4th Of July Weekend
I think the tradition of watching fireworks on the 4th of July isn't nearly as huge for me anymore. Taking its place atop my list of 4th of July traditions is barbequeing. Can't have the holiday weekend go by without the brats, burgers, beer, baseball, board games, and big booties. Well actually, there wasn't really much booty, especially with it being an Asian BBQ and all. But it was still a good time. Props to Cindy for hosting all of us and cooking in the crazy hot weather, what a beast.
Saturday, didn't do much other than watch baseball, and then saw Charlies Angels 2 at night. It was pretty entertaining, I think if you liked the first one (like I did), you would probably like the second too. The first one is still better though, mostly because it had "the Chad".
As usual, went to church on Sunday, took a nap in the afternoon, and then stopped by Waste of Chicago for a couple hours. Mostly, it was not worth the drive and parking fees, but at least it wasn't that crowded and hot. And I had one of those big turkey legs too, which is always a plus.
Other notes from the long weekend:
- Used a credit card at McDonalds for the first time. Looks like the fast food industry is finally caving into the age of electronic money. Now that we can get Filet-O-Fishes, buy movie tickets, and even pay toll on the highway without having to deal with bills and coins, maybe I'll be able to convert from wallet to money clip soon. But I haven't taken the plunge yet, because I don't want to damage or lose my Britney Spears stickers.
- Played mahjohng on Thursday night with the original Pact members plus Dennis's Mom. The highlight was Mrs. Wu talking to Chras and P in Chinese. Also played some pong that night, makes me feel like playing a lot more.
- I HATE BILLY KOCH... someone who has such blatant disregard for protecting leads should never be a closer. Ok, so Carl Crawford got a little lucky for homering on that pitch. But why do these things seem to happen so much to Billy Boy? It doesn't matter how hard you can throw, if you blow saves regularly, you don't deserve to be the guy to finish games. I can take some solace in the fact that we don't have Alfonseca, but at least Alfonseca isn't the closer.
