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When the bartender busted out the huge, carved-crystal glasses to pour the shots in, we knew we were in trouble.
teaching english in korea: part three
August 07, 2005
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...where a few of the fellas were kind enough to head to the hotel bar with me to do a celebratory birthday shot of tequila. Hoo-ah.
teaching english in korea: part three
August 07, 2005
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And then later that night I met up with Emily and Rachael to celebrate Rachael's 26th birthday! Happy Birthday, Ray Ray! That about wraps up the first half of the July Roundup! Part Two coming soon!
the july roundup: part one
July, 2005
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Shots are always a bad idea.
the january roundup: part two
January, 2005
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Check out Rachael and Emily's expressions: can you guess which one of these two had the idea to order shots of Rumplemintz? Hahah.
christmas with the battjers
December 23, 2004
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After giving up on being able to see anything good out in the bay, we decided to head into the gift shop. Here's Leigh getting ready to slam a shot with hoodie-bear.
leigh visits san francisco
October 07, 2004
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Here's the group doing the obligatory shot of Brennevin (the nasty liquor that I still have a huge surplus of from my trip to Iceland) before leaving the house.
my 28th birthday at misshapes
August 07, 2004
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"Don't run! It's filled with vodka!" Ooooooooooookay.
leigh's birthday parties
July 24, 2004
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After I mastered being a DJ, I headed back over to my apartment to meet up with Grant. And do a little pre-party warm up drinking. Full Story: Remember how we went to Iceland? Well, we ended up buying a bunch of bottles of this stuff called Brennivan - which means "Black Death" in Icelandic. Anyway, only after we'd bought a bunch of bottles of it did we learn that it tastes like it's made out of Band-Aids and pine needles. Not wanting to throw it away, I decided that anytime someone's over my house and we're going on, everyone present has to do a jigger of Brennivan before leaving. So here's Grant and I about to take our obligatory medicine. *sputter*
leigh's birthday parties
July 24, 2004
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After two free rounds, he told me I was going to have to "earn" the third round. "Uh, how do I have to do that?" (nervous laughter).
the misshapes prom party
June 13, 2004
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But hey, when it comes to getting girls dressed in naughty outfits more free drinks, sometime you gotta do what you gotta do. Meanwhile, on the other side of the dancefloor...
the misshapes prom party
June 13, 2004
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Then afterwards, I bid farewell to everyone and went to meet (the newly blonde) Vinay at nearby Cherry Tavern.
a lazy sunday in the park
May 16, 2004
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And then late night, I met up with Amber and Grant at M Bar for a night of Sid and Buddy Karaoke! Woo! The moment we walked in the door we were handed shots - compliments of...
fatty quits and two karaoke nights
March 01, 2004
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This was too fucking funny: Jen Choi and Amber were arguing over who should get to drink an errant shot of whiskey (that was likley there because we're all girly men who were too pussy to drink it). Jen Choi was like "How about we each drink half?" Amber was like "Sounds good. Here, I'll drink the first half." Then after pausing for a moment, she yelled "SUCKER!" and shot the shot. I managed to catch Jen's face right when she started to realize she'd been had. That just goes to prove the old adage: Never trust a heavily tattooed girl in a hot-pink lycra shirt to share her whiskey.
the march roundup
March, 2004
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The Tijuana Special: A shot of tequila and a can of Tecate for $5. (That shit was $3 back in the day).
the february roundup
February, 2004
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So right around this point (5:30am) my camera died, here's a recap of the rest of our night: We got into Ramses car and he drove us (s l o w l y) to Alexandra's apartment. On the way there, Scott fell asleep in the front seat - when we got to Alexandra's, (it's totally daylight now and she lives in a tiny little apt/house in this weird neighboorhood of identical houses and there are roosters crowing) she and I got out of the car and Ramses started to drive away with Scott. I was like "Whoa! Where is he taking him? Aren't we staying here? " Alexandra was like "You are. He's going back to Ramses; place." I was like "Oh, no, no. We're a package deal." I chased down Ramses and hopped back into his (moving) car, and told him Scott was coming with me. He got pissed and he and Alexandra started speaking heatedly in Papiamentu (the local language is a pidgin mix of Spanish, Dutch, French and English).
aruba vacation part 1: leaving nyc and first night in aruba
January 22, 2004
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Oh, did I forget to mention that the girls started doing body shots?
aruba vacation part 1: leaving nyc and first night in aruba
January 22, 2004
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The bar was fucking hilarious. There were TV mounted all over the place that were showing "hi-light" clips of rowdy things that had happened in the bar on an endless loop. Here's one of my faves: a line of people laying their heads on the bar backwards while the bartender pours down the line directly into all of the mouths.
european vacation part 20: halloween in bas vegas, baby!
October 31, 2003
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Seasoned veterans at this point in the trip, we even managed to drink our raki without so much as a grimmace. Opa! Opa!
european vacation part 15: relaxing.
October 28, 2003
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With bellies full of steak and heads full of raki, we decided to hit the town in search of some girls (to frighten them with our BREAFFFF).
european vacation part 13: steak dinner.
October 27, 2003
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The camera never lies. That's why the picture is blurred. But turn down a complimentary digestif in Greece and you might get your ass handed to you along with the check. Looks like we have some shots to drink. Oh well, here's to minimal liver damage.
european vacation part 13: steak dinner.
October 27, 2003
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My mouth. . .
european vacation part 13: steak dinner.
