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Fitness: I’ve finally broken the 200 barrier, but just barely. I hit 199.8 when I got on the scale this morning and I was so excited that I nearly jumped backwards off of it. I know I’ll head up a couple pounds over the weekend, but being able to cross that barrier is outstanding to me. It’s also something to blog about, but that’ll have to wait until next week! Mouse: He seems to be recovering well after his tongue surgery, as he’s been eating a lot of food and drinking a lot of water, which was par for the course before this all happened. I’ve also been waking up to find him next to me on the bed every morning, which is comforting. All that can be done now is keep him happy, which he seems to be, as he still purrs a lot. On to shenanigans! |
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After Wednesday’s post, I need to lighten things up. This is the post that I was originally going to write and with my friend’s wedding occurring tomorrow, I should write it now! Previous Experiences I’ve married off four of my friends so far, but only two have had bachelor parties. The first of which was a barbecue that the bachelor hosted and the bachelorette was there, so it wasn’t a true bachelor party. It certainly had the rest of the elements, though – copious amounts of food, alcohol, unhealthy ideas (fried cheese sticks on a hamburger because we were out of cheese), and dancing it off on a tree stump. What a night. In any event, this last weekend was my friend Eric’s bachelor party and this time it was a true bachelor party – not a bachelorette in sight. The night of the party started and ended with four people, though it rose to nine of us at its apex. We all turned things up to eleven and had a wild time. Elysian Brewery This is where the night officially began and I began it with a pint of the Immortal IPA while the conversations also began. I remember lots of gaming talk, some UFC talk, and a riveting discussion about the necessary evil of zoos and aquariums – though that happened much later while we were there, after having more IPAs (one more Immortal and two that I think were called Resurrection) and a tremendous piece of pork schnitzel. Really, I can’t say enough good things about it! We were also surprised at the disappearance of the bachelor for an extended period of time, thinking that he may have already needed to pray to the Porcelain God. Thankfully we were mistaken, as he had run into an old MMA training buddy at the bar that had bought him an especially tasty tripel (The Trip V) that he couldn’t stop talking about. The Garage After drinking, eating, and talking a bunch, we half-fumbled our way over to The Garage to play pool and bowl. Conversations were giving way to the intensity of pool games and I somehow managed to win three games in a row! I guess playing three-person pool is more my forte than the one-on-one variety. I don’t know how Eric was doing with the pool as I was kind of focused on the game and was continuing to get beered up on Manny’s Pale Ale, consuming two pints worth. I don’t imagine that the Irish Car Bomb that I bought him (and he slammed) helped his skills any. He wanted a Jägerbomb, but The Garage doesn’t carry any energy drinks, so the waitress helped us improvise. After more games of pool and more drinks for all of us, we got a hit on the electronic pager that our bowling lane downstairs was ready. I had to square up my tab first, then I rented some shoes and made it downstairs. My bowling consisted of a strike, a spare, and countless gutterballs – my pool finesse did not translate to bowling. Most of the other partygoers were doing better than I was, but I had close to a gallon of beer in my system and I ain’t the best bowler when I’m sober either. Right around this point is where I reached the gallon mark and the bachelor finally got religious a few times. We left shortly thereafter to crash at Leif’s place, who lives fairly close to The Garage. I had my arm around Eric to make sure he got to our destination alright, as he wasn’t exactly on stable legs. It’s a wonder that I was. The Night We made it back to Leif’s and crashed about two in the morning. I vaguely remember taking off my Jesu hoodie, getting things out of my pockets, and sliding into a sleeping bag that was laid out on some cushions on the floor. I woke up at a quarter to five to go to the bathroom, which I managed to do and wash my hands without difficulty. However, I crashed out on the cold tile floor shortly thereafter because it was so nice and cool. I’m not sure how long I was there, but I eventually figured out that I should go back to the sleeping bag. The next time I woke up was around nine o’clock. While I was doing better, I still wasn’t feeling great. I used the bathroom again and made it back to the sleeping bag this time without a floor nap. I had the good fortune of being placed right in front of a slightly-opened door and the cool Seattle morning air felt so good on my face and arms at that time. It eventually got a little too cold, so I tucked back in the sleeping bag and passed out again. The Next Morning A quarter after eleven in the morning was rising time for the zombies, and the bachelor was having a harder time of