As I mentioned to some of you over the weekend, I actually stayed in Georgetown late into the night last Thursday, something I generally avoid. I had good reason, as Will Leitch was in town for a book reading and signing at the Barnes and Noble (two blocks up the street from my office). Who is Will Leitch, you ask, and well you might. He's best ( Read more... )

Well, my first post-Coriolanus weekend was an eventful, and gloriously long, one.

Friday I took a half-day and met up with Mikey (marred82) and Julianne (browneydgirl8) for a long-overdue trip to Chestertown. We gaped in horror at the half-demolished remains of the Gibson Fine Arts Building and Tawes Theatre, which won't be completely refurbished for another two years ( Read more... )

Still recovering from last night's karaoke outing with entropicalia, blimpcaptain, wondermojz, and feedthewarpcore. Nothing says "brilliant" quite like seven beers and a 2:30 AM bedtime on a work night. But since I'm heading to Ocean City, MD, with the family tomorrow, I was in a celebratory mood. My personal setlist from the evening:

Three Dog Night - "Never Been to Spain". I butchered this one ( Read more... )

There's nothing quite so disorienting as a Wednesday off. However, it did give me the opportunity to join several of the Rudes for karaoke at Freddie's, the gay beach bar of choice in Crystal City, VA. entropicalia had only been prodding me for oh, four or five months to do so, but I'm one of those lamewads who actually values sleep during the work week. ( Read more... )

I spent a goodly portion of my weekend in Chestertown for an event many years in the making (21, if you're splitting hairs): ortugatay's twenty-first birthday celebration. After years of staying behind while her impressive army of older friends went out on the town, our dear pal finally got to see what all the fuss was about. I think it was a successful ( Read more... )

I am going to attempt to sum up my weekend in Fort Lauderdale before I collapse.  It was good, mostly, and I have pictures!  Wheeee!

THE PLANE, BOSS
-Let me get my one bitch session out of the way.  This was only the third time that I've flown, and I've discovered that my body does not like the drop in air pressure at the tail end of the flight.  I ( Read more... )

You know you're hung over when you go to sleep, dream about Gatorade, and wake up yearning for same Gatorade. I went out of my way to stop at the CVS in Georgetown just to buy a liter of Fruit Punch + Berry Gatorade X-Factor. I downed half of it right away, and just polished off the other half with my lunch ( Read more... )

YOWZA! It's Monday, I'm bored, don't know what to write about...soooo...

IT'S SIX-PACK MONDAY! I'm going to make six lists about stuff, with six items each. And I'm going to start in six minutes...oh hell, I just can't wait.

SIX SONGS I NEED TO DOWNLOAD1. Iron and Wine - Naked As We Came ( Read more... )

It is cold in this office, ridiculously so. It is the beginning of October. I wore shorts all day yesterday with no problem. Today I am wearing a long sleeved shirt and khakis, and there is no reason why I should be sitting with my arms hunched at my sides for warmth and shaking involuntarily. I am convinced that it is all a massive plot to ( Read more... )

I dueled with the dark, pungent beast, and...I won. Well, I at least survived ( Read more... )