sound off

We don't usually use this blog to sound off about real topics, but after deciding to never buy the lettuce in the below post, I saw this in the news.
Ga. Mother Seeks Harry Potter Ban

Another group of ignorant close-minded people think that Harry Potter should be banned. Kids are going to turn into witches and warlocks and join the occult if they read fiction about kids in a fictional cross-universe version of Europe. Reading stimulates the brain. You should't ban anything. What you should do is spend time educating kids to distinguish between right and wrong, fact and fiction, stupid people (like yourself) and smart people, etc.

These brainiacs also tried to ban spanish fiction from their budget because "they objected to using taxpayer dollars to entertain readers who might be illegal immigrants." Uhhh, hi. Your kids couldn't hurt from learning a second language. And by the way, every kid that isn't white isn't an illegal or a criminal. $50 says one of your kids ends up being gay, and sooo afraid to tell you that they kill themselves when you kick them out. YOU IGNORANT BITCH AND EVERYONE LIKE YOU DESERVE A LITTLE REALITY CHECK. Like a hurricane.

Tasty Salad

Look closely below the words "Fresco, Lavado"......
Don't forget this brand of fresh lettuce, folks. What probably happened is, the water the lettuce was washed in contained polliwogs and these became fresh new frogs, right in the packages. So if you're looking for salad fixins with a little more body, then be sure and try this brand. Don't forget, it's the extra care that Mexican companies take that makes the difference.

TOUCHDOWN!!!

That guy in the back is sure excited about this touchdown...

F-U, UPS

So I was at work today waiting on an Air Separator to come in on our UPS shipment. I had checked the tracking webpage a couple of times and it was on time, scheduled for delivery on October 3rd.
When our UPS driver Ron showed up I went out and helped the receiving guy in the warehouse unload it. Guess what? My package was nowhere to be found.
So I called the national UPS hotline and the lady couldn't help me at all. So I got the number for the Kelso branch and called their. The lady I talked to there could not help me either. She suggested I call Portland, where the package was last scanned, and see if they could locate it. The lady in Portland was a bitch. She was either too stupid or too lazy to help me. So I tried the Kelso branch again and talked to the same lady and she advised me to call the national number again and have them put a search out on it. So I called the national number again and asked about this now missing package. And she argued with me. I could not fucking believe it. So I informed her that I was very disappointed with their service and wouldn't be using them ever again. I also said that I would talk to the other salesman in my company and let them know not to use UPS.
My customer was waiting on this one piece to finish a job he has in Portland. And he's going on vacation tomorrow that he can't reschedule. So basically I fucked him by not getting his part to him. But in reality, UPS fucked me. And I will never use them again.
I should have seen the warnings.....

halloween

I think this new shirt from noisebot.com made me realize what I want to be for Halloween.

What do you want to be?

dilbert=my work

Work can be wonderful.

I'm Alcohol!

Disc Golf = Good Times

So today I played my first round of Disc Golf. And it was a blast. The only thing that I would change would be the course we played. Eddie B followed me back from Portland and we met up with Dez and Collin at my house. We all jumped in Collin's VW Bus and headed over to Oregon. We arrived at the park realizing that we had no idea where the course started. So we just kinda wandered around until we found the first hole. Now we played at Trojan Park in Rainier, Oregon the site of the former Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. They blew the plant to smithereens a couple of months ago and recently installed an eighteen hole disc golf course. The only downside is the huge lake in the middle of the park. And about twelve holes had water in play. So I lost on disc, Dez lost two, and Collin lost my other disc. I just ordered some replacements off of ebay and should be playing again next weekend. And I am gonna try to drag Gus out there with me. With his love of golf and ultimate frisbee I figured disc golf would be perfect for him. Here are a couple of pics I took today of the action.
Here is Eddie B with his disc heading straight for the basket. Ed had played a couple times before and showed us the ropes. He also played the best round of his short career he said multiple times. His game was on and it was fun to see.
Here is Collin with his putt in the air for the second hole. He played a pretty great match and is looking forward to playing again.
Dez had a blast even though he missed this shot and lost two discs. He plans on playing again here shortly. We are talking about making a short trip down to Portland and checking out a couple of courses maybe next weekend. The courses in Portlands don't have huge lakes right in the middle of them.

Kidney Infections Suck, Ultimate, Applebee's, Jackass 2, P-town, Frisbee Golf

So I had my first beers in over two weeks last night. And they were delicious.
I am fully recovered from my kidney infection. Let me tell you that it was no fun. Easily one of the most painful things I have ever been through.
So after work I went and met Gus for a little Ultimate Frisbee. Also joining us was the Booths (Garrett & Irina) and Dez. As usual I pretty much dominated at Ultimate. There was a lot more people there than usual so we had to sub in and out. The first set of plays I caught a long pass for a touchdown and in my opinion I resembled a young Steve Largent. The second and third set of plays I tossed a couple of TDs. The other team never recovered, mostly from my stellar play but also because Seth Krause was on their team. He may be tall but I shut him down with my awesome defensive skills.
After Ultimate we decided some drinks and some grub was in order. Since we wanted to eat good in the neighborhood, we headed to Applebee’s. I ordered some mozzarella sticks and a bottle of Guinness. That beer was so good that I ordered two more. We had quite the group of people at Applebee’s and we were overflowing out of the large corner booth in the bar. Our group consisted of Dez & Erica, Garrett & Irina, Gus & Mrs. G-Dizzle (fo shizzle), my roomie Bish, Collin Booth, Jimmer, Jeffery D, Willie and BoPhal. About halfway through our meal a couple of girls came running into the bar screaming about a car that just hit ‘n ran a new Chevy Colorado out in the parking lot. Turns out it was Jimmer’s truck so we headed out to the parking lot to check the damage. I guess the car was parked in front of his truck and they must’ve put it into Drive instead of Reverse. We checked out the damage and were surprised to find nothing. Maybe just a small scratch on the license plate but that was it. I am convinced that Chevy trucks are the tougher than shit after seeing that.
After heading back inside I noticed it was quickly approaching 11. Since I have to get up at five in the morning for my wonderful job I decided to get my bill and head out. I was feeling pretty great until I got my bill and saw that my bottles of Guinness were over five bucks each. Ouch. Vegas prices and I don’t even get to gamble. So I have decided that next time I am gonna stick with the draft brewskis. But all in all it was a great night.
Tonight the same group is going to enjoy Jackass 2. Willie’s already seen it and said it was three times funnier than the original. I laughed so hard at the original that I pooped my pants a little bit. Seriously. We’re talking bowel movement here. It was sick. So who knows what’s in store for tonight but I’m guessing I will have a great story to tell.
On Saturday I am most likely gonna head down to Portland and visit E, double D, I, E and cause some serious trouble. We are gonna explore Portland during the day and most likely pick up a set of Frisbee Golf discs. After that we are going to get Tucker Max drunk. So that should be fun. If any of the readers out there are gonna be in P-town and want to meet up with us call Ed’s phone. His number is (503) LIL-COCK. Or (503) 545-2625. Hit us up and I’ll let you buy me some beers while I make off-color jokes and make you feel really uncomfortable.
Sunday we are going to head over to the site of the former Trojan Nuclear Power Plant and check out their newly installed Frisbee Golf Course. It’s supposed to be a nice day so we’ll probably have to bring a couple of cold beers with us. It should be a blast.

