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My boss always asks me how many sporting events I’ve gone to in my recent years. It seems that I’ve gone to a lot thanks to access I have to tickets through work. Well I recently decided to actually find out how many games I have been to.

For a few years now I’ve kept all my ticket stubs in a box. Recently I decided to actually peer into the box and organize the many tickets I have laying in there.

After organizing and counting them here’s my current tally:

• 28 Nationals games (3 in 2006, 8 in 2007, 17 in 2008)
• 26 Wizards games (7 in 2006-2007, 19 in 2007-2008)
• 6 Wizards games (2 in 2006-2007, 4 in 2007-2008)
• 4 Redskins games (2 in 2006, 2 in 2007)
• 12 Orioles games (4 in 2006, 5 in 2007, 3 in 2008)
• 1 Red Sox game (thanks Mike!)
• 1 Patriots game (pre-season)
• 1 New England Revolution game (circa 1997)
• 2 Sea Dogs games (thanks FSC!)
• 2 Georgetown Basketball games (I also got to see the NCAA tournament this year)
• 3 Maryland Football games (thanks to my Maryland friends for that one)
• 1 UNC Baseketball game (part of that scandalous New Years)
• Various Verizon Center Events (including 2 WWE Raw shows)
• Various other concerts (I keep all my DMB stubs in a scrapbook already)

I’ve certainly been to a lot of sporting events. It appears like I need to increase my hometown sporting event experience. It’s also interesting to see the number of movies I’ve seen over the past years after I counted those ticket stubs.

• 4 movies so far in 2008 (plus one advanced screening)
• 8 movies in 2007
• 12 movies in 2006
• 5 movies in 2005
• 8 movies in 2004
• 11 movies in 2003
• 9 movies in 2002
• 11 movies in 2001
• 3 movies in 2000
• 3 movies in 1999
• 4 movies in 1998

I’m not much of a movie theatre person- I’m not surprised that most of the time I’ll average around 7 movies per year. Netflix and watching movies at home has been a big factor in keeping those numbers low.

So what to do now that I organized all these stubs? Well That’s My Ticket sells ticket stub albums as well as lanyards, frames, and other display items. Sounds like I got some scrapbooking to do.

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Earlier last year I wrote about how I watched the Red Sox win the World Series at a local Red Sox hangout spot in Georgetown. Well there was a photographer there that took photos of LJ and I to use for a story- however he decided not to use our photo but he did decide to mix up our names:

Guess I’m pretty fly for a white guy.

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Monday I went to the second (or third or fourth- I really lost count) Capitals game of the season- which was against the Bruins. I love seeing my hometown sports teams, I definitely have seen more of them here than back home.

Of course I had to bring a hometown girl- so Wendi, Caitlin, Lauren, and I went to the game and it didn’t go well for Bs. They lost 10-2. I’ve never seen so much scoring in a hockey game ever. The Bruins were so bad they even lost in the fights. Now I remembered why nobody cares about the Bruins back home.

The rest of the week has been chill, doing some research on grad school as well as fantasy baseball. I’m so excited for another long ass season of roster management. This year Sean set everything up for a points league just like fantasy football and that’s gotten me really excited about the season. I’m also thinking about starting a league at work maybe.

Last night Adam and I hit Georgetown where we stopped by at a party for a local Obama supporter. Afterwards he showed me around Guards and it definitely had a pumpin’ dance scene- reminded me of a really upscale Wine Cellar (a local place back in Fitchburg which consisted of lots of dancing and little space.)

Ok well I just got a fresh cut and now it’s time to hop into the shower and do some taxes. Gotta get work done cause Patrick’s coming to visit tomorrow!

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Originally I was going to just going to go to the Celtics/Wizards game last night but I also ended up going to the UConn/Georgetown game as well- turning yesterday into a day of Basketball at the Verizon Center. The Georgetown game was actually a really exciting game, with Roy Hibbert winning the game in the last seconds. Compared to the UNC game I went to earlier last month- Georgetown had just as much students and alumni present. It was a sea of Grey and Blue. There were definitely more student section seats for Georgetown- they were going crazy for all 40 minutes.
After the Georgetown game, I walked around Chinatown for a bit before meeting up with Wendi for dinner and game two of my basketball double header. We hit up Wok and Roll- what else am I eating in Chinatown?

The Celtics game was exciting- a battle to the end, even though the Wizards won. The most exciting moment I think Wendi and I had was when I reprogrammed the suite’s HDTV to show the Patriots game. So we were cheering for the Celtics in the Verizon Center while watching the Patriots at the same time. It was a Boston sports orgy.

