"Make it special"

Tomorrow the Rosenbergs shall celebrate Christmas. And a celebration it shall be. A full day of festivities. Tonight, a group of friends came together at "On the Boarder" to partake of delicacies found only in Mexico and the Souther United States of America. After indulging ourselves with the finer cuisine of the region, we journeyed to Rigsby's house to play the Nintendo Wii for a couple of hours. It was fun. I had a good time. I am very tired right now. In fact this may be the latest night post in quite some time. Now I will go to sleep. Happy Friday. It's almost 2007. Hide the kids. It's going to be a blowout of a year.

"I smile as I watch her walk by"

Well I heard back from the Wiley's and they said On the Boarder Thurs. night at 7 p.m. Let's do it. Look for a text message coming your way.

I'm enjoying my Sufjan Stevens "Songs for Christmas" during my vacation. What are you doing? Are you on vacation? We'll see ya'll tomorrow on the other side of the Michigan border.

Left: "All men guard their tortellini as the photographer threatens to throw pool balls at them."




Below: "Phil is angry, but Ricker will strike first"

Left: "Yea!"

Right: "Yea!"

"Life is waiting for you"

I just got back from the movie Rocky Balboa. I enjoyed it. If you like the first few Rocky's you'll probably like this one as well. I watched all of the Rocky movies with my family when I was a kid. My Dad bought the set for my Grandpa then our whole family watched them one-by-one. I remember always wanting to do push-ups and stuff after watching the movies, because the workout montages set to that song were always so inspiring. Anyhow, I enjoyed my visit to the local multiplex, although I was by myself.

I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas. I also hope to see some of you later this week. Give that special someone a hug today.

"Woke up this mornin' feelin' fine"

The first annual Rosenberg Christmas party was a huge success. Attendance was low (Rogers and Me), but the fun flowed freely. Lisa loved her Christmas presents and is especially excited about going to see Snow Patrol on 4-1. So while Clodfelder is in downtown Detroit watching Wrestlemania, we'll be about 50 steps away watching Snow Patrol. Personally, I think we got the better deal at $30 a pop.

We also ordered carry-out Macaroni Grill and watched Failure to Launch.

Now, we're off to Ohio for some time with the Martins. We'll see ya'll next week. George and Jenny wanted to go out next week, let's plan on it for Thursday night, the 28th. What do ya say?
In other news, the Songs and Albums of the year lists will soon be unveiled. I don't feel fit to do a movie list, because I missed so many great ones.

MC & HNY or HK or HH, if you celebrate those.


Here's the Rosenberg's 1st Tree...

"China dolls, candy corn"

Within the past two years, Rogers discovered that the word tender did not mean "hard." How an American girl grew up believing the word tender meant hard is beyond me, but this one did. Those who have heard this story, may remember that this caused a great deal of confusion for her when it came to others ordering their steak to be tender. She never knew why people would want hard steak to eat...

Today I learned another interesting tidbit regarding this misunderstanding. Apparently, because there are Christian worship songs that pose the worshipper asking for a tender heart, Rogers was also confused by this and speant her childhood asking God for a hard heart not understanding how that could be a good thing.

Rogers makes me laugh so much and not just because of moments like that. From her jokes to her misunderstandings or lack of knowledge surrounding geography and history to her laughter, I love that girl.

Today's funny line: "You could never go to prison!" -after I dropped the soap 3 times in the shower.

Merry Christmas. I may fit one more Blog in before D-25, but I'll be out of town so we'll see. Tomorrow Lisa and I are unwrapping presents with each other. I got her some good stuff so I can't wait for her to open them...(Note to Lisa: but I can wait until later tonight, so don't get any ideas!)

"Leave all our hopelessness's aside"

Well a lot has happened since the last post. I guess that's how those things go when you don't post every day. Joshua "Natural Beauty" Campbell and Keri Isabelle HopeSmile Trout married on Saturday in front of a couple of hundred people. It was a beautiful and fun wedding and I had the honor of being a co-better man with "Chard" Ray Lehman. What a great time to cap off two nights of Halo like the old days.

Then the illustrious Shannon Alien Sharp accompanied my wife Lisa "Laughs-A-Lot" Rogers and myself Andrew "The Israeli" Rosenberg back to Novi "No V Eye" Michigan where we ate good food had good fun and watched a good concert hosted by Imogen Heap. And yes it was a good concert. And yes you should check out this link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Fr02VGkoXQ or this: http://www.myspace.com/kidbeyond Kid Beyond the opener was unfrigginbelievable. He basically made Techno music with only vocals and looping. Even without the looping it was nuts.

So Lisa and I opened a Christmas present each today. I couldn't resist her pleading. And I'm glad I didn't as I now have a new Black Lab CD to listen to this week. Thanks, wo-man.

3 more days of work before party week!

"How to save a life"

L: "Are you trying to remember the lyrics?"

A: *Types*

L: *Laughs. Farts. Laughs some more.*

A: "So what if I am trying to remember the lyrics?"

L: *Refuses to talk and points at the screen to correct my punctuation.*

L: *Points at the word "punctuation" implying that it's spelled incorrectly*

A: "That's how you spell it."

L: "No it's not!"

A: *Types to catch up.*

L: *Farts. Farts. Long Fart. Laughter*

A: *Types above line.*

L: *Whispers* "You're embarrassing me."

"Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp"

Apparently, I'm headed to Chicago on Wednesday, just for the day. Seems like a waste of money, but that's the way it rolls. I'll get up at 5 a.m. leave home at 5:30 a.m. and return around 8:15 p.m. It'll be a long day, but not much longer than a lot of the days ol' King and Patrie used to put in down at the Steel Mill. Hopefully, they're not still keeping those hours. So it's finals week, and I've got no studying to do. Seems different. Don't miss the tests. Kind of miss the feeling. Hopefully, I'll have a similar feeling on December 22, when I'll have a good 10 days off and not much to do, but drive around visiting friends and family. Should be nice.

See y'all in a couple of days. Anybody, got any funny Josh C. stories to trigger my memory for the Toast this weekend. Me and Ricker have got some work to do!

Song of the Day: The Middle - Mat Kearney

"A homecoming Christmas"

Well the results are in:

We'll be back in Indiana from Dec. 28 through January 1. Should be a knock-out drag out good time. I head through the Facebook that George and Jenny will also be in town. Of course, Big N**s will be around. We should all get together. Maybe on Thursday 28 or Sat. 30. Of course, we should all get together on the 31st as well for New Year's Eve.

I'm excited about a short work week this week. 1/2 day on Thursday and we'll be heading home for Josh' bachelor party Thursday night.

We decorated our tree tonight. I'll try to get pictures up sometime soon. Oh and regarding flu shots, my work offers them, but I thought I would let the old people get them since there's probably a shortage somewhere in the world. That and the flu shots are for old people who wouldn't survive the flu if they got it. And perhaps most interesting at least 2 people at work that did get the flu shot either got sick or said they were feeling pretty badly about 1 week later.

Song of the Day: Kingdom Come - Jay Z

"Little mama"

It's been too long.

There is not much to say. Last night was my first corporate holiday party. Even better, it was the client party, which means Top Notch. There was a Mashed Potato Bar, Pasta Bar, Steak, Desert Bar, etc. all under the guise of "Heavy Hor D'eourves" What the heck is a "Heavy" hor d'eourve? Well apparently it's several different versions of full meals. It was fairly successful for me, considering I'm not too skilled at "working a room." I met a few clients, had a few good conversations. Perhaps even better, I talked with several people in the office that I hadn't speant much time with yet, so that was good.

Christmas is coming. The goose is fat. We've nearly finished our shopping. Next week is Josh's Wedding. Little JC is gone and getting hitched. By now, people should have received our Christmas card, and so I will post the Novi News on here for your reference, in case you did not get one. But I shouldn't do that just yet, because I think some are still on their way. Let's not get the go-round in front of the merry.

Do Andersonians have the flu? It seems like there's a lot of sickness in Michigan. And it's not just dogs anymore. It's hit people too.

"Show me what you got"

Well rather than travel home to Indiana tonight to view the pettySharp wedding tomorrow, Lisa and I stayed home due to dog gone ill. Lil' Grace was too sick to be boarded so a night in was in order rather than out in the cold wind, ice and snow.

So Curbside to Go from the Macaroni Grill and the Simple Life II was in order. Both were excellent. Not too mention that we saved like $8 dollars from ordering Curbside to Go rather than ordering in. Very nice.

You know the commercials where the bowling ball bounces on the matress next to the glass of wine? I think those are fake. I just don't see that happening successfully. My guess is the glass of wine is superimposed into the picture like this:

This is what I think would really happen after the first bounce!

Those are my thoughts for the day...

"Over the river"

Well, the rumors are true. Lisa and I will not be returning to Anderson for that petty Sharp wedding. This means two things to two people:

1) Phil - I'm still planning on coming to Ray LaMontagne. I'll drive down on Sunday afternoon assuming the weather is OK. Save my ticket!

2) Ricky - we need to plan Josh's Bachelor Party still this week. Let's finalize plans by next Monday. He said that Thursday would probably work best for him.

3) Everyone else - I'm sorry to have wasted your time. However, think of this as a prelude of what you'll read about later:

This Sat. - "Well, we didn't make it home, so this is what we did instead..."
Next Monday - "The concert was awesome..."
After Josh's Bachelor Party - "Halo was so much fun last night..."

