Sunday, December 10, 2006

It's been a while, *or* The Shit That has happened to me recently

hey folks,

It has been awhile since i have last posted and I prostrate myself before you and beg your forgiveness.

there has been a bunch of new developements since last I posted and they have been monumental.

Number One, My parents (well, my mother : pops kicked eleven years ago) have met My fiance's parents. We had a dinner at a nice spanish restaurant.

Tasha was a bit nervous, but I was mellow about it. My mom is pretty chill about most things, so meeting my fiance's family wouldnt be a big deal.

The only memorable thing about the whole encounter was how my mother brought Ike out of his shell.

Ike (whose real name is Isaac) is my future Father in-law. Not a big speaker, but he has a love for beer rivaled only by my own love of the perfect consortium of hops and barley malt.

Anyway, at the dinner, Ike was like a statue, not saying much and eating even less.

My mom, in her infinite wisdom, used the the universal serum used across the world to loosen tongues.

That's right, she used Tequila shots.

Three shots later, the usually immovable Ike was singing like a canary, and my mother hit it off with tasha's kin.

Exactly like I expected. w00t!

No fireworks, no kung fu fighting, and nobody pulled off their face Mortal Kombat Scorpion-style and immolated anyone with eye-Flamethrowers. everybody got along perfectly.

Number Two. I just came back from my Stores' Christmas party, and that shit was hilarious!


I drank five and a half quarts of beer in one sitting, and numerous shots of Jaegermeister. In case you guys didnt know, Jaegermeister is the nasty tasting alchohol that makes frat boys throw up, or makes them think they can fight.

The secret to drinking that much beer is found at any chinese take out loacation. Simply put, since i knew I was gonna be pounding beers, I went to the chinese take out and ordered Chicken Wings and PFR (pork fried rice). Having that much food in my stomach allows for a person to drink more than they should. Hallelujah! more to follow!

(editor's note: this draft has been sitting in my drafts folder since christmas time. procrastination and good ole american laziness is whey this has taken so long to be posted. that, and the fact that it took two days for me to remember the password! -Todd)