It's Monday and I've stumbled across some amazing music so I hereby declare today 'Music Monday.'
Today's music is brought to you by Diana the Violinist. I follow her on Twitter and she tweeted out a link to one of her latest performances. It was just amazing! I don't really know what to say except that it was incredible! Watch the video below and see what you think.
Passionate... playful.... I guess that's what the Tango is all about! Let me know if you enjoyed it!
Oh and since I know nothing about music, I asked her which person she was in the video and if she was to the left of the guy with the wand. This was her response:
lol! that's ok. I'm the concertmaster. 1st violin. The one playing the solos to the left of the guy with the wand :)
[note: this was written about a month ago but I forgot to post until now. sorry!]
Short Version:
The day started out perfect. The day ended perfect. Oh and it was perfect in the middle too.
Long Version:
Woke up early and refreshed, glad that it was Friday. I've been trying to go to bed a little earlier each night and it's really been making a difference in my day. That's a bit of a side note I guess!
While lying in bed and checking my email and Twitter, I was reminded that it was the day that Living Social was promoting a good bit of local restaurants by offering $1 lunches. It varied from location to location but basically $1 would get you between $10 to $25 worth of food.
I quickly signed in at 6 am and bought $10 worth of food at Good Stuff Eatery. It was only a buck and one of my favorite DC joints. Great burgers and even better milkshakes (try the toasted marshmallow milkshake, it's freaking amazing).
By the way, it turns out it was a great idea to buy the deal really early on because when all my coworkers tried later, the site kept crashing. Must have had a huge response!
I forgot to mention, the weather was absolutely perfect! Just amazing. Clear blue sky and slightly warm out. If you were in the shade you might get chilly and that's just how I like it.
When the dust settled of everyone grabbing different deals and making their lunch plans, a friend from work and I decided to go to the same place. We figured the best way to get there would be to take the Capital Bike Share bikes because it would be fast and just plain fun!
It didn't take long but we soon found ourselves at pretty much the front of the line waiting for the restaurant to open. When it finally did, I got a Spikes Sunnyside burger (with egg and ) and a large toasted marshmallow milkshake for a grand total of $2.13. Amazingly delicious!
After eating, we pedaled back to Union Station and parked the bikes. While waking alongside the front of Union Station I saw an Amtrak employee eating a chipwhich. I have to admit I got a bit jealous but I figured he just treated himself. Then I saw a few school kids eating them. What a crazy coincidence! Then after seeing an older lady with one I realized something was going on and I wanted a part of it.
I started looking for the source of the mysterious ice cream snack and I found it! I guess the NHL was promoting something, I'm not sure because my attention was on the chipwhich.
Wow, I thought there was more but I guess thats it! Although, free and nearly free food is really an easy way to please me. Keep that in mind.
How was your Friday?
Oh and you can spot a cameo of me on the news:
[31 seconds in & I'm wearing a grey long sleeve shirt with a backpack]
I won another contest! And once again, I couldn't have done it without my Facebook friends. Really! I needed to get the most 'likes' on my entry and I somehow convinced enough people to help me in a silencer.
Oh yeah, have you ever heard of someone winning a silencer? Now you have!
SilencerCo held a contest to give away their new Stainless Steel 22Sparrow. All you had to do was make a video showing why, then they pick the four finalists for all of Facebook to vote on.
Here's my entry:
When voting started, I thought I had this one in the bag, but that wasn't the case. I led the polls for just a little bit in the beginning but was quickly in second place until the very end. A really close call!
Ok, I won a silencer so now what? I have to fill out some forms and pay the government tax stamp, then I wait. Waiting for your paperwork to go through can sometimes take a while, or so I'm told. That's ok though because my current .22 doesn't have a threaded barrel so I'm looking to replace it with one that does. I have a few ideas but I'm going to ask SilencerCo what they recommend for the 22Sparrow.
This is my first suppressor and I'm super excited about it! A lot of people have been asking me 'why' and I have a simple 4 bullet point answer:
- Increased accuracy
- Hearing protection
- Home protection
- It's my right and I choose to exercise my right.
I'm thinking all of my old blog posts. Not here, but here. Yeah, the old stuff. The stuff that got me started in blogging. It was really just an online journal but I enjoyed it.
I should start doing that again. Truth is, it's hard to find time. I enjoy may day job and I have so many other fun side projects that the time seems to just disappear! Yeah, I know you've heard that a million times from other bloggers, but it doesn't apply to me because I'm not a 'real' blogger! Bam!
Anyway, I'm writing this on my iPhone but I'll finish it the computer. I guess that's how I'll find the time.
So what's new? There's a lot really. I'm not sure where to start so I'll probably bounce around.
I went to SHOT Show this year. It was my first time and I had TONS of fun! Actually, I have a big post on the coolest things I did and saw but I'll make that separate so it doesn't dominate this post. Here is a sneak peek:
H&K MR556
Barrett M98B .338 Lapua Gemtech Can
I read a ton of books this past year. I used to read a lot but I've slowed down significantly. It felt good to discover some good book though! Maybe I'll make that into a blog post. Oh, I won an iPad! Of we are friends on Facebook then you probably already know this because you probably helped me out. Thanks again by the way!
I officially became an uncle. How cool is that! Uncle Mike! Here's my niece and I:
You know, I'm just gonna be wrestling back and forth with this and probably start rambling (as if I hadn't already) so I'm gonna stop it there.
I have a video that I'll post next. Kind of like a 'show and tell.' I used to LOVE 'show and tell' time in school!
Alright. That is all. You know where to reach me. And if you don't, just leave a comment or better yer, hit me up on Twitter: @mikepetrucci
If you run, or bike for that matter, you probably keep a record of your runs. I remember back in high school that I used to just write all my runs down on paper. Well, after using Nike+ then switching to RunKeeper, I haven't looked back.
But then I noticed the Garmin Forerunner series. I'm no stranger to Garmin GPS units. I love the Nuvi for my car and I've used the Geko in the past for Geocaching.
Well, the Garmin Forerunner 310XT offers tons of features to keep track of your pace and distance and more. It's waterproof and has a stellar battery life. In fact, just read a super thorough review here.
But what's best about this specific Forerunner is that you could win it in a contest! I know! Actually, this blog post counts as an entry for myself (sneaky sneaky!) so head over and jump in this contest before it's over! It's super easy!
