Dedicated to the doh
August 18th, 2008 | FriendsSong: Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Toinerz recently moved into a townhouse out in Ashburn, and has been trying to get everyone out for a housewarming party, and it finally happened this Saturday. Toine moved in with his friend Victor, so both of them invited friends (and, in Victor’s case, relatives) over for a barbecue. They have an excellent townhouse out in Ashburn, with their backyard opening up to a lake with fountains in it. The ceilings and spaces are large, and it is a total bachelor pad. Instead of a dining table they have a pool table. In the other room is an air hockey table, and I’ve been told a foosball table is on the way. There are 4 high definition televisions (all showing the same Redskins game,) 2 surround sound areas, 2 Nintendo Wii’s and Playboy Playmate autographs/naked lady pictures in their bathrooms. The women are gonna love that!
Tim and Amanda McKay, Brandon and Katie Jones, Allison and Greg Xanthoupoulos and I showed up on the Doh side. The McKays brought a meal I can’t remember the name of (some kind of South American meat dish,) I brought store-bought cookies, The Joneses brought chips and cupcakes and The Xanthoupouloses… well they brought something a little more appropriate. They were eating at some restaurant and discovered the employees all wore shirts with a saying on the back that was too good to be true. Greg asked if it was possible to purchase a shirt, without joining the crew, and when they said yes, it was as if it were meant to be. The phrase on the back stated that the wearer was “Dedicated To The Dough!” After a bit of haggling we got Toinerz to model the shirt (he left it on for the rest of the night.) When he was changing into that shirt it was like the paparazzi frenzying over a celebrity! The Xanthopouloses and I left around 11pm, after a game of Mario Kart on the Wii (I’m still not a big fan of the controller.)
Sunday, I woke up early - 10 on a weekend is early - and got desperately needed groceries and a haircut. Around 2, Nate came over to help plan and start work on building some sort of soundproofing for my garage. We’re planning on using it as our possible band rehearsal space, as it would be the cheapest option around. We ran to Home Depot (actually the third time in as many days for me) and loaded up on plywood and wood for a frame, as well as insulation to go in between to (hopefully) deaden sounds. The only problem was the wood we were buying was 8 feet by 4 feet, and all we had was a jeep. I put my old Boy Scout knot knowledge to the test (I had won some kind of knot challenge back at camp once, ages ago) and we both crossed our fingers that the boards wouldn’t slip off and behead someone. We got lucky, but I don’t think we’ll try it the next time.
We created the soundproof “box” which took longer than expected, but our biggest mistake was putting it all together on top of the garage. The only way to get it into the garage is through the sliding door, which is down the inclined driveway, and around back of the alley. That thing was heavy and at one time we almost put it onto the roof of my car we were so desperate. But luckily we found the strength to lug it into the garage. Now we just need to build inside the garage from now on.





This past weekend was Elise’s last in DC (at least for awhile) as she has moved back to Nashville where her family is. She was getting burnt out here and home base just happens to be states away. Don’t fret, dear SteverOnline Fan, we’re not breaking up. We saw this coming from a long while away so we have planned much to keep things going, including lots of visits! 






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By the way, this latest photo of Toine in his “Dedicated to the Dough” shirt that was added to my Photos section has shifted the weight of largest year of photos from 2000 (the year I got my first Digital Camera) to 2008. Way to Doh!!
I just farted.