Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything. After moving from the Homewood "Sweets" to Dewey (Dungeon) Hall, the other interns and I have had to make do without internet for a couple of weeks. Not a bad thing really, but I do like to keep up with news, sports, and of course updating this blog. For those of you who may have felt lost without reading my literary masterpiece, fear no more for your wait is over. It might be tough for me to recall everything I have done since my last post, but I will do my best to retrieve those moments of the internship and whatever else I have been doing in my spare time.

To start off I'll tell you about my current residence, Dewey Hall dormitory on Farmingdale State University campus. I came in with low expectations and unfortunately Dewey Hall met those expectations perfectly. It's not encouraging when the residence hall director tells you that you will be living in a dorm that is set to be torn down in the near future. I'd say let the dorm stand for a few more months and it might fall down on its own. That would save the university a good deal of money on demolition plus make for a cool story in the Farmingdale newspaper. Honestly it is not that bad living/surviving here, considering its free and it gives me a place to sleep at night. Most of the students have moved out this past week, so our hallway is not as loud and I can get more rest at night without feeling the bass of my neighbors stereo shake my walls all night. Community showers were an amenity I never had while living in Reese Hall my freshman year in college, so it has been fun walking down my coed dorm hallway in the mornings with nothing but a towel and washcloth to escort me. Not to mention the showers that were designed for someone with a size 10 waist.

As far as work is concerned, I have been doing various jobs each day at the golf course. We now have about 20 interns working, so Mike and Mary, my bosses, have been dividing responsibilities among us so that all of us experience a different type of job each day. The main jobs include working in the warehouse, running errands, working in the merchandise pavilion, and working in the merchandise office. The warehouse is probably my least favorite place to work, mainly because all of the dust and stuff I breathe in there messes up my sinuses. The warehouse is a great place to meet representatives from different companies that are vendors for our merchandise though, so I have been able to talk with them a little bit and at least make contacts in case I would like to apply for a job or something with them in the future. So far I have met people from Cutter and Buck, Adidas, Bobby Jones, EP Sport, and Peter Millar. I will have a chance at the Open to meet some others as well.

The merchandise pavilion has come a long way since I last blogged about it. I got to work in there the other day and saw most of the fixtures that have been set up to display the merchandise. I had the pleasure of cleaning all of these fixtures, which were pretty dusty from being in a warehouse since Torrey Pines. I have enormous respect for the guys who set up everything in the tent. There is so much stuff that has to be set in the tent and it all has to go in a certain place. The guy in charge of the tent is Mr. Nichols and he is a diehard South Carolina fan and has many relatives who have played on the football team, so he gave me a piece of his mind about Lane Kiffin and all of his shenanigans and bragged about how bad Tennessee will be this season.

Outside of work we have found a few things to do for fun. We have been to good restaurants and had sushi, Mexican, German, Australian, and English food. Once in a while we go to White Castle and get some burgers and fries for a quick, cheap meal. We have been bowling a few times at Farmingdale Lanes and Dave & Buster's, which is like a sports oriented Chuckie Cheese. There is a double-decker driving range that is open until 10 pm that we occasionally go to after work to keep our swings in check. I did have the shanks, but I was able to cure them yesterday at Skydrive. I've gone to a couple of movies, Wolverine and Angels & Demons. Not too crazy about Wolverine since I never really got into X-Men, but I enjoyed Angels & Demons though it was not nearly as good as the book. We have also been to NYC a couple of nights just to hang out and walk around. There is a cool place called McSorely's that we have visited twice now. It's one of the oldest Irish Bar/Restaurants in the city. I got to see a pair of Houdini's handcuffs and other random historical pieces that make it unique. Other than these places we have just hung out at the dorms and watched tv and movies. I'm looking forward to the next couple weeks, because that's when we actually do more work that holds more responsiblity and pertains to the Open. Not just warehouse stuff and cleaning. Tomorrow is our last day at the warehouse thank goodness. My sinuses can't take it anymore.