Toys!!!!

I got my Ipod Touch and new phone (LG Envy) all within 2 days. Too much fun!!!

My First TV Gig

Ok, it wasn't really a TV "gig", especially since they don't show my face, but I'm that strapping man with the blue shirt walking up to the tee box when the video first starts. I'm also the one who says, "Good morning...HEY!!!" I'm so lame! The young guy they show at the beginning was the only sucker that didn't get a free driver. At least he got his face shown.

Anyway, here is the commercial that should start airing pretty soon on the Golf Channel. They're also paying me for this, too. Sweet!!!!



I also didn't realize this until the Buick Invitational, but Bones (Phil's caddy) was there. I think I was still in awe for a good week or so afterward.

By the way, since there are copyright laws that I'm probably breaking, this video may only be active for a few days.

Later.

Thank You!

While it's still Valentine's Day, I want to take this short opportunity to thank my loving and wonderful wife, Megan, for everything she is to me. Being the terrible husband I am, I had a meeting tonight so I was working until 9pm. Luckily, my meeting finished early and got home around 8:30pm to find Megan had completely cleaned the house, the dishes (which there were a lot from dinner tonight), vacuumed, and was sitting on the floor making me an amazing Valentine's Day card. She had been spending just about every waking minute the last couple of days taking care of our poor, sick son, Ryan, so for her to do all this was awesome.

Thank you, baby, and I love you forever.

Work

So today, I finally went to pay off the winner of our fantasy football league (he actually drafted 3 defenses and still won the league...argh!!!) Anyway, I got over there about 10:30am and he still was in his pajamas and working on his laptop. Apparently, he had been working all morning before he was going in to his office later on to work all night. Randomly he asked me if I wanted a job working for him, and said I could easily make $100,000 a year. Quickly, his girlfriend (pretty close to being common-law wife) said, "Yeah, you just have to work 20 hour days like Blake!"

That whole conversation this morning, and the fact that I've been working fairly long hours recently got me thinking that I am definitely in the right job. Granted, these long hours are tough on me, Megan, and our family, but these times are very short lived. I go through spurts of a couple weeks getting slammed about every 4 months. I can live with that (heck, I'm even going to be getting a little overtime and comp time, yeah!!!). But talking to people in the corporate world and private sector, much of their life is devoted to work. Not a whole lot of time for family.

And lately, I've been complaining about work getting too political and the new management bringing changes that make no sense, but I have to realize that I am in a great situation and should be thankful for being blessed with the job that I do have. There are a whole lot of perks. I get to set my own schedule. I get to adjust my start time as needed based on...I'll leave that out. I get to work outside a lot. I get recognized a lot in the community (don't know if this is good or bad). I get good benefits. I work 9/10 of a mile from where I live.

You get the hint. I think this post was just for me to try and be more grateful in life.

Golf!!!

After reading Travis' blog about the US Open coming to Torrey Pines, and going to the Buick Invitational last weekend, I've got the itch to get out and start playing more golf. I haven't played since I got waxed by my buddy Snider on New Years Eve so I probably need to practice a little, too!

Fortunately, I have a couple of opportunities for free golf (apparently weekly at the San Diego Country Club, basically anytime at Chula Vista Golf Course, and a free round coming at Riverwalk...also occasionally free at the Auld), plus I have a resident card for Torrey Pines so I like to play there a lot, too (Travis, hit me up before you come into San Diego next time and I can let you know how to get a resident card!!!)

Anyway, watching the pros hit made me think about what I need to work on in my game. On the first hole of the South Course, I watched 15 pros tee off (including Mickelson's group), and more than half of them hit into the fairway bunker. Only about 3 or 4 pros hit the fairway. But where they make their money is around the green. Watching even the no name pros, they all seem to hit the ball right at the hole! Unfortunately, I would be in the bunker, plus not hit it anywhere near the hole so I got some work to go. But...I will be there someday. I just got to start playing some golf!!!

Speaking of girls who rock

Instead of watching an episode of "According to Jim" that was TiVo'd in Spanish, I am surfing YouTube for some good videos.

I remember about 8 months ago I read an article in Guitar World about a new band called Paramore. The picture was fronted with this tiny girl in red dyed hair and I figured it was some new-age, Coldplay-type band with no teeth. Then I heard this song...



One of my favorite songs for now!!! This girl rocks!

Oh, Tony Romo...you picked wrong

Not only is she an amazing country singer, she is rocking Skid Row, too??? Now Tony Romo is dating Joe Simpson's daughter. Big mistake.