Best Old School TV Shows

Hey remember when there actually used to be good shows on TV. Heres a bunch of old school (elementary- middle school range ) shows...... Let see who can name all of them from the pictures..... and also any comments or rankings are welcome.

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Most disappointing team ever?

Are the Chicago Bears the most pathetic team I've ever seen? I'm not sure. The fact is, I am a bit of a closet Bears fan and I want them to do well every year. A team that builds itself on a lights out defense and a power running game, only with no douchebag fans like Pittsburgh. I had mixed feelings about Cutler. Let's face it. On paper, the Bears made a great deal. But when you look at the intangibles, Cutler brought alot of drama with him.

Cutler has proven himself to show he is an absolute disaster. The Bears have so much talent and do absolutely nothing with it. They aren't even close to competitive. I just watched them get pummeled by the Vikings and I am pretty upset with Chicago. I can't even imagine how actual Bears fans feel about this disaster.

-- Boosh

THE ANNUAL TET OFFENSIVE DRAFT PREVIEW

Those history scholars may be a bit confused. The Tet Offensive was a surprise Vietcong attack on the Vietnamese New Year in 1968 that changed the climate of the war in Vietnam. Since the 21st century, TET now stands for Thanksgiving Eve Tewksbury.

Now on this once a year event, we like to have a draft. It's very similar to our Skybox Draft and our Raytheon Draft. The Skybox Draft occurs when you go to Skybox in Tewksbury and you must draft according to what random people you will find there. The Raytheon Draft occured when we would draft members of a graduating collegiate class from Tewksbury and which ones would end up working at Raytheon.

These days, the TET draft usually has about 7 rounds, just like the NFL draft. While the draft order has not been set, tensions are already running pretty high. In fact, I've employed some scouts to check out the Tewksbury scene. The Skybox in Tewksbury is almost like the Scouting Combine in the weeks before Thanksgiving so it will give you a good idea of who will be out on TET.

Let me go over a few rules. You can't do insider trading. Meaning, if you find out Jackie Conlon is going to be at TCC, you cant draft her. The draft is based on integrity. Second, you cant draft friends. You can only draft oddities, randoms, and people you generally would not want to see again for the rest of your life.

So, without further ado, let's do a TET mock draft

Round 1

DAVIS - 1 - Matt Coppi - You can never fail with a Matt Coppi selection. Arguably the toast of the Skybox community, Coppi has a sleeping bag in the bar and usually doesnt even make it home. That being said, Skybox isnt in the plans for TET, so he is a somewhat risky pick.

D - 2 - Brian Deshler - Deshler's class were seniors when I was a freshman so obviously they were a bit intimidating. Then I waited about a week. Deshler is a solid pick this year as you can guarantee that he and his friends will do some sort of moustache contest or other contest and show it off to as many people as possible. It wouldnt shock me if he gets drafted extremely high.

BYRNE - 3 - Jackie Conlon - The proud daughter of Mr. Conlon, Jackie embodies all of Tewksbury's qualities. It's hard to imagine a TET event without her and I imagine she gets drafted pretty high here by Byrne. He made an outstanding pick on her as a sleeper a few years ago and I imagine he'll reach if he has to to get her again.

BOOSH - 4 - Ashley Riccardi - That's right folks. with the younger classes coming of age, it creates an entire new field of contenders. Riccardi, or any younger TMHS grad, is a very risky pick because their habits have yet to be discovered. I think Riccardi herself is a solid pick because she is never afraid to get blackout drunk and embarass herself in front of anyone.

JIMMY - 5 - Brian Ganley - You gotta figure Jimmy was going for shock value here picking a guy who committed armed robbery to show up at TET.

HARRISON - 6 - John Muccio. You gotta figure Muccio will be somewhere in attendance so he can invite everyone to more of his Boston parties and get us on VIP lists. Harrison may have some insider info though considering they were both on the Astros in Major Leagues.

ROCCO - 7 - Sara Viddinha. It won't be a good decision by any means. Clear case of Rocco thinking with his little head.

C - 8 - Paul Burt/Haven. We havent seen much of Paul lately, but I'm not sure if C can resist the rewards of a Paul Burt selection.

I'm hoping Jimmy can pull off a timeline preview of the evening as well. I'll let you know how the draft results go. Should be a good TET

-- Boosh

Heres a Free Lesson

Raise Your Hand If You Feel Like Doin This To Someone

Update

I just found out that if you click on the "Model of the day" on the right side of the screen, it brings you to like 12 more pictures of them.


your welcome

-Droppin Treats Staff

Tufts Chronicles

Man punches female jogger in face

Yep. I remember that move. I taught it to all the locals.

-- Boosh

FINAL BC Home Game TIMELINE of JIMMYJAMES

Well its that time of the year again and BC (Boston College, Rocco) has their last home game this Saturday at the "Eagles Soar KaKa Field Arena Dome" which should be filled with awesome food, tons of PBRs, and several arrests.

Heres how I see the day goin......




9:00- Wake up wearing just my Snuggie and immediately throw up from Friday night's events.


9:07 - See I have a missed call from Rocco, I call him back, he answers, I tell him to go fuck himself and hangup.



9: 15 - Bring 2 PBRs into the shower with me... rinse, lather, chug, repeat.


9:25 - Get out of the shower more than slightly buzzed and tell both my roommates to shut up when they ask why I'm up 6 hours earlier than normal.



9:30 - Harrison whips into my driveway with his Truck blaring Sean Paul " Temperature" as loud as possible through his factory made speakers.



- I get a good chuckle out of this and stumble to the passengers side door saying "Lets do thisssss" and doing the "finger swirl- Daiquiri symbol from Wedding Crashers"




9:30 - 10:00 - Me n Harrison drive to the garage playing the most ridiculous songs ( mostly all by Sean Paul) and yelling obscenities at everyone who's trying to enjoy their day.


- I even yell " Hey sickkkk dog" to a guy walkin his dog to which me and Harrison both start losing it and proceed to shotgun a PBR each.



10:15 - Show up at the garage, and immediately see Rocco in the corner throwing up as D holds his hair back.



I ask what happened( not that I cared) and D says that Rocco has gotten into his mom's wine coolers again and was on his 3rd! I don't respond to this but instead throw an empty PBR can at Rocco's eye and flip him off laughing.


He starts to cry and walks away to go write in his jounal as we all continue to get drunker than is socially acceptable at 11 a.m.


2:22 - Snap out of the temporary blackout I was in and realize the game is over and we are back in the garage. I never find out who wins the game and never even thought to ask anyone.


2:30 - We continue to drink 10 more PBRs each as Rocco tries to force down a Zima Light.



2:31 - Rocco passes out


2:40 -Rocco is covered in writing and penis like shapes via Sharpie.



3:35 - Rocco wakes up, and we all leave to go to Roggies, Rocco, not realizing we tied his shoes together in his drunken stupor falls flat on his face. We all laugh and dance around him to the tune of Ma$e - Feel So Good which was coming out of Harrisons speakers at the time.



4:00 - ???? Remember some parts of Roggies- Mostly Rocco getting kicked out for trying to fight a 4 year old girl and losing badly.
<---------- Winner



Sunday - 1:00 p.m. - Wake up ....... NFL TIME ......LETS DO THISSSS


- JimmyJames

Motel Caswell Eulogy

It has recently been reported that the US Government will begin forfeiture proceedings against Motel Caswell, also known as "Caswell" and "The Cazz." Now, is it a coincidence that Caswell is across the street from the Jade? which was recently busted for serving underage? Extremely doubtful. Why?

