Can't Complain

The past week, especially Saturday/Sunday, the weather was Beautiful. It felt like a pretty nice June day in Michigan. Low 70's, slight breeze. Gave me a reminder that I live on a subtropical island. Finally some good sun led to golf on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday...all for no price. St. George's golf course is not quite maintaining itself as nicely as in January, but I've paid to play at much worse golf courses before.

I always thought I was decent at golf, but I just didn't play enough to keep consistent and improve. Definitely not the case, I suck pretty hard. Especially when I'm about 10 yards away from the green. There's almost a 100% guarantee that I'm going nail the ball with the bottom edge of my club and send it sprinting across the green.

So now, I'm going to do my best to persuade some of you to visit.

Select the following text. Go to File-Print. Then go to Print Selection. Take the paper and post that shit on your wall/computer/ceiling/rearview mirror.

10 Reasons Why I should Visit Doug

1. Dude, it's Doug. That guy kicks ass.
2. It's sunny.
3. Free golf.
4. Reefs.
5. If I don't go visit Doug, he may, at some point, try to ruin my wedding.
6. Ross Perot lives like 2 miles away from him.
7. My city sucks.
8. Instead of work, I'll be on a tropical island.
9. Doug's the kind of jerk that would subscribe myself to a pornography magazine and have it sent to my girlfriend's apartment, if I don't visit him within the year.
10. Doug's got a boat.

Yeaaaaaah. Re-read 10. A friend of mine has been trying to sell it for a couple months, originally because he was leaving the island and now because he bought a new one and is sticking around. Thus, I made the decision that life on the island would be very much improved with a boat and I had enough to make the investment with the help of a few other people.

There are 4 co-owner's of the boat(myself includd), however it will be under my name for insurance reasons. It was pretty unrealistic to buy a boat without sharing. Definitely helps out with gas, repairs, insurance, especially if I'd be boating with the same people anyway.

Now to the boat itself. I don't have any pictures of it, even though it's chilling a few yards away from my apartment complex. It's an 18ft, 100hp boat called "Lowrider". Not bad. This week, the previous owner is helping/showing us how to do yearly repairs. I'll get some pictures of that.

I know little about boats, so I figured this would be a pretty kick ass time in my life to learn how to upkeep, repair, drive, own a boat.

So, there's for added incentive for a visit.



Thank you to Graham for showing me this gem. Oh and Graham, after you graduate college, you're supposed to get a job.