Here I sit listening to some Toadies and drinking some Jaeger. The Dodgers got their asses handed to them earlier, so all is not well. What follows are random tidbits culled from a pad of notes.
I saw that a busload of Amish folk got in a wreck. I thought those fucks only road in buggies? Faithless they are!
I can't help but mock the John McCain hand shake (aka robot arm or tin man with no oil). Yes, I know there are reasons, but damn!
Youtube is the devil. Many a drunken hour I have spent perusing the various videos of bands from my past. I still love them so! A few things that I have noticed that I hate. Electronic drums and the headless bass guitar. Weak as hell. A curiosity is the Rush Afterimage video. Neil Peart (perhaps the greatest rock drummer ever) sporting the long sleeve button down collared shirt. Very rock and roll it is not! I have also taken note of all of those fucks that record themselves playing Rush songs or Van Halen solos. Thanks for nothing. I know I have very limited skills on the kit but you guys make me feel like a tard. Appreciate that! At least I am semi talented in Rock Band. FYI, I love youtube.
I may have delved into this moment from my past but if so, too bad. Way on back in 1983 ish. I have very limited $$, as do my friends, so every cassette purchase is crucial. How do I know this? Because I recall a trip to the record store at Willowbrook Mall. I can't recall the store but I remember the purchases. Chris buys Whitesnake-Slide It In (good call), Doug gets Bryan Adams-Reckless (a fine album but a bit wimpy for us hard rockers), I get Dokken-Tooth & Nail. Solid buys for all. I do not recall when Dave did this, but he snagged the Autograph tape. I do recall listening to it in the van and it sucked. Dave was none too pleased. Nearly as much so as when he decreed that SOD (Stormtroopers Of Death) could not be played in his van. He changed his tune later as he became the heaviest rocker amongst us (and played in a band to boot). Suprisingly Blind Worms Sting turns up hundreds of times with a google search. Well played.
Let us speak of the economy. I have lost 40% of the value of my 401K in the calendar year. Of course that sucks but I care not. I am not retiring anytime soon, so let the market work!
I have contemplated my various drinking feats and perhaps it is time to attempt a listing. So here we go:
Funneling rum & coke
Lobster man ( 10 oz shot)
Everclearshooting contest ( Rules, take a shot with no chaser for 1 minute. I lost after4)
King Of Drink (Initially I was told I did well, but hindsight crowns Christopher)
60 minute man ( shot of beer every 60 seconds. I hurled but pulled it off. Harder than you think)
Edward 40 Hands
I forget how long it lasted last Holiday season, but it must have been 30 days of drinking.
I have pulled the 3 days of drinking in the same clothes.
I attempted the 100 beer weekend but ended up failing around 67. Tougher than it may seem.
I am willing to attempt most things for "science".
I have participated in many a football or baseball drinking game.
I have pounded down a flaming shot.
Pounding a bottle of Mad Dog in one drink ( not really the answer)
Too many drinking games to keep track of.
Yes I am 40. And I will carry on.
2 comments:
Sorry for my lack of replies. Works is, I am sad to say, sucking up a large part of my life.
Sadly I do remember picking up the autograph tape -- which for a long time solidifies my rule of 3 known good tunes before picking up a tape. I went out on a limb (not sure why now that I look back) and got burned.
I am also sad to say that Ron correctly recounts my displeasure at Chris's SOD selection. I have that in my CD collection today.
The King of Drink: now I've seen a lot of shit in my time, but that was bar none the biggest drink beating I have ever witnessed. To this day I am glad that I came into town the day or two before and had a hang-over. I only lasted 1 hour. But the memories of the rest battling it out will forever be remembered fondly.
I'm not sure when Ron was told that "he did well", but I must not have been around. He didn't do poorly, but he was a strong third. I could write a whole story on the antics of that night. Here is just a taste;
1) Ron starts screaming from the bedroom that he is paralized. We come in only to find that he had tossed and turned so that the sheets had wrapped tightly around his legs.
2) Later Ron apparently decided to give Doug, who was in the next bed, a hug. He ended up falling on the floor between the beds and landed on top of the trash basket Doug had thrown up into. He of course then started vomiting all over his arms and the floor.
3) Drunken Doug takes out the shower curtain, rod and himself as we tried to hose him down.
4) Brian, in a desperate attempt to win, gets to the point where he drinks and vomits within a 30 second timeframe. He does this repeatedly until Chris concedes the game.
There is many more of course, but that will need to wait until another time.
I agree YouTube is sweet, but it's pissing me off right now because every "Roll with the Changes" I pull up is "no longer available".
Later,
David
Here I am -- the random wanderer as always. Always coming to the party late.
Dude; the Edward 40 hands! Classic! I love it.
Post a Comment