Walk Like an Egyptian

Hello friends,

1) First things first, the Jets defense was lights-out holding the Pats to three field goals in today's game. Marky Mark Sanchez played pretty well, also. I'm glad he's a Jet. Hopefully he has a very bright future ahead of him, and i also hope it brings me a superbowl victory!

2) Yesterday was a very exciting day. I went into the city to check out the activities of German-American Friendship Day, because, hey why not, right? First stop was central park to get into the big german-american oktoberfest party. Unfortunately tickets were sold out. Next move is to a smaller party in the same vein at a church somewhere on the upper east side. Long story short I had delicious german food and even more delicious german beer. Also, we ended up sitting next to a philosophy professor who actually teaches at Fordham (small world).

3) After the fun at the German-American party thing, I had to depart, and head downtown to terminal 5 to see the decemberists. What was really cool about this show was that it was what the kids call a "lottery show." What this means is, the decemberist wrote their song titles (some or all, im not really sure), on tennis ball type things. They then hired a man to stand on stage, and spin like a bingo thing of their songs and pick them out three at a time. They would then play them. Being a casual decemberists fan, this was very risky. All ended up working out because the band was excellent, and i got to hear some tracks off of The Crane Wife that i probably wouldn't have heard if it had just been a regular Hazards of Love tour setlist. One of the highlights of the set was the ball that said, "Colin Writes a Song Right Now." That is about as literal as it gets. The singer of the decemberists wrote a song right there, and it was very entertaining. Also, i ripped a poster off of the wall at terminal 5! Sweet free poster. Setlist here, if you care!

4) After the show, it was kareoke time. The gang conquered such hits as, "Walk Like an Egyptian," "Kiss From a Rose," "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Like a Prayer," and many others. The interesting thing about the kareoke bar was it seemed as if all of the people there were extremely talented singers.

5) Yankees only need one more win to clinch a playoff spot!

relax and float downstream,
Michael W.
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Now playing: The Decemberists - yankee bayonet (i will be home then)
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