Scrabble and Mojitos equals me spelling even worse than normal. Even playing with M and an 8 & 9 year old i came in 3rd.
Games
Atlantic City Weekend
This weekend Jason, John, Phil, and I went to Atlantic City to celebrate John’s birthday. I personally haven’t been to Atlantic City that often. is actually my third time going. The last time was actually for John special party. Jason or John I can remember Alan that New Jersey transit has a train that goes directly to Atlantic City. The Atlantic city express service or a ACES was pretty cool. All us decided to take the train and we went first class since it wasn’t on the former. The train was basically a modified New Jersey transit double-decker train that makes one stop in Newark and then goes express all the way AC. We got there in the afternoon played a little then grab dinner at the same restaurant that Sean has battled party at since he liked it. Our plans to do a torment got messed up since dinner took way too long we had a good time.
after dinner. After dinner we ended up playing at the hotel we’re staying at. Jason played slots most of the night. I played video poker and some slots with him. Then I play roulette with John and Phil for a while and now my own. I decided one I won by betting on 21 straight up that was probably a good idea to stop. At that exact point several peoples who are smoking decided to sit down, and I almost made my money back. So in the end mice travel costs food the hotel etc. I was only down $15 gambling. The good news when I was after several hours of flying, so for me I consider that money well spent on entertainment area
Jason John and I ended up at a 24-hour diner for dessert word breakfast depending on who you talk to before we ended up turning in around one or two. We got up early the next morning had breakfast since we had a relatively early train to catch. I was actually very happy with the train service especially since I was home by 2 PM.
Overall it was a great weekend away.
Yes, I Went Bowling
Last night I ended up going Bowling of all places. I don’t bowl very often, but whenever I do I have a good time. I went to Bowlmor near Union Square with a friend. We played 3 games. I was surprised I actually won all 3. My wrist hurt afterwards. I then remembered why i don’t go bowling very often. The wrist hurting happens. Oh well.
Also had drinks and dinner at the Heartland Brewery beforehand. That place is always fun. Work was typical craziness today. I was in the office today, but my team wasn’t. We switched the one day the local team meets to Thursday this week.
Month Long Recap
Yet again I have been bad at posting. Sean emailed me looking for an update since I haven’t written in a while. I know I have been bad recently with not posting. I will provide a quick update of what happened this month. Ok, get ready here it comes:
Last week I was plagued with migraines from Wednesday till this Monday. It is the weather. I always get sick when the weather starts changing. It is something about the stagnant warm weather, not hot or cold when the AC’s stop running and it is just warm. I am not the only one I know that is affected by this but like clockwork twice a year I have an issue. I am feeling somewhat better now.
Last weekend I stayed in trying to kill the head aches. I ended up having to miss a Halloween party my friends threw because I felt like crap. I did get out a bit on Sunday to help Lauren and Andrew setup there new Macbook Pro. The twins are really cute, but a bit loud for my head aching state I was in.
The week before that I had a cold all week. Thankfully it wasn’t that bad. I took cold eze. I can’t spell it but it works. I sounded allot worse than I felt all week. The Tylenol PM also helped. The weekend of the 14th and 15th I pretty much slept away since I had a cold. Come to think of it, this month has been allot of resting when I am not working. That is a sign that things are crazy busy in the office.
One night a few weeks ago (i can’t remember when anymore) a bunch of us finally got together for poker. Brian’s girlfriend Amy was the big winner. I was the only other person that broke even. I did ok, but no where near as well as Amy. I need to schedule another get together soon.
I did the Jewish holidays at the usual places. One holiday was at my parents best friends house and the other was at my parents place. My dad decided to make the first holiday interesting by getting sick. He ended up in the hospital for a day and half with the flu or something. I am learning that even something as typically normal as the flu can put a diabetic in the hospital. He is ok but it was an interesting few days.
The other holiday was uneventful. I didn’t fast. I really can’t, or shall I say I shouldn’t. Me, medication, and not eating is a bad thing. According to my dad (who after all is a reliable religious scholar:) it is ok to skip the fasting if you need to take meds. Who am I kidding anyway. I am not religious 364 days out of the year, so why should I be that one extra day?
Other stuff went on this month, but I can’t recall all the details right now. Heck, I almost forgot about the hospital thing so I bet I missed some other important piece of info.
Work was really hectic this month. Lost of projects going on right now. I will cover them in another post if I find the time. Hopefully this wont be the last post for another month!
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Saturday Tinkering
I went over to John’s today so he can tinker a bit with my xbox. It took a bit longer than expected but I had nothing going on. The only down side was he accidentally erased all my saved games on Halo 2.
We where going to goto dinner and maybe meet up with Jayson & Gretchen but he was tired after a work overnight so I ended up meeting up with Jayson & Gretchen on my own. We went to this nice bar / restaurant near their apartment. It was good. We sat around for hours drinking and talking. It was nice.
