Elton John

This last weekend we ventured up to fine, classy establishment called Atlantic City for an Elton John concert. I first found out about this months ago and was able to secure some tickets off Ebay. Jenny was the only who expressed interest so we only got two. It ended up being her birffffday present so the two of us cruised up there Saturday morning to fight the 95 traffic.

It took forever with all the traffic but finally made it to Ocean City NJ to chill on the beach for the afternoon. After some floating lessons and some New Yorker on the beach we left and made our way up to AC. We checked into the Fairfield Inn, thank you Marriott, got ready and jammed over to the beach.

We kicked it on the Boardwalk for a while and then went in. Elton came out and rocked it for a solid two and half hours, no intermission. He played all his hits which included a 20 minute version of Rocketman. Words can't describe the concert. It was money. The guy next to us guarenteed that we weren't even born when he first heard Elton. He was indeed right. So we brought down the median age at this concert by a good thirteen years but who cares. It was some good stuff. After ending with Your Song, we were out and on our way to hit the tables of AC.
I played 21 for no more than five minutes and made out with thirty extra big ones. Yeah, I'll take that and run. I know I'm a high roller.


Another cool thing about AC was that it is where all the names of the Monopoly game were originated. We couldn't help but snake a photo of some cool street names.

All in all, it was a fun weekend as I was finally able to check off Elton from my list. Next month, Neil Diamond!

Birfffffday

I know what everyone is thinking...how is this guy 28 years old? I look barely 20 in this photo!

We were at the theater close to an hour before and we were only able to get the back row. We did get a lot of comments about our shirts though!
This was right before we got drenched in the sudden downpour while golfing.

Here are some photos from the big day yesterday. It was a lot of fun which included donuts for breakfast in bed, getting dumped on during golf, Cheesecake Factory and of course a midnight showing of Batman.

Lab Rats

So earlier tonight Jenny treated me to a night at the lab. She has told me for months how she performs surgeries on rats as part of her PhD studies. I told her that I wanted to see this first hand to see what it is that she does all day. So I met her outside the Basic Science building at G-town and she took me to her lair. We went downstairs to pick up our rat that she ordered weeks ago. He was buck white and too innocent to be taken to the grave later that night. So Jenny injected him with some some anesthetics to put him down. There he lay flat on the tray as I picked up the scissors and tweezers...and the gouger! See below.

I then made the cut on his underside and cut him open, making the incision about two and a half inches. It was at this point that I got light-headed and not thinking straight. I then blacked out and hit my head on the granite table. I was quickly recessitated and back in action to perform the surgery. Okay maybe not...I didnt even step back. Then I made a tranversal cut and peeled back the skin to see his inards. I then cut through the tissue to see all his organs. I about choked on my own throw up but swallowed it quickly. All this time, he is still alive, just sedated by the sweet juices. I was promised he was not feeling any of this...hmm. He started to twitch as I made some cuts. It reminded me of the time I killed a rat while in the Phili's but this was a little different. Jenny then proceeded to explain to me all the organs and what not. Later she removed the heart and placed it on the tray as it literally continued to beat, unattached, for a good five minutes. She then removed the brain and showed me that, including how the brain works. After a bit, we dropped him in a bag to be disposed of and we were out!

All in all, it was quite fascinating learning about all the organs and performing surgery on a little rodent. Maybe, there will be a second time!