more football and videogames

Speaking of bowl games, I was just reminded of a little known fact last night by my dad. My great-great uncle (or something like that) played for the Huskies in the 1926 Rose Bowl. George Guttormsen was the Captain at QB and a Kicker (yeah, crazy), and held the record from 1926-1963 for the longest punt in the rosebowl (73 yards), which was broke in 63, and then again in 81, both also at 73 yards. He also scored "A few plays later Wilson caught a short pass for a crucial first down and then threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to quarterback George Guttormsen." ( husky bowl history )
They lost the game 19-20 to Alabama, and some attributed it to the 2 extra points that George missed in the game (according to the Pac 10 Football book my dad has). I couldn't find mention online of him missing those kicks, or of his record, but I did find that he scored a touchdown, and I like that version better.

But I attribute the loss to the fact that the Huskies sucked, have sucked, and still suck. But its cool to have a famous family member, even if no one knows he is famous, and even if he is a hucking fusky...

Another cool fact. my licence plate is 1926, but its Coug plates since the huskies suck. But its a cool coincidence to have the same number.

The Xbox360 rocks. And I am very excited for this new shooter to come out in a few months. Until then I have Dead Rising, where I get to kill zombies by the hundreds, so I got that going for me. Which is nice.

Call of Duty 3 is in the works. Halo 3 comes out next year. They announced that Halo Wars RTS game. I just got Lego Star Wars 2. If I had more time to play, I would be loving life with all these games and new technology.

wow, that's a short list

Washington State University Bowl Game History
Nice page, but short list. Here's to a bowl bid this year, and hopes that we can hold our own against USC this weekend. And by hold our own, I mean going to the bathroom multiple times while drinking our sorrows away. At least next weekend is Oregon State, so we get back on the W train.

reader contributions

Ryan, long time friend and reader of NOSE, has these little tidbits to contribute:
Something for the blog...
First,
TV geek Dustin Diamond can now take his place with Colin Farrell, Tommy Lee and Kid Rock as the star of his very own sex tape. Everyone who remembers Diamond as a lovable putz is in for a shock once they see a 40-minute video in which he engages in a kinky three-way with two women. We can't get too graphic here, but word is that the action includes some bodily functions and an act known as a "Dirty Sanchez."
The best part about the whole story above... its called, "Saved by the Smell."

Second, a real time strategy Halo game has been anounced for the 360. http://www.halowars.com/
Q: What is “Halo Wars”?
A: “Halo Wars” is the next big real-time strategy game from Ensemble Studios, creators of Age of Empires. Designed exclusively for the Xbox 360, “Halo Wars” allows you to take charge of the human UNSC armies and see the Halo universe from a totally new perspective.

Dicko

(As Ryan knows, I was addicted to these in college, and still occasionally geek out with them. I am a little excited to buy this game and put it on the shelf next to my other games I don't have time to play. For sure.)

low

man we suck. Todd still working, pretty much not posting anymore. Nate still hurting, kidney infections and related medicines are no fun. Erik still working and helping Abby with school. We are losing readers faster than....shit, I can't even think of something funny.

How about a depressing post instead. My last grandpa died yesterday. He had a stroke earlier in the week, and his heart and body just weren't strong enough, and he passed away. And to make it worse, today is my Mom and her sister's birthday. How do you say happy birthday when its not happy? Shit. Her mom and stepdad passed away a few years ago, my dad's dad passed away last year on his birthday, and now I am down to two grandmas. And to really cap it off and make it hit home, I hadn't been out to their cabin the last two summers, and I said I would try this year. And I didn't. And now I won't ever get that chance again, because he's not there and my grandma can't drive at night so will have to sell the place. Fuck, I hope no one comes in my office right now so I don't have to explain why I'm almost crying at work.

if you have any funny stuff like the email I just got with a bunch of funny dog costumes, feel free to send it on or leave the link in the comments. (I am totally dressing my black cat up like this dog, and then letting it outside halloween night)

Almost the weekend.

GO COUGS! Here's to another fun weekend of watching football. Make sure to get to http://www.capitalonebowl.com/ and vote for Butch. As of this post, he is only beating the stupid Terps mascot by a few thousand.

Sorry about your infection Nate. At least it's not in your happy place. I'll bring you the Tucker Max book so you have something to do when the crappy games are on.

I just saw an article in the daily news and another on yahoo about how the NFL thinks that we artificially pump noise over our speakers at Qwest field, and thats why have the reputation of being one of the loudest fan bases/stadiums in the country.
How loud do you fucking think it is going to be this weekend? I want to get a ticket just so I can go there and scream my fucking head off until I can't speak anymore, so I bet you the regular crazies are gonna be so loud that Eli starts to cry.

Another Moo tribute, in case those of you that didn't know him want to see what he looked like in his drywall eating prime.

Infected

So the doc just called and I have a kidney infection. Awesome!