Motel Caswell has served the scum of the Earth for years. Whenever you think of crime, drugs, prostitution and anything in between, it all starts at Motel Caswell. The real question is "Why did it take them so long to do this?" The Cazz has been a hot spot for felonies since before I was born. Nobody cared. It was just a fact of life.

so why now? Well, one sensible thing I can think of is police resources. It's a tough economy and maybe police thought they could cut costs by just shutting Caswell down. Sure, now they'll have a way easier and boring job, but at least they'll be saving money. In fact, the Town Crier (Tewksbury's newspaper) is probably in on it too. Think of all the ink they save now when the police blotter no longer has to run onto 2 pages. Caswell well trim the police blotter down considerably, thus saving the newspaper resources as well.

The decision appears to be 100% economical. by no means can anyone seriously look you in the eye and say it is for public safety concerns. If that was the case, they would have shut this down 20 years ago. Caswell has done nothing to get worse, in fact, it's arguably been safer since its heyday. So no way can people honestly look you in the eye and say safety is the primary motivation. If they wanted to make us safer, it would have been done a long time ago.

My history with Motel Caswell usually involved me driving all over its front lawn. If you check the picture above, you can actually see my tire marks, which i labeled for you. what would happen is we'd have a few beers and then decide to move on to the next bar. But as we'd drive by Caswell, I'd get this longing to just drive over their grass while the hookers and dealers stood in utter disbelief. Nothing like providing the finer part of society with a little 4 wheel entertainment.

anyways, its about time they shut down Motel Caswell. but wow, a part of me is going to miss it...

Since this is somewhat of a Eulogy, why don't we all leave comments as to our favorite Motel Caswell stories?

-- Boosh

Is It Too Early For Christmas Songs Non-Stop on the Radio?

Friday at 1:30 PM both WROR 105.7 and Oldies 103.3 both started their annual tradition of playing non-stop Christmas/Holiday Songs until Christmas Day. For some of us out there, i.e. Me, this is something that I look forward to every year. And to be perfectly honest with you, after what took place Sunday night in Indianapolis, its the only thing that has stopped me from driving my tonka truck off the Zakim Bridge. With that being said, my XM radio has been put away for the next month plus and now it is nothing but 103.3 and 105.7. It probably at times looks like a person with Tourettes is driving my car with how much I am shaking/screaming every time Dominic the Donkey or All I Want for Christmas is You comes on. Is it embarrassing...yes, but I dont care what you say, you have to respect the Christmas songs.


Obviously though with every great thing, there are always those people that just have to suck the life out of everything just to be different. There are far too many people that I have heard out there that are bashing the Christmas songs being played non-stop. Lets get a few things straight off the bat, how many people in our age group are consistently listening to Oldies or WROR? Really none. Ya don't get me wrong, when Stand By Me comes on or My Girl, Ill stop for a little and listen up when I'm channel surfing, but there isn't really a whole lot of traffic going through those stations. Second of all, if you have such a problem with it, change the channel. Like seriously there is no reason people should be flipping out over it, and if you do, listen to one of those channels religiously make a cd of those songs that you like and listen to it. And finally, I don't care what religion you are, color sex or anything, if you have any heart, when you hear Christmas songs, you get into the Christmas spirit and cant wait for Santa to show up.

So to all you Scrooges out there...Go fuck yourself and let us have our Christmas songs for a month....don't hate the player hate the game bitches...

-Rockdaddy

Happy November 17th

The following information was taken from http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/press/november17terrorists.htm

From 1975 to 2000 the November 17th Terrorist Organization committed dozens of attacks and murdered 23 people in Greece. The success of the group in avoiding capture had more to do with luck than anything else and despite going for 27 years without the capture of one member, a bumbled bombing attempt in the summer of 2002 brought the organization crashing down like a house of cards. This is a list of their exploits, or at least the ones we know about.:

December 12 1975: Murder of CIA Station Chief Richard Welch in Psychiko
December 13 1976: Assassination of Police officer Evangelos Mallios who had been discharged after torturing prisoners during the Junta
January 16 1980: Murder of MAT(Riot Squad) Deputy Director Pantelis Petrou and his driver in Pangrati
November 15 1980: US Navy Captain George Tsantes who is the head of JUSMAGG is killed with his driver Nikos Veloutsos, an employee of the US Embassy, on Kiffissia Avenue in Psychiko
August 3rd 1984: Failed attempt against JUSMAGG officer Robert Judd near the US Airbase at Hellenikon
February 21 1985: Publisher Nikos Momferatos of the daily paper Apogevmatini and his driver are killed in Kolonaki
November 26 1985: Officer Ioannis Georgakopoulos is killed when a bomb explodes near a MAT bus near the Hilton
April 8 1986: Industrialist Dimitris Angelopoulos, chairman of Halivourgiki Steel Company and friend of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou is killed while leaving his home in Koloniki.
October 5 1986: Bomb attacks on Tax Offices
February 4th 1987: Attack on Dr Zacharias Kapsalakis
April 24 1987: Bomb attack on US Air Force bus. 16 American soldiers and the driver are injured.
August 10 1987: Remote control car bomb injures 11 American soldiers on a bus in Kavouri.
January 21 1988: Failed assassination on US official George Karos
March 1 1988: Murder of Industrialist Alexandros Athanasiades-Bodosakis on Kiffisias Avenue in Filothei
June 28 1988: Assassination of US Military Attache Wiliam Nordeen by booby-trapped car in Kifissia.
August 15 1988: Attack on police station in Vyronas. Without firing a shot November 17th members tie up a number of police officers and leave with cache of weapons and ammunition.
January 10 1989: Public Prosecutor Constantine Androulidakis is wounded in the legs but dies a month later.
May 8 1989: Former Minister Giorgos Petsos is inured in a bomb attack in Filothei
September 26 1989: Pavlos Bakoyiannis, New Democracy Parliamentary spokesman and son-in-law of party leader Constantine Mitsotakis is shot and killed allegedly for his part in the Bank of Crete scandal. He was the husband of Dora Bakoyiannis and the first active politician to be killed.
December 25 1989: Anti-tank rockets and ammunition are stolen from a base in Larissa
May 15 1990: Bazookas are stolen from the Athens War Museum.
November 20 1990: Rocket attack on the armored limousine of businessan Vardis Vardinoyiannis, who escapes unharmed.
March 13 1991: Remote controlled bomb kills US Army Sergeant Ronald Stewart in Glyfada
July 16 1991: Turkish charge-d'affaires Deniz Bulikbasi is injured by a car bomb.
September 7 1991: Cetin Giorku, Turkish assistant press attache is shot and killed in his car in Pangrati
November 2 1991: Policeman Yiannis Varis is killed and 6 other policemen are inured by rocket and grenade attack on a MAT bus in Exarchia.
July 14 1992: Finance Minister Ioannis Palaiokrassas escapes injury when his limousine is attacked by rockets but passerby Athanasios Axarlian, and 22 year old student is killed on Voulis street.
December 21 1992: New Democracy party deputy chairman Eleftherios Papadimitriou is shot but not killed.
January 24 1994: Michalis Vranopoulos, the former governer of the National Bank of Greece is killed outside his office in Koloniki
July 4 1994: Turkish Diplomat Omer Sipahioglou is shot and killed in Palio Faliron
March 15 1995: Rocket attack on MEGA TV studios during the evening news causes damage but no deaths.
February 15 1996: Mortar attack on the US Embassy in Athens.
May 25 1997: Shipowner Costas Peratikos is killed in Pireaus.
May 17 1999: Rocket attack on German Ambassador's residence in retaliation for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
May 17 2000: Stephen Saunders, the British defense attache is murdered while stopped in traffic in Filothei.
June 29 2002: A bomb that detonates in the hands of Savvas Xeros starts a chain reaction of arrests of Novermber 17th members.

