November 16, 2010

• Some Recent and Upcoming Get Togethers (Houston Meet?)

  This past month, I did a lot of traveling around VA due to work and fortunately I had time to meet with some Xangans while I was in the area.  I kind of mentioned some of this in my photo section, but I figured I should go ahead and make a post on this as well.  I’m also going to talk about a potential Houston meet in January later on, so stay with me!

  

  First, let me quickly talk about today’s chance encounter with a tennis great.  Bengozen (a friend from my grad program and now a new Xangan) and I went to see Andre Agassi doing an event at a jewelry store in the mall (slightly random).  It was only yesterday that they announced he was showing up, so I feel lucky to have found out about it on such short notice.  Yay, another tennis idol I’ve met!  I still need to meet Roger Federer and Pete Sampras one of these days.

  

  Here’s cluelessazn13 and me at William & Mary College a couple weeks ago.  I actually met up with her at a David Choi show before, but this time around we were able to hang out a lot longer and we got to hang out on two separate occasions.  She did a great job touring me around Williamsburg.  She hasn’t been updating on a consistent basis lately (she blames school, pshh), but if you have a chance you should visit her stuff.  She makes funny animations and has even had a few posts featured (such as this one, What Women Really Do in Restrooms).

  While down in Norfolk last weekend, I had dinner with HeLLo_Bianca and hotboyollie.  This was my third time seeing her, but my first time meeting hotboyollie.  Too bad we didn’t get a chance to take a group picture, but perhaps next time.  Work sends me over there often enough, so I’m sure this won’t be the last.

  

  This past Saturday, hollywoodfever91 came down from PA to visit her sister, who happened to live in my area.  We met up at the mall and during our conversations she said some really unintentionally funny stuff.  Here’s a sample:

  “So, are you an only child?” -After telling me she enjoyed reading a post about my brother
  “I was 19 yesterday.” -her response when I asked her how old she is now (she just turned 19, but that means she’s still 19…)
  “You had your first girlfriend due to puberty?” -You know, I’m not entirely sure I remember why she said that…
  “Do you know Calculus?” -She was referring to Cakalusa hahaha.  I’m totally going to start calling him that.

  On to future events!  For New Years I will be heading to the Big Apple to celebrate.  Looks like a small group of Xangans and I will be renting an apartment during that time, so there should be some stories coming from that.  Actually, depending on what happens maybe I will need to prevent that =O 
   
  

  

  Once the new year rolls in, I will be taking a trip with Cakalusa and FlipGuy31O to Houston, Texas from January 14th-17th.  None of us have ever been there, so we’re looking forward to this vacation and eager to see what this state has to offer.  We are planning on hanging out with BranmacFeabhail, jeannie_dot_com, and hodtos while we’re down there, and maybe more people if they’re around.  Hmm, I feel like I’m missing someone…

  Oh yes, we’re also planning on seeing TheTheologiansCafe!  I think some of you may know him.  I’ve been meaning to pay him a visit, so that should be interesting.  We were thinking about doing a Houston Xanga lunch/dinner meet up while I was in town, which I don’t mind if there’s some interest. 

  Who wants to join us that’s in the Houston area?  If so, let me know and I’ll start planning it out.

  I think that’s all for now.  Weeeeeee!

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