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cincinnati's national holiday was this past monday and lucky for me i got to be a part of it. sparky was lucky enough to score come sweet tickets in the first row of the third level and we got to see the reds pound the cubs on opening day. it's awesome how people will go crazy for this team one day a year and not give a rats ass the other 161 game. granted, the reds will probably win about 70 more this season, but it was still a good time. we went to gameday cafe before and after the game for a few beers and to look at all the forty year old women trying to look twenty. it was quite humorous, kind of like a frat party full of old people.

the only thing that wasn't a good time was the fact that i almost melted my face off due to sunburn. note to self, bring sunblock next time you sit in direct sunlight for four hours at a time.

the basement waterproofing guys finally got around to showing up this morning, so that little project is underway. after that's finished, all kim and i have to do is get the basement recarpeted, buy furniture for down there, hire a landscaping company to rehab the backyard, and call scott's to come out and take care of our grass that looks like ass. i love owning a home...

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on wednesday brian, tony, kim and i got to see the sneak preview of one of the greatest movies ever made about ice skating. that's right, we saw blades of glory courtesy of some free passes i scored from montgomery inn. i've got to say that overall this was a really funny movie. will ferrell is absolutely hilarious. not to spoil anything for everyone, but two of the funniest lines were:

Q: "what do you have that all the other figure skating pairs don't?"
W.F.: "twin dongs"

and

W.F.: "it got really weird when her assistant came in, naked, with a bottle of canola oil and a monkey trained to run a video camera."

even kim laughed at both of those and throughout the entire movie. it wasn't over the top crude, but straddled the line a couple of times. also, job(will arnett) from arrested development is in it and he is a riot. i recommend seeing it with the expectation of having a lot of laughs, but not expecting the plot lines of a spielberg movie.

played golf last sunday with ian, hb, and their friend from work. we played blue ash and i shot 97. yuck. first time out this year though. it'll get better. or it won't....