on the line at least 7 times before losing. A very fun night.

I'm feeling very tired as I have only gotten about 9.5 hours of sleep over the last two nights. Tonight, I go to bed soon, but unfortunately I have to get up very early for a SIFE project. But fortunately, this will still be more sleep than I have gotten recently. It will be a good day. At this point, I'm most worried about my test on Monday. 82 Months of Dating Rogers Today. Congrats.

"Tell me something"

My Grandma Rosenberg fell and broke her arm today. It's amazing that all of my grandparents are still alive, coherent and doing pretty well. Even after a broken arm, Grandma seemed in good spirits. Hopefully, she'll keep doing well. My grandparents are the subject of an essay I'm writing for school. Maybe I'll post it for the world to see.

Lot's of things coming up. It's going to be a busy month. Schoolwise, SIFEwise, Careerbuildingwise, Workwise. Lot's of stuff. And this is just the beginning. Yeah, I get stressed sometimes. Usually there's about 3 days per school year where I really feel the weight. Today is not one of those days.

But this weekend is Dux weekend. No rest for the weery. Except for the 1 hour nap I'm about to take before doing some studying and heading off to Lord of War with my co-bestmen.

Song of the Day: One I Love - David Gray