Wow. That was rough. A week ago Friday my friend Jon looked at me and said “See you in a week buddy.” While we were about to spend the next week together, we both knew it was going to be rough. Saturday’s UFC 79 was phenomenal, and a good pay day to boot. Matt Hughes lost me as a fan not too long ago, so seeing GSP defeat him was just fine with me. Honestly I’ve always thought GSP was a great fighter, but being a Hughes fan I had to dislike him on principle. I can tell you I proudly sported my GSP shirt on Saturday. Liddell vs Silva was epic. I knew they’d both stand up and fight, but I never expected them to go 3 full rounds of trading blows. I feel like Chuck controlled the fight the whole time, and won it decidedly.

New Years is always a big build-up and never lives up to expectations. This year that was NOT the case. As of Monday morning we didn’t have a definitive plan and I was stuck with a dead iPhone which meant I was missing calls back about options. A local club VIP host left us boned without a table, and I didn’t think we’d have anywhere to go. Some industry friends came through clutch by mid-afternoon and we were all set at another (better) club. Had a few friends over for dinner and then loaded up the limo to head downtown. I don’t know if I’ve ever had as much fun in my life. Tommy Lee spun for a couple hours and was a lot better than I would have expected. Needless to say a lot of Veuve and Ketel was consumed.

No more than 8 hours after toasting to 2008, my friend Jon and I were on a plane to Vegas. A few weeks ago when a group of Downtown service-industry friends asked me to join them for Make Believe its New Years in Vegas Jan 1-3, it seemed like a good idea. A few hours after falling asleep on NYE it didn’t seem so hot. Needless to say we made it. Tuesday night at Pure was ridiculous, followed up by an equally if-not-more ridiculous night at LAX on Wednesday. DJ Vice was spinning both nights, and probably made our nights. Sumbitch can spin. Lil Jon was in the house at LAX and joined Vice in the DJ booth for a while, he even gave a shout out to the Minneapolis crew having recognized us from Pure the night before. Vegas 1 earlier in December and Vegas Deuce are tied for the best Vegas trips ever. We had a huge (~20) crew this time and they were honestly ALL great people. I feel like I made some great friends, and got to spend some time with some friends I don’t get to spend enough time with. I still can’t get over how ridiculously awesome the trip was. No bullshit, this is Paris blowing kisses to our table at LAX.

Highlight of all that? Bowling a frickin’ 168 last night. I probably bowl once every 6 months. Hell yes, I see a new career coming on.

P.S. If you start your day by waking up and having a White Russian, you WILL have a good day.