Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was great this year. It started on Wednesday night with the Clegg's for their annual "Friends Thanksgiving Dinner". Basically at this event, all we do is drink as much wine as we possibly can and then make fun of each other.

After that, I went to Paul's apt for the weekly "Its Wednesday and I have a bottle of Jack so lets drink it" party. That was also a successful party of course.

On the actually Thanksgiving was spent with the family. We headed over to the Roach compound to enjoy a nice dinner and eat like crazy. I can't remember the last time I have eaten so much. The night ended with a game of Blockus and Peurto Rico over at Pete's.

I took it easy on Friday and went to the Stars game. I won two tickets to the game and thought it would be awesome to go, plus the seat were really close to the rink. But we lost. We played the San Jose Sharks and the basically molested the hell out of the Stars that night.

The festivities ended on Saturday with a party over at Pete and Jess' house for their annual "Saturday After Thanksgiving" Party. It was filled with tons of food, dominoes, washers, and way too much alcohol. Overall, it was a hell of a weekend.

Congrats to Eric and Kristin

Eric and Kristin finally had their first child. The two had a healthy daughter named Elizabeth. Congrats you two!

Beta Formal 2008

Instead of watching Texas Tech get bitch slapped by OU on Saturday, I went to my fraternity version of prom. The main difference is the we not only allow drinking, but we promote and highly recommend it.

My date, Cristina, and I had a pretty good. We sat with Ogle and his wife along with a few other couples and a couple of dateless guys. One was dateless because his girlfriend was out of town, the other was dateless because he has never had a date before.

We ate some good food and then the dancing started. Now I am now stranger to the dance floor, but apparently the good people at the Sheraton Hotel frown upon people in an altered state getting on top of the dinner tables and dancing. Then the party really began.

Everyone moved to the hotel lobby after we were "asked" to leave the two rooms that people had rented for the night due to noise complaints and people stealing the room numbers. We were in the lobby until 5 am, when we all decided to go to IHOP. I never had a meal that tasted so good before. And that was basically the night with some minor details that I had to leave out just because my mom might read this.

The Wrestler

Last night, a group of friends and I went to a free screening of the movie "The Wrestler". The movie was directed by Darren Aronofsky and starred Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei. This was probably one of the best movies I have seen in awhile.

To be honest, I am not a wrestling fan and I do not know much about the "sport". The movie is basically about a washed up has been who is trying to be the best like he use to be. That is all I want to say about the description because I don't want to give too much away. I went in to the movie obviously knowing that is about a wrestler, but I did not think it was going to be any where as near as good as it actually was.

After the movie, there was a short Q&A with the director and Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei. The group that I saw the movie with wanted to see the movie in the very front row because we knew of the Q&A and we would have the best seat for that.

Now, before we all met up for the movie. I knew that I wanted to get Marisa Tomei's attention, but I didn't know exactly how I should go about doing that. Then it hit me like a bolt of lighting. I did what almost anyone would do if they were in my situation. I made a hat that proclaimed that I was absolutely nuts about her. And it worked like a champ.

While the moderator was beginning the Q&A, Ms. Tomei was glancing around the area and i guess just making sure that there were no real nut jobs in the place ready to stalk the hell out of her. This is the precise moment that she looked at me and my hat. She was officially wrangled.

She started to laugh a little and i pointed at my hat just to make sure that this is what made her laugh. And it was. At the end of the Q&A, she only signed a few autographs and I was one of them. She said that she liked my hat because it was a great way to get her attention. I also got to meet the Director of the movie and he seemed like a really cool guy. I always knew that I would one day hang out with an Academy Award Winning Actress and it was spectacular.

Music Videos

It seems that when I get bored at work, and trust me i get bored a lot at work, I tend to look up music videos to see what is new and the ones i have not seen in forever.

So instead about writing about all the videos that I are think are pretty cool, just click on the images and watch them for yourself.

