Speaking of Fugazi...

...I had a classic DC moment a few weeks ago, but since I never write on the blog, only a few people know the story. So now I'll share.

I was skating with Senor Flynn in front of the fabled 1648 domicile on a Saturday, at a shitty spot in front of a church. It's where Flynn shot this photo of himself, but we weren't doing anything as good as that. We were just piling out and doing creaky old man ollies.

DC local and punk rock legend Ian Mackaye walked up carrying his kid and watched us skate for a few minutes. I fully fanned out and was mute at first, but finally nodded hi and tried to keep skating. It was a sad display, and ended with zero landed tricks in front of the dude who started Minor Threat.

It was a sorry skating performance, but a good DC moment regardless. Plus, his kid was pumped to see anything involving a skateboard, which was both not surprising (that kid was probably listening to punk rock in the crib) and kickass at the same time.

Gawdamn Nor'easter

I don't know if anyone heard about this, but there was some snow this weekend on the East Coast. Even though it ruins skateboarding and cuts down on the lurking opportunities, I'm always pumped when it snows a bunch. It's better than rain, and at least you get days off work sometimes.

Case in point, this year's Nor'easter (best weather word ever, I think) has led to the federal government being closed tomorrow, which led to my company being closed. Monday is now a Snow Day for me.

Besides all the normal snow-related dumb stuff like people trying to drive a Cutlass with bald tires on an unplowed street (they didn't get far), I got to see a girl trying to walk in stiletto heels and a miniskirt in the middle of a blizzard. She made it farther than the Cutlass, but it was brutal just watching her walk. It just looked like a concussion waiting to happen.

The best thing to come out of this storm, though, was that I rediscovered my go-to weather site. It's really got everything you need to judge the weather properly.