DBD 10.21.09 My Day at the Rose Bowl or: The Turkey Dinner at Pasadena Jail Isn't That Bad
by TwistNHook on Oct 21, 2009 7:40 AM PDT
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Print{A friend of mine who lurks here recently had quite the experience at the Cal-UCLA game. He didn't have the confidence to post it himself, but I convinced him, using my high charm abilities, to write it up. So, I could post it for him anonymously. If you know this person, I wish you would respect his wishes that he not be named, because it is a bit of an embarrassing story. But hilarious! So hilarious!
And just to be clear, this "friend of mine" is not me. GO BEARS! Enjoy!}
Oh, they had to carry Harry to the ferry,
And the ferry carried Harry to the shore;
And the reason that they had to carry Harry to the ferry
Was that Harry got arrested at the Rose Bowl on suspicion of public intoxication.
It's times like this, I'm glad there are so many lawyers on this blog. This is a long story, but I couldn't leave out all the chewy nuggets. My apologies to those with ADD.
My Saturday started innocently enough with a breakfast tailgate outside the Rose Bowl.
Dude, this tailgate is a sausagefest.
Oh the times I've had at this tailgate in the past: Beer busts, beer blasts, keggers, stein hoists, AA meetings, beer nights... but this time was the end all be all.
Drink, drank, drunk last night,
Drunk the night before;
Gonna get drunk this morning
Like I never got drunk before
There was the usual shotgunning and pounding of beers, there was flirting with cute UCLA girls, there was talking sweet, incomprehensible drunk talk, but the biggest difference last Saturday was discovering the following equation:
This
plus this
equals this
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OK, so I admit it: pounding whiskey and chasing it with Jager on the way into a game in 1,000 degree weather is a bad idea. Walking into the Rose Bowl, I lost my friends and had no idea where the Cal section was, so I went through the first tunnel I saw and sat down in the middle of some UCLA fans.
At this point, things get a bit hazy. I have a vague recollection of wandering through the tunnels, barely able to walk and pushing kids out of my way not unlike a tranq'd up Frank the Tank at Beanie's son's birthday party.
[Name Redacted]?
Then, I ended up stumbling around the walkway outside the stadium interacting with various UCLA and Cal fans (I'm sorry if I ran into you or offended you, your wife or your kids). On the plus side, I'm a pretty happy drunk and I'm sure I wasn't trying to start shit. There are nebulous memories of other fans commenting on how drunk I looked, but it didn't sink in at the time. About halfway through the 1QT, I decided to evacuate my breakfast...
I don't know why people say Memorial has terrible restrooms, the Rose Bowl's aren't that much better.
Some amount of time passed and the next thing I knew a very polite police officer was waking me from a wonderful nap on a men's room (I really hope it was a men's room) stall floor covered in my own vomit and shame. I asked the female cop outside what this shit was all over my shorts to which she responded, "your puke". "Gross" I said and got big laughs out of the cops, making me think I could charm my way out of this mess.
Now the Souse family is the best family
You zhink you're better n me?
dere's the island Ducks, an a Lowlwllsoolll ditch
The arrgghuburgleddomndairrrrrusshhhhhhhhhs
But my drunken vomit charm doesn't work on cops the way it did on coeds when I was in college. I was just the funny drunk they brought into Rose Bowl jail, which had a lot of activity going on. There were cops all over the place running around, but I was the only inmate. They set me in a room with a TV (Bonus!) where I sat and watched the 2QT (I think). An older cop and I watched the game and talked shit about UCLA's defense for a while before I was led, handcuffed, through the crowds and out to the waiting paddy wagon for my commute to real jail.
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Sitting on bench seats in handcuffs is extremely uncomfortable.
Pasadena jail was definitely getting into the school spirit. They intelligently separated the Cal fans and UCLA fans into two drunk tanks. There were at least 10 UCLA fans in their tank and only 2 Cal fans in ours (Win?). One dude was passed out and another who was sitting in a fetal position, seriously stressing about how he'd fucked up his life. I tried to apply that thought to myself at the time, but it didn't seem worth it. Shoes off, possessions confiscated, they threw me in.
Being the new guy, I felt I might have to kick the passed out guy's ass to establish dominance, but they -being fellow Cal fans- were totes cool. Their biggest concern was getting word from the outside world. I knew Cal was winning 35 to something involving a zero, so I was accepted based on my knowledge. How these guys ended up in jail before me is amazing. I don't even know if they made it into the game.
Sing glorious, victorious,
One drunk tank for the four of us.
Sing glory be to God that there are no more of us,
For there's only one toilet for us all. Damn near.
Here's to the Irish, dead drunk. The lucky stiffs....
Then, the cops brought in a new new guy -a slight fellow who didn't even seem drunk. The three of us already in were having a good time telling stories and laughing at that time and when he came in we yelled, "Fresh Fish!" He one-upped us though, by declaring, "I'm gonna fuck all of you!" All four of us were instantly prison pals.
Sitting in a 20' x 20' room for several hours, any activity that happened by our window was an exciting event. And a scraggly crackhead looking dude making a break for the elevator near us did not disappoint. Not a very well thought out escape plan, if you ask me. Whatever was on the other end of that elevator, I'm sure it wasn't freedom. They slammed him up against our window and we all got scared he was coming in, but I think it was straight to pound-me-in-the-ass prison for him and he was gone forever.
