Welcome

Welcome to the Gaines Family Blog, stories from 4 single young people living and working in and around Washington DC. We realized a while ago that we (collectively and individually) regularly have ridiculous experiences while out, and decided to share them.

My name is Jason Gaines. Live in Fairfax, work in DC, drink everywhere that's got a bar to hold on to, I specialize in making the worst possible first impressions on people, giving me some room to work with. I figure the only direction I can go is up (see also: George Bushin' it). I delight in frustrating really overly-confident people, and I hold the firm belief that the Big-Lebowski-esque construction worker you pass on the street might very well be an enlightened (albeit salt of the earth) philosopher-king. I regularly get asked "Are you Asian?" (No), and "Are you still in school?" (Maybe).

Likes include: Sports (Wizards, Steelers, George Mason Basketball, Penn State Football, Joe Paterno's glasses, Pat Riley's hair, Shawn Marion's high school fundamentals coach, Joe Gibbs interviews), Music (The entire hip-hop sub-genre of Lil' Wayne mixtapes, Indie-rock singers who owe their entire careers to Timbaland, Anyone that can do a competent RZA impression), and the ridiculous stories that make up my life (which should make up the majority of my posts).

Dislikes include: Boston sports fans, A Tribe Called Quest, and anyone that takes themselves too seriously.


I've got two brothers, Freddy and Jeremy, and a sister, Veronica. They'll be introducing themselves here in the next couple of days.