Ok I gotta go be lazy now- I just finished an awesome steak for dinner. It’s no Hot Pocket but I’m still moving slow.

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Ok need to blog about my birthday party:

I originally had scheduled a half day so I could have plenty of time to relax and prepare for a night of mayhem. Of course that didn’t really work out well- in fact I didn’t get out of the office until an hour before the party started.

Things didn’t get better when I was trying to get ready to get out. I don’t know what I did I was taking a shower and I threw out my back or something. This shooting pain just totally took over my spine and I got really annoyed on the timing of this injury. Maybe it’s a sign I’m just getting older. Aw man I’m not even having the quarter life crisis yet and my body is already falling apart.

Things went a lot better when I arrived at Saloun in Georgetown. Krissy and Mark were there and of course it was only 9 PM so we didn’t expect anyone until after 10. Ryan picked out the place and it was a really nice jazz bar that we pretty much had to ourselves. It’s a place I would totally consider coming back to if I’m in Georgetown.

I was afraid that not a lot of my friends would come out last night but I was excited to see all my favorites show up. I was especially excited to see Falkor and the crew show up later into the night. I love those guys so much.

After some good times at Saloun Ryan and I moved our crowds to meet up with Krissy at Mie and Yu. Again I’m glad to see everyone have a good time and I’m really thankful to have such wonderful friends.

The birthday weekend isn’t over yet. Tonight I’m going out after yet another Wizards game and tomorrow I’m going to watch the Pats game and cap off the weekend with Ryan and Krissy at the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert.

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More football updates:

The Bears/Redskins was a blast. There was a lot of traffic on the way to FedEx Field, but Falkor, Sarah, Emily, and I had a great time at the game. The Club level is not as luxurious as the Loge but the seats were closer, albeit outside. The club level has a really cool indoor concourse where you can lounge around and warm up- we used that to our advantage a lot.

Wrapping up another busy weekend- Friday Adam and I went to the Suns/Wizards game and see why Steve Nash is sung about in Nelly Furtado songs.

Saturday the boys and I hit up a holiday party in DC. It was an ok night- we had a lot of fun on the metro ride back. All I’ll say is that freshmen from Georgetown are ridiculous.

After a quick nap I got back up to do some charitable shopping at Toys R Us. After another nap I got up in time just to see the Patriots go 13-0. Take that Anthony Smith. Who is that guy anywho? Never heard of him.

Well a week from now I’ll be 24. I can feel the quarter life crisis creeping up.

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Actually I’m not going to talk about the Patriots as I refer to them in this week’s blog title. It’s a reference to an outrageous headline I heard during an NFL pre-game show back in 2004. My then roommate Phil was shocked to hear it, I wasn’t as they did go on to win another Super Bowl title.

After watching tonight’s game against the Colts may spur on similar headlines. It was a great game, not the blowout that you’d come to expect but I’m glad to see that the Patriots can win even when they don’t have their A-game. That’s prolly why they won’t lose another game.

Sunday football caps off a pretty eventful week. On Tuesday I went to a haunted forest with Neal and a couple of his friends. It was ok, I don’t think I was scared but maybe more surprised. I expected to have people sneak up on me- I just didn’t know when and how. A fortune teller tent at the site got me thinking of getting my fortune told sometime. It could be entertaining.

Wednesday was Halloween and I donned my costume once again and went out with Laura to Georgetown. I was really surprised on the turnout that evening. M street looked more like Adam’s Morgan on a Saturday. I got lots of shout outs for wearing a Red Sox uniform. Gotta love Red Sox Nation. We started the night at McFadden’s- met up with some of Laura’s friends where it was not as crowded as I expected it to be- however it was a Wednesday. One of the last times I was at McFadden’s it was St. Patrick’s Day, prolly not a great day to be there. I ended up at Georgetown at some house party and then a host of other bars on M street. Laura introduced me to Booeymonger, a pretty cool place for a sandwich. Thanks to the DC Cab Strike, we ended up walking all the way home from Georgetown.

Friday I went to the Flyers/Capitals with LJ. First hockey game of the year and I was happy to see all out fighting not just once- but twice. After the game I drove by Neal’s housewarming party- he moved down the street from me and he had quite the party going on, however I didn’t make it a long stay- I had to get up early.

For what? I had to work Saturday morning. It kinda sucked to get up early to pick up pastries but at least I got to see some great General Motors vehicles. After napping for a while I got up so I could meet up with Rebecca and Camille at Local 16, where we were all celebrating Charlotte’s birthda

I feel like a week or two of taking it easy are in order- but I’m sure that’s not happening anytime soon.

