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It's hard to believe, but a whole year has passed since my first post. I'd like to say that it's been a momentous twelve months when lots of exciting things happened, but for once, a lot of my life stayed unchanged. There's no Alaska trip to look forward to this year, but I have the same job, live in the same apartment, and hang out at a lot of the same places. Of course, being relatively settled has given me the chance to travel a fair amount, and I have managed to see a lot of good music in the past year. That trend continues tomorrow night with Coldplay at the Verizon Wireless Music Center. I'm looking forward to this show a lot, since it will be my first time seeing Chris Martin and Co. I'm getting hooked up through a friend of a friend, so I'm still not exactly sure where our seats are, but I'm expecting a good show as long as the forecasted thunderstorms don't interrupt.

Since I like to keep up on all things Apple and iPod-related, this caught my eye. As if the world needs more "DJs".

DC United, playing without Freddy Adu, still somehow managed to destroy the Metrostars 3-0 last night. OK, who am I kidding? DC's playing great ball, and Freddy's just another cog in the machine. This was a cakewalk, and the latest in a long string of dominating games against their archrivals from New Jersey. I watched the second half through MLSNet.com's streaming video, and despite losing their captain, Jaime Moreno, to a red card, United moved the ball beautifully and scored two great goals. As disappointed as I've been with Jamil Walker's play this year, he made up for it last night, setting up both second half goals, and Santino Quaranta continued his hot streak, making some great passes, creating dangerous chance after dangerous chance, and looking like the player he's long had the potential to be. And there really is no better feeling than watching my favorite MLS team beat up on my most-hated. Ever since my first MLS playoff game in 1996 when DC beat those miserable hacks, I have hated the Metros with great hating, and 10 years later, that feeling has not gone away.

It's definitely not Alaska, but I do have a trip to Columbus, OH coming up over Labor Day. Woo-hoo! The plan is to tailgate for the Ohio State-Miami University football game, harassing Buckeye fans with the classic Miami chant, "That's all right, that's OK, you'll all work for us someday," then later in the day figure out some way to sneak into the US-Mexico World Cup Qualifier over at Crew Stadium since tickets sold out in like 15 minutes and are selling on EBay for $200. In reality, I'll probably get hammered at the tailgate, pass out on somebody's couch, and wake up 5 minutes before the soccer game and watch it on TV. Strangely, this one's being carried live on ESPN Classic, I guess because ESPN 1 and 2's schedules are filled up with college football that day.

And finally, since she obviously has had enough of reading my crappy posts and knows she can do better, my friend Jenny started her own blog. Aside from intelligent and witty writing, Jenny can also offer a slightly different perspective on life from that of an unmarried and childless man. Y'know, if you're into that kind of thing.