Calendar of Memories
2001
October
Sarah's BBQ
First trip to Dave and Buster's.
Halloween at the Rhino bar in Georgetown. 10/31 (duh)
November
Camping in Dolly Sods. Bottle of white... Al supposedly trips over tent. Water jug mysteriously over by tree outside campsite. Viv discovered in the car. Bear rocks.
Latristic concert. Drunken karate.
December
Mojo is born.
Weezer concert.
Mojo wins 1st game, 33-25. 12/16
Christmas presents exchanged.
Alex goes to Australia. Buys kangaroo scrotums.
Caner's persistence wins out. :)
Viv goes to Vegas and L.A.
2002
January
Viv squats at Alex's to escape parental prosecution.
Party at the MacArthur residence.
Alex has family Christmas. Starfarers acquired.
Caner goes to Cali.
February
Al goes to Mardi Gras.
Karen visits.
UMD Ultimate begins.
Alex breaks clavicle. 2/26
March
West Philly Invitational. 3/2-3/3
Caner jams finger at practice. 3/5
Raspberry, blueberry, blackberry cobbler created to rave reviews. 3/5
Viv caught red-handed leaving Al's. 3/8
Mojo, crippled by injury, knocked out of playoffs. 3/10
D&B. Caner wins timing games. Al beats Viv in Pop-a-shot left-handed. PS2 within reach... 3/12
Happy hour at Rock Bottom with 20 people. 3/15
Caner at Terminus. 3/15-3/17
Alex at Park Bench Pub. Slap boxing with Laurice. Elise tries to touch elbows behind back with hilarious results. 3/16
St. Patty's Day. Toledo Lounge. Al drives Kayla unsupervised and gets in a fender-bender. 3/17
PS2 acquired. 3/19
Syracuse. Utica. Cooperstown. The Foo Kin Chinese Restaurant. Lebanon/Lemynon. Mariah Carey lyrics. Late check-out. Parking at the Turning Leaf Inn. Confusing the hotel manager. Tornado foosball. Sliding in the snow. Canadians at the Hall of Fame. Arby's. Denny's. Friendly's. To/from Skylot parking, Wood Way people on bus. How do we get to 81 S? Finding Roy's. 3/22-3/24
NCAA party at Al's. 3/30
April
Benny's house to watch NCAA championship. MD wins. 4/1
MacParty #2/Elise's birthday party. 4/5
O's game. Surrounded by Boston fans, O's lose 4-2. 4/6
Caner goes to Spring Fling. 4/5-4/7
RIP Tubby. 4/10
Capital Classic w/Mike. HOBO. Knee dribbling. 4/11
Mojo season 2 begins with a loss to The Scrubs. 4/14
RIP TJ. 4/17
Sectionals. 4/20-4/21
Viv to NYC. 4/24
Al to NYC. Scruffy Duffy's. The W. Geoff. Alleged coaster attacks. Sage loses cell. Van Wilder with Damien. Pool with Laurice. Meet up with Anne. Also Ben, Cheryl. Trip back, Viv purse incident at Wendy's. 4/26-28
Caner at Regionals. Beat Penn State, lose to Cornell. Beat UPenn 17-16, then lose to Swat 17-15 in game to go to Nationals when Al and Viv show up. Junk. 4/27-28
RIP Wendy. 4/30
May
Roy's discovered in Wheaton. Jane thinks Al is hot (obviously). 5/1
Al to Boston. Plays pool, darts, basketball and softball. Viv and Caner fall apart in Al's absence. 5/3-5/5
Viv to Chicago. 5/11-5/14
Kensy, then Pete return, only to be schooled in spades two nights in a row.
Horseshoe tourney. Beirut. Mini-frisbee baseball. Flanagan's. 5/11
Shopping at Brookstone, Mini-golf, batting cage. Dinner with Sarah at Louisiana Express (a la Cooker). 5/18
WAFC clique pool play, Caner & Al 5-0. Mojo wins 49-39. Laurice and Viv visit later on. 5/19
Caner and Viv's first date. Awww. 5/20
Teaching Laurice to juggle. RIP Anakin. 5/21
Viv's ice cream obsession becomes dangerously serious. Guts & Volts loses a close one. 5/22
Camping in Savage River National Forest. Getting Bailey in the trunk. Roy's deluxe in Cumberland. Cute girl at the ranger station. Making fire with wet wood. Tom's disease. The art of s'mores (not a s'more without chocolate). Boxed wine becomes bagged. Locals get rowdy. The big decision: should we stay or should we go? The lure in the sandwich. The outhouse. Tying the canoe to the roof. Getting Bailey in the canoe. The trusty log. Kensy and Lesley go down. Fine dining in Cumberland. 5/24-5/25
Bhavin in town...macking, b-ball, monkey ball, settlers, spades. Viv at Dragonboat races. 5/26
Memorial Day BBQ. Last minute shopping. Monkeyball madness. Family invades the BBQ. Overtime Taboo. Alex and Caner's worst spades loss ever at the hands of Viv & Kris. 5/27
Justin born. 5/28
After guts & volts lose, V & A go see the baby. Stealthily putting up banners in Ray & Lisa's place. 5/29
Viv and Al's mom go see the indigo girls. Mom brings back a very aerodynamic coaster. Al goes to Uncle Jed's with Laurice and runs the table off the break. 5/30
June
