Merry Christmas to all...

I just wanted to drop in a say hello and Merry Christmas to everyone.

I hope the holidays are great for everyone!!!

Take care and talk to you soon.

AX

killer and the peach

Anthony,

I think you owe us all a blog my friend...

Thanks

Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes. I've been trying to get back to everyone that called, but have been going about it rather slowly. My 24th birthday was quite enjoyable. My family took me to brunch after church, and Molly (the gf) took me to a fancy restaurant for dinner and the best pork chop I've had in my life. I also got scrubs season 4 on DVD, so the obsession continues.

My semester ended last Tuesday, which was great because I don't think I could have brought myself to write anymore papers (I wrote 54 pages in one week). I though grad schools were just places where you went to get a degree so people would pay you more. I didn't realize that it would be work too.

I hope all of you are getting your Christmas shopping done. I've only got a couple more things to pick up, and then I'm finished. Spending the holidays with the family and Molly, but Christmas isn't nearly as exciting when you have to work the week before and the week after (boo real world).

Ted, I'm glad to hear that your first semester was a success. I need to see some video of this karaoke. Pat, congrats on the woman. I haven't done the creepy facebook friending yet, but I'll get there.

Merry Christmas,
Peace out,

Chris

I'll be calling Axford and Sam tonight after work, so you better be anxiously awaiting my call.

Happy Birthday...

I tried calling you jerk but you must be making fine music with the lady friend.

Give me a shout back when you can.

Happy Birthday Christopher!

Love AX

Vacation

At least the title works for those of us still in school.. sorry for you guys with jobs. I finally finished, and passed, my first semester after having an exam or two every week and two weeks of finals. If you check facebook pictures you can see that I still find time maybe once a week to go out and make an ass of myself doing karaoke and what not.

I agree with Chris that somebody does need to get married soon. Judging by my recent luck, or lack thereof, with women I don't think it will be me. To answer your question Jonathan, there have been new ladies, but nothing has worked out. Dating sucks. Back to weddings, though, my sister got engaged, and it is the same guy who a few of you met at Purdue if you can remember that. By the way Pat, who is the new girlfriend?

I almost forgot to say that I am now putting my student loan money to good use for another fun ship cruise to the Caribbean. I'm going on spring break with some classmates from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas, Grand Caymen, and Costa Maya, Mexico. If any of you would actually be free for a week on March 11th, you can still get in for a discount.

That's all I have, but I expect more stories posted soon from Christmas and New Year's parties.

Merry Christmas everyone, and somebody keep the blog going.
Ted

Wow

Pat,

Your story seemed like something straight of Dukes of Hazzard (or some show about the South being a lawless region). I'm glad you are still alive and not in prison or anything. I wish I could see footage of the car roll.

My life is now pretty much been simplified to writing papers, working, and going to class. The next two weeks are finals for me, which is all paper writing. I've written more this semester than any semester at Notre Dame, which is rough with work, Notre Dame games, and a girlfriend. Everything continues to go well with Molly. We've been dating for almost 4 months now.

I can't really tell any stories that can compare to Pat's wild evening. My drunken nights have been cut down considerably. I think it has something to do with me not getting fat yet. I am going to a weeding today, so maybe I'll have some stories after that. Speaking of weddings, one of you guys really needs to get married. From the looks of Sam's facebook pictures, I nominate him. I would nominate Sundy, but I am not flying to Africa for any wedding. I'm guessing that if we pressure Sam enough, he'll totally do it. By the way, what did you have for Thanksgiving dinner? A Soy Turkey?

Well, sorry for the boring post, but I agreed with Pat that the action needed to pick up on the blog. The feedburner update thing seems to be working again (I don't know why it stopped), so that should help.

Back to writing papers,
Chris

Oh- one exciting story: I got to take the company laptop and projector home this weekend and totally watched Star Wars on it. 80 inches of Carrie Fisher in a metal bikini. What more could you ask for.

Looking for tales of debauchery, are you?

A story from the night before Thanksgiving:

So I'm in Greenville, and we're out getting drunk as usual. Laura Lee's mad on my jock. It's about 1:00 so we decide to go J.C. Fiddler's, the all-night membership-only bar. Of which I am an illustrious member. Nobody's working the door. In fact, it seems that the one bartender is the only guy working there. So we start checking people's IDs and taking five bucks apiece. And urinating in random places. This place was packed, and like I said there was one bartender, so we went to the gas station and brought in a couple cases of Busch Light. Now about this time Laura Lee comes up with two beers in her hand. I had none (that were open), so I grabbed on. In retaliation, she spit beer at me. I spit back. Then she guzzled like half a beer and let loose on me. As I turned away and tried to stop the spray against my head, I decked her. The record skipped. The waterworks started. Yikes. She ended up outside, calling one of the neighborhood dads to come pick her up. Something tells me Big Rick aint too happy with me. So about 3 I figure it's time to go home, and my ride aint anywhere close to leaving. So I start walking the few miles home. I get more than halfway, and my buddy Jake calls me: "Hey man, where you at?" "At the elementary school, walking home" "Stay right there". So he comes to pick me up, I think he's taking me home, but he brings me RIGHT BACK TO THE FIDDLER! Pulling back in, he hits another car with the '07 Tahoe that he's driving, borrowed from the dealership he works at. He doesn't flinch. So luckily my Busch Light was there, and I keep drinking for a few hours. And its like 5:30 and he decides maybe it's time to head out. Let me tell you this, and it means a lot coming from me: his was THE WORST drunk driving I have ever seen. He was going at least double the speed limit at all times, and kept missing turns b/c he was too drunk to see/know they were coming up. So we're headed back to my parent's house, and the guy riding shotgun convinces him that it'd be quicker to take him home first. So Jake stops, and as he's turning around, I'm like fuck this, I'm outta here. I had a beer and one hand and some Cheez-Its in the other hand, and I couldn't find the door lock. Jake's speeding up past 15, 20, 25 miles per hour. I finally find the lock, make a split second decision, open the door, and dive out at about 35 mph! So I tumble out, rip my jeans, lose a shoe, and fuck up my left arm. Needless to say I walked the rest of the way home. My arm will be okay, but the motion's still limited and the scab's pretty big.

In other news, I love exam period. I can go bone dry all semester, but in 3 semesters of law school I have not failed to get some during exam period. And this girl's in like all my classes, we have all the same friends, so I can't talk about it at school! It's killing me! She used to be in all sorts of pageants (and won a few), but maybe you guys will chalk that up to her being in South Carolina pageants. Make your fun; we'll see who laughs last.

And that's the Pat Scarlett debauchery report.

P.S. guys let's pick it up on the blog posts; i need entertainment. and i like hearing from you blah blah mushy crap

P.P.S. Greg and I had a pretty sweet time canoeing down the river here in Columbia last week; thanks for stopping by brother!

Gobble, gobble!

Dudes,

Happy Thanksgiving! I starved myself until dinner and I just finished feasting at my grandma's house. I'm feeling fat and happy. My sister is moving to Australia this Monday, so I'll have the condo to myself until Dan O'Brien (went to ND with us) moves in on Jan 1. What's new with everyone? Ted, any ladies? Pat and Ax, and debauchery? Rowlands, any hot cadavers? Sam, how's life in sin? Anthony, how's your peach? Greg, have you even killed a guy yet? Chris, have you become a fifth degree wizard in Dungeons and Dragons 7?
Hope all is well friends!!

- Jonathan

This Weekend???

Hey...just a quickie...

is anyone going to ND this weekend?
let me know cause me going might depend on it!

that would be all...I'll just leave you with some wonderful pictures of old times!

Answers for Pat...

hahahahahaha...I never thought I could use my once loved pasttime (sophmore year and early junior year) in an academic discussion....SAWEEEEEEET!

The reason I'm not just replying to your post is because it deserves to be discussed in the open (much like the previous ones about Chris' apparent vagina and John's accusation that Christopher's Va-jay-jay is disease ridden!)

**Warning**
This post will be graphic and use lots of bad language!


So here it goes, on with the memories and answers...

First off, who remembers going to the "Kitty Kat Lounge" with Chip? Hahahaha...That was fucking hilarious! You know what else was hilarious? The fact that he tried to buy us a stripper for a couple thousand bucks at "The Torch"! HAHAHA...that was good times!

Who else remember that at the "Kitty Kat Lounge", Ted got some bush shoved in his face by some dirty ho-bag? Cause I remember...and I think you do too Pat, cause we were both laughing about it! (At least I think that was you...LOL). Then Ted got suckered in by the fine stripper lady and proceded to give her a $5 bill.

I also remember one time, when all you guys were gone except for Chris and Pat at the end of the year, our sophmore year. (Chris and I were there cause we were athletes and all and Pat was there cause he was cleaning up dorm rooms, even though he just looted whatever was left behind) Anyways, after a long night of boozing with Chris Niesel, before we had to move into the stupid Fisher dorm, I woke up in the lazy boy in our common room. Most of the shit was gone out the room and in storage. Just part of the l-couch and some shelves and shit! I look over to my left and see a body laying on the couch. I was like "WAAAAAAA!".
At second glance I noticed it was Niesel, so I calmed myself a little more. But then, I noticed i was still wearing all of my clothes! On my clothes I noticed a strange material. I came to realize that this material was cereal, Cocoa Rice Krispies to be exact (and they were Chris' too, which probably made it even sweeter). They were all over me and the box was laying beside the reclined lazy-boy spilled on the floor. I check my pockets to see if I still have all that NCAA money and lovely cash that I had the night before (about $160 to be exact). NOPE. It wasn't there! I check my wallet. No cash! Oooops! "Hmmmmm", I thought to myself "maybe I should check to see if my cell phone is still on me!" So I did. I checked my other pocket. HURRAY! My cell phone was there, but what's this? Something else in my pocket! I pull it out! Ahhhh. I know realize why all my money is gone and I woke up with cocoa rice krispies all over me (without knowing).
A polaroid, and there I was, smooshed between 4 boobs from 2 big boobed strippers from "The Torch". Two strippers, 4 boobs, my face! I looked happy, so did they! Me minus $160, no wonder they were happy...stupid strippers.
And to top it all off, Niesel, who somehow remembered parts of the night, told me that we got a ride home from some strangers the night before, cause we hitch hiked back. But then when we got in their car, the two guys inside threatened to take us farther away from Notre Dame unless we found them a party. So, me being in a great state, apparently directed them to the woman's lacrosse house. There was no party and there were no lights on. The doors were locked, but that wasn't going to stop me from partying with these strangers, so I broke in! Chris tells me I went through a window then opened the door for the rest of them. I turned on all the lights and tried to find food. I woke the girls up (and this is where it gets fuzzy for Chris too) they offered us some food or beer or something and we left...the next thing he remembers is waking up on our couch! Hmmmm...I wonder what happened? I'll never know!