It reminds me when I used to be a tour guide at Fenway Park where my good friend Dave and I were doing a tour with a little kid day camp. An 8 year old kid politely asked me if I shared my birthday with any celebrities. It was a fairly random question to ask but I'm never one to be too caught off guard. I responded, "No, but there is a terrorist group named after my birthday." The kid looked mildly upset and Dave and I shared a good laugh. I'm not a terrible person, I just like to have fun at the expense of everyone.

-- Boosh

ucla sucks. danvers high students are lame

so im watching the 24 hour marathon of ncaa mens hoops and i am absolutely hating ucla right now. this team is pathetic. the students are pathetic. this is making me sick. where do i even begin. this ucla team is a young team. they are playing with no poise at all, and thats fine. the problem is, they are playing lifeless. young teams are supposed to be energized. conversely, the fullerton boys are joggin up n down the court

heres my other problem. they are down in double overtime and you got guys goofin off on the bench laughing and clowning around. seriously? if im the coach i get rid of these guys. losing to cal state fullerton is embarassing if you are ucla.

the ucla students oughta be ashamed of themselves. what the hell is wrong with students these days. first these pussy danvers students saying meep all the time and getting in trouble for it? Really? is that what's cool in high school? I remember shouting DA ME CABEZA to my spanish teacher once a class which translates from spanish to english as "give me head." back to the lecture at hand, these ucla students are disgraceful. ive seen tee ball teams with edgier material than these guys. they arent even loud either. Might as well not even have a home arena if you're gonna bring fans in like that.

i will say this. i enjoyed my first female broadcaster today. doris something. i thought she called a great basketball game. she was insightful, knowledgeable and she seemed pretty passionate about the game. if any woman makes it big into broadcasting, id have to say that she is a viable candidate. pretty impressive performance.

-- Boosh

CURB REVIEW

My God. What a ridiculous episode. I'm going to do this one by character because there was so much going on here.

Cheryl- frankly didnt think she did much this episode. whatever she did do tended to take away from everything else. wasnt impressed.

Funkhauser - I thought he was incredible in this episode. I know he didnt do much; but what he did do I thought was perfect. Being there for the read was a jerk move, but was perfect for bringing duberstein's wife in later.

Leon - I have to admit, I thought this was real clever; but I also kinda saw the whole race thing with Michael Richards coming. His performance as a Jew was downright hilarious though.

Michael Richards - the guy is only funny as Kramer. He seems too mellowed out now. The only funny part was when he realized he was being videotaped.

Julia was fine.

George was good. The pen thing was fairly funny throughout the readthrough

Jerry was great. I have to say. I love Jerry Seinfeld. He didnt play that much of a role in this episode, but he just has this tendency to make everything better. he makes everyone funnier. it's a pretty unique feature. For example, his face when Larry asks about the 9 year old's pussy was hilarious.

The girl with the rash on the pussy thing was fairly funny. Every guy can relate to the girl who doesnt stop texting you at all hours of the day. I love how the show had a double ending. Michael richards and Leon was awesome, but for the doctor and larry scene at the end? it was pretty good.

I thought the show tied in very nicely. This has been an incredible season. I can't believe it's ending. I really wish this season would go on. I am pretty excited for this season finale, although i imagine it will be more seinfeld than larry. We'll see how it ends.

-- Boosh

Before we kill Belichick

I just want to say, I am a Belichick diehard. I trust him. Doesn't mean I agree with everything he does or that I blindly worship him. what it does mean is that I stay loyal. Without Belichick, we don't have anything. We don't have Brady, Moss, we don't have Superbowl championships. Think of how many games he won for the Patriots with his gameplans and playcalling.

Get off of Bill's back.

Happy Veterans Day

To all you vets out there, thank you for what you do and for making our country the land of the free and the home of the brave.

-DroppinTreats Staff

Further Evidence to Why Justin Timberlake Should Be Every Young Boys Idol

I was reading Barstool and they have a link about how Justin Timberlake broke up with Jessica Biel, My ultimate woman, so he could date multiple people. Dont feel to bad for him though cuz he was able to convince her to still be "Friends with Benefits". Now I ask just one question....How the fuck did he pull this off? He breaks up with her so he can bang other people and in the process is able to convince her that he and her should still bang? The guy is a fucking genius and a magician. There is no possible way that you can tell me that any other human on this earth good do this seriously and have it pay off in the end. It just makes you think sometimes what could have been if Big Tony had just taken me to the Mickey Mouse Club audition that was in Boston that one weekend....


-Rockaddy

Curb Review

A nice old fashioned episode here. Jeff cheating on his wife, Larry pissing off Cheryl. Larry in conflict with Suzie. A solid episode and a good bounceback from last week.

The nice thing about this is that it was a very realistic episode. Definitely something you can see playing out. A fire alarm with the new pants on was a very creative idea. The whole Officer Krupke thing was pretty funny, combine that with the kids and the lemonade. It was really an enjoyable episode from start to finish.

Now, "My name is Larry David and I like wearing women's underwear/panties" whatever the line is. I am sure it will catch on like wildfire. It played out nearly perfectly pulling the wool over the eyes of suzie. Probably one of my favorite parts of the episode is Larry David's theory about neck injuries getting validated between Virginia and Jeff at the very end of the episode.

I gotta say this as well, cheryl was not great in this episode. In fact, I didnt enjoy her too much at all. She was too needy and submissive. It came off as pretty annoying.

The Krupke appearance at the end of the episode was a bit of a stretch. I like the idea that the kids and mother thought he was swearing though. Particularly after the first encounter where Larry immediately calls guilty on himself and struts away from the mother. That was some classic Larry right there.

Curb didnt even need to have a solid bounce back episode considering the gold they came out with so far but they chose to come out with a solid. Of course, the chaos wont match up with the wheelchair or the stomach fat episodes, but it was nice to have a more realistic situation for Larry to get himself into. Well done Curb.

-- Boosh

Hey Notre Dame Hows My Ass Taste?

Ya that's right I'm coming right after all you golden dome fans out there. They are without question the most over rated, most over hyped, most over anything in the world of sports on any level, professional, college, amateur, high school, anything. This isn't a jealousy thing, this has nothing to do with my glowing gunea-ness, what it does have to do with is that I am sick and tired about hearing about Notre Dame and how great they are and how the world revolves around every athlete, especially football players, that attends that school.