"Jingle bells"

Rogers and I decorated our first Christmas tree today. Put it together and strung some lights. It was a nice time. I just finished watching the last few minutes of Indiana vs. Duke thanks to a recommendation from Mr. Wilbe. Too bad, IU had to lose. That made me miss playing Basketball. Man, I wish I could play every day like the good old days. If only I lived in a neighborhood with exactly 9 other guys who wanted to play basketball like 3 times a week and a gymnasium. That would be very convenient. Instead I'll probably continue not playing basketball. Fortunately, there's XBox Live so this doesn't happen to Halo also. For the record, basketball is much more important to me than Halo -- just not in the past few years.

"This simple country kind of life"

Two things have changed in the past couple of days (that affect Berg in unimportant ways -- since this is an umimportant blog this is the place to spread the news).

1. I'm back on AIM. And I mean the AIM that I use from home. I have AIM for work as well, but I use a different profile so as not to be distracted by amigos.

2. Lisa and I stumbled across the Simple Life Seasons 1 - 3 at Best Buy this weekend and decided to purchase all 3 for a total of $23 or something. Yes, that is like stealing. Too much funny for too little money. Who would have thought Lisa likes Paris as much as I do? What a gal. We didn't even know there were 3 Seasons on Fox. By episode 3, it was confirmed that Paris acts slutty. Notice my choice of words. This is no place for libelous discussion like "is a slut," but there's no doubt that she acts slutty.

And that's the News from Novi on this 27th day of November 2006 anno domini.

"Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe me something"

Ah...what a nice weekend. And with still the Colts to watch tonight.

5 Great moments from Thanksgiving weekend:

5. Two movies in one weekend. It's been awhile since that's happened. But Casino Royale on Wednesday and Deja Vu on Saturday was pretty nice. Both were very good movies by the way with Casino Royale being by far the best Bond movie I've seen...but I've only seen about 5 of them.

4. Mint Brownies. After Lisa convinced me to leave whining messages about the necessity of Mint Brownies at Thanksgiving, my Mom came through and made the brownies...and they were good.

3. Long weekend. After leaving work at 2:15 on Wednesday, I have not yet returned. This is the longest break I've had from work since beginning and it has been good. Very good. I like staying out late and sleeping in late. It was truly a relaxing break.

2. Lisa & Family (Rogers and Rosenbergs). I had a great time all weekend with both Lisa's family on Thanksgiving and my family on several days. We even snuck in a game of Canasta with G&G Rosenberg that was fairly enjoyable...for Canasta.

1. Lisa drawing a thermometer in Pictionary with my family and my Mom yelling out while laughing, "It's a penis. It looks like a penis!" Other than this moment my Mom, sister, and Lisa seemed to have a magic connection in Pictionary guessing items that looked nothing like what was actually being drawn.

Honorable mentions go out to my first time playing the Wii, hanging out with Breneman for the first time in a long time, having a Thanksgiving Bonfire, playing Monopoly!!! and having a good ol' time with all those Townies and non-Townies that stuck around over the break.

Thanks for making it great amigos.

"With a grateful heart"

Tomorrow in the p.m. Mrs. Rogers/Rosenberg and I will head home for a weekend o' fun with family and friends. Or as I like to call it wfwff. That might be too many w's and f's for my wrestling-fan friends (or as I like to call them wffs) to handle. Who knows?

In the meantime, let's indeed do a dinner on Friday (IDDF) so that we can all hang out. Me and Rogers have been having too much fun recently. Too much fun. And that's just what the doctor ordered! I'm looking forward to seeing those of you who are Townies this weekend. And that means you adopted Townies (Wilbe/Philip/Keri/Ei) and original Townies (Shannon/Ricker/Josh/Leen). Ei-leen's in both because she's from Shelbyville which is fairly close. Others are missing, because I'm just not sure if they'll be around. Par with Courtney? Jason with Chubs? What, no one else reads this?

Cheers! & Happy Thanksgiving. Let's meet somewhere on Friday at 5:00? 6:00? Sometime Friday! Dinner on!

"Yeah yeah video games"

Anybody pick up the Herald Bulletin today? Check this out...


http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_323200323.html?start:int=15

I was quoted in an article called Waiting for Wii! Unfotunately, Blogger didn't want to cooperate with me putting up a picture. Oddly enough, the article indicates that I was in town on Saturday night playing Settlers of Catan with Vince as he and I waited for the Wii. I say oddly because I was nowhere near Anderson on Saturday night. I'm glad they spelled my name correctly and got my age right.

Anyone want to venture a guess at who would this imposter could have been?

For the record, I burst out laughing when I saw my name. Thanks for making me laugh from 250 miles away!

"Don't shoot it"

I've been in Chicago all week working my rear-end off. Thus I have been a non-blogger. Now I am back with my wife for our 8th year dating anniversary. Quite an accomplishment for a couple of 23 year olds. This anniversary was low key, but Lisa did make an amazing dinner for us. She's quite the cook, which neither of us expected as she didn't ever cook before we were married. I haven't had a bad meal yet. More importantly, I really love that girl. I'm so happy to be married. So happy to have our life together for the rest of our lives. It will truly be a Nerf Dart Gun Worthy Adventure all the way through.

"Too little too late"

Odd to think that if I printed out all of my Blog pages, it would probably be over 400 pages. I could fill books with this journal that 10-12 of my best friends read (and occasionally some other folks). Thanks readers.

I liked the story the other day that Lisa told me, when she was talking about Shannon being in Hawaii and how she could stop by to see Brian because they would be so close. This was in front of Shannon's family -- so fortunately Lisa caught herself and remembered that Alaska was not in fact close to Hawaii even though they look like they're next to each other on most US maps such as this one...

Keep in mind that Rogers only learned this within the past couple of years after Brian moved to Alaska. I'm sure she's not the only one. I maintain that she should be on Jaywalking - b/c it would be hilarious. I love that one.

Within the hour Mr. Tom Rogers and Ms. Angie Rogers shall arrive in Novi to see the apartment for the first time. Hopefully, we'll have a fun day or two.

Mon. - Wed. I'll be in Chicago living it up (a.k.a. working my rear-end off). Wish me luck and good times and safe flights. I usually don't have to think too hard to convince myself that my plane is going to crash even though deep down inside I know it won't.

"Lazy diamond studded flunkies"

It's odd, but I don't really know what to do with free time anymore. In the olden days (spring and before), I had a hard time deciding between playing Halo on Xbox Live or watching a movie or something. I still have the same problem deciding, only now none of these options seem so attractive. It's odd, because I love watching movies by myself, but it's not as great anymore. I guess when you get so used to being with someone, it's odd to be alone. Am I dependent? Perhaps we're becoming codependent. Given the circumstances, I think that's a good thing.

This train began rolling as I sat debating what to write about as the minutes tick by and I have roughly an hour to kill before I go to bed. So I check a few websites, put on some Bob Dylan (when I really want to listen to the Doors, but haven't put it on my computer and am too lazy to go get the CD) and type.

Tomorrow's Election Day. Although I think it important, I will not vote. I did not register yet (or get a new driver's license for that matter).

Lisa and I are going to be in Anderson quite a bit over the next month.
November 23 - 26
December 2-3
December 14-17
During Christmas week for at least a couple of days. It's going to be a busy month!

"Go, boys, go"

Yesterday, Lisa and I journeyed to the biggest football stadium in the country and watched Michigan (ranked #2 in the country) barely beat Ball State (ranked #245?) with 109,000 other people. It was a brisk day, that was only made up for to Lisa with Best Chinese in Ann Arbor just up the street from the game.

Football is definately a TV sport, as the replays and the much better view more than make-up for being there in person. However, for some reason, I still really want to get Colts Season tickets when we move back to Central Indiana down the road. Sure seems like a good idea. A set of 4 so I can go with a few fellas every other week each fall. We'll see if that happens.

For some reason, I always cheered for Michigan football from afar. I didn't really follow them too closely, but they were my favorite team. I remember cheering for Mercury Hayes in 1995.

Anyhow, with that game yesterday and the Colts tonight, it was good to cheer for two undefeated teams.

Tomorrow roughly marks 4 months at work. So far, so good. It's a good job. I'm enjoying it. Last week, I got to visit the headquarters of a very large automobile company for a meeting, which was cool.

"Loose talk of hearts and heads"

Things I've been thinking about: The gal on the left...

A darn good album...

I miss this place and some of my friends there...and that includes Jason (and non-profit drop-out Phil)

This is from a darn good movie I saw not too long ago...makes me want to watch more Christian Bale movies.

This show is entertaining albeit not really about anything...just kind of fun to watch.

I guess it's safe to say that I haven't been submerged in too many deep thoughts recently, as most of this is pop culture. But that's a Berg Blog for you.

"See I dream of many things"

Halloween 2006:

• Began with extensive debate about what to do for Halloween 2006 -- pass out candy if any kids come or just go out and have a nice evening away from a loud beep and climbing up and down the steps
• We opted to go out
• Although El Nibble Nook looked like it might be just the Mexican restaurant we were looking for, it turned out to be not too good and too expensive...boooo....
• Fortunately Coldstone was there to back it up
• In the meantime, we rented Saw II as Lisa had never seen either Saw, Saw I was out and I wanted to watch a scary movie like that fat chick in Legally Blonde wanted a hot dog.
• Lisa fell asleep during Saw II
• I woke up the next day and listened to Duncan Sheik's new Greatest Hits album all the way to work.
• But best of all for Halloween 2006, I got out of work one hour early which was awesome.

Not too much else to say right now. Perhaps I'll divulge more tomorrow. Peace.