Simple Podcast Turns to Late Night Debauchery

To be completely honest, I do not remember all of the details that occurred last night. I might have to "Quentin Tarantino" this story by telling you everything in reverse because that may help tell the story more accurately. All I know is that I woke up the following morning with a splitting headache and a stomach that will seek revenge on sometime during the day.

The night began like any other normal Tuesday night. A group of us went to No Frills Grill for trivia and dinner. This particular night was a special night. Unbeknown to us, The Miller Lite Girls were there trading whatever beer product a customer had for a fresh Miller Product.

This night must have been these two girls first night on the job or they just didn't really care about how they unloaded their product on the mostly male dominated bar, because they just let me take a couple of the beers just for the hell of it. I am proud to say that for a short while, Paul and I drank for free and it was glorious.

Then Matt came in to the scene. He quickly used his dry wit to try and gain access to the free beer and was quickly rejected. We sat and played trivia for a little bit and then headed to do our weekly podcast.

I know that this story sounds stupid right now, but trust me, it does get better.

Paul, Matt, and I had everything ready to do the podcast. We had the mics ready to go, an array of subjects to talk about, and a lot of rum to get us through whatever trials and tribulations we to get through. Now this is where stuff starts to become very hazy for me. Actually, let me clarify, this is the first time of the night where stuff get hazy for me.

After talking for about an hour and a half about random non-sense, we decided that it would a great idea to go to Duke's Roadhouse for Tuesday Night Drinking Extravaganza. When we got there, we automatically got a few bottles of beer from the host and looked for my friend Cristina. We found her and also found a ton of jager shots that needed to be consumed in a hurry. And when we thought we finished those shots, Cristina came back with some more shots. The three of us did not want to be rude, so we accepted the shots.

Paul, Matt, and I became bored of Dukes and devised a plan that consisted of me jumping over a gate with my pockets filled with full beer bottles that Paul had "found" near the bar while Matt was getting the car to pick me up in the alley for a clean getaway.

After several attempts of jumping the gate, I met my associtates in the alley and we where off to see the house Paul and Katie had just purchase as their first home together. Now, from what I understood, there was going to be no one living in the house at this time. I was wrong.

Apparently it is poor taste to check the house that you are about to purcahse at 2 am with two very drunk friends. It also maybe bad that we were yelling alot of the time while I attempted to climb a tree.

Now, I have no clue what happened next. All I know is that we went to another bar, I gained a watch, a bunch of 1 dollar bills, and I had enough Jack in the Box food to last me for about a solid week.

Corey Feldman and Danny Trejo

Today was an awesome day because I got to meet one of the coolest 80's icons of all time. That is right ladies and gentlemen, it was Corey Feldman.

He has to be one of the coolest guys of all time. If Corey Feldman got into a bare knuckle fight with Corey "I have no career" Haim and that Corky guy from "Life Goes On", Feldman would totally win. After the brutal beating, Feldman would then drive Corky to hospital and pay for the medical bills because Feldman is that bad ass. Haim would probably die, but everyone thinks that anyway.

I met the Feldman's at a convention in Arlington where they had a Friday the 13Th part whatever reunion. I went with my friends Jon, the guy who snuck into the picture and is to the left of Feldman, and Alyssa. They were actually very approachable and seem liked nice down to earth people. I really gave them tons of respect because the two went out of their way to hang out kids that wanted to meet them and signed whatever the kids wanted to be signed.

I also got a chance to met Danny Trejo. He is an actor and has been in tons of films. He was in "Desperado", "Grindhouse", "Sin City", and "Heat". He is actually not that tall, but he is still intimidating as hell, but overall a pretty nice guy. Danny talked to fans for awhile about some of his movies and stuff that he is about to do. He also talked to about his time that he did in San Quentin. While serving time in San Quentin, he became the California state prison champion in both the lightweight and welterweight divisions. During this time, Trejo became a member of a 12 step program, which he credits with his success in overcoming drug addiction. This defiantly makes him a bad ass.

