After being together for almost a year and a half, right as we were running out of things to talk about, Melissa and I find something else that we enjoy doing together. Some of you may be familiar with a particularly nerdy card game called Magic: the Gathering (aka "cardboard crack"). Well, when I broke out my ole cards to show her, it piqued her interest. Her playing Magic with me makes her the geekiest and coolest girlfriend I have ever had. Plus, she started medical school today. Since I was totally supportive of her from the very beginning of her illustrious medical career, I think I have got a solid foot in the door on the way to being a male gold digger.

As scheduled last night, the Shim Sham provided part one of my bi-weekly dance catharsis. Many crappy beers were consumed, and I got to dance to "Beat It" in public.

those are people who died, died
those are people who died, died
those are people WHO died, died
they were all my friends
they just died