Today is Columbus Day. And I am at work!! Sucks. I mean, I've never had Columbus Day off before, but the fact that I am here and the federal government is closed, well, that sucks. Joy doesn't have to go to work either! What's up with that? Well, I'll try to be as unproductive as possible today as a form of protest.

Had a very fun weekend. Saturday evening I hung out with Ankur and Veyom, who was in town for the weekend. We ate, walked around, laughed at each other. Sunday after church, me, Veyom Ankur and Joy went to Taste of D.C. Now, I've never been to Taste of Chicago, so I have nothing to compare it to, but according to Joy and Ankur, Taste of D.C. is way way smaller. But also way way less crowded. I wasn't hugely impressed by the food, but I had some good chow, and it was a fun afternoon of walking around and chillin'. Also, Josh Kelley performed on the mainstage, which was great. I only know that one song of his, but everything else he sang was great too, and his voice rocks. Hooray for free concerts! And free Rolaids.

I'm reading all these blogs, and everyone and their mama seems to be all into baseball. Now don't get me wrong, I'm very glad that people are enjoying America's pastime, and appreciating my favorite sport. However, some of these people are the same ones who ahem have previously mocked me for my passion (okay, obsession) for baseball. So from now on, no teasing me for watching every Giants game on TV, taping games that I was at and replaying the good moments, not studying for a month because the Giants were in the playoffs, cancelling area group because it conflicted with a Giants game, and crying when they lost the Series. No teasing me for listening to Giants game online throughout the season, for having the Giants pages on sfgate.com and mercurynews.com and the baseball page on espn.com bookmarked. I am expecting willing participants to go to any and all baseball games with me. Seriously. At this point, I want the Cubs and the Red Sox to win. And then I want the Red Sox to CRUSH the Cubs. If it's Cubs and Yankees, fine, I hope the Cubs win. If it's Sox and Marlins, I want the Sox to win. And if it's Yanks Marlins, I could give a damn. Yankees are the evil empire!! Like Starbucks, with bats and pinstripes.

I'm kind of OCD in a lot of ways, cause once I get into something, I really get into it. Like baseball. I'm such a baseball dork. I just really like the game, okay? When there was a baseball exhibition at the field museum, I was so happy. Okay. I'm a nerd. Not just about baseball either. If you want even more proof, I have a confession to make. Last week, one of my co-workers and I took a long lunch, and went to the Uptown Theater in D.C., where we waited in line and bought Lord of the Rings tickets. Not just any Lord of the Rings tickets. We bought tickets for the trilogy viewing, where we will watch all three movies in one day (the extended versions of the first two, the premiere of the third). First movie starts at 1:30, last movie starts at 10:30. I'm very excited. But I know I am the subject of much mocking and ridicule right now. Mock away! I have 10 hours of Aragorn and Legolas to make me feel better.
Oh geez. I think I've become my worst nightmare.
Dungeons and Dragons anyone??