"Our last days of silence, screaming, blur"

Today was my 6th funeral attended. Not too many for a child of 23. My sister's mother-in-law passed away last week. She lived about 30 min. north of us where Chris (my brother-in-law) is from.

So the Spires have stayed with us all week, which makes for a crowded house. But I'm glad we can be helpful to them.

But the funeral attended, was more just the funeral listened to, as Lisa and I were on Noel duty. Noel said about 30 seconds into the funeral that "She didn't want to be scared." She then started talking too loudly so we took her out and listened from the nursery through the rest of the funeral.

My parent's were in for a day as they brought Noel up who had been left at home before that. Anyhow, that's the news from Novi where the "women are strong, the men are good looking and the children are above average." Time to say goodnight for awhile...

Last movie watched: The Score (fell asleep half way through)
Last song listened to: Let Go - Frou Frou
Last TV show watched: Entourage
Last sporting event: Colts victory fast forwarded through on DVR
Last time I jumped on the bed: Monday with my niece to be repeated tonight

"Our work makes pretty little homes"

My work recently has been very interesting/exciting. I've been very happy to have had some different types of work including some with an Indianapolis client. Also, I'm working for different project managers, which is good and hung out with a few co-workers tonight. Not to mention free Redwings tickets for Rogers and me when a client backed out last night.

It's starting to feel at home. I'm starting to be more open and likely to go chat with people--I'm a bit hesitant as I'm very low man on the totem pool with people that have been consulting for years, not to mention that I don't know much about their various lines of work. That being said, I'm starting to come out of my shell a bit, I think.

My sister and Chris have been here nearly all week as his mother passed away yesterday. Chris grew up in Metro Detroit, so they've been staying at our house during this ordeal. Baby Noel will come be brought back up by my folks on Saturday. I suspect I'll write a lot about death one day. But not today.

"Born and raised in south Detroit"

Just a few quick points:

• Last weekend in Anderson was nice
• My sister and her family have been visiting because her mother-in-law is on what may become her death bed
• Lisa and I went to our first hockey game ever tonight...and first time in Detroit at night --- a good time was had by all
• When Jon Ross says "Mason" on the phone it sounds a lot like "Nathan," causing confusion for Rogers and I on whose mother was sick

"Smile like you mean it"

A Poem for Squatch Palmer written by one of his students...

You changed my life
By: [Identity Protection]
For Mr. Palmer

What I learned from you
Will be with me
For the rest of my life
What made me see?
You are the one
That helped me
And I can't thank you enough
For helping me
Mr. Palmer with that gentle touch
You're the greatest
What is there to say?
Other than I will miss you
You'll always be on my mind
No matter what the situation
You changed my life
For that I am grateful
Didn't look at my braces
Didn't look at what I couldn't do
You just helped me through
It didn't matter to you
Because you saw me and not my impurities
With a smile on your face
That made me feel like I had a place
In life

"Too scared to know"

Well I finished the book For One More Day, and I must admit that I'm a bit disappointed. It's no The Five People You Meet in Heaven. While there were a few spots here and there that nearly brought a tear to my eye, overall it wasn't too special.

Yes, I basically admitted that the book nearly made me cry. You see, I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a sensy, "it's short for sensitive guy. Our music is acoustic alternative. We marvel at fireflies. And when we help a drunk girl home from the bar, sure we cop a feel --- a feel of her hair as we're pulling it back so she doesn’t get any vomit in it."

Lisa's Birthday begins in 25 hours, which is quite exciting. We've already eaten over half of her Rosenberg-Tradition Dairy Queen Ice-Cream Cake (Add caramel? Yes, please!), but that won't stop us from living it up come October 18. In the meantime, I'm hoping her present arrives, as it was ordered on October 6, but has not yet arrived. She knows already, so if you're reading this thinking, "Oh no, Lisa's going to find out that her present hasn't arrived yet," be not alarmed, for she has already. Found out that is. Because I told her.

That little girl's going to be 23 years old. And that puppy's been replaced with Grace Rosenberg.

"I promised I would write"

Just a quick note to say, "Hello..." and I guess then I have to add "is it me you're looking for..." - Lionel Richie

It was indeed a lazy weekend in Novi. I had a good nap today. I had some good food the last couple of days. I went to church and actually talked to some people for the first time on a Sunday at church. And those people were people from our small (very small) group.

Last song I listened to: All the World Tonight - Graham Colton Band
Last show I watched: Flavor of Love 2 (I'm not proud of that, but it's true)
Last meal: Lisa's doctored oven-baked pizza
Last drink: Lots of water
Last night: I dreamed about work stuff -- I dream about work a lot.
Last movie watched: House of Wax -- and it was still good
Last CD I bought -- Elliott
Last restaurant visited -- Chili's

That guy on the right is a good Father. The guy on the left never panned out as a Knight.

"Shoulders high in the room"

My visit to the Windy City was an excellent time full of good training, food, company and (surprisingly) a couple of hours with better-man Joshua D. Campbell.

It was nice to travel and have the company pay the bills. My plane was delayed coming back, so I ended up getting home around 9, when I was expecting to arrive at like 6. Booo...

I also learned that I could take a train to Chicago for $30 or so. Which would be a good deal as it costs about $40 to park a car in Chicago over night. Might be a good way to hop over there for a weekend with my lady-friend.

Also, it's important to note that it's my lady-friend's birthday this week. Yahooo!!!!

I also found out that the makers of Age of Empires are making a game called Halo Wars. Looks pretty cool: http://halowars.com/.

I'm currently:
Reading: For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Listening to: I Feel Fine...the IRS Years (as seen on TV) by R.E.M.
Watching: Arrested Development
Jealous of: My family in Disney World
Hoping to: Have a relaxing rest of the weekend and finish my work tomorrow in an hour or two.
Ready for: a night out with Rogers

"Talk about the passion"

Well there's lots of news, but little time to provide it.

First, all of the rumors are true, four friends visited Novi last week for some super-fun in Michigan including (but not limited to) visits to Detroit, Ann Arbor, Novi, Northville, Royal Oak and the Detroit Zoo.

• Philip gets the funny Phil award -- he was up to his usual antics at causing havoc on the streets and scaring innocent bystanders.
• Wilbe gets the "I'm up for absolutely anything" award -- this guy would have done anything and had fun. He was all smiles all the time.
• Andrea gets the self-explanatory coffee award -- she taught me how to make my own, but I taught her how to make it taste better with lots of creamer.
• Shannon gets the photography award -- see those pictures in her album on Facebook? What about the ones on xanga.com/ashesoftruth? Shannon took most of those and they are great.
• Lisa ties for the co-host of the weekend award and the snoring in the movie theatre award -- both self-explanatory, but to be fare we did keep her out until well after 2 a.m. at The Departed, a movie that I enjoyed very much.

Now I'm in Chicago for a conference and headed to bed. My second business trip (if you count my trip to Toronto last spring). Should be a good couple of days. And one of the best parts is Co-Better Man Josh is in Chicago too, so we will hang out tomorrow night if all goes as planned. See y'all soon. For the record we will be in town the weekend of the 20th. Parliament? Scary movies? Will you be home that weekend? I hope so.

"Standing in the ashes"

Favorite's Among the Series:

Back to the Future: Back to the Future part I

Matrix: Matrix I (although I liked the others there was just too much effort -- the first one was unbelievable the first time)

Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade: I wouldn't argue that it's the best, but it's my favorite.

Star Wars: I need to see Episode III again as I've only seen it once (and at the time, thought it might be the best) and to be fair, this has changed several times. Last time I watched them all (last year), I believe I lined up with fans around the world and went with The Empire Strikes Back

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- from the opening sequence with Smeagol's finding of the ring it blew me away.

Kill Bill: Although they're really just one movie (and will be once -- apparently Miramax and the Weinsteins figure out who has the rights to it), I liked Volume II better.

House of Wax: It stands alone. And it's Halloween Season so everyone get your copy out and ready to watch...Come on, I know I'm not the only one who owns this movie...right?

"An old friend I know"

My Uncle Donald Wayne Rosenberg died in his twenties. He was in a car accident and was killed. He had recently returned from Vietnam at the time, where he had served two tours. No one really had much time to talk to him about his experiences after his return as it wasn't long before he died.

My Dad, who was several years younger than Don Wayne said that for weeks it felt as though someone had just punched him in the stomache. That was the resulting feeling of the tragic death of his older brother.

Don had signed his name in a Gideon's Bible that he had accepted Jesus--signed that he was indeed a Christian.

To me Uncle Don is a photo. A military photo. It's black and white. He looks similar to my Dad, his face is a little rounder and his hair is slicked back. I honestly can't remember ever seeing any other picture of Uncle Don besides that one.

I have a total three other Uncles and one Aunt. All are married. I have three cousins and two step-cousins. I don't know my step-cousins at all. I have four living grandparents. My paternal grandparents have been married over 60 years.

"You do it on your own, we all do"

Despite our scary encounter, the weekend was good. Relaxing. We met some people at church when we went to the small group thing, so that was good, as we hadn't really talked to anyone in Michigan yet.

And it was odd, being scared by a knock on the door. At the Lounge, if someone came at 1:15 a.m. or maybe even 3:15 a.m., it wouldn't be scary at all because 1) you'd be wide awake and 2) there would probably be 5 to 1o other people in the house with you. But when you're on your own in a new place and you've got someone to protect, it is a bit scary. Especially when he looked at me and continued to knock. Oh well.

So I found out that one of the three client's that I've had direct contact with -- and the one that I've had the most contact with (over the phone--never met her, graduated from Anderson University). That was an odd coincidence. She probably graduated about 10 years ago, so I don't know her, but I still found it strange, and cool.

