Well the year is finally at its end. I don't remember a year where things were just as incredibly erratic as they've been. Honestly I've felt maybe every conceivable emotion this year particularly more amounts of rage than ever. Of course it wasn't all that, I also feel that people appreciate my association with them more than ever, this was definitely felt most all summer while working at the Door. Equally, I've never appreciated the people in my life more than ever, especially my family and friends at home since I spent such a long time away from them this semester. School couldn't have been any better especially now that only a semester is in my way from the nirvana of higher education: University Park. 2008 is gonna be great, with all kinds of SIH!!s and "shake that bear"s ahead.

-Mikhail

Holy shit! What am I still doing up!?

-Mikhail

So last night we spent a good part of the night hanging out with the our brothers Shippensburg. It was a wonderful time hearing stories about various mishaps including broken ankles, extremely hairy asses and a very numb penis. It's always good to hear stories that happen at other colleges because somehow they always seem relevant to your experience where ever you are.

-Mikhail

Interesting day today...I overslept and woke up 25 minutes late for my EARTH final, which was no biggie since I finished with time to spare anyway. On the way to class I noticed the ice storm did some work on campus, giving all the trees and glass a nice cool protective coating. After that I spent most of the day in front of the TV watching this George Mitchell report unfold. It was interesting in that for the most part everyone found out at the same time about the names that were in it. On my way to ECON I was told class was cancelled so I headed to the library where I finally downloaded the report. I skimmed through it myself for a couple of hours, reading the accounts about players that I'm familiar with. Jason Giambi's was interesting in that he was one of the few that was an isolated incident at the beginning of his time on steroids until he of course met Greg Anderson putting him in the BALCO picture. I think that may be the only reason why he can talk about it because there were no other parties involved and whenever he did them it was at home instead of being connected to Radomski, McNamee, Jason Grimsley or Canseco. There was one part that almost seems comical and I'll provide that excerpt from the report:

"During the 1998 season (around the time of the injections), Clemens showed McNamee a white bottle of Anadrol-50.[386] Clemens told McNamee he was not using it but wanted to know more about it. McNamee told Clemens not to use it. McNamee said he took the bottle and gave it to Canseco.[387]

[387] McNamee stated that he showed the bottle to Canseco because he thought that Canseco was knowledgeable and he felt comfortable approaching him. According to McNamee, Canseco volunteered to take the bottle."

Well I don't where the next step will go, but Michael Wilbon couldn't have said it any better in that it is an embarrassing day for baseball.

-Mikhail

I don't know what kinda posting schedule I'm on but here goes my story. This weekend has been a great representation of this entire semester. Good times with great people, something incredibly ridiculous that we all knew may have happened and did, and of course me not having my camera on me to capture such a wonderful moment (really should have grabbed it when I went back to get my ping-pong balls). Anyway, I'm really glad that I was able to share that time with the people I did. One thing is for sure, I gave out as many hugs last night as I have all semester combined.

-Mikhail

The semester is finally winding down. I just finished my last problem set for economics, have a few more parts to do for my portfolio on Louisville (which is actually an interesting city), memorize my scene for theater and start working on my final presentation on game shows for pop media. Other than schoolwork, life is alright. Nothing overwhelmingly special going on, but have what is looking to be a good weekend ahead. Home in 2 weeks :-)

-Mikhail