Actually, this would be more aptly titled 'Friday Night 5-for-1'. You know why? Because there is going to be such a wealth of information packed into this one tiny post, that it could have been 5. That's right. Prepare yourselves for the ride of your lives, you're going to learn a whole hell of a lot. In just one tiny post. It's the night in pictures.
Does the image on the right look like a good time to you? You bet your ass it does. You know why? Because it probably is. However, I wouldn't know because I'm at home blogging, instead. I'm lame and because of early morning appointments, I have decided to skip out on going to Denver for a Drag Queen show at Hamburger Mary's with some friends. Who skips out on that? Lame 32 year-olds who live in Boulder, that's who.
But don't worry your pretty heads, because some very exciting things are happening to me right now, as I type this.
A. Rad movie on TV - check
B. Animal action - check
C. Reading material for the night - check
How's this for a shot - huh?
Mind you, we've had our subscription to HBO for more than two months, since the start of Season 5 of Entourage, but just realized last week that we actually get all of the Encore channels, as well. I have no idea how we forgot this, but let's move on. What jewel was on Encore Action tonight? That's for me to know and you to find out, but the above image is a pretty good indication.
Now onto B.....
Check it:
Exhibit A - a mighty eagle talon? Nope. It's something that I pulled out of Zoe's face. You see, Jiboo and Zoe play this little game. Really, it is a game and isn't nearly as brutal as it looks. Zoe likes to bother Jiboo and act like she's going to bite him, in which Jiboo responds by swatting at Zoe. She's gotten many claws stuck in her face, but tonight is the biggest one by far.
This is quite exciting, isn't it? I'm envisioning all of my readers just sitting on the edge of their seats, hardly breathing because the suspense is just killing them. Imagine it's 1975 and a relentless, 25-foot-long "killing machine" is on the prowl off the coast of a New England resort town, and no one in the water is safe. Wait, that's the wrong movie. Are you trying to figure out yet what C could be? Exactly what, you ask, could be more exciting on a Friday night? Let's move onto C.
C. Now this may be the most exciting event of all. All the Fightin' Blue Hens in the house say 'hhhhooo....say ho-ho'. That's right, the latest issue of my UD Messenger just came in the mail. It's an exciting day for all - because it's way better then that crap, On Wisconsin, that we get. I mean, the remainder of my Friday evening might be spent reading about Ron Dayne. puke. I give you, the cover of the latest issue:
As the UD (not to be confused with YouDee) Magazine reports: 'Joe Biden, who graduated with a double major in history and political science (my major was history, people. What does that tell you about me? Yep, you got it...now back to the important stuff), has not forgotten where he came from. "The University of Delaware has had a profound impact on the course of my life and career," he once said. "I will forever hold a very special place in my heart for the University of Delaware."
Amen, Joe Biden*, amen.
*For those of you not in the know - you cannot refer to Joe Biden as 1. Joe, 2. Senator Biden, 3. Vice President Elect Biden, or when the time has come for one ring to rule them all, 4. Mr. Vice President. It will always be Joe Biden. Said as fast as possible and in your best Delaware accent.
Now, I need to get on with my Friday night. Hope yours is well. I Am America and So Can You.
Tags:
awesome crap, joe biden, friday nights, university of delaware
December 07 2008 @ 7:36 pm (#)
that's an alienhunting sigourney weaver if i ever saw one. your friday night was a barn-busting hoedown compared to mine. don't ever try to care for a 9 week old whilst you have a stomach bug, my friend. at least i had my joe biden pride to keep me warm in the first state.
December 08 2008 @ 1:17 pm (#)
drag shows are the most entertaining spectacle of all!! not that your blog doesn't have me rapt and on the edge of my seat, but seeing 200+ lb. men with their feet crammed into heels, makeup caked to their faces, wearing clothes that no woman would ever wear, is pure hilarity.
poor zoe. jiboo means business.
go joe biden, putting delaware on the map!!