Ahhhh the good old days. The Torch. Niesel and I went there so much that they used to call me Texas, cause that was my fake ID at the time! In fact, after I had surgery, Niesel came to visit me in the infermary and brought me a card (how sweet). All sentimental crap you know, but then at the end it said "PS - The Torch is calling our names!" Not kidding! I'll scan it some day and put it on here...hahaha...too funny!

Well, now on to your answers Pat. If you read carefully you probably would have gotten the answer already but lets go back shall we, and look at all the happenings. Being a frequent to the Torch I can tell you that they didn't go full nude. Sometimes they did (like this one time I got two chicks to give me a lap dance and they started fingering each other and eating each other out in front of me in my booth! hahahaha...graphic but true).

The only reason I use that story with Ted (don't worry Ted we've all been there before...well maybe not all of us, but I definately have!) is so that you can remember and get a visual. If that B-E-A-utiful stripper forced her lotus patch upon Mr. Bangert, then she must have been bottomless correct?

Another happening that might push you in the right direction, Pat, is that, if you remember, "The Kitty Kat Lounge" was shut down at the end of our Junior year and all of our Senior year. Why do you ask? Well, for no other reason than prostitution my good friend. And no, I don't know that cause I was a customer you sick fucks, it was all over the news and we did it as an excerise in my broadcast journalism class, we had to write a news story about it.

So, in conclusion, if you look at the fact that they were a dirty, dirty, whorish organization that pimped out their "talent", it is easy to say that, yes, that was in fact a G-stringless, bottomless, and indeed hairless pussy that was shoved in Ted's face (against his own free will)!

I hope that this gave you your answer and also induced some light laughter...


PS - Pat, you, me and Niesel need to have another night like we did that one time at the Torch...i miss those care free good old days!

Academic Question

Alright guys, I have a entirely academic question:

In Constitutional Law we are discussing the First Amendment rights involved in sexually oriented speech. One of our cases, apparently a fairly big Supreme Court case, deals with a subject that many of us have found enticing: nude dancing.

In fact, the case concerns an establishment several of us have attended: The Kitty Kat Lounge!

The case upholds an Indiana statute that requires erotic dancers to wear at least a G-string and pasties. The case fairly recent, from 1991, but because of this decision I think the law may still be in effect. Now I'm having trouble remembering, due to my drunken state on both occasions, whether the girls there were in fact wearing pasties and/or G-strings. I'm thinking they didn't. At least not pasties -- I mean I think I would notice those.

Can anyone who has also attended said establishment give me their recollection of whether the girls were wearing either of these items of "clothing"? I want to be able to give a personal testimonial when this case is discussed in class on Friday.

Please respond!

For further reading: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=501&page=560

Love, Pat

...city born into this world with no knowledge and no regrets...

I'd also like to add a Happy Belated Birthday to Sam (since it wasn't posted on here).

I would like to think that my online conversation with Old Sam last night made myself partially responsible for his admittance of love via the facebook (since we were both stalking each others special lady friends whilst conversing)!

I suppose you could always just do what Pat did, and just add my girlfriend as a friend on facebook despite not ever meeting or knowing her (and leaving a message saying that you just wanted to see what Ax's girl looked like!) - Ain't that right Fat Pat?

Anyways....Peace


Axford...out!

Pat - so out of the loop

You didn't know about Sam's love connection? Wow. I'll let him tell you the whole story, but I'll just say I'm happy for Sam. He always seemed to listen to less Modest Mouse and Neutral Milk Hotel when he was getting some. Now he can listen to some Van Halen and Rush.

Know time for one of my boring posts. Hope this one doesn't warrant insults Ted.

Peace out,
Chris

Whaaaa?

Sam, do you have some news you need to share with us? Because my facebook wall feed (stalker page) tells me you do. And may I add: Whaaaaa?

http://www.slate.com/id/2151657/?nav=tap3

And the answer is...

So the question was: "In which of the following area of your body is the presence of disease causing bacteria considered normal?"

Choices: A.) Christopher's eyes
B.) Christopher's upper intestine
C.) Christopher's bladder
D.) Christopher vagina

Under normal (aka healthy) cirucumstances, the eyes, bladder, and UPPER intestine have absolutely no normal flora.....no bacteria at all. The vagina has many bacteria that, under the right circumstances such as decreased immunity, can cause disease.

I'm said to say that Mr. Medical School is right.

It's your vagina.




postGRAD

Lucy was 7 and wore a head of blue barrettes...

Well, now that you douche bags are done spitting your aweinspiring onslaught of rebuddles, I figured I'd take the time to jump in here.

Firstly, Happy Birthday to Jonathan Sundy. I know I talked to you last night and said it then, wrote you two facebook messages this morning, had balloons and chocalates waiting at your desk in the morning, sent a birthday gram to your work to sing to you before lunch, and have 2 dozen red roses showing up at your doorstep in about 2 hours, buuuuuuuut I figured I'd still say it on the blog as well!

John, sorry homey, but I won't make it to the game! I know I suck. I screwed up the date and told the guys i was going to go with the wrong one...they couldn't make it for that weekend and when I came back at them for this weekend they already had plans! Booo to me. But be prepared, this is another long Axford post!

Christopher, I called you back the day after you rang me and left you a message. I've been wondering why you didn't call me? Buuuuuut, after to talking to Jonathan last night, I realized my phone is a peice of garbage and I very well could of just left you a message that "sounded like Hurricane!" And if my name didn't show up on a missed call you must have been scared by the scaring Hurricane message! Sorry! But give my ass a call back. Punk!

Last time I wrote on here (besides the Hertzfeldt cartoons), I think I mentioned that I was writing a script for a production compnay down in West Hollywood (Sunset Blvd.) that was owned by old retired baseball players and current ones. Well, they read my treatment, which was 15 pages (single spaced) and they loved it. A treatment is the synopsis of the film with all the action involved and tells the enitre story of the film and its characters, but it does not include the dialogue...

...So I started on the script before I got the feedback from the company. I got the feedback and then went to town on it to try and get it done. Well, i just finished it two days ago and I sent it off yesterday. I registered it with the Writer's Guild of America, so it's protected for 5 years now (which doesn't really mean anything but it gives me a good sense of pride to have something I conjuerd up be protected!) It's currently sitting at 145 pages long. Yes, possibly longer than any of the papers I've done in my entire educational career, combined! The guy I sent it too is giving it directly to Todd Zeil, former New York Met and one of the head executives at Green Diamond Entertainment.

I'm pretty pumped about it and I really hope to hear some good feedback. If I get the job I could be pretty well set for the next few years of my life. I would become a member of the Guild and I would get all the benefits of the guild (which are quite amazing). Not to mention the "minimum" payments that they have set out in their Collective Bargaining Agreement for selling your intellectual property! (It's not minimal at all.)


Anywho, in other news, my girlfriend (Nicole) and I are going to an Andy Warhol exihibit in Toronto this weekend which I'm looking forward to. The family is doing great and I'm growing facial hair. I've been rockin the Van Dyck (goatee with a mustache, but seperate from each other) mixed with a flavor savor for about 2 or 3 weeks now. The mustache portion was bugging me a little bit because it kept going in my mouth and my girlfirend didn't like the prickles, so I shaved that part off. I'm still sporting the goatee and soul patch (i just dont' know the proper name for that)! And yes it looks good, suprisingly. I think it really compliments my cocaine-esque style body. My dreams of being a rock star only stay alive in my appearence...so sad!

Anyways... I'll wrap this up now, before you guys begin to dread my posts in the future.

Hope all is well and peace out!

Ax-face-killa


PS - It's called a Van Dyck after the painter Anthony Van Dyck (see what an art crazed girlfriend does to you!)

Touche

Chris, I almost believed that you were going to take the high moral ground on that, but I'll give you points for the surprise. The reason for the tone my personal response was from your initial "As for John's question, see my post bitch" that maybe not everybody read. But my argument isn't that you started it.. You actually are calling yourself an asshole because E. coli is part of the normal flora, just not toxic mutated strains. Anyway I'll agree that the question is flawed, and we can go back to talking about cartoons and Greg going to a dance club with 5 gay dudes.

Later,

Ted

Interesting

Ted, I find this back and forth quite exciting, but I don't know if name calling is in order. I didn't really think I was taking issue with your response.

Let's look back at John's initial question:
"In which of the following area of your body is the presence of disease causing bacteria considered normal?"

First off the question is flawed from the start. My body is a temple where disease causing bacteria are strictly forbidden. Normal Flora are only allowed if they behave themselves. Any mutation, and I purge them from my system--it's quite beautiful.