Lets go over a few things first. It is an absolute given that every year that they will be the most over rated ranked team in the country in every pre-season poll. Every prognosticator thinks that just because they wear the navy blue and gold, that is a guaranteed 9 wins. Which is an absolute joke. And I don't wanna hear that all the football powerhouses get the same respect either. Michigan has been ranked fairly the past two years. Oklahoma, one of the top teams of the past 12 years is fairly ranked this year and they have injuries to there two best players and you don't hear them complain. But god forbid Notre Dame be unranked with a .500 record in that power house conference that they play in with all the top teams in the country week in and week out... Oh wait, Notre Dame is an Independent in football despite being in the Big East for all of their other sports, and a BCS conference, and the school gets to pick their schedule every year. They play all the traditional powerhouses like Washington and Washington State, Nevada, and Navy. For most average schools in the country that would be 4 guarantee wins, almost bowl eligible right off the bat, before they start to play schools like BC, Perdue, Pitt, UConn, and Michigan State that get beat year in and year out in the rankings of the players that they bring in with each recruiting class. But Notre Dame finds a way to fumble fuck themselves and they cant beat these "inferior" teams on a consistent basis. Then you bring in the national humiliation they get when they play USC every year. You know its sad when the people that are supporters of Notre Dame are excited when they keep it close against a legitimate football factory.


The great thing that Notre Dame is now starting to do is they are taking schools like BC and Michigan State off their schedule over the next few years to play schools like Troy and Minnesota. Schools that just scream to recruits "You want big time football, you come to ND".


And fucking NBC just has to stop. I get and understand why the Sox and Yankees have their own networks, and I am sure that other professional teams have that in their TV stations too. But they are professional teams, and unless you have some kind of fancy DirecTV package and you can get some of these channels, then you aren't getting them unless they are in your region. But NBC makes sure that we are seeing average to shit football almost every Saturday when we could be watching national powerhouses and competitive games.


Listen I buy into the whole thing that college football is better when Notre Dame is a good team. But the question I have to ask is when are they gonna be good? Cuz I sure as hell haven't seen it...


-Rockdaddy

Best way to get out of a speeding ticket

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If you read that story, you'll find a state trooper had pulled over a Saturn on a Virginia highway. The person driving that Saturn was a good friend of mine from college. While in the process of writing him a ticket for speeding, another car plowed into the cruiser from behind. The cruiser went barreling into my buddy's car and a fourth car later struck the third car.

This begs the question, does causing a massive pile up serve as the best way to get out of a ticket? The statie was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. He had no recollection of the incident. So no speeding ticket will be issued. Perhaps if he just agreed to let my buddy go with a warning, he would have avoided the accident entirely by not sitting idle in his car while writing a ticket.

It's a genius move. Probably a little dangerous, but still effective.

-- Boosh

"Everyone seems to be coming around...... well im NOT DOUG!"

George Lopez Live Blog

The first ever Droppin Treats live blog is going to be on the George Lopez show. I should probably off myself.

11pm - Definitely going for a party in the streets vibe. Tons of seats. How are they going to fill this place up every night?

His stand up was all over the place. Within a 5 minute span he made a necrophilia joke, a Glenn Beck joke and a poop joke. I gotta be honest, Lopez goes for edgy, but its either dated or just offensive. I mean, the whole point of edgy comedy is you laugh because of how uncomfortable and out of line a comment is. LIKE OHHHHHH i cant believe he just said that!

With Lopez, he made incredibly racist remarks, and Im fine with comedians making racist jokes as long as they are funny. I mean, I dont think less of him for being a racist, I think less of him for not being funny. So naturally, making jokes about 50 cent comes out with a cologne of which a main ingredient is gun powder and then saying that the "bitches" love it. I mean, I'm just scratching my head here. Does anyone even laugh at that anymore? The Wayans Brothers would probably laugh but that's because that's their style.

Apparently the Lopez is going to be on for an hour too. I gotta be honest, the longer this show goes on, the more I will die inside. I will say this, the band seems ok. commercial break.

11:16 - we're back, Ellen has come out in her pajamas and a stuffed animal. Complaining that it's too late. Couldnt see that one coming. She did come out to a standing ovation, which is probably a little surprising. The audience looks just as confused as I do when Ellen started handing him a fruit basket and a thong. I dont get this? Who wrote that joke?

Ok, jello shots being handed out to the audience. Hey, if you cant win them over with humor, then free alcohol oughta do it. If there is one thing that's coming off clear, its that George Lopez is a pretentious asshole. You can totally tell he isnt well liked off the stage.

We have our first segment here. They show a guy and or girl o nthe street and then ask a ridiculously racist question and ask an audience member to give their honest opinion. The first guy was a black guy and they asked if he'd ever been to jail. Then an Asian girl and asked if shes ever given a happy ending. a white trash guy was asked if he has used the N-Word. A latino guy if he pays for his cable TV. I have to admit, I am laughing quite a bit at this sketch. Next was an older asian guy getting asked if he had a small penis.

do I find it a coincidence that my only laughs came in a video sketch that didnt involve lopez? no. Im just happy I was able to laugh at something. Definitely liking the band...

commercial break

11:28 - Eva Longoria the most beautiful woman in the world? How bout NO scott? she doesnt even look that good right now. Eva Longoria is about to cry because she is so happy for George Lopez. I DONT GET IT. WHO IS GEORGE LOPEZ?! Was he hit by a car as a kid? Is this some sort of adversity story? Lopez is trying to make jokes in this interview and its ummm failing. Oh really George Lopez, you took a border crossing joke and turned it into a "I cant even go to Borders Cafe without getting stopped." That might be funny? Nope.

I am hoping the interview lasts longer. The show will survive if they keep Lopez from talking too much. Eva Longoria got a year's supply of M &Ms. Fascinating.

Commercial

I probably should have done this the other way? I guess it doesnt matter. Nobody is reading this live. So it'll prob be better for everyone to read it chronologically. Is anyone actually reading this live?

11:37 - we're back. eva is talking about stripping. interesting. and now lopez is going to try n make her strip right now. they brought out a pole n everything "You're going to see my hooha!" Eva isnt having it. So Lopez gets on the pole. It was pretty uncomfortable but I suppose it could have been worse.

Commercial. Really? 2 whole minutes. Here's some irony. The horrible Travolta and Robin Williams movie preview followed by Bob's Discount Furniture. A perfect blend of awkward, unfunny, and lame commercials. cuz I dont get enough of that on this show...

11:43 - we're back. Kobe Bryant is the next guest. I'm kinda surprised that Kobe is in LA. I figured he would be in Denver so he and Ben Roethlisburger could go commit some rape after the Monday Night Football game. They both love to rape, and Denver was where Kobe's went down. But yeah, good to see you Kobe, on the Lopez show nonetheless.

Kobe insisting that he's only here for George. Why do people love George Lopez so much?! I am seriously missing something. audio problem on the show, TBS better solve this pretty soon. some good basketball talk here. Can the Lakers win with Ron Artest? Lopez is now swearing, just saying shit and getting bleeped out. So, maybe Lopez is just big in Los Angeles? That's fairly believable. Kobe is now marketing a watch, his signature line of watches. Kobe just compared himself to Obama. "We got a black man in the White House and we got a black man with his own watch" Interesting that Kobe raped a girl and compared himself to a president. Kobe, if anything, you're more like Thomas Jefferson.

