My Birthday Rocked

First off thanks to all of my friends who called me and wished me a happy birthday, that was special...

Second off Bandon is just incredible!

I played Pacific Dunes on Friday and was so impressed, I couldn't believe how beautiful this course is...The course dosen't play that long though. I found myself hitting a lot of Driver/Wedge combinations, oh well its still an awesome course. The wind was very gusty with a strong constant wind. I managed to shoot a 78 which I was very happy with.

My Favorite hole was the Fourth, it was a par 4 that just ran right up the ocean, just beautiful. My most favorite stretch of holes was the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth, although it has two par 3's in a row, the views were just incredible. Definetly the most beautiful course I have ever played.

On Saturday I played Bandon Dunes in the highest winds I have ever played in. It was a constant 30 mph wind with gusts up to 60 mph. It also rained on me for about 5 holes, but I didn't care. I was golfing by myself, on one of the best courses in the world, on my birthday, I definetly had a smile on my face.

The course layout is definetly better than Pacific Dunes but not as beautiful. There were some pretty holes though like the Third, which had a high tee box with a view of overlooking the course and ocean. My favorite holes were the Sixth, Sixteenth, and the Seventeenth, all of which were some of the prettiest holes I have ever seen. I ended up shooting an 81, and in the wind I was quite happy with that, considering I had some drives go just 180 yards.

I can't wait to go back again someday, hopefully when the weather is better so I can play them in more normal conditions. And definetly after Bandon Trails opens up! Man what a Birthday though, just awesome.

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Off to Bandon

We are off to Lincoln City tonight, then Bandon in the morning... I am so excited to play Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes. I just hope that my wrists can take two rounds of golf in a row. Most of you probably dont know but I hurt my right wrist last fall in a golf tournament and my left wrist this winter in the gym. Similar injury on both wrists too, they dont hurt all the time, but golf aggrivates it. I also am just getting over this cold I have had all week long....Anyways enough complaining by me, I am on Spring Break...

Go Dawgs in the Sweet 16!

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Happy Birthday Megs and Adam

Just wanted to let you know that you are getting old....

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Huskies Win Pac-10 Championship!

I know most of you probably don't care too much but my Dawgs did it! They beat Arizona big time to win their first-ever Pac-10 Championship! Nate Robinson is just amazing. The things that that man can do, and at 5'7" is unbelievable. He made some awesome dunks; he was even dunking over other players, just incredible.

GO DAWGS

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Bus Poem

If you have ever ridden on a Tri-Met bus then you have probably seen the poems that are posted on them. Here is one that I kind of like:

I believe in the rule of opposites,
that the two sides to a coin are loss and greater loss,
that grief dribbles out of a bottle as effortlessly as joy,
and if you scoop up everything sad,
your hands will discover the texture of hope.

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This Term is Kicking My Ass

Man seems like I cant do anything right this term. I keep making stupid mistakes on my exams and getting points knocked off for stupid things. And if you know me at all I hate screwing up on little things...

I have one teacher that I really would like to kick in the nads! He has fallen two weeks behind in lecture and he dosent even seem to care. He is impossible to pay attention to since he is always going off on tangents and then coming back to what he was talking about. So basically my friends and I have had to teach ourselves everything! And his exams are near impossible. I probably spent close to 20 hours working on it in the last week, and I still had 1 problem that I know wasnt completely correct. And the exam is on stuff that we havent even really covered yet...

And lately I have been thinking about Grad School and know I need to finish with a 3.00, so I am really stressing these classes out. Cant wait for spring break and Bandon Dunes.


Sorry for rambling, just venting...