Second, if I thought E. Coli was part of the normal flora I'd have to be a complete asshole. I said, "Certain mutated strands of these gut bacteria can cause disease; an example is E. coli O157:H7." The key word being mutated.

Third, I take issue with your claim that to be considered "disease causing" it must in your words, "casue diseases where they are found." If you get a disease, I don't think you really care where it comes from.

Fourth, if normal flora only causes disease under special circumstances, then you probably wouldn't call it "disease causing" under normal circumstances, would you? More of a question than a point I guess.

Finally, Ted, I created this blog to exchange information in a highly intellectual manner. We all graduated from a fine University with diverse degrees. I hope that you can remember to respect the people you interact with that may not have the same expertise (namely your patients).

Peace out guys,
Chris

ps- Ted, you are a giant ass bag

My Rebuttal

While these facts "off the top of your head" may be true, I would like to point out that the small intestines do not have many microorganisms (Guarner and Malagelada, 2003b; University of Glasgow, 2005). E. coli are mostly in the colon, and E. coli O157:H7, an enterohemorrhagic E. coli, is not part of the normal flora. So what you said is true, but it doesn't answer the question. Many normal flora outside of the region where they normally grow can be pathogenic, and as you already seem to know, they are also a problem in immunocompromised people. So technically, the presence of disease causing bacteria (causing disease where they are found) is not normal, it is pathogenic, and in healthy people normal flora can only cause disease when spead away from their typical location. It can be said that E. coli of the colon are disease causing in that they can cause a UTI, or urinary tract infection, when spread there, but they are not disease casing as they normally exist in the colon.

C. albicans does grow in the vagina, but is usually inhibited by acid produced by lactobacilli. Before puberty and after menopause, lactobacilli are rare, which can lead to overgrowth of C. albicans and resulting Candida vaginitis (Levinson 2006).

I won't give any lectures on city or state political theory, and I don't need any of these on medicine, bitch.

My Response

First, to prove I'm not a simpleton, I thought I'd give a little background on bacteria in the human body of the top of my head:

The human body contains a large number of bacteria, most of them performing tasks that are useful or even essential to human survival. Those that are expected to be present, and that under normal circumstances do not cause disease, are termed normal flora.

It is estimated that 500 to 1000 different species of bacteria live in the human body (Sears, 2005). Bacterial cells are much smaller than human cells, and there are about ten times as many bacteria as human cells in the body (100 trillion (10¹⁴) versus 10 trillion (10¹³); Sears, 2005). Though normal flora are found on all surfaces exposed to the environment (on the skin and eyes, in the mouth, nose, small intestine, and colon), the vast majority of bacteria live in the large intestine.

Many of the bacteria in the digestive tract, collectively referred to as gut flora, are able to break down certain nutrients such as carbohydrates that humans otherwise could not digest. The majority of these commensal bacteria are anaerobes, meaning they survive in an environment with no oxygen.

Many of the bacteria of the normal flora can act as opportunistic pathogens at times of lowered immunity. Escherichia coli is a bacterium that lives in the colon; it is an extensively studied model organism and probably the best understood organism of all. Certain mutated strands of these gut bacteria can cause disease; an example is E. coli O157:H7.

A number of types of bacteria, such as Actinomyces viscosus and A. naeslundii, live in the mouth, and constitute a sticky substance called plaque. If this is not removed by brushing, it hardens into calculus (also called tartar). The same bacteria also secrete acids that dissolve the tooth enamel, causing tooth decay.

The vaginal microflora consist mostly of various lactobacillus species. It was long thought that the most common of these species was Lactobacillus acidophilus, but it has later been shown that the most common one is L. iners followed by L. crispatus. Other lactobacilli found in the vagina are L. delbruekii and L. gasseri. Disturbance of the vaginal flora can lead to bacterial vaginosis.

The Answer is clearly the upper intestines

Question of the day for Chris

Thanks Christopher for the wonderful birthday wishes.......I teared up after I clicked on the postGRAD link. You mean so much to me......you'll never know.

Anyway, I'm pumped for the game this weekend. I'm up to my eyeballs in bacteria (was that a hint?) right now, and can't wait for a break.

Since you made my day Chris, I'll make yours. Here's a medical quiz quesion for you:

Q. In which of the following area of your body is the presence of disease causing bacteria considered normal?

Ok, Chris...here are your choices:
A.) Your eyes
B.) Your upper intestine
C.) Your bladder
D.) Your vagina

Get back to me on that......

postGRAD

Birthday Greetings

Rowlands,

Happy Birthday you old son-of-a-bitch. 30 is right around the corner. Hope you can take some time from your busy med school schedule to enjoy the fall foliage on this glorious day.

As I understand it, Ax, Rowlands, Sundy, and I are coming in for the UCLA game in a couple weeks. I'm curious if anyone has though about sleeping arrangements. Last time I stayed with a guy on the track team, I was stuck with 20 Lacrosse guys. NOT FUN! I wanna find anything better.

I was at the Stanford game and was happy with the victory. They still don't seem to be firing on all cylinders yet, but I don't want to get greedy. Illinois lost to Indiana after being up 25-7, and after beating Michigan State the weekend before, so I don't have that to deal with. And the Bears are 5-0 and the best team in the NFL, so all is good.

I've still got a girlfriend. All is well on that front. Saw her the last two weekends, but now I've got to wait until the end of the month. I've been averaging about 3 papers a week in school, so I've been pretty busy.

Enough,
Peace Out,

Chris

ps-Has anyone heard from Anthony lately? I tried to call him a couple weeks again and never got a call back.

Muahahaha

Glad to hear everyone's doing well

Last tuesday, for the first time in my life, I bought a CD the day it came out: Weird Al's "Straight Outta Lynwood". Jackpot. I now own seven of Al's CDs, not including the two that I've lost. Call me what you will

I bought gas for $1.99 a gallon the other day

I broke up with my "girlfriend" because she was boring

That's all I got for now, dudes

- Pat

White and Nerdy

Since we're showing internet movies, here is a hilarious Weird Al video remix of Ridin' Dirty-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mBGODdzzVw

YouTube is a great place to waste time watching videos of dancing midgets-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjsuoMrcEM

and other intellectual topics.

Anyway, I just went through having 4 tests, or 7 depending on how you count them, in 2 weeks, and I'm on fall break until Tuesday. It's a ton of studying without much sleep, but medical school is interesting, and my classmates are really cool and actually like to go out when we can. Bloomington is a great real college town, and if anyone wants to come to go out to the bars and hang out, I can find a weekend when I'm free and I promise it will be worth the visit. I am dating a new girl now also.. her name is Heather, she is in Indianapolis and is a senior at IUPUI in nuclear medicine. She is not thick at all either. We have really only seen each other a few times, but we have a lot in common and get along well, so we'll see how it goes. It's good to hear from everyone again, and I'll talk to you later.

Ted

UCLA game

Duuuuudes,

Hey friends, how are you all? I'm feeling fat and sassy. My job has been hectic, but I just got put as lead designer on two new projects...so that's cool. I'm buying my sister's condo within the next couple of weeks (for those of you who haven' t heard, she got engaged to her boyfriend in Australia and she's moving there). So, that's big news. Other than that, I'm playing soccer in four different leagues and trying to figure out how I'm going to get rich so I don't have to work anymore. Sam, I'm about ready to start our billion dollar business.
Meryl's doing really well. She just hit the one year mark in Senegal, so she's almost exactly half way through her service. She found a spider in her nose the other day and now has a mole that randomly bleeds...so like I said, she's doing really well.
Anyway, the real reason I'm writing is to let you guys know that I'm heading to South Bend for the UCLA game (Oct 21). It sounds like Rowlands, Chris and Ax will be there too...so if anyone else can make it, that would be phenomenal. Pat? Drink some cold beers and pretend you care about the game? Hope everyone is doing well. Later dudes!!

with much hetero manlove,
Jonathan

PS - Speaking of manlove, I talked to Greg tonight and he said he was going out to a dance club with 5 gay dudes (not that there's anything wrong with that) but maybe give him a call because he sounds desperate for some attention. Gaily desperate.

My Spoon is Too Big! ...or... Tuesday is coming, did you bring your coat? ... or... I live in a giant bucket ... or... I'm the queen of France!

I know I could've just commented on Sundy's post but I wanted everyone to see this...

Did you know that that particular cartoon was nominated for an academy award?
For serious! In 2001 it was nominated for the best short film, animated.

It is also done by this guy that is an absolute genius in animation and short comedy (at least i think). Don Hertzfeldt.

Listen, you have to go to yahoo.com...type in his name (Don Hertzfeldt)... and then click on video. A bunch of his shorts will come up. I particularly enjoy "Billy's Balloon". I think you'll get a kick out of it...it's good shit. (And also look at "Ah l'amour" because there's a part in there that i think is hilarious. All I'll say is triple thick (x 10). hahaha

They're funny stuff I'm telling you.

And if you don't believe me about the Oscar thing check it out here.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0234588/
It shows all the nominations and awards and such just before the line break in the page. It's also (according to the site) one of the best shorts ever made (#37 to be exact)!!!

If they don't happen to work you can search for them online and watch them...or buy them cause he has a DVD!

Anyways, enjoy them the way that I did...many many times...

Peace


My score on The Don Hertzfeldt's Rejected Test:
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Take it here!http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=17558194374162214948

I can already hear Ted giggling...

http://www.fugly.com/videos/4500/Bitter-Films.html

since Pat brought it up

McV?

Diary of a Fat Man

Allo all!

So I'm not very regular about my blogging; get off of me! No, I really enjoy hearing what everyone's up to, even if I don't weigh in often enough myself.

Axford -- Holy crap, sweet! We all knew things would work out somehow, and then this...

