Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
This is a meta-photo of our Preakness experience. We were on the outside looking in, but it was amazing people watching.
Faced with the choice of standing in the muddy infield, or rubbing elbows with the hat-wearing air-conditioned box seat ticketholders for cheaper; I went with the hats.
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Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
I snapped this picture of an albino squirrel that makes its home in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, DC.
Perhaps I should start my own Albino Squirrel Preservation Society?
Dare I make the gentrification joke? Nah.
Would an albino panda bear be considered a polar bear?

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Posted on Craigslist yesterday…
WANTED Wizards vs. Bucks - $1
Does anybody have an extra ticket for tonight’s must-win game? A free one would be greatly appreciated, but I can hook you up with $20 and a super-sweet high-five (negotiable). I’d love to have the opportunity to cheer on the Wizards, and sarcastically yell “nice shot” at [...]

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DC Drumline Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
A marching band at halftime of the soccer games at this weekend’s Cherry Blossom soccer tourney was the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen in the shadow of our national monuments. They played the Olé song and Ludacris and the Roots. Wow.

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I’ve spent the past few days at work making a highlight reel of panels we’ve hosted with some Academy Award winners (Good Night & Good Luck, Crash, etc.). I can now honestly say that I’ve made a movie starring George Clooney, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, Matt Cooper, Rev. Al Sharpton, etc.
Check it out if you [...]

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Last evening, I had my first professional DJ gig. Actually, I wasn’t technically DJing in a professional capacity, but my place of employment was having a 1 year anniversary for the campus division and I somehow managed to secure being in charge of the itunes playlist. So, if you think all of that makes me [...]

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Bubble Giraffe
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
There’s an artist in DC who makes tape sculptures and puts them in random spots about town. Whenever I stumble across one, it always makes gives me a different perspective of a path I’ve walked a hundred times before.

Check out some more of Mark Jenkins’ stuff
Here’s stuff tagged [...]

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