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Drinks With Friends Yesterday

Last nigth I went out and meet up with some friends after work.  It has been a while since I saw one of them, and a week since I saw another.  A third went out to the beach for the weekend early so she bailed.  I was impressed with how much alcohol I actually drank.  I think I had a few mixed drinks and at least 3 shots.  Not my normal night out, but I had a blast.  We went to our new hang out Ping and Whistle.  Well sorta new hang out.  We have only been there twice.  All in all a great evening.

BBQ With Friends

For the holiday I went up to Jayson, Gretchen, & Seth's for yesterday and today. Originally it was going to just be me coming over and hanging out. At the last minute John and his family called and wanted to come up so Jay turned Sunday into a BBQ. 2 of Gretchen's brothers came over, John, Z, and Christian came over also. Dave came by after his shift at work ended. We hung out. BBQ'ed, and went into the pool. It was a bit hot so the pool was nice.

I stayed over and we grabbed breakfast this morning, and then hung out by the pool for most of the day until I headed back to the city. I took off on a train before 4 so I could get back home at a decent hour. Overall a great two days out of the city with good friends!

Friday in The Office And Drinks With Friends

Today was an extremely long day at work. Typically I work from home on Friday, but today I had a face to face meeting. On the plus side it is always good to see a lot of people on a project, but on the downside it was a two-hour lunch meeting. Overall it was a good day, but extremely hectic and long.

After work I met up with a few friends that I had not seen in a while. It was good to have a drink with Luke and talk with Vanessa and her friends, but separately since she had to go early. I was happy that I stuck to my two-drink maximum, even though I don't normally.

I think it home too early or too late. I was also glad that the weather cleared and it was actually a pretty nice evening.

Atlantic City Weekend

This weekend Jason, John, Phil, and I went to Atlantic City to celebrate John's birthday. I personally haven't been to Atlantic City that often. is actually my third time going. The last time was actually for John special party. Jason or John I can remember Alan that New Jersey transit has a train that goes directly to Atlantic City. The Atlantic city express service or a ACES was pretty cool. All us decided to take the train and we went first class since it wasn't on the former. The train was basically a modified New Jersey transit double-decker train that makes one stop in Newark and then goes express all the way AC. We got there in the afternoon played a little then grab dinner at the same restaurant that Sean has battled party at since he liked it. Our plans to do a torment got messed up since dinner took way too long we had a good time.

after dinner. After dinner we ended up playing at the hotel we're staying at. Jason played slots most of the night. I played video poker and some slots with him. Then I play roulette with John and Phil for a while and now my own. I decided one I won by betting on 21 straight up that was probably a good idea to stop. At that exact point several peoples who are smoking decided to sit down, and I almost made my money back. So in the end mice travel costs food the hotel etc. I was only down $15 gambling. The good news when I was after several hours of flying, so for me I consider that money well spent on entertainment area

Jason John and I ended up at a 24-hour diner for dessert word breakfast depending on who you talk to before we ended up turning in around one or two. We got up early the next morning had breakfast since we had a relatively early train to catch. I was actually very happy with the train service especially since I was home by 2 PM.

Overall it was a great weekend away.

Dinner With Far Away Friends

Tonight I was able to meet up with a bunch of friends near and far. Joe and Karen were in town so Jason, Gretchen, John, a bunch of Karen's family, and myself all met up at city crab for dinner. We had a really good time. We all don't get to see each other that often so was nice to get together, have a nice meal. John, Gretchen, and I on King crab. It was very yummy.

Afterward, we went down the street to the old town Tavern for a few drinks and to just hang out. We always have a good time we get together so it's sad to see everyone ago. Overall was a fantastic night.

What I found really amusing was that everybody was asking why I had not brought my iPad to dinner. My answer was always why would I bring out to dinner with friends, but everybody still wants it. I find that funny sayings most people have been saying they wouldn't get one themselves, but were eager to see mine.

Friday Again

Nothing to out of the ordinary went on today. I did go into the office. Friday's is typically a work from home day so that was a change of pace. I worked from home yesterday and I don't normally do that on a Thursday so I decided to go in today. I didn't have to but I figured why not.

I got to goto cold stone for some ice cream since it was so nice out. 3 of us took a break in the afternoon and walked to the one on 42nd st. That place has too much showy crap (less singing, more making my ice cream) but the ice cream is good.

I ended up staying at work till after 6 cleaning out my inbox. I was successful so i was happy for that. Now time to relax for the weekend.

March 16, 2010

Today I am 36 years old. I don't feel that old. Today was a generally typical day at work. I had a bunch of meetings, but was able to get out for lunch with 2 other guys to semi-celibrate my b-day. We went to a pizza place that was in an old converted church near work. It had decent food.

After work I went home and met my parents for dinner. They took me to the Crab House in LIC. I like that place. We had a nice dinner. I didn't get my present since my mom isn't finished with it. She is knitting me a blanket for my couch. My dad was lame and forgot to get any bday cards. I am not normally a card fan but he usually gets funny ones.

As birthdays go this was normal. It was a nice day, but nothing spectacular. That is the problem with most birthdays. They aren't bad, but they have so much hype and then generally underwhelm.

Happy Pi Day

Last year someone pointed out that 3/14 was Pi day. Normally I would think that was cute and not really care. But this was March 14th. My birthday is March 16th. Since I was in High School I always said my birthday was like a 3 day holiday since 3/15 had famous references by Shakespeare (i know a reach but i was taking lit classes at the time in HS so it was in my head), then my birthday and then St. Patrick's day. Now here I am being told that there is a 4th day that has some meaning right at the beginning of this so called holiday.

On Friday I was talking to another Scott at work whose birthday was next week and i mentioned there was some significance to the 14th but I couldn't recall what. Wikipedia helped solve that question. To celebrate Pi day I had Pizzaria Uno. I had an individual pie!

Drinks With Friends

Today after work I went into the city to meet up with friends at the usual hang out for some drinks and to catch up. I haven't been out in a few weeks so it was good to see everyone. I didn't stay out too late and I am happy with my 3 drinks I had.

Work overall was ok today. Nothing major to report. I had hoped to finish meetings earlier than I did but that happens a lot on fridays. Starts off looking decent and then things just happen. I can't complain though. A good day generally.

Belgian Food Day

Today at lunch one of the PM's I am friendly with wanted to goto this Belgian pub. Another PM and I tagged along. This place was supposed to have fantastic burgers. Two of us ended up with fish and chips, but the other guy said the burger was really good. We will be back to try other stuff. The place was good. On the way back to the office we took a detour and hit a popular Belgian waffle truck that only is near the office on Thursday's. The long line was worth it. I had this place a few times and it was really good. Another guy had heard about it and was the one who recommended to go since it was nearby. Well nearby is relative. Not sure when we will make that walk again, but since it was nice out today it was a good desert to our lunch.