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Now that I’m back home, I gotta get my routine in order, especially after this weekend.

Yesterday was Cleveland House’s annual Halloween bash, and I have to say that it was better than ever. We had it going on in the basement: two kegs, jungle juice (made by Laura, Adam, and I), Beirut, flip cup, darts, and the World Series on a LCD projector. That along with music upstairs and all of our friends in costumes = total chaos. I have to say a good time was had by all. If there were any highlights I can’t really remember them.

I know Rebecca and Camille rocked the pong table, Laura rocked the punch, and LJ rocked the congressional entourage.

Tonight I just got back from watching the Red Sox win the World Series for the second time in four years. It’s beginning to look like Boston’s becoming another city of champions. With positive outlooks for The Patriots, The Celtics, and the BC Eagles; we’re just full of winners. Hell maybe even the Bruins will win some games.

LJ and I went to watch the game at Rhino Bar, a Georgetown hangout where Red Sox Nation congregates. It was my first time at the place and I was impressed with the turnout of the Boston faithful. We were cheering for every hit, every out. My voice hurts from all the screaming that went on tonight.

Well I gotta love that dirty water, it’s late and I should go to bed- I have work tomorrow after all.

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When life gets slow during the day, I’ve been getting really into Fantasy Football. Well I gotta get into something since Fantasy Baseball is slowing down soon. So far I’m doing well in my Yahoo! League, and I completed a couple of mock drafts to prepare for my office football league- I don’t wanna suck like I did last year. I know I must sound like a dork, but fantasy sports are pretty cool. It is one of the rare times I enjoy analyzing lots of information.

So it’s been a really up and down week for me- but luckily the ups ended up being better than the downs. Wednesday all of my friends gathered for a goodbye dinner for Evan, Diana, Lindsay, and Ben at Buca di Beppo. It was an Italian restaurant specializing in “Immigrant Dinners” as the window read. The place had a real family look- the walls were plastered with old black and white family photographs and the food was served in gigantic portions for 2-4 people. It was a good way to send off our friends. This fall is going to be really different without them around- I know that my life down here will be totally different without them.

Thursday Adam and I traveled to Baltimore to check out the Mariners/Orioles game. The weather held out for the most part- there was a 15-minute rain delay when we arrived and once the game started we got wet from some more rain, but it wasn’t too bad. We met up with Adam’s friend LJ where they proceeded to drink 40s in a matter of five minutes in the parking lot. It was a real high scoring game and it was great to see Ichiro up-close.

Friday Krissy invited me to go out with Mark, Gina, and a bunch of her friends. We went out to Tony and Joe’s before heading over to Old Glory and Mie n Yu. It was a really great night out- Krissy’s friends were really nice people and I had a real quality time. Highlight of the night had to be the bathroom at Mie n Yu. The whole place had this really nice Asian lounge feel and the look went all the way down to the unisex bathroom in the basement. The stalls were the nicest I’ve ever seen in a bar and the sinks were old oaken barrels with rocks. I think we took 30 photos down in that bathroom, luckily the attendant didn’t mind.

Saturday Marjorie and I went to Nissan Pavilion to see Dave Matthews Band. For my 30th show- I had such a great time. My review of the show will be posted on Nancies.org soon. Before the show I was able to meet up with LJ and Kevin and I enjoyed a lot of great drink and conversation. I am surprised that Marjorie and I finished an entire bottle of JD- and I was also surprised that Gatorade and Jack did not taste as bad as it sounds. You gotta do what you gotta do when you run out of Coke. After the show, we went to Marjorie’s favorite place in all of Prince William County- Wa-Wa. It’s a mid-atlantic chain of gas stations/food marts. It’s kinda like Sheetz. After that we got lost for awhile but we eventually made it back to the district.

So it’s been a great week and I’m sure another one is just around the corner. Right now I’m starving and I need to get some lunch.

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Now this week was a good week. Not only did I get a lot of shit done- but I also fit in a lot of quality time with my friends. I feel like I’m warming up on a hot streak for life, so let’s hope I’m in for a good stretch. Maybe I’ll even get bumped up to the clean-up spot. Props to anyone that understands the analogy of the last two sentences.

On Monday I went out with Marjorie to Soho Tea & Coffee to check out their Stand-Up Open Mic. Some people were funny, others not so much. Joke of the night: Trying to buy stuff at Target with Street Cred.

