New Year's Resolution...To Survive

Well, this is my first blog of the year, and I'd like to think that you were all quite worried about my well being. You needn't worry for a few more weeks, at least. I started my internship last week with a week of training in Stone Mountain, Georgia, right outside of Atlanta, down in Constance's Dirrty South. The training was boring as hell, but the weather was great. It was warm (70 F, probably mid to upper teens Celsius), but then I came home to -18 C. It was actually -48 Celsius to the north of me today, up by where my best friend goes to school. And this kid from London at training tried telling me it gets cold in London. I don't believe it gets that cold. When I got out of my car this morning to go catch the train for my first day at the office my nose hairs immediately froze up. I thawed out quickly in the office and they kept me busy all morning, but they had nothing for me to do in the afternoon so I just read the news online. But I guess when we get busy I can expect 65-75 hours/week, so I will be made the bitch that Adam was last summer. Should be pretty interesting though, as I'll be doing tax returns for high wealth individuals (Oprah Winfrey is one of our clients). But I'm done April 15th, and then it's down to school to partay!!!

So when I was down in Atlanta a local kid took us out to some bars. With absolutely no persuasion from me (I swear) we ended up in an Irish pub. No matter where I go in the world I end up in an Irish pub. I got absolutely langered and ended up pissing on the bushes in front of the conference center where I was staying for training. Probably not the best of ideas. The hangover at training the next morning was ferocious.

Going skiing this weekend at Cascade Mountain in Wisconsin, which is really nothing more than a glorified hill. But nevertheless, the skiing's fun, and it's a much shorter trip than to St. Moritz. Word on the street is Walkie Talk is coming to Chi-town in a few weeks, so I'll try to show him a good time. Once he lets me know his availability I'll develop a schedule of pure drunkenness (work permitting, for both of us).

Speaking of Ali G, I was talking about him for about an hour at the pub the other night with a friend. He's seen the first season from HBO, and I saw a few episodes, so we were shooting the shit about Borat. I was watching with another of my friends a few weeks ago, and he goes, "This guy's the worst interviewer ever." I told him he's a comedian and he says "well then he should stop interviewing people...and why does he have so many other people on the show?" Some people just wouldn't get humour if it hit them over the head.

Hope to hear more from everyone, and I hope the new year is starting off well.

Tim