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yeah, I know the running man.

my, my. what a busy weekend. too many things to go into detail about - especially while watching Whose Line Is It - but there's a lot. Friday night, got to catch Evening Stars at the River to River Festival presented by American Express (give me something for this free publicity dammit). Savion Glover performed and he was awesome as usual. (Edit: While looking for his picture, I found Savior Glover in the Britannica Encyclopedia... MY MAN IS IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA?!?! i didn't know anyone used encyclopedias anymore. ok, continue) Actually my second time seeing him and every time I see performances like that, it just makes me want to get up and dance. not really. well, sorta. I have always wanted to try dance - and just to be that good at something is insane, to top it all off. They had some give away goodies, like cards and stuff. All while we had a nice picnic with some tasty sandwiches the wifey made, and some tasty side dishes. Good times.
Saturday was excellent as well (Richard Simmons on Whose Line right now... weird). Celebrated a friend's birthday by playing Texas Hold Em and then headed over to the Bohemian Beer Garden in Queens for libations. As much as I love playing Hold Em, I suck so bad. I had zero luck all day, and eventually finished in the middle of the pack. I think I'm just a big wuss - somehow not understanding the meaning of the word "gamble"... On the upside, Sooz rocked it on her first time out playing, finishing fourth. Awesome play for a rookie - I've decided to stay at home and have the babies so she can go and play on the tour. My babies will be beautiful.
Biergarten was awesome. I was a little worried at first because I hate, HATE places that have a line for the men's room. It just means there's no stalls, or only one, and it's definitely not clean. Me and my fragile stomach need nice bathrooms to truly enjoy a bar and drink heavy. But while waiting in line to go to the bathroom, some guy was kind enough to show me the secret bathroom that was downstairs through the restaurant - that was completely empty, so much cleaner - and that naturally greenlit the way for BEERS. We basically stuck with this one beer all night - Brouczech - it was a sweet dark beer that was good to start but after a lot of it, it got a little old. Too much sweet can start getting to one. Plus I was just sort of getting a headache.

right... I'M hitting on YOU...

There was a lot of good conversation, basically a good time all around with great friends. There was some good entertainment towards the night, with some crazy chugging contests with some unbelievable chuggers - I prefer to sip my fine brew, thanks. Also, there was this one girl who had all the guys hitting on her. So it would seem. However, we did get the report that SHE was the one hitting on everyone and basically whoever was the last to leave the table was the one who got hit on. Unfortunately, she was not Josie Maran (how you doin) so nobody reciprocated. Well, some actually did, which was strange but whatever. So me and Mike when in to investigate this phenomenon, with the long distance observation of his girlfriend Sav and Gene. She was with one other guy at the table so I sat across from her and Mike sat next to the other guy. I IMMEDIATELY got a phone call - turns out from Gene, who informed me that I was a puss and should have sat in between the girl and the guy. And he was COMPLETELY right. A missed opportunity for some hilarity - and I still feel awful about it. So it basically turned out to be a non-event after that - nothing interesting happened, no fun, no ha-has.

The night ended with us driving a blitzed, but victorious in chugging, Sam and (sober?) Stacy home. He was feeling bad and I was feeling bad for him. The sun will shine tomorrow, Sammy.
Today, went up to Poughkeepsie for my cousin's baby's christening. What an amazing looking boy - so cute, and well behaved. My mom picked Sooz and I up from the train station and we drove the rest of the way - got there late so showed up at the reception place. Food was tasty. Filipino food always is. Best part was seeing family I haven't seen for awhile, like my aunt, and two of my cousins, the baby's mom and my cousin Mark, and spending time with my mom too. It was good to see everyone and catch up because we never make time even though it should be fairly easy. However, see title. But seriously, it was a great weekend - spread evenly across everyone, Sooz time on Friday, friend time on Saturday, family time on Sunday. And beautiful weather. Great weekend.
P.S. I guess I'm starting to use names now... let me know if you want me to stop. even though the people named don't read my blog. so you have no rights here.