Tuesday I had the pleasure of having dinner with the ever awesome Rebecca Burtman. She’s such an awesome cook and finds new recipes to dolt me every time we hang out for dinner. That night it was a very nice chicken dish made with only seven ingredients! It was in this neat little book her mom got her, I should check it out sometime because cooking needs to be simple for me. She’s been really good at giving me advice, much like a lot of my friends this week.

In continuing with the events I went out Wednesday with Burak and Laura to The Front Page, where it was half price burgers night. It’s a cool little place and the food is great but I didn’t like that it was bursting with people at that time- I had trouble getting a chair, our group had to talk to the manager just so I could get one.

Tara invited me out to RiRa Thursday so I could join her, Diana, and some of their co-workers for a goodbye happy hour. It was definitely enjoyable to see Diana and her co-workers dish about work in the presence of their boss. Ya that’s something I’m not doing anytime soon, even though their boss seems cool- he rides a motorcycle. However his wife also makes him wear an ugly orange vest while doing so.

I took it easy on Friday- I finished touches on The OBX videos I’ve been working on throughout the week. While I’ve been out every day almost, I took time I had here and there to make edits to the three video series- now it’s all done! I should remember this approach for future projects- maybe I can get The FSC done!

Work on Friday was tons of fun, Mallory showed me this cool British guy called Derren Brown who is a hypnotist of sorts. He has a number of videos where he uses NLP to make people do weird things on the street. It’s quite surreal. He’s gotten away with paying people with blank paper, taking their wallet just by asking, cashing in losing dog track tickets, putting people into video games, and playing Russian roulette. Sci-Fi channel just started doing a US series based on his shows done in the UK called Mind Control.

Lunch was also a treat- to wish some of our interns goodbye we had a Fiesta that included catering from Baha Fresh- best lunch ever.

On Friday I was bummed that Marjorie flaked out on seeing Crowded Streets at Whitlows. However my friends came to the rescue and I manage to have a great time out on U-Street with Rebecca, Camille and all of their wonderful friends. We went out to Local 16 and later on the Black Cat.

On the Metro ride back, I encountered quite the drunk group on my train. It was only me and them on the train and they were taken the token drunken Metro photos- and of course looked at me down the train and yelled, “We need photos with that random guy!” Of course I was happy to play the role of “random guy in drunken photos that you don’t remember.” I also saved them from taking the wrong train afterwards. Oh drunk people.
Wow as I type this I realized I went out every night almost. I rock. But at the same time I completed my OBX Videos- so I don’t feel like I got nothing done- why can’t I do this every week? Maybe I can like I said I’m just getting started.

I’ll leave y’all on this note- another idiot tried to crash that famous house down the street from me.

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This week started out really rough but it cleaned itself up very fast. Monday was a long day/night at work at Union Station, but it was nice to see Marjorie come out and visit me while trying to work.

Tuesday and Wednesday were kinda stressful on me- work was just all over the place so to say. Thursday however got a little bit better- A bunch of us went out to Sarah’s birthday happy hour at Growler’s.

Friday night was a whole lot better. Marjorie and I went out to dinner at Pizzeria Paradiso. It had a really nice atmosphere- it reminded me a lot like being inside someone’s really nice house- lots of old wooden beams and rustic brickwork. The pizza wasn’t that bad either. After that we took a walk around Georgetown and decided to catch a late showing of Hairspray, a movie I didn’t intend on seeing this summer but I have to say it was a really really enjoyable musical- one of the most enjoyable ones I’ve ever seen. The cast was really solid: John Travolta (hilarious in the woman fat suit), Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken (I love him in anything!), Amanda Bynes (so hot), James Marsden (good to see him get work after X-Men), Queen Latifah, Zac Efron (good to see him get any work after Disney), and even Jerry Stiller had a little role!

All in all Friday was a good night.

Saturday I partied it up with everyone on Watch Hill Lane, it was sad to wish the house goodbye- as well as many friends that are leaving as well, but it was nice to celebrate with everyone.

I also watched Idiotcracy yesterday, and I really didn’t find it as funny as I thought it would be- all my friends thought it was hilarious. I thought it was funny but maybe not that funny, it had some bright spots.
Well I think this week might be another busy week socially- but after working on some OBX videos yesterday, I’m going to continue a roll in pumping out videos- let’s hope I get something done!

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Ah another great week, of course with all this fun I can’t forget about all the video projects I really want to work on. Oh the balance of work and play.

Last week’s Diamondbacks/Orioles game with Rebecca was a great great time. Even though they screwed it up in the 8th, it was a great day to see a game in Camden Yards. She told me we need to keep in touch more often and I agree- we were doing so well back in the day.

