MEGGAPOHST!!!!!!!

{2:30}

Ok.

Today.  Sunday February 1st, 2009 we will embark on a historic journey.  One practically no one will take notice of.  Except you dear reader ... dear solitary reader.

The Super Boston Blog Bowl brought to you by transatlantische.blogspot.com

We will be jointly live-blogging from our debaucherous super bowl sunday escapade.  It is a 20 hr marathon.  Starting at 2:30, goin until 22:30.  I won't be completely live as neither of us has come into vast riches or debt to afford an iPhone, but gosh darn it it will be all 200five live y'know like I'll post it within short term memory of it happening...Yeah.  Hell yeah.

I'm makin a grilled cheese y'all.

This shit's gonna be FLAME 

(by the way flame is the first PTDX of the MEGAPOST)

{2:38}

btw: This grilled cheese was actually literally flame, as in on fire, because I was blogging.

So, I will continue on, add some hotsauce and presto, just like coneys it's suddenly edible.

PTDX cont'd

"flame"

to be delicious, only pertaining to solid food or soups that have been prepared under heat.  

i.e. 

Richko bites into a burrito: Yo, that carne asada shit's FLAME!

Gaines retaliates: Wouldn't that be a bad thing?

not

Jake mixes Kentucky Whiskey, DeKuyper Peach Schnapps, and Ale81

Jessica tastes and responds: That Noxious Newport Nightcap shit's FLAME!!

Jake retaliates: Technically it is a cold beverage, therefore it has not been created with the help of a heat source, rendering it's "flame"ness impossible. 

(Nerd silence) 

But yes, it is quite orgasmic.

M2S

That food is especially appetizing right now, you should have some as well.

(warning, this PTDX  is only because it hasn't caught on yet.  So work some magic y'all)

{3:00}

Jake discovers the smell of extra sharp cheddar is like garlic for tabby's, climbs into bed. Witnesses a tabby chase it's tail on a stool, and unsurprisingly wipes out...yet lands on it's feet.

Goodnight

{11:30}

Trying to find clues as to what makes a good sports bar in boston is difficult.  Almost every bar is a good sports bar when a big event is on television, yet when there is no sporting event, every sports bar is a depressing adult Discovery Zone.

We'll see how it works out just playing it by ear.

{12:30}

Off to Cheddar Grits and Shopping

{2:30}

John is in the Metro area on the MBTA.  Jake has bought beer.  All is well.

{2:45}

When you order grits in the south you get a spoon and a tablespoon or more of butter.

When you order Cheddar grits in Cambridge you get a fork.  And it suits the consistency.

{3:30}

Drinking game update.

The Karate Kid

Rules:

Every time someone says "Wax on, Wax off" drink.

[4:40] (Also pertains to "Right Circle, Left Circle")

[4:45] (and "Up and Down")

[3:35]

Every time Daniel says "Ma" drink

[3:50]

Every time there is a high school motorcycle gang drink

[4:05]

Every time there is an odd combination of after school activities happening at once finish beer

[4:35]

Every time Daniel alienates someone take a drink

[5:25]

When "You're the Best (Around)" by Joe Esposito comes on you must waterfall montage that shit UP

[more to come]

{3:45}

It has come to the nation's attention that all hipsters are secretly descendants of the karate kid.

Supply Roster for Bostonian Expedition

1. Transport sack to hide my valuables from the bostonians known for their voracious hunger for broken cameras and out of date cell phones.

2. Identities, all of which are secret and/or false.

3.  A tome of all of Boston's secrets. Compiled by 5th century monks to fool locals into thinking you are a local as well. Possessing one of these within Boston city limits is grounds for public stoning.

4. iPod/secret world government tracking device.

5. Almanac and blogging inspirational tool.

6. Analog record tome.

{4:30}

Hipsters have watched the Karate kid and decided to take all things daniel does and take them as their own. From biking, to aviators, flannel button-up to baseball 3/4 length tees.  To his compulsion to alienate anyone who shows any interest in anything he is interested in especially himself.

{4:50}

The polar opposite of any asian accent is an inner city accent.

One exudes wisdom

the other...Corruption.

Both will get your fences painted and pot holes filled.

{4:55}

Even drunks in the 80's were wearing Washington Nationals hats.

But only on west coast beaches where asian Karate Masters could knock your bottle necks clear off.

{5:00}

Daniel is rocking the cutoff mom jeans look.  Just wait til June and Williamsburg will be crawling with it.

also, solid color windbreakers and hoodies.  Seriously I think we're on to something.

And Tony Kawanari is to Mr. Miyagi as Daniel is to Hipsters.

{5:05}

We noticed something hilarious, got distracted and redact this post

{5:15}

Teenagers have the memory span of Gold fish in the land of Karate Kid.

as well as the sexist stereotypes of the 30's

Alli: "Can I drive"

Daniel: "Sure. Hey, it's the 80's"

{5:55}

The Karate Kid is Over, and it is time for a Super Bowl XLIII break.

