1. Much like the man in this photo, over the last 6 months I’ve been arriving to the office very, very early. Today I woke nearly half an hour before my alarm, hopped right out of bed and got to the office at about 735. I’m a fan…

2. Roughly 98 hours until I hop in a car and head down to North Carolina with Nicole and a group of friends. The weather, at least in the 10 day forecast, is not lookiing fantastic for the week, but we all know how much that can change in the course of a week. Being a barrier island though, I think the weather is quite fickle anyway. We shall see…

3. I’m concerned that my days are numbered for getting down to 16th and I Streets to shoot some photos of the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, which will surely be coming down at some point. I have read that there are still some hurdles to clear, so I hope that means I’ve got at least a few weeks left.

4. A tough weekend to be a fan of Boston sports teams. Ironically, this is a complete 180° of where we were last Tuesday. Nonetheless, the Celtics lost game 7 to the Magic, the Bruins lost game 7 to the Whalers Hurricanes, and the Red Sox are absolutely putrid on the road so far this year.

5. Tonight the Ballbreakers, the team on which I play billiards in the local APA league, plays in the season finals. We had finished the regular season in first place and thusly had a bye straight through the playoffs to tonight’s finals. As the “high point champion,” we’ll also win money, trophies, plaques, and I think someone will get an MVP patch as well! If we win tonight, we play in the regional tournament in Virginia with a chance to move on to Vegas. Crazy…

6. As you may or may not know, I got a BlackBerry Curve a while back. After having some time to get acclamated, I’m quite pleased with it. Within the past week however, I discovered that the popular iPhone music applications Pandora and Shazam (WOW!) are available for the crackberry. You can only imagine my excitement…

7. Speaking of music, long ago at The Reef, I had heard a some that caught my ear. According to the bartender, it was called Heartbeats”, by Jose Gonzalez. I downloaded a number of his songs and I am loving “Remain” right now (samples from the album on Amazon). The guitar work is fantastic, reminiscent of Federico Aubele. Good stuff.

8. Artomatic starts next week. We won’t be here when it starts, but it lasts a month, so I’m confident that I can get out to the arts extravaganza for the first time this year.

9. I’m nearing the time where I can begin to take the Architectural Registration Examination(s)! I recently finished the professional development portions of the Intern Development Program and though I still have my community and professional volunteer service to report, I should be eligible to begin taking the exams in Maryland sometime this year. There’s a huge lag in paperwork processiong, so I’m hoping to hear from the state board by the middle of July. Keep your fingers crossed!

10. I know, I know… more about the Outer Banks. It’ll be my first golf match of the year, at Kilmarlic Golf Club. Wish me luck!