Enjablog

@ 2005-07-11 12:28:00

Last Thursday, went to the Improv with 2FG and Ian. The host was Jimmy Meritt and the headliner was Dave Siegel. Both pretty good. The other guy (I don’t even remember his name) was a bit disappointing. Maybe not so much because his material was bad; it just wasn’t geared toward this audience (which included 150 teenagers). It was interesting… There was this woman with a laugh combining Janice (from Friends), a hyena, and a woodpecker. It was… unique. Partway through, she started laughing when no one else was laughing and the headliner made a comment about it. Biggest laugh of the evening.

Friday, met up with Ian, and Daniel and some of his friends for dinner at Matuba Sushi. Right next to Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse. Good sushi, but nothing out of the ordinary. The people there were nice though. They brought remedial chopsticks out for one of the people in our group. After that, headed home and planned for my weekend cleaning extravaganza.

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Saturday, got up early (for a Saturday, not actually early), headed over to fetch a lawn mower from Ian’s brother, but found that the grass was too wet to mow. It was warm, but a bit overcast, so we decided to hold off on the mowing until Sunday. Stopped by Wegman’s to gather cleaning supplies. Cleaning technology is amazing! Maybe I just don’t clean enough, or I’m just not the one who has ever bought cleaning supplies. They were just always around for whatever purpose I needed fulfilled. Anyway, I got myself some scrubbing bubbles, some super-powered Tilex which will eat through skin and will cause you to get arrested if you use it for anything other than the listed intended purposes, and some other miscellaneous things. Oh! Also, Sour Raspberry Altoids. So sour!

Partway through the day of cleaning, I got a call from my sister telling me to come over. Marc’s back!! Hung out the rest of the evening with the HOY crowd grilling, playing video games, Sorry(TM), and Uno. Longest Uno game ever. Maybe not the best idea to play Uno with 8 people at 2am.

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Sunday, tried again at the lawn thing. Ian got stung by something while moving the lawn mower, but he persevered and finished up the lawn. I “helped” him get the mower into his car so he could mow the lawn at my place today. Headed over to the HOY. Met up with my sister after her “date.” And got stood up by SPJ again. Played Monkey Ball and then did the family dinner thing with his family.

Oh! And not to gloss over this part. Ian let me drive his car! Never attempted to drive stick before at all. So, my first lesson: When panicking, stomp on the clutch. I drove the back roads from my house almost to my sister’s. I decided at the end of my adventure that I did not want to drive across 4 lanes of traffic. And considering I stalled at the 2 stops on the way there, I figured that was the wisest decision.

Tonight: Family meeting. I’m sure there will be some gossip coming out of this one.

QOTD: “You have the panic reflex of a possum.”

LOTD: A Letter To The Terrorists

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