Recent Accomplishments (2011):
1/11 – Sang “Bawitdaba” and “Knock Three Times” at karaoke. Fun!
2/02 – First ever podcast!
2/05 – International Beer Expo and then Girl Talk concert. What a day!
2/10 – Bowling with the colleagues. Awesome time.
2/17 – Raged for Vivenz’ birthday at Loop Lounge. Left Val there.
2/20 – Doug Marathon with Joe, Colleen, Phil, and George! Awesome!
2/25 – Skrillex and Tommy Lee at Webster Hall. Insane night of dancing and drinking.
2/27 – Oscars get-together was fun!
3/02 – Get Up Kids Night #1.
3/03 – Get Up Kids Night #2 + Barcade + Alligator Lounge.
3/06 – St. Patty’s Parade madness in Hoboken. Tons of fun.
3/11 – Birthday Kegger a success!
3/15 – Best beer night ever! 120 Minute IPA, World Wide Stout, Goose
Island BCS, Oskar Blues Ages Old Chub, Stone Ruination. Heaven.
3/17 – Watched a crap load of basketball today and it was glorious.
3/18 – McSorleys for the first time.. drank with Foglio’s dad. Then
David Copperfields for the first time. Awesome day of drinking.
3/22 – Rangers game at the Garden with Fogs, Digney, and Jay. Sick seats
(Section 128 Row B). Plus a 1-0 victory for their sixth straight win!
3/24 – Drank a Goose Island BCS at Barcade for Midwest Beer Night. Scrumptious.
3/26 – Folly reunion show at Maxwell’s! Awesome time.
3/30 – Finally figured out how to get the podcast on iTunes. Woot!
4/02 – Got the drunkest I’ve been in a very long time… and damn did it feel good.
4/20 – Drunk for Nick B’s birthday. DBA, Richardson, and Banter.
4/22 – Had one of the best talks I’ve had in a long time.
4/23 – Brooklyn Brewery + DBA = Awesomeness.
4/30 – Bamboozle! TBS played “Tell All Your Friends,” saw Alkaline Trio
finally, The Movielife reunion, Gaslight made me tear up, and Super Mash
Bros was a blast!
5/1 – Roller hockey. It’s been a while.
5/4 – Spontaneous midnight concert at Pianos to see The Naked and Famous. Amazing.
5/12 – First time at Barcade in JC. Awesome.
5/13 – Biergarten awesomeness.
5/14 – Pig Roast at Captain Lawrence Brewery. Good drinks, good food, good company.
5/15 – Joe’s Crab Shack with family.
5/20 – End of the world party was insane!
5/26 – Typical Thursday. Coppermine, Applebee’s with Gesh, more bars and Loop with the gang.
5/30 – Drank 23 beers on Memorial Day.
6/18 – Governors Ball was probably the greatest one day music festival I have ever attended. So much effin fun.
6/24 – Morgan Freeman Marathon!
7/1 – Wrote my first song in a real long time… and it’s freaking awesome.
7/9 – Completely ran the table with Sheehan tonight. 16-0 mofuckas!
7/10 – Final Destination Marathon + Skippy’s = a drunken success!
7/11 – First beach day of the summer w/ Colleen and Saucy Joe. Lunchable Party!
7/15 – Had Brad Paisley tickets upgraded due to “production issues” and they were the best seats I’ve ever sat at. Lucky me!
7/16 – Realized that I am awesome at corn hole.
7/22 – Sunk the last cup in beer pong while Greg covered my eyes.
7/23 – Bought a lot of crap for the BBQ tomorrow.
7/24 – Awesome BBQ at Kamana’s… went undefeated in corn hole.
7/29 – Happy Birthday Foglio! Rocked out Brooklyn hardcore.
7/30 – Jammed with George w/ Phil as guest vocals. Awesome mash-up/medley we made up.
8/4 – The Iron Monkey = New favorite bar.
8/5 – The Iron Monkey again… drunken hot bartender was entertainment for the night.
