Add anything to this post that you're sure you could out-argue Josh about. I'll start.

SPORTS
The Washington Wizards are one of the most promising young teams in the NBA. With the addition of last year's draft pick Oleksiy Pechirov and this year's picks Nick Young and Dominick McGuire along with the improved play of forward Andre Blatche as well as going into training camp with a healthy Darius Songaila, the Wizards' bench looks to be pretty solid. And don't think that watching buddies Dwyane Wade and Lebron James reach the finals the last two years won't motivate Gilbert Arenas. I, personally can't wait for the NBA season to start.

Until it does, I'll have to continue to watch to see if my Atlanta Braves can stop futzing around and catch up with those stinkin' New York Mets who don't appear that anxious to win the NL East. With the NL West being pretty competitive it's unlikely that the National League's wild card team will come from any other division but that one so if the Braves are going to make noise they have to win the division and they have to do it now. Andruw Jones appears to be coming out of the slump of the first half of the season. Considering this is a contract year (in which he still stands to make a whole lot of money) his overall lack of production has been disappointing. If Andruw can get it going I think that will bode well for Los Bravos.

OTHER THINGS THAT JOSH CAN'T DISPUTE:
*Grass is green
*George W. Bush is the President of the United States
*Citizen Kane is a movie
*Potato is the name of Boson's dog
*I prefer Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout to any other oatmeal stout I've had
*We live in Baltimore
*I saw Travis perform at the 9:30 club this past Monday night
*The Washington Nationals will NOT make the playoffs this year
*The first name of the guy that hosts the show after the Tonight show is Conan
*Dog is spelled d-o-g
*My experiences with Commerce Bank have been the best of any bank that I Reggie E. have ever dealt with
*I used to own a dog named Phantom
*sitting on my desk in front of my keyboard is a menu for Never on Sunday
*The Strokes' debut album Is This It was originally released with the song "New York City Cops" but the album was pulled from the shelves and re-issued without the track in the wake of September 11. I own copy of the original version of that album still in its original plastic wrap.

After working several shifts as a server in a restaurant, I think that job will work out fine. It was a little awkward at first, but during my last shift, going through all the motions felt much more natural, and I seem more alert to everything that's happening. I was worried that my short-term memory, poor attention to details and lousy multi-tasking skills would be a big problem, but I think just being in a situation that demands I'm sharp in those areas has forced my mind to adapt.

I also might have an opportunity to make even more money teaching ESL in September. It would be Monday through Wednesday, from 10am to 1pm, and I think it pays $20/hour. I'm still waiting for my friend to give me more details. If I have that job, plus the job waiting tables, plus my full-time job at the paper, I'll have very little time to myself, and that's what I want. I don't want lots of idle time to think about my miserable time here, all of the horrible decisions I've made since college and my issues with myself. I don't regret moving to DC. I have made some progress, but I'm in a rut again, and it's time to move on.

Guess what I have? A hemmorrhoid! Who the fuck gets hemmorrhoids in their early 30s?

I'll be home visiting family, July 31 through August 7. It'll be the first time I've seen my dad since he retired, so we should have lots of time together. I look forward to it.

I'm driving up to Montreal on Sunday to spend three days up there training a new customer. I just got off the phone with another customer in San Diego and I mentioned this to him while bs-ing and he says he has a good friend up there that is a belly dancer. Her name is Aziza and to google her and I would find her quickly. Sho'nuff there she is:



Become the Music

I guess I could go see Aziza, but I'm not really into belly dancing. It doesn't do anything for me, frankly. I am sure she is quite good. Do people really like belly dancing? I'm sure someone must. Just like someone must like mimes or they would all be dead of starvation.