Now, the Pasadena police were really nice when they arrested me and friendly in the jails, but when they served us dinner, I thought about becoming a fan of theirs on Facebook. A couple inmates dressed in orange jumpsuits brought us turkey dinner consisting of: two slices of 20% turkey parts / 80% gelatin product, stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables and two slices of wheat bread paired with two little boxes of cranberry juice. My cellmates and I started theorizing how we could ferment the cranberry juice to make alcohol. Talk about Cal ingenuity!
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May I suggest a nice 2008 cranberry juice to go with this?
But there was no time for that, cause they started letting us go! First, the passed out guy, who when he got on the other side of the glass put his palm on it, which the remaining three of us gave him the "be strong" high five from the other side. Then, the stressing guy was led to booking, I hope he's alright. Then, me! My buddy actually figured out I was there and was waiting upstairs. I left slight guy behind with a window high five and was back on the streets a reformed man. Or more sober than when I entered at least.
In conclusion, I'd like to propose a toast to alcohol. The cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
Go Beers! I mean, Bears!
National Championship display case unveiled:
The University of California officially kicked-off its 2009 National Championship Week with the unveiling of the National Championship Display Case and Highlight Video Tuesday, Oct. 20 in the Memorial Stadium Hall of Fame Room. In attendance was Cal Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour, who made an introductory speech before the unveiling, plus Teri McKeever, the 2009 NCAA Coach of the Year who led the Golden Bears to the NCAA title in women's swimming and diving.
Also in attendance were assistant women's swimming coach Kristen Lewis-Cunnane, and athletes Hannah Wilson and Erica Dagg. Representing men's swimming were assistant coach Greg Meehan and standout Nathan Adrian. From men's track & field were associate head coach Ed Miller and discus champion Martin Maric, and from men's gymnastics were assistant coach Aaron Floyd and rings champion Evan Roth. Finally, the men's varsity four crew was represent by assistant coach Luke Agnini, rower Jordan Sartor and coxswain Jack Zhou.
In 2008-09, Cal captured a first-ever NCAA team title in women's swimming and diving, an IRA varsity four championship in men's crew, two relay victories in women's swimming and a women's NCAA tennis doubles title. An additional six other Bear stars brought home individual gold this past year in men's swimming, women's swimming, men's gymnastics and men's track & field to raise the total to 100 national crowns won by Cal athletes in the decade of the 2000s.
From a Cal Athletics perspective we really shine," said Barbour. "National championships at Cal are frequent, but in no way are they ordinary. The young men and women, along with the coaches and their support staff, have sacrificed and put in a lot of hard work. Our athletes not only go through physical trials of endurance, they are challenged intellectually and cerebrally, both in the class room and in our athletic venues. One of our contributions to the comprehensive excellence on this campus is our national championships. It was a fabulous year in 2008-09. We had a team title in women's swimming and 10 other individual, relay or crew champions. Ironically, that brought us to 100 national championships for the decade of the 2000s."
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Mens soccer hosts SoCal:
This Week
No. 20/25 California (8-5-0 overall, 2-3-0 Pac-10) plays No. 2 UCLA (8-1-2, 3-0-2) and San Diego State (4-4-4, 1-2-2) for the second straight week. The Golden Bears host the Bruins at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, and the Aztecs at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Edwards Stadium. Cal will honor its five seniors as part of Senior Day prior to the San Diego State match, the final regular-season home game for forward Jeff Cosgriff, goalkeeper Patrick Fry, defender Imaan Kerchgani, defender Evan Sassano and defender Jacob Wilson.
The Bears are ranked No. 20 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll and are tied for No. 25 in the Soccer America poll.
Scouting the Golden Bears
Cal is on a two-game losing streak after dropping road games to UCLA, 1-0, on Oct. 16 in Los Angeles and to San Diego State, 2-1, in overtime on Oct. 18 in San Diego. Junior defender A.J. Soares converted an 89th-minute penalty kick that forced the SDSU game to overtime for Cal’s lone goal on the trip.
Junior forward Andrew Wiedeman continues to lead the Bears in goals (10), points (23) and game-winning goals (5). He has three assists. Nationally, he ranks ninth in goals per game (0.77) and is tied for 11th in points per game (1.77). Wiedeman leads the Pac-10 Conference in points, goals and goals per game, and he ranks second in points per game.
Jeff Cosgriff ranks second for Cal in points (16), goals (6) and assists (4). Junior midfielder Hector Jimenez (1 goal, 8 assists) paces Cal in assists and ranks third in points (10). Jimenez ranks seventh in the nation in assists per game (0.62) and leads the Pac-10 in assists and assists per game.
As a team, Cal ranks 14th in scoring offense (2.0 goals per game) nationally and leads the Pac-10 in goals (26), goals per game and corner kicks (76).
Cal sophomore goalkeeper David Bingham, who made eight saves last week against UCLA, has compiled a 0.94 goals-against average in 11 starts.
Bears freshman midfielder Chris Ortega is the brother of SDSU midfielder Daniel Ortega.
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Cal mens gymnastics alum McNeill finishes 7th at All-Around at World Championships:
LONDON – Five-time NCAA individual champion Tim McNeill concluded his competition at the World Championships with a seventh-place finish in the all-around and taking fifth on pommel horse. The World Championships took place from Oct. 13-19 at the O2 in England.
In the all-around finals, McNeill hit all six of his routines and finished with an 87.150. He started with a solid floor routine, posting a 14.500. He did well on his pommel horse routine, which included the full Kehr, and received a 15.000.