Chris -- HOLY CRAP, SWEET! Chris with a girlfriend; I'm, um, speechless. Congrats. Not thick? A forgivable sin. Unlike if she weren't a Star Wars fan.

John -- Glad you're bro's doing well. And I'm mad curious as to what happened with Erin; I take it there's a good story to be told during 'guy time'

Recent history of Pat Scarlett:

Summer at the BMW plant wrapped up nicely, but I'm happy to be back at school... I probably put in more total hours of work at school, but the extracurriculars are where it's at. The drinking goes on pretty much wedneday through saturday, and there's no reason there can't be a happy hour on monday or tuesday. I'm not a traitor to Notre Dame football (I'm always talking about the program with other people like I'm the #1 fan!), but I might be a traitor to ND tailgaiting. Southern schools really know how to do it. I don't bother attending games even when I have a ticket, so I just tailgait for like 14 hours straight, whether at Clemson of USC.

Oh, my new favorite "sport": Tubing. I did it at least every other sunday over the summer. We'd go to this river just over the NC border, rent tubes and get a ride all for 12 bucks, and drink beer like crazy over the 5 hour ride. Then drive home down the mountain.... yyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! And I've found a similar operation down here in Columbia too. I highly recommend that any of you do it if anyone knows a similar setup in your locality. On a related note, Pat Scarlett has started working out (GASP)! I mean I cant' stand lifting weights or running, no sir, so I swim every day before class. Invigorating; and it doesn't cost me much time since I just shower at the gym and walk the 500 feet from the gym to the law school.

Academically I have about the same level of work as last year, but a little more stress b/c 1) I'm somewhat of an editor on one of our scholarly journals, which eats about 10 hours a week, and 2) Interviewing season for next summer's interships started August 1st and go on all fall, just in case I wasn't worrying about it enough. Where I get an internship next summer has a large bearing on whether I will start at 6 figures doing the kind of work I want to do, or whether I will be a public defender making as much as a schoolteacher.

As per the ladies: So I took this girl out last thursday to the law school democrats function, I picked her up and everything, and when we're getting late night food she's fixin to make out with this guy sitting next to her, Sven, so I pretend to have lost my phone and need to go look for it, and leave her ass to get a cab home at 4 a.m.! Serves her right, bitch.

But then I meet this chick friday night that it looks like I'm sorta dating by now. If anyone wants to hear a raunchy Pat Scarlett story, gimme a call or ask next time you get a chance, but I know enough about the tort of defamation to know that I can't put it in print. Her name's Mary Kennington (double first name; 5 syllables), she's a year older but she just started her first year at USC law; she's from Greenville. Also not thick at all. There's a first time for everything, right McV?

Well, doesn't look like I'll be making it to a game this year either, between the money and the fact that it's really hard academically to be gone for 3 days. Someone get married. I'll definitely make it to all of those. Well, good luck to all; love hearing from you guys... Later cats!

Pat

Hey y'all

I apologize for not blogging in a while. I should be more true to the blog since I am the one who created it. Anyway, it was nice to see all of you at the game this past weekend. My body pretty much shut down on Sunday when I got home. Thank god for energy drinks.

My classes are in full swing right now, which kind of sucks. I have class Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday night. I spend about 5.5 hours a week just going to and from class, so give me a call after nine and I'll probably be on the road.

I'm pretty sure everyone knows by this point that I started dating someone (a girl). She seems to like me, which I still have trouble understanding, but oh well. Her name is Molly, and she really likes cheese and red meat, although she is not at all thick. The story I was telling everyone this weekend to display how compatible we are was: We were hanging out at her place after dinner and she just says, "You want to watch Star Wars?" I had a hard time not proposing.

Speaking of Star Wars, I bought the original theatrical version on DVD yesterday. George Lucas sucked some more money out of me. HD-DVD will probably replace DVD within the next year and then my copy will be obsolete, but I had to have it.

Hope all of your lives are well,
Peace Out,

Chris

How come every time you come around my London, London Bridge wanna go down?

Ax here,

Sup duuuuuuuudes... (I really hope all of you have heard that intoxicating song that is listed in my title, cause it kicks ass! HA)


So on to the good stuff. Today is Wednesday and as of today I will not be making it to ND for the game. I have two interviews tomorrow (just at a high end restaurant and bar) so I can finally make some dough. I'm just hoping for rich old people to give me good tips and then drunk college kids to not remember how much money they gave me...In the end it's all a positive for old Johnny A. I may also have an interview shortly with CH TV, which is a Canadian network channel. Unsure of what i'd be doing there though but it would mean a full time job which also equals money!

Believe it or not, I am also currently writing a screenplay (or a script if you will) for a film that is already in and will be a go once the screenplay is done and actors are cast. Rumor is that Matthew McConaughey is looking at the lead role. The guy I'm writing it for is in LA and it is partially based off of his life. It's a movie about little league baseball today. Not so much a "yeah, we win at the end of the movie" kind of movie...it's more about the life of a coach who pushes his young players too far. Think of Bobby Knight (for 12 year olds), mixed with a little "Hardball" (if you've seen that movie), "Any Given Sunday" type controversy, with a dash of "Desperate Housewives". It's a little crazy to say the least but I'm loving it so far. I don't currently have that job exclusively. There is at least 1, maybe 2, other people writing for this. Once I complete my treatment (the story summarized in 25 pages) and script he's gonna fly me down to LA and have me pitch it to the production company, Green Diamond Entertainment, which is owned and operated by Jason Giambi, Mike Piazza, and Robin Ventura!!! And if I get that job that would equal a metric ton of money!!!

So what I'm saying is, I'm poor as fuck (for lack of better words)! I have no money and no way of getting to ND. I would absolutely love to go but the only way possible was if someone paid for a train ticket for me and then paid my entire weekend for me (I do have $13 american though)! I love you guys so much that I even tried to take out a line of credit so i could have money, but apparently you can't get a line of credit with no credit! And I wasn't about to ask the parents. When I get these jobs I will have plenty of flow to use to make my way back this fall once, or maybe even twice! So I hope you dudes can understand.
I wanna do is party with you!

Honest to God though, if anyone even considers actually buying my way down there I will give you many things, one of which is all your money back of course, and the other would be stuff that I can't talk about on the blog! HA (seriously)

Now that I've waisted everyones time with my enormous rants I will leave you be...
I apologize to all for letting you down! Just make sure I get drunk phone calls!

Peace

Sweet Cherry Pie

Sup y'all,

Ax-em-ford: I hope you're coming up to the game this weekend....it's been way to long buddy. Will you be there?

Pat: How goes it? Law school treating you well?

Sam: Haven't seen your sweet ass in ages. I can't wait, can you?

Ted: Ted, Ted, Ted......Any new ladies? I hope you're bringing one for me to the game.

Chris: Speaking of ladies, any chance your's will be stopping on by? I hear she has huge knockers.

Anthony: Are you even on this blog?

Greg: Ditto.

Erin: Fuck you. (In case she sees this somehow. I can explain later to any of you if you want. That lasted long.)

I'll be getting in to Chicago around 6:30 and SB hopefully shortly afterwards.

-John






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Dudes,

I'm driving in on Friday and should arrive in South Bend around 7:00pm. Oh, and I'm bringing Tons of Fun (aka - 'The Party') so you know things are going to get crazy. By the way, does anyone have tickets (or rather, an extra ticket)? Who else is coming in on Friday? Ax, you better drive your poor self down here after ditching Alissa on her day of glory...you'll be making billions soon anyway. Can't wait to see you guys!

- Jonathan

PS - I just got to spend a couple of weeks with Meryl (on her one visit home from Senegal) and she says 'hi' to everyone. Especially you, Ted.

I'm There

I am definitely going to the Notre Dame - Penn State game. I don't really have any plans as far as the weekend goes. I don't really know too many people there anymore. I might be able to find a place to crash with some Track guys, but I don't really know what their living arrangements are.

I'm pretty sure I want to at least stay over Saturday night. My dad is coming to the game, and I'm positive he isn't planning on staying over. But, I can just take the train or something back on Sunday. I should see Jonathan this weekend. I know he is going to the game, but he might be crashing at Meryl's parents (the in-laws).

I really haven't thought about it much, so if anyone has any bright ideas, they should throw them out there.

Chris

ps-Rowlands, I will always care about your family. Glad to hear that your Bro is home again.

Who's going to PSU/ND???

First, congrats Ax on signing with the Yankees! So sweeeet! Keep us updated.........

Just wanted to say hello. Just started 2nd year. Yea!!! I had a nice long summer that sadly had to come to an end. I was in Korea in Hawaii, which were both great. Korean BBQ is great and I got to surf at Waikiki beach which was cool. Other than that I just bummed around Pittsburgh, took a few weekend trips to Chicago, and came back to hang in Philly a few weeks ago before classes started. Oh and I'm dating Erin again, so that's some interesting trivia...

Other than that, not much is new. My bro is doing well (for those of you who didn't know, he wasn't for a while) and is back at North Allegheny, my high school. Rest of the fam is AOK too. Not that you care.

Now to the important part: who's going to the PSU game?? I hope a lot because it should be an awesome time. Post on here if you're coming so we can hang on Friday night if you'll be in the Bend.

Talk to you soon boyos (is that how you spell it Pat?)


Later,

John

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first come, first serve

I have one extra Penn State ticket. If you need a ticket for yourself, let me know.

September 9th???

Well, since I'm gonna be at home now there is a very good possibility that I may be coming to the Penn State game now! I'm poor as f**k however, and that is my only problem. If I go to the game I'll have to NOT pay my cell phone bill until I get some income (which in turn threatens my service to where it might get shut off)! Sooooo...I have a tough choice on my hands. But I'll keep you dudes psoted and let you find out for shizzle!

