Holiday Party 2008

Well, another SGATLiens Holiday Party is here. I am getting ready, and hoping that it goes well. I might have some pictures later on. Until then, peace and love.

Holiday Mix CDs (2008) version

Here are my two mix cds for the holiday party. Constructive criticism is welcomed. All other kind will be ignored.

CD#1 – “Love isn’t a mystery . . . It’s everything.”

1. Do It (Remix) – Nelly Furtado
2. My Drive Thru – Santogold, Casablancas, NERD
3. Rockaway Life – Kenna
4. 7 Days – Craig David
5. Lots of Lovin’ – C.L. Smooth & Pete Rock
6. Set Adrift On Memory Bliss – P.M. Dawn
7. Is It Love – iiO
8. Message Of Love – The Pretenders
9. Crazy Love – MC Jack in the Box
10. No Substitute Love – Estelle
11. Gone Baby Gone – Gnarls Barkley
12. Right As Rain – Adele
13. Love Lockdown – Kanye West
14. La Tortura – Shakira
15. It Was 1972 – Laswell
16. Love is Blindness – U2

 Disc #2 - Everybody Wants Some!

1. Bad Things – Jace Everett
2. Sin Wagon – Dixie Chicks
3. Lookin’ for a Good Time – Lady Antebellum
4. The Girl Can’t Help It – Little Richard
5. Wild Wild Young Men – Ruth Brown
6. Tush – ZZ Top
7. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC / DC
8. Let It Go – Def Leppard
9. Piece Of Me – Skid Row
10. Three Pump Chump – Slunt
11. Little Sister – Queens of the Stone Age
12. The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
13. Doin’ It – LL Cool J
14. What’s Your Fantasy – Ludacris
15. I Feel You – Depeche Mode
16. Closer – Nine Inch Nails

Randomness

I had scored some Braves tickets last night. Despite posting on SG, Twitter, and other places both on the interwebs and in real life, I could not find a single person that was willing to go with me. God, this sucks. I do not go to sporting events alone, unless it is a UGA football game. Anyhow, I was not going to let these tickets go to waste. I was able to find someone willing to purchase the tickets. Now, since I did not pay anything for the tickets, I did not feel right in gouging someone that was willing to go and help me out. So, I skipped out of work and went to Atlanta to meet my willing buyer.

I had brought to work a change of clothes for the game, to wit: a pair of jeans, a pair of steel tip boots, and a black linen shirt. On my way out to my car, I saw the chief judge walking back to the courthouse. This judge does not mind if I wear casual clothes to the office, so long as I don’t go to court in them. However, I don’t like the Judges that I practice in front of see me in casual clothes. They are from the old school that lawyers must maintain the dignity of the profession. Plus, I did not have want to answer questions of why I was leaving early from the office, why did I have a change of clothes with me, and why I was taking them to my car? So, I started to walk in a manner that could avoid the chief judge seeing me. As soon as I did so, I hit the panic button on my key chain by accident. The chief judge looked at me, shook his head, and walked away. I wanted to crawl underneath a rock.

I love to drive, but with gas prices near $4 a gallon, I don’t get to do it for fun much anymore. I drive primarily to work and back home. So, I enjoyed the drive to Atlanta, and listening to Braves putting a whuppin’ on the Schmuts (aka the Mets). As I pulled into Little 5 Points, I enjoyed being in an urban environment. Now, mind you, I loved my time out in the rural part of Georgia, and I am proud of my country roots. Yet, there is something to be said about living in Atlanta.

While I waited to meet up with the buyer of the tickets, a young lady walked up with a large trash bag full of clothes. She appeared to be a college student or someone that lived in the area that was about to move. She asked me to watch her belongings. I said yes. She pointed to her car, which was only a short distance away, and said that she would bring it down here because she could not carry the bag up the hill. So, I picked up her bag and carried it to her car. It felt good being a good southern boy helping a lady out with her personal belongings. Shortly thereafter, I met with the buyer and received a small payment for the tickets (to talk about the amount of the payment would be just tacky, especially considering I did not pay a dime for them). Afterwards, I was on my home, I decided to take a picture or two with my cell phone camera. Check them out.

It has been a while . . .