He is now on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless", where he plays a Mexican bartender. Some of the people who heard this thought he was making a joke and started to laugh. He then gave a glare similar to the one in the picture to the right and everyone stopped laughing.

I also met an American Gladiator named "Phoenix". She was nice until she refused to arm wrestle me because she knew I would totally dominate her and possibly hurt her career. I jokingly said to her and she gave me a "light" punch and made me take a picture with her showing off her muscles and me showing off my lack of muscles.

Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia

From what I hear, there are a bunch of good tv shows on the air right now, but I dont watch too much of them. Right now, I believe that one of the best shows out there right now is "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia". There is no way to correctly describe this show besides saying that it is purely badass.

Basically the show is about 5 people who own a crappy bar in Philly. Each character can be described as very dishonest and antagonistic. At varying times members have lied for the sake of personal gain. In most episodes these character flaws result in unhappy endings for the main characters as well as the innocent bystanders caught in their path. Conflicts that arise from their mutually competitive natures are the basis for many plots. This has ranged from the guys competing over women, Dee trying to prove she is as strong or competent as the others, the gang competing over who can steal more things, finding a dumpster baby, kidnapping a reporter who gave them a bad review in the paper, or even who in the gang can amass the most religious followers. In almost every episode, the entire gang, or most of the gang, gets into an arguing match in which they try to shout over each other. Notable instances include the fight in Paddy's bathroom between Charlie and Dennis and the entire gang arguing over who might have been responsible for their potential deaths in "Charlie Gets Crippled". The gang can also often be seen squabbling and generally acting rude and unprofessionally when seated in front of someone's desk in a professional environment, such as a lawyer ("Dennis and Dee's Mom is Dead") or a businessman ("The Gang Sells Out").

The gang tends to flee confrontations constantly throughout the show. In the episode "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare", Mac and Charlie are unable to pay off their hired prostitutes, and are forced to "handle this situation the way we handle every situation"—by running away.

If you have not check out the show then I highly recommend that you do. You can check out some of the previous episodes here.

Cody and Laura got Married

Over this past weekend, my friends Cody and Laura got married. I have been to many weddings and I thought this was one of the best weddings that I have ever been to. Defiantly in the top 5 list.

It was a nice, short, outdoor ceremony that took place at Becker's Vineyards. A few of my friends were in the wedding, one of them was Brian who officiated the ceremony. It seemed to be very casual wedding with a limited number of people there.

After the ceremony, the party began. Everyone just cut loose and had an awesome time drinking wine that was supplied for everyone and also the secret stash of booze that quickly became publicly known not only just to the wedding guest, but also to some of the wildlife out there.

After the official reception was over, the after party went into effect. Since everyone was staying at the La Quinta, a group of 20 to 30 took over the "meeting room" of the hotel. This is where the trouble began. Cases upon cases of beer were distributed to everyone along with wine and many types of liquor. For some reason and collectively as a group, we decided that doors are pure retarded and window should be the only way to enter or exit the meeting room. Hotel management thought differently.

Apparently the hotel staff at La Quinta have rules that do not want to broken, even if it is in the middle of the night and you are a part of a large, loud, drunk, and just downright awesome group. Some of those rules are: Do not use the windows to enter/exit rooms, do not use the pool after hours, Katie is not allowed to be racist, do not run in the halls laughing because some got stuck in the window trying to enter/exit a room, do not hang out in the main lobby in tighty-whitey's and ask about the breakfast buffet, clothes are mandatory, and the cleaning lady's cart is not a toy.

The next day, everyone got out of their drunken state to go to the brunch where there was plenty of champagne and food for everyone. The food was gone quickly and there was no telling how many bottles of champagne we went through in that short amount of time.

Overall, it was a great time and I hope Cody and Laura the best in the marriage. Congrats guys!!!