Happy Halloween.

Yes I'm early, but being extremely at bored, this is all I could think about to blog. So halloween is coming up. Normally, I'm a huge fan of Halloween. Who wouldn't be? You get to dress up as something different, there's a surplus of candy everywhere you go, and moreso than other time in the year you get to go to parties where there will be lots of scantilly clad ladies.

Additionally, I love scary movies, and October seems to be the most ideal time for scary movies to come out in theatres. I haven't heard much about any this year besides the upcoming installment of Saw (the 4th one). I plan to see that Friday night.

Aside from my unknown upcoming halloween activities, fall is right at its midpoint, which means snowboard season is only a month or so away. I can't wait. Soccer is good, my kids are winning and should have no problem finishing out the season on top as long as they come with it every week. Flag football is great. Our team finished 1st after the regular season and we begin playoffs this weekend.

And for my trance friends, I know you all loved Tiesto when he came here last month. I look forward to Paul Oakenfold coming here next month.

That's all I got today for this post. I'll post something a little more interesting next time.

P.S. All my high school friends who I haven't talked to in forever, I know you all still read this from time to time, so holla at me. We need to meet up sometime and catch up. That means you: John, Tony, Crayton, J. Mirabello, C. Neam, Josh, Vinh Tran. I got a new cell phone so I dun got any of y'alls contacts anymore so hit me up. At the minimum, you can leave a post here so I can reach y'all.

Football Fanatic

OK, so everyone who knows me, knows I'm a Futbol fanatic. That's soccer to those of you who don't know. And anyone who knows anything at all about Virginia Tech knows that you can't go to the school without being a Hokie Football fanatic, which I am as well. But new to me this fall, I've been playing flag football on a team with my fellow Hokie Alumni. It's the same crew who's played Turkey Bowl together since we were at school, only now we rep our school in the Reston area against any and everyone who dares register in our league.



Currently, our team is 4-0...leading our division and the only undefeated team. It's now officially the highlight of my week to go Sunday morning and play football with the fellas. After a great game, I can come home and lounge all day in front of the tube for some NFL action. Life is great. Let's Go HOKIES!!!




Our team:

Tiesto Woo!

Hey friends,

Fall is in full swing and I couldn't be any happier with life. My hokies are finally on the upswing after replacing that worthless Sean Glennon with true freshman Tyrod Taylor. Though we're only 2-1, the future looks tremendously promising behind our Tidewater prodigy. My flag football team, also named Hokies, is 2-0. That's attributed to the tremendous amount of chemistry and talent among these guys whom I went to school with. I can't wait to run this league. And finally, my kids that I'm coaching soccer this year are sick nasty too. They're off to a 1-0-1 season so far, but they shoulda been 2-0. Either way, I don't see us losing a game this season and if they play like they did last weekend (we won 8-2), we should crush every team in the league.

But to the main point of today's blog. I FINALLY got to see my boy DJ Tiesto perform over the weekend. Over the past 4 years, he's made it a habit of always coming to perform on Thursday nights and not starting his set till like 1 AM. That means if I wanted to see him, I wouldn't leave the club till like 4 AM and work Friday would be impossible. Fortunately, this time, he did a Saturday show, outdoors, at Love the club in DC. The show was awesome. Tiesto killed his set. It's awesome to see 8000 people waving and cheering in unison. Wish my camera hadn't been broken so I coulda documented the awesomeness that is a Tiesto show.

Hooray for Autumn

Yes, that's right. It's September and that means we're officially in Fall. With the new season comes a few new "seasons" in my life too. First, there's season 3 of coaching soccer. I've moved up this year to coaching U12 boys. So I'm coaching slightly older 10 year olds and 11 year olds now. I've held a few practices already and all I can say is that my team is stacked. I'll be surprised if we don't go all the way again.

Secondly, season 3 of Hokie Nation Fantasy Football has just started. I drew the first pick of the draft this year so I'm pretty happy with my squad. I don't see my other alumni posing any kind of threat to me. You guys can go ahead and transfer your entry fees to me now.

And finally, with the new fall season, comes the new season of television on the horizon. It's been a long wait, but I'm finally ready to watch new seasons of my favorite shows. Heroes, Prison Break, Survivor. Lost doesn't come back till January of next year, but I anticipate that show as well.

Beyond that...fall season simply means we're a few short months away from snowboard season so I'm all smiles.

Big shout out to everyone who made it down for opening weekend at Tech last weekend. Shitty football game, but still awesome weekend!

Japan Rocks!

