Iowa weather sucks. It was nice to have a little vacation back home in CA. The weather was around 70 degrees. I come back to Iowa and it's hovering around the freezing point. This was my first time having a trip with no delays. I even had to connect in Denver and it went smooth. United Airlines can pat themselves on the back for that one.

Christmas was great as expected. Between the 24th and the 25th I had 3 Christmas meals. You gotta love that. I didn't have to cook a thing. I got some much needed gifts that ranged from dress shirts to a leather jacket. The iPod that Amanda bought me came in last night so that was brisk. I like how they put "Don't steal the music" on the plastic cover that protects the display screen. I quickly ripped that off and threw it away. I wouldn't want to read the wrong message.

This thing says that my blog has been viewed over 12,700 times. Which one of you mofos is the stalker? You deserve an award... or maybe a restraining order. December was an expensive month. I need to start slangin rocks to cover the spread. Happy new year culeros.

You gotta love the high school hard asses. Since Iowa has no real ski resorts and it's snowing like nobody's business, I decided to make my roommate go sledding with me on Saturday. Super Target was sold out of all sleds. Super my ass. Anyway, Hy-Vee had some decent sleds for
$20 so I grabbed a neon green "family sled". So after I grabbed my hung over roommate and her friends, we made our way to Thomas Park in Marion. I built a steep jump and manage to beat my body up but it was fun.

About an hour and a half later, these three snowboarders show up with a shovel and go straight to our jump. They act like nobody was at the park and just decide to go to town with the shovel. One of them used my shovel to create this beast of a jump. One guy was waiting to go down while these poser adolescents continue to ignore the rest of us. One guy got fed up and just took off down the hill in the direction of the three high schoolers as he yelled, "Get out of the way!!!" They tried to stop him yelling, "Don't hit the jump yet." They started to get mouthy with him and then I got involved. Boy that was fun.

Later that night I had my company Christmas Party. That was brisk. We had tickets to get free drinks. I ordered Coors Light by the bottle and apparently people in Cedar Rapids know the name "Ricky Legree". They kept bringing me 16oz bottles while other people got the standard 12oz beer. "I'm kind of a big deal..." Now I just gotta go back to the daily grind.