The University of Miami (Click Here)

I'm in Florida. I was at the University of Miami Friday night with Kelly and Rodger. Rodger and I were asked to entertain for the Freshman Orientation Class. Part of the Entertaining included Rodger and I being asked to lead an attempt to break the worlds record for people playing Simon Says. Over 1100 students particpated with another 200 watching. We tried to break the record in the campus arena designed to hold over 7,000 people! To find out if we broke the reocrd, click on the link above.

We had a great time and one of the best moments had to be when I was introduced. I got to drive in on a University of Miami Hummer. Ok, it was a Golf Cart Hummer, but it was great!

Here are a few pictures from the show. More stories of the Florida trip will be up on Monday.

Arizona Diamondbacks Game

110 degrees + outside; Sunday afternoon; looking for something to do? Kelly and I got asked to go hiking but passed on the hike because of the heat and I was pretty beat up from the run on Saturday. Everything from my waist down was sore Sunday morning!

We thought of soemthing else to do. Maybe a movie, Nah! Hang out by the poo? Nahhhh! How about you go to a baseball game! Kelly and I went to my first Arizona Diamondbacks game on Sunday.Tickets were only Six dollars! Chase Field is a retractable dome. The roof was closed, so it was a nice 70 something on the inside. The Diamondbacks are in first place in the National League West, but the stadium was only about half full. The D'Backs starting pitcher was pitching a no-hitter for the first 5 innings until I said someting. By the end of the seventh inning the D'backs were winning 5-1 so Kelly and I decided to leave early. As I type this blog, I just found out that the Washingon Nationals scored 6 runs in the last two innings (after we left) to win 7-6. Guess we missed a crazy ending to the game.

Here are some pictures from my first baseball dome experience.

South Mountain 5k

Kelly has been running a lot this year getting ready for the PF Chang Rock and Roll Half Marathon. She asked me to join her for the South Mountain 5k this morning. The race was entirely up hill and started at 6:30AM. The temperature was already in the high 80's maybe 90 when the race started. Talk about a lot of sweat! There were some college runners and high school runners that made everyone look SLOW. I saw one guy run the race multiple times. I asked him how many times he ran the course and he said, "three and a half." If that made me feel bad, I felt worse when I realized he ran the race twice in what our group almost ran it once! Wow! He was averaging 15 minutes to finish the race.

I'm happy with my results. I haven't run in a long time. With the heat and running up hill, and stopping to walk, I finised somewhere betweeen 24 and 25 mintes. There are several other races Kelly wants to do, so I'll have to join her in the gym more often to get in running shape. My goal is to do a race in 20-21 minutes. Wish me luck. Luck not killing myself! lol

One last note, by the time the race was over and we ate breakfast and came home I read a sign that said 103 degrees! At 10 AM. It feels hot but not as hot as the hot and humid east coast! Its supposed to hit 113 this week, so I'll have to type how that feels.

Off to hike some mountain trails tommorrow. I'll have to take and post some good pictures.

I'm in Arizona

I'm in Arizona. I've been spending the last couple of days spending time with Kelly (yeah), unpacking, adjusting to the time difference, catching up on sleep, relaxing and getting used to being in a new place.

Wedneday, I went to the Jobing.com job fair to see what Pheonix has to offer in the way of jobs. The job fair was held in the Univeristy of Pheonix Stadium. There were thousands of people there to talk to over 300 vendors. It was definately a great people watching opportunity. Kelly and I are looking for something part-time to keep us busy. There were a few bites, but it was nice to see the inside of the stadium, for Free.

Went out for bugers last night to a restaurant called Islands! Wow, great burgers! If you're ever in Arizona, stop by Islands. I got the Sunster burger...Mmmmm!

Ok, I've got to run, got some running around to do!

More pics from my last days in Ohio

Scott, My mom, My brother and me
Mr. and Mrs. C my Ohio Parents

Last Night in Ohio

Saturday was my last night in Ohio. I went to a Lake County Captains Baseball game with a few of my friends. I'm going to miss spending time with my friends in Ohio. Please keep in touch. Thanks for being great friends. I know I'll see you soon. Dave, Sue, Brain and Teresa congratulations on the upcoming births of your babies!

100,000 Miles on the car

My car……ooops my mom’s car hit 100,000 miles this morning in Westlake, Ohio. My mom’s birthday was last week and as a gift to her, I gave her my car. The Hyundai Santa Fe has been good to me over the last six years, but I want to get something new in the future. Mom’s current car is on it’s last legs, so she gets the Santa Fe. I take good care of anything I have, so I got everything cleaned up and checked out for her. She flew up to say good bye to me before I head off to Arizona and drive her “gift” back to Florida. Take good care of your new/my old car!

Hanging out in Crocker Park (Click Here)

I got to spend Friday night with my mom, brother and friends. We went to a “lifestyle” center in Cleveland called Crocker Park. Instead of building a mall and apartment complex. The city of Westlake built a four block area that looks like a downtown to a small town or city. The streets have stores, resteraunts and shops on the first floor and offices and apartments on the second, third and fourth floors. There are lots of open spaces, a town square and common areas. We listened to live music and watched Rodger and his son play “life size chess.” It was great to spend time with people close to me before I make the big move to Arizona!

My old stomping grounds

I got a chance to visit my old college this week. The University of Akron. The campus looks great. There have been a ton of improvements to the campus since I was a student ten years ago. I had a good time showing my brother around and reliving some of the memories. I had to make a quick stop into the bookstore to look for some Akron apparel.

Columbus, Ohio

Wednesday and Thursday I spent time in Columbus with Rodger and Jim. We were there for the Ohio Charter Schools Leadership Conference. We had a great show. The conference attendees loved our performance. We've been invited back to give our presentation/speech again in 2008! During the show we discovered we need to hire Jim as our “tech guy” or “road manager.” My little brother took care of all the behind the scenes stuff; promo, sound, projector and set-up/break down. He did it all! Thanks Jim, you’re the best!


Rodger and I with conference coordinator Anna Carter-Taylor. We were presented with certificates thanking us for our presentation.

The BAD BAD Apples Video

After the golf tournament on Tuesday and before leaving my apartment, Jim and I met up with Rodger to shoot a video for BAD BAD Apples. The video will be used to promote our speeches and performances. The video should be ready in a couple of weeks, so I will tell everyone more then. Be on the look out for the posting. All I can say is, it was a lot of fun, we did our own stunts and there will be special effects dinosaurs in the video! You Tube, here we come!

Moving Out

Tuesday night was my last night in my apartment. Here are the before and after pictures! Wow. Thanks for helping me pack and clean Jim!

Golf Tournament

Tuesday; Scott, Jim and I went to the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio to watch the practice round for the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. The goal was to watch Tiger Woods play a round of golf from up close, but that didn’t happen. He was out of town practicing for another tournament. We were able to see some other players up close, get a couple of photographs, autographs and professionally fit for the proper golf. The great part about going to a practice round is you can bring your camera with you. We also got to watch a commercial being shot. I’ve been to the tournament before, but you can’t bring your camera on tournament days. Enjoy the pics.





Scott and KJ Choi



Scott and I with Jim Furyk
Scott and I with Eddie from the Golf Channel Show The Big Break