Paint me purple. I'm a Husky!

I learned yesterday that I was accepted into the University of Washington Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) program. Woo hoo!

I am SO relieved. Only 25 students get into this program each year, so I was really sweating receiving an acceptance letter. Now I still have some paperwork to do, so I could totally and accidentally screw up my admissions, but at least I know the program likes me enough to tell me so and make an offer.

I emailed John, my (and your) favorite WWU journalism professor, upon learning the good news, to which he replied:

"Well, that just goes to show how little clout I have with UW. I ripped you and said you'd never succeed in the program, and you still got in. Oh well, good for you anyway."

Gotta love that S.O.B. I learned from the best.

Thanks to everyone for their support of this next venture, especially my employer for offering a sweet tuition reimbursement plan and Scott, for forcing me to rewrite most of his MBA papers.

And thank God I won't have to take the GREs again.

Yesterday, the band finished the "Alright EP," which features five all-new focuspoint tracks.

We're hosting a CD release party at The Central in Pioneer Square on Saturday, March 8, where we'll be debuting the tracks and playing all the other bangers from our last CD.

No matter how much shit I talk, these songs and this album are absolute labors of love. Hopefully you'll enjoy the new material.

- Paolo

I'm up super early for work today. Ugh. I'm filling a little time reading the papers about the Democratic caucuses. I didn't go, but did anyone else rock out with their caucus out?

I was talking to Wesley last night and he said it was a totally confusing, unorganized disaster. (Matt: "Just the way the democrats would run the country.")

I thought I was going skiing today. I drove up with Scott and Courtney last night and we lodged at Crystal Mountain. However, the combination of Scott forgetting to pack my ski boots and really terrible, heavy snow led to my staying in the lodge for the morning and catching up on some work while watching "Sahara" and "Finding Nemo."

Nevertheless, the day was eventful because I practiced bow hunting! Superkillersweet!

Now I've had some bow hunting experience before, having played "Cabela's Dangerous Hunts" on Xbox and killing polar bears with a bow, and occasionally just a knife. However, shooting a bow in real life is way different, and quite difficult.

Scott bought the hunting bow a few weeks back and has gone to a bow firing range (Yes, this actually exists) to practice. To his new wife's horror, he also bought a target for the backyard, and we set it up today. He showed me the ropes for handling the bow, and I took a few shots. The adrenaline rush is addictive! Next Thanksgiving, I'm bow hunting for my turkey and after that I'm going after polar bears!