when being 21 isn’t enough

Last night a few friends and I went out for drinks in center city to celebrate a friends last night in Philly. When we arrived at the establishment of her choosing I am the first in line. Since it was after 9pm they were checking IDs at the door. I hand my official PA Drivers License over to him expecting a cursory glance and him to hand it back. No. He keep staring at it and looking at me, staring at it and looking at me. Then he asks if I have another form of ID since the picture on the license doesn’t look like me.

No, I reply. I do not have another form of ID on me. (I decided about a month ago to no longer carry around my Delaware ID as I have been done for three years. Besides the picture on there is seven years old and would not help in situations like this.) He starts to say how he can’t let me in without some other form of ID because he dosn’t believe that my official state license is mine. After showing him every single credit card, health insurance card, blockbuster card in my wallet he finally relents and let’s me into the establishment.

I’m still dumbfounded. I guess I should go and get a new picture taken if this happens again…

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i.o.u.s.a part duex

I finally watched the full version of I.O.U.S.A. Apparently while watching the film, $85 million was added to the national debt. (I guess they didn’t think that we would spend another ~2 trillion in the few months since it came out to save companies who have no intention of ever paying it back.) Whoops.

Kick everyone out of office.

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a quick way to raise 100k?

Any ideas? There is this house I want to buy and I need a really sweet down payment…

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what’s in a name

Doing a Google search for “Christopher Brito” results in some interesting hits that surprise me… Honestly, I never thought I shared a name with so many people. I guess Brito is kind of like Smith in the Portuguese world. Searching on Facebook, Linked In and now Twitter show even more people with the name Christopher Brito. It’s kind of crazy and weird. Makes you feel a little more generic.

I wonder if they also get mad when they sign up at a website and realize that the username cbrito is already taken. Or if they try and register a domain name and it’s unavailable. Sorry! 🙂

From hence forth I will make sure to use my middle initial as a key differentiator. I’ll also be clear here. Everything non-professional, like my Facebook and Twitter, are private so you have to know me to find me.

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moving is hard

and I haven’t even packed up yet!

I’ve spent the past two weeks scouring craigslist and philly apartment company looking for places worth of my contact. Unfortunately people like to embellish the truth in ads, suggesting greater asthetic quality than truly is the case.

Honestly, I better manage to find a place tomorrow and be done with this ordeal.

Le sigh.

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exhusted.

may and june have been a blur.

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my brother’s wedding

kelly and andrew’s wedding

My brother’s wedding was this past weekend. Here are a few pictures from the ceremony.

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