Member of the audience asks why Kobe doesnt twitter. Lopez gives Kobe a golf club? DEREK FISHER COMES OUT OF THE STANDS! WOWWWWW. Fisher grills him about the cowboys getting beat by Eagles. I gotta say, that was pretty cool. Derek Fisher is a God out in LA. He's earned it. That's gotta be a pleasant addition.

commercial. So, it really looks like they are just going to sell this to the west coast. How do I feel about that? Well, it makes me feel better. Ive been getting so bent out of shape wondering why George Lopez got his own show. Well, if he's a God in Southern California, then I guess it makes sense. Given the chicano base out there plus the surplus of entertainment figures, I guess this is going to be a strong suit for him to play in LA.

As for the East Coast? What the hell am I supposed to do with this show? I'll give some wrapping up thoughts here. If this was a standard show, I'd probably be like wow, not bad. But this was the pilot. This was supposed to knock me off my feet. It didnt happen. George Lopez is less funny than I thought, but the show itself is better than I thought it would be. The skit was funny. The Kobe interview was good.

11:54 - we're back. Here comes Carlos Santana. Oye como va? Alright. Lets just get this over with. So it's all making sense to me now. This was a victory for Latinos. That's why Eva was emotional. That's why everyone is going nuts for Carlos Santana. hopefully thats why there were so many latino jokes, but i have a feeling Lopez does that anyway. Plus, since I'm in a good mood, let's be honest. george lopez is NOT carlos mencia. That means he already cant be that bad. Mencia is the worst.

11:57 - Santana finishes up. Lopez looks more relaxed now. less obnoxious. I think its finally kicked in that he has his own show and he is getting a bit humbled by it. Of course I could be wrong and he's just being an asshole. Santana playing again. we gonna wrap this up soon or what?

if i were reading this live, id be pissed i was doing this upside down. sorry to anyone who is ridiculous enough to read a lopez tonight live blog. masochist.

santana going nuts on the guitar. going out into the crowd and playing. the crowd seems happy. interesting shot of lopez in the background bobbing his head to the music. now he is looking bored. maybe he just is that obnoxious? he should be grateful. and the song ends. lets wrap it up georgey.

Santana has him in a bear hug right now from behind. pretty awk. alright good night

-- boosh

The Orange Line Chronicles

So today as I'm riding with the miserable creatures that take the Orange Line to their pointless jobs, I had a hilarious idea that someone needs to do.


Set your friends ring tone to that Chinese song. I have no idea what the name is but its always in Kung Fu movies. Its like " Dana na na nana na na naaaa", u kno which one I'm talking about.


So step 1 : Set your friends ring tone to this song full blast


Step three: Wait till the driver says "Entering Chinatown" over the loud speaker


Step four: Call friend on cell phone



Step five: Watch hilarity ensure, which may result in your friend getting there ass kicked via bicycle kicks to the face.




-JimmyJames

GEORGE LOPEZ TONIGHT

As we know, I am no stranger to bad TV. In fact, I only watch bad TV so I have credibility when I explain to others why a show is so bad. For example, I watch Lost. Lost is probably the worst show in the history of television. I watch it though. Why? Well, let's say you watch Lost and you think it sucks. So you dont tune into it anymore. then you go tell your friends you think it sucks. Some douchebag overhears you and he says, "Do you even watch the show? How do you know its so bad?"

that's the problem with TV. you have freedom. You watch a bad movie? You're stuck with it forever. In TV, you dont like the episode? change the channel. Dont watch it again, but the problem is, you lose the ability to say it's a bad show because you no longer watch it.

So, I stick with the shows I know are horrible in order to inform others why they are horrible. Lost is obviously the token example. Now, some of you accuse me of secretly liking Lost and that's why I still watch it. not true. I watch other bad shows for the same reasons. For example, I watched tons of sex and the city episodes so I can explain to girls why its a bad show. Most guys will call the show dumb, but how can they back it up? I even watched an entire season of Grey's Anatomy one year but that was just too excruciating so I gave it up. Yet, that one season provided me plenty of ammo.

Now, there's always the people that say, Jeff you only hate things because everyone else likes it and you just want to be different. That's true. If a bunch of people like something, there IMMEDIATELY is something wrong with it. Why? because everybody is a retard. For example, there are millions of great books in this world. Literally millions. But for whatever reason, some guy read the Da Vinci Code and put a picture of it on facebook and then the retarded flocked to every bookstore in the country.

If everyone else likes something, that immediately disqualifies it from being good. Anyways, let's get to George Lopez.

For something that has received so much hype, i can honestly say this could be the biggest television disaster of the century. Does anybody even like George Lopez? When did he even become a comedian? Where was George Lopez when he was 30? Why did he not get famous until he was 50. Is he even famous?

there's so many questions and loopholes regarding how he got to where he is today, let alone getting his own late night talk show. Who wants to be a guest on the George Lopez show? Who would want to work on it? I imagine its just a bunch of college interns who produce it to get course credit. Lopez can't write material for bi-annual gigs, how on earth is he going to perform every night?

I mean, honestly, is this one of those things that will be so atrocious that I have to tune in? At first, I say NO WAY because I dont even want to support George Lopez with my viewership. Also, no douchebags will be correcting me about watching it because even they will probably be too ashamed. Who is Lopez even going up against? Jon Stewart and the Daily show? Well, that's not funny either so I guess he's all set. Seriously, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart might be the worst show alive. It used to be funny in like 2003. It hasnt been funny since. He got all these accolades for ripping on political hacks and now I feel like I'm the only one who realizes HE HAS BECOME A HACK HIMSELF.

Anyways, I know I'm bashing on TV right now. I havent seen Curb yet so I'll get the review out soon. but Curb would be a good show. The Shield is also a good show. Man v. Food is an amazing show. that's all I have for you.

If you don't tune into george lopez tonight, no matter what it is you are doing instead, it will probably be better than watching him fail miserably.

-- Boosh

Just like Boosh always said

Like I detailed in my post about why the Yankees winning wouldnt be such a bad thing, it would create talk about salary caps and the general disparity between payrolls. It's been 24 hours since the Yankees won, and the best baseball media in the country has already come out with it. Joe Posnanski's piece begins hopefully the lengthy and heated debate regarding the current agreement between MLB and the Players Union.

Now, granted. It's only the media. So this means we'll probably need a year or two before anything actually happens. I would like to see a salary cap in baseball. I would also like to see a salary floor as well. I mean, if a cap were to be set, it would probably be a soft cap set around where the Dodgers and Angels reside on the payroll chart. Most teams are willing to spend in between 80-100 million dollars on payroll, and a salary cap should reflect that. Teams like the Red Sox, Yankees, and Mets would pretty much be the only abusers of a salary cap. But bringing those 3 back down to Earth would have a fairly large effect in baseball.

Couple that with the salary floor and now we dont have to watch the Royals, Pirates, and Marlins cheaply run their clubs. The Marlins are probably the most frustrating because they are so competitive with next to nothing of a payroll. Imagine if the Marlins spent just a LITTLE money? They'd almost easily be right up there with the Phillies.

Anyways, it's a good article. Sports Illustrated's national baseball coverage is far and above the best in the business. Football coverage is generally pretty even amongst all the sports media outlets. Yet, baseball wise, SI is a cut above. You don't believe me? Read for yourself.

