Monday, July 16, 2007

WEEKEND WRAP-UP and the FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS (long post)

This past week was mostly uneventful in that we're wrapping up one of the most BORING weeks in quite some time. With the MLB All-Star Break taking place this week, there wasn't much going on by way of sports (unless you are a soccer aficionado, then you were in soccer heaven), so that left us with pretty much nothing to showcase on TV; Add to that the post 4th of July blues and a seriously fierce rain storm on Wednesday and there you have what I would call again the most BORING week ever!

I had Friday night off so I couldn't tell you much about what took place at the bar. From what my moles tell me however, what started out as a dead night picked up considerably at around midnight when the bar suddenly filled up with people, beginning with a bachelor party and it stayed busy until last call. Not bad I guess.

Saturday started out pretty early for me as I found myself doing laundry at 7am, then meeting up with a contractor at 9am to work on some repair projects for the bar. That took up most of the day. During that time I had another encounter with MANHOLE-COVER GUY. This time he was sporting what could easily be termed as THE most colorful outfit I've ever seen since Eddie Murphy in COMING TO AMERICA....




After wrapping up the repair projects, I took a brief nap before it was time to man the post at the bar. We had a birthday party for a young lady named Kristie scheduled for the night so I was interested in seeing what that would be like. Whenever we book a party, it's always interesting to see what comes of it, because you never know what to expect. Depending on the people involved, the vibe of the party will either be a good one or a train wreck.

Luckily for us, this was a pretty lively group, which made the night that much more fun to work. The patrons were really getting into their event; a lot of the women were fawning over BIG BLACK as usual; The guys were fawning over the ladies who were fawning over BIG BLACK. You get the picture. It was one of those nights. We also had the usual HORNY GOATWEED moment, with him working his "mojo" on the ladies (with the usual result, of course).


The birthday girl, KRISTIE (far r.) and her friends....

REDSKINS GIRL and her posse...

HELP! Someone appears to be losing their buoys....

They survived the "full-court press" of our favorite lothario....



HORNY GOATWEED in full "mack" mode...

We also got a visit from REDSKINS GIRL, who had a posse of former college classmates in tow. They were out and about, painting the Big Apple red and decided to stop by her "local bar". Judging from the pics I saw, it looked as if they had a pretty good time.

During the course of the night I ran into one of my good friends, MATTIAS and his lovely wife; They are the lovely couple who lives down the street and have been good friends of my for a few years now. During the course of our conversation, he introduced me to his IPHONE, the revolutionary new product by APPLE. When the hype over this new phone began, I was skeptical because usually when a product with such hype comes around, the substance usually doesn't match up with the hype. However, as MATTIAS showed off the different features of the phone, to say I was blown away is a minor understatement. This thing is truly the real deal, and I am not a tech-savvy guy as a general rule.

It's roughly the size of an IPOD (maybe a tad bit longer), thinner than I expected; Crystal-clear picture and really fast. The features that comes with the damn thing I can't even begin to list- I can predict for sure that this phone will be the benchmark of what mobile communications will be in the future. It's that cool. I, for one, know that I will never have one for a couple of reasons:

A) $600 bucks is a tad steep for anything, let alone a phone.

B)I just re-upped with Verizon, and the thought of paying a buyout fee for that contract makes my stomach churn.

C)I'm clumsy. I tend to break things like gadgets and I can totally see myself dropping this $600 phone and watching it shatter into a hundred pieces.

So until the prices drop and my confidence level of not breaking things rises, I'll just dream about the IPHONE for the time being (unless I win one, of course)...

Overall, not a bad night. A long one, but a fun one.

Sunday.... well let's just say that the Lord made Sunday a day of rest and yours truly took full advantage of it. I did absolutely n-o-t-h-i-n-g but sleep, sleep and yes, sleep. I felt guilty afterwards but I didn't know why and you know what? For once, I didn't really care either. BTW, did anyone catch this Sunday's past episode of FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS? I tell you this show kicks ass! (Jermaine's "Naked Dance" is priceless, btw) Simply brilliant!


AND FINALLY.... I mentioned a couple of weeks ago about our friend and barback, OPIE CUNNINGHAM and his strange ways. One story I wrote about had him painting a self-portrait of himself and giving it to his cousin and his new wife as a wedding gift. The fact that he seriously did it was funny enough; now that I've seen the self-portrait, let's just say that I almost pissed my pants. Bless his heart.

That's it for now. I'm scheduled to open up shop in the morning so it's time to cut this short. DOLLAR DRAFT MADNESS begins our week ($1.00 mugs, Bud/Bud Light/Coors Light mugs ALL NIGHT LONG), with FIRE MARSHALL ED and F.I.T. GIRL working behind the stick. I have a feeling that this will be a good week. Hope to see everyone soon! Have a great week!



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