Thirsty Thursday!

Because let's face it: You probably have to do something tomorrow, but you're going to get drunk anyway.

Not that this really has anything to do with drinking, I just couldn't think of a title that included "Thursday" with much, how you say, pizzaz. "Thoroughfare Thursday"? That doesn't work. "Thoron Thursday"? Not that one either. See? No good names for it.

Anyway, I'm putting this post up because I just watched this video for Flight of the Conchords, and it was hilarious. Yeah, I've heard it before and watched the show on DVD a bunch, but still: Fun times. Now get out there with some rollerskates and enjoy the sun!

No Sympathy for the Devils

Rudy CAN fail...

Upset city just gained two new citizens: Arizona State and Boston College. The two previously undefeated football teams met the end of their streak last night. I had the privilege of being in attendance at the ASU v. Oregon game, and it was quite a thing to behold (and it was pretty damn cold, too!). As was predicted, Oregon won (so I'm not sure that it really counts as an upset if we were slated to lose, but then again, they were ranked higher than us...), and more of the BCS talk and Heisman.

In fact, it's funny to say that we're the only team in the nation to have TWO players on the Heisman watch (as of this writing). While Dixon is awesome, it was Stewart that really stole the show. Stewart probably won't get a Heisman this year, but I'm pretty sure that he can pull it off next year with Dixon out of the spotlight.

The only truly scary thing of the ASU game was seeing Dixon injured. We were reassured to see him walking around, jumping and giving Bellotti the "Let me back in, coach" gesturing. Bellotti made the smart move to keep Dixon out the rest of that game (why should they risk it against ASU?), and it looks like there was no serious harm.

I don't really remember what happened with the Boston College game because I had already gotten started on my drinking for the night (as some of the WDR crew was also doing). I kind of over did it (playing beer pong with whiskey), but this was a time for celebration, damn it! Even Joe Reefer had an excuse to party (USC's win against OSU), but he probably didn't because Joe doesn't care about/understand football.

But really, after all is said and done, I realized two things. ASU should have had "Rudie Can't Fail" as their theme for the season up to this point. I'm convinced that they failed horribly for this reason alone. Also, "No Sympathy for the Devils" would have been an awesome title for the game when ESPN/FSN/Yahoo/Etc. wrote their headlines for the night. Sadly they didn't do that. If you're listening ESPN/FSN/Yahoo/Etc., hire me to write your headlines! Geez...

Nic was pleased to see another win from his Tigers. They're still ahead of Oregon in the current polls (BCS isn't out yet) but so is Ohio State, and I am convinced that Ohio is going to get an upset soon. I'd bet money on it if I wasn't a broke college kid.

In other news, I was happy to see Notre Dame lose to Navy. That's right, I said NAVY. Dios mio, man. If Notre Dame didn't piss me off so much, I'd feel bad for them. Instead, I celebrated with scotch. Scotchity-scotch scotch scotch.



What does the future hold for the Ducks? Well, it looks like smooth sailing for a while, but anything could happen this season. But this week the Ducks will be taking a well deserved break.

Things That Need To End Immediately

Though I am not an old man, I am a crotchety bastard. In other words, things piss me off. What follows is a short list of things that are currently irritating the fuck out of me.

1. Furniture Stores using Funk Songs with new lyrics This is currently the bane of my existence. The worst offender is a commercial for Wicke's Furniture Warehouse that uses a remade version of The Commodores' "Brick House". You can imagine what the lyrical substitution is (hint: it's not using 'brick', but instead the name of the furniture establishment!). Another commercial that is nearly as annoying is one with a version of "Superfreak". It's so awful that I don't even feel like dispensing with the usual Rick James joke. Yes, we saw Little Miss Sunshine, we get it! Moving on...


2. 5 am If you're awake at 3 am, that just means it's a good party. If it's 4 am, at least you're probably going home, and you still have some time for some decent sleep. If it's 5 am and you're awake, you're actually waking up because you have some shit you can't afford to avoid. I found myself in this position last Saturday (taking the folks to the airport). From now on, I move to banish 5 am.


3. Things labeled "Bakery Fresh" that are not either fresh or come from a bakery Allow me to channel my inner-Linda Richman for just a moment. I enjoy Wheat Thins quite a bit. Yes, I understand the irony of the fat guy enjoying a product with "Thins" in the title; yes I realize that eating more of these will not in fact solve my weight problem. I recently purchased a box, and there was a seal across the top that read "BAKERY FRESH!". Now I asked myself, what was the last time you went to the bakery and ordered a fresh set of Wheated Thins? And that doesn't even get into the "freshness" part of the deal.

That being said, tomorrow night is Tuesday night, which means on thing for my dinner meal: Wheat Thins and Scotch. This week's selection: Chivas Regal, aged 18 years. I'm feeling fancy!


4. Justin Timberlake's attempts to make me like him First, from his appearances on SNL, he seems like a generally funny guy. But this past weekend, he did something that is very much appreciated in these quarters. When accepting various tin Moonmen at the VMA's, he pleaded for MTV to "play more videos!" Not just once, but twice. This was the greatest bitchslap that MTV had received since Jack Black said something similar at the last VMA's.

But then again, the motherfucker was in 'NSync. It's going to take years of service to work off THAT debt to society.