Short Breath
My Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) presentation went very well. Had about 300 students attend, and they enjoyed it and I got great reviews afterwards. I tried to mix funny with serious and I think the message got through. That is all I can hope for when doing a hazing presentation.

It was a beautiful day in Missouri and the campus was very scenic.

It was a tough crowd, all the football players sat right in front.

Each time I speak I still get nervous before hand and worried over how it will go. So tonight I went to Outback, got a huge steak, and relaxed for a little bit. I have been on the run for too long now... lets recap on what I have been up to...

Greek Week... man it was a lot work, despite the fact that I tried to stay out of the arguments, points regulation, and detail planning... I got sucked it. It is a phenomenon which is very hard to understand. Something about Greek Week gets everyone acting all crazy to win a small plastic trophy. It was a ton of fun though. There were some major upsets, some good teachable moments, and I even got the President of the college involved a couple times. At the closing ceremonies he said this Greek Week was the best since he has been at the college. So that made me feel good.

Something about these trophies gets everyone acting crazy.

Once the dust settled... the TKE/Delta Gamma team won.

Crossing... Friday night the GVSU Betas crossed three more men into the fraternity. Since we restarted the colony there in the fall of 2002 they have crossed 15 men into the Brotherhood. Very impressive. Whats more impressive is the quality of the men, their dedication to the principles of Sigma Lambda Beta, and what good Brothers they have become. No wonder they keep winning all the awards.

You can tell they are Neos... smiling in a picture.

The now famous East District Crossing pose, throwing up the LB.

WRGLC... so the conference starts this week! Man it has come way to fast this year. Working on all the publication materials, designs for signs, name tags, and most importantly all the big AV shows and set ups... I love working on this stuff, but it was really stressful trying to get all of that out in the middle of Greek Week and preparing for my trip here to SEMO.

So right now I am just taking a short breath. Tomorrow morning I get up super early to drive to airport and fly back to Michigan. I work at Albion Monday and Tuesday and then I drive to Chicago to fly to San Francisco for WRGLC 2005. I will be there until late Saturday night, right after I finish the show for the banquet I fly back to Chicago on the red eye. I will be in on time for a Centellas Family Brunch for the birthdays of Miguel (4/07), my dad (4/10) and my little Novalí (4/10). They will all be in Chicago. I get to spend sometime with them, and then drive back for work on Monday. World wind trips... yes sir! I wouldn't have it any other way.

Good night World... Stay Classy.