The best team money could buy

-- Boosh

27

They earned it. 3 man rotation = badass. No complaints from me. A pretty awesome series. I can honestly say I am happy for the Bronx Bombers as a whole. There are a few individuals I cant say I am thrilled about winning, but all in all, this was a team that fought for it. any time a team goes with a 3 man rotation, you gotta respect it. That's old school. Score another one for the Junior Circuit baby!

-- Boosh

Philly Has Gone Soft...They are Cheering for Scal!

Well tonight was an All-Celtics night as I sit alone in my humble abode in Southie. Between the Celtics face fucking the Sixers and the special that ESPN did on Len Bias, which was absolutely awesome and anyone that is interested in the Celtics or just sports history should watch without question, but without question the most devastating part of the night is listening to the fans in Philadelphia go nuts every time that Scal takes a breathe on the court tonight. He just hit a three and gets a standing ovation. Granted the game was over at halftime and most the fans left sometime in the 3rd, but never in my life would I ever think that I would have heard that, especially in a city like Philly.

How dominate have the Celtics been by the way? Rasheed just scored 20 without breaking a sweat and the C's only had 10 points 8 minutes into the game. No question after seeing most of the contenders play that early on the Celtics have to be the favorite. Granted it is only 5 games in, but still that have been looking great.

P.S. Boosh if you ever put a pic up like you did before, I will hunt you down and haunt your dreams. Sorry that you are a full time student and you can write blogs whenever you feel like it. The kid goes to Europe for a fucking month, no one says boo about him being gone and we pick up the slack for him and the ship just keeps on rolling. Then all he has to do is copy and paste his little girly man journal from broke back mountaining Europe and he cant even do that. Watch your step Judas....


-Rockdaddy

SWEET BLOG YA GOT THERE

EUROTREAT

The following is an excerpt from a journal I kept while I was backpacking across Europe

Note: The pictures I attached to the post are pictures I took in Prague on Day 7. There are no pics of Budapest on Day 7 for reasons detailed below.

Here are links to the other days
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7

Day 8 - Rumble in Budapest

Anita and I woke up at about 930am. I jumped in the shower so I could pack up all my stuff while she showered. Then we made our way to the 200 koruna boat cruise. 10 bucks for a boat cruise! not bad at all. It was a bit chilly, but the weather was nice. There was an older couple from Nebraska that accompanied us on the boat as well. They were in PRague for a wedding, and apparently it was a ridiculous wedding regarding alcohol consumption. What weddings arent? But I figure maybe the Czechs did it a bit better for whatever reason. The boat ride was what I expected, got some good pictures and learned some new stuff. Pretty worth what I spent. So the boat ride ended and this is where Anita and I would part ways. She went back to the hostel, and I was on to explore Mala Strana. I really liked Mala Strana. It was so...cool. Very cool history. It's where the rebels used to go hang out. Across the river, wooded. Just seemed pretty cool. Nove Mesto? Less than impressive. It was like being home in Boston. Exhaust fumes. traffic.. There were a few malls and the national museum was pretty cool.

For a meal, I got a hamburger with cabbage? I also got a fried goat cheese sandwich (cant help but think of my brother there). It cost around 40 koruna, which was well less than $2. God I love cheap food. I picked up a cheeseburger and hot dog for the train ride to budapest and then walked around a bit more. Stumbled upon the red light district which was...umm...interesting. I cant get over how diverse Prague is. Like 4 or 5 different neighborhoods rolled into one small city. Pretty cool.

I totally overshot the train. My boston bias always taught me to give ample time for travel because you never know when the orange line will break down. Well, Prague has cheap and efficient public transportation and I was in the train station in no time. The train station was fairly easy to navigate and I was able to unwind a bit after lugging around that heavy backpack all day.

The train was...well...ok. I sat next to a Russian woman in her mid fifties. We couldnt understand each other at all. She kept giving me Russian candy. I was hesitant to eat it, for fear that she was KGB and that she suspected me as an American spy. My fears were further aggravated when the candy tasted downright awful. How do Russians eat this stuff? She kept offering me more and I kept saying no and she was getting PISSED and started shoving it in my face. so I ended up taking more just because I feared what would happen if I didnt. at one point, she called her daughter? niece? and then she PUT HER ON THE PHONE WITH ME! WTF LADY. You dont just do that with people. The daughter barely spoke English so we exchanged Hellos and then she couldnt understand my English. I couldnt even understand what she was trying to say so I jsut handed the phone back to the lady. All in all, I guess I just didnt want to say anything that would be misinterpreted so I just avoided disaster. I hate to refer to her as "crazy Russian lady" because she was rather subdued, but she was definitely something else. She got off somewhere in Austria. As she got up, she stood up and said "Good Bye" with a big smile on her face. She was proud. The one time we understood each other. We had a moment. I was impressed. Ohhhh crazy Russian lady...

No longer did I need to dominate the Cryptograms as I had a windowseat and some breathing room. I thought about taking my IPOD out for the first time on the trip. I did, and it was mangled. uh oh. I messed this up pretty bad. It doesnt even work. oh boy. IPOD down. first casualty of the trip. meh who cares, it reminds me of home anyway. why would i want that?

SLOVAKIA HOSEJOB. Eurail doesnt cover this? BS. I just got effed. I was supposed to be 17.50 Euro, but the guy was "nice" and let me pay 10. Eat it pal. I coulda either paid 10 Euro and stay on the train or get dropped off in the middle of Slovakia. Fairly unequal bargaining power, I didnt like having such minimal leverage. That guy owned me for 10 Euro. Bastard. Budapest soon...

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Tonight was about as close to disastrous as one can get. I somehow stayed calm in the face of all of this. First of all, my fault. Should have known better than to arrive at a non english speaking city with no concept of direction at 1030 at night. It cost me big. finding the metro was a pain in the ass. Walking around a shitty neighborhood with a big backpack at 11pm must have been quite the sight. Thankfully, I bumped into this other girl with just as big of a backpack. She was from Montreal. but she barely spoke English. A Frenchie. She was just as lost as me too. We agreed to stick together for safety reasons and we eventually found the metro. The ticket machines didnt work. I didnt think much of it at the time considering Ive been getting away with fare evasion since Ive crossed the atlantic. We took the metro up 2 spots but would split up there as were were going to different hostels.

As I got off the train, cops were checking tickets. They approached me and asked for mine presumably. My high school never offered Hungarian 101 so alot got lost in translation. I did my best to play the unwitting tourist. Even handed them 2 Euro saying, Oh, I just buy the ticket now? So they thought I was being an asshole when I did that and pushed me up against the wall as if they were going to detain me. I resisted considerably but with a big backpack, I was off balance and overmatched. They deamnd hungarian money. I have none. After much deliberation between the 2, they finally demanded I pay 22 Euro. At this point, I would have handed them 50 just to get the hell out of here.

I waited for the connecting train and took it 3 stops to where my hostel was. Now the nightmare begins. It was a real shady area. With real shady people.I found the street and started walking down it. Well it was about midnight and at this point, I was getting some considerable looks from loitering crowds. Imagine how those looks got the second time around when I realized I was walking the wrong way down the street and had to pass the same loitering creepshows a second time. Once again, Jeff with some great trip planning. My hostel was off of the Octagon stop. The metro stop was called Octagon because 8 different streets combined into one intersection. So yeah, i had a 1 out of 8 chance in finding the right street because I also missed Hungarian literacy classes growing up.