On rings, McNeill scored a 14.325 for his routine that included a tucked double-double dismount. McNeill’s Yurchenko double full on vault scored a 15.300. His parallel bars routine, which is packed with difficulty, yielded a 14.200. Finishing on high bar, his routine that included a Yamawaki release and a tucked double-double dismount received a 13.825.
“I’m pretty excited (about finishing in the top 10),” McNeill said. “I really tried not to think about my ranking or standing against the rest of the field, but it is pretty impossible to blank that out, and I think that did get to me a little bit. Parallel bars gave me a chance (to move up in the rankings), and if I could change one thing, it would be to go back and redo that routine. Overall, I gave it my best, and I put everything out there. That’s all I can ask of myself. I still have the pommel horse final so have to get back to work.”
On pommel horse, McNeill was the highest American finisher with a 15.150. McNeill executed a clean routine that included the full Kehr. Zhang Hongtao of China won the title with a 16.200.
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Field hockey heads to Stanford:
This Week
With one week left in the regular season, the California field hockey team hopes to head into the postseason on a three-game winning streak. After defeating Pacific, 4-1, last Sunday, the Golden Bears (5-9, 3-1, NorPac Conference) head to No. 12 Stanford and UC Davis this week. Cal faces Stanford on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. and UC Davis on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m.
Magill and Spellman Earn All-Conference Honors
Sophomore Erin Magill and freshman Laura Spellman won NorPac Defensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors, respectively. As a team, these are Cal’s sixth and seventh conference weekly awards this season. Magill recorded her first defensive save of 2009 against Miami of Ohio last Friday. In addition, she secured her second assist of the campaign, setting up the Bears’ lone goal against the RedHawks.
Spellman recorded a goal and an assist in Cal’s 4-1 win over Pacific last Sunday. She assisted on the game-winning goal and added some insurance later in the period. Those three points were the first of her collegiate career.
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Mens water polo player named Co-Player of te week:
WOODLAND, CALIF. – University of California sophomore goalie Wil Toppen has been named the Oct. 19 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Co-Mikasa Player of the Week, it was announced by MPSF commissioner Al Beaird. Toppen, who is the second Golden Bear in as many weeks to be selected for the league’s weekly award, shared his first career MPSF player of the week honor with USC sophomore goalie Joel Dennerley.
Toppen, a 6-0, 185-pounder from Camarillo, Calif., was solid in No. 2-ranked Cal’s 7-6 MPSF league win Oct. 16 before a packed house at No. 4-ranked UCLA, recording nine saves with two steals. The six goals Toppen allowed was five less than the Bruins’ scoring average on the season. The young goalie has taken over Cal’s (13-4, 1-1) starting duties, recording 82 saves in 11 matches.
The week before, Bear junior center Zack White was the Oct. 12 MPSF Co-Player of the Week, helping Cal to a runner-up finish at the UCI Invitational, scoring eight goals (four in each match) in victories over Loyola Marymount (9-8) and then-No. 1-ranked and previously unbeaten Stanford (10-8). White also had nine ejections earned in three of the tournament matches.
Toppen and White join sophomore attacker Cory Nasoff as the Bears’ MPSF Player of the Week selections this season. Nasoff was the Sept. 8 MPSF Co-POW after helping Cal to a 4-0 start at the Navy Open in Annapolis, Md., scoring 11 goals in matches against Iona, Navy and Bucknell.
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Is the person featured in today's DBD superstitious about his Cal football fandom?
So the person featured in this DBD got mind numbingly drunk, went to jail, and we won in L.A. for the first time in 10 years. In order to appease the juju and be successful the next time we play in L.A., does this mean he has to do the Jack + Jager = Jail equation all over again?
I’m trying to wrap my mind around how drunk you have to be to go inside the Rose Bowl and look around, yet not be able to figure out where the Cal section is.
Praise be to Tedford!
Miller forecast’s the Holiday Bowl in our future.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/4266/second-half-outlook-california
Heh damn that sucks. Cool story but for his sake ya hope that arrest isn’t on his record.
In other words, Go Bears!
If you’re going to get arrested, it’s best to do it while you’re still in college.
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know that arrests go on your record if no charges are pressed.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Indeed, arrests are not on your record if charges are not pressed.
This guy is golden.
Decent story but doesn’t beat my boy who flew out to Tennessee in 06. Tailgaited/got drunk and subsequently decided to relieve himself in the bushes prior to making it into game. Got arrested for incecent exposure. Never saw the game – probably a good thing.
by 33SwisherSweet on Oct 21, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we could actually conclude your friend was lucky. What he saw in jail was much better than what I saw on the field.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 21, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Unless he was read his Miranda rights/warning, he wasn’t arrested, he was merely “detained” and the cuffs were for his protection. Lack of arrest = lack of record. If it was a true arrest, there will be a record unless you have it expunged, and you’ll have a good story to tell the bar if you ever want to become a lawyer. Luckily I only had “detained” stories which I told silently during bar passage time.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 21, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
How does the expunged process work? And what did you do to get detained? ;)
I’ve been watching too much Cops recently
In other words, Go Bears!
I’ve never needed to expunge anything, luckily, but I suppose there is some local court process that you have to follow.
Here’s my detained story:
silence
I hope you enjoyed it.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 21, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Invoking the [insert amendment # here] amendment huh?
To think I knew most of the amendments when I was in HS…
In other words, Go Bears!
