So it’s been about two weeks since I have been able to sit down and write up a blog entry. It has definitely been an interesting two weeks. It has been a weird two weeks with some roller coaster of emotions.
The best news to come from the past two week that one of my best friends, Tony, and his wife, Kory, found out they are going to welcome a baby girl into the world. I believe the due date is the middle of December. I am excited for them both. I am a bit jealous because I think having a baby girl would be a lot of fun…. However, Lisa is a lot more jealous than I am. I think it will be a month before she talks to them. I am only kidding of course we are both really excited for Tony and Kory and can’t wait to meet the young lady… I do know the name they decided on but I am not sure they have told the world yet so I am not going to play the role of spoiler.
Last Saturday, we had the Beever Family Reunion. Minus the drive to Easton and back it was a lot of fun. The desert bar could have put a diabetic into shock just by the smell of it. With the exception of ice cream they had just about everything you could have asked for. Lex had a blast jumping in a moon bounce while Jack enjoyed all the attention he was getting as he was being passed around from person to person. I was able to meet a lot of people I have never met before. All in all it was a fantastic time.
The sad news over the last couple weeks is I lost two of my friends that I work with. The first was Matt, he was transferred to West Chester, PA. I am really happy for him because he is on a good path to get what he wants and move up at Comcast. I think everybody was worried I was losing my best friend, but as I keep telling them I speak to him everyday. The really sad news from work was when they laid off my friend Lisa. She worked in our New York office and they moved her position to Bethesda. She was one of those people who just get it. I was extremely fortunate to be able to work with her and I am blessed to have her as a friend. She has gone to concerts with Lisa and myself and has even come down for dinner to meet the boys. Comcast made a really big mistake letting her go and she was doing a lot of holding DC together. I know I will stay in touch with her but I am going to miss all of the IM conversation to get through the day.
Right now I am kind of steaming over some things at the hotel. The first is I have schedule 2 weekends off and the hotel declined the request. I am still debating on how I want to handle this. I know what I would have done in the past. I actually was over it until I got an e-mail from my AGM telling me that I am the weekend supervisor and they depend on me. But the truth is if I don’t request days off I don’t get them. There is something else brewing here but I promised the person who told me my lips are sealed. I will imagine if everything is true the shit will hit the fan… And I am pretty sure I know which side I am already on.
Lisa and the boys are off in VA Beach visiting her brother and sister-in-law. So I am living up bachelor weekend. It’s nice but it sure gets quite. I have no desire to do anything exciting. On Friday night I just played some video games and watch the new Star Trek Movie. Tonight I am going to dinner at my parents for some roast beef and than probably just doing more of the same with video games and a movie. To be fair I will make sure the house is cleaned before I go to work tomorrow just in case Lisa gets home before I do. Just trying to avoid the slob label for the time being I am sure it will get attached to me somehow. Do you think I should be a little worried, concerned. The last time I spoke to Lisa was around 9am Friday morning. I called her last night on her cell phone and it went right to voice mail (surprise), I called her mom’s cell phone and was told she was over at Target. I never got a call back, not to mention two text messages and twice I wrote on her wall and I still have not heard from her.
So I am going to try and figure out how to add pictures and make my profile a little more fun while I am sitting here at the hotel for the next two and a half hours. I hope I did not bore you too much.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sports, Sports, Sports and more Sports
Okay so I admit it. I am a HUGE sports fan.
I have to pick and chose now what I watch but trust me I could listen to ESPN radio all day and stay on their web site all night long. My favorite sport is Football and why wouldn’t it be. I was given the privilege of playing high school football for the Loyola Dons and I was fortunate enough to play football for the Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) Green Terror.
Clearly, like most Marylanders now a day’s my full support is behind the Baltimore Ravens. I could go into a lot of reason for it but the bottom line is that they are my hometown team. Thankfully I am not one of those fans whose entire week depends on the outcome of a Ravens game. I actually cannot stand that type of person. I always figured a long time ago that there are so many more important things to care about that why does my team winning or losing matter. Now please do not get me wrong, I love it when the home team wins….Especially over a friend’s team but I am not going to lose an ounce of sleep on an outcome of a game.
If Football is my number one sport it would have to be followed up by a baseball. As much as I love the Ravens, I bleed the orange and black of the Orioles. I truly believe that being able to grow up and watch the immortal Cal Ripken Jr. play ball was just a blessing. Cal to me is what a Yankee fan thinks of Babe Ruth, or a Red Sox’s fan thinks of Ted Williams. Cal Ripken was one of my hero’s growing up and I was honored to be able to see him play baseball. I think the Orioles nine winning seasons during Cal’s twenty year career but just having the privilege to see him play baseball is a memory I will take to my grave. I had to shed away the tears when he did the famous lap around Camden Yards during the 2131 ceremony, I cheered like a five year old when Cal hit a homerun in his last All-Star game, and a felt nothing but pride when he finally hung up the cleats. I can go on and on about Cal Ripken and the Orioles – but that is for another time.
