downtown
so i went downtown this past saturday w/ friends. didn't really have a good time since i spent most of it waiting in lines. argh. however, i got a chance partake in libations. but, the suck streak wasn't mitigated w/ the liquor. i ordered a gibson and they were outta cocktail onions. a gibson w/ freak'n olives is what the juice slinger handed me. gibson w/ olives!?!? i didn't ask for a martini! the gibson is all about the onion! oh well. i then asked for a rob roy neat, and they ended up giving me it martini-style shaken in a hurricaine glass... at least the glass was properly chilled...

somehow, my friends and i ended up on the top floor of taps for an hour. while up there, i was chilling, drinking some more, and i ran into a couple friends from high school. freak'n awesome (no sarcasm here... seriously). i haven't seen nate devries in the longest freak'n time. we did all school projects together it seemed like. always got the A's. good times.

now, i said friends (plural, not singular). so this is where the suck streak continues. i shook hands w/ one of my high school classmates, and he accidently re-opened my gash on my finger!! wtf!??! it immediately started to bleed something fierce, so i spent the rest of the night applying force to clot the sucker. i get home, and i've been cleaning the sucker out twice daily and re-applying the neosporin and bandages. sigh.

the following day (sunday), i was fortunate enough to remedy the suck streak w/ one of the best beers sold in america: bell's oberon. i actually was at t-g-i-fridays for lunch, and ordered a sammy-a cherry wheat, then got an oberon in a pilsner glass. very refereshing. it's now officially summer in my world. when the two-hearted disappears and the oberon dawns, the warm summer sun rises close behind... ahhh... "you can find culture in a glass of dark beer"... ;)

hockey
witnessed the awesome game 4 between anaheim and jersey. sadly, the devils lost, but people can't blame brodeur... he played a terrific game, and actually, the nj defensemen looked confused on the gwg. sigh...

so it's 2-2, and anaheim is legit again b/c of the freak.