The socializing aspect of the trip was much better. We had a tailgate gathering before the game with Mojo and Co. who now claim to be retired Puckheads. I was joined in my journey by Kurt and we made our way out after the game, first making the obligatory stop at Overtime for a couple of Labatt's. We proceeded to stop in to see our friends Poe and Lisa, and subsequently take Poe out (at the request of Lisa.) The rest of the night was spent between Up Front and Co. and The Doghouse, doing some relaxing socializing at both.
Finally, we took in the local phenomenon of the "closing time near-riot outside The Matrixx." This is something that Marquette Police should probably consider doing something about before a fight spills out onto Washington St. and gets somebody run over. The mixture of people waiting to be picked up, people buying hot dogs, people walking home, people looking to fight and people willing to fight them is always a excting situation to be in. After we had our fill of the commotion (and our fill of hot dogs), our crew regrouped at Poe's house along with Gabe and his roommate Emily for some late night discussions of life and a few more adult beverages.
Earlier today, I was nearly in an accident with a woman driving what looked to be a Mercedes-Benz G500 SUV. Now, when I say nearly, I mean I started to pull out in a parking lot, saw her coming and stopped pulling out so that she could still drive by without swerving or even slowing down for that matter. The response of the driver was to honk her horn and glare at me as if I had just squatted a duece in the middle of a busy restaurant. Now, I'm not one to rag on the rich simply for being rich (I am a Republican after all), but this look could only be explained as a "how dare you come within fifteen feet of hitting my $90,000 vehicle with your decrepit car that probably doesn't even have a heated steering wheel" look. I learned a few things from this experience:
- The Mercedes-Benz website is slow (you don't think I knew it was a G500 off the top of my head, do you?)
- That woman in the SUV is a giant tool.
- The G500 is the ugliest SUV I've ever seen.
Finally, we found out today that Alex Rodriguez, the famous baseball mercenary who now rents his services to the New York Yankees, was named American League MVP. It's the second time he's won the award in the last three seasons and he edged out Boston super slugger David "Papi" Ortiz. Congrats to Mr. Rodriguez as he makes some room on the mantle at home to display that trophy while Papi only has his WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS ring to provide him solace. Screw you, A-Rod.
Good luck to the Ashwaubenon Jaguars as they take on the Waunakee Warriors this weekend for the WIAA Division 2 football championship.
RANDOM MOVIE QUOTE!
Anthony: "Look around! You couldn't find a whiter, safer or better lit part of this city. But this white woman sees two black guys, who look like UCLA students, strolling down the sidewalk and her reaction is blind fear. I mean, look at us! Are we dressed like gangbangers? Do we look threatening? No. Fact, if anybody should be scared, it's us: the only two black faces surrounded by a sea of over-caffeinated white people, patrolled by the triggerhappy LAPD. So, why aren't we scared?"
Peter: "Because we have guns?"
Anthony: "You could be right."
-Crash (2004)
I'm finished,
Nate
2 comments:
Crash is an amazing flick. Great quote.
The Puckheads were the subject of a recent article in the student newspaper at U-M. Our sportswriters were very impressed with the enthusiasm of the 'heads and appeared to have fan-frenzy-envy. Good to know somebody behind the madness in MQT.
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