Sicker Than Sick

So I just got back from the doctor's office for the little illness I've been battling. I started out like a flu so I thought I would just tough it out and get over it. That was last Tuesday.
So it went from flu symptons to terrible pain in my lower back right in the kidney area. I was snooping around WebMD a little and found this:

Kidney Stones Symptoms
Kidney stones may stay in the kidney or travel out of the body through the urinary tract—the tubes that connect the kidney to the bladder (ureters) and lead outside the body (urethra). Their movement may cause:
- No symptoms, if the stone is small enough. (not here, immense pain)
- Sudden, constant pain. Stones may cause intense pain in the back, side, abdomen, groin, or genitals. People who have had a kidney stone often describe the pain as "the worst pain I've ever had." (check, and my appendix just about ruptured on me years ago. this is ten times worse)
- Feeling sick to the stomach (nausea) and vomiting. (check, ugggh)
- Blood in the urine (hematuria), which can occur either with stones that stay in the kidney or with those that travel through the ureters. (nope, thank god that would've scared the shit out of me)
- Frequent and painful urination, which may occur when the stone is in the ureter or after the stone has left the bladder and is in the urethra. Painful urination may occur when a urinary tract infection is also present. (check on the frequent, not so much the painful)
- Fever. (check, at times)
- Loss of appetite. (check, haven't been hungry in four days)
- Diarrhea or constipation. (check, you don't want to know)
- Sweating a lot. (yeah and it's gross)
- Fatigue. (extreme fatigue, I actually fell asleep in between sweating a lot and fatigue)

So anyways, the doc checked me out and told me it's most likely muscle spasms. I wanted to laugh in his face but said "really?". So he gave me some muscle relaxers and a pain pill, took a urine test (he had cold hands) and said he would call me if anything is wrong.

So I should be hearing from him sometime tomorrow when my test hopefully comes back with just a kidney infection and not kidney stones. The symptoms are about the same but the stones are definitely more painful. Some have compared it to childbirth. So pray for me. Hopefully I will be back to full health soon.

"MOO 10/30/04 - 9/17/06"

http://www.myspace.com/gtfastback67
A quick little tribute to Garrett's best friend Moo who passed away this Sunday. Although this puppy picture doesn't do justice to the 50-100 lbs of stacked muscle and fat that this little guy became in his short 2 years, it shows you just how cute and loveable he was.

He was the kind of dog that made we wish for a dog instead of my cats dumb and dumber. He will be missed. Please visit Garrett's myspace site if you want to leave him a message and/or leave one here, as he will probably make it here later in the week to view them.

Random Shiite

So the life of n8 has been a hectic one as of late. Last weekend my former roommate Todd got married. Since I am great friends with him and his wife they asked me if I could housesit for them while they are on their honeymoon in Cancun. I told them that they should just send me to Cancun that way they wouldn't need a house-sitter. They didn't buy it. So I've been staying at their place which is kinda cool since I used to live here. I've had some time to chat with the neighbors who are the same ones since I've moved out.
Anyways, the reason they needed somebody to housesit was because of their cat and their two dogs. They have two pitbulls who are the sweetest dogs in the world. Well as long as they know you. As sweet as these two may be the don't really listen to me that well. It has been a very hectic week trying to control two dogs and their meals and bathroom breaks. There were a couple of accidents but nothing uncle n8 couldn't fix.
Until Wednesday. I got sick Wednesday. And I have no idea what the hell it is. It is now Saturday and somewhat lingering around but I am over the worst part of it. I have had the worst abdominal pain and a fever. And no I did not eat any bad spinach. So I didn't go to work on Thursday and instead spent the day in and out of conciousness while trying to control two dogs that were super excited because I was home. Better times have not been had (that was sarcasm Gus).
Also my buddy TJ (from the CCWA champion Suckerpunch Pirates) came back into town for big Sully's wedding. Since I've been house-sitting I haven't seen him much. It's looking like I will be making a trip to Sin City here in the near future to visit him and my sister.
And since I was camping on Labor Day, I didn't change the lineup for my fantasy baseball team. And it just so happened to be week one of the playoffs. With two of my pitchers on the DL (shit!) I was pretty much screwed. So I lost my playoff game and am now playing for the 5th spot in the league (out of 6 teams). My opponent is Crackerass-Cracker, which just so happens to be Erik's team. So us here at NOSE are gonna finish in the last two spots of the league. Awesome!
Well I need to sign off of here. I've got tons of chores to do today, including changing my oil, washing my car (inside & out; it's fucking filthy), going to the bank and making my car payment and all kinds of other good stuff. So I've got that going for me...

Branch in Seattle

Sorry, no posts for 4 days, cause as you can see in the prior post, its work, work, work for all of us. Todd has disappeared thanks to his new job, and Nate and I are throwing down 9-10 hour days every day, with not much time for relaxing or blogging.

But something that has to be mentioned, is the return of the Seahawks to the Super Bowl. Can I get a HELL YEAH!? (except for you Emily, your Steelers got their ring and now they are done...or are they?) Deion Branch is coming to Seattle and even though our offensive line is missing Hutch, I still think we are poised to get back into the playoffs, and dare I say it, even the superbowl. And there is no fucking way we could get screwed by the refs twice in a row, so we should have a legitimate chance. The reason? Quality players like Hasslebeck, Alexander, Strong, Jackson, Trufant (GO COUGS) and now Branch.

(from the daily news article): This is a man who, on the morning of Super Bowl XXXIX, got on the phone and called all his former coaches, from youth teams through college, to thank them for helping him reach this point. Then he went out and won the game's MVP award."I never forget the people who were there before I became the Deion Branch you see now," he said Tuesday, attired in a sharp suit and wearing a $39 million smile.

I can't wait for him to get set in our offense. We are gonna beat the shit out of Arizona this week.

OUTRAGE

So, here I sit, 7:15 on a Friday afternoon, approximately 11 hours and 15 minutes after I got to work, still fucking working because everyone else has the day off, or called in sick, or didn't show up, or just did nothing all day while I worked, so it left me and Phuong here to do everything.

The reason I bore you with my tired whining? BECAUSE MY COMPUTER JUST GAVE ME AN ERROR MESSAGE ON EXCEL AND CLOSED THE FILE WHILE I WAS TRYING TO PRINT MY VERY LAST PIECE OF WORK SO THAT I COULD GO HOME! But I'm not mad. I will enjoy working until 8, so I can put in 12 straight hours. Cause free overtime is my favorite. Especially when "we don't have any extra money to give you a raise again this year," is probably what I will hear. Fuck that shit.

Well at least I had lunch right? Yeah right, I ate chilli in the lunch room for 10 minutes at about 3:00 in between meetings with customers, because that is the first chance I had, and then went back to work. But there always is a bright side right? There was birthday cake and fruit for breakfast. Plus I got to leave for 30 minutes to go visit a customer, so I got that going for me. Plus I found a milky way in the freezer at work, and I fucking stole it and ate it in 2 bites. Cause that's how I roll. Bitch.

More great sites

So I was looking up Zach Galifianakis because I was still bummed I missed him and the other comedians at bumbershoot and I was avoiding going through more old paperwork in our office. And I found a great site. Comedy Central with free clips from stand up comedy. Fucking rad. Here you go. comedycentral.com/zach galifianakis

I also found a folder full of drink recepies, drinking games, and old jokes that I had printed out in college. A lot of them were here, http://www.webtender.com/, which is a great site, so here is the link so I can shred all these pages I will never look at again.

