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Best of 2000

December 31, 2000 at 8:00 am

best moment that i will never experience again: turning the corner onto boylston st. and seeing the boston marathon finish line
best post training meal: pho pasteur with dan
best meal (non-post-training): blue ginger (2nd year in a row), torch
most adventurous/disturbing eating experience: live lobster shashimi
favorite bar: deluxe cafe
best new CD: the getup kids something to write home about, david gray white ladder
most ridiculous mess of a weekend: princeton with drew, brett, and grant
best new drinking game: the 2-minute drill
best new tv show: ed
best addition to 19 stanhope (non-living): dsl, napster, and a cd burner
best addition to 19 stanhope (living): jen and dimple
best inappropriate story: brettski’s “…i’ve got one up to here…”
best tradition that i hope continues: 61 keene st. new year’s reunion
best late night eats: south street diner/chinatown
best euphemism: dog in the bathtub
best addition to the drinking scene: limon

December 18, 2000 at 8:00 am

my new scooby doo slippers, quite possibly the purchase of the year
blue ginger with jon and carolyn
2 jews and a hindu. a new ABC sitcom, our the religions of the residents of 19 stanhope?
the CD for kitchen gadget swap deal
taking our boss and his family out for lunch, finally
“Wow Dan, I never thought I’d see you with a girl smaller than Wyoming”
new CD’s burned this weekend: beck, odelay, the roots, things fall apart, dido, no angel, gomez, liquid skin
figuring out that i have 25 vacation days next year
“exactly, you liKE her. close enough”
the upcoming NYC NYE bash, saxe and lamb’s visit, and meeting dan’s g-friend
skeeto’s new hot streak
the “who would you kick out of bed?” game
“say my name. what’s your name again?”

December 11, 2000 at 8:00 am

a new suit
office space
the big lebowski
new boots and double-burner grill pan
my 4th visit to blue ginger
high fidelity soundtrack
“yeah, my parents would like me to marry a nice irish catholic girl, but there are somethings that are more important than religion, like …”
another visit from drew. maybe he’ll finish the bottle of beam this time
free lunch at papa razzi for 2191 tapeout
brunch at east coast grille
getting rated a 9 on amihotornot.com (dimple only got a 7.9, but they’re racist anyways, so we’ll count that as a 9, too)

December 4, 2000 at 8:00 am

new pics
the ADI wireless group holiday party at the new england aquarium
“is it going to be fun? well, i’ve had 4 drinks and i’m wearing sequined pants. of course it will”
having the every seat at the bar and drinking schlitz at the deluxe on friday night
our first sunday brunch
my new fallback career: short order cook
surprise bonus checks
dan and drew’s visit for their geek conference
jumbo seafood
“i’m still not funny. let’s keep on drinking”
my new black hat
amihotornot
“you’re missing. no i’m not”