"Scared, are you?"

It's a bit disconcerting when someone knocks on your front door at 1:15 a.m. in a place you've only recently begun to consider your home. 1:15 a.m., the very second after you've shut your bedroom door, meaning the knocker may have seen you pass the top of the stairwell. You know two things. 1) This is almost 100% likely to be someone you don't know -- meaning it's a complete stranger. 2) You should not be opening the door to a complete stranger at 1:15 a.m. You don't know why the person is knocking. You don't know what their intentions are. You don't know if they saw you walk by. Thus it's a bit disconcerting.

It's even more disturbing when you peel back one blind and peer out the window, and the person looks up at you. Your eyes meet. He's got glasses, sandy blonde hair. Looks normal. He had to have seen you right. But he knocks again...wierd.

You sit and listen. You wait. No more knocking. Your wife tells you that she thinks she heard a car start. You look out the window again. Boot prints leading up to the door, but not away. Did he go into the neigbors house? Still no more knocking.

You go to bed. After reading for awhile, you turn out the lights to go to sleep. Your wife is still scared. She decides to watch South Park.

3:15 -- "He's back!" You jump awake and hear the last few pounds on the door. It's 3:15. Should you look out the window and yell at the person. Should you get the phone to call the police. Why do you feel so scared? After all, "Burglars don't knock," your wife says. No more knocking.

You wake up the next morning. Your wife hasn't slept well. You slept like a baby. You always sleep like a baby. You're still a bit uneasy about the events from the night before. You figure it must have been someone for the neighbors. You decide that if it happens again maybe you'll call the police. Later that day, you buy a deadbolt...

"I react like its 1805"

Ah...Saturday's were made for this. Nothing but relaxing. The Mrs. and I watched the last um 1, 2...5 episodes of Season 2 of Lost today (and the last one was a double) for a staggering 4.5 "Lost" hours. The show very well might replace 24 as my "most-addicting." During season 4 of 24, I kept falling asleep , which had never happened during the first 3. Still a good show, but Lost leaves you asking many questions. It seems to almost always be fresh and new, while 24 does get slightly repetitive. Fortunately, the repetitive "15 seconds" is still good and worth the time and effort, but I would argue just not as intriguing as Lost.

Long story short, if you've never watched it, go buy Lost Season 1, watch three episodes and see if you aren't hooked and thanking me.

In other news, Rogers and I bought Season 4 of South Park ---- ok, we love watching television (it is supposedly the Golden Age of T.V. so if you're not watching now, you're missing the best of the best) ---- anyway, one episode into Season 4 and we suddenly see why Jason likes to say "Tits" instead of "Cool." And that was a darn funny episode by the way.

In other news, the Rosenbergs got a gift certificate for the Rosenbergs to get a new chair. The following is the result.

Now, I've got to rest up (after all-today was obviously exhausting), as I've got a busy day with Church and the Colts and hanging out with Rogers!

"Dancing like he's never danced before"

For some reason, I've been tired for like two weeks straight. At least it seems like it. I don't think I'm sick. I just feel really really tired. I've been going to bed early, and wanting to sleep in. Maybe I'm just still getting used to the schedule. I just know in like 36 hours on Saturday morning, I'll still be sleeping, and that will be good!

"Two turntables"

I've been tired recently. Oddly tired. I fell asleep last night around 10:30 and could go to sleep right now. Instead, I'm hoping to exercise for a bit, as I haven't in about a week. So what have I done in the past week...

• Watched several very good episodes of Lost -- Season 2 is like a rollercoaster, but episodes 14 - 16 have been very good
• Eaten out at least 5 times -- the parentals were in town, which turns out = good food
• Worked a lot, although maybe not as much as some of my friends at the "Steel Mill" as Brian Nuts calls it.
• Played Halo -- maybe a bit last Thursday. I'm working my way through Halo: Combat Evolved -- it seems much easier now than the first time I played it...but I am only on Heroic, I'm not sure why.
• Watched 0 movies. Movie watching has decreased, but we might sneak in one or two this weekend.
• Played golf -- I only played a few times this summer. It's hard to be motivated when it costs so much.
• Eaten some good Quesadillas -- home cooked from my High School Sweetheart.
• Watched 0 Colts games. Booooooo.....our provider doesn't even offer any premium NFL channels - so I can't even buy the game.
• Updated my Blog template -- only like the third time I ever did that. This time, it was just infrastructure though. I like my Blue background.

That's just a few things, I suppose. And the answer to yesterday's comment is "yes."

"It's that time of year"

If your name is Shannon, and you like Imogen Heap like I do, then you should check out this link and click on the Imogen Heap video

http://www.rehearsals.com/exclusive/last_kiss/ Zack John Dorian Braff did a radio show with people from the Last Kiss Soundtrack and they videotaped it as well. Imogen does an Acappella version of a song with loops live and it sounds unbelievable. She records like 7 parts, and then puts together an entire song live...and that's just the beginning.

If you're anyone else and you like music, you may want to check out this link: http://www.rehearsals.com/exclusive/last_kiss/ That was a trick, because it's the same link. But it will lead you to awesome music hosted by the Braffster.

Today was a good day. I accidentally overslept, which isn't good, and I was about 45 minutes later than I wanted to be, but only 15 minutes than I should be arriving to work. But there wasn't too much going on, so it wasn't a big deal (and the juries out on if my short absence was even noticed). Anyhow, my parents came downtown for lunch, which was nice then the 4 of us ate Best Chinese in Ann Arbor tonight, which was super-good, until I ate every bite, got ice-cream and subsequently felt sick.

What else is new? Well, compliments of Dr. and Mrs. R. Lisa and Berg may just have a new recliner for you to sit in if and when you visit. Perhaps we'll post a picture someday soon.

But for now...
My name really was in the WSJ. See?

"Everytime I look at you"

In case you didn't notice already, you can now link to many of your friends' blogs from my page, with easy pop-up window access. Hopefully, this will keep you from having to type in many letters. However, if you're at work and trying to read some blogs to kill time, this might not be the method for you as you will save a total of 24 to 49 seconds depending on how fast a typer you are, and whether or not you check The Revolution even though it's only updated once per year to keep demand high.

So this weekend was full of family and good meals, and now I'm tired and ready for bed. I won't be watching many Colts games up here it looks like, unless I try my neighborhood BWW on a couple of Sunday afternoons.

So tired...must sleep now.

"Just to sound confused"

The Return of FLL
(Funny Lines with Lisa)
Wednesday evening:

On preparing Lisa for dinner at Amadeus tonight.

Andrew: It's European style. Well Italy's in Europe so that might be a good sign.

Lisa: I know Italy's in Europe.

Andrew: You don't even know what Europe is. Can you name the 7 continents?

Lisa: Of Europe?

Andrew: *Laughs for a long time*

Lisa: Oh wait, okay. Austria...North America...Africa...Europe!..................Russia...Asia..............

Andrew: You missed one.

Lisa: Asia Minor

Andrew: What's South of North America?

Lisa: Costa Rica? Mexico? Wait is Canada in North America?

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This made me laugh a lot. Now you can laugh a lot to. To be fair, we never had Geography. What was supposed to be Geography consisted of us drawing the 50 United States in less than 5 minutes. We practiced this day in and out for weeks until we could draw the states in 5 minutes. Sound stupid? It was.

"Throw your arms around my neck"

Tonight was Lasagna night for the first time and boy was it good. Three pieces and several hours later, I'm still feeling quite full. Rogers is becoming quite the Cook. She's now tried probably about 10 meals, and all have been good, although that Bourbon chicken did taste a little to Bourbony! (still good though)

My name was in the Wall Street Journal today for winning the Wall Street Journal award. Maybe I'll post a picture, as Lisa's going to scan it in for me tomorrow. There were also about 200 other names, but it is still pretty cool.

Did you know that my company is laying off 3% of its workforce. Luckily none of that 3% includes me. It's fascinating to be a part of a huge public company that's primary focus is maximizing shareholder value. This and other changes have helped boost our stock a couple of dollars over the past few days...too bad, I'm not eligible for Stock Options until next year.


Currently listening to:

Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter and Nightcrawler - if you've never listened to Pete Yorn nows the time to go to myspace and see what you think.

My mix tape currently has these songs on it:

Ray LaMontagne - Empty, Be Here Now, Lesson Learned
Pete Yorn - Undercover, Ice Age, The Man, EZ, and On Your Side

My Golfing Wife

My Crowded Bed

My Graduation Day

Things I miss today:

• Disney World
• The feeling that tomorrow night, I'll be going to a Midnight Movie, which makes the day awesome
• The feeling of seeing Texas Chainsaw Massacre on one such night

"Come back home for another year"

Here are a few pictures of our new home in Novi...provided for those of you who have not yet visited or will never visit (at least until Wrestlemania).

First we have our apartment building...Building 13 of Saddle Creek. I saw a rainbow two days in a row, which was pretty awesome.

This is our office/guest room. This room is for you, reader. There is also a pull out bed matress underneath so two can sleep well. Notice the nice view of a tree out of your window. Also, you have lots of reading materials and music selections to choose from...and internet access right there in your room.

Look at the beautiful clean towels you will have access to upon your visit...in your very own guest bathroom!

Both of our closets are completely full of stuff. Mostly shoes. Lisa's closet (the one to the left) is much bigger, but this is the coolest picture.

Above the futon is a red corkboard with black trim that Lisa painted to hold our Wedding polaroids compliments of Scott W. King.

