Archive for August, 2000

08/28/2000

  • jen moving back in
  • our shopping adventure at target
  • a weekend of nuttiness
  • wasabi peas
  • our growing collection of empty bottles of sapphire
  • the sale at the new balance outlet
  • finally, after over a year, taping out the 2191
  • the saxe project
  • david foster wallace, a supposedly fun thing i’ll never do again
  • our new cow-patterned kitchen rug

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08/21/2000

  • jon and carolyn’s wedding, despite the rain
  • wearing 2 different pairs of rented shoes in the same day (bowling and tux)
  • lisa teaching me dancemoves to impress the ladies
  • new bars, new restaurants, and the new list
  • finally ordering DSL
  • my new Rio600 MP3 player
  • going back to normal working hours
  • the fact that sir mix-a-lot’s “baby got back” was played at my bro’s wedding
  • actually seeing jon dance
  • the bachelor party at foxwoods
  • jon sitting down at a blackjack table for the first time in his life, and walking away $200 richer
  • the sight of dicky playing craps at 4am
  • nick hornby, about a boy

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08/07/2000

  • the princeton reunion
  • “i drove 6 hours for this?”
  • “it looks like dan found a wormhole and he’s going to town on it.”
  • brett dragging a girl across the bar while still in her chair
  • the return of the grant chant, and dan’s new U-shaped table
  • all you can eat chinese buffet
  • opening day at nifkin field
  • the 2 minute drill and drew’s friends trivia shot game
  • gooder’s pool
  • brett singing with the band, jumping up on the bar and trying to stage dive, and finally getting kicked out of the bar
  • new music: the getup kids something to write home about, ben lee , david gray white ladder
  • the last week of my project, hopefully
  • catching up on my sleep, finally
  • fight club
  • butler moving to NYC
  • indian food twice in one week
  • napster hanging on for dear life
  • the new list
  • reading again
  • already talking about this year’s new year’s party
  • actually being able to run again without shooting pains in my knees
  • the guster-oldsmobile controversy
  • my now customary weekend afternoon naps
  • dan’s new weekly polls

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