We will form strong opinions about teams we care nothing about.

I  (Jake) am a Bears fan holding a grudge against the former Chicago Cardinals who are now the Arizona Cardinals.  Therefore making me a rabid Steelers SuperFan.

I (John) do not believe in football. It is most likely an elaborate illusion pulled off with the help of lasers and holograms.

Ok. So, I completely forgot that the superbowl is sunday.

But, I found exactly the right thing to do at least to start the day.

Fried Chicken and Cheese Grits Brunch at Plough and Stars.

Then I'll go to a Grocery Store that isn't Whole Foods, and purchase the most obscene snacks I can imagine, and the cheapest blue collar beer I can swill. And then I might be able to make up for not having a potluck Commercial rating chili cookoff/Neighborhood Snow Bowl.

Maybe.

Late Night/PTDX

I am working on a Sunday Night/Monday Morning

SketchUp is a slow bitch
and I'm modeling the wet dream of an aging wanna be carlo scarpa
It's all for naught
tuesday I'll be on to another task
but right now...nautilus

[edit Monday]

I would like to add a recurring bit called: PTDX

Phrases That Don't eXist, 

{despite some message boards}

PTDX of the Week

"short sided"

apparently when someone doesn't  take into account your side in a discussion (typically on a blog) and you believe their side is naive or "shorter" than your side of the argument

M2S {meant to say}

"short sighted"

Maaaaaasaaaaaachusets

Before we get to alcoholism and bad movies let me just say a word about Massachusetts and it's inherent state of terror induction.

The White Death.

I was raised in a society where the winter is a tale told to children at night to scare them into eating their vegetables and voting republican. Any amount of snow on the ground such that one can not see the grass underneath is treated in the same manner as a two hundred foot tall plutonium chainsaw-nunchuk wielding osama bin laden. The entire city comes to a grinding halt until the snow is thoroughly obliterated through use of plow mounted flamethrowers and orbital solar mirrors. In the confounding state that is Massachusetts people seem to have accepted snow as a natural part of not living in the tropics. Here they actually drive their cars in the poisonous substance, leading me to doubt the veracity of claims made by prominent cincinnati officials that to let it touch a moving vehicle will lead to the instantaneous formation of black holes.

Traffic Circles.

A.k.a. vehicular thunderdomes, these vortexes of metal and profanity are known to disrupt the brainwaves of midwestern drivers and send them into fits of hulk-esque rage and confusion. In the commonwealth of Massachusetts a decree has been passed down since the days of the revolutionary war that there shall be three traffic circles constructed for every man, woman and child living in the state. This was done to confound the hessian divisions of the british army who's native german traffic circles operated in the clockwise direction. The countercolockwise colonial traffic circles proved to be too much for the formdiable mercenaries and they soon surrendered. The traffic circles now stand to ward off unwanted out of state drivers.

More on Massachusetts later, now drinking movies.

Death Race 2000

Starring Sylvester Stallone and David Carridine. It is one of my favorite movies for obvious reasons if you have ever had the pleasure of viewing it. I'm not going to give away any spoilers here, just rules.

Take one drink any time anyone is "scored"
Take one drink anytime you think Sylvester Stallone regretted this scene later in life
Take one drink anytime David Carridine has a ridiculous non-sequitur
Chug every time a president is assassinated

Jake: saving the bike jousting for when photos are available, also we should get all you bostonians/salemites together and get some good drinking movies. purely for research purposes of course.

MASSachusetts

I'm living in the Peoples Republic

John's chillin in a Spring Field.

I'm going to try and get this going again, see if I can muse more.

Right now I'm on an MLS binge.

Weird for someone who hasn't played soccer in 7 years.

I watched the playoffs this past november, and started getting addicted, just as it ended.  Now, I'm intrigued with the new expansion, the league history since I stopped giving a rats ass in 2001. The fan culture, which is so much more game oriented than pre-game show oriented.  I am also feeling that what draws me to it is similar to what draws me to baseball.  Stadiums are being built around getting fans to feel close to the game, the player development is through a hierarchy, not college to pro with millions made just because someone thinks you'll be good. It's more performance reliant, although performance isn't exactly how I'd describe MLS competition quite yet.

I don't really care for stadiums in the sub-urban areas, where most of the new Soccer Specific Stadiums are. But I think the league goes well with a lot of the emerging American trends, including cheap tickets starting at between 5 and 10 bucks.

I'll get back to you on what I mean by American trends, but right now I have to go and model a nautilus trains station.

Jake

Also, john, let's continue our drinking game posts as a weekly addition.  I'll send it over to you to fill that requirement this week. As well as telling us about this jousting nonsense.