Perhas there will be more to come later. For now, have a pleasant evening and a safe tomorrow.

"We are young"

Posts are becoming more and more infrequent it seems. I used to be so committed that it drove me nuts to miss one day. Go back a year or so, and you might notice that there's about 30 posts a month.

The weekend was excellent, for the most part. Lisa and I decided to ring fall in by visiting the Yates Cider Mill in Rochester Hills for an afternoon. Unfortunately, what promised to be a place to enjoy a petting zoo, fresh apple cider and fresh fudge was just that, but in about a 1/2 acre space. Translation: great place for about 30 minutes...but I'm sure we'll enjoy that Cider for a good while.

Like our friend, Wilbe, Lisa and I saw the movie The Black Dahlia today. And like our friend Wilbe we did not enjoy it too much. Lisa was bored the whole time and hated it. I thought the last 30 minutes was interesting, but I could not recommend it. After popcorn and a soda, that was the worst $30 spent since I bought two copies of the Paris Hilton CD. (I actually only bought one, for the record.)

What else is going on in BergWorld.

• Well, Lost season 2 is so far disappointing, but I dare not give up on it.
• Lisa just spruced up a frozen pizza so that it tasted home made and was delightful.
• I ellipticized to the tune of 8.5 miles this weekend, which seems good.
• We found out that the Troy mall does not in fact have a Puma store, but it did have a place to buy the brand new Pete Yorn album.
• If you grocery shop at Meijers on a Sunday, and Meijers is the only good grocery store around, prepare to find many empty shelves where the food you would like to purchase should be. (It's important to note that I did still get my two bags of marshmallows.)
• Fresh off a Continental US tour, Brian BN Roberson will be in Detroit tomorrow for 4 hours, but we will unfortunately not be able to visit him. Boooo..........(bs).

"All words are dust"

I may be catching up with some of my peers in the world of work after working from 7 to 1 on Sunday night and 9 to 12 last night after a full work day. I would have a hard time working that much everyday. I'm glad that I'm not currently in a job where I work 60+ hours a week. I could definately handle 50 right now, but I'm still trying to get my legs. In a lot of ways, I feel like a Rookie athlete who wheres down mid-season because they were used to the much shorter college season. So anyway, it's been a busy week, and I'm exhausted. I am very much looking forward to this weekend, where the whole schedule is booked up with sleeping and relaxing to catch up. It's been a busy last month. This will be nice.

Time for ol' Berg to go use that elliptical machine for a little while. It's been really rainy here. Humid and rainy.

"These cold and damp white mornings"

On the Anniversary
I opened up my Web browser towards the end of work today, and instead of the my company's intranet, I discovered there was a page remembering the deaths of 260 of our MMC colleagues and 60 other consultants on 9/11. MMC is our parent company, and my guess is that one of the planes flew right into their floors for so many to have died. That's nearly 10% of all casualties that day!

I clicked on the list of people and their tributes that had been created a couple of years ago and scrolled through. One man loved to play sports with all of the kids in his neighborhood. Another was "one of the good guys." Mark Rosenberg was 26 and had met his wife, Jennifer by chance one day. A couple of year's ago Mark's sister had written about how she'd missed him. How she still couldn't believe he was gone.

On Michigan's Fall
As I mentioned last week, fall is in the air in Michigan. The sky is cloudy. The air is cold. Open windows bring a breeze through the room and a shiver to your soul. Perhaps nothing signifies fall so much as the advent of football season. I'm not really a big football fan, but I'm a fan nonetheless. Last night after attending the Lions vs. Seahawks in the afternoon, I laid on my bed watching the Colts vs. Giants while doing work on my laptop. It was a comforting feeling of sorts. Discouraging in some ways to be doing work until 1 a.m. But comforting, because it was a feeling I've had many times before. Juggling work at home with a Sunday Colts game.

Mostly the fall in Michigan just makes me scared of the coming winter. Early black mornings. Hour-long commutes to work in the dark traveling slowly over icy roads. I don't know what to expect, but I'm not looking forward to it.

May fall be long, and the winter mild. Goodnight.

"Well I always feel this way"

Labor Day weekend was a good weekend. A few interesting tidbits will standout in my mind undoubtedly.

1) We went tubing and jet skiing on Shannon's lake. It's the first time I tubed and the first time I jet-skiid (i can't figure how to spell skeed correctly) since I was a kid on the back of one. And I got to do both with Rogers, which was awesome. Tubing was too much fun, and I can't wait to do it again.

2) My first listen of Ray LaMontagne's song Be Here Now (which opens his new album) left me downright dumbfounded on Saturday after midnight in the dark, alone. A brief review of the album may come later.

3) My family had a 90-year-old magician perform at our Labor Day cookout. Van Drake the Magician, who used to perform for troops during World War II, Gob'd it up for us for a good 45 minutes. Some cool tricks, although most were obvious as he wasn't too slick anymore. Others left me guessing and fascinated.

4) Twister - which was actually pretty fun. Plus it was followed by a cartoon TMNT episode, which was also pretty fun.

What else was grat about Labor Day?

1) Playing with my niece. That kid is very fun.

2) Eating in downtown Anderson park with Lisa. We've always wanted to do that, and now that we've moved away we can check it off the list.

3) Hitting up Hacienda - always a good thing.

4) I was invited to be a "Better-Man" in my the wedding of Joshua David Campbell and Keri Bethlehem Trout. Yea!

A couple things sucked...

1) Lisa got a ticket for speeding, while we were following each other home
2) Lisa has to stay in Anderson tonight...boooo I miss her
3) I have to go get a little work done before going to bed...also booo.

I'm glad I could hang out with most of you this weekend. Keep it real, Eddie Bunker style!

"I took a picture"

Fall is just around the corner up here in Michigan. You can feel it's warning in the crisp cool air. You can smell it in the breeze. I can't wait.

Fall reminds me of:

Bonfires
Soccer and Volleyball Season at good old Liberty Christian School
The feeling that basketball season is about to start
Wearing jeans instead of shorts
Hoodies instead of t-shirts
Crunching leaves under feet
Season Premier week which always comes sooner than expected
2003 Fall Cookout when Eileen and Lisa met for the first time

This should be a fun weekend...

Here's a picture taken last fall.

"I saw the end"

Throughout the last 3 years of college, I became an e-mail addict. I left my Anderson University e-mail open all the time, and every 10 minutes or so, I would click on it to see if I had any e-mail. I was completely addicted. Oftentimes, I'd get in e-mail chats with messages flying back and forth. I usually had well over 1,000 messages in my inbox, as I was horrible at organizing it.

All this is to say, that it's sad to say goodbye to Groupwise. I've loved thee. I will miss thee.

Tonight I spent about an hour forwarding and deleting e-mails. Unfortunately, I've still got 1300 to go. Most will be lost and gone forever. Spending time on A.U. E-mail reminds me of...

The Lounge
Working with my Friends at the FSB
Doing homework at Rogers' house and tucking her in before returning to my house
Late nights

Maria Deardorff said it best last Friday night. It's not that being out of college is so bad - there are definately some benefits. But it's the community feeling that you have at college that you miss the most.

"And you know it's time to go"

Well - the Mrs. and I will be home tomorrow night. Hope to see some of you all this weekend. And if not this, then maybe next. Cheers!

"Be the devil and angel too"

A few good things happened today.

1) Tickets were purchased for the Detroit Lions vs. Seattle Seahawks. Should be good seats too. We're going to have a fun time. Yea, you know who you are. An event that's been in the works since Berg's First & Only Bachelor Party with a Ricker Mention and a Parliament Eyebrow Raise of Interest may be coming to fruition after all.

2) Lisa has a job interview. Well two potential job interviews actually working with animals in Ann Arbor. She would be a receptionist at a high-class boarding place or a receptionist at an animal emergency room sort of place. Quite a commute, but very interesting to her. Hopefully they will go well and be as interesting and enjoyable as they sound. She could even take Grace to work with her...as long as Grace wouldn't pee all over everybody.

Time to go play some Halo before going to sleep. Anybody want to play on XBox Live sometime. I'd be up for some Chatting and Killing. Goodnight, everybody.

"Teach me to be shy"

Another Monday has come and gone. I'm really looking forward to coming home this weekend, as short as it might be. It will be nice to see some friends that we haven't seen for a few weeks and others for a few months.

Normally, it would be about now that I'd be saying, "Well, a few more weeks would be nice, but I'll probably get back in the swing of things pretty quickly." This time I'm thinking...ah...work.

There is definately something different about work. Something unexpected. I always figured that work would have to be better than school at least work-wise because you may work all day, but most of the time you don't have to do more work at the end of the day. The jury's still out. I think it's just my friends I miss the most. If I went to work all day and got to hang out with the guys every week and everybody on the weekends, I think it would be better. But without the social aspect, it's hard to tell.

I do enjoy my work, and for that I am very glad. I enjoy my home life too, and for that I'm very glad. Overall, I'm a blessed guy. Same old Berg just a new state.

"Only time will tell if wishing wells can bring us anything"

This was a very good weekend. Relaxing in our clean house doing very little. On Friday Josh and Keri were here which was awesome. We went to dinner walked around Plymouth eating ice-cream, generally hung out and went on a late-night hunt for White Castle, which turned out to lead to an all-night 50s style place very similar to White Castle called Greens. It was a good night. But alas they had to head back to Indiana.

