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What I Did This Weekend, in Q&A Form

How was your weekend?

It was all right. I drank a lot, it seemed.

Did you attempt to negate this by going to the gym at any point?

Negative.

Did you watch the Yankees-Red Sox game on Friday night?

Yes, unfortunately.

Did some of that heavy beer-drinking occur after the Red Sox blew a 5-run lead in that game?

Naturally.

Did you watch the Yankees-Red Sox game at a Red Sox bar on Saturday afternoon?

Affirmative.

Did you see a girl there wearing a Pokey Reese t-shirt and take a picture of it?

Of course I did:

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Did you find a new bar in the East Village that totally blew your mind with its beer selection, jukebox, happy hour specials, and its inclusion of Golden Tee and Big Buck Hunter?

Yes. It’s called The Rook, and it’s on Avenue A between 5th and 6th Streets.

Did you take a picture of the alterna-chick bartender displaying the finest beers available there?

No, I took a picture of her holding cans of Porkslap Ale:

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Is there a goofy picture of you enjoying several different varieties of the beer available at this bar?

Funny you should mention that.

Did you see a gaggle of mounted police officers on Avenue A on the walk back and take a picture of them for no particular reason?

Yes, I did that, too:

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Did you buy a taco salad at San Loco, take it home, put it in the fridge for later, and then forget about it?

Yup. But I only forgot about it because of the party I crashed.

You crashed a party?

Yup. It was in another apartment in my building. It was all NYU frosh and sophomores, and I was easily the oldest person at the party by about five years.

Did you drink the non-descript jungle-juice-type concoction that was given to you in a red party cup when you walked through the door?

Um, absolutely not. But I was highly amused by it.

Did you flirt with any of the girls at the party, who were probably born when you were in third grade?

Not after I realized that they were probably born when I was in third grade.

Did a group of NYU kids invite you back to their dorm for the after-party?

Yes. And it took a few blocks of walking with them before I realized it was a terrible idea.

So, back to this taco salad. Did you go home and eat it?

Wait, don’t you want to pry more about my revisit to college life?

I’m the one asking the questions here. Back to the taco salad.

No, I didn’t eat it. I bought sushi from M2M and took it back home to eat.

What happened to the taco salad?

I completely forgot about it, but it became the most awesome surprise/hangover cure ever on Sunday morning.

So, did you have beer and watch football on Sunday?

Watch football? Yes. Have beer? Hell no. I couldn’t even think about beer.

Do you consider this weekend to be a success?

I would consider it to be an utter failure of my ability to resist the temptation to party like it’s 1999.

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12 Responses to “What I Did This Weekend, in Q&A Form”

  1. September 17th, 2007 at 10:19 am

    amish says:

    You revisited college life and you’re complaining? You wish you could resist the temptation to do that? What the hell is wrong with you?

  2. September 17th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    admin says:

    amish: Revisiting college life with college-aged people makes me feel old. Revisiting college life by, say, playing beer pong in my apartment with people not born during the Bush administration, sounds like fun to me.

  3. September 17th, 2007 at 11:13 am

    NYC Pond Chick says:

    that indie girl is a, girl? really?

  4. September 17th, 2007 at 12:13 pm

    blythe says:

    i am in the wrong place. there’s nothing i like more than old folks playing beer pong and day old tacos, which, i too recently discovered to be one bad ass hangover cure.

  5. September 17th, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    brookLyn gaL says:

    The fact that you were unable to drink beer while watching football on Sunday means that you are definitely too old to be attending college parties.

  6. September 17th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    The Joy says:

    I got a non-alcohol induced concussion this weekend. Trip to the ER, CT Scan, a “do not go to work for 3 days” prescription from the Dr., and all the wonderful dizzy spells, light-sensitivity, gonna-puke-any-minute delicious feeling that come with it…Your weekend was better.

  7. September 17th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    Ha Ha Sound says:

    Wait, so is the Rook on 5th or on A? Citysearch says Avenue A, but either way I’d like to pop in there for a beer.

  8. September 17th, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    Max says:

    I’m jealous, and I polished off a mini-keg this weekend!

  9. September 24th, 2007 at 11:06 am

    jason says:

    I HAVE to get some of that porkslap beer…

  10. September 27th, 2007 at 1:44 pm

    Jason says:

    Yo - which bar is that? I haven’t seen Veronica (alterna-bartender) in ages, plus they have porkslap! I gotta go there!

  11. September 27th, 2007 at 1:54 pm

    Chris says:

    Jason: She’s at The Rook, at 85 Avenue A.

  12. January 20th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    freddy C. says:

    i love Porkslap!

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