things than I was. He had woken up in the middle of the night (around seven in the morning) with an absolutely splitting headache and was still feeling the effects of it. He was hungry though, so we decided to go to the Kingfish Café for breakfast and that’s where I failed. I was drinking coffee and water like it was going out of style, but I could barely eat any of my food – a shame, because what I did eat was rather tasty. I’d like to go there again sometime when I can actually digest food properly. After eating, we made it back to the apartment just in time for Breanna (the bachelorette who had her own wild party that night) to pick up Eric and myself. Eric had originally planned to drive down to the airport, but he still wasn’t confident enough in his ability to drive to do so. The reason we had to go to the airport was to pick up one of the wedding guests flying in early to check out Seattle and hang out with some of our other friends. A Wild Shizzie Appears! We got to the airport about half an hour or so before our friend Chris arrived, so the three of us sat in the cell phone waiting lot and made small talk by sharing stories of the respective bachelor and bachelorette parties. He eventually landed, so we went to the airport parking garage, spiraled up long enough to potentially induce nausea and found a parking spot! We met Chris in the airport baggage claim and Eric and I gave him big hugs. We decided to head to get some food and Chris had never been to Jack in the Box before, so we went there. I had an appetite by then, so I got their bacon bacon cheeseburger (which was lacking in the bacon department) and the curly fries (which were tasty). Too bad my appetite wasn’t around a couple hours earlier! We ate and Breanna drove the three of us back to Eric’s car (which was still out in front of Leif’s place), then we all decided to head to the Goodwill on Dearborn and Corwin to look for some good deals on games. Misadventures in SoDo Unfortunately, Eric didn’t know how to get there from Capitol Hill and I was thinking it was somewhere else, so we took a long drive down 4th Ave. S. until we said the hell with it and headed north on I-5. Thankfully, we’d gone further than the Dearborn exit, so we hopped off there and made it to the Goodwill shortly thereafter. Now that I know where it is, I’ll easily be able to find it again. Goodwill Gracious I can say that I’ll definitely want to find it again, because the Goodwill on Dearborn and Corwin is absolutely huge. We found some good deals on various things, but the luckiest find was found after deciding to dig out a cubby where some games had been (and Eric had picked up). There was something in there blocking more games and I found an interesting looking one called Sorcerer’s Kingdom for the Sega Genesis. I gave it to Eric and he said he thought it was a shooter, but he’d call his cousin Andy to confirm. I told him that if it was a shooter, he could keep it. We found out later that it was a 3rd person action RPG and he knows that I really like those, so he gave it back to me. Best thing – it only cost 99 cents! I have played the game since and I like it so far – it’s a little rough around the edges and the music is decidedly average, but the gameplay is rather interesting. Unlike most action RPGs, you don’t hack and slash – you run around until you encounter an enemy, then it goes into a tactical battle mode. You have to be really careful at the beginning until you can boost your defense, because it’s ridiculously easy to die before you do. If I get any deeper with the review, I’ll be overlapping with [Nintendo-A-GoGo], but I’m enjoying it so far. I also found some interesting CDs there, including a disc of Tomaso Albinoni’s adagios and a sealed CD on how to make pants. So random, I love it. Eric found a GI Joe collector case full of GI Joe figures in various shape for $5.99, which he can probably split up and make some decent bank on. Goodwill Gracious, Part Two Thinking that going to one Goodwill wasn’t enough, we went to another one that’s close to my place. Eric was giving me a ride home, so we figured why not? We weren’t as successful there, but I did manage to find a disc full of DOS games for $2 and two sealed Wesley Willis CDs for $3 a piece. After we checked out, we were originally talking about going to a Value Village even closer to my place, but Eric was unsurprisingly getting rather tired, so he dropped me off at home and I proceeded to apply the hair of the dog. 24 Hours of Wild and Crazy Times! From beginning to end, this was a fun adventure. It wasn’t balls-to-the-wall excitement every second, but it was definitely enjoyable and memorable. I’m sure it was probably more memorable for tomorrow’s groom, but with those prayers that he said, maybe not so much. He had another bachelor party last night that was more of a gaming party, but I couldn’t make it to that one ’ my schedule pretty much destroys my weeknights and he’s a long bus ride away from the office and home. I’m sure he and everyone else had a blast! Like I mentioned, the wedding is tomorrow night and I’m sure I’ll have another tale to tell about it! Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on March 5th, 2010. |
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