Last night, for the first time, I saw the Washington Wizards play basketball – and they lost. It’s not like they have the greatest record though, so I can’t say I was all that surprised. They played against the San Antonio Spurs, and I recognized a few names from that team’s roster (I’d never heard of any of the Washington players).
I went to the Verizon Center with a group of co-workers (a 10-minute walk from work), and we sat in the nosebleed section – but it was the front row of the nosebleed section (wheee!), so the view was decent. However, the section was too high up to catch any of the free t-shirts that were thrown into the crowd during time-outs (AKA commercial breaks), and it was also too high for the scantily-clad dancing girls to venture. (Not that I minded that, but some of my co-workers were dudes and I could tell they were salivating just a bit.)
Even though we’re not allowed to wear jeans to work (even on Fridays), I wore jeans yesterday. I didn’t feel like going to a sporting event in work clothes. (And also, it was just a good excuse in general. If somebody had asked, I would have simply said: “Basketball games require casual clothes!”) Luckily, nobody asked.
However, when we were walking to the metro after the game ended, one of my female co-workers asked me, “How did you manage to get away with wearing jeans today?”
Me: “I didn’t ask. What are they going to do? Fire me?”
She: “Nice!”
(Note: This fulfills #58 on my 101 Things list: Attend a sporting event.)
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Funny–my sister-in-law was at the game last night!
I love your 101 things list–I’ve been thinking about doing one for myself. I used to have a list of “Things I want to do before I die” in my journal–carried it around for years, then lost it in a move. Time for another list!
Oh how fun!
Way to rebel with those jeans!
Wait — I’m guessing that being on your 101 list doesn’t mean you’ve *never* attended a sporting event, right? I’m intrigued…
And total jean envy from this direction. I most definitely miss wearing jeans to work… although my velour pants today are mighty close
The Wizards should borrow my favorite NBA team’s shirt cannon. That thing shoots t-shirts deep into the nosebleeds.