Pretty dark in this neighborhood. More sketchy. Closed businesses. bars over all of them. its 1230 now. Im wondering If I'll even survive tonight? At 1am, after walking around a sketchy neighborhood for what seemed like an eternity, I found the hostel. Saved! right? NOPE.

The nightmare continues. The door was locked. There was no buzzer. no sign of life. no passcodes. No key. What the hell? This cannot be happening. So here I was, standing alone in the dark in a shitty neighborhood with barred windows and doors in a foreign country. Not paradise. Let's be cool. no panic. chill out. You gotta always look like your legit, even if you on the inside you're completely confused. Maintain control. So at this point, I just thought about protecting myself, so I did my best to remember exactly where the hostel was and then walked to find the closest open establishment. I needed to get off the streets and figure out my next move. I finally found this..place? Honestly, I have no idea what kind of store this was.

The first lucky break of the evening? One of these guys had some command of the English language. I did my best to explain it to them. Somehow, the NON ENGLISH speaking guy figured out some sort of idea of what I was trying to say. Maybe it was through all of my sleeping gestures that he figured it out? So the guy actually leaves the business with me and we retrace my steps back to the hostel at 130am. He calls some number and all of the sudden, the door magically buzzes open. I am eternally grateful. I dont give a hug, because frankly I'm still on edge from the thrills of walking around a ghetto by myself for 2 hours at night. I sprint up a few flights of stairs and am greeted by a receptionist.

Another reason to not show up late in a city? you cant exchange money. So I let them put my passport in the safe as collateral until I paid them. I was fine with it. I love how my 22 euro fine is going to cost way more than my 2 nights in budapest. they put me in a 10 bedroom dorm, and strangely enough, I was the only one in there. that was sarcastic, its quite clear that nobody in their right mind would stay in this hostel in the middle of the ghetto. Normally, Id be fine with having a room to myself but after tonight, I almost wish I had some company. I unpacked all of my stuff and then went out to talk to the receptionist just to ease my nerves for a bit.

It's weird how the fine, in isolation, didnt bother me so much. but after all of this stress, Ive become quite sore about it. Usually you'd think other bad events would mitigate the negative feelings of other events until it all compiled into one shitty day. Yet, It all goes back to the fine. I could have EASILY prevented all of this stress. EASILY. Ah well, I live and I learn. I'm not tired but I would love to fall asleep so the day would end. I'm sleeping with my luggage. I hope the Montreal girl got to her hostel ok. Strangely enough, I am not the slightest jilted about Budapest and am really looking forward to tackling this city tomorrow.

-- Boosh

Curb Review

So Curb has finally come back down to Earth with a normal episode. It wasn't great by any means, but it wasn't piss poor either. Seeing Larry David on the tees was good to see again. The return of Funkhauser was much appreciated.

I'm just going to flat out say it. Andy drives me nuts. I don't think he is funny. I know he is supposed to be annoying, but he is too good at it. He doesn't just piss Larry off, he pisses everyone off. Throughout Curb, Andy has proven himself to be a New York loving ego maniac who has no regard for people and only cares for himself. Frankly, he doesnt pull it off in a humorous manner. Just my opinion.

Let's move on. The swan scene was actually hilarious. I was expecting a surreal moment where the ghost of Norm would confront Larry, so it was a pleasant surprise to see Larry just wind up and kill the swan. The aftermath regarding the threats, particularly when Funkhauser negotiated with the country club owner was priceless. I just wish something more could have happened with it.

The whole tombstone thing, Jeter, asshole thing was funny at best, maybe a bit of a stretch at worst. I suppose I've been a bit spoiled because I am sounding very critical. The episode tied together very nicely. The Japanese director calling Jeff stupid for marrying Suzie was pretty great. The waiter shakedown, like I said, I want to see more initative for conflict. Not every conflict stems from a check and/or tip. I'd like to see more creativity.

All in all, it was a very good episode. It was just easy to point out the flaws considering how good its been lately.

-- Boosh

Phillies down 3-1

I know it hasn’t exactly come out the way a lot of you Sox fans wanted, but the World Series isn’t accurately represented by the current advantage. The Yankees may be up 3-1, but this has been no walk in the park. Every game has been an absolute battle, and one great game. Also, you gotta love A rod getting beaned 3 times in 2 days. A world series brawl isn’t entirely out of the question should the Yankees build a considerable lead in a clinching game. Imagine adding that sort of insult to the injury? I’m dying to know if there is any precedent outside of me beaning 7 consecutive batters in the head with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th when I’m up 14-0 in MVP Baseball 2005. Either way, it couldn’t happen to a more pitiful city than Philadelphia so it’s something I am eagerly anticipating.

The same things that plagued the Phillies and Yankees plague them now. The Phillies relief was fine up until Lidge came out, and sure enough, that’s exactly how it went down last night. The Yankees were shaky out of the bullpen UNTIL the 9th, and that’s exactly what we saw last night. Pretty cool to see.

McGarver and Buck have been bad, but not as bad as usual. The umps have been awful, but it still hasn’t changed some of the great baseball to be watched. All around some exciting plays throughout the series.

I’m not sure if the Yankees will be able to close it out on Tuesday, but they could. Stranger things have happened. God I love history. How about the Yankees winning their first world series when Yankee stadium was first built in 1923? And now, new yankee stadium, the Yankees are about to do it again in the first year of their new stadium? That’s a pretty cool stat. If there’s another thing that’s become quite clear, the Yankees have certainly earned this title. They may have bought it too; but they earned it through some gritty play and hard work. They may waltz around like primadonnas, but their grit really has been on display throughout the 2009 campaign. Let’s not forget, this same Yankee team had Nick Swisher closing out games in April. They stuck it out and they came together pretty well.

The Phillies are bums. They shouldn’t have even won it all last year. The Rays were the better team, and the Sox completely wore them out before the World Series. If the Phillies didn’t play a bunch of joke teams last year, they wouldn’t have been so fresh to win it all in 2008. don’t believe me? THE PHILLIES STARTED JOE BLANTON LAST NIGHT.

JOE BLANTON, world series game 4 starter. This wasn’t a desperation John Burkett game 6 ALCS start either. In fact, I don’t know what this was other than Charlie Manuel saying, ah, who cares about winning. We’ll put up runs against CC Sabathia, no problem.

Even with that criticism, this isn’t a case of Philly losing it themselves. The Yankees are simply better. It’s their series to lose at this point.

-- boosh

EUROTREAT

As promised, I will continue to write about my journey in which I backpacked across Europe. While this happened several months ago, I have over 25 days left in my journal so there are plenty to be heard. As you may remember, on July 7th, 2009, I posted my last Eurotreat in which I got black out drunk in Munich. We continue now...

