Friday evening I headed over to Sean and Nick's for a guys-only game night. Got there in the middle of a tournament-style (ie, winner-take-all) poker game, plopped down my three bucks, and proceeded to take everyone's chips :) I got lucky since the one person there that really knew had to play poker had to leave early (on account of his fiance) and therefore started betting way too aggressively. Whatever combination of being lucky and good I was that evening, the felicitous result was the same.
Then we played four-way Settlers, in which I was completely shut-off during the beginning of the game. I clawed my way back, and came within one turn of victory, but had to settle for second place behind Ben.
Saturday I had my first soccer game with the "Left Wing Freak Shows:" a team that consists of former members of the Dean campaign. I played in goal and had a clean sheet going into midway through the second half before their one good player rifled a shot toward the upper-right corner of the net. I got three fingertips on it, but the ball still fell just under the crossbar. Thankfully, the offense did its job and we won 2-1.
I went straight from my soccer game to DC United's. Freddy Adu started in his first MLS game of the 2005 season and did not disapoint. I had always said that one game I would show up and Freddy would finally learn how to pass the ball: Saturday was that game. He had two assists in the first half; on the second goal, my favorite player, Josh Gross, finished off a cross with a flying header into the top of the net! Then, in the second half, Freddy showed off his dribbling skills by maneuvering through the Columbus defense and pocketing a goal off the inside left post. That game was truly Adu's coming out party.
Sunday and yesterday I worked on my TiVo with much frustration, which is a rant for a later post (when I'm finally finished with it).
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