I took the bus back to 59th street and hopped a cab home. It was easier than waiting for the 7 train. Besides the cold, it was a quick trip.
xbox
My home entertainment system now boasts a state of the art gaming console. Well, as of 2001 it was state of the art. I know I am a few years behind the times but I just picked up an xbox. I got one cheap off of ebay. I figured now I can brush up on my halo without looking like a fool in front of my friends. I really suck. Now I can also go online and play against John, Dave or anyone else without having to go over to their house. That means whenever they want to play we can do it, instead of planning a day a week in advance.
I already played a ton of Halo 2 on Friday. I got a head ache from the motion of the game. I used to get that allot when I played Doom or Half Life. I play till I can’t play anymore. I am honestly not a huge gamer, but every few years I get into a game and then play till I am done with it. The last time I did this was 6 years ago with Half Life. When I wasn’t working for a few months as a contractor when I was in Baton Rouge I played every night for like 3 months.
This time around I am playing Halo 2. I didn’t go with the xbox 360 since most of my friends who do play games allot said it is not worth getting it yet. I am getting my regular xbox supped up anyway so I can use it as a mini media center anyway, so why do I need a 360? No games that any of my friends will play are out on it anyway. I figure I will be fine with this purchase for a while. The xbox and a bigger hard drive barely set me back $150. You have to love ebay!
Beer Garden Sunday
Went to the beer garden again today. I got permission to not goto the beach for my mom’s actual birthday (by her) so I went to the garden when Jay and John called. We had a good time again. We ate sausage, drank (one drink for me since I was not recovered from friday), played cards and hung out. I decided you have a gambling problem when you play poker with rocks when you have no money to play with.
After poker we all played Spades. I haven’t played in years. John showed Jay and Gretchen how to play. We now have a cool hang out and drink card game for no money. I mean if we want to bet we will play holdum. Not sure how exactly to spell it.
I was late for dinner with my family, but so were they. We had a decent meal at a japanese restaurant near my sisters house.
the only other thing to note about today was that I may have destroyed a brand new shirt by getting stuck between the doors on an E train. I had black marks up and down my arm and the sleeve. It was nasty, but I made the train. It was worth it:)
Too Much To Talk About
I could go into so many things that went on this week. Had a great holiday weekend. Ended up hanging out with a bunch of friends Monday night in Little Italy.
Hung out with my friend John on Tuesday. He is finally working in Manhattan so Jay, Danny and I meet up with him for a few drinks. John, Jay & I ended up back at Dan’s for a pickup game of Texas Hold-em poker. At one point we had like 7 people playing. Not bad for 30 minutes notice on the game. I had a head ache all day Tuesday, but after dinner I felt well enough to go play. I am happy I did. I doubled my money!
Being out late every nigh has taken its tole on me. I am tired. I have been going to bed at 1AM every night for days. I need to get a good night sleep. Hopefully I will be in bed by 11PM tonight.
Today I got up early for a trip upstate for a BBQ. It was fun.
Tons more to write about, but I am going to bed!
Dari’s Birthday Bowling Bash
Went to celebrate Dari’s birthday last night at Bowlmor. It is one of those places right near where I am all day but never went to. It was cool. Yes, bowling that was cool. I guess when you light up the lanes, turn down the overhead lights, play good music, and feed us food and good alcohol anything can be fun!
I bowled horribly. I did a 50 something, and a 60 something in the 2 games I played. Heather, Alyssa, & Miguel didn’t do much better than I did. The other Miguel, and a few people I cannot remember did way better! Bowling always hurts my wrists, so I got out of the games early. Thankfully we weren’t playing teams or my team would have been killed. Not only because of me, thankfully!
It was fun. I didn’t eat since the afternoon and one drink got me really buzzed. At least I got happy on 1 drinks since the mixed drinks were like $9 a drink. I owe Cari a round since she cut out early. Some lame excuse about parents visiting. Come on Cari, come up with something better than that:)
For her birthday desert we had fondu. I am not normally a fan of the non-hygenic deserts (Dam double dipping people) such as fondu, but it was good.
Even though it was really late, the subway even agreed with me and only took 10 minutes to show up!
The Jets Game
Today I met up with Jay and Gretchen and headed over to Dan’s to watch the game. Well I didn’t really watch the game, but that was the reason why everyone was over. He had a good appetizer spread. Jay and I took off and went to J&R Computer World. I was looking for a laptop. The Sony Vaio I wanted to see did not impress me that much, so I am back to square one on my laptop search.
We headed back to Dan’s and played a round of trivial pursuit. I learned that Jayson gets bored at games quick. Cari has tons of useless knowledge (and I want her on my team next time). Gretchen also has good trivia skills, and would be someone I want on my team. I should have listened to her when she asked for me to be on her team in the first place. Dam guys vs. girls game. Jennifer should not be playing trivia, let alone be on my team every… Dan was hot and cold. I think near the end he was just tired. We had a good time. We ordered food and hung out for a while.