That would be the fifth, but maybe I’m doing more of a “Reagan defense”, i.e., “I do not recall”
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 21, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Alberto Gonzalez, is that you?>?>>
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I do not recall who this Alberto Gonzalez fellow is.
or
I did not have sexual relations with that person — Alberto Gonzalez.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 21, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
It would be scary to show up to work straight from jail. I sadly know people who have.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
White collar jail doesn’t count.
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You act like you’re not a white collar worker, just like the rest of the corporate hacks here (myself included).
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Firstly, I have a pink collar on today.
Secondly, none of my co-workers have ever come straight to work from jail.
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I am quite sure some of mine have.
I have gone straight to work from some girls house, that i would have been hard pressed remember her name.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 21, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but who hasn’t done that?
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Your wife owns the house?!
Negative points!
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
They own everything. What’s hers is hers. What’s yours is hers too. FYL.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I am a hack
I take offense to being called corporate.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Oct 21, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
You work for Microsoft…. you’re the very definition of a hack.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
INDIAN SLIGHT DISAGREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMENT!
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by TwistNHook on Oct 21, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Listen royrules22 and TwistNHook, I’m tired of your constant slapfights. I have received several formal written and notarized complaints about this behaviour and it is absolutely unacceptable on this forum. Please settle your issues outside of California Golden Blogs and let us please return to substantive football discussion.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
by Rishi on Oct 21, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Wait, so the notarized complaints weren’t written? Were they sign language? Smoke signals?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 21, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
When you focus on being productive in the hilarity department, you definitely have skills. But then you get so easily distracted. It’s disconcerting.
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I’m still confused. Please explain it to me if I were The Maharg.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Wait, what were we talking about?
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
(jingles all the way)
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 21, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
All this jingling must mean it’s Friday. I guess I don’t have work tomorrow.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Great story
So, Twist, how did it feel to enjoy life for the time it took you to write this DBD?
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
I felt alive for the first time. Like every breath I took was a new and different experience. And I could taste colors.
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How did the colors taste? Like Skittles?
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like you tasted the rainbow.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought the purple berries tasted like burning.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 21, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Passing out in the bathroom is a crime?!? I don’t ever want to be legal!
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
You Oregon fans are so disturbing. I don’t know why we ever allowed you to invade and occupy our gorgeous and bountiful lands.
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"No Trespassing"
I think there’s the law of adverse possession? If he squats on CGB for 7 years and pays our property taxes for that time, he will become the rightful owner of CGB unless we post a “No Trespassing” sign.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we can’t be aware of it. Fortunatelyt for him, we are blissfully ignorant.
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I think we should post some signs just to be safe.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
for the win!
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
by BearStage on Oct 22, 2009 3:26 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that bear totes looks like he’s a defensive end doing a swim move to tackle the quarterback
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by dballisloose on Oct 22, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Twist is our guide. Oregon fans may not enter CGB without him. Fortunately he’s such a patsy that he’ll guide anyone and let them run all over CGB with reckless abandon.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
3 things
1) Your friend is a dumbass!
2) Nothing makes me want to jump “you” more than right now mystery person!
3) This was funny as hell!
by BearBallCarrier on Oct 21, 2009 10:30 AM PDT reply actions
IEeBear has an interesting story on Cal hoops.
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Daven Harmeling is kind of awesome
That 2007-2008 Cougars team is one of my favorite college hoops teams of all time.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
Rec'd for "I'm going to fuck all of you" comment
JD is evil, evil stuff. Along with Wild Turkey, when I drank JD I would forget things and happily punch random people. No other alcohol has this effect on me, thus, no more JD in my life.
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
I’ve heard wild things about absinthe.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve heard wild things about sitting quietly watching Real Housewives with your significant other.
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She lets you sit on the couch now?
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
My limited experience with absinthe has been so far pretty ‘meh’. Not bad, but nothing to justify the price.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
It makes playing Yahtzee with CBKWit pretty interesting!
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Absinthe does not make you hallucinate. It fucks you up good, but the hallucination thing is an urban legend.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
But, after 10 shots, I fell to the ground and tried to force the trip. “WHY IS THE FLOOR AS LOW AS I CAN GO!?”. But, I was just faking it, ya know? It wasn’t a from the heart trip.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
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i totally agree.
I end up with my hands in people’s pants when I hit the JD.
excellent story twist.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 21, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
As much as I’d love to take credit (and I would!), it was a joint effort between my friend and me. So, I can’t take ALL the credit. Just about 90% or so. No, wait, let’s make that 95%. Well, 99.
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well...since your 'friend' want's to remain anonymous....
you get credit.
and you did post it, even if someone else’s life inspired it….
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 21, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Mr Baseball Bat. He’ll solve any tenancy issues you have.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
In Berkeley? You having landlord problems?
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I lived in Oakland (it was right at the edge of Berkeley though)
the landlord is saying that I never gave him a deposit and that he has no record of this (the only record I have is a bank statement. I can’t find the receipt he gave me). He originally wanted the deposit in cash. I’m not sure what kinds of proof I would need or anything or how my rights as a tenant can be used so I can prove I’m in the right.
Ouch, that sucks. Better try and find that receipt.
The Rent Control Board might be a good place to start.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
get a copy of the canceled check from your bank.
plan to file at small claims court, as the landlord will expect you to drop it.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 21, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol
What the hell kind of landlord rents out without a deposit?