Wow, times flies when it is the end of the year and when you are having fun. So, let’s catch up.

Winning a criminal trial is exhilarating and doubly so, when it is an armed robbery trial. As a public defender, you are expected to lose. In fact, you lose a lot of your cases, because the evidence is so overwhelming against your clients. So, when you win a case of such magnitude, it energizes your entire being and gives you the faith to push on and fight another day. It is sort of like when Appalachian State beat Michigan or Stanford beat USC, it gives you the belief that you can fight and you can win, despite the odds.

UGA 31 GT 17 – Watching this game was fun. I had a couple of Tech fans talking trash to me before the game. As the game progressed, I held up seven fingers and I never saw fans of the North Ave. trade school get so mad. Seven years in a row. God, I will miss Reggie and Chan. Now, so, Taylor Bennett is going to have to run the triple option next year. Eight years in a row sounds damn nice. Cannot wait to then.

The BCS is full of shit. Last year, certain people were advocating that Michigan go to the title game, even though they did not win their conference. But, UGA ain’t good enough to go, even though they did not win their conference? Hey, can you name the one top 25 team that Ohio State played? That’s right kids, it was Illinois. And what happened? Ohio State lost. But they are in the game. LSU loses both times when they were #1. Yes, Les Miles, LSU did not lose in regulation this year, but it should say something when the #1 team cannot win in regulation against UNRANKED TEAMS.

UGA v. Hawaii – expect for the next few weeks the sports media gush over this team and hope that they beat the big, bad, ungrateful team from Athens. Screw that shit. I remember the 3rd best offense in College Football last year coming into Athens this year and only scored 14 points. Hell, the last WAC team that UGA played could not get more than 14 points on us. UGA is going to win. Period.

The office Christmas party was fun. My date, HyperMediocrity was stunning. I am lucky to have her as a friend. The food was wonderful. It is good to know that at 35, I can outlast my co-workers. Plus, I may look like an idiot, but I enjoyed dancing again.

SGATLiens Christmas party is this Saturday. God, I love this party. Plus, the CD exchange is a fun time for me. I am like a kid in a candy store. Here are my two mix CDs:

CD #1
1. Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado w/Timberland
2. Don’t You Want Me – Jody Whatley
3. Can I Get Get Get – Junior Senior
4. Open Your Heart – Madonna
5. Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
6. The Glamorous Life (Club Edit) – Sheila E
7. Where the Streets Have No Name (Can’t Take My Eyes Off You) – Pet Shop Boys
8. Digital Love – Daft Punk
9. All I Need – Method Man & Mary J. Blige
10. Killing Me Softly With His Song – The Fugees
11. Sumthin’ Sumthin’ – Maxwell
12. I Belong to You – Lenny Kravitz
13. If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
14. One on One – Hall & Oates
15. I’ve Got to See You Again (Live) – Norah Jones
16. Let Me Touch You For Awhile – Allison Krauss & Union Station

CD #2
1. In My House (12 Inch Mix) – Mary Jane Girls
2. Jungle Love – Morris Day and the Time
3. U Got the Look – Prince
4. She Wants More – N.E.R.D.
5. So Fresh, So Clean – OutKast
6. Stand Up – Ludacris
7. Go Deep – Janet Jackson
8. Umbrella – Rihanna
9. SexyBack (DJ Wayne Williams Ol’ Skool Remix) – Justin Timberlake
10. The Way I Are – Timbaland
11. Around the World – Lisa Stansfield
12. Dare – Gorillaz
13. Stiff Kittens – Blaqk Audio
14. It’s No Good – Depeche Mode
15. West End Girls (Maxi Single) – Pet Shop Boys

So, whatcha think?

The Grass is Always Greener. . .

I missed the SGATLiens CNY party. I was exhausted from work and a bit under the weather. At work, they are planning on giving me a raise, but I am not happy with job. I like the people, I like working in Atlanta, I like the money, but I am constantly overwhemling by the number of small projects that have been assigned to me. When I worked in a public defender’s office, I had a chance to catch up and catch my breath. Here, I do not have that option. It is constantly full throttle. Mill work at its finest. The old saying from my dad is true, “The grass is always greener on the other side because that where are the dogs are taking a shit.”