"The following is an excerpt from a journal I kept while I was backpacking across Europe"

Day 7 - Prague

I woke up, no clue where I was. How did I fall asleep? What happened? I immediately check my vital signs. Passport? yes. Wallet? Yes. Everything was intact. Thank God. Still don't have a watch. The light outside the window of the hostel suggested 7am-ish. I freshened up, checked my email, and then checked out. The hostel itself was great. Bottom bunk, I was unconscious, but at least everyone was normal. The train station was quite a process, naturally I had got used to being pretty clueless in train stations. Luckily, it was pretty early and not as crowded. Plenty of time to "take a number". ****(this is referencing a process that some train stations used for customers to purchase international tickets. similar to waiting for food at the deli)***

The train itself was a step down. Compartments. So naturally I feared "Me Scuzi" guy from Eurotrip. I found an empty compartment and took a window seat. Tried to spread out to prevent people from coming in but I knew that would fail eventually. Eventually, a middle aged woman from San Francisco joined me. she had a thick accent of some sort, so she was not American, presumably. We each took a side of the compartment and passed out.

No train disasters so far. Notice how I am writing in the present tense? When you read this, it's not going to tie together very well. You should probably write in past tense no matter what for uniformity. Why am I having a conversation with myself in written form? Oh look, a sandwich in my backpack, and french fries. where the hell did this come from? I must have bought it last night. So not only did I wake up this morning covered in sandwich and fries, but apparently I bought one and put one in my backpack because I was too comatose to eat it.

I have no idea what was in this sandwich, but it was amazing. It was kinda like a gyro. Can I just say German food is incredible? Definitely could spend more time there. We're getting close to Prague. Hopefully I'll get to see everything before Budapest.

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EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE DAY. I got to see all of Josefov, Stare Mesto, The Castle and the gardens. tomorrow I'll get Mala Strana and Nove Mesto before I head out. I'll have to carry the big back pack tomorrow, should be a grueling day.

I really got to see alot today. Tonight was really fun as well. I had a little difficulty finding the hostel, but wow, what a great location. In the middle of everything in Stare Mesto. The walk was a struggle, but I passed some awesome stuff on the way. I finally found the hostel with the help of a map that an American woman gave me. Pub crawl business. Jesus, God forbid an American do something on their own. I'm not your typical insecure study abroad sheltered brat on Daddy's tab going to a new country just so I can hang out with other Americans exactly like me. DUMB.

So I finally walk into the hostel and check in. Of course they didnt have my name, so luckily I remembered the guy's name who I emailed to make sure he saved me a room. I love my memory. I made my way to my room, and there I met Dan, a Canadian who has been biking across europe and Asia for the past 18 months. Awesome. He had strewn his belongings all over the floor because he had just biked through a downpour. He had 100000 stories and as much as I wanted to hear them all, I had a mission. It was already 4pm so I took a quick shower n made my way out.

I made my way to Josefov first. It was the Jewish section of Prague. It wasn't all that impressive. I made it to the river and caught my first glimpse of the castle. I kinda just stood there in awe. I had never seen anything like it in my life. Stunning. On Tina's recommendation, I went to the park with the Metronome where the Stalin statue used to be. Then I walked down to the castle. Except I used the read entrance...which wasn't exactly touristy or conventional. I found myself hiking through a maze of Gardens and shrubbery, it was pretty awesome. Really more like a forest than a garden. very dark, very green. Wilderness. I finally made it to the castle. It really was breathtaking. I took some pictures and walked around and made my way to the front entrance. Touristfest 2k9. Some awesome views of Prague though. Is that a mini-Eiffel tower I see in Mala Strana? What a ripoff.

I was tempted to go check it out, but I thought better of it and made my way over to the Charles Bridge. Pretty good view of the river. Under construction, so that kinda sucked. It was time to do more of Old town and clean up whatever I missed coming off the train. A museum of torture? interesting. Old town was super touristy, especially the square area, but if anything, I really was appreciating where my hostel was located. Convinced Josefov wasnt as bad as I thought it was, I figured I'd give it one more chance. JACKPOT.

I was a bit hungry so I got myself a nice doner kebab. 59 koruna ($2.90). Amazing. It was good, but I realized this wasnt Czech enough. So I found a cafe with a goulash special, hesitated for a minute, but then decided to pull the trigger. All czech people inside, this was no tourist trap. Cept everyone knew I didnt belong there given how rugged I looked. I ordered a dollar draft, the Stragopramen I believe, which I know is also available in the states, but figured it'd be better here. I also got some goulash and some bread dumplings. I asked the waitress to take a pic and it brought alot of laughter and fingerpointing in my direction. Ya, I'm gonna walk in with a backpack, stubble, a beat up sox hat and bright eyes and be ashamed? please. I made my way back to the hostel after dinner and it was around 9pm.

Dan had just woke up from his sleep which he was beginning when I left and was grabbing pizza with Anita. Anita was also in our room and wow, she was gorgeous. Long dark hair, australian accent, great body. I should have got pizza with them. Instead, I told them to come back and get me before they went out. In the meantime, I checked my email and made my reservation for budapest the next day. They came back very quickly, as they could not find pizza. they had not ventured far, because it was pouring out. Not to be deterred not was I willing to forego another opportunity to hang out with Anita, I decided to join them on their hungerquest.

We headed out in the downpour and quickly came across a bar that looked pretty fun. We decided to pass on it. there's just something about the first place you see, even if its the right choice, you just always feel compelled to keep looking for something else to see if there is something better. We didnt want to be lazy, none of us had been to Prague. We certainly didnt come here so we could just be lazy and go to the first bar we saw, even in the pouring rain. Well we walked around stare Mesto for a good 20 minutes, soaking ourselves, and finding only touristy places. so we went back to that first bar. Oh well.

Live, smooth jazz. Not bad at all. Recognized some songs from my jazz class at Tufts. Had a great conversation with Dan and anita about life. So many stories about their travels. It was so cool to listen to them. It was so interesting to meet other people traveling on their own, just like I was.

Dan was riding his bike everywhere. Had to sit on the Russian border for 3 weeks while he waited for a Visa. Was making his way back from there now. anita was looking for a job in Greece. She works for 9 months as a fitness instructor at a resort in any city she wants to go to. then she travels to various countries for the next 3 months on her own. Picks a new city. 9 months of a fitness instructor. 3 months of travel. rinse. repeat.

Anita ordered some red wine while Dan and I got some beer. After a couple hours we took off to see the astrological clock or whatever its called. Apparently apostles come out sometimes yada yada. Seemed gimmicky to me. It was still a vicious downpour. Probably sick of the rain at this point, Dan went home. Anita and I shared an umbrella on the walk over and some good laughs along the way. Definitely felt good to make someone smile, considering the language barrier rendered my sarcastic sense of humor obsolete in most places.

We came across this really narrow road with a HUGE puddle, there was only room for one person to get by; a huge problem for umbrella sharers. Being a gentlemen, I let her go first and exclaimed "Save yourself!" in an attempt to relieve the awkward gentlemanly gesture. She ended up laughing really hard. Apparently language barriers also work in my favor and make me funnier in those precious moments of English compatibility. We walked around Prague for the night, sharing stories about World War II, Prague artists and traveling. She knows so many things I wish I knew.

Eventually we made it back to the room and we met our new roommates. Another Canuck and an Asian girl from South Korea. We all sat and discussed our travels quietly while Dan slept. Canuck had some good tips for Budapest, which is where I'd be heading in the evening tomorrow. I decided to charge my camera a bit to prepare for more Prague tomorrow. While it charged, Anita and I planned out what we'd do in Prague the next day. We both agreed on Mala Strana and a riverboat tour, but I was going to do Nove Mesto on my own as it was on the way to the train station. Wow I wrote alot today. I cant believe I havent even been gone for a week yet.