Surprise!

Tonight we celebrated my Dad's 51st birthday with a surprise party. Want to know how to make sure the person wouldn't think a surprise party is in the works? Wait until the year after the landmark 50th and then wait another month after that, having still had a normal celebration of the birthday (dinner, cake, presents). There is very little chance, unless someone spills the beans, that anyone would expect a surprise party then.

If you are successful it will go something likes did tonight. Everyone, "Surprise!" *pauses/freezes in place* then - Angelo, "Oh shit."

To boot - my dad was into the whole disco thing, and thanks to one of the people invited a suggestion was made to have it disco themed. No only did we have cutouts of disco silhouettes on the walls, disco balls, but we also had my dad's white platform shoes on display. He also wanted to, maybe secretly maybe not, be Michael Jackson - or at least in the group. As such, he had quite the afro. He still will only comb his hair with a pick. A bunch of his friends and our relatives bought and wore afros. The picture below is how a lot of people looked tonight. If you were wondering which one my dad is - hes in the front, slightly right center and probably the only one who looks like it might be his actual hair.

still spinning

the way you make-uh me feel.

tonight's blog post title is brought to you by mike's computer and the song playing from it that i can hear in my room. no im not complaining - im groovin to it and wishing i had gotten a chance to see the king of pop in my lifetime. unfortunate. but im not here to reflect on that.

today was great and totally filled up with the only thing youd want to follow a weekend like the one i had and the only thing you want to really wake up to on a sunday. and thats a day of football.

the nfl season is officially back, underway and to a great start. not only did the eagles win (understatement) but the colts also did (barely).

but today wasnt just a good day for my football teams or teams limited to football either. in regards to my roomates - san fran beat arizona ending a 2 season sweep of their own division. the jets took the W from the texans (which cost me a fantasy victory - but its ok). also - the pack pulled out a W in a perfectly orchestrated play in the final 2 minutes of the game. and in other sports - the phils took 2 from the mets (which isnt a feat these days) to sweep that series. so the picture that follows for today is of nothing unique or in any way something you wouldnt see if you came over here right now. but it does capture the location and activity of the day - on the couch (save for the eagles game at applebees) watching the games and doing nothing. great.