Plus if I come I'll probably be with 2-4 other dudes....Hurray sausage fests (just like our entire collegiate careers)!

I'll keep you updated...
Peace

yo yo yo yo

What up dudes...

Not to toot my own horn or anything but I'd thought that I'd fill ya in on a little info about me...

I went down to Tampa and threw in front of the head guys from the New York Yankees on Friday. They had me throw to some of their hitters and I guess they liked me! Sooooooooo...after I threw I....

...Signed with the New York Yankees!

I'm gonna be going down to Tampa for next years spring training and then getting shipped off to wherever they want to send me after that.

So ya, just thought I'd fill you all in.

Peace out dudes!

Wedding Pictures!

Hey dudes,

I scanned in all of my pictures from the wedding and put them in an album on my Facebook profile. Go check em' out. By the way, I'll definitely be at ND for the Penn State game (Sept 9) and most likely the UCLA game (Oct 21)...and probably all of the other games too. Meryl's coming home for 2.5 weeks in late August and she'll be in St. Louis for the majority of her visit; I can't wait!! Chris, we'll be in Chicago over Labor Day weekend. Miss you guys; Penn State should be pretty amazing (as long as Maria doesn't pull any stealthy voms). Talk to you all soon!

- Jonathan

Look out for this asshole, Ax

It's crazy, this morning I say to myself, hows my neighbor to the north doing? and BAM, a post. Congrats on striking out 19, good gawdee, thats ridiculous.

Pretty sure everyone knows but im in south bend for for the penn state game. Im thinking of maybe not going to the game, because tickets are fetching upwards of $1000 on eBay and I want money. So even if you dont have a ticket, you should come and we will tail gate before during and after this thing.

Also, everyone should consider coming out to DC/Baltimore/Philly for the Navy game. Tix should be gettable, and itd be good times.

Hope everybody has a great weekend. I'm headed off to Nashville for the Aplastic Anemia Patients Conference to score me some anemic tail.

Later folks.

Word to your Mom's!!!

Hey everyone, I'm back on the internet, so I felt I would use this oportunity to go on to the blogspot!!!!

Firstly, the reason I've been absent from the internet (in short form) is because i was moved out of my shitty hotel into a shittier apartment (that used to be a motel)! Imagine the worst motel ever and then add a 70's flava to the iside decor! It sucks and it means no internet! If it wasn't in the Prairies of Canada I would probably be scared for my life (or the potential hookers' working out the room next to me!)

Anyways...It sounds like the wedding was awesome. Alissa has pictures up on facebook in case some peeps wanna check them out! None with you dudes in it, although I did see Pat, Chris, and Sundy in the background in like 3 pics. Whitey, your putting out some serious moves it looks like!

I think I'll be getting the hell out of here soon which is good. This prairie land is driving me crazy! My girlfriend Nicole did come up last week to see me though so that was fun!

So last week I could've pitched the best game of my life. I threw the second game of a double header (7 inning game). I went all 7 innings, had a no hitter into the 6th, ended up giving up 1 run, 3 hits, but I struck out 19 batters...every one of the bastards but 2 (a ground out to the first baseman and fly out to the center fielder). Some teams got some word of it I guess and now their interested again! JERKS! So I could be carrying on this baseball thing a little bit longer!

I gotta run now though, I just wanted to take this opportunity to give a little update while I could and say hi to everyone. I'm heading off to Regina (the capital of Saskatchewan) to play a game. Take 'er easy boyo's. I'll try and fill ya in some more when I can, and let ya know what I'll be doing for Football games too!

Peace

The World is Your Oyster

This saying produced an interesting debate this weekend. I don't want to bias anyone, but there were a few possible options discussed for its meaning. None of them left me completely satisfied. If any of you have any insights, I would appreciate it. Ted never thought of it in a sexual way (you had to be there).

Anyway, John, Jonathan, Ted, and I had a pretty good weekend in Chicago. My liver needs a break after the wedding and this last weekend. Although it kind of sucks to get back to regular life.

School starts in a month, and I am not excited about that. Football season starts soon, so I can start devoting my life to fantasy football and the Bears again. I hope ND can live up to the hype. A lot of expectations usually mean bad things for ND football.

Jonathan has some good wedding shots, but they aren't digital. Hopefully he'll scan them at work or something. I mean he supposedly works for a bigshot design firm; you think they would have a scanner.

Peace,

Chris

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Hey,

Sounds like I missed out on a good time....too bad. Hope everyone had fun. I just got back today and wanted to comment on two things.

First, I'll be in Chicago this weekend with Chris, Jonathan, Lindsay, Erin Prill, and Rich Dunne. Hopefully more can make it if you're able to for some reason (Ted-O?????)

Also, I apparantly didn't get any tickets either. No love from ND for any of us except Whitey McV it seems. I just got my schedule for next year, and the only game that works for me at ND is the Penn State game. How many tickets do you Chris? Hopefully 15. I think it'd be fun to go to the Navy game too, which is in Baltimore. I didn't get those either, but I'm guessing they might not be impossible to get. I'll take up to 4 off of anyone's hands if you got them and don't want them.

That's all for now....I've been traveling forever and need sleep. Can't wait to see people this weekend. And please.....post stories about last weekend!! It'll be painful since I missed out, but I have to hear them.

Later,

John


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Football Tickets

Hey Everybody,

I finally wen on to check my football lottery results. I got zero games from the alumni lottery, but I got all the games for the Monogram lottery. There is no way I am going to all 7, so if people want to give me an idea of what games they think they will come up for, it would help.

Sam is coming to the Penn State game, and Ted, Sarah, and Tim. I'm planning on going to that game.

Hope everyone is recovered from the weekend. Work sucked yesterday, but I'm back in the saddle today.

Peace out,

Chris

Alissa's Wed-ding...ev-ree-one's sweating

Dudes,

YEAAAAAHHHHHH!!! That was an awesome, awesome weekend. Thanks for coming out dudes; I sure do miss you guys.

- Jonathan

YEEAAAAAAHHHHH!

Dudes,

EUPHORIA PART DEUX is almost upon us! Apparently some chick is getting married too. Just to update all of you: Sam, Chris, Teddylicious and Anthony are planning on arrived Thursday afternoon/evening. Pat/Greg/Axford, when are you fools getting in to St. Louis? Let me know and I'll pick you guys up from the airport. Hope everyone is well, can't wait to see you guys!

- Jonathan

Happy Birthday Pat, and

I looked at Alissa's registry and its depleted, im going to give money. Chris and whoever else, how much exactly are you going to give? Itd be nice to synchronize so as none of us looks to be the cheap bastard.


Ted your mind is a steeltrap with these birthdays.

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After my last post, I owe Patrick Scarlett a happy birthday wish also. I hope you enjoyed celebrating our nation's birthday in the first state to ever leave it. Seriously though, what time is everybody getting in on Friday? That's all I have.

Ted

Happy Belated

Ted,

Hope the B-Day was good. Glad to hear that you've graduated to a really drink Gin. I plan on drinking only gin on the rocks at the wedding.

You are welcome to come to Chicago as far as I'm concerned. I don't know what Jonanthon and John are planning on doing for sleeping. We'll figure it out though.

Finally, in honor of Teddo's Birthday, I thought we should recognize the two people that brought him to us. Behold Ted, the love child of Jason Biggs and Jack Black.

forgive me Ted

Sorry Ted, Happy Birthday!
We will celebrate in two weeks.

Happy birthday to me

I had to say it, since no one else would. It's my birthday, and I can go into a drunken rant if I want to. Ok so I'm not drunk yet, but I will be soon. By the way I discovered the best drink yet, a gimlet- gin and lime juice, I had it with dinner tonight. Anyway, if I'm actually invited.. I'll be there in Chicago the week after the wedding. No one should have an excuse for not calling anymore since I sent out an email with my new cell phone number. Chris, how are you going to give money for the wedding? Do you bring an envelope with a check to the reception, or do you mail it to her house? One more thing, I'll be moving into my house in Bloomington, IN, home of IU's undergrad campus and the princeton review's biggest party school a few years ago, around the beginning of August or end of July, so anyone who can visit should come. I promise it will be better than all of the encounters with high school girls I've been hearing about. I was hit on while driving down the street there visiting, so hopefully that's a good sign. And no it wasn't a hooker, it was two college girls. Enough of this, I'm going out to celebrate my birthday night.

Later,
Ted

Chicago trip

Hello all,

Hope everyone's summer is going well. If you haven't yet, you should definately sign up for the e-mail service from the blog.....it makes it easier to remember to post every once in a while.

Anway, I've just been hangin in the 'Burgh for the past 2 weeks. Peter just graduated from NA, so we had the big graduation party for him last Sat. Good times. I went to his graduation, and wow were the girls hot. They looked kind of young, but not really. I know Chris is with me on this one. As him about his lovely lady at the last of the many wedding he's been to.

I'll be leaving for Korea on Wednesday, so I hope yins all have fun in St. Louis. I'm pissed I won't be there, it's gonna be fun. Someone is going to have to just get married so we can have another wedding/excuse to meet up and party sometime soon.

In case you don't have enough fun at the wedding, I'll be meeting up with Jonathan and Chris in Chicago the weekend after (July 21st-23rd) so if you'll be anywhere near Chicago or if you want to make a road trip or something, it'd be great to see more people.

Chris and Jonathan: I just bought my flight. I'll be there on Friday, July 21st at 12:30 pm, and I'm staying till Tuesday. Just FYI. Hopefully you can get off work that Friday Jonathan. And Chris, I'll be hanging around a few extra days if you have nothing to do. I think I'm staying at Erin's, so we'll see how that goes.

So have fun, get more drunk than planned, and please...I want to hear some good stories along the lines of Jonathan knocking down the wedding cake at 7 pm in a drunken rage.