Then I added some more beer links to the left. Then before I shredded all these jokes, I went to the link where I got them. Although the page and some of the humor is a little outdated, there is some really funny stuff compiled here. ~vanhoose/humor, like this beauty.

Note: If you are easily offended, don't read. (to the tune of the Macarenna:)
Sitting in my house, and I know that I'm alona,
Feeling kinda horny, got a jingle in my bona.
Go and grab a Penthouse its the one with Sharon Stona.
Hey Masturbata!!

I go a little faster and its feeling kind of nicea,
Once ain't enough so I have to do it twicea.
If you wanna spank the monkey I can give you good advicea.
Hey Masturbata!!

I use some baby oil or a little Vaselina,
Laying down a towel so I keep my carpet cleana
Never shake my hand cause you don't know where its beena
Hey Masturbata!!

I do it in the car when I'm driving down the streeta,
One hand on the wheel and the others on my meata.
I can't get out the car cause I'm sticking to the seata.
Hey Masturbata!!

Since I was a kid I have been a Masturbater,
Choke the chicken, hum the knob, squeezing the tomata.
I've looked at Ms. November now I'm gonna decorate her.
Hey, Masturbata!!

Buffing the banana, Mr. Lizard shaking bacona,
Pounding on the flounder and its mayonnaise I'm makinga.
Spank the frank, wax the carrot, god my hand is achinga.
Hey, Masturbata!!

Camping

So I spent my Labor Day weekend camping in Hood's Canal. For those of you who don't know where Hood's Canal is, it is on the Olympic peninsula in northern Washington state. My friend Garrett's grandparents built a cabin there and have a nice little camping spot off to the side.
Dez and I drove up Saturday morning, making stops in town for beer and gas. After about two and a half hours in the car we arrived. We were immediately greeted by Garrett and his wife Irina and some nice ice cold brews.
After setting up our tents we decided to go out and check the crab pots. I've got a keeper below and Garrett is fucking ecstatic. Look at the look on his face. It looks like me on Christmas 1985 when I opened up my Nintendo Entertainment System.
Here is that same crab getting the "official" measurements done. Way to be "Gary"!
Here is Dez, myself and Garrett looking tough with the two keepers we had out of the six crab pots. The next day Garrett, Dez, and Collin went out and got three more crabs. It was pretty much awesome.
As for the rest of the weekend, Collin, Erica and Eddie B. all showed up Saturday night and camped. Between the seven of us, we consumed three cases of Bud Light, two six-packs of Skinny Dip, a six-pack of Saison, a half gallon of Vodka, a fifth of Bourbon and two Olde English 40 ozs. (way to go Dez and Ed). Besides trying to pollute our livers, we went hiking at Fort Holden State Park near Port Townsend. We also tossed the frisbee around quite a bit. We would've played some wiffleball but I'm a dumbass and forgot to bring my wiffleball bat.
Sunday night Garrett got extremely wasted. Extremely. He kept fucking with Ed to the point he couldn't sleep, and somehow I woke up halfway in my tent and halfway out. WTF? I found out later that Garrett had pulled me out but I was in a very "relaxed" state at that time and there was no waking me.
All in all it was a great weekend. It was so nice to get out of town and relax. So how was your Labor Day?

Reason #3567 I <3 Youtube

Waddup peeps? Hope everybody had a great Labor Day weekend, I know I did. You will hear about my mis-adventures of last weekend at another time. But now I must share with you the most hilarious Youtube clip I have ever seen. Enjoy "Completely Uncalled For" by Barats and Bereta. It looks like they post all kinds of crazy skits that I will further explore at a later date.

I told you it was funny didn't I? Let me know what you think.

links

A few links to fun this weekend.
http://www.myspace.com/yellowcard
http://www.myspace.com/hawthorneheights
http://www.myspace.com/afi

I saw all three of these bands this weekend, and I was pretty impressed all the way around. Check it out.



This little girl is balancing on that ball, hula-hooping, and playing the violin. We also saw a young girl, probably about 10-12, playing the drums right along with some hard rock playing from a stereo, and it sounded like she was in the fucking band. Crazy good talent at bumbershoot, even just in the people playing for fun.


A picture for Williamson. He passed out in Mike D's garage friday night after he disappeared from the bars. Mike didn't even know Willie was at his house. Classic.



Hawthorne Heights setting up. This was the only good daytime shot I got.

Yellowcard had Boba Fett and some Stormtroopers come out on stage. Kind of geeky, which he admitted, until he said this..."Boba Fett just brought me a fucking beer. How many of you can say that?"


AFI fucking rocking out and going crazy screaming for minutes on end.

the weekend and reader contributions

So, out of all those choices, I sold Stacy's tickets, got absolutely tore-up Friday night for no good reason except that I had a ride to Seattle the next morning, and woke up to take furniture to my sister's new townhouse in Seattle. I went to Bumbershoot and saw Hawthorne Heights, Yellowcard, and AFI. 3 concerts on the mainstage that were pretty kickass, considering I am almost 30 (inside joke), plus lots of booths, performers, other stages, comedy, beer gardens...all for $30. Not bad. I think the only bad part was the cost of beers at a whopping $5 or $6 each. And the fact that I found out Zach Galifiankakis (from the movie Out Cold), David Cross, the Upright Citzens Brigade, and other comedians were at bumbershoot and I did not run back from the Funhouse (bar across the street with a great happy hour and jello shots) quick enough to catch Zach. I plan to go next year and get the schedule so I can plan my day out in between beers and waiting in lines for concerts. One beer garden had a concert stage right inside, so that was nice. Then I spent Sunday morning waiting for my ride and moving furniture at my sister's place until my ride showed up. (Thanks a bunch to Apul and Avish for the ride and for moving furniture with me. You guys rock. Go to Quizno's and buy a sandwhich from Avish if you get the chance. They are delish.)

Later, I will get some pictures, but for now until Nate posts about his weekend, you get some reader commentary, sent in by our very own Stacy.

"Matt Leinart is going to be a father. I'm devastated. He was on my 'list' and considering he lives in the vicinity (Phx), I was up to at least a 5% chance."

"You could also add a link to the ever popular www.mulletsgalore.com. If you haven't been there in awhile, it's worth a look. You have to look at the 'classifications' section. I think my favorite is the albinoinbredmullet - although they are all extremely hilarious."

