Like Ma$e said, "Welcome Back!". I've been gone for awhile, but i've decided to attempt to rekindle that Xanga-fire that was once burning so strong within my loins.

I had an absolutely awesome time this weekend. I went back home to the city of angels, where i was one of the groomsmen in the wedding of two of my very close friends. I can't express how great it was to see everyone. To be honest, i was pretty sad when the wife and I had to come back on sunday night. 

A part of me just wants to move back to LA and settle down near my friends. We would then proceed to spend our days tailgating at UCLA football games and raising our kids together. I need to hurry up and finish this dumb doctor thing.

I'm sorry to cut this short, but my fantasy baseball league draft is in 15 minutes..one of the most fun times of the year for me. I'm defending champ by the way! I'll write more later. It was good seeing all you guys this weekend!

So i gave in last night and ended up doing like 5 or so sake bombs. On top of that i had many shots of sake. Needless to say i got pretty bent. I honestly thought that i would never drink again, but i guess we all have to let loose every now and then huh? Here's a list of stupid things i said while inebriated:

- Asked our cook Barry if his last name was Manilow, then proceeded to laugh my behind off....i found this quite hilarious since he was japanese. He, on the other hand, did not.

- Kept asking my boy when he was gonna marry his girlfriend while she was sitting right next to him. She's been pushing for it for the longest time, but he's got this huge fear of committment. He got real upset. Good thing for me he was faded as well.

- I asked my buddy, who's muslim, what the proper reply to the muslim greeting of  "Asalam malakum" (I'm sure i didn't spell that right) was. When he told me what it was, i said, "what'd you say? Hakeem Olajuwon?"

- Told our waitress that the reason we had to buy  the birthday boy, my aforementioned muslim friend, a virgin pina colada was because he was a virgin himself. Which, if you knew this guy, would make you laugh because he's more prolific than Wilt Chamberlain. He doesn't drink alcohol because of his religious beliefs.

-Told the waitress that our buddy the birthday boy had just graduated from nursing school. I told her that he liked to be called a "Murse", as in male nurse. The greatest part was that she started calling him that the whole night! (Note: I have the utmost respect for male nurses, i apologize if you find this offensive b/c someone close to you is a male nurse or you yourself are a male nurse....blame it on the sake and sapporo beer)

-Another friend of ours kept telling everyone all night, "G_d Bless You!". He's not particulary religious, but he drank more alcohol than me! At one point, he went over to the people at the next table and started blessing them. So, at the after party at my other buddy's apt., i referred to him as "Tiny Tim". In retrospect, this was a prety weak joke, but it was towards the end of the night and by that time i was totally out of it.

So let this be a lesson to you kids out there: Don't drink and speak. Seriously though, i'm not drinking for a long long time.

Crap, i just thought of a few people who have family members or friends that are male nurses. I sincerly apologize to you guys. Blame it on the TV show Scrubs...that's where i first heard the term "Murse".

Wow, my last entry was one of my most popular ones ever. Hermaphodites of the world unite! I'm just playing. To answer Wallstreetbruin's question: yes, i could definitely tell that this person was suspect. However, I heard that she was a really nice person though, and in my book, that matters most.

It's one of my friend's birthdays today, so we're all taking him out to Benihana's tonight. I'm really looking forward to it since i've never been there before. It's too bad i don't drink the wicked water anymore, i'm really tempted to do some sake bombs.

Two of my closest friends are getting hitched in a few weeks and i couldn't be more ecstatic. I'm one of the groomsmen, so i get the honor of being in the ceremony as well. By the way Sal, who am i getting paired up with? I remember one of my groomsmen this past summer had a girlfriend that was the jealous type so he requested that we pair him up with either the least attractive bridesmaid or one that was married. That was hilarious. I'm sure some of you out there are now trying to figure out who it was.

My boy Eman, aka Don Juan DeRamos, commented on the upcoming Big Dance on his blog. I just have two things to say about that:

1. UCLA is making it to the sweet sixteen...i guarantee it. You heard it here first....actually, i think this is the only place you're going to hear that.

2. If any, and i mean ANY, Bruins out there are planning to participate in a tournament pool and do not pick the mighty Bruins as their NCAA champions....you need to head directly to Murphy Hall and turn in your diploma (or transfer to Cal State South Central). Sack up people!! Either go hardcore or don't participate at all.

Be good everyone.