The Metro Is Never Boring After 2 AM

"I like to roam"

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Somebody said that last night (friday)... but it could have just as easily come from me. I ended up visiting 4 bars last night and I realized that my ideal night involves either relaxing at 1 or hopping from as many as possible. You might be thinking, well maybe the bars arent that great and that is why you keep switching bars. Nope, wrong. Think of it like the progression of DJing. At some point (probably thanks to digital music) DJ's went from playing entire songs to playing the first part of songs. Its not because the songs are worse, we just have developed a stronger sense of instant gratification. Even more than just changing bars, I even had to change groups.

The night was fun, but it wasnt as crazy as the week before, so I will skip the details. Some of the highlights include... Entering and winning my first dance off and visiting Rumors!

Now, to deal with the title. I have never been on the metro after 2 am and not been entertained. When we first got down to the platform, I got a firsthand look of what war might look like. There were a good 100 people waiting for the train, half were seated and the other half were standing, while both halves looked completely spent. I am not sure how I never noticed this before, but I really wish I had my camera on me at the time to capture this real life 28 Days Later. Another event involved this group in suits talking loudly about Republican issues and voting for John McCain. This is only funny because this is probably the most liberal (in a voting sense at least) city in the world. You could see everybody else on the metro slowly becoming more and more infuriated until they finally got off. Finally, I saw this guy who was cracking me up on another late night metro ride with his Forman Mills commercial impressions. Actually one more thing... there was a guy who got on completely blacked out and his friends were carrying a plastic bag for him in the case he got sick. I guess his friends were not paying attention at one point and as a result some good samaritans had to let the friends know to "Get him the bag!", saving some late night cleaning staff and the rest of the train in the process. The best part of all is that this was just a slow night on the metro. Until next weekend!

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Pocket Ninjas Trailer

The 4th Dimension

At some point in the past few years, 3D became the next Will Smith (I call the rights to Men in 3D). From now until 4D, the studios are going to be pumping out more and more movies of less and less quality, all with the aim of producing a slightly larger margin. Dont get me wrong, things started well with the a Best Picture nod. Its just with any new technology, whether it be sound or color, you are going to get your degradation of ingenuity until you end up with your Pocket Ninjas or Who's Your Caddy. So enjoy the quality while it lasts, but you cant say I didnt warn you Madea of the 4th Dimension was just around the corner.

The Friend Cycle

Is it me, or is it once you get into your mid 20s, you always have just one small set of friends*? Just a few years back, it was miller and myself + a rotating cast of ~5, traveling from party to party in search of the elusive one night girlfriend. We would feign interest in the one night stand, secretly hoping to find a girlfriend in the most unlikeliest of places.

Shift forward a few years and I have replaced the rotating cast with a consistent few. I sometimes stop and wonder what happened to the old crew? Not the rotating cast, but the guys who were around when we made our forays into the city from way out in the county. They are all still here. We hang out once or twice a year, but it feels like starting over.

I can only guess that the cast shrinks until its down to 2.

*Happy with my current set of friends