Later!




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Hey all,

Less than a month now until Alissa's big day. I am a little worried about your last post Sam - "no love" and no message. I'll call you today to raise your spirits. Oh yes, I can raise spirits.

As for Alissa's wedding present. I think I'm just gonna give money. I checked out the registry at Target and Crate and Barrel, and I wasn't impressed. Nothing that really stood out to me. So unless I suddenly think a duvee cover would work, I probably will just do money.

Nothing to much to report. I was at a wedding in Dallas last week (girl on the track team). I am fine-tuning my "grame" for Alissa's wedding. For those of you who don't know, grame is the opposite of game, and I have quite a bit of it. One might think the opposite of game is emag, but that just sounds stupid.

I'm in the dark about US Soccer, until I can watch it on TiVo tonight.

Peace,
Chris

no love

For Pat

A. The general rule of thumb is to try to estimate how much your meal will cost, or generally between $65 and $150 per person. If you brought a date, you both should contribute to a larger gift. If you simply canÂ’t afford this much, then give the nicest gift that you can.

I'm pretty sure Alissa isn't having some black tie lobster tail wedding, so I figure anywhere between $50-$100 would be perfectly acceptable, since our only dates are our right hands. If you have a real job (Sundy, Greg, and Anthony) I would guess you would probably give around $200-$250 (last comment was sarcasm). Blogs can be tricky for displaying emotion.

As for Pat's other question. I'll probably be in late Thursday or midday Friday. I'm pretty sure Sam is flying in Thursday night. Can't wait to see you all.

Peace out,
Chris

Another gaaaaaaaayyyyy question

Straight question first: For anyone who's getting in on friday, what time are you getting in? It looks like I might be able to get in as early as 7:30 or so, but not sure yet, still looking at tickets. Anyone who knows anybody else's schedule feel free to let me know.

Gay question: How much is a friend supposed to spend on a wedding present? I'm sure I should just ask my mother like I'm sure all of you did. F-ing mamas' boys. But seriously, like what, 50 bucks?

Alright boyos, see y'all soon!

Pat

Short and Sweet

Hey y'all,

Pat, glad to see you up on the blog again. Sounds like the job is pretty sweet. My advice, take it "one piece at a time, and it won't cost you a dime. -Johnny Cash. So I guess it isn't my advice. For those of you who do not know the reference, get cultured.

Pat, I don't know what is more gay, your question about where Alissa is registered, or the fact that I know. She is registered at Target and Crate and Barrel I know. She might be registered another place but I can't remember. She doesn't have any really big things on the registry that we could all go in on, but if you guys see anything on there at that looks good for all of us, blog it.

World Cup Soccer in full swing. God bless TIVO. I couldn't take today off to watch the US, so I am cutting myself off from the world in order to make sure that I don't know what happens until I watch it.

Peace Out,

Chris

How to you the noise that an armpit fart makes?

What it is, fools!

Sorry I'm not as punctual as the average bear in blogging. Plus I didnt want to report in when I was in such limbo. But exams ended before May, and I finally just started my summer job last week. I'm working at the BMW plant in Greenville with the attorney (singular) there. It's SWEET! The workload's easy, the cafeteria's pretty decent, there's a lot of Germans around to get rid of all the Poles that happen to saunter in, and the pay's not too bad either. Oh, and they put me up for free in an apartment, so I dont have to live with my parents (although I frequently mooch food at casa Scarlett). No, no company car.

So that's swell, but having a job's really cutting into my drinking time. By the end of 6 weeks off with nothing to do, I had relearned the skills of senior year on how to fill an entire day with nothing at all. Oh, bliss.

Oh, and I dated another girl, Dare, and broke up with her in the meantime. Whatever. She was gonna be out of town all summer. Oh, and last week I made out with a girl who graduated in '05 just like us. Graduated high school, that is. Muahahahahaha!

Alright, gayest question on the blog: Does anybody know where Alissa is registered? Goddammit I hate anything that reminds me I'm growing up. I havent bought plane tickets yet, but I should get on that soon, but it doesnt look like I'll be able to take a day off, which puts me there at like midnight on friday. So that sucks, but I'm no puss about wanting to go to sleep or whatever; I can sleep when I die. Maybe y'all try to drink somewhere where I can catch up when I get in. I'll pregame on the plane. Hard. Good times to come, friends.

Jonathan: Seriously, AFRICA?

Later dudes!

Pat

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To answer Chris's question, I'd definately be willing to throw in $5 or so for Alissa's present......we could get her a hat or something.

Anway, long time no post, I know. I just checked and signed up for the e-mail service, so I should be able to be updated a little bit more. Seems like other peeps aren't doing much better though.

I'm almost done with school, thank God. This Friday is my last final. It was a good year, but I'm definately ready for a break. I'm really bummed I can't make it too the wedding, but I'd like to visit as many people as possible this summer since other than the Korea trip, I have nothing to do.

Chris, call me back you bastard.

Later y'all,

John

Maria?

Teddy,

Did you change your cell number and not tell any of us? Chris and I tried to drunk dial your mobile yesterday and we got some recorded message instead of your sweet, delicate voice. What the deuce?

- Jonathan

The perfect opportunity

As soon as I read this article, I knew Jonathan left Senegal too soon.

link

Espeically after he's gone through a few brews, I know from personal experience that there is an animal instinct in him to wrestle that needed to be unleashed in Senegal. All he needs is a toilet just like the one in the Dillon bathroom to puke in and a hallway to charge down before he can tackle his opponent in the sand, or on a couch in my case. Watch Sam's videotape from sophomore year again if you don't believe me on that one. That's all I have, but I thought I should share my idea with everyone.

Later,
Ted

I had a farm in Africa

That movie sucked! Her farm burns down and she gets some STD from her husband and everyone but her dies. Not that I've seen it. I just heard.

New blog news
1. I sent everyone an email to subscribe to the blog. That means that you can receive an email everytime the blog is updated. If you didn't get it, or deleted by accident, you can resubscribe at the bottom of the blog page. This hopefully will decrease the time between messages.
2. Audioblogger lets you leave up to a 5 minute phone message, which will be posted on the blog for all to hear. I don't see this having wide use, but a drunk dial to all your friends at the same time might be nice. I'd post a sample, but I hate the sound of my voice. Axford said he was going to do it, but so far nothing. Audioblogger.com is where you go to sign up if you want.

It won't be long now

As Sam mentioned, Alissa's wedding is fast approaching. I don't know if anyone has thought about presents. It's traditional to give money for the actual wedding, but Greg had mentioned we could go in on something big and have it mailed to her place in Washington. I know Jonathan, Sam, and Ax check in here. If you are interested, spread the word and let me know.

I am definitely taking Friday off before the wedding. So depending on how work is, I'll either drive in Thursday night and get in around 10-11ish or drive in Friday morning.

On another note, I just finished my first year of Grad school, with one to go. I think this means I'll be the first one to an advanced degree. Suck it Ted, Pat, and Rowlands. Unless Ax finishes up before me, which I wouldn't mind because we are soulmates.

Peace out,

Chris

Welcome back

Sundy, hello and welcome back. Hope you and Meryl had as much fun as Meryl did with Robert (look left).
From your photo album, it looks like a great trip. Kind of makes me want to go to Senegal. I'm not sure that "brown baby" is the preferred nomenclature, however.

There are about six weeks left til the wedding. Has anyone else made travel plans?




And how about that humble, hard-working, intelligent Brady Quinn. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2449290

Drury is ready to be torn down

Dudes,

I just got an email that our hotel is completely assembled and ready for deconstruction. What's new with everyone? I feel like Chris and I are the only losers who still check this thing. I've posted pictures from my Africa trip on Yahoo!Photos: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/senegal_pics/my_photos. Enjoy!

Later friends,
Jonathan

Games, Games, Games

Hey,

I put in for all the games. I'm not planning on going to all of them, but being so close, I can always unload them.

Season finale of "the Office" = solid

Peace Out,

Chris

creep

Dudes,

In case you didn't get my email, I also put in for Penn State and Michigan. I think I'm an old enough alumnus that it is my time to knock loudly on my Dillon room door at 7:00am, fabricate tales about my glory days, stay much longer than I'm welcome and generally creep out the kid living there...and then repeat annually for forty years.

I can't wait until the wedding!!

- Jonathan

Lions and Wolverines

For what its worth, I put in for Penn State and Michigan.

Picture

Ted, this is how you post a picture. All you have to do is click on the picture button.

Greg Maddux 5-1. Wood, Zambrano, and Prior a combined 0-2. Greg Maddux is my new hero. Without him, the Cubs would suck even more. I know it is hard to believe.

Cubs suck again

I am applying for all the games on my monogram application, and a few on the alumni one if they will let me. I have to double check that.

I'm gonna have a pretty busy fall, so I won't be going to as many games as last year. That and the fact that I won't really know anyone there and won't have a free place to stay. We'll see as things get closer.

Anyways, that's all I've got. Jonathan is Africa trying not to get any diseases, so we should all pray for him.

Peace Out,

Chris

Go Hoosiers!

Seriously, that nickname annoys me because it makes Indiana people sound like illiterate hicks, but anyway..

I found out today that I will be on the Bloomington, IN campus for the next two years at IU medical school. The undergrad campus is also there too- it's about an hour south of Indianapolis. I'd put up some IU picture logo or something but even after working 3 years as an I.T. person I can't figure out how to do that. I'm thinking about moving in this summer to get the hell out of fort wayne asap. Anyone who wants to visit and party (before classes start, or after when I know my schedule) where there is a real college town let me know. I promise I will make it worth your visit.. wait, that sounded kind of homosexual. Given that IU was named the #1 party school a few years ago, I may be observing a few stomach pumps and what not. I've heard that the professors there are great, and there are only 27 students in the 1st year class there.