Last week was crazy week in sport. The biggest of the stories were Lebron James going to take his talents to the Miami Heat and the death of the New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner. I am probably in the minority here but I do not care that Lebron left the Cav’s to play for the Heat. I really do not blame him. He had an opportunity to sign with a team that is going to play deep in the playoffs for the next 4 or 5 years. I respect that Cleveland tried to get Lebron help but in the end Lebron did not see a championship with Cleveland and does in Miami. He took less money to play so I doubt the selfish term can even apply here at all. I also love the people who say that the Lebron name/brand is tarnished. That makes me laugh. Sports fan are such a fickle group of people. When Lebron wins just one championship no one outside of Cleveland is going to care what team he is playing for.
Finally I just want to touch on George Steinbrenner. Trust me I was not a fan of his. I hated him and the Yankees (the way a rival sports fan should hate them). I am extremely jealous of the way he was with the Yankees. I hated the fact that they bought Mike Mussina from us, and that they just go out and buy the best player. But my hate maybe confused for jealousy. George Steinbrenner was not a saint at all but you have to respect that he wanted to win and losing came at a big price. RIP George….
I have to pick and chose now what I watch but trust me I could listen to ESPN radio all day and stay on their web site all night long. My favorite sport is Football and why wouldn’t it be. I was given the privilege of playing high school football for the Loyola Dons and I was fortunate enough to play football for the Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) Green Terror.
Clearly, like most Marylanders now a day’s my full support is behind the Baltimore Ravens. I could go into a lot of reason for it but the bottom line is that they are my hometown team. Thankfully I am not one of those fans whose entire week depends on the outcome of a Ravens game. I actually cannot stand that type of person. I always figured a long time ago that there are so many more important things to care about that why does my team winning or losing matter. Now please do not get me wrong, I love it when the home team wins….Especially over a friend’s team but I am not going to lose an ounce of sleep on an outcome of a game.
If Football is my number one sport it would have to be followed up by a baseball. As much as I love the Ravens, I bleed the orange and black of the Orioles. I truly believe that being able to grow up and watch the immortal Cal Ripken Jr. play ball was just a blessing. Cal to me is what a Yankee fan thinks of Babe Ruth, or a Red Sox’s fan thinks of Ted Williams. Cal Ripken was one of my hero’s growing up and I was honored to be able to see him play baseball. I think the Orioles nine winning seasons during Cal’s twenty year career but just having the privilege to see him play baseball is a memory I will take to my grave. I had to shed away the tears when he did the famous lap around Camden Yards during the 2131 ceremony, I cheered like a five year old when Cal hit a homerun in his last All-Star game, and a felt nothing but pride when he finally hung up the cleats. I can go on and on about Cal Ripken and the Orioles – but that is for another time.
Last week was crazy week in sport. The biggest of the stories were Lebron James going to take his talents to the Miami Heat and the death of the New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner. I am probably in the minority here but I do not care that Lebron left the Cav’s to play for the Heat. I really do not blame him. He had an opportunity to sign with a team that is going to play deep in the playoffs for the next 4 or 5 years. I respect that Cleveland tried to get Lebron help but in the end Lebron did not see a championship with Cleveland and does in Miami. He took less money to play so I doubt the selfish term can even apply here at all. I also love the people who say that the Lebron name/brand is tarnished. That makes me laugh. Sports fan are such a fickle group of people. When Lebron wins just one championship no one outside of Cleveland is going to care what team he is playing for.
Finally I just want to touch on George Steinbrenner. Trust me I was not a fan of his. I hated him and the Yankees (the way a rival sports fan should hate them). I am extremely jealous of the way he was with the Yankees. I hated the fact that they bought Mike Mussina from us, and that they just go out and buy the best player. But my hate maybe confused for jealousy. George Steinbrenner was not a saint at all but you have to respect that he wanted to win and losing came at a big price. RIP George….
Friday, July 16, 2010
So much work :(
So doing this blog thing is kind of hard.
I wonder where people have the time to fill one of these out on a daily bases. I want to do one at least once a week and that sure does not seem like it’s going to happen.
I looked at my wife blog and her blog is covered in nice pictures of the family, and a pretty cool looking background, and I am impressed. Then I look at my blog and all I have is this black background with white lettering. It’s all good I think I am a fast learner and one day I will figure all of this out.