What a crook.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
NOT TwistNHook
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 21, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah
It’s great to be young. That kind of reminds me of back when the Fremont Experience just opened in Vegas. Though I imagine the Pasadena drunk tank is much more friendly than downtown Vegas …
On ATQ I'm known as JSoCal Oski
It's spelled J-etc
In about a week’s time, I will most likely be able to tell you what the Austin drunk tank is like.
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I’ve been there! It sucks! Why are you coming here? Austin isn’t big enough for a Rishi invasion!
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 21, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I really like Austin, for music and food (I include Lockhart in that equation). What don’t you like about it?
Talk to me about the Sixth Street party scene.
And Flaming Doctor Peppers
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Flaming Dr Peppers are awesome.
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m really excited to try them, especially after Tucker Max’s story.
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I mean, there’s really nothing special about them except the fact that they’re ON FIRE. Which is awesome.
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve had homemade FDPs before; I’m more interested in the visual spectacle!
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You ever had a Blue Blazer? I haven’t found any bars that make them but they sound awesome.
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Flaming Dr. Pepper’s are best when made by an already drunk friend who spills some of the 151 on his hand when pouring it, lights his hand on fire while lighting the shot, then silently stares at his burning hand for a good 3 seconds before reacting in pain and blowing it out.
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I’m not a local, but my impression is that Sixth Street = lots of drunken 21 year olds and short skirts. Fifth street is like grad students or mid-20’s, fun but not out of control, and fourth street is a little chiller than that. So there’s a range of options, depending on what kind of night you’re looking for, and this rule isn’t hard and fast either.
Wow, they have like a gradient of party scenes. That’s awesome.
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Any guesses where Rishi is going to be?!
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You strike me as a Belmont kind of guy. 6th and Lavaca…somewhat upscale, lots of hot chicks but tons of attitude also. Some spectacular scenery though…
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 21, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Done
He’s there.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 21, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get out as much as I used to (understatement of century). General advice, stay away from the central strip on 6th as that tends to be an under 21 extravaganza. I prefer the west end, J Blacks is a cool bar and there are 2 or 3 other decent ones nearby. I’m completely unfamilar with the east end though these days. Another cool area nearby is the Warehouse district on 4th and Lavaca. Several cool places to go here and only a few blocks from 6th St. Beware Oil Can Harry’s though! Unless your taste runs to oiled up young studs in g strings dancing in go go cages.
This website might be of some limited use:
http://www.austin360.com/food_drink/content/food_drink/bars/happyhourresults.html
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 21, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless your taste runs to oiled up young studs in g strings dancing in go go cages.
I’m reasonably confident that this is exactly what Rishi’s tastes run to.
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by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You act like there’s something wrong with it.
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Hey hey hey, don’t drag me into this. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again….women are ok but there’s nothing like the real thing.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure they’re friends? Are you sure they’re not NOTHING?
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TwistNHook doesn’t exist?!
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Come to think of it, it could have been anybody in that double-breasted suit and stunner shades.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps TwistNHook is a myth, just like Santa Clause.
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Come to think of it, he did ask me to sit on his knee and tell him what I want for Christmas.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he was inane
In other words, Go Bears!
The guy in the suit who honked you at the USC game was actually Ragnarok. TwistNHook is a collective delusion we are all experiencing. It’s a manifestation of the subconscious torment that stems from being Cal fans.
dboneisloose
TwistNHook = Cal = manifestation of the subconscious torment = delusion
Did I get it?
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
cereal?
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Tally-ho, Gunther
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
To add on to the general Austin advice here…I will say that if haven’t been here before, you definitely need to go to 6th street. It really is an unreal scene – after a while, you get used to it, but the first time it blows your mind.
Now, I might recommend that you check out bars on 6th before ending up at bars somewhere else. There are a good deal of pretty cool bars spread throughout town outside of the 4th/5th/6th street areas. Are you going to be there on Halloween? In that case, I might try to stay away from 6th
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 21, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Where should I be on Halloween itself? I mean, after I explore how crazy packed the Sixth Street situation is.
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Well…last year the law school halloween party was on Halloween Night so i didn’t have to figure out anything. So, I have no real advice as to where to go bar-wise on halloween….since you want to be near downtown I would suggest the places on West 4th maybe. Like sec119 said 4th and Lavaca. Those places should get you a bit away from the teenagers on East 6th.
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 21, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Halloween is nuts
They shut down a chunk of 6th St every Friday and Saturday so people are walking the streets. Halloween they shut down a 6 square block area of and 200,000 or so people all congreagate and make merry in the streets.
Holy shit, if you’re here Halloween night, that’ll be nuts. Definitely the craziest party night of the year in Austin. I would go with the flow but I expect there to be high cover charges in a lot of places so if you find a place your crew likes, you might want to stick there so you aren’t paying $20 to get into a bar several times.
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 21, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
How early do I have to reach there?
I’m bloody excited.
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Mind you, its been a decade since I ventured down there but it’ll be insane by 9, probably earlier. Depending on your groups plans for the day, you might peek your head out around 6 to see what its like, it’ll be dark by 7. There are plenty of good eateries around there so maybe dinner on the street to see how it fills up, then moving on from there.
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 22, 2009 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to be Ed Hochuli for Halloween and declare fumbles incomplete and whistle them dead.
Then, I’m going to flag people for illegal touching and giggle like a schoolgirl.
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by Rishi on Oct 22, 2009 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd
Then, I’m going to flag people for illegal touching and giggle like a schoolgirl.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 22, 2009 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to Austin next year for the UT-UCLA game. Its gonna f’ing rock!