8/12 – Said farewell to Kamana at Maggie’s.
8/13 – La Superior for some awesome margaritas and fish tacos. Then
Naked and Famous at the incredible Brooklyn Bowl. They took the stage at
1:17am. Pure awesome.
8/15 – Met with my soccer team for the first time. Pretty stoked for the season!
8/21 – Drove to Harlem and didn’t receive a parking ticket nor was my car broken into. Woot!
8/26 – Retro TV Power Hour at the Condo. Very nostalgic.
8/27 – All you can eat sushi with a bunch of friends. Awesome.
8/28 – Survived Hurricane Irene.
8/30 – Iron Monkey and Barcade with the gang. Good times.
9/2 – End of An Era party = SUCCESS! Kicked the keg in a few hours. Too much fun.
9/3 – Played tennis.
9/5 – Last BBQ of the summer at Greg’s… ends the Summer of BBQ’s.
9/8 – Saw The Horrible Crowes at Bowery Ballroom and was blown away. Incredible.
9/9 – Motion City Soundtrack, Night #1: I Am the Movie and Commit This to Memory.
9/10 – Motion City Soundtrack, Night #2: Even If It Kills Me and My Dinosaur Life.
9/11 – Bacon wrapped BBQ chicken legs. Mmm! Also awesome beer tasting at
the condo: Ruination, Double Jack, Smashed Pumpkin, Long Trail Coffee,
Lagunitas Shut Down Ale, BCS ’09 and ’10, Old Rasputin, Monster, Punkin,
and Ten Fidy.
9/12 – Won my first soccer game as a coach for Haley’s Chiropractor (8-2).
9/15 – Won second soccer game (3-1) then reminisced with Keebler, Pet, and Jazz at the Iron Monkey and we all got free glasses!
9/23 – Awesome night with Kevin. Pre-gamed hard and then saw Girls at Bowery Ballroom.
9/24 – Somehow went 0-7 in NHL12 with Digney. Horrible.
10/3 – Played a full soccer game for the first time in a long time… and it felt great.
10/9 – Skrillex concert was incredible.
10/13 – Finally beat Elks (4-2)!!! Such a great feeling seeing those douchebags hanging their heads low. Yeah!
10/19 – Vaped it up with Jigga, Pet, and Paolo.
10/20 – Jammed with Jigga, then wrote Foglio’s name 12 times for chili contest.
10/28 – The 8th Annual Fright Night Friday!
10/30 – Beer tasting including KBS, Exit 1, and Mikkeller Geek Breakfast Stout with some hilarious games of Mad Gab.
10/31 – Iron Monkey for some $3 pumpkin beers. Mmm.
11/1 – Started my NaNoWriMo novel. 2,275 words down.
11/3 – A great day: McSorley’s with Pet, Jigga, and Foglio. Then saw
Conan’s last show of the week at the Beacon Theatre. Then David
Copperfield’s. Then Rec Fields to hear my team won 6-2 in their first
playoff game.
11/5 – Amazing beer event at Ginger Man: Founders Breakfast Stout, KBS,
and CBS! Delicious. Then saw Jeff Mangum in Jersey City. What a great
day.
11/7 – Won the Championship Game tonight! Haley’s 1 – Elks 0. What a great way to end the season. Yeah boy!!!
11/11 – First time ever at Cheeseburger in Paradise.
11/12 – A fun night with Kamana in Montclair: cupcakes, Like Crazy, midnight snack.
11/16 – Bartender (mistakenly) served us $3 Brooklyn BCS all night at Village Pourhouse. Score!
11/17 – Sushi X with Jazz. Freaking delish.
11/18 – Impromptu chill/drinking night at the condo w/ Need for Speed. Good times.
11/19 – Hockey with the hockey bags in the afternoon. Then Pre-Thanksgiving dinner at Chris DeCarlo’s. Delish.
11/20 – BRUCE Chili Competition at Barcade. Steve came in 5th. Not too shabby.
11/22 – Southern Tier event at The Shephard & Knucklehead with Joe and Pet.