I wonder where people have the time to fill one of these out on a daily bases. I want to do one at least once a week and that sure does not seem like it’s going to happen.
I looked at my wife blog and her blog is covered in nice pictures of the family, and a pretty cool looking background, and I am impressed. Then I look at my blog and all I have is this black background with white lettering. It’s all good I think I am a fast learner and one day I will figure all of this out.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
You are now entering my world.... Good Luck
Wow…..
So this is my first blog entry.
I feel like I read so many blogs from other people that I have no clue as to where to begin. I have been sitting at my computer for what seems like a few days trying to put my thought to paper and I haven’t gotten very far.
So I guess I have to give the basics. My name is Scott, I am 30 years old and I live in Maryland. On June 12, 2004 I married to my best friend and soul mate, Lisa and we have been blessed with two beautiful and amazing children, Lex (3 years old) and Jack (8 months old). We have two cats Matty and Midnight and just recently Lex got a fish for his birthday which he named, Thomas.
I have been working at Comcast Spotlight since 2003 in the cable sales and advertising department. To sum up what I do at this job the best is basically I work with other people to make sure commercials are on television. I also work at the Hampton Inn @ White Marsh Maryland. I work behind their front desk and have been doing so since 2001. I tell myself every year I am going to call it quits but I get paid for 8 hours to be nice to people. How can I complain? By the way did I mention our lobby plays nothing but 80’s music…. Yeah you are so jealous of me right now.
I have been blessed with an amazing family and two good jobs.
Now that the introduction is over I have no idea what to write in the first blog.
I guess I can explain the “Skizzy” part of the blog. To be as simple about it as I can be Skizzy was my college nickname. It was given to me by my freshman room mate friend Mike Stokes. He tells the story that he was calling me Scotty all the time. He was over the dorm room one night and we were drinking and playing Madden when he got so drunk he couldn’t call me Scotty anymore and it came out Skizzy. To be honest Skizzy just stuck…. It was such a good nickname that when my fraternity brothers would look down the charter and see my name they had to think twice because they couldn’t remember my real name. I used to tell people I was okay with the alias of Skizzy because I could do anything I wanted and one day when I run for political office any bad thing I may have done can not be tied back to me.
Since I have left college the name has slowly disappeared from society. Which proves to me I am getting older and …. gulp…. growing up.
I don’t have any rhyme or reason to this blog but I will probably touch on anything and everything that is on my mind. I hope you enjoy reading it and I hope even more that I constantly update it.
So this is my first blog entry.
I feel like I read so many blogs from other people that I have no clue as to where to begin. I have been sitting at my computer for what seems like a few days trying to put my thought to paper and I haven’t gotten very far.
So I guess I have to give the basics. My name is Scott, I am 30 years old and I live in Maryland. On June 12, 2004 I married to my best friend and soul mate, Lisa and we have been blessed with two beautiful and amazing children, Lex (3 years old) and Jack (8 months old). We have two cats Matty and Midnight and just recently Lex got a fish for his birthday which he named, Thomas.
I have been working at Comcast Spotlight since 2003 in the cable sales and advertising department. To sum up what I do at this job the best is basically I work with other people to make sure commercials are on television. I also work at the Hampton Inn @ White Marsh Maryland. I work behind their front desk and have been doing so since 2001. I tell myself every year I am going to call it quits but I get paid for 8 hours to be nice to people. How can I complain? By the way did I mention our lobby plays nothing but 80’s music…. Yeah you are so jealous of me right now.
I have been blessed with an amazing family and two good jobs.
Now that the introduction is over I have no idea what to write in the first blog.
I guess I can explain the “Skizzy” part of the blog. To be as simple about it as I can be Skizzy was my college nickname. It was given to me by my freshman room mate friend Mike Stokes. He tells the story that he was calling me Scotty all the time. He was over the dorm room one night and we were drinking and playing Madden when he got so drunk he couldn’t call me Scotty anymore and it came out Skizzy. To be honest Skizzy just stuck…. It was such a good nickname that when my fraternity brothers would look down the charter and see my name they had to think twice because they couldn’t remember my real name. I used to tell people I was okay with the alias of Skizzy because I could do anything I wanted and one day when I run for political office any bad thing I may have done can not be tied back to me.
Since I have left college the name has slowly disappeared from society. Which proves to me I am getting older and …. gulp…. growing up.
I don’t have any rhyme or reason to this blog but I will probably touch on anything and everything that is on my mind. I hope you enjoy reading it and I hope even more that I constantly update it.
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