My crazy prop bet weekend

So if Michigan State wins the NCAA basketball tourney Monday night, I win our pool of $70. So the one guy who is not from the state of Michigan picks MSU to win… I have hope for the state and a dream for it’s future. I am running for Governor in 2030.

Ok so we had some buddies over to watch the final four. My roommate was visiting a friend (lady) in Lansing during the games, and my other roommate says “there is no way (he) is watching basketball right now!” To that I say “my good man, he most certainly is!” So we bet a Qdoba burrito on whether he was watching the game. So it turns out he was (duh) and now I am up a burrito.

So I am feeling my oats up about $6.50 before tax.

During the MSU game, when the Spartans were ahead, I tell the guys, “hey they should throw the ball really high in the air so UConn can’t foul them.” My other buddy says “you can’t throw a ball in the air for very long”.

And so it begins. We end up settling on a $5 bet to see if I can throw a basketball in the air for 3 seconds. I got 2 tries. We had two timers. I could only find a soccer ball so I used that. For my first try I used the world’s strongest man keg toss between the legs move and got a time of 2.9s and 3.1s. So I did it again but this time with a one arm bowling huck type motion. I hit 3.0s exactly on both clocks to win the bet. But then my buddy said the bet was with a basketball. SO NOW I AM PISSED. We go into the house, INFLATE A BASKETBALL, and do it again. This time I have some juice flowing because it is cold and this is ridiculous. I tried to stand on higher ground to give myself more air time, but he called me out on it. So to make this story end, I threw it for a clean 3.2 seconds and made 5 bucks. I am not sure if I could ever clear the 4s barrier, but I haven’t been doing targeted weight training either…

Good meal and a good game with good friends. We bought some ice cream and also went and highjacked a grill from a co-worker friend who said I could have her grill since she is moving.

Sports, wings, competition, prop bets, petty larceny, gambling, ice cream, beer, beans, brats, beets, bears, Battlestar Galactica.

Easter is my new favorite holiday

4th of July. LAME. Christmas  has become more about tradition than the birth of Christ.
Easter is the real winner in my eyes:

1) Spiritually, you cannot beat this. As a Christian, Easter basically sums it all up. Celebrating and remembering not only Christ’s death on a cross as a sacrifice for the sins of his followers, but his conquering of death by resurrection… GAME ON. The importance of this cannot be overstated.

2) Warm weather. Easter is usually during the start of Spring.

3) Fridays off. At my current job, we get every-other-Friday off (we work an extra hour every day stop whining). But because we get Good Friday off of work, it means most people get three Fridays in a row off of work. MmmHmmm holla back boo!

4) During the season of lent, many Catholic and other Christians forego eating meat on Fridays. This may sound like a bad thing, but not for the frozen fish industry! Fish Stix baby baby!

5) Start of softball season.
6) Tank tops
7) Marshmellow peep battles in the microwave.
The one day of the year that men can wear a pink shirt to church and the big winner…
9) The one day of the year women can wear crazy hats to church. It’s like “hey we are all so happy it is Easter, everyone gets a free pass on what you wear today!”
10)People really bring it during worship on Easter too. No one really whoops it up on Christmas, but people go carazy on Easter.