So Lisa and I turned to each other and movies for our entertainment. Yesterday we watched Sin City and Snakes on a Plane. That's a lucky husband who watches those two awesome guy movies in one day with his wife. Thanks, Rogers! And yes, S.O.A.P. was everything it's hype led it to be. There was laughter and screams throughout and an eruption of applause in our mostly empty theatre. Would I recommend this movie? Yes. Grab a few friends and go see it, twice.

Tonight, will be an early to bed night, as I feel very tired. How about this Karr character. Guilty or not of the case at hand, he looks like a creep, and has to be guilty of numerous crimes against children based on what they're saying he has said and done in the past.

So that about wraps up my post about very little. Have a pleasant night, friends. You are missed.

"And as for the clouds just let them roll"

Well, I got sort of hooked on America's Got Talent over the past couple of weeks. The finale was tonight and America voted to give a 12 year old girl who can sing well 1 Million Dollars. Can you imagine? She sang three or four songs on stage over the past month and walks away the winner. I hope her young life doesn't change for the worse.

Lisa has got our house guest-ready as Josh and Keri are driving over from Kalamazoo to visit us and stay the night. We've got a very nice place, now that it's all cleaned up.

Plus Lisa's made an awesome thing to hang all of Wilbe's Wedding Polaroids on.

The next few weeks are going to be pretty busy. 18 - Josh and Keri spend the night 25 - We'll be back in town Labor Day Weekend - we'll be back in town again since there's a day off of work Sept. 9 - more friends up for football!

Well it's late and I've got to be up in 6 hours so it's time for bed.

Things I enjoyed today:

• Seeing our house really get cleaned for the first time
• Watching the biggest underdog win a big event in Big Brother
• Watching Last Kiss podcasts on my Ipod while walking to the gym to work out
• Eating lunch out with a bunch of co-workers

Goodnight!

"I'm at ease in the arms of a woman"

If you like relaxing music for a summer night check out Amos Lee. I first listened to his Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight a lot because Norah Jones was on the track. Then Zach Braff put Arms of a Woman on his new Last Kiss Soundtrack so I checked out that song. It's so mellow. Goes down easy on a nice evening. 61 degrees out tonight. Not a cloud in the sky. A perfect night to walk home after a good workout to a nice song like that.

After yesterday's day of rest, today went very well. I wasn't really tired and kept busy the whole day. That's always a very good thing.

Time to go to sleep. I'm headed to Chicago later this week. That should be fun and interesting.

Listening to: Arms of a Woman - Amos Lee / Come Away with Me - Norah Jones

"Would you take my hand tonight"

Yesterday I was on top of that getting ready to come down...

with that guy in the middle sitting next to me! That's right is was Cedar Point 2006. What a great day. While the Andersonians pulled a 22 to 23 hour day, Rogers and I managed to make it there ride some rides and back in about 19. We did have a great time.

The result of a long day in the hot sun riding rides with good friends was a day of sitting inside doing almost nothing but relaxing and watching this on DVD:

and eating through a couple of packages of this...

And all of this included the wonderful companionship of her:

What a great way to spend a weekend!

"Or break up my train of thought"

Praise the Lord, I can finally connect to the company network from home. That has been a huge pain for about 3 weeks, so I'm really really happy. Thanks to Best Buy for the Wireless Router for 49.99 (even though I'm using the cable), and to Rogers for her patience with my furstration and to God for getting it to work, miraculously.

Not too much to say. I'm looking forward to seeing a few folks in Northern Ohio this weekend. That should be a gas. Other than that, I'm loving it here, but missing my hometown of Anderson, Indiana. Will we ever return? I truly hope so. Or at least Central Indiana. Can't wait to catch up with Josh C. and Nate D. when they return to A-Town later this month. I hope that Massachusetts is treating them well. Out of respect for the latter:


P.S. One of the first songs that Nate D. drummed along to was Hey Jealousy by my once favorite band the Gin Blossoms, who released their first album in 10 years yesterday. A one sentence review to ensue: A listen through of the Gin Blossom's Motel Lodge Victory lifts the veil that was only peaked under previously to reveal a band that never wrote great lyrics or music, but had enough hooks to keep you coming back again and again, even after 10 years.

"I cannot help myself"

This is me and Rogers in our apartment and me and Rogers as the desktop wallpaper also.

Here's the pics I couldn't upload last night...

These chicks are just too cool, I guess.

This fountain is in the bottom of the GM headquarters.

Ever been to Ikea? It's a pretty cool store. We bought a coffee table and two side tables there today. Side tables = $12. What a deal! Coldstone = $9.73. We almost could have bought another table, but it was worth it as usual!

"Miss Hilton you must be worth a trillion bucks"

The saga of the failed network connection continues. After weeks of frustration, I finally managed to connect to the internet through a router. This was after purchasing one at Best Buy for $50. However, for some reason, I still cannot connect to my work network through VPN. The purpose of the router is almost defeated - however - I hold out with high hopes.

Tomorrow, one of my all time favorite bands will release their first album in 10 years. The Gin Blossoms are back. I loved them in the mid-90s and they were my first official favorite band. I'm looking forward to hearing some new tunes that I haven't heard since the time I saw them in concert a couple of years ago (with Better Than Ezra). That show freakin rocked - thanks to Rogers for the birthday present.

Well, I tried an failed to upload some pictures - so until another day...goodnight.

"The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire"

Ah, another nice weekend comes to a close. Time just flies by these days, it seems. They say that life is like a roll of toilet paper and it just goes faster the closer you get to the end. I think I heard that from my Dad or my Grandma, but it also sounds like something Phil would maybe say.

Anyway, next weekend, it looks as some fun might be in order. This weekend consisted of many of the things that I had mentioned. Friday night - Date night. Saturday out with Aunt and Uncle. However, that also included Saturday evening Lutheran church, which meant extra sleeping in today. V for Vendetta was replaced with My Cousin Vinny and rescheduled for possibly Wednesday night. Overall it was a nice time.

Tomorrow, I'm being picked up bright and early at 7 a.m. so that I can be the "scribe" for some focus groups. Basically, I will take notes for quite a few hours. However, it should be enjoyable, incredibly interesting and a great way to spend a day of work...and I'll get home from work before 5, which is very nice.

Let's see what else is going on...my parents "have a proposition for us." Sounds intriguing. Sounds scary. I'm just not that exciting right now.

"Ample parking everywhere"

So I found out that Ray LaMontagne apparently went to the side of the stage and chatted with some fans and signed a few autographs the other day. That would have taken the concert from good to awesome. Too bad we didn't go up there.

In other news, well there isn't too much other news right now and it's getting late for those of us who get up before 7. Oh for the days of 10 o'clock chapels. Boooo....

Watching: America's Got Talent, Simple Life, The Hills, Big Brother.

Listening To: Mat Kearney, Ludacris, Frou Frou

Reading: Same books as last time. I'm a slow reader okay.

This weekend: Date night with Rogers, V for Vendetta, out with my aunt and uncle that live 30 min. from here, Sleeping In, Apartment, Church. Love y'all.


Here's a couple of wedding pics for you.

"A flat tire on the road to a better place"

We can all rejoice, brace for it. The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived. Best Buy is now carrying The Next Generation of videos. And not just The Next Generation, but both next generations. That right bloglanders HD DVD and Blu-Ray are taking arms and ready to battle.

At first glance HD DVD is kicking Blu-Ray's booty as the only Blue-Ray that I noticed was the one and only The Fifth Element starring Bruce Willis. No Schindler's List. No half-way amazing movie. Instead we get The Fifth Element now for only $25. Or we could go the HD DVD route and pick up "The Last Samurai" for $30. A movie that was recently $5.99 on DVD at Wal-Mart and could probably be purchased for $3.00 on VHS can be purchased for 5 or 10 times that much so that it can be viewed in the best quality known to man. And by the way, it's audio file is no longer compressed! Hip Hip Hooray! It also came in a sleaker case than any DVD I'd seen before. Rounder corners and thin. Very sexy.

So with very little research I'll opinionate. Blu-Ray? HD DVD? Who will win? Who will lose? I'm guessing that the format that gets the most films and the best marketing will win. Of course films will hopefully go to both formats, but demand goes up for either one if they are unique (Halo anyone?). There is no doubt that Joe Consumer and Jane Lovesmovies are the real losers. Unless you're so wealthy and so into technology and precision that you have nothing better to do with your money than you'll probably just wait until your sucked into having to buy one or the other because it's no longer released on DVD. It'll be a few years and hopefully until then the ol' DVDs will keep getting cheaper and cheaper. By the way, I picked up Spiderman II ($4), 8 Mile ($4), Reservoir Dogs ($6), and the almost brand new Failure to Launch($9) for a total of $25 at Best Buy yesterday. So perhaps I'm not really losing after all. Then I went home to watch Friday Night Lights on TV. What a waste of money...that'll be for another day.

"Been so long since I seen your face"

This past weekend, Lisa and I went home for the first time since we moved away. It was a wonderful weekend. Friday night a group of 13 gathered around a Red Lobster table for 10 and cleared the room of patrons with it's boisterous laughing and conversation. We had a great deal of fun before returning to the Hell Hole to talk late into the night.

Saturday was the third Ray LaMontagne show I'd ever seen with Phil, Jason and Par. Again we had a super good time even though Ray only played for a bit.

So there's missing your friends feelings combined with truly appreciating your friends feelings. Only seeing everybody every few weeks or so, will make each visit all the more meaningful. It was nice to have Phil making fun of me again simply because he knew it got to me just enough that it was worth it on both sides. It was funny to be the butt of Jason's persistent anti-semitic comments including the "Most Offensive Comment of the Evening" just in time.