I put in my football ticket lottery application since nobody responded to Pat's email.. I applied for Penn State, Michigan, UCLA, and North Carolina. I will be 4 hours away, and I will try to make it to as many games as possible. That's all I have.

Peace,
Ted

I'M BACK!!!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat's happening,

I'm sorry I've been gone for so long. Numerous things happened to me that left me without contact to anyone! First off, on April 13 my cell phone and wallet got stolen right out of my locker in our team's locker room...DAMMIT! And then after dealing witht that, I get home, turn on my computer and my power source starts spitting out smoke. Not only did it just fry the power source but it also burnt out my harddrive with Windows on it and my mother board! So I've been stuck back in the late 80's with no cell and no internet!

I finally just got a new cell through e-bay on Monday but something is effed on it already. It makes some weird crackling noise that is unbearable from my end and, from what I've heard, pretty bad from the the other end too. So now i gotta get that figured out! It's a sweet phone though...it's the Motorola ROKR, the first phone with i-Tunes. It has a speaker system in it that bumps the tunes pretty good too so you dont' even need headphones if you didn't want to use them. So whoever didn't get my e-mail (or who hasn't responded to it yet) send me your cell numbers again.

Well my year here is coming to an end. I'm supposed to be writing a large and in charge paper on salary arbitration right now for my Sport Law class, but i'm procrastinating like a mother! I still got 3 more weekends left of ball. This weekend we go to Fairfield, Ct then we're at home in the B-lo for our last two weekends...then its total debauchery for me....HURRRAY! Our team blows, just ask Sam since he was witness to our suckage! Pat was lucky to see a half decent game! While Notre Dame goes on a 23 game winning streak this year, my team has managed to put together 14 wins on the season so far...!!! Ouch!

Anyways...felt like filling ya in cause I've been absent for so long!
And no Chris, I did pay my bills, i just had to put a hold on my phone calls cause some other shmo had my phone!

Aight homeys...I'm out

lata hatas

She better not back out now, cause...

I bought my ticket. I'm coming in Thursday, July 13th, 7:20pm.

Join me...

Pretty boring post

Hey guys,

I'm pretty excited to see all of you at big Red's wedding. I don't think big red was ever Alissa's nickname, but it should have been.

Just a few quick things while I waste time before writing my research papers.

First, Greg and I were talking about potentially getting Alissa 1 or 2 big things from all of us. If people are interested we could check the registry, pick something and have it shipped to her new place in Washington. That way she'll always remember the kegirator she got from the Dillon boys. Kegirator was just one potential idea.

Second, Pat and anyone else who cares. I haven't figured out football games. I'll post again and mass email when I've got an idea of which ones I'm gonna apply for.

Third, Ax, I tried calling your cell like Monday I think and I got an automatic message that your number was not receiving calls. Did you forget to pay your bill for 6 months again? I'll try again soon, I promise.

That's it for me.

Peace out

Hotel Rooms are BOOKED!

Dudes,

In case you didn't get my email, our rooms are booked for Alissa's wedding! We have two suites and two double-bed rooms. I drove past our hotel yesterday and it looks beautiful. I can't wait to destory it. Later!

- Jonathan

Two crazy kids

What up,

I talked to Jonathan a couple of days ago, and I know that not everyone has gotten back to him on Alissa's wedding plans. The worst thing that can happen is if we all wait to long, as we all can be prone to do, to make plans, and we get screwed on hotel rooms. I know I can't think of why anyone would want to be in St. Louis in the middle of July (July 15 is the wedding), but apparently it is supposed to be a busy time.

I'm all with everyone endorsing Drury's. I would think if everyone is in 4 rooms would work. We also might want to have someone get a suite because they have fridge (Easier to keep six packs of be . . . soda cold), and it is only an extra $11.

From what I've gathered from emails and this blog, the following people are in: Sam, Jonathan, Greg, and maybe Anthony. Does Tim include Sarah, because if so, they probably want to get a separate room. I am gonna start calling everyone else this week to see what your plans are if you don't blog or email or call Jonathan.

Also, depending on when people are coming in (Thursday, Friday, Saturday), we'll have to judge how many rooms to get. I will be getting in Friday, possibly Thursday late.

Finally, I figure we all wear matching tuxedos to show up the navy boys in their dress whites.

Peace out G's,

Chris

This post echoed many of Sam's words. The time for action is now!!!!

Drurys going down

I count 9 of us Dillon guys. Tim also said he'd be down for getting a room. So how about 4 or 5 rooms, all at the end of a hallway. It'll be just like Dillon Hall, only not fucking gay.

Well, maybe a little gay.

When is everyone going to show up? I'm thinking I'll probably take a Friday morning flight. That said, if a number of you are going to roll in on Thursday, I could probably swing that too.

So if everyone could give their input on the number of rooms we want at the Drury and what day we are going to take over St. Louis, we can get this ball rolling.

I'm totally psyched.

Greetings...

Hello there,

It's been a while since I've been on here so I thought I'd just say whats up and tell some terrific stories, but first...

Congrats Chris on being sweet (as an uncle now and being an incredible video gamer!)

I've seen two of you thus far on my travels around the great Eastern United States. Thanks a lot Pat and Old Sam for taking the time to come see me for a bit. Those two games were actually the best games I've pitched all year too. It means a lot to me that you guys took that time! So that means the rest of you fuckers better just start showing up so I can win a fucking game! Jokes! (not really though)... Anyways, thanks to you two dudes for being awesome (especialy Sam for taking the Metro and braving the harsh weather in Maryland!)

Nothing new really with me here! My travels have been good but baseball has been shitty. We stay in the crapiest places too... The last hotel we were in had their help living in the hotel...that's right, the maids lived in the hotel. So did the hookers who got rooms and a shitty breakfast paid for by their customers. I was in the lobby trying to get a new room key and this hooker and her "customer" were arguing over how much he should pay for the room. Not too mention that about 8 of us took a walk up the road to the blackest mall in America. Not to sound racist but that shit scared me... The gas station on the other corner sold crack pipes! It's that shitty! And no store in the area had an open face to face between merchant and vendor after like 9pm. Just bullet proff glass and one of those littel dug out hole to slip your money under!

Besides that I went back to my roots of hooking up with young girls (like I did in the summer of my freshamn year - that lying bitch, she looked 18)! Me and 5 guys on the team took a cab from our whore infested hotel to downtown Baltimore and had a grand time ruling the club full of females of the average age of 18 or 19...It was sweet, I felt like a big man! HAHAHAHA...jokes...I just know right now Sundy is skakin his head at me, Chris is saying "oh axford!" in kind of a grotesque way! Pat is cheering (YAAAAAAAA), Rowlands is just laughing (or stopped reading this about two paragraphs ago), Ted's living vicariously through that short story, but i'm unsure of Greg's and Anthony's repsonses but I'm sure they loved it! I already know Sam's response cause I told him about it over the phone...and he was grossed out (yet proud at the same time I think!)

I'll just leave you with this picture to enjoy!

Peace out

Extra! Extra! Debauchery abounds!

I had a very good two and a half day St. Patrick's day; and I represented our beloved alma mater well. I tried to ride a camel at a petting zoo, and got cheered when I ralphed in the middle of the street at Columbia's St. Patty's festival, amongst other events. See facebook for more photos of bacchanalia. Hope y'all had fun too!

Congrats Chris, except with regards to the light saber thing. Haha, just kidding bro

Uncle Whitey mcV

Well, my sister-in-law, Katie, had a baby yesterday. A healthy baby girl. Audrey Elaine Staron.

I held it her and did not drop her or appear to cause any permenant damage. I'd give more details about the baby, but I know the majority of you are heartless and would just make fun of me. But, I won the baby pool. $12 big ones.

Gotta get back to work

. . . oh and Pat, that certainly is a lightsaber.

In case you were wondering if Chris could get any cooler...

Hey dudes

Hey dudes,

What's new with everyone? I just got back from a ski trip in Salt Lake City with my brothers, it was amazing. We went saki-bombing at a very fancy Japanese restaurant, got sloshed and yelled at every cool thing the chef did in front of us. The family seated next to us didn't seem to appreciate our antics. I'm joining my third soccer league this spring and I'm also joining a bowling league with some guys from work. We're working on getting some sweet one-piece uniforms, mostly for intimidation. Anyway, I was wondering how everyone is doing and I know Chris is probably getting worried about the blogs dying down. Hope all is well, talk to you soon!

- Jonathan

My name's Sam Young and I'm back like a vertabrae

Several things.

1. The Wu Tang Clan was awesome. At least, I assume it was...I didnt go. Everyone who was going to go with me crapped out last minute. I should have sacked up and gone to the 11 pm show in the ghetto of DC on a Monday night by myself, but I am a giant douche.

2. Wedding. Alright, so its on, and we are invited.

3. Polite request. Give the "carcass body" nickname some time off. Creeps me out.

4. I mistakingly hit next Blog on the postgrad site, and I was taken to this guys page: http://bendisplanet.blogspot.com/. I have no clue what the hell is going on and what language this might be, but its probably the coolest blog ever.

