23 January 2005

Fucking Eagles

20 January 2005

Vegas Baby

It was a good weekend. Vegas was most definitely entertaining. I would've liked some more What happens there stays there moments, but whatever.

Highlights include:
-One guy, trashed off his ass, inadvertently (we think) hanging out with a pair of hookers. He was stripped naked and told he would owe 1K. He ran away.
-Me suggesting Alex and I get some "Ugly Sticks" from Coyote Ugly at NY, NY (our hotel) after getting pretty drunk at the Hard Rock (a highlight of its own). Even better was my suggestiong of the 'single shot' (really 4) added for $1 to the yardstick worth of frozen margarita type shit.
-Post-2 yard sticks, passing out on the caino floor, vomiting in the casino bar
-Having a boxer-clad wrestling match with Alex in the hotel room after he dropped elbows on me to get me to wake up
-Alex then vomiting for 3 hours in the bathroom
-Losing 75$ on the Colts (really a lowlight)

All in all a good trip...Did pick outright winners (betting-wise) in three of the four games, but lost due to the spread in the Steelers.

Poker also enjoyable - doubled up a few times before eventually losing.

Real fun time.

In other news - I got an apartment in DC, so the Unemployed Dem will be no longer Unemployed in NY, but instead in DC. Here's to hoping I end up bartending for the next four years (note sarcasm...to some extent).

As to this weekend's football games (outright winners only - fuck the spreads!)
Eagles 24, Falcons 20
Pats 17, Steelers 13

Think I'd rather see the Falcons just because of Vick, but I don't think they've got enough...then again we know what's happened to the hated Eagles. I don't know how many other teams I hate more than the Eagles or the Pats...I guess I'd be rooting for the Pats in the Superbowl if it came to it...but here's to hoping the Falcons can somehow find something in them and then somehow beat the Pats....ha.

09 January 2005

What a ridiculous spate of games this weekend. If I'd bet, I would have won a single one of the four. Damn Packers...they stink. What a great shame the NFC will prove to be if it's Vikings-Rams in two weeks. Two 8-8 teams making it to the finals. It's not that unlikely, considering the Falcons' dependence on one player and the Eagles lack of a big-play man.

Before the spreads come out, these are my early picks for next week's outright victors:

Falcons 35, Rams 31
Eagles 30, Vikings 27
Colts 20, Pats 17
Steelers 17, Jets 14

Mark my words - I'll be wrong on at least two of these.

My second reference to California girls

I tell you what. Football. It's something. It's on what, three days max per week, yet it manages to captivate me, nearly every other 12-59 year old man, and a good number of women every week. Maybe it's the parity, maybe it's the hard hitting, who the fuck knows, who cares. It's without a doubt the most entertaining professional sport today. And today I had a reason to be awake, with the start of the new season, where as the always entertaining Herm Edwards said "all teams are 0-0." Now I take this man with a grain of salt, as he also said that "You play to win the game, not to lose" and "You got to be on the bus. Some people sit in the back, some in the front, but to win in the playoffs, you have to be on the bus."

Anyway - those fucking Jets won. I have no reason to hate them other than that I'm a Giants fan and it's the same as if I cheered for the Mets at any point- it just doesn't feel right. And Ladanian is quite possibly the best back in the league, so why root for the Jets? Oh, and San Diego. Aside from being conservative, I'd love to live there. Those fucking hot women and sunny days.....

Right, football...I didn't pick either team that won today, which bodes well for Bellagio and the Stardust next weekend. Well, at least I get the free top-shelf liquor. So I'll be drunk when I lose money. That'll make for a pleasant time.

08 January 2005

A Day in the Life...

Well, here I am again. Back in the same spot I was last week at this time. Oh, it's about 2 PM on a Saturday, and I've been awake for what, a half an hour now? This could signify a big Friday night that I'm recovering from...or just my regular schedule. These days I don't have any reason to wake up before 1 or so, so it's all good.

I'm an unemployed Democrat. That's right people, a Democrat. It's okay to admit it. I'm a LIBERAL. It's not a bad word. It's just the crazy right-wing that's taught you to think that it is.

But this blog isn't really going to be focused on politics so much as the life of an unemployed hopeful politician.

I'd like to use this site as a forum for all of us unemployed Democrats. But also, for the employed Democrats, here's an idea of what your missing by actually having to go to work.

My Thursday schedule:

10:30 AM: Wake up. Damn, this is the earliest I've been up since I've stopped temping a week or two ago.
10:35 AM: Turn on the TV, remember that the AG hearings are today, and begin to watch Alberto Gonzales impugn and perjure himself repeatedly.
11:30 AM: Wish that I was working for Kennedy, Byrd, or my home-state Senator, Schumer.
12 PM: Doze off.
12:30 PM: Remember that I haven't eaten in 20 hours, prepare a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles.
1 PM: Catch some debate on the objection by Tubbs and Boxer of the Ohio certification.
(Just a thought here: Shouldn't California have some more attractive female politicians? Yea, maybe a bit sexist, but Boxer and Pelosi aren't California girls.)
3PM: Head to my local library. This is where my day really gets going, as I'm actually leaving my house.
3:15 PM: Use the high-speed connection in the library. When dial-up at home just won't do.
4:30 PM: Catch the end of the Gonzales hearing and all the excited talking heads on the news channels. (Another thought - while I'm happy to bid adieu to Tucker Carlson on crossfire, who are they replacing him with?)
8PM: Eat lunch.
10PM: "Go out"

As a primer for those not from Yorktown Heights, New York (or anyone else not from a suburb more than a half hour or forty-five minutes, ie a relatively long drive, from a major city), going out around here consists of going to another friend's house and sitting around complaining of a lack of things to do, going to a shitty bar and seeing the people from high school who are here working in town year-round (God, do I hate them), or in our case, videotaping ourselves looking like asses. We've developed a good system for this through the years. It began with us just pulling out a videotape and acting childish. Now, however, with a bit more experience under our belt, we videotape events, music videos, scenes from movies, scavenger hunts (more on these later, as they probably are a highlight for all of Yorktown) or any other dumb Jackass-like shit that comes into our minds.
I don't really recall what the fuck we did this particular night, and it really doesn't matter - they all run into each other.

Anyway, this just gives a good example of the shit going on around here.

My days since mid December when I got back from the campaign and the subsequent road trip with campaign friends and week-long trip to DC to see school friends have consisted of temping, watching football on the weekend, and now preparing to go to Las Vegas. Yup that's right, I decided what way to better spend the few remaining dollars I have then a trip to Vegas with my friends from home to celebrate one of our birthdays by blowing every last dollar on booze, strippers, NFL playoff gambling and Texas Hold 'Em. In an attempt to retain some of my dollars, I've even taken up PartyPoker.com, with the few minutes of spare time I have. I'll tell you what, playing with play money on PartyPoker, I really feel like I can compete out there. But somehow I think that's a bad idea.


I like this donkey. He's got a nice bowtie on. Posted by Hello