It’s been a rough year for the official MLJ Intern. But I choose not to focus on the negatives. That’s both my blessing and my curse. I tend to block out the bad. I’ll talk about it and joke about it, but generally, I don’t let stuff like “losing a job” bring me down. I really don’t sweat the big stuff. It’s the little things that bother me. In the grand scheme of things, I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing. Oh well. I’m going to pwn 2009. You can book that shit.

Sporting Events I attended this year:

If you’d told me last January that I was going to see a regular season NFL game and sit cage side at a UFC event, I would have said “Really? That’s cool.”

Add in the fact that I ended up doing both for free and well… I’d say it was a pretty fucking good year.

This summer I was able to travel waaaaaaaay further West than I’d ever been. Previously, I had been as far to the left as Michigan. (”Boo!” – Spencer & Nick P) When I was asked to go out to Vegas and cover a UFC event I couldn’t belive it. Looking back, I can’t believe it really took place. I mean, I’m just a guy who writes stuff and puts it on the internet. Suddenly, I’m in Las Vegas sitting 10 feet away from the Octagon. The hotel room was pretty fucking sweet too.

In addition to seeing the UFC up close and in person, I attended my first ever professional football game. Sure I was exposed to a bunch of Guido Giants fans in the freezing cold, but it was worth it.

The fact that I saw two premiere sporting events (for free) in one calender year is pretty impressive. At least I think so.

Places I’ve been this year:

Vegas

Greatest. City. Evar.

Yes, I took this picture.

Atlantic City: Yes, I took this picture.

New York City

Even though I live in upstate NY, I don’t really visit the city. Despite the fact that some of my good friends from college live down there. I’m going to remedy this in 2009. Truth be told, I hope to find a job in NYC and move there this summer. Upstate NY is no place for someone who has delusions of being a successful writer. (Nothing personal Mr. Kennedy.)

Atlantic City

My second straight year going to AC. It was during the summer Olympics Ol-chimp-ics and it was financially unsuccessful. It was a rough year for gambling.

Blogging:

I’ve been writing at TBL for a year now. In that time I slowly walked away from my original CRM blog. Then I started posting here. After months of negotiations, I finally reached a deal with Hef and Roman to bring me on as an official, full-time blogger who doesn’t actually have to post on a regular basis. To clarify, all I did was change the name I’m posting under from “Intern CRM” to “Cousins of Ron Mexico.” It only cost me a three thousand dollars. Probably not my best decision considering the unemployment thing, but sometimes you have to buy your freedom.

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