December 08 2008 @ 2:23 pm (#)
Yes, the drag show was good times... I wish you were there!!! :-( Hopefully I can share the details of it with you in an upcoming blog... or i can just tell you about it on Friday! it looks like you managed to have a good time friday night, though!
December 15 2008 @ 5:25 pm (#)
"On Wisconsin," you mean the alumni mag that is so diverse it has to PHOTOSHOP a black guy on the cover? I love that one.
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/research/digitaltampering/uwmadison1+2.jpg
Maybe it's simply "Wisconsin."
Here's the cover of "Alumnus", the Arizona Alumni periodical:
http://www.arizonaalumni.com/Alumnus/
We're so diverse we have blue and red people on the front. Boo ya!
December 16 2008 @ 3:05 pm (#)
Well done on the Joe Biden love. I didn't even realize it until you mentioned it, but I also always refer to the man as "Joe Biden". He's done all of us Delawareans proud.
By the way, one of my students just busted my balls for the way I pronounce 'bury' (sounds like Burr in Aaron Burr with an ee on the end). She scoffed at my pronunciation and proceeded to pronounce it as 'berry'. F-ing southerners.
Speaking of pronunciation, Wilfred Brimley is starting to show his age. I saw a recent ad of his where he pronounces diabetes both as "die-uh-bee-dis" AND then later in the ad as "die-uh-bee-deez". I can't believe he's still alive but I sure do love him in The Firm and Cocoon.
December 17 2008 @ 9:17 am (#)
Marc--
Burr-ee is a weird way to pronounce bury (berry). I have to concur with your students, and I was born and raised in Newark, as you know. My dad says "burr-ee," and it always strikes me as odd, as does Danielle Nardo's and my dad's pronunciation of "melk."
You and Russ also share in your mutilation of diabeetees, as "diabeedis." Do you say "churry," as opposed to "cherry?" Wooder, as opposed to water?
But, I can't act as though I am totally free of DE accent, because Melissa hates the way I say "Baldemor," instead of the Eliza Doolittle pronunciation of "BalTimore." Another thing that has been ridiculed is how I say "tal" for "towel."
Burr-ee, though, I don't like that one bit.
December 17 2008 @ 11:43 am (#)
Mo always nails me for saying "tal" as well. I don't pronounce milk as "melk" or water as "wooder" (that's ridiculous).
Comparing "churry" to the way I pronounce bury is also not a good comparison.
I love to make fun of my mom for pronouncing gasoline as "gez o leen".
I agree with Melissa that Baltimore shouldn't be pronounced Baldemor.
My kids here also make fun of me for saying the "Appa LAY SHIN" mountains b/c they think it should be "Appa LA SHINs". I just tell them they're wrong.
December 19 2008 @ 1:05 pm (#)
You guys say "tal"? That's very Delaware. JOEBIDEN.
When I first moved to DE I was made fun of on the bus to Bancroft for saying 'schoooahl' and 'coooahl' because I had those long o's.
I agree with Karen, burr-ee is just weird, yet it gives me even more firing power. Now I have burr-ee, tal, and die-uh-bee-dis. I know there is more...
"Wooder" is just ridiculous.
Audio - that's hilarious. I'm surprised we haven't heard from the alums themselves. They must not dig this far down in blogland.
kimbirds - you got it. It wasn't a hard one. Maybe I'll post some more from Encore Action soon, there are some GREAT movies on that channel.
December 28 2008 @ 10:44 am (#)
while we're on the subject of danielle's accent, she also pronounces soft ees like a canadian... leeeg, eeeg, keeeg and so forth. eh?
hailing originally from northeastern central pennsylvania, i managed to eschew the dread delaccent for most of my early years. but i have noticed i talk like a coal cracking valley girl now. i think my cohabitation with a south jersey boy has pulled out some of my less attractive tones. kill me if i start saying "youze."
i will always dry myself with tals and color with crans.