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
The question is, who are you rooting for?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we root for mutually assured destruction?
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by yellow fever on Oct 21, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
In that game, UCLA of course. Always root for UCLA unless they’re playing Cal, because they’re our little brothers.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve lived in Austin for almost 16 years. I like it. The drunk tank at County totally blows though
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 21, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I suspect you will have to do more than this to end up in the Austin drunk tank
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 21, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Clearly, you’re new to Rishi.
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I am not saying you won’t accomplish your goal, just that Austin has slightly different standards than the Rose Bowl
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 21, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
What hotel are you staying at?
The Omni is most convenient as its central to the bar scene. Hyatt and Marriott are both at the east end of 6th St. There’s a Raddisson on Congress and Cesar Chavez (1st st) that isn’t too far from the action. Other than that, you’ll need to cab everywhere.
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 21, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
LET'S POOL OUR MONEY AND BUY THE SILVERDOME
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I’ll start the bidding at one buck.
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 21, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Really? So we have a shot then. We could host our own bowl game there. The Honk Bowl presented by California Golden Blogs.
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 21, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Another game of croquet?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Not just “another” game, the world’s largest croquet game!
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 21, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
You’d have to have some pretty huge balls to throw the world’s largest croquet game.
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if it were somewhere other than a third world country
i’d be interested.
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by Rocksanddirt on Oct 21, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmmmm..... What to do with the Silverdome
Some ideas:
1. Build a giant slide
2. Build a giant fort out of old boxes, tables, blankets, and old sofas
3. Honkfest 2010
4. Stage a fake Rose Parade Parade
5. Beer Pong Tournament for the ages
6. Prison for the torturing of captives from AtQ
7. Slip n’ slides galore
8. Perpetual tailgate with Cal games on the jumbotron.
9. Jello Pool
10. Indoor Yacht racing
11. Go karts
12. Nerf Wars
13. Construction of a death star
14. Human skee-ball
15. Capture the flag
16. Demolition derby
17. Hide and seek
18. All bollywood all the time
19. Explode the building to celebrate the 4th of July
20. Midget + Cannon
21. Big Lebowski Indoctrination camp
22. Mardi Gras nights EVERY Tuesday
23. World’s largest sing-along
24. Glass section of Robinson’s May + baseball bat
25. Giant man cave
by chowder on Oct 21, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Natalie Coughlin eliminated!
How was this not front page news?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/189787648_b8754a816a.jpg
LOS ANGELES – Natalie Coughlin won’t be going for the gold on “Dancing with the Stars.”
The Olympic swimmer and her professional partner, Alec Mazo, were eliminated Tuesday from ABC’s popular dancing competition. The pair received a total score of 22 out of 30 from the show’s judges for their paso doble Monday. After viewer votes were combined with the judges’ scores, the 27-year-old Olympic gold medalist was eliminated from the show.
“I guess I didn’t show it, how much I loved it,” said Coughlin, “but I really did, and I’m sorry.”
Before Coughlin’s dismissal, the show’s 16 professional dancers honored the late Michael Jackson with a performance fusing classic ballroom and Latin styles set to “I Want You Back,” “Man In The Mirror” and “Thriller.” Jackson family members including Katherine, La Toya and Jermaine Jackson watched the tribute from the front row in the ballroom.
“He’s just an inspiration to all of us,” said professional dancer Mark Ballas.
The nine remaining celebrity contestants competing for the “Dancing with the Stars” mirrorball trophy are entertainer Donny Osmond, actress Melissa Joan Hart, model Joanna Krupa, professional snowboarder Louie Vito, former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin, singers Mya and Aaron Carter and TV personalities Mark Dacascos and Kelly Osbourne.
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Do you have a link that isn’t a photo of a bear sign?
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lol, maybe. only if you go back and rec my others.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Well at least I can go back to not caring about this show.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
“California Dried Plums are one of my favorite healthy snacks. I sometimes nibble on them like candy and I recommend dried plums to my family, friends, teammates and coaches”
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?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to google news to help Twist find that article, but I decided I liked that quote better.
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OH NOESSS!
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s redic! Everyone knows California grows the best prunes.
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 21, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m totes sad about this. Yet another Oregon invasion of our territory.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
when he came in we yelled, “Fresh Fish!” He one-upped us though, by declaring, “I’m gonna fuck all of you!” All four of us were instantly prison pals.
rofl
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Yes, because Twist doesn’t drink. Take out the part about getting drunk and puking, and I would totally believe that Twist would be incapable of finding the Cal section in the Rose Bowl.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
That's just a cover
We all know Twist pretends not to drink because he’s actually a raging alcoholic. How else can you explain his odd behavior.
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 21, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
No amount of alcohol could make someone that inane unless they were inane to begin with.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
No, he just copied it from TuckerMax.com and changed the city and school involved.
