Big Citi Living

These next few days have the potential to be great. In a few hours I'm leavin' on a jet plane and, unlike LeBron James, I'm taking my talents to New York. On the agenda for this trip: 2 dmb shows at Citi Field, 1 baseball game at Yankee Stadium, 1 taping of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 30 Rock, and the making of an educational documentary film called Makin' Plays: The Great Lawn Story on Central Park's Great Lawn. I am not sure which event I'm more excited for. The same trio of characters as the 2009 Boston 4th of July extravaganza are partaking, with a special guest appearance by DC. We proved three wasn't a crowd last year. It was actually a freakin' blast of epic proportions. Adding one more to our crew can only help the situation, right? Of course. All you need is a great attitude and unlimited enthusiasm. I'm an idea man and I thrive on enthusiasm.

Remember when I said I wasn't sure about which event I was more excited for? I lied. Concerts and ballgames are fun and all, but I'm really pumped to be out on the Great Lawn makin' some sick plays. Flashing the leather on the Great Lawn is one of the best activities anyone could ever participate in. I've got my ball glove ready and there'll definitely be shades of JT Snow out there on the Great Lawn. I've also decided that I like saying/typing the words Great Lawn. I'm not sure why we even booked a hotel room. I'd be happy to camp out under the stars on the Great Lawn. The park can't be as scary as it is portrayed in Home Alone 2. That bird lady still gives me nightmares. I don't care if she ended up making friends with Kevin McCallister. She made Harry and Marv look like something right out of Disney.

Isn't it breath-taking?

Ant landed there this morning and has already sent me a Time's Square pic. Addy was supposed to be there with him this morning, taking the red-eye from PHX to ATL to JFK last night, which brings me to a little story about karma. Addy is notorious for cutting it close when traveling by air. He usually arrives 7 minutes prior to departure and somehow checks in, gets through security, and gets in a front row seat in 6.5 minutes. Also, his flights are never delayed for any reason, even this past Christmas his plane somehow landed in Bemidji during a blizzard white-out hell storm, while two years ago, my plane circled Bemidji with clear skies and flew back to MSP. After his most recent demonstration of this behavior, I expressed my concern for how long his good luck with air travel would last. Here are some texts I received from him today.

12:25 AM: Damn. Just missed my HOTlanta flight

12:41 AM: Actually my 80 min Phx delay did all the work for me

12:46 AM: Any chance to catch my ATL flight when I land 15 minutes after it takes off?

12:47 AM: Could make up some serious time on a 5 hour flight, right?

12:50 AM: My iPhone flight update app had it delayed hours ago. Delta.com still doesn't know.

1:57 AM: They're sending me home (in a cab I'm paying for). And coming back tomorrow. See you at 3 pm big apple. @#!* this.

1:51 PM: Wheels down in the city that only sleeps on Sundays!

See how quickly he got his enthusiasm back? That's why we need the Big Guy there. See you soon fellas!