Built for Halloween

Last Friday, I spent most of Halloween with the (very orange and black) Colts from Coolidge High School. They had a big game against perpetual rival Dunbar High School, with the winner being the DCIAA West regular season champion. Unfortunately, the Colts lost 34-27. As usual I spent a lot of time "behind the scenes". The Colts season with a game against Cardozo High School and playoffs thereafter. Shout out to my man with the orange and black high top Nike Dunks (below). They had bats on them.

President...

Obama! How does that sound? Last night I had a little election party at my crib. We ate, drank and watched the returns eagerly awaiting a gray state chaging blue and cheering everytime Obama's electoral numbers climbed closer to 270. 203, 233, then NBC goes to commercial break. When they came back at about 11:01 pm they cut to a cheering crowd in Grant Park and the screen read: Senator Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. We all went to celebrate on U St. It was incredible.

Barack the Vote

Living in the District of Columbia, my vote probably won't mean much in this 90% blue "state". But I'll be there anyway. You know what time it is.

Saturday Afternoon

This past Saturday afternoon was unusually warm and cloud free. Which meant two things: a) I was happy to be out on yet another high school football sideline b) you can actually see the sunlight as opposed to the usual overcast-ination that the fall brings. Archbishop Carroll lost to Paul VI. The hunt for career stability continues.

Cold Play

Because I have nothing else better to do than to sit out in the cold, I decided to do so at a soccer game. And the winner is....DeMatha over Archbishop Carroll in a shootout. Hopefully these soccer playoffs end with a DeMatha/Gonzaga game that doesn't involve a tie.

More Gonzaga Soccer

Hey, as long as they keep winning...I'll keep shooting. Their latest victim was the Bishop McNamara Mustangs in the quarterfinals of the playoffs 4-1. As long as I show up, they don't lose. Well maybe because they haven't lost all season...stay tuned. Cold and windy = not fun outdoor shooting conditions, but this Texan braved it like a chump...champ.


Whole lot of jersey and arm grabbing going on.

Raining Hoyas and Bulldogs

I don't know what you were doing last Saturday afternoon (probably something important) but I was shooting high school football. Little did I know it was going to be the great October monsoon here in DC. But I sucked it up and came prepared. I could have just said eff it and kept it movin' to the local bar to watch some games...but I thought it would be cool to shoot raindrops and muddy uniforms. I think I did alright. The Georgetown Prep and St. Albans football teams also had to brave the bad weather...as well as a smattering of parents. Shout out to the St. Albans hockey moms (real talk) who sold me two slices of pizza with no plate and one napkin in the pouring rain.