east village idiot

What I Did This Weekend, in Q&A Form

September 17, 2007 – 12:52 am

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:

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:

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:

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.