January 13, 2008

• Yesterday Dave, Don and I went out to watch the Jags-Pats playoff game. We were trying to talk Keith into going and I told Dave that I had to call Keith while I was leaving to see if he would go. Dave said to not call, but just show up at his house and kidnap him. Dave's theory was that if we just show up, than he will have to go. So, we got to his house and pretended that we were going to actually kidnap him. We pulled our coats up over our heads and stuck our fingers in our coat pockets and went up the stairs. Instead of just walking in the house, Dave proceeded to knock on the door. Yeah, real forced kidnapping, let's knock on the door first! Heather didn't hear us knocking so we called before walking in. As it turned out, Keith had actually ran to the store, so he wasn't even there. But, he showed up within a few minutes and unfortunately we were unable to talk him into going.

  Dave and I met Don at Buffalo Wild Wings. The place was packed and after a 10 minute wait, were were seated. We ate and watched the game until about midway through the 3rd quarter when we decided to drop Don's car off at his house and go to Tailgaters to watch the rest of the game and play darts. It was kind of hot in Tailgaters, so I ran out to the car to put our coats in there. I've always known that at some point, it would happen. While in the parking lot, I ran into Rene's son Tony, who turned 21 last year. This was the first time I had seen him at a bar. He and his friend Chuck were there to play beanbags. Tony was only there for a few minutes before his girlfriend called him home.

  As for darts, we were on a dart board that was right next to the change machine. While I was throwing, this one big guy came up to get change. He was kind of right in our way, and oblivious to it; this was also not the firs time that he was in our way. So, I throw the dart. He quickly shot me a look as if to say "hey fucker, watch it!" So, I threw another dart. Hey, the way I see it have some consideration to others and be aware of where you are at. He again gave me a look to which I apologized and let him get the rest of his change. It seemed to work though, as he really wasn't in our way the rest of the night.

  Damn, this just in, I kinda suck at darts.

  Today we hung out at Dave and Kelli's house because our friends Tom and Julie were in from South Carolina, where he is stationed with the Air Force. Those of you might remember them from a video I posted a few months ago of him on the local news in Louisville surprising his wife and daughter by coming home a week early from Iraq. Outside of that video, this was the first time any of us had seen Tom since July of 2006. It was great to see both them and their 3 daughters. Dave had bought a great cake which read "Welcome Home, Soldier". I thought this was awesome and both Tom and Julie loved it. It was also a chocolate cake with chocolate whipped cream and Oreos on it. As you might imagine, it also tasted great. I have included a picture of it here:

  

  See, I told you it looked good.

  I always like talking to Tom about the war and politics. He had a lot of interesting things to say about the situation in Iraq. Tom has always been different and he is not anything like most of the military. In fact, he is liberal and said he is supporting Hillary Clinton for president. I had watched a movie the other night called Iraq For Sale which was about companies we have contracted to help in Iraq. More about that in a post later this week, but for now I had to ask him a lot of questions about those contractors. Actually, in retrospect, I really didn't ask as many questions as I thought I would.

  Shit, I wish I had more time to write, but I've got to go.

  • 11:27 pm
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