so that was a fun year of trying out new beers… i definitely beat my goal (50) by a bunch… i really need to get a final tally (i know, andy… i’ll try)
so for next year, i’m gonna do a “year of coffee” — with the overall goal of being able to order a cup of coffee at a starbucks and not sound like a re-tard… i wanna know the lingo… i want to say “skinny” regarding my drink for some reason…
hot, cold, whole bean, ground, sumatra, java… if it’s coffee, i’m gonna try it out
should be fun… i already know some places i wanna try out for some home “brewing” — world market, trader joe’s
hell, i think i’ll even get a french press… i hear they’re all the rage
a couple of things about last weekend… it should be noted that it almost didn’t happen for me — i was on the verge (and as i write this, i think i still am) of getting full-blown sick (not aids, at least)
had to take a half day at work and even got “wellness formula” from jimbo’s (per chaunce) — the pills taste nasty, but i think it might’ve helped (more on this later)
this was my first time going to one of these things, and boy… i’ve been missing out. it was such a slick time — my only gripe was that it was effington hot… “mike’s beer cheese” was amazing
i still think coconut+porter is a great mix!
we all got sloshed for 3 hours and decide to walk across the street to have some stir fresh mongolian bbq
we get a few feet from the place and mark and dwight suddenly want to chase me down and beat me up… wtf? so i immediately channel adrian petersen and i fuckin’ run… i run and i juke… i almost get hit by cars in the parking lot and on my last juke… i hear a loud THUD behind me… i turn around and i see a mangled mess of limbs and whiteness — it’s mark
he friggin curbstomped himself
he gets up and blood everywhere — dripping from his chin onto his shirt
quickly we get him to a mr. taco bathroom where he washes a little bit — to the disgust of the patrons… as we’re leaving, everyone’s eyes are on the tall white bald bastard and his entourage… i whisper to them, “yea… i kicked his ass”
so then — even tho we were hungry, we decide it’s in mark’s best interest to go to a hospital — i see a “pph” sign (palomar pomerado health — the only reason i know this is because tomlinson does a commercial for them) and we start walking
frick — it’s closed… mark starts whining, “waah… my chest hurts… waah… i’m losing a lot of blood”
so i have to do a quarter mile windsprint back to my car (drunk no more — adrenaline and i sweat it all out) and drive back to the closed clinic and take us to a kaiser permanente
never knew about "intermediate care"
once inside, we are loud and belligerent… so much so that we get kicked out of the waiting room… (actually, tim and i — the quietest of the bunch… the ones who were half asleep — us)
his shirt was white before the fall..
so we ended up going to the lobby and tim actually does something i never knew he could do — sleep… and i try to take a nap… meanwhile, dwight commandeers a wheelchair (three of them actually) and does a tour de france all around the hospital and around the perimeter
mark finally gets out with 8 stitches in his chin, some scrapes and bruises, but nothing else serious
overall… best stone anniversary ever! (it was kinda like the hangover… but not as funny)
oh so if you wanna see the gash (pre-stitches), click here — very graphic tho — looks like a vagina in mark’s chin… it’s breathing too! PIC (if you don’t wanna click on it, it reminded me of kuato in total recall)
so this was a consolation beer after waiting roughly an hour for district 9 (and then getting turned away) with geoff.
this is currently the seasonal beer at gordon biersch and it’s definitely worth a shot — i really like wheaty beer… there’s a crisp, refreshing flavor…
it went awesome with my meal: cheeseburger and garlic fries (appetizer of beer cheese soup)… the beer cheese soup is AMAZING… the cheeseburger kicked my ass tho — i dunno what it was. i still maintain that the bun was a bit “tough” (for the lack of a better term)
oh well… it’s still good beer AND they’re on twitter! AAAAND they respond to tweets (cont’d)!
(i’m currently asking them what the abv of this beer is — let’s see how fast they respond)
at first taste, i wasn’t a huge fan… but since i had six of ‘em, it kind of grew on me.
it’s kind of funny — the different things i’ll notice the second, third, fourth time i drink a beer — it’s a bit on the hoppier side, but it has a slight creamy finish as you progress through the bottle, which is nice.
i’ve ended up eating a snack whenever drinking this — try it with those lays jalapeno kettle cooked chips – that’s a good combo… well, they’re good chips overall – ha
i think that fat tire is a bit smoother to drink, but this one is alright.