October 27, 2003
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...burning!
european vacation part 13: steak dinner.
October 27, 2003
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tastes like. . .
european vacation part 13: steak dinner.
October 27, 2003
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Which was followed, of course, by more raki. Being Americans (which are somewhat of a novelty to the locals as far as foreigners go) and adding that we had a member of our party that spoke fluent Greek, we were brought complimentary raki at the conclusion of pretty much every meal we ate. And because it's being offered gratis, it's considered an insult to not drink it. Fatty's face in this pic sums up how we were beginning to feel about having to do shots at the end of every meal.
european vacation part 12: knossos ruins.
October 27, 2003
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After another hour or so of (sobering) conversation, Kostas brought out a few trays of fresh fruit and several rounds of Raki, which is a bitter digestif made from the distillate of grape stems during wine production (not unlike the Italian grappa).
european vacation part 9: dinner with kostas vallassos.
October 25, 2003
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We survived the raki. Mission accomplished.
european vacation part 9: dinner with kostas vallassos.
October 25, 2003
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Thanks, Kostas!
european vacation part 9: dinner with kostas vallassos.
October 25, 2003
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Before heading to the concert, we decided to break out the bottle of Brennivin we'd given Charlene and give it a try. Not heeding the advice of the woman who sold us the bottle who told us to "make sure we drank it out from the freezer."
european vacation part 4: london & ac/dc
October 21, 2003
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Turns out the woman wasn't kidding. The drink's "Black Death" moniker suddenly made a whole lot more sense. Hoo-ah.
european vacation part 4: london & ac/dc
October 21, 2003
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Thank you.
boys weekend in newport part three: saturday night
August 01, 2003
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As soon as we arrived at the new bar, we were greeted with seven shots of Jagermeister? (Me about the bartender: "Seth I thought you said this guy was your friend?") Can I get a capital "T" for "trouble?"
boys weekend in newport part three: saturday night
August 01, 2003
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Put them up and...
boys weekend in newport part three: saturday night
August 01, 2003
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...put them down. Hoo-ah. *Blech* *Gurgle* *Sputter* Check out Jagermeister suddenly transforming me into Dobby from Harry Potter. Jesus.
boys weekend in newport part three: saturday night
August 01, 2003
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Even though it's more expensive than it used to be back in the day, you really can't beat The Cherry Tavern "Special." A can of Tecate and a shot of tequilla for $4? Wha?
thursday night out (with jesus)
July 18, 2003
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Beatrice and me with shots (courtesy of Ed).
the july roundup
July, 2003
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Thursday night was Dennis Crowley's 27th Birthday, so I stopped by Ludlow bar to bestow best wishes upon the birthday boy. (This pic was actually taken from his account of the evening).
the june roundup
June, 2003
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So we celebrated by going to, um, karaoke. Karaoke again? I know, I know. I should probably talk to someone about this, huh?
the june roundup
June, 2003
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Tyler, Ericka, Grant and Brett.
guest bartending at iggy's keltic lounge
May 08, 2003
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EmEm, me and Grant.
saturday night out
April 04, 2003
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*cough,* *sputter*
saturday night out
April 04, 2003
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EarlyTimes inhibits rational behavior almost as well as it strips paint from cars.
saturday night out
April 04, 2003
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Birthday Tequila.
grant's 26th birthday
November 04, 2002
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Post Birthday-Tequila Grimace.
grant's 26th birthday
November 04, 2002
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Some random bar, four hours later.
scott's 27th birthday
October 26, 2002
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Grant and Tim drink tequila (while Sarah does her impression of a gopher peeking out of a hole).
scott's 27th birthday
October 26, 2002
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After you're done laughing at my candy necklace (Hey, fuck you buddy - chicks were biting off pieces...what would you have done?) make sure to check out David in the background getting accosted by yet another random girl.
cake party: part three
August 27, 2002
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Scott almost ended up getting in a fist fight with this guy, but then after the live band that was there played a few songs by The Dead, everyone mellowed out (yeah, maaaaan...play "Box of Rain") and they ended up buying each other shots...
abbey's christening
August 24, 2002
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Or hell, actually, now that I think about it, the multiple shots of tequila might've had more to do with it...
geeks gone wild
August 07, 2002
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Randomly later on that night, Grant and I ran into Matt Lesser at Cherry Tavern who dragged us along to Jim Jarmusch's birthday party at The Library where we proceeded to run into and do shots with...
knives, bats, new tats
April 16, 2002
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Birthday shots!
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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Two screwdrivers later, the midget was still ambulatory (and dancing up a storm) So we decided it was time to step things up a notch...and started buying him shots. Of Tequilla. Cheap Tequilla. Cheap Bar Tequilla...which he drank with no further prompting from us, on the dancefloor. (Note girl in white shirt in the background laughing and pointing.) Tequilla makes all kinds of people do crazy stuff. We couldn't wait to see what it would make the midget do...
midget madness
December 21, 2001
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Here's a bunch of the guys in the dressing room at Joe's Pub "warming up." After several stiff drinks a piece...
we did it for science male strippers
November 07, 2001
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Well into the night.
visitng kate in london & copenhagen
February 09, 2001
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Here's my Advertising Campaigns class, with our professor Beth "Dip Me In Chocolate" Barnes (don't ask, you don't want to know) getting shitty doing shots at Darwin's after our final. (Which was the last final I had to take in order to graduate.)
the end of college
May, 1998