things i’ll remember about upstate new york:

-redeye flights are never as cool as they sound

-the colgate inn runs the best open mic in the country

-the idaho couple

-i never got to play the 3rd-best collegiate golf course in the country

-big d and the kids like to say the f-word a lot

-kings

-dan and teresa’s response to the first jack

-the pizza that almost broke up the band

-yard sales, auto shops, and exotic tanning parlors

-the men of “open till midnight”

-the northern family, and their beautiful motel

-crystal cockayne (and her future husband)

-beirut/beer pong (and steve, my CHBB)

-signing someone’s guitar

-psycho matt and the rest of the seven-hour crew

-the four capitals that start with the same letter as the states they capitalize

yup.

this week, the GOP and the LLC continue their mutually exclusive marches down the footpaths of destiny.

GOP: moderate Republicans like Arnold Schwarzenneger and Rudolph Giuliani will try to convince undecided voters that George W. Bush is the best man for the job.

LLC: Dave and I will try to convince college students that, although the critics say otherwise, a vote for SWLLC is not a wasted vote. Also, we’ll smile at coeds and drink some beer.

new york, here we come.

so, i’m out tonight at a little party, and my friend tells me that there is another guy there whose name is misha.

which is crazy, right?

i hadn’t met a misha since i was in 2nd grade (he played AYSO soccer, on a different team.. he played right half, i played left.. when we ran down the sidelines after a ball, both of our parents would yell our names.. the whole thing was very confusing)

anyway, i had kind of forgot about that semi-annoying situation, and in the ensuing years had become fond of the idea of meeting another misha (in fact, i one day plan to kiss mischa barton of the OC based on the name thing.. i’m sure she’s always had a name fetish too)

but tonight, i met this kid named misha, and he was a total jackass. it was really too bad. i was very excited to have an all-misha beirut team, but it was not meant to be.

please let me know if you have a cool friend named misha, because i’d definitely like to meet him/her.

it’s still a great name.