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Like you did with your Arthur Kadesque tale after some Cal game this season?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
The DBD? That was purposely meant to mock Arthur Kade…
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Wow
After an amazing interview with one of Vegas and San Fran’s top radio morning shows this morning with Elvis and The Dog House (Lasted about 11 minutes, and they really seemed consumed with the progress of "The Journey", the amazing lifestyle I live, and what separates me from the Gen Pop, but I can’t find a podcast to put here), I ran to the gym to drop an hour of intense working out (I was lax this weekend because I was waking up with various hot girls in my bed for 2 straight days and even though my shoulders, arms, and chest still look great, my abs suck, and I have been too consumed with business and The Craft, and not paying enough attention to what one girl this weekend called, "The Best Body I have ever seen in that towel pic in your portfolio." I have had artists offer me money to draw or sculpt my body because it’s proportions are so dynamic and rare, and I think I get so used to having the ability to "Rip Down" at will that I put work and sex ahead of taking care of myself sometimes), and finally cleared the release of my next big announcement (I told a friend what it was and he said, "That is really cool. You really are doing this. I can’t wait to see people’s reactions when you put it on the blog"), and am now in the process of finalizing the final touches on my Press/Blog release, but it feels so good to finally be able to drop my next bomb after the monumental announcement of my "Dev Deal" with "Entertainment Powerhouse" IMG Media, and then the buzz that was created when a production crew was with me a week and a half ago. I have been getting emails, phone calls, and people coming up to me asking non-stop what the big announcement is, and it is finally great to share it with Kade Nation, but it’s still like the moment when you know you are going to ejaculate, but you’re still holding it for a few more seconds for maximum enjoyment.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I was waking up with various hot girls in my bed for 2 straight days
This made me imagine Kade in a semi-comatose state, periodically waking up to find attractive women in his bed and then passing out again.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
USAIN BOLT OWNS CRICKET (video)
Which sport will he take over next?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions
Can you explain that sport to me? Or anyone, still a tad confused.
by CaliforniaCMB on Oct 23, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Maryland QB Chris Turner's dad...uhh...doesn't like their AD
Hope we never have an awkward situation like that.
John Turner’s comments, posted under his screen name, said: “Get rid of Yow. And you might have a chance on being decent in football and basketball. Shes [sic] the absolute worst and will destroy your program! TRUST ME!”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions
We did, between DeSean’s dad and Tedford. DeSean’s dad was at the point of creating tshirts that said “Dump Tedford”, back in 2007.
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by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
True, although did it ever become a huge public thing?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Turner's dad was a founding member of the 80s rock band Ratt
Who knew he could also channel that passion to Maryland football?
His posts critical of Yow really show that Turner knows how to Lay It Down. His son prolly went to Maryland because of the success that Friedgen had there early in his tenure, making it seem that the program was going to Reach For The Sky. But since they went to the Orange Bowl in Friedgen’s first year, the program has just kind of gone Round and Round. Perhaps Dad Turner thought Maryland would be Back For More BCS bowl appearances while his son was the QB. Instead, the Terps are going to have to play better to stay Out Of The Cellar in the ACC. Maybe there’s hope: they did beat Clemson earlier this season, so the Terps aren’t completely terrible. Maybe I’m Insane, but I’m a little stunned that Maryland is an underdog for the game at Duke.
Wonder why Dad Turner thinks Maryland can’t be good at basketball. Gary Williams won an NC there 7 years ago and they built a new arena there in the last few years. I think Maryland should Dance again this year, especially if Vazquez is back (and I think he is). Maybe Mr. Turner thinks Gary Williams needs to go and thinks Yow doesn’t have it in her to set off the Detonator and fire him.
Praise be to Tedford!
by Ohio Bear on Oct 21, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
hahahahahhaha rec’d
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Flagged for WAY too much Ratt
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 21, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Flagged for a)thinking we care about Ratt and b)knowing that much about Ratt. Whitesnake, man!
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Is This Love that Twist has for Whitesnake? Fair enough. I like Whitesnake, too.
I’m tired of talking about Ratt and Maryland sports anyway. I’d much rather focus on Cal football. After losing 2 straight with the LA trip looming, I was seriously thinking Here I Go Again: thinking Rose Bowl only to have that goal likely destroyed. Would this be another 2007? But we gloriously TCB’d in LA and won. I was so happy to get back in the win column that I stayed up reveling In The Still of the Night. I even had a Slip of The Tongue and wondered out loud if we could win out and finish 10-2. What can I say? I’m Guilty of Love when it comes to Cal football.
But let’s take this one game at a time. First things first: we have to take care of the Cougs. They have to be improved (don’t they?) – can’t get much worse than they were last year and they will totes want to avenge last year’s 66-3 debacle. They’re coming off a bye, so some of their O-line injuries might have resolved themselves. And the last game they played was a semi-respectable 27-14 loss to ASU in which they forced 6 turnovers and hit a 99 yard TD pass. These Cougs might be turning the corner. Coach Wulff is prolly saying Give Me More Time to the Coug faithful who long for the Mike Price days.
But can the Cougs Come An’ Get It at Memorial on Saturday? I’m cautiously confident about this one. We should be playing with confidence after last week’s win. And our offense has reawakened, so we should be able to Slide It In to the end zone a bunch on Saturday.
Hopefully, we can put them away early like last year. I don’t want to be listening to this game with a Restless Heart in the second half.
Praise be to Tedford!
by Ohio Bear on Oct 21, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
You think Cal's QB situation has been bad?
Nothing compared to the firestorm at Ohio State.
As of this morning, an astonishing 47 percent of respondents in a Columbus Dispatch online poll (unscientific, of course) voted “Yes” to the question “Should Ohio State make a change at quarterback?” despite Pryor’s obvious talent and 13-4 record as a starter. And Dispatch reporter Ken Gordon went out of his way to calculate the impact of Pryor’s turnovers in each game this season, and doesn’t pull any punches for the sophomore’s benefit, beginning with the headline:
Pryor TOs the difference between 5-2 and 7-0?