A good time was had by all. Tonight I watched a movie by myself for the first time since wedding (the verb, not the event although I mean both). Friday Night Lights - a good flick. The real Varsity Blues, as one IMDB reviewer put it.

I began work on an essay tonight entitled The Songs of My Life. Work seems like it's going to pick up pretty fast.

"Making plans to change the world while the world is changing us"

So today I enrolled in a 401(k) so that when I'm 60 I can retire with $800,000 at the rate I'm putting in now and my projected rate of salary raise. Unfortunately, if I will want to live off of 90% of my income at time of retirement and I expect to die at 77, I'll need to have 1.2 million dollars in that puppy. Seems a little excessive.

Saving for retirement seems a little stupid right now, but I'm motivated by my Grandpa Martin who retired young as an executive for John Deere. I think he's been retired my whole life and he's almost 80. I'm pretty sure he retired in his mid-50s and they always been able to live at a very nice lifestyle. So for that reason, we shall save save save and hope that we can live long enough to enjoy and spoil our grandkids and if not then our kids will be rich!

I'm a little fried right now, so sorry for if this was poorly written. Off to dinner and Big Brother -yeah! See ya'll in A-Town tomorrow night!

Love,

Berg

"The rest is still unwritten"

I'll admit it. I'm addicted to a few things right now: Ice Cream & TV. Not a good combination. Sounds like the making of a couch potato. I'd like to go ahead and put to rest any roomers right now though. I am, in fact, not a couch potato. Neither have I gained 20 pounds since marraige. Maybe two or three, and I think those were just from 9 Coldstone visits in the first 20 days of marriage. We've only had like 4 in the two weeks since that point. Well maybe that's not so much better. Anyway, I'm addicted to my bowl of 2.5 scoops of no-fat vanilla ice cream with plenty of fat caramel and chocolate on top and a Rogers' Brownie on the side while sitting down to watch my two current favorite shows: Big Brother & The Hills (a Laguna Beach spin-off). Both stupid reality shows that suck you in. We find ourselves discussing the show at the end...what the contestants or kids should or should not do. While I used to only watch Scrubs and Big Brother on their first-run on TV, I'm now watching Big Brother, The Hills, Simple Life, America's Got Talent (whenever I get a chance) and still managing to catch quite a few re-runs of South Park on DVD.

The reason for this new rash of television intake? Well, one reason is we've got to do something while we eat our ice cream...and we DO have to eat our ice cream.

#2 is DVR (same as Tivo). With DVR we can watch the Hills in 22 minutes or the Simple Life in, well, 22 minutes. By the time an hour's passed we've almost watched 3 shows where we used to watch only 2.

#3 is that I no longer have video games. Haven't shot any MasterChiefs with my MasterChef since well before marriage. I haven't played Super Mario Brothers since my college days. My video game days are not over. I'm just on an unwanted and unnecessary hiatus. I actually received two games for getting married: The Godfather (thanks George) and Call of Duty 2 (thanks K-Hink and E.T.).

Nevertheless, a junky I am not. In fact, I'm going to run right now, even though it's almost 11 p.m. and remember folks - it's fat free ice cream.

"3 ooh it's the magic number"

Today was Friday and a day that Shannon was in town, thus a good day. We went to Benihanas and Coldstone and You, Me, and Dupree out of respect for Shannon's visit. For those who might not check Facebook, here's my new profile pic.

Thanks to Berg for au naturale and Phil for the extra Brows!

"Where we should be for now"

The last breakfast before the Rogenberg Wedding on June 24...then we had our first supper. Maybe we can post that tomorrow.

We honestly had no idea that Philip was there. I love that guy.

They're together again at last. Tonight we have our first guest with us. Yea. Shannon Alien Sharp decided to visit Novi, Michigan and take off work tomorrow...which was a total surprise to Lisa. She had a good old-fashioned jaw drop. And Shannon rocks. She had Reeces and Flowers for a housewarming gift. Take notes, friends. You do want to out-do each other right?

Today was Office Outing day so we went to a Tigers game and had an open bar and food bookending the event and $15 worth of anything in the park...so I got a nice Tigers ball cap for practically free ($10), but it'd be $20 anywhere so it was still cool. I left the bar at like 6:15 and the party was still going strong, but I had to get home to Miss Rogers and Shannon. Anyway I felt guilty for not driving anybody home. I would've offered, but I didn't really want to wait around until they were done. There was even talk of karaoke. So it could have gone all night. I guess I'll find out tomorrow. Lisa will get the rest of the Polaroids up for y'all too. We just got a scanner and are working on it. Thank Wilbe for the awesome Polaroids. That guy rocks. He is the King. Happy last night at Target, Wilbs.

"All these places feel like home"

If you have 2 minutes click on this: http://zachbraff.com/ then go to the part that says Last Kiss Trailer and click on it and press play. The movie looks awesome. Which could actually be a bad thing, because with Zach B. in it I'm already assuming it's awesome. Well I know the soundtrack's awesome too. So basically, I'm stoked. Oh yeah, it's written by Paul Haggis too, who is golden (Million Dollar Baby, Crash...and one of the creators of Walker Texas Ranger...) Simply golden.

Enough of that. Tomorrow is back to work, bright and early. Week 2. The good news is Wednesday is off-site client meeting day, which will go quickly and Thursday is Tigers baseball game day, which should be a good time to meet a few people and take it easy for a day.

Before you know it the weekend will role around again. I honestly think I'm going to like this job though, which I'm very happy about.

Well we made some progress on cleaning up today. One step at a time. We'll be there before you know it and probably be packing up to move onto the next place. But I guess by next year (if we decide to move into a house or condo) we'll be experienced movers so it will go smoother right? I hope y'all squeezed in some ice cream before midnight as according to Mr. Ricky it was National Ice Cream Day. I had a big bowl with some of Lisa's super-delicious brownies on the side.

Watching: lots of South Park these days
Listening to: Chocolate by Snow Patrol (because it's on the Last Kiss Soundtrack)
Reading: Escape from Alcatraz and Restoring Your Spiritual Passion (two completely separate books)

"Standing on a building I am a lightning rod"

So one week of work is down. Most of the week was spent reading materials and participating in conference calls with another new hire or two. Actually the gal that's in Cincinatti. A lot of reading and frankly not all that exciting. I did get a few free lunches, which was great. Also on Friday, the office leader bought smoothies for everyone, so that was cool....seems like a great atmosphere for work. People seem to get along pretty well etc.

Well my boss works from home on Fridays, so on Friday she asked me to handle something for her, which made my not too exciting week very interesting all of a sudden. I was on the phone with a client and acting as the go between with a layout person in Chicago who was trying to get the materials to us. At the end of the day this role and project was similar to what I used to do at the School 'o Business so that was cool. I have a bit of experience with it and don't feel to overwhelmed. But I did think for a bit that I might be working past 6 on Friday. Instead I got to bring some work home with me for the weekend. Not too fun, but potentially a norm, so I guess I'd better get used to it. This weekend only a couple of hours, so not too bad. And it's also helpful that I'm getting paid for it.

After a day of unpacking and shopping for a few more essentials (like our brand new 19" flatscreen monitor...to replace the ancient and supersmall hand-me-down from Josh + it was only going to be $70 after we used our gift card from a bunch of the guys at Best Buy, but unfortunately we couldn't find it...which I guess means I'll just put it towards on XBox 360 when I do find it, right?) it's time to pack it in for the night (please see pre-parenthesis to make sense of that last in-between parenthetical phrases phrase).

Goodnight and thanks for all the comments. Miss y'all.

Currently Listening to the new Guster CD: Ganging up on the Sun - got to get ready for the show!

"We were merely freshmen"

Not to be overdramatic, but it's odd moving away when no one seems to want you to go, and your wife doesn't want to go, but you think it's the right thing to do. You think it's progress. You think it's a step forward instead of a step sideways. Here comes the overdramatic part, but it's odd to think of our great great grandparents who not that long ago came across the ocean, some with little thought of ever returning home. They came because of opportunity, which is what brought us to Detroit. But the sad part is the thought that financial / social / etc. opportunity or stepping forward might not really be a step forward. Is it better to step forward by rejecting what society (or anyone over the age 0f 25 [besides Andy Eck] says you'd be a fool not to do)...to step forward by staying and not going?

These are thoughts that I have. Not to say, I regret that we're in Detroit. I regret not having my friends around. I regret feeling sad for doing what I feel is the right thing. I'm going to love this job. I really do think so. It's what I've wanted to do since last summer, before I even knew that this specific type of job in the Consulting industry existed. I feel bad for Rogers because she doesn't want to be here too much, but she's good to come and put her interests aside. Some things would have been easier if we'd stayed, but some things would have been harder to.

So this is not a fun update, but it's an update on a frequent state of mind. If you're in the viewing area of these words, don't be a stranger. We'd love to show you the Novi ropes. The best way to describe where we live for those whom I haven't talked to, is like a Castleton type of area. There's shopping and restaurants about 10 minutes in most directions. Lisa hasn't even been to Detroit yet. I might try to show her the office sometime soon though. Tomorrow night: Date Night. Have fun and give a toast in our absence! Love, Berg Ros Rosenbagger Shlozzendonger Andrew

"We won't stop til we get underpants"

Hello friends. After a prolonged silence, I am back. I feel like an infamous terrorist or something with that sentence. So much to talk about, so little time to do it. But the good news is, I've got the internet again and since my last post I've also gotten a wife and a job and an apartment and a vacation and a whole lot of things to go into the penultimate item in that list. I've also got a couple of new blogs to read thanks to my two good girl-friends Lisa Ann and Shannon www.xanga.com/lisarosenberg and http://www.xanga.com/ssharper respectively. You all have already found it anyway. So I guess I need to join xanga so I can finally post on Wilb's and Par's blog as well as my new xanga buddies and not to mention Andrea. I've been trolling their blogs for ages.

