On the way home, two cars collided right in front of me.  One spun out from the force of the hit and missed me by inches.  The next song on the radio was Dave Matthews Band's "Crash" >.<  Not funny, God.

But this blog is pretty hilarious.  And Remy strikes again with another DC-centric gem :D

Some updates:

• The road trip to California was, in one word, ridiculous.  We took so many detours, ate so much good food, and snapped over 2000 photos (a portion of which are on Facebook).  The scenery past Chicago was mind-blowingly vast. 
• I ended up breaking my no caffeine resolution 3 or 4 times, but I figure that's permissible during the last 2 ( Read more... )

At around 10 am, I heard the sound of shattering glass.  I didn't think it was a big deal until I heard some worried mumbling in Spanish.  By the time I got to the kitchen, our Salvadorean janitor, Daniel, was standing over a large trash can trying to staunch a serious flow of blood from his arm.  Turns out he had tried to catch a mug that slipped ( Read more... )

Started nodding off at 9 am.  This is a new low.  With my Maxwell House supply depleted, I thought longingly of Starbucks the whole morning (when I wasn't sleeping) - but I successfully resisted.  Victory never tasted so much like a phantom skinny vanilla latte (hold the foam).

After meeting up with my boss at noon a couple blocks away, I ran into a ( Read more... )

Somehow, I don't remember a 6 am wake up time being this painful in middle school.  I'm not a coffee/caffeine-addict by any means - at least, that's what I keep telling myself - but that one latte as soon as I get into the office is pretty crucial.  This post-college habit has endured despite my not-so-recent diagnosis of acid reflux and my mom's ( Read more... )

Videos like this are reason alone to not be on Youtube while at work - cue the waterworks.

My dad and I happened to be in Alexandria a few weeks ago and stopped by the condo that we lived in when I was 6 months old.  He started talking about what life was like back then, and I was struck by what my parents have done and given up for me and ( Read more... )

My favorite SYTYCD dancer suffered a possibly career-ending injury and had to leave the competition last week.  This was after he made it all the way through multiple rounds of auditions two seasons ago to become a finalist but couldn't get on the show because of a prior contract.  And, it was after he quit his principal soloist position, ( Read more... )

Wale certainly did not have this summer in mind when he penned that rap.  So. hot.  It's certainly turning out to be a year of extremes with the record snowfall and record heat.   Everything feels like it's in hazy slow-mo when you're outside.

I know I'm way late on this, but:

Max Richter + Dinah Washington = Genius
Genius + Mia Michaels (and ( Read more... )

Today, I cheered for: USMNT, Ovechkin, Jose Theodore, and a whole bunch of SYTYCD dancers.  Yup, I have varied interests.

USA-Algeria: what a ridiculous game.  After multiple failed attempts to stream the match (I wonder how many people were on ESPN3 this morning?), a bunch of us ran down to the nearest cafe and watched the game on two hilariously ( Read more... )

I watched about half of the Nats game and about half of the season finale of Glee.  It was my first time watching both on TV, so I was a bit surprised to discover that I enjoyed the baseball more.  Strasburg FTW.  With all of the optimism/hype surrounding him, McNabb, Wall, and the Leonsis takeover, I'm a bit sad that I won't be in DC to experience ( Read more... )