The Boys are Back in Town (for the first time ever? can they really be back then? no)

This weekend I was graced with Weezy, Andy, and Caleb. Wayne is one of my friends from my UCSC days, Andy is part of the OG crew known at the G-Unit, and Caleb is 1/2 of the dynamic native duo of ucla.

On a crazy note this is the first time i've seen Caleb since he was in ICU after breaking his femur, shoulder, wrist, skull(?), and just generally broken up since he was pushed down those stairs and found by the police in westwood. Last time I saw him it had only been like 4 days since the incident and he was pretty heavily medicated. Good to see him out and about now.

So in no particular order this weekend consisted of:

National Treasure 1/2. To commemorate our love of Nick Cage's awesome "acting" and being in DC, we watched Cage steal the Declaration of Independence, find the templar treasure, kidnap POTUS (pres of US), and find the hidden city of gold. Sadly part two didn't really have much of Cage being ridiculous.

Air and Space Museum. The space stuff is super cool. I'd love to be an astronaut but I would def crap my pants during lift off and reentry. No joke. But to be weightless and just do that would be so incredibly cool. I would trade a kidney possibly for the chance. I like looking at the space suits and comparing the differences between the Russian and US ones. The museum's treatment of Gagarin is pretty good, I expected more flag thumping but they really just treated it as another awesome human achievement. It's awesome that the smithsonians are free.

Football. lots of playoff football. and beer. and bar food. really too much. We didn't drink that much when we went out cause me and andy were sick but still over the course of the weekend kind of a lot. We went to a variety of bars and the best was Ben's next door which is next door (shocking!) to the famous Ben's Chili Bowl. Good vibe there, good beer, nice staff. Ben's CHili Bowl was pretty solid too. Nothing revolutionary but really there's nothing wrong with it. It's all quality but when you stick to a classic recipe these days it just won't cut it with the standards of modern cuisine.

We took some very silly pictures too at the washington monument. look out for them on fb!

Not gonna lie, the room got pretty stuffy with everyone.


Anyways now it's back on the grind but I'm somewhat inspired from the retreat last week. My inner competitiveness wants me to outshine my peers at the other affiliates so let's see if I can really step it up.