DISORDER IN THE HOUSEIt's been a pretty crazy fortnight in this neck of the mid-Atlantic region. Among the things I have done and not yet written about -- or been able to write about:
- I saw a car on fire on the street below my apartment, which the fire department soon arrived to put out, pushing massive amount of smoke out of the car's hood and drawing a small crowd out of the buildings surrounding.
- I went to my first NFL game, the Redskins' season opener last Monday night at FedEx field, which they lost, miserably, to the rebuilding and should-be-miserable Minnesota Vikings.
- That weekend, I saw my old college friend and Commentator mentor (well, one of them) Mark Hemingway married off, and drank until the early morning hours with a few of those other mentors.
- The day after, I watched my Ducks eke out a win over the Oklahoma Sooners, in what was undoubtedly the most controversial game of the season so far; sure, some of those late calls were inexplicable, but you can't hold that — or our #13 ranking — against us.
- I saw a two-car head-on collision at the corner of my street, less than 20 feet from where that car had caught fire just the week before.
- And then... I spent the last 30 hours or so semi-homeless, as an electrical fire in the basement of my apartment complex knocked out the power in my whole building (eventually, just my half of the building), forcing me to spend last night on the couch at the office, and today while waiting to get back in, worked from the Love Cafe, and was prepared to spend a night on the Bailey/Pfeiffer living room couch. Luckily, the power returned less than two hours ago, just before we swung by on the way back from dinner.
All in the span of two weeks. For the incidents where I've got got photographic (or video) evidence to share, I will share soon. And of course there's that European trip. I'll be getting to that, too.
posted by WWB at 10:21 PM |