TGIF

Thank G it is Friday. It has been such a long week at work. My co-worker Matt Jones (of Jackmove fame) took the week off for a little vacation action. That brilliant bastard took this week off and with the 3 day weekend he's getting an extra vacation day. He's so getting punched right in the ding-ding when he gets back to work it's not even funny.
So this week I have been doing my job plus all of Matt's shit. Plus having to deal with a certain very unpleasant "Associate" at one of the branches in Portland. So I am pumped for Labor Day weekend (read: uncle n8's getting wasted!).
I am heading outta town tomorrow morning for Hood's Canal for a little camping action. My buddy Garrett's family has a cabin right next to the water. His grandpa built the cabin a couple of years ago and he is nice enough to let us invade it for the weekend.
There will be tons of drinking, lots of gambling, some cussing and swearing, some time on the water crabbin and swimming if it's warm enough.
This may be the second consecutive weekend that I try to kill my liver. I've been thinking about it and me and my liver are now at war for the way he let me down last weekend. I mean seriously, two glasses of champagne in between a ton of beer and I end up with one of the worst hangovers ever. Quit being a pussy liver. Fuck.
If you haven't heard the Linkin Park and Jay-Z collaboration from about a year ago you should check it out. If you like either of the artists you'll dig the album. I just got it two weeks ago and have been listening to it on a pretty regular basis. Good Stuff.
Anyways, I don't really have anything else to say except that I miss you all. Really I do. I wish you could go camping with me but I just don't think our relationship is ready for that right now. Because when I get drunk I get a lil friendly if you know what I mean. And you don't want that (yes you do).
Have a great weekend my peeps.

frisbee

Playing ultimate frisbee kicks your ass when you start getting older. I think I pulled a hamstring, bruised my foot almost rolling my ankle, and bruised my elbow. And it's a no-contact sport. WTF?

Here is Gunnar and Nate warming up. There are no more pictures because I didn't have the lung power to spare to run over in between scores to grab the camera and take any more pictures. And I am pretty sure Nate felt like he was hit by a truck last week, so these pretend sports are really taking it out of us.

As for this weekend, it sounds like the plans are try to sell Stacy's tickets Friday, go to Seattle Friday or Saturday and watch the cougs and do some bumbershoot, and come back Sunday for some relaxing BBQ and working on the house. Thanks for none-of your help everyone.

Next weekend, Coug game on TV in Longview. Be there or be square.

busy weekends

So days during the week are still busier than imaginable. So lets talk about something more fun. Like having too many choices for a couple fun weekends coming up.

Labor Day Weekend. Should I:

1. Take discounted tickets to Dave in the Gorge, even though no one wants to go with me, except my sister who can't go because she has to work?
2. Go to Seattle Friday night, try to sell Stacy's Dave Mathews tickets for her, drink and help my sister move, go to Bumbershoot on Saturday, golf with Seth on Sunday, and go home and BBQ with Abby Sunday and Monday?
3. Watch the Coug game on ESPN2 in Longview or Vancouver with Ronny and Abby and stay home and drink the rest of the weekend?
4. Go camping with Nate all weekend?
5. Go to Seattle Friday and Saturday, and then Lake Chelan with Willie and Bo Sunday and Monday?
6. Go to Paulsbo with Shaun, and watch the Coug game at Dicko's or a bar in Seattle?
7. Stay home and finish the office move and fixing the bathroom from the handyman's crappy job he did on the trim in there?

Next weekend. Should I?

1. Go to Portland for Widmer Bros. Oktoberfest?
2. Go to Seattle again for fun and frivolity and race home for tournament on Sunday?
3. Watch the Coug Game vs. Idaho at home and actually make it to tourney?

The Next Weekend: Already decided. Go to Erin & Jess's wedding Friday, go to the Cougs game in Seattle Saturday, be hungover both days.

Really there is no downside. Having too many options is way better than having no options, and all of these options involve drinking, which is good. I just hate that feeling of knowing that if I don't have tons of fun, I'll feel like I am passing up tons of fun somewhere else. I'm not indecisive, it's just that my magic 8-ball said "Answer unclear, ask again later."

Cooking With Nate "Kitty Litter Cake"

I got this in my e-mail and thought it was too good (gross?) to not pass on. Thanks Dana!
CAKE INGREDIENTS
1 box spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 box of white cake mix
1 package white sandwich cookies
1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix
A few drops green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls or equivalent

SERVING "DISHES AND UTENSILS"
1 NEW cat-litter box (make sure it's new)
1 NEW cat-litter box liner
1 NEW pooper scooper

Prepare and bake cake mixes, according to directions, in any size pan. Prepare pudding and chill. Crumble cookies in small batches in blender or food processor. Add a few drops of green food coloring to 1 cup of cookie crumbs. Mix with a fork or shake in a jar. Set aside.
When cakes are at room temperature, crumble them into a large bowl. Toss with half of the remaining cookie crumbs and enough pudding to make the mixture moist but not soggy. Place liner in litter box and pour in mixture. Unwrap 3 Tootsie Rolls and heat in a microwave until soft and pliable. Shape the blunt ends into slightly curved points. Repeat with three more rolls. Bury the rolls decoratively in the cake mixture. Sprinkle remaining white cookie crumbs over the mixture, then scatter green crumbs lightly over top. Heat 5 more Tootsie Rolls until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle with crumbs from the litter box. Heat the remaining Tootsie Roll until pliable and hang it over the edge of the box. Place box on a sheet of newspaper and serve with scooper. Enjoy (or not)!

Music

I love Music. Maybe not as much as Nate and Mulgrew, but I do love it all the same. I just don't take the time to download, or spend the money to get an ipod or new cds. So I turn to Yahoo Music on Launchcast. Today I am listening to the Adult Alternative station, and if you haven't, you should. It has already played 2 or 3 of the sweet ass songs that Nate put on his very popular N8's Alternative (mix cd) that he has provided to me and a few others.

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Hate Me by Blue October
Holy shit, as I am typing this, another of N8's songs came on. My favorite one on the CD by Buckcherry. "Hey, you're a Crazy Bitch, but you fuck so good i'm on top of it. When I dream, I'm doin you all night, scratches all down my back, you keep me right on." "You're crazy but I like the way you fuck me." Great lyrics.

Also, although I hate McDonalds, I just had some Mickey D's fries today for the first time in at least a year, and they are still just as addictive and wonderful as ever. Man, I love fries.

edit: Another great couple songs. Alive by P.O.D. and Lips of an Angel by Hinder I think I will be listening to this station again tomorrow.

