I'm back!

So hi.

It's been awhile. Almost two months, in fact. To be honest, the pressures of work and school forced me to neglect this whole blogging thing for a bit. But with the semester coming to a close and work coming to an end, it seems as if I'll have plenty of time for this now. I felt extra motivated tonight anyhow. I may be making presumptions, but the stress from studying for Spanish, the two Monsters I just pounded and the Tigers game right now may be a contributing factor. Whatever, here's my life in a nutshell right now:

-Since my last post, my apartment nearly burned down. In fact, half my building is toast. I was displaced in a dorm for nearly two weeks, which felt like I packed for a weekend vacation and got trapped in a crappy hotel room for over a week. Except I still had to go to work and school.

-Shortly after that, I made it downtown for the Final Four practices. Not as cool as going to the games, but still quite an experience.

-Baseball is back! I went to the second home game this year. It's good that I have that back in my life. I'm going to go to a lot more than a couple games this year, especially since I only made it to Comerica Park once last season. More on this shortly.

-I have completed my duties as sports editor of the Western Herald. I have mixed feelings on this. It's nice to finally have free time back, without the stress of what stories will be turned in today or what has been assigned. But at the same time, working at the Herald this year was one of the most incredible experiences in my life. I'm going to really miss the job, but more importantly, the people I worked with. Thanks for an amazing year, everyone.

-My final final (yeah, that's a bit wordy) is tomorrow morning a 8 a.m. After that, I have completed my senior year. WOOOOO!!!!!!!! Now only for that senior plus year. Oh well, I'm not that bitter about graduating. The job market is terrible and newspapers are dying. Now I'll have a chance to refine my skills as a journalist and see if I can't find another direction in my sports reporting goal.

-It looks like the Lions will draft Matthew Stafford on Friday, although I'm reading contract talks have stalled. I can only hope this will push them to draft Aaron Curry. He's the closest thing to a guaranteed stud, something that isn't even close with Stafford. Drafting an uncertain quarterback is not a safe move, especially considering he's going to get No. 1 overall money.

-I could touch on this Red Wings thing, but damn. I'll save it until round two, when a team actually shows up.

That about sums up my life, give or take a few details. Anyway, a few lines ago I mentioned the Tigers this season. This may be worth another post completely, but I don't feel like saving it. through the first month of the season, I've come to one conclusion about this team: Detroit will play up-and-down baseball this year. This is quite interesting to me. I'm curious as to how many elbows will be scraped up from fans falling off the bandwagon and then trying to jump back on over and over again. Justin Verlander sucks (I feel safe saying this after tonight's game). The bullpen is good, minus a few names *cough* Brandon Lyon *cough*. Edwin Jackson and Armando Galarraga are sweet. The offense is productive. What a summer it's going to be.

Let's see if I can't update this every day or so. Feel free to leave comments (if anyone is reading that is). I'm going to try and get a few hours of sleep before this final test.