2012 is gonna BRING IT!!

7 Things 2012 is gonna bring:

1. Milana: I can't WAIT to meet her.  She's gonna be the cutest baby of all cute babies.  Gerber is gonna feel her cuteness once she's born and call me up to use her as the new Gerber baby face.  That lady who does the pictures with the babies dressed as sunflowers and stuff, sleeping in pots or whatever, is gonna devote an entire portfolio solely for our baby.  The Miss America pageant is gonna give her a preemptive Miss America 2033 because they can already tell.  Point is...HELLA ADORABLE!!

2.  Leap Year:  It only happens once every four years, or 25 times every 100 years.  It's momentous.  

Which brings me to number 3:  The Summer Olympics:  Every leap year equals summer Olympics.  If I don't have tv then, I will make sure I get it.  The Olympics are the only time I watched tv religiously.  All the records, stories, and inspiration fuel me every 4 years, or 25 times per century.  So excited for this one!

4:  A house:  That's right.  I'll hopefully be a home owner this year.  You may ask "But Dave, you'll be a poor student with a new baby?  How're you gonna afford that?"  Let me answer that question with two words: LAS VEGAS!  This place is the Mothership of foreclosures and over-development.  We've found 4 bedroom/3 bathroom houses in nice areas for LESS THAN 100,000.  That's a cheaper mortgage than our rent we're currently paying for our 2 bedroom apt.  The only thing potentially standing in our way is finance approval.  But, we'll figure that out because I want to finally own a home and no bank or mortgage lender is gonna stop me.

5.  Med School: Even though I'm sorta in med school now, I'm still not in "med school" med school.  I still have an MCAT and interview in my way.  However, it's already deep in the universe that I'm going to med school so 2012 is gonna bring the DO class of 2016, including ME.  We're already setting up plans for families and what not to come for my white coat ceremony in September (it's at the Rio.  Rio=Carnival World Buffet, a wonderful perk.)  This journey is gonna be tough and suck and everyday I marvel at the insanity of myself for still wanting to go through with it, in addition to the wonder why Jessica is still willing to deal with this.  What an amazing woman!  Crazy for willing to stick through this, and amazing!!  No wonder I married her!!  Here's to 8 years of forgetting what your husband looks like!

6 and 7 are self explanatory:

There you have it!  A baby, extra day, home, olympics, future doctor, batman and hobbits, all wrapped up in one glorious and splendid year.  No offense 2011, you tried.  It's just that 2012 already has so much going for it!  I'll be there soon 2012 so you can start warming up the cheese dip!

Victory!!

I finally beat my wife in scrabble! She has won about 45 games straight in Words with Friends or Scrabble! But now, THE DAY IS MINE!! 343 to 289! The tables turned towards the beginning when I depleted my rack and put down CHARIOT (top of board) to get those 50 extra points PLUS it was on a triple word. It was decided from there. HOLLA!! Me-1 Her-a lot more than 1!

Anatomy and iOS5 nerdery

I was able to take home a box of bones from school to study so i built this skeleton. It was fun cuz i like nerdy things like this (remember that vagina I had to build in anatomy at the U? That was awesome. Especially since i had Lady and the Tramp on while doing it!)!

I also took and edited this pic solely with my iPhone. The old style lines came from an iPhone app, but the photo quality, shading, cropping and awesomeness is all iPhone! Thanks Steve Jobs and crew!

Monkey farts

This is what our apartment smells like! It's very good really. I wonder what those monkeys eat. Bananas don't make my farts smell like this, I can guarantee that!

Official Nevada Citizens

Just got our driver's licenses! I've gained 30 pounds since moving here. It's called pregnancy sympathy weight! A few more pounds and I'll probably need a separate ID for my chin!

My Experiment!

Ok, so this is a picture of the 2 fantasy football leagues (my brother-in-law calls it "Fairy Tale Football") in which I'm currently participating.  As you can see, both of those teams are polar opposites.  Of course, my point would be much more potent if I was in 12th place on the top, but the principal still remains.  What principal you may ask?  The principal that DRAFTING IS FOR LOSERS!! 
For the past 3 years, I've conducted an experiment.  My hypothesis is that if you do research and work to build your perfect team, you will fail. 

Subject 1) Team name "Autopick Next Season": 
This team is the team I actively drafting, picking players based on stats and potential points.  I consulted ESPN, Yahoo! sports, and CBSSports to determine who the best players would be for my team would be.

Subject 2) Team name "Great Balls of Fire":
This team is the team I let the computer "Autopick" for me.

As you can see, the autopicked team is in first place and the drafted team might as well be in last place.  You may ask "But Murph, it's only 4 weeks in the season.  Anything could happen."  For that, I show you subject 3)

Notice the football leagues (don't even get me started on my basketball skills, both on the computer and on the court.  That's another blog.).  I had 2 in 2010, 1 in 2009 and 1 in 2008.  Notice their ranks.  The Moody Reds finished in 3rd and I Shouldn't Draft finished DEAD FREAKING LAST!!  In 2009, The Skidmarks, I finished 6th.  6 out of 10 is 50%.  50% on a test means FAIL!  Last, but definitely not least, my 2008 team:  Smurph Turds (*cue angelic voices).  My very first league I've ever done, and I took home the glory.  I'm sure I don't have to say...but I will anyway. 
Drafted Teams:
I Shouldn't Draft 2010 [12 of 12]
The Skidmarks 2009 [6 of 12]
Autopicked Teams:
The Moody Reds 2010 [3 of 10]
Smurph Turds 2008 (*Aaaah) [1 of 10]

This 3 year experiment has told me that, I will finish in the final 3 if I autopick and I will epically fail if I try and work and research and draft myself.

Take home message: It's a good thing I don't pay for this!

The Murphy family official blog is online!

Hey you all (that's right, all 2 of you who see this),

My wife has just finished OUR blog!  It's called Murphy's Law and you may notice the link on the right hand side of this screen.  If you can't see it, the address is djmurph.blogspot.com.

I'll still keep this blog up for fun, stupid and random stuff.  But, I highly recommend checking out our blog, since it's gonna have all the juicy stuff that bloggers love.  There are about 5 or so posts on it already so you should check it out to catch up on what's going on in our lives.  It talks about stuff like how I get distracted easily when there's a disney movie on, or how we moved our entire life in exactly one week.  You'll love it!

In the meantime, enjoy this video:

Those cows love jazz.

PS, the banjo player at the end is my old guitar teacher, Joshua Payne.  Classic Josh!

Blogs again

Quick, last two years in a nutshell:

Graduated

Got married to the most amazing woman on earth

Got accepted to a medical school

Is having a child beginning of 2012

Discovered edamame

Now, I'm officially caught up.

More to follow