Inspiration

I believe in these difficult and mean-spirited times in which we live there needs to be a message of hope. Just a single image that speaks to us of love, harmony, peace and joy. An image that suggests the universal brotherhood of man. I have found that image, and I ask that all of you take a moment to be inspired by it.
(the beer store)

drink specials

Any fraternal organization that emails out drink specials, is okay by me. Moose Lodge 530
I was in a fraternity, and even we didn't think to have weekly drink specials. Man, I love Longview.

WEEKLY DRINK SPECIALS

SEPT 5 - 9 PARROT HEAD $5.00

SEPT 11 - 16 DOS EQUIS $2.00

SEPT 18 - 23 APPLE MARTINI $3.50

SEPT 25 - 30 SHARK TOOTH $3.00

OCT 2 - 7 SCOOBY SNACK $4.50

OCT 9 - 14 TROPICAL NAVEL $3.75

OCT 16 - 21 MGD $1.75

OCT 23 - 29 BLUE BAYOU $3.25

OCT 30 - NOV 4 KAMAKAZE $2.75

Wanna trade weekends?

My weekend went like this.

Friday

• Too busy at work to play practice round for big tournament, cancel on guys I am supposed to meet at 2:15.
• Be pissed off about it, not get out of work til 6:00, skip going to have beer at the country club or at Jimmy's birthday party, go to Applebees to have a beer, go home and work on house til 1:00 AM since fucking handyman didn't finish trim Friday as promised.

Saturday

• Wake up early for handyman to show up. He is late AGAIN.
• Work on house while he is working until golf tournament at 11:00.
• Play not so good and shoot worst round of the year because I didn't go to practice round (see above) to find out that they cut the greens so short that putts roll right off the fucking green.
• 3-putt more times in one day than I did the rest of the month. Check phone to find hysterical messages from wife because handyman did a shit job and got caulk on a lot of the BRAND NEW PAINT JOBS we just did in two rooms.
• And she had to call him back to fix a bunch of nail holes he didn't fill in.
• And she had to call him back to fix the giant gouge his too-long nail left in the bathroom sliding door.
• Go home to spend rest of night painting instead of staying to drink beer after first day of tournament.

Sunday

• Wake up early for about the 15th day in a row since we started working on the house.
• Do a little more repair work (fucking handyman fucker...).
• Go to golf tournament and proceed to have an even worse day, shooting 8 strokes worse than worst round of year mentioned above.
• 3-putt an equal amount of times, now bringing the weekend total to more 3-putts than the previous 2 months combined.
• Drink beers, strain muscle in my hand hitting out of hard ground in hazard and have to play the last 4-5 holes even shittier than before.
• Dent shin running into a sand container while hitting a practice shot on the 3rd hole while returning my dad's cart (I actually hit the thing so hard with my shin that I knocked it over, and it must have weighed 50-100 lbs.), find out my KP didn't hold up, drink beer and eat BBQ, find out at least I didn't get dead fucking last, and go home.
• Work on house and hook back up electrical work and move furniture back into newly trimmed rooms while watching the Emmys.

Nate, even with that hangover, I will trade you weekends.

Wedding Weekend V (Double Wedding Edition)

So this weekend I had the honour of attending two weddings (numbers 5 & 6 on the Summer). And my liver is now paying for it. Big time.
It all started Friday after work. I decided to stop by Kesler's after work for a beer with Jenny and Jenny. And my beer was so delish that I consumed another. After two beers my buddy Gym was calling me to tell me that he was on his way to my house to pick me up for the wedding. Our buddy Cory was getting married.
And it was a beautiful ceremony. The wedding was two blocks from my house so afterwards we were able to stop back by mi casa and consume a couple more brews before the reception. And they were also delish.
After mi casa we headed over to the reception and drank some beer (see a pattern forming?). About halfway through the reception (I would guess about beer number 8) they had a champagne toast. And I had a big glass of champagne (not so delish). After the champagne I went back to the brewskis.
After another beer or two I decided to head home. On my way home I got a text message from the Jennys and they were still at Kesler's. I decided that the night was young (it was only 11) and I was feeling great so off to Kesler's it was.
I remember drinking more beer and dancing til the place closed down. Afterwards I came home and passed the fluck out.
The pounding in my skull was too much to handle. Especially at seven in the morning. I looked around to see if I could find the truck that must've run me over but it was nowhere to be found.
You know how your mouth starts watering a lot right before you throw up? Yeah, so I had that going for me along with the pounding headache as I stumbled down the hallway towards the porcelain throne in the bathroom. I made it there just in time to realize that;
A) My head hurt a lot. A lot. Bad. Seriously you have no idea.
B) I no longer had to vomit so I made the trip for nada.
I crash landed back in my bed and tried to regain unconsciousness but it was all for naught. So I laid there in misery for a while before getting up and finally losing it all. Repeat.
So my Saturday was pretty much fuckered. I drove up to the closest mini-mart and bought two 32 oz. Gatorade's and some Advil. I went home, took the advil, drank a Gatorade, chatted with the coach and passed the fuck out.
I woke up just in time to realize that I was a couple of hours late to my buddy Todd's party and needed to be at my friend Tim's house for the UFC in a matter of half a hour.
On a sidenote: That Chuck Lidell is one bad mofo. For Real.
Anyways I went to Tim's, watched some fights, and then made a stop by Todd's. I stayed there for about a half a hour before coming home a crashing.
I woke up Sunday feeling a lot better but not totally healed. I finally started feeling good again after my first beer at Reggie and Margaux's wedding. Their wedding was at a Palace that's in the hills about a half hour outta town. This place was amazing. Beautiful ceremony for some beautiful people. It was one of the better weddings that I have been to. And I'm not just saying that because they were serving beer before and during the ceremony, but it certainly did help!
The only downside was me turning into a guy and spilling his two beers all over him. And from what I hear he's a bad dude. So if your reading this Pat Bailey I really am sorry. I had no idea you were standing there.
Anyways I got a chance to talk with lots of friends that I haven't seen in a long time. It was a very nice time and I did what I do good. Drank Beer.
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Cory Harren and Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Williamson.

Moving to Milwaukee, not Pluto

Headlines sometimes catch your eye. I think Nate and Todd and I will look into possibly relocating to Milwaukee. But will cancel our tour of the nine planets, because I guess one of them doesn't count any more, according to the best Oxymoron I have ever seen.