Anyway: Marriage = exciting / interesting / odd feeling at times / fun / lots of laughing / lots of ice-cream / good times

Job = feeling lost / sometimes board / tired / interesting / learning a lot / seems like it's going to be challenging and fun / seems like it will pay well in a couple of years (it does now too, but I've got a wife and all of a sudden a bunch of bills...boooo)

Novi, MI = awesome / lonely / tons of shopping / commercialized / affluent / no hacienda / no friends / nice place / Macaroni Grill, Chilis, Carabas, Bennihanas, On the Boarder, etc. (all within 10 min.) / Coldstone 10 - 15 min. in any direction!!!!!!

So that's the quick run down. It definately is an odd adjustment to be in a new place with no friends around except my wonderful wife who takes good care of me. I miss you guys a lot and can't wait for many mutual visits we'll be in A-town monthly at least I think, and hopefully a couple or a bunch of you can make it up every so often. It's only 4 hours, which is twice as far as Brian's Cincinnati, but we offer twice the friends to visit!!!! So it's worth it.

Time to got to sleep. 6:40 a.m. sucks. Earliest I've been up since high school. booo!

Currently listening to: Keane / Eminem (he's Detroit you know) / Jack Johnson (all the way up California's coast baby)

Currently watching: Big Brother All-Stars / Hills / America's Got Talent / Arrested Development / South Park.

So spread the word that I'm back on and leave comments folks, because I haven't gotten too many calls from y'all (although Squatch did invite me to play basketball on Monday, which I tried to make it back for, but they had just quit) so I need comments.

The title of this blog post was brought to you by South Park. Anyone remember the first two lines of that stanza in the song? Then the post title might make more sense. Cheers.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Lisa Rosenberg

A first and a last. First time in 400 posts I haven't titled it with song lyrics. Last time to post as a single man. For in 12.5 hours I will tie the knot. Can't wait. It's been a great week full of work and fun. Tomorrow it shall end with a bang! It's wedding time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"There's a golden ring and I want you to have it"

It's now after midnight, thus tomorrow I shall marry the love of my life: Lisa Ann Rogers. When we were in high school, not too long after we'd been dating I suppose, we used to sit on the porch in the country where Lisa's childhood home was and talk and laugh. We'd light torches and at times wonder if we'd be doing the same thing when we were 80. Perhaps, if we live long enough we'll have that chance. We'll be sitting on our balcony in Novi talking and laughing come July 3.

While we've been counting down the months then days for a very long time, we've finally made it to hours. Right now we've got 39 hours to go. There's quite a great deal that goes into wedding planning. Lisa said today that the whole idea of weddings is a terrible idea. I wonder if she's right...I guess we'll find out what we think soon enough. It's just sad that both of us can't wait to be away in California. It's all so stressful. Moving and marrying at the same time doesn't help. Keep that in mind folks. So with 39 hours to go, I guess I might as well do a typical Berg schedule.

12 - 4AM: Packing
4 -10:30AM: Sleeping
10:30AM-12: Preparing for the Day and Details
12 - 4PM: Whatever Life Throws My Way (Wedding Packing or Honeymoon Details)
4 - 7: Rehearsal Time
7 - 9: Rehearsal Dinner Time
9-1AM: ? ? ? ?
1AM-11AM: Sleep and ? ? ? (Brunch with Guys? Golf?)
11AM - 3: Dress Pictures, etc.
3:30AM: My Wedding

Perhaps I'll squeeze in one more post, perhaps not. Just no this. When I say, "I'm excited," it's 100% true. I can't wait to marry Lisa. Through the good and the bad, the laughter and the tears, births and deaths, whatever life throws our way, I'm so excited to have Lisa as my wife - a lovely woman of faith who is passionate and supportive, who knows how to laugh and how to love. It could only be her. Since 15 til 98. Only You

"He sings the songs that remind him of the good times"

Tonight was the Rosenberg Bachelor party and as Parliament said, "It's the best Bachelor Party I've ever been to....but I've only been to one." It was an awesome time at a pool hall in the Castleton area. We had a smashing time playing some pool and playing some super shot, which I scored the high of 60 on.

I honestly had a very very fun time. Thanks to Jason and Ricker for planning the shindig and getting 15 guys to show up on account of me getting hitched. It was a heck of a lot of fun. The ride home with Ricker, Felder and Ron Joss behind the wheel was perhaps the highlight as it was very very fun and funny.

Thanks to Kat & Phil for making sure I was home safe and sound and Lisa had her car for the dentist! Thank you to all my friends for making my Bachelor party such a fun fun time. Love you guys. Here's to many more bachelor parties in the future.
"z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c b a."

"Lord of all creation"

It was a busy / great day in Bergland. Lisa and I spent our last "single" Tuesday night together with a quick trip to good old Alexandria for some Dortee's Ice Cream and a visit to the cemetary and a drive by Lisa's old house. It was sad and fun and we talked of days gone by.

The rest of the day was spent wedding planning. Busy busy busy. Lisa's working her tale off. She's quite the workaholic on projecty types of things and this wedding is just the fit.

Lisa also had a car accident today, which was not good timing. A fender bender, but enough damage, that the car needed to be taken in and checked out and what not. So now we have to be a bit flexible this week... Everything will be allright.

I'm very excited!

"All I needed for another day"

One weekday down. Four to go. Something tells me this week will fly by in a fashion that few have in my life up to this point. Hard to believe so many things are upon us. Within a 16 day span, I will embark on the "3 Most Stressful things in Life." Getting a new job / moving / getting married, not in that order. Fortunately, I'm a relatively unstressed guy. However, sometimes when it hits, it hits. I don't think it will hit this time.

The wedding will be awesome on Saturday.

Moving will be super-exciting.

Work. Well that should be exciting also. Not super-exciting, but exciting.

It was sad to be packing up my childhood room today. I've really only lived here for my life until now, save four years at college, but it's still my old house. Every now and then I find myself reaching to put my dirty clothes where I put them growing up. Anyway, my shelves now look different for the first time in a very long time. I'll be cleaning out under my bed here in another day or so. That should be an adventure. I'm all grown up, I suppose. Maybe I'll have to throw away my comics and video games?! Not yet. The time is not right.

"Looking from a window above. It's like a story of love."

The Countdown is on! One week from today I'll have a new wife. Amazing! After 91 months or 2,776 days of dating we'll be married!

Today was the wedding of Collin Trent and Anna Helvering. It was quite a party. Collin and I were very good friends for the first 10 years or so of our lives. Three distinct and special memories I have of Collin. One: The two of us both loved New Kids on the Block and attended one of their concerts together at Verizon Wireless, which was Deer Creek at the time. I also think I traded him my Donnie pin for his Joey. Two: The guy hit me in the eye with a baseball bat on accident, which caused me to need stitches, which my Dad put in. It was a painful experience. Finally: If I remember correctly, Collin taught me how to swing a bit when I was maybe four. I was wearing brown shorts at the time that I didn't like. So today he got married and next week I'll get married. We were supposed to be born on the same da, but he actually arrived one week (exactly) prior to me.

So today, Lisa and I opened a wonderful gift from one Eileen before going matress shopping. We found a nice King Size, which should be wonderfully comfortable. Shh...we registered for mostly Queen size stuff, so keep that under wraps. Anyway, then we went to the wedding, before hanging out with some of the best people around for a nice relaxing couple of hours at the Sharp Farm.

In short, the day was mostly splendid.

Artists, albums and songs I've been listening to recently:

Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (Romulus, Flint)
Jenny Lewis - Rabit Fur Coat (Happy)
Joshua Radin - We Were Here (These Photographs, Only You, Sundrenched World)

"If I could take you up in paradise up above"

We got approved...so this is the layout of our new apartment:

"French films about us"

The last 30 min. have been very productive. I sent 4 e-mails that I've needed to send all week. I don't know what the hold-up was.

Tonight Mr. Ricky and I went out for a fancy bite to eat and to an Indie film in Indy. Hadn't seen much of Ricker so that was very good to catch up.

Similarly, I haven't seen much of Philip lately. He graciously accompanied me to pick up some boxes for moving and then we watched some Exo Squad.

In short, it was a great evening of catching up with unfortunately seldom seen friends who I'm going to see a lot of next week, but very little afterwards.

"This could be the very minute I'm aware I'm alive"

Used to be on Tuesday nights, as you know Lisa and I would watch Scrubs, eat pizza and then I'd do homework all night at her house, usually not returning home until 1 or 2. Tonight was a Tuesday night and we watched Curb Your Enthusiasm instead ofScrubs and ate pizza. I suppose next January when Scrubs returns will do more of the same. The thing that's different is there's no homework. Life seems simpler without homework. Like there's not always something hanging over your head.

I sent in my acceptance letter today. Overnighted it actually. I'm very happy to have received this opportunity. Sounds like an Oscar acceptance speech, but it's true. I'm very excited about this job. It will be a great place and way to start a career.

So on June 24, Lisa and I will head off into the sunset. We'll be home for a day or two after the honeymoon then move to Novi. Once there we'll have a week to settle in and become acclimated to our apartment before I start work.

"And when the bride groom comes"

Can't wait to get married. It's going to rock. 11 Days. Unbelievable!