New month...new post. Seems to be the way with me. Sorry I don't post as often as some of you would like. Not much has changed since my last post. I went to the DC United game last week in which David Beckham finally made his MLS debut. It poured rain, but fortunately my seats were as close as they could be to the field but still stay underneath the upper deck so I didn't get wet. United won, which is always a plus. As long as the players stay healthy, I can see us going all the way this season.

This Sunday is Projekt Revolution. It's probably my most anticipated event of the summer. Not only do I FINALLY get to see Linkin Park in concert, but I also get to see My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday as well. I'm so excited. I plan on getting to the Nissan Pavillion around 1 or 2, and letting the alcoholic debauchery begin until the end of the concert that evening. It's gonna be great.

So to the main topic of this post. I'm not a huge Anime fan or anything. I've seen Akira and Ghost in the Shell movies. That's about it. While all my friends got hooked on Naruto and Bleach, I maybe watched like 3 episodes. But lately, I've been watching this new series airing in Japan called "CLAYMORE". Man, this show is awesome!!!! Without giving too much away, here's the basic concept. There's a group of evil monsters called Joma. They can morph and take the form of humans and they prey on humans. The only way to stop them is to hire these warriors called "Claymores". They are probably called this because of the giant swords they wield. Claymores are half human/half joma. As a result, they can use their joma energy (or yoki as it is called) to detect and fight these monsters. The only catch, is that as you expend yoki, you run the risk of going over your limit. At this point, you yourself turn into a joma. So all Claymores eventually turn into joma. But in the meantime, they kick butt and protect all humans. The show is awesome. I know, Nicky Long you're a geek. Hey, call me a geek all you want, this show is tight. I wish I could be a kid growing up in Japan. Their tv shows are vastly superior to ours. If you don't believe me, check these out:

Claymore:
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/listings/3/2887

Bleach:
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/listings/3/181

Ninja Warrior (badass show about athletes trying to complete a near impossible obstacle course. The twin US gymnastics brothers, the Hamms, could not complete it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1anoHXphvas

Kinchan no Kasoh Taisho (dunno what it means, but it's an awesome game show where people win by doing creative human art skits. You may recognize it from clips such as "Matrix Ping Pong"):
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2105

Random Post

Yikes, it's been over a month and a half since my last post. Nicky Long is getting lazy. Just kidding, I was already lazy long before this month. In any case, I figured it was about time I posted again considering the little (no) work that I have on my desk right now. We're in the middle of one of the hottest, stickiest summers I can remember. It's one of the things I hate about living on the East Coast. It's not so much that it's hot here, cuz it really isn't. It rarely makes it to 90 degrees except during record heat waves. But the humidity makes it feel like you're in a sauna. Sit outside in the sun for 10 minutes, and you'll break a heavy sweat. It sucks. Fortunately, I'm inside most of the week, until the weekend. And then when the weekend rolls around, I spend a lot of the time at the pool...so I've been staying pretty cool.

Aside from the horrible weather, this has actually been a very busy summer. With all these activities I've been planning, I've been staying busy. I've been going to lots of DC United games at RFK. I've already got premium tickets for the Los Angeles Galaxy game here next month featuring David Beckham. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a mancrush on the guy or anything, but he is by far the most dynamic player in the MLS. Despite his age, he is going to make some things happen. I'm not saying he's gonna become the leading scorer or anything, because that's not what he does. What he will do, is create more opportunities for his teammates to score while showing the American audience why it is that soccer is called the "beautiful game". Additionally, thanks to the "Beckham" rule that allows each team to have up to 2 players with ridiculous salaries, brought in from overseas; we are now able to see lots of stars in the league on all the teams. I've been excited watching DC United as they picked up two brazilians in the last 6 months to add to their roster. These guys have already made a huge impact on the team.

Besides soccer games, it's concert season. I've already got my tickets for the Projekt Revolution tour next month featuring Linken Park, My Chemical Romance, and Taking Back Sunday. I've also already got my tickets for DJ Tiesto in the fall.

And finally, it's been wedding season. Congrats to my friends Long and Erica who tied the knot about 2 weeks ago. That was a fun wedding considering how many of my close friends were there. I drank entirely too much, and with my parents attending too, that was an interesting night. I couldn't be happier for the newlyweds though.

That's about all I got right now, I'll make a more interesting post soon.

Vegas 07

It's been a while since I blogged. Since the last time, I've embarked on the annual Guys' Vegas trip, part III. This year was extra special because it is the last time the boys will be out with Long Pham the bachelor. Also joining us this year for the first time were Sam, Jonnyman, my homeboy Kamran, Neville, and Adam. I don't wanna go into too much detail about the trip, aside from the fact that it was by far the best Vegas trip we've taken so far. Other than that, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Here are some highlights:



Gabrielle Union:











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