Lions, Tigers, and Conferences, Oh My!

This past weekend I attended a conference for the Georgia Communication Association. I also stayed for the business meetings and I, among others, submitted a bid to host the conference at my institution in the coming years.

It was a good conference, but it was only one of many things I did this last weekend. I got to visit with my friend Taylor, that I don't see that often. Taylor and I are friends from my undergraduate years at Georgia State University. Back then Taylor and I both drank quite a lot. See, I had several German roommates back then and Germans, well,... Germans like to drink,... a LOT. We sortof drank just to keep up with them and hang out with them. That was a good bunch of guys, but admittedly, I don't like drinking as much as I did back then. I like being more in control. It turns out that Taylor doesn't drink nearly as much as he did back then either. We had a good time. Thanks for hanging out with me, bud!

Also, I spent some time with my buddy Chang, who lives in Atlanta. We did everything from playing pool to beating the crap out of each other in a game called Magic: The Gathering (MTG). Chang and I usually have some lively games of Magic, as we're both pretty bright and pride ourselves on coming up with new combinations and ways to do things in the game. I spent the night at Chang's one night before I headed back up. Thanks for the good times, pal!

Most everything went well this weekend. All in all, it was fantastic. One thing that didn't go well for me though was reeking of smoke due to the pool hall. I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke in my clothes. I guess it reminds me a lot of mom's house and how I hate that she smoked even when she had cancer. But really, its not even that that makes me hate the smell. It just,.... stinks! Nasty stink!!! I went and bought a new pair of jeans because I only had one pair on me and I couldn't stand the smell anymore. Eh, I needed a new pair anyway, and these were on sale too. Yay! I actually don't mind shopping, but sometimes it is frustrating to find a pair that fits me well. My body is shaped weird, so I have to try jeans on. This is the first time I've bought a pair of Chaps jeans. I didn't even know they made them. They fit pretty well. :) I guess I'll tackle buying a few new shirts another day. That's a whole different story.