Sunday, May 20, 2007

Yeeeeah! Yeeeeah! I'm Baaaaaack!

Its been a while, a long while since the last time i posted, but i figure a summer at home with the 'Boy of Destiny', aka Rohn, is worth rememebering. But before i start with the latest summer news, i should probably provide an update of the past year.
Its pretty hard to remember all of the great times ND provides, but ill do my best. Here is goes...
The biggest news of the year was definitely the hardest to deal with. That is, when Nancy Pants got news about her pancreatic cancer. This kinda news changes a lot, especially since our family is so close. Thankfully Pants was able to deal with it and stay as positive as she could throughout the whole thing. Im just glad to say we have made it through this far and now only have to worry about keeping it away. On the lighter news of the year..
We pulled the 6-man for the year, Zahm House is official now, Zeb and friends made new friends that became our friends in Sted's, and I lived the sober life until that one night Aiden came barrelling through town with a keg strapped to his back and put it in our room. Which is just another reason we are know as the greatest room in the greatest dorm. Anyway, we tried to make some money this year with our "Fear the 'Hawk" shirts. It really only provided me with a whole new wardrobe of new tshirts and led the way for The Boy of Destiny to copy it for his FUPA shirt. So life was pretty standard up until Thanksgiving Break when all hell broke loose for the USC game.
So, i finally made my triumphant return to my summer couch out in LA with Pat and Tron. Rohn, Kat, Smeagol, McGarry, Cousin Meagan, Tea Pot, Diesel, and basically every other person i have ever met was there. Uncle Kelly provided the Turkey (Deep Fried gets the nod). I became a K-Fed fan after seeing him in concert, we went to the Kinko guys martini bar with Rohn and got to wear some cool jackets in the vodbox,. This was just our warm-up for the tailgate. John smashed a watermelon on his head, things were getting lit on fire and smashed on john's head (not really, but maybe next time), and everyone and their grandma (literally) had to do keg stands in order to get any beer from pat. The tailgate was crazy ridiculous. It was so good i dont think anyone cared about how bad we got beat, at least i know thats true for at least Kat and Dre since they just cuddled and slept the whole game. Anyway, greatest tailgate ever really capped off a great trip. And then i got to drive teh UHAUL home with everyone in the back...smeagol was there. Enough said really.
Welp, Christmas couldn't come fast enough after all this, and during that time i got tricked into dating a girl. Her name is Potts. So, thats kinda a big deal i would say, for any Amato that is. At least she's tall, right?
Christmas break was a good one. P-Dog flew into town with Dre, and Potts too for the Pant's Party. Timmy from the real world spent the night, and the first Dan Amato Shooting Camp went smoothly. This all happened withing about a week. The brothers spent New Years in Chicago with Smeagol and McGarry which was a good time. I also bought my first bike and got pretty bored with life and started working out for NYC tri coming this summer.
One random thursday night Zeb, Hops, and I were able to convince Mckernan to drive us to Canada. Zeb made big money and then spent it wisely at the skating rink, Hops was dead to the world after not being able to sleep and Mckernan...ya, Mckernan. After that, i dont think anything else happened besides Zeb and I getting rejected to go to Greece next year only to be offered a spot in Chingy Jingle's homeland of Austria. Given, we learn German. So, once we get our "B" in German, start planning your Eurotrip '08 plans, bigger and better than '06. Zeb and i also signed our lease to live off campus and out of the House next year. Good news for you guys, whoever that is so you have a place to stay next football season. All Smeagol's welcome. Spring Break was spent hanging around Holland takin care of Pants, getting a summer job, and layin and crankin with Rohn and Gramma.
Coop slept in Zahm, had his first Zaaaa, Zebapalooza happened, highlighted by Poz puking on a girl and her running out of the room screaming. Needless to say, we got shut down and banned from having partied. On the topic of the Death of Zahm, Father Dan is leaving. But before he left he announced that the Bun Run was canceled. Good man he is. But, in true Zahmbie fashion, just with less support than usually. Get it?
Easter was held in Holland this year. Hummer and Bulfin came again, while Zeb replaced Ghostdog as that weird kid we randomly bring home to entertain us. Bulfin was the man of the weekend for sure, especially after stumbling through Mike and Pant's room late one night on his way to use their bathroom...at least he had good aim. Coop is still alive and peeing all of the driveway. Yes Rohn, we know Coop is a beast.
To top off the year...Kat got into ACE, so she will be in ND this summer. Gonna be weird without her at ND anymore. So with Kat gone, it has been declared the Summer of Rohn. Its gonna be a good one, so ill try and keep you updated.