Nationals Game

So you can't pass up free tickets to a mlb game. And I know most people think baseball is boring, but I love it. No joke, I find myself watching it on t.v. believe it or not. So our firm was giving away some tickets that were given to them, and being an intern I thought we wouldn't have a chance to get them, but hooray we did. What an American outing...baseball, beer, peanuts, the National anthem sung by some blonde chick, you can't beat that. Nor the 90 degrees weather, man it was hot. It made me miss Arkansas baseball games, since we skipped out on a whole season since we were in Rome. Well the fans here are sooo calm compared to Rome's sport, futbol and we actually clap when some dude on the other team hits a homer. In a soccer stadium in Italy they would want to steal their first born child, okay little harsh. But its pretty intense over there. Hope there are more Nationals games!

ahhh, public transportation

Yesterday I took a new route to the city, I went via metro. Not sure it has a cool name here, I think they just call it the metro. Well first I had to drive to the station that reaches out furthest to where I'm living. That was like a 45 minute drive b/c of sweet traffic, then the metro ride took like another 45 minutes. Got to work a little late that day, but they are so cool here it was no big deal. It was great to be able to ask a question or converse with the person sitting next to you and have a clear view out of the window. In Rome you had no idea there was even windows b/c of all the layers of graffiti. This city is graffiti free, at least the places I have been. Though I would have to say they did some pretty sweet graffiti work on the streets of Rome, especially on the way to the airport. Then of course I had to take the metro home, I fell asleep, kid you not, I slept the whole way and was relieved my bag was still in my lap when I woke up. Thinking about it, I missed the commuter bus that I usually take, I think I will go back to that route for getting into the city. Free parking, no traffic, naps on the way there and back and on occasion a Code Orange Day!

let the rain fall

So yesterday was the first time it had rained since I've been in d.c. It rained for only about 30 minutes, but it poured. And right in that time was when I had to walk to catch my bus. I was amazed at what I saw. Let me remind you though, that day on msn.com under the weather portion there was a rain cloud with a lightning, and I mean who doesn't have msn at their internet default page...really. So everyone should not have been caught off guard. There were people frantically running, falling and waiting under overhangs. I started to think about the most annoying people in Rome. It was the little guys who are in your face right when you get off the bus, who shove umbrella's in your hands [expecting money of course]. And how if one of these guys would migrate west they would make a fortune. I mean Americans are all about convenience, right? What isn't more convenient that someone handing you an umbrella when its raining out. I luckily had my umbrella, well my friends, one I borrowed.ha. This walk home may have been the best yet, beating the concert and sniper dude...maybe a close second.

Can you say random

So many random things go on in the city of Washington dc, and I'm not gonna lie, it scares me a little. Yesterday, I was eating my lunch in Dupont circle, like most days and some man was circling the fountain wearing a huge sign that read "Its gonna be BIG"..I'm thinking all the possibilities that could mean, but no one else was bothered so I just stared. And then, I nearly got a ticket for a whopping 25 bucks for crossing the street when no cars were coming. confused? yes, well the hand on the crossing sign was up, so no crossing is allowed, even if there are no cars in sight, and people get paid to sit there and monitor this...wow. Last week I saw some huge dude hanging out of a black suburban with a sniper scope gun..I only hoped the President was in the back seat, but that is some scary shit if you ask me. And the best of all, there was a concert going on today right off of a main street, they were playing some great oldies. And a couple of folks were showing off their dance moves right there in the middle. It was hilarious, incredibly random, but so great. Tune in later for more sightings.

and then we drove some more.

I made it. It was a 24 hour drive from San Antonio to Northern Virgina (Ashburn), but I'm here, and couldn't be happier. Well, maybe a little bit, but anyone can always be happier. My first stop was in Dallas and I stayed with Brother. I really am glad that we are such good friends now, it only took us 19 years to stop hating each other, but now things are great between us. Day two on the road I was headed to Memphis and stayed with my favorite family outside of my own...The Powell's, even though the guys weren't there, it was still so nice to get to visit. And then it was east to Knoxville and day 4 was up to Virginia. Yes I'm sure you think I'm a huge loser who cant drive more than 7 hours in a day...but it just really worked out great staying with people, and plus I never got tired once while I was behind the wheel...thanks to rockstar and bookoo. Yeah that's right....

Washington d.c. is an amazing city, I only wish I was living there and not just working, but what can you do. I'm not paying rent so I can't really complain and its peaceful outside the city. Just a little bit of a commute. Anyways, back to d.c...everyday I take different streets and just check out something new. The streets are labeled either by letter or number, and diagonal streets are the long names like 'constitution' and 'Philadelphia' [damn you why do you give him all the easy ones] what movie? its all so confusing, okay not really, its actually so simple unlike the crazy streets of Rome that led you to the opposite place you wanted to be. D.C. is unbelievably cleaner than Rome and I love it and they speak English there too...score!