5. pat - single thick? wtf
ted - not sure on the ski trip, ill let you know

(Exeunt)

ROBOT REPLICATE IN FACTORY

Man, I love that video, thanks Teddo. Well, Old Red was in St. Louis last weekend and I made sure to get her to confirm that you're all invited to her wedding. To quote, "Oh they are so silly, of COURSE those boys are invited." I then began to ask questions about the availability of her sister and the conversation turned cold. Ice cold.
Things in the Lou are dandy. Apparently, St. Louis has the second largest Mardi Gras celebration next to New Orleans. I have no idea why. Regardless, it should provide me a golden opportunity to relive my glory days next weekend. Work is going very well. I've been working a lot of hours, but I keep getting more responsibility within my company and I'm currently design lead on two fairly large programs.
On a different note, I'm also getting hairier (I know, I didn't think it was possible either). I'm positive now that God has a sense of humor. I can just see Him chuckling and watching unlucky human males react as hair creeps from normal spots (such as the head) to areas like the triceps, shoulder blades, lower back and now, my palms. On a related thought, I bet He also watches us in fast forward melt into saggy old people. Except for clever Sam, who out of spite entered this world with a carcass body.
Well, this is getting absurd. Hope everyone is doing well! Later dudes.

- Jonathan

Tie your shoe bitch...

Sup,

just a couple things from me...
Pat...I will be seeing you soon Fatty McGee!
Chris...The Morehead State games are the ones in KY!
Sam...how was the Wu-tang Clan?

That's about all...I will be facing an approx. 12 hour bus trip NC so I'm sure I will give a few calls to you folks.

Oh...and remember this too?
....andhesaidyomotherfucker...weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Peace

Hell's Yeah!!!

Ted, I've got to give you credit for finding Monkey v. Robot. You guys remember that time we all watched it over and over again . . . that was pretty sweet.

As far as hotels go for Alissa's wedding. I know when I talked to her she was considering getting a shuttle from the hotel to the reception and then back to the hotel. They had the same deal for my brother's and sister's weddings and it was pretty nice. No taxis or picking up cars. I know Pat would probably drive regardless, but we don't want to get him in trouble before the BAR. And we should probably hold off making reservations, since technically none of us have been invited, or at least I haven't. Either way I'm going though, so I guess it doesn't matter that much.

Pat, I don't know about football season. I've already made my minimum donations so I can get in the lottery, but I'm guessing it will be harder to get tickets this year because of Chuck. The lottery doesn't happen until like April though, I think.

Axford, I checked your B-ball website and wasn't really sure which was the Kentucky college. Let me know, so I can try to start making plans for a road trip into Nascar country.

#1 in the Hood G

Open your yaps, boyos!

Alright guys, major party time in St. Louis. There is a zero percent chance that I'm missing ol' red's wedding. Somebody sign me up for a hotel room, 'cause I ain't sleeping alone after this bash, one way or another...
Axford, watch out, I'm going to be busting up Charlotte to watch you pitch, and maybe throw a few winks in the direction of Mrs. Axford (heh heh heh). But like all women in our ND lives, She's a Saint, to be sure
Old Sam, Rowlands: I may be making it up there sometime the week of the March 6-10 to interview with a firm or two in the area, and if I'm driving up there I might as well make a time of it... I'll let you know closer to the time.
Pat Scarlett's got a new significant other in his life; Robin from outside Charleston, a 5th year senior here. Good times, good times. Single thick; major babe.
Everybody: Sorry I didnt make it up for football season, and thus Alissa's wedding is going to be my first reunion, and I expect to paint the town red (no pun intended). I mean we need to be reaching deep down and pulling out some serious nostalgia, a la Ted's most recent hyperlink. Oh, and speaking of football season, does anyone have a clue what games we get an option on next year and who's going to what? If I can get a few bucks in my wallet this summer, I'd like to make it up too the good ol' Bend. Oh, and what are the rules on tailgating if I dont feel like watching boring-ball?
Anyhoo, good times ahead, peace y'all!
Pat

Memories

I was at work today and somehow I remembered this. Oh freshman year..

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4412806662713775705

Sam, by the way, I saw a book at barnes and noble that made me think of you and you might want before the concert.. it's an entire book about Wu Tang's 36 chambers with the rappers explaining what the lyrics mean and about them. I also actually would go skiing on st. patrick's day if you think I can learn to ski and then get in $200 worth of skiing in one weekend. Let me know if it's still open.

Peace Out,
Ted

Alissa's Sister is a Saint.

Happy Valentines Day to Everyone.

Godammit.

Anyway, a hotel is fine for Alissa's thing. Jonathan, can you pick out the best place? I'm happy to book a room.

Im going to go see Wu Tang Clan tonight, and am super happy about that. The RZA, the GZA, Ghostface Killah, Methodman, and so forth are on a tribute tour to ODB. Now as long as I dont get shot for my jacket while at the concert, I'll let you know how it goes.

Axford, when you play in Baltimore do you know whether or not you will be pitching?

Its the Wu Bitch.

And remember what Old Dirty Said.

Rule # 76: No Excuses, Play Like a Champion

Hey all,

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I've actually been pretty busy with work, class, and now I'm in a couple basketball leagues. I should actually be working on a paper right now, so I'm gonna keep this short.

I completely agree with my former roommie that a hotel is the only way to go. I've confirmed this with Jonathan. Nobody is to stay at his place unless they are visiting is sister. Speaking of sisters, I think it is a given that Alissa's little sister will be at the wedding. (As you will note, I have not made a dirty comment)

Seamless Segway

With valentine's day coming up, I know it can be lonely (boy do I know!), so I hope all of you get through it ok. I find drinking outrageous amounts of alcohol helps.

Number One in the Hood G,

Chris

Fast cars, danger, fire and knives!

Ax here,

I think that if it's in July I have a very good shot of making it in for the weekend (or whatever two days surround the wedding date)! I would also like to say that we are not staying at anyones house...It's a hotel, maybe even a suite or two, or nothing for me! I wanna go all out for it and have a gay old time. I would like to also state that Sam must bring his camera so we can watch old videos of ourselve in college while also making new ones (with big inflatable gloves).
I'm gettin myself excited!

Wellp...I"m outta here... I love you guys!

Oh...and before I forget...I'm going to be getting another tattoo! Not something dumb but just to give you a little back story: My grandfather passed away this past October and in his memory all of his sons (my uncles) and a couple of my dude first cousins got the crest from his army regiman that he was in when he was in war after WWII in Indonesia. It's an army helmet with a feather and a sword crossed behind it! I'm gonna be getting it either on my right shoulder or under my tattoo on the left shoulder...but if I did the left shoulder I would get a lot more than just that done...which means i would be getting almost half a sleeve done (maybe more like a quarter sleeve)! Thus fulfilling my lifelong dream and stepping closer to rock star status!

I'll psot a pic when i get it done!

Lata hatas

Beautiful Bango

"...free until the first of forever."

Where do you come up with this brilliance, Maria? This comment made me miss you dearly and want to sock you in the face with a blown-up bat, sock-em boppers, Hulk gloves...

Ax, the wedding is July 15th and you need to come. Old Red's only getting married once.

Rowlands, I assume you're not coming to the wedding because if I recall correctly, "WOW, I am having such an awesome time in St. Louis but I am NEVER setting foot in this Godforsaken city EVER again."

Anyone is welcome to stay at my place for the wedding. However, I'm thinking a hotel party would be more fun and I would be less likely to break my own things when my drunk turns violent.

- Jonathan

Well the proper girl in the hat just eye fucked the shit out of me!

What up fellers,

I will most likely be out for the wedding considering I didn't even get an e-mail about it and I don't even know when it is! But if it's in May sometime I'm down for just showing up completely drunk looking for some other drunk ladies...perhaps some proper girls in hats!
Someone just fill me in on when it is so I can at least send my regards (and a nice box with nothing in it but wrapped real expensive like)!
The season starts soon and I will be traveling to destinations hopefully near you!
Here's where i'll be in case its close by and you wanna take in a game or a weekend with me!
Feb 16-19 - Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 23-26 - Cookeville, Tennessee
March 2-5 - Morehead, Kentucky
March 9-12 - Boone, North Carolina
March 13-15 - Baltimore, Maryland
March 17-19 - Emmitsburg, Maryland

After that the rest of them will be in the great state of New York and one trip to the dirty Jers.

Take care fellas.

Ax

Nice day for a White Wedding

Hello friends.

Regarding Alissa's matrimony. First, have any of you actually been invited? (I got the email, but it didnt mention an invite). Second, and assuming we all are invited: Ted, I would absolutely love to share a room with you...roomate redux redone. Only thing is, I will have to put the kabosh on any funny business you bring in after the wedding, ie drunk bridesmaids. As I fully, fully expect this to happen, you might want to shop around for another hotel mate. Of course, if anyone living in St. Louis, ahem, were to offer free lodging, I might be down for that too.

Now regarding a spring trip. It aint exactly Dublin, but over St. Pattys day some of the people I work with are going to be taking a ski trip to Seven Springs, PA, and friends are encouraged to come. The weekend will cost you $200, but this includes lift tickets, lodging on site, and skis. Ted I have you on the record as saying you arent doing shit these days, so I assume you will be there. Chris, hop in the celica and you can be there in 6 hours. It sounds like Rowlands is already in, while Sundy is already out. I assume Ax is out too, while I have no idea if Pat would be interested or not. Let me know so I can put you on the list.

Sam out.

About the wedding..

Hey everybody,

Let me check my schedule.. oh wait, I don't have a life, yeah I'm free until the 1st of Forever. Hey Jonathan, I will chip in that extra $3 to see your act. Also if anyone wants to share a hotel room and have a party and get wasted together I'm down for that too. It seems like the spring break trip or anything else before July is over too, but if anyone else still wants to try to get something together say something. Alright that's all I have for now, somebody else keep the blog alive.

Later

Alissa's Wedding?

Hey dudes,

I'm curious (as a cat) about who is coming to St. Louis for Alissa's wedding. Chris promised to give me $2 if I bust into the wedding drunk and scream "STOP, I still love her!" and then collapse and urinate on myself. I'm strongly considering it, $3 more and I think I'd be a fool not to. Anyway, drop a blog and let us all know if you're coming. Hope all is well with everyone!

Later,
Jonathan