Two weekends ago I went to Washington DC with my father to play in a Diplomacy tournament. It was a great weekend. I got to play diplomacy, spend time with my father, and see one of my fraternity brothers, Jerome. Although I was quite ill, I think I made the most of it. It was also my first appearance to the hobby since becoming the president of the North American Diplomacy Federation (NADF) (the post is not a competitive post to get since no one wanted it). Anyway, I don’t have much to say other than it was great fun. Here are some pictures with captions for your enjoyment:
Falls Church Metro outside DC
It’s nice to see that trees still change colors in some places.
A can of lies
A can of lies
Just read it, it’s funny.
Diplomacy Players
Some of my favorite diplomacy players.
Hockey Fight
Saturday at the tournament was jersey day. This crazy Canadian started a fight with one of my upstanding and very civil American friends.
Freddie Mac HQ
Jerome standing in front Freddie Mac’s HQ
Freddie Mac's Trading Floor
We went into the trading floor over the weekend and I secretly traded away 100 billion dollars on a pyramid scheme.
Dinner at a Thai Restaurant
From the left, Joe Wheeler, Lori Wheeler, me, Jerome and my father. It was really nice to have good food that I didn’t make myself.
Jerome driving his Alfa Romeo
Me driving Jerome's Alfa Romeo
So Jerome bought this little Alfa Romeo. It was less than 3000 bucks. I think it was a 1983. It had less than 70000 miles on it. Elizabeth pointed out to me that I look like Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Jerome let me drive it around DC even though I have never really driven stick before (I may have neglected to tell him that when he agreed to let me drive). It was great.
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October 27th, 2009 - 8:11 am
you always looked like cameron from ferris bueller’s day off. i thought we had told you that. either way eric and i have joked about it before, maybe we forgot to tell you.