...by the cover

Well things have been strolling along. My interview with Easly went well last week. Hopefully I'll get a call this week for a second interview. We'll see. If not I think I'll focus on working as a tower technician on cell and radio towers and stuff.

Josh, Mark, and I played our best ball at the Columbia Crown tournament. Solid passing, setting, hitting, and blocking all around. Unfortunately we were put out by the eventual winners in the Semi's. But we had a really good time.

Apparently Aimee contracted some weird virus and has been sick the last few months. I think its called Epstein-Barr virus. Ok ok, Aimee has mono. Good think we always keep a Bible in between us so we never actually touch each other.... I get this bad feeling that I may be the only teacher in high school with mono.

Ok so for the title. I was walking through the bookstore today looking for something worth reading. I always check out the really nerdy history stuff out first. More of the same. More Starkey, more McCullough. More people trying to revise history with subtitles like "The mass production of Hate." ehh.

After all of the sifting through history, philosophy, poetry, and religion, I moved to the back toward something mountaineering. On the way I stopped by nature. I found this book.


Now I'm no poisonous animal and plant expert but, that's not right. I realize the cover was probably not designed by the author, but still that's an egregious mistake. Apparently in an attempt to get a coral snake the book put in a picture of a king snake. King snakes aren't poisonous.

The whole thing just added to my disappointment in the book store today. On top of that they had 0 books on mountaineering. That may be my last trip to Books A Million.

Paul "I judge books by the cover" Murphy

Nothing

Sorry loyal readership, there's nothing new in life. Still looking for a job. So don't think your missing something exciting.

Josh and I did win a volleyball tournament. I'm kind of getting spoiled. I think that was my second win in three tournaments.

When there's nothing to blog about throw down on some Colin Hay. So here's Waiting for my real life to begin.


Any minute now, my ship is coming in
I'll keep checking the horizon
I'll stand on the bow, feel the waves come crashing
Come crashing down down down, on me

And you say, be still my love
Open up your heart
Let the light shine in
But don't you understand
I already have a plan
I'm waiting for my real life to begin

When I awoke today, suddenly nothing happened
But in my dreams, I slew the dragon
And down this beaten path, and up this cobbled lane
I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again
And you say, just be here now
Forget about the past, your mask is wearing thin
Let me throw one more dice
I know that I can win
I'm waiting for my real life to begin

Any minute now, my ship is coming in
I'll keep checking the horizon
And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call
It's gonna happen soon, soon, soon
It's just that times are lean

And you say, be still my love
Open up your heart, let the light shine in
Don't you understand
I already have a plan
I'm waiting for my real life to begin



Paul "----" Murphy

Bad Advice

So I've been a little bored the past few days. Frankly there's not a whole lot of fun in searching for and applying for jobs. I do however have my first interview on Thursday. But being bored I've been blog surfing.

I've found that there's a ton of advice for married people out there. I read Trey Morgan's blog occasionally and it seems that he has a lot of posts about marriage. Usually he'll tell a good story about some idiot, sometimes himself, then goes and makes a point. I don't stay for the point, but the stories are good. I've found there are a lot of blogs where people talk about marriage, but not a whole lot about dating. So I decided to compile the Paul Murphy tips for dating. These have GOT to be golden.

1. Jackass is not an appropriate date movie
2. When calling for a Friday date, don't call on Thursday... or Friday
3. When a girl invites you to dinner on Thursday don't forget about it and go play Ultimate Frisbee... Twice
4. When asking a girl out, hand written notes on a napkin work best. You'll need about 30 just in case she keeps throwing them away.
5. Stuffing anonymous notes in her locker after school is just creepy
6. When she says "ok, call me" Don't read "She doesn't want me to call her" because then she won't talk to you anymore when you see her a month later
7. Bring an extra blanket, just in case it gets cold

Ok that's it for now

Paul "Sage" Murphy