[…]
Pryor has accounted for 11 turnovers: 8 interceptions and 3 lost fumbles (out of 8 fumbles overall). Opponents have converted those turnovers into 30 points.
[…]
… I determined that Pryor’s turnovers prevented OSU from scoring at least 3 points [in the three-point loss to USC], and maybe as many as 18.Add those together, and you have a total turnover cost of between 33 and 48 points. It could also be argued that his turnovers made the difference in both of OSU’s losses.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions
Of course, he also assumes that the team would have scored all of the points that they did with Pryor in the game too.
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by yellow fever on Oct 21, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
None of the fault for this lies on Tressel for not adjusting his offensive system around the talents of his starting QB, of course.
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It is a known fact in Columbus that Tressel and his sweatervests are impervious to everything. Except the SEC.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 21, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
And Texas. (Well OK maybe just the once.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Notre Dame fans want the school to stop paying attention to academics and focus on the fact that it is a football factory:
What Notre Dame Administration and Faculty don’t understand is that football NOT academics made the University of Notre Dame what it is today. The fact of the matter is that 90% of the people that want to come to ND, and spend money at ND, and care about ND do so because of some tie to our football
program.
http://www.chuckweis.com/boycott.html
FINALLY they tell the truth about it.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, that’s the reverse argument that that one UC professor has been making.
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by yellow fever on Oct 21, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
do people really do these things? there are really people out there like this?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I use Twitter mostly to follow political news, but along the way I ended up following a fair number of my friends (and a few funny celebrities), and yes, people tweet stuff like that constantly.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
yes.
i usually only post tweets when sitt’n on the can, so struggle to say something other than that.
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by Rocksanddirt on Oct 21, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh God: SEC Championship rematch in the BCS Championship?
Let the drumbeats begin. (I give this a 1% chance of happening.)
The upheaval in the top 10 has already led some observers to seek alternate routes to a more palatable championship matchup — i.e. one involving schools that have been there before — which so far has led them to one conclusion if Texas (heaven forbid) happens to bite the dust: How about an all-SEC championship? We’re not there (yet) with the national media, but the homers are already abuzz with the prospect of turning the Rose Bowl into the world’s largest deer stand. CBS Sports’ Gary Danielson implied as much with his SEC-riffic championship hierarchy during the Florida-LSU game earlier this month, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Tony Barnhart, holding his nose at the sight of Boise-Cincy-Iowa at 4-5-6 in the BCS, suggested Monday that he’s getting the itch for a title game that doubled as SEC Championship West:
1. There CAN be an Alabama-Florida rematch for the national championship. Last week I said that if Alabama and Florida were undefeated, ranked 1-2 and played a close SEC championship game, there would not be a rematch for the BCS title.
[…]
But after seeing the first set of BCS standings on Sunday, I think it is now possible if No. 3 Texas loses at some point. That’s because there is a huge gap in the BCS average between No. 2 Alabama (.9526) and No. 4 Boise State (.8083) and No. 5 Cincinnati (.7870). …
Secondly, I can’t remember when we’ve had this much of a competitive gap between the top two teams in the standings and the rest of the Top 10. Example: If you’re a voter in one of the polls, do you put a 12-0 Iowa into the big game over a 12-1 SEC team that just lost a close game to the No. 1 or No. 2 team in the nation?Considering Iowa would have to beat Arizona (a computer favorite this week), Penn State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio State, Big Ten fans have your answer: “Yes. Yes you do.”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions
There’s no way there’s a rematch. The prospect of a Michigan/Ohio State rematch was what pushed Florida in the title game to begin with (and inadvertently started the Tebow love-fest) but I can’t see voters outside of the South voting the loser of the SEC title game #2 unless every BCS conference team has at least two losses.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.
by yellow fever on Oct 21, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The fact that we’re even having this mind-numbingly stupid argument is a pretty damning argument against the BCS.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
This discussion is pushing me firmly towards believing that one of the main problems with the BCS is that there’s zero consensus on what people are supposed to be ranking. The most talented teams? The teams with the best records? The teams that performed the best this year?
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 21, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Next year I’m going to rank teams based on who I think has the hottest cheerleaders. Oregon-Texas for the title!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
….2….
At CGB, we whine because we care
by dballisloose on Oct 21, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s like way mysogynistic and I’m not going there.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Having a baby’s changed you man. I don’t even know you anymore.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 21, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
one can only hold the “Horniest Man on the Internetz” title for so long. It needs to be passed on. We should groom rollonu.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
also
http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2009/10/21/1082719/on-moderation
I’m trying to stay classy.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Don’t worry, those are only to discourage Rishi and I from bitching at each other. You’re fine.
dboneisloose
Thanks. I’ve toned down the Poon Fridays and have surprisingly no one has noticed.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Oh, we noticed
we were giving you a temporary pass to deal with the stress of new fatherhood. Sadly, you’ve betrayed us
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
by Fire Starkey on Oct 21, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
We’ve all noticed. Please continue to be carp again.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Fuck. If danzig +1’s this, I have to do it or else I’ll end up off the Farrallon Islands with a cinder block tied to my neck.
For those who would like to explore on their own, allow me provide a tutorial:
1) Google search “[Enter your BCS conference here] poon”
2) Google image search “[Your school here]” and one of “NSFW,” “girls,” “sorority girls,” or “cheerleaders” with safe search off
3) ????
4) Profit
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
No, do the work for us
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
by Rishi on Oct 21, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up