11/23 – Epic beer night with the group. Started at Coppermine Pub, then
to The Ginger Man, then Rattle N Hum, and ended the night at Stout NYC.
11/25 – Placed 2nd in a beer pong tournament with Greg. Not too shabby.
11/26 – The Early November reunion show! Hearing Sunday Drive alone was worth the price.
11/27 – Arthur Christmas and The Descendants with Sheehan.
11/29 – Wings, Brooklyn Chocolate + free tacos in Hoboken.
12/2 – Movies and beers with the gang.
12/3 – Redd’s for Burgos’ birthday. Had a martini for the first time. Gross.
12/9 – Coppermine to Iron Monkey to Northern Soul. Good times.
12/16 – Minados (seafood buffet) with a bunch of friends. Then Lucky 7′s for drinks. Awesome.
12/17 – Holiday party in Piscataway. Got home at 5am. Awesome.
12/18 – Thankmas dinner at the condo. Christmas power hour. Good times.
12/21 – Four and a half hour convo with Miss Mariss.
12/24 – Christmas Eve in Brooklyn is always a blast.
12/25 – Christmas with the family and then friends. Exchanging and receiving gifts are the best.
12/31 – Raged my face off at the Brand New concert at House of Blues.
Funny Happenings (2011):
1/11 – These two absolutely butchering Meatloaf’s Paradise by the Dashboard Light.
1/22 – Singing Green Day with Foglio, rap-emo style. Too freakin’ funny.
2/03 – Petryszyn grinding up against Jen at Loop Lounge.
2/17 – Leaving Val at Loop Lounge and then the chaos that ensued when
she returned. It was like an episode of It’s Always Sunny in
Philadelphia.
2/20 – “Da doy dought da dasketdall.” – Doug
3/15 – Petryszyn blaming us for ordering a veggie burger.
3/17 – “I was going to ask you to ride me to my car.” – Sheehan.
4/09 – Death cup in pong on Phil. We were drunk, but Greg and I laughed our asses off.
4/17 – Foglio gasping at the mention of a “dragon” on Game of Thrones.
5/4 – Pet being the honorary roadie for The Naked and Famous, and stealing us beers at the end.
5/10 – Sheehan saying “doy” and Chris and I cracking up thinking about Doug.
5/25 – Chris on roller blades for the first time in a long time. “This
is so cool, having to hop over this step. Just like the pros!” FLOP! I
almost died laughing.
6/1 – Standing in line with Chris and Sheehan at QuickCheck. Person in
front of us rings up at the cashier. “That’ll be $14.92″ Me: “Columbus
sailed the ocean blue.” I just couldn’t contain myself.
6/2 – Watching some kid ram his face into a glass divider at Applebee’s.
I think they’re gonna have to implement the safety smudge.
6/26 – Greg slipping on the kitchen floor and crashing to the ground at 2
a.m. And how he was more pissed he spilt his beer than banging up his
elbow.
7/15 – Watching Digney’s reaction while listening to “Jizzed In My Pants” for the first time.
9/12 – Anagesh yells “Go big or go home!” while the rest of the team yells “Haleys!” Hilarious.
9/17 – Almost falling off of Digney’s chair when it supposedly “locked.”
10/03 – A kid on my team going “Gobble gobble gobble” at the fat coach that we don’t like. New favorite player.
10/14 – While playing Wits and Wagers, a question about Christopher
Columbus receives responses in the 1800′s with Digney claiming the rhyme
was “In 1862, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” I couldn’t stop
laughing.
10/19 – Joe dropping a crapload of loose tea onto the floor and Joe using the remote with incomprehensible speed.
11/21 – Alfredo trying to explain his new idea for a skit (poop corn peanuts). Alfredo can make any story sound hilarious.
11/22 – Drunk Joe flicking Petryszyn’s hat over the bar as a retaliation that he’s a terrible conversationalist lol.
12/09 – “I have to race like a piss-horse!” – Foglio
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