Going-away BBQ for Mike. Lots of family present. Coaster tossing. Afterwards Al, Mike and Laurice hit Babe's. 6/1
Viv's BBQ. Running the grill with the implements of death. Teaching newbies Andy, Sarah and Laurice how to throw. Mojo gets creamed despite a decent showing. 6/2
Al, Viv and Laurice have lunch at Quizno's. 6/3
Viv's oral surgeon really does a job on her. Impacted wisdom tooth. 6/4
Al wakes up at 5:30 to go to New Jersey. That night after another G & V loss, Uncle Jed's meets Alex, Caner, Viv and Laurice. Al and Caner clean up. 6/5
Al & C get revenge on the deadly spades duo of Kris and Viv. 6/6
Al to Georgetown with L. 6/7
First Whitman Alumni Ultimate practice. Party at Kate McGreevy's in Adams Morgan. Caner, Al and Neva do some pre-draft talking...maybe a bit too much. 6/8
Cunningham Falls. Party at Ray's for Mike's birthday. Big Mojo loss. 6/9
Draft Day. Targets acquired. Elise decides to contact Al. 6/10
Uncle Jed's. Elise, Laurice, Caner, Al, Viv, and Lana. High drama. 6/11
Al plays matchmaker, Mike and Jenn go kickboxing. 6/13
Anne and Gayle's party. Spades. More drama. 6/14
The beach. Caravanning. Chinese fire drills on Rte. 50. Rain clearing up at the beach. Football game won by Caner, Al, Mike and Kerry. Dinner at Summer House. Taboo ("Wealthy with an A!" "A really big sweater!"). Four bottles of wine. Beach again. Viv loses something in the water. No-fly zone. Jake makes breasts. The Big Jer. 6/15-6/16
Caner and Viv lose to Andy and Mr. Coop in spades. 6/18
Quotes
Caner (Simon)
- Dance with the girl who brung ya. (and variations)
- Behold!
- I really munked my finger.
- It's Lemynon!
- Anybody want a peanut?
- Horoscope: "Playing the field brings dire consequences...unless you really want current relationship to end."
- The ACC is the best conference in the country and it knows where its bread is buttered. Duke does junk.
- Newcome is the poor man's volleyball.
Alex (Alvin)
- Doing what you do.
- From bed to verse.
- What's wrong with being an elephant doctor?
- Mike, do you want to be red or green?
- Wargo it up.
- That's too small to be the Carrier Dome!
- What's an Okafor?
- It's a CALendar.
- Except yourself.
- The Miss MacArthur swimsuit competition.
- Well we basically ARE dating. (re: Caner and Al)
- Viv, what you're eating is the poor man's s'more.
Viv (Theodore)
- Can I be the smart one? Is there a smart one?
- Hey, remember when I beat you in pop-a-shot?
- I want to be Kate!
- Oh my smurfness!
- [eye roll]
- Look, I see the Carrier Dome!
- I want ice cream!
- Pokemoke!
- How do you know you have my brain?
- I don't throw things at Caner anymore.
- Lock the doors! There are scary Asians out there!
Random Memories
Smarties on the face.
Viv wins at pop-a-shot (not that we could ever forget this).
Mojo shirts ordered, messing up Viv and Elise's plots of making us uniforms.
Tripping over the tent. A bottle of wine "split" between Al & Viv.
Captain Morgan shots. Drunk Karate.
From the crossword: Pizazz = "OOMPH"
Contact lost during Mojo game. Viv offers the one in her eye.
The color yellow controversy.
Viv helps Al put in contacts during clav injury.
Shoe incident at ESPN Zone.
Viv somehow manges to hit the volleyball into a tiny hole in the bleachers, then goes where no man has gone before to retreive it.
Makin cobbler, dancin to Michael Jackson.
A helps C make a Tecmo shrine online.
Pulse.
Viv getting caught by Al's Dad during her "walk of shame".
Viv's mom thinks Al is dating Viv. When denied, says, "Are you sure?"
Tubby. TJ.
Bonding with the ref at the Sportsplex. "Where's my buddy?"
Nathan: "You guys (Caner and Viv) are SO cute."
Al's Mom (re: indigo girls concert): "Everyone there was so GAY."
NY times article: "A man who comes home smelling like rotten pork, I've learned, is not destined for much good loving." And: "Numerous dogs have been consumed."
Dmitri: "It's like a wild kingdom out there...the other day I was leaving work late and I saw a duck chasing a deer!"
Favorite Things - Quotes, Activities, etc.
Caner
The Indiana Jones movies.
Redskins.
Pickles.
Ultimate.
Women's cereal.
Pop-a-shot.
Spades.
Tecmo.
Being cute with Viv.
Alex
Any quote from "When Harry Met Sally".
Duke.
Orioles.
Orange Juice.
Mojo.
Shooting 3-pointers.
Pop-a-shot.
Settlers.
Blankie.
Viv
Any quote from "The Cutting Edge".
Kansas.
UCLA.
Cobbler, Pickles, ice cream.
WASC.
Smurfs.
Pop-a-shot.
Starfarers.
The soft football.
Caner.