Milwaukee Is Named 'Drunkest City' Milwaukee has been ranked by Forbes.com as "America's Drunkest City" on a list of 35 major metropolitan areas ranked for their drinking habits.

Awesome. Just to be nominated would be an honor, but since Portland or Seattle weren't on there, we may have to move, as we just can't be that far away from drinking fame. I mean, shit, WAZZU was once ranked top party school by Playboy. I guess it's all downhill from there.

Astronomers Say Pluto Is Not a Planet Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.

I'm sorry, but those two words are opposites, yet they describe the same thing. What the fuck? So the guidelines are like jello. Squishy Hard. That's like saying Antarctica doesn't count any more because not enough people live there. Fucking crazy scientists.

F-off, we're busy

Yeah, we haven't posted much lately (not so anyone really noticed) and this probably won't change much until next month.

Smooty just started a new job at Panasonic. Yeah, they may have given him 3 new flatscreen monitors and a laptop, but they also are making him build his own computers, and have him already working hard on the 2nd or 3rd day. Expect nothing from him for awhile (not even tons of useless emails like when he was at Shurgard).

Nate is busy like a fox at work, plus with fantasy sports coming up, 10-14 hour days, a new roommate in the pad meaning a move of the computer (but not the internet connection) to the other room, no time at work + no internet at home = not many posts.

Erik is remodeling the living room and Nate's old room (yeah he used to live with me, at least he was cleaner than Josh and Derick...) and moving the office in their, which means the office and dining room are full of furniture and boxes of crap. That plus being over 100% busy at work, helping Abby shopping for her first classroom teaching 3rd grade, and moving all the teaching crap we have accumulated since she went back for her masters in teaching 3 or 4 years ago, means I No Post Either.

But thanks for coming to see if have posted anything good. See the Jackmove clip below, and maybe I will get some more golf tourney updates on here after I fail to win another tournament this coming weekend...

Jackmove!

My roommate found this clip of the local kick-ass rock group Jackmove on Youtube.com yesterday and I thought I would share it with you. You may recall me mentioning Matt Jones of Jackmove fame on the blog here. I work with him and he just so happens to be the drummer for this here rock group. Check 'em out and let me know what you think. And if you get the chance to see them live you totally should. They will punch you in the stomach with their wall of sound that it'll knock the wind out of you.

Confession

Garrett's Confession
Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose woman
The priest ask, "Is that you, little Garrett?
Yes, Father it is.
And who was the woman you were with?
I can't tell you, Father. I don't want to ruin her reputation.
Well, Garrett, I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later, so you may as well tell me now. Was it Stephani?
I cannot say.
Was it Teresa?
I'll never tell.
Was it Gina?
I'm sorry but I cannot name her.
Was it Stacy?
My lips are sealed.
Was it Carly, then?
Please, Father, I cannot tell you.

The priest sighs in frustration. You're very tight lipped, Garrett and I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone. You cannot attend church services for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself. Garrett walks back to his pew, and his friend Todd slides over and whispers, What'd you get?

Four months vacation and five good leads.......

A black tie affair (and getting old)

Black tie weddings are very nice. They cost a lot of money to put on, but damn they are nice.
We stayed at the Vintage Park Hotel in Seattle (very nice, all the rooms were named after wineries, and the couple had thank you baskets with wine and cheese and chocolate, etc. waiting for us in our rooms).

We took limos to the wedding and then to the reception at the Columbia Tower Club. This was on the 75th and 76th floor of the tallest building in Seattle.

I could actually see the Seahawks preseason game we were up so high.
Crazy-nice place. And we got dressed up, drank, ate, and danced (kinda) the night away.

Quote from Nate:

"Damn getting old sucks. I'm seriously dragging ass today and I only had 4 or 5 pints. What the fuck? Oh and I just realized I'm exactly 6 months away from 30. Awesome. So I have that going for me."

That made me remember that we are really getting old. When offered a free shot last night, I asked for Jager instead of Tequila so I wouldn't be hurting as much today after the 7 or 8 beers I had smoozing with clients at a few different places.

We actually had the waitress bring a couple of shots of water instead of tequila for two girls who had to drive so that the drunk guy buying would think that the others were drinking with him. You know what sucks? When the waitress gives one of the water shots to the drunk guy. Luckily I am so smooth I convinced him that it was tequilia and he just didn't taste it. And then I got him to take the girl's shot who got the tequilia, and then smell his own glass. "See, I told yours smells like tequilia too." Man I am good...Old, but good.

iPod Update

Just cause I feel like I need to post something because I haven't posted shit in a while (except for the cockblocked story which I feel pisses excellence). So I can't think of shit to write about, you get an iPod update.
Current songs: 6,431
23.17 gb
Number of days you could listen and not hear a song twice: 49.4 days (WHOA!)
Top 25 playlist (extra special fuck edition) is looking something like this these days:
1. the Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter (just a great fucking song)
2. Gnarls Barkley, Crazy (just another great fucking song)
3. Interpol, Slow Hands (fuck fuck fuck fucking song)
4. Panic! at the Disco, I Write The Sins...... (fucking long title)
5. the Roots, The Seed (2.fucking0)
6. Trick Daddy & Lil John, Let's Roll (fucking What?)
7. Bloc Party, Banquet (makes me so fucking happy)
8. Arctic Monkeys, I bet you look good on the Dance Floor (fuck?)
9. I'm bored, you get the fucking top 8

I Have Days Like This All Of The Time....

Holy Shitballs Batman

Jack Black is about to strike again on the big screen.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Jack Black (JB) and Kyle Gass (KG) have formed a band the likes of which has never been seen, and they called themselves Tenacious D. This film is not just a list of things that Jables and Rage Kage have done in the past, but it's also a chronicling of their rise to power.

I still haven't seen Nacho Libre yet, but I plan too. And I think I might see the D in theatres, cause that will be the shit.

Celebrate Good Times (and Good Beer)

What: Keg of McMenamin's Ruby Ale
When: August 19th, 2:00 pm
Where: Nate's house
Why: Why the fuck not?

I'm thinking ten bucks a cup, drink til you shit (or piss your pants if your Lowell). Leave me a comment if your interested in drinking some damn good beer and playing some croquet, badminton, bocce and maybe some horseshoes.

Tickled

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.

Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 AM. The next day at 8:45 AM there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new employee. He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing up, putting the entire production line behind schedule.

The Personnel Manager decides he should see this for himself, so the 2 men march down to the factory floor. When they get there the line is so backed up that there are Tickle Me Elmo's all over the factory floor and they're really beginning to pile up. At the end of the line
stands Lena surrounded by mountains of Tickle Me Elmo's. She has a roll of plush red fabric and a huge bag of small marbles.

