"And it ain't no sin, to be glad your alive..." (Part 1 in a Series)

Hey folks,

I'm gonna switch things up a bit here in the Gorm-zone right now. I have had an absolutely incredible week. It is way to much to pack into one or even two posts, so I intend to update everyday or so with a new adventure from this week. Hope you enjoy...

Alrighty-o, the last time we chatted I was in the final stages of prepping my costume for Halloween. Well October 31st came and went and so I figure I should probably recap.

I went dressed as Bob Ross. Don't know who Bob Ross is? Well my advice is to "Google image" him--he was the painter on PBS in the 70s known for his soft voice and afro. It was a pretty cool costume, if I do say so myself. Here you can see my roommates and I all dressed up. We went out initially to a section of town called Adams-Morgan. On Halloween, it is the "place to be". They close down the street and people are dressed up in costumes all over the place. Going on the Metro, you can see some pretty cool costumes.

After staying there for a bit, I headed over to see my friends at American University. I was pretty famished by this time so we headed to our favorite haunt: Z-Burger. It's a great burger place but its famous for it's over 50 flavors of shakes: from apple pie to chocolate mint. (and they taste EXACTLY like the real thing) Since we're regulars we've become pretty good friends with the manager. By this time, the beard to my costume was a little hot and I took it off, so he was a little confused as to who I was...

On Monday, I went to see the one and only....BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E-STREET BAND!! I prevously wrote how I had seen him in August in Massachusetts but this time I got to see him (for the 8th time overall) in D.C. He played the entire Born to Run album in the setlist and I was going nuts the entire night! He also played two of my favorite songs that I hadn't heard in concert before: Stand on It and Seven Nights to Rock. Then he closed it out with an old favorite: Wilson Pickett's Higher and Higher! Awesome! I can't believe he's 60 years old. It was so much fun and a great way to relax after working so hard during the week.

This ends Part 1 of the series. In the next post, I receive quite a surprise on Tuesday morning...