The beginning of this week was when I actually had time to really open up my Wii and go shopping for all the required Wii accessories. It took me a couple of shopping trips but I now have a couple of games and an extra controller and a case. I got Mario Party 8, Wii Play, and Madden 07 to complement my system; but nothing beats baseball on Wii Sports. I guess it’s because I love playing basebal video games. I can’t wait til The Bigs comes out this week, so I can play a game with some real players. If it’s any good I’ll be buying it with my next bonus (which I hope comes soon).

At work I managed to hook up the system to the staff conference room projector, so my work favorites and I had a nice Wii party at lunch on Friday. Mallory surprised me by bringing her favorite game- Mortal Kombat Armageddon. Nice. I definitely need to get that game now, in fact I may go out and rent it after this blog post.

Wednesday Dave drove up from one of his crazy crabbing adventures. He, Ben, and I checked out the Tigers/Nationals game. Of course I don’t have to tell you who won. It was cool to see Todd Jones play, I’m a fan of his column in the Sporting News.

Thursday we all had a birthday dinner for Doug. We all gathered for Tacos and we had a real great time setting up a “cheesy surprise” for him. We had Laura take him out to distract him and we just acted really silly when they came back to the house- complete with door wide open with a sign that said “Doug’s Surprise Party. Nothing.” We all started screaming things like “QUIET, DOUG’S COMING” when we walked up to the door. It’s those moments when we’re acting totally ridiculous that make me realize what a great group of friends I’ve made here. It’s up there with Hershey Park last summer (which we are totally doing again in July).
Last night I went out with Neal and his friends. First we were going to go to Adams Morgan, then it changed to Dupont, then it changed to Georgetown, then it changed to Falls Church. We ended up at a party full of people that went to Yorktown High, Neal’s old high school. It made me wonder if this would be the kind of party I’d be at if I stayed in Chelmsford. Of course this party had it’s share of drama, late into the night I witnessed two girls just start fighting each other right in front of me. Later after that two guys almost duked it out- at that point we thought it’d be a good idea to leave.

Ok I’m seriously thinking about running out right now and getting Mortal Kombat. Let’s hope a place has it.

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Another Sunday and another great week passes me by. Tuesday I went out with Mallory and Krissy to see Blades of Glory at the Arlington Drafthouse. The drafhouse was really cool, it’s this vintage looking theatre that serves drinks and food while watching second-run movies. The tickets are cheap and the drinks are a little expensive; and I heard that the food should be avoided at all costs. The movie was funny, a typical Will Farrell character movie, it had it’s moments and quote, but not as great as Anchorman or Talladega Nights. Between coffee and rockstar that night I was up at all hours. I even went out on a midnight run around town- it’s not as shady as it sounds. Arlington is pretty safe when all the hoodlums go to sleep.

Thursday I caught up with Wedni, an old colleague from high school who just moved to DC. I moved down here really not knowing anyone and it’s nice to see a few CHS people are around. Besides Rebecca and Wendi I know that Colleen Foley is spending the summer in VA. I think some FSC people need to move down here- but of course it’s Boston, LA, New York for FSC grads.

Last night I went out to the Waterfront to celebrates Ms. Christina Scripps birthday at Tony and Joe’s. Any time out with my work favorites is always a good time. Rachel and I drove down there, Rachel being an TMGer who likes to pop her collar- it must be part of her sorority/preppie chic. I’ll pop my collar to mock her. Damn maybe I should get some topsiders and some Lacoste.

Ok well I need some food before I go out with Reb to Camden Yards for a little baseball this afternoon- nothing like sports to keep me and Reb together.

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I love how VH1 has a show called best week ever. Was the week in question really the best week ever? Sure maybe some there was something cool on TV and maybe another celebrity did something stupid but I don’t think in the big cosmic course of events it makes last week the “best week ever”.

I feeling like writing a year in review post- but it’s way too early for that. But I feel like reflecting on what’s occured. Chapters have started and Chapters have ended… and chapters have been appended.

Talking about New Years I talked with Becky and I’m narrowing down plans for New Hampshire… we just need a good bar and a good hotel… and I’m going to need a good woman.

Last night Carolyn and I went to the Verizon Center to see Georgetown beat down on Towson. It was pretty one-sided. After the game we got some Pizza Hut at a Pizza Hut Express/Taco Bell- thank god I didn’t get the eColi. Not that I was really worried. I love Pizza Hut pizza.

Today I have to edit, write cards, wrap presents, pack and what not. Tomorrow I’m going home.

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