hey it's july

today is a little better than most mondays, because long weekends sort of make me enjoy coming back to work, and also because on thursday i am flying back to the slightly-less-humid embrace of new england. one thing i especially like about traveling anywhere is making lists; stuff to do (hiking at bash bish falls, dunkin donuts coffee EVERY DAY), stuff to bring for the family (tortillas for morgan, beignet mix), stuff to bring home (red sox foam hand).

this weekend was very enjoyable. let me tell you why:

- the fourth of july party at the new townhouse was a success. i haven't seen that many jello shots since college.

- not to brag or anything, but there was a live band playing a special show in the dining room, complete with their own rendition of 'america, fuck yeah'. (maybe i'm bragging just a little.)

- under the direction of dj kid slyce, i spent a while manning the turntable. i'm getting better, but i still need my own so i can practice. and i apologize to anyone who had to hear 'draped up and dripped out' approximately four times in the course of the night.

- saturday dave took me out for dinner at nelore, a brazilian restaurant where the waiters bring different kinds of meat to your table on swords. clearly it was awesome, and afterwards i fell into a coma i was so full.

sidenote: the previous entry was not meant to imply that i'm now dressing in the standard b-boy style (to use the parlance of our time), however much i'd like to be a dj. i've been getting a bit more.. attention lately at work, and sometimes an enormous t-shirt seems like the best way to avoid it. maybe i should karate chop people instead.