The 2 men watch in amazement as she cuts a little piece of fabric, wraps it around two marbles and begins to carefully sew the little package between Elmo's legs. The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter. After several minutes of hysterics he pulls himself together and approaches Lena. "I'm sorry," he says to her, barely able to keep a straight face, "but I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave you yesterday..." "Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles.

Smoot gets a job

Smoot finally got a job, which is nice. It's also funny that Scott Adams made fun of him today in his comic.

Also, finding random stuff on the web is fun.
funnyhub.com
bofunk.com
Hey, if anyone sends you an email saying that Mars will be real close this month, and you should plan to watch it, they are stupidly fowarding on a 3 year old email. http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp
Don't you hate it when the hole on your boxers is too long, and your junk hangs out? Scott Adams does dilbert blog- undergarments

quick rant

Cingular sucks balls

My phone decided not to send or receive calls for the last 2 days, and I didn't know that it wasn't working because it looked normal. WTF? Someone calls my work and says they just called my cell phone. Weird, I didn’t have a missed call. Someone calls and says they even left a message. Weird, I don’t have any messages. I try to call someone today, and my phone immediately hangs up. WTF? I have full bars, I just charged my phone yesterday, WTF? I turn the phone off, and then back on, and WOW, there is a list of missed calls, 3 messages, and the phone is almost out of power.

Anyone know if I just need a new battery? Or maybe I need to insert this crap LG phone up the salesperson’s ass to recharge it? Non-working technology sucks balls.

and a few awesome uses of the demotivator

Cockblocked

So after my little brother's wedding last Friday my family did what we do best. We got drunk.
My bro's wedding was at the beach so we had a hotel room for the evening. After the reception I went back to the room with my mom, step-dad Bruce, sister Jill, her boyfriend TJ, my cousin Matt and his fiancee Tierna. They all decided to start with some brews but I was wanting something a little stronger. The lounge was calling my name.
I started the evening off with an old standby, the Lemon Drop. And it was so delish that I decided to have another. About halfway through my second drink TJ joined me in the lounge. He decided that he wanted a martini so I had another drink myself. As we were finishing up our drinks the rest of our group all showed up and we decided to go somewhere else. We ended up at the world famous Long Beach Tavern (or the LBT as it's affectionately known).
We ordered a couple of pitchers of Bud Light, Matt and Tierna decided on Long Island Iced Teas and Bruce went with his usual, Crown and Squirt (yummy).
Now I've known Tierna for about five years I would say. During these five years she has seemed like a pretty mellow girl. Not on this night. She drank her Long Island down and decided that she was going to sing a little Karaoke. They called her name and on her way up to the mic she grabbed my half full glass and chugged it down.
She then proceeded to blow the fucking doors off of the LBT with her rendition of some Dixie Chicks' song. I mean she nailed it. Not even looking at the monitor, dancing around the bar singing on a cordless mic. After she was done the place erupted with applause. I was shocked. She rewarded herself by pounding down my new beer.
Somewhere along the way the table next to us became occupied by a couple of girls around my age, an older lady and some dude. Teirna immediately starts chatting them up. She introduces the family and mentions that I'm single. Thanks T. Well one of the girls at the table is interested in some Nate (I'm very handsome).
She introduces herself as Danielle and we start chatting. Somewhere along the way Tierna and her decide to head outside for a smoke. I decide to follow them outside and chat with her a little more. And she is very interested.
Anyways we head back inside and I start enjoying some more brewskis. During this time the other girl at the table next to us leans over and starts talking into my cousin Matt's ear. Out of nowhere Matt screams "She wants to fuck Nate?"
My mom was not amused by this. She turns around and tells the girl "That's my son your talking about." I then got the evil eye from her. Awesome.
Anyways the night goes on and for the rest of the night my Mom is saying things like "You're not leaving with that whore", "what a classless bitch" and some others that I can't really remember. I would glance over at Danielle throughout the evening and she would be just staring me down. Winking, licking her lips, letting me know that she was interested.
Eventually Danielle's whole table gets kicked out. On her way out she comes over to where I'm sitting (right across from my mom) and straddles my leg while she whispers into my ear "Sorry you're mom doesn't like me". To which I responded "It wasn't really you it was your friend's comment". "Well I think your hot" is her answer to that. "I'll be here tomorrow night if you're interested." I wish her a good night and they are on their way.
I turn back to our table and my mom is giving me some serious stink-eye. "Just go home with the whore." Wow.
Mom + drinks = saying anything she wants
We finish another round or two and all head back to the hotel. I was sleeping on a hide-a-bed in Jill and TJ's room and my mom told them to make sure I didn't sneak out. To which I replied "Thanks for cock-blocking me Mom". We all laughed our asses off at this comment and then went to bed.
And no, I didn't go back to the LBT the next night. Any girl that's gonna give it up on the first night isn't somebody I wanna be with. I'd rather have my dick not fall off.

Nate gets another nod

Once again, Mulgrew has gone to the bullpen for some much needed celebrity mention on his website.
"Longtime reader and emailer Nate from Longview, Washington emailed me a few weeks ago after I announced my new love affair with whiskey. He said something to the effect of, "Whiskey will only destroy you in the end. Beer is the one true answer." I replied, "Well, I guess that’s something every man has to learn on his own." And while I’m not beating my wife or robbing banks, I think I may be starting to learn this. "

This is Nate's second mention on the much loved Everything is wrong with me. And this one didn't cost me a case of Ruby Ale, which is nice. Which reminds me, I should probably pay up on that bet sometime...

Brewfest 2006, part 1

A good start to a good day.


Can you spot Smoot and Shaun?


If I have to take the picture myself, I'm gonna be in one damit!


Okay I'm gonna be in more than one. Stacy and Pat finally meet up with us.


Psycho Dicko makes another camera appearance,


...or two, although he can only hold the psycho face for so long before he starts laughing about Smoot and Nate's luck with the ladies (not counting April of course)


Pat and Stacy smile about the nutshot Pat just gave Nate.


Dicko pays for room and board...


finally a normal pic of me and Shaun


After brewfest, it was on the hookah bar across the street from where we parked. The tuti-fruti was excellent, as were the numerous shots and drinks we consumed,


which was a very good idea after drinking beer all day, hence the winner of Drink til you Piss 2006... LOWELL!! There are more pics of the hookah bar and hooters, which will be part 2...maybe, if blogger will cooperate...