Holy God! Its a 2008 Wrap-up…March Madness Style
January 8, 2009 at 2:20 pm (Uncategorized) (2008, 2008 recap, 2009, 4th of july, beach, beer pong, clubs, competition, competitive, cookouts, drinking, friendship, girls, holiday, Holidays, humor, humorous, injury, march madness, New Years, Obama, outer banks, overnight, parties, partying, Pirates, Pirating, politics, Recap, retail, Sports, stippers, Travel, vacation, vegas, women, work)
Ok so this is how it is going to work…I have come up with two brackets so far…the one we will be covering today is the Social/Life Events of 2008.
I’m going to go over the matchups first…to show you the bracket….then we will do a brief run down…i already have winners picked…but comment with your choices and it will sway the outcome..
2008 ‘Events Bracket’ World Class Universal Championship of Everything
First Round Matchups
(left side)
Match 1:
(1)Rudy Day
Vs.
(16) Play In Winner (Pirate Mike’s Continued Pirating Vs. The JMU Mike Pizzone Incident)
The case for Rudy Day: Its not every day you have a holiday thrown in your honor…and definitely not one that’s sprung in secret. I was prepared for yet another summer cookout but I instead came home to insanity…complete with custom shirts with my face on them, ping pong balls also with said image, cheesy roll-ups from Taco Bell, Streamers, Balloons, Bags containing my favorite liquors in airplane shots to hand out to guests, beer olympics. You can see why this is the one that goes against the play-in game.
Play In Game: You know its going to lose…but here is the match up.
Pirate Mike’s Pirating: Its how he got his nickname…Pirate mike currently has all of the awards show copies of all of the picture of the year nominees…yeah…he’s that good…
The Pizzone Incident: Also known as the order heard round the world and the $1 that almost tore holes in friendships. JMU Mike decided that he would try to add on a Pizzone to our pizza hut order…only catch….he’ll only get the pizzone if he gets to pay $1 for it…I order a full pizza for $15 but he will only get the pizzone if he gets it with the deal for $1.
This analyst predicts: Rudy Day…All day….and Pirate Mike taking the play in.
Match 2:
(8)The Christina ‘Steve’ Saga
Vs.
(9)The Hesters
The Steve Saga:
It started when she came over and someone misheard her name…from then on…she has been known as Steve. I realized the damage my shit talk is capable…it started like any other night of my showboating shit talking sarcastic beer pong style…it ended in me launching balls from down the hall and beating her…Round 1…me. Next she came over and i bet that i could beat her with my eyes closed for a whole game and if she won i would pay her bar tab next time we went out…Well…between beating her…and conducting a post-game interview…she was not happy…the last straw was a sarcastic facebooking incident leading ultimately to a de-friending…who thought that making fun of a girl for throwing up in a hallway…making fun of beer pong skills and the such would have an adverse affect on a relationship. A few months ago the feud came to an end with a Middle East peace agreement style handshake…
The Hesters:
Key organizers of Rudy Day…Killer High Fives…Lack of driving skills…Niceness…Fluent Spanish…Sister Dating…Long-Term girlfriend…drunkness…a great round of never have i ever…the owning of an outer banks island…it runs the entire gambit..
Prediction: The Hesters….its not often for someone to loath me as much as steve did at one time…but its the Hesters we are talking about…a direct impact felt on 215 and fairfax towers as a whole.
Match 3:
(6)Club 215 opens its doors
Vs.
(11)Summer Cookouts
Club 215:
Has become an every weekend staple…known throughout fairfax towers…founding memebers Ant, Rudy, Pirate Mike….eventually has started to merge with 516 to make a super-club the likes of which have never been seen. Also worth noting..lead to the hesters.
Summer Cookouts:
Noise Violation on 4th of July…enough said really…oh throw in Ant’s diving off of a life guard chair and going to a hospital…awesome burgers and JMU Mike relations. Debut of Chris T. , Rhonda’s Birthday…
Prediction: Cookouts…so much happened.
Match 4:
(4) Obama
Vs.
(13) Bodily Injury Suffered
Bodily Injury: I almost broke my arm at work when a pallet about 7-8 feet up fell on me…Ant went to the hospital twice cementing water as his personal kryptonite…once with a broken bottle winning over flesh…the second involved the bottom of a swimming pool winning out over…well…his face.
Obama: Obama fever swept the nation and the first black president was elected.
Prediction: Bodily Harm…what the hell has Obama done in 08…nothing…just stirred the pot…shame on you Obama…get back to me when you achieve something…eh..eh…am i right or what…Bodily Harm directly effected me and my group of friends.
(Right side)
Match 1
(2)Working Overnight
Vs.
(15)Accidental Abstinence
Overnight: There would be no Rudy Day without me being overnight…no blog…no raise…big impact indeed.
Accidental Abstinence: While it is a product of being overnight my streak of 6 months is impressive non the less…
Prediction: Overnight hands down.
Match 2:
(7)Ultra bar/NOVA bear grylls/how i got my iPhone
Vs.
(10)Vegas
Ultra Bar: Involved me getting rejected 16Xs in a row by women…leading to me taking the metro back without telling anyone…cab with suspended license dropped me off and i got lost in the woods…lost my phone and entered the apartment a broken man.
Vegas: Skydiving…Much Money Made…Strip Clubs…VIP Tables….Giving beer to the homless…the trip had it all.
Vote: Vegas
Match 3
My favorite match-up of the tourney.
(5)The Beach Trip
Vs.
(12)Pirate Mike…”Little Guy” Jokes
The Beach: The real world style video was shot…ant’s life was in shambles…double digit beers consumed in about an hour and a half…Using bangarang as a war cry against high school kids…lack of women….MixedAssRaechel even makes an appearance.
Little guy: If you’ve been reading this blog you know about little guy jokes…Mike being in a sailor outfit on Navy Pier…Mike taking is Fisher Price Plastic Red and Yellow car into garages for emission tests…Hitting an unsuspected little guy in the head with a large snowball knocking off his glasses and beanie….the propeller hat.
Vote: But i’m saying though…i smell an upset.
Match 4:
(3)Wild Out 2009
Vs.
(14)Life in shambles
Wild Out 2009: Coming in as the latest possible entry despite its hard pronunciation of the ‘D’ in wild. A night of drunkenness. A night of dancing. A night of imitating bouncers. Random snap decisions leading to yet another cab ride for me. The start of a new year.
Life In Shambles: I can’t count the number of times i heard ant say that his life was in shambles…and i can’t count the number of times he picked up those scraps and came back stronger than ever. Plus he has announced the phrases retirement effective as of ‘09.
Vote: We Wilded out like it was still 08
Well that’s it for the first round match-ups for the Events category….Tomorrow or Sat. after tallies of votes and after i write the next bracket i will do blow by blow commentary on each matchup…as well as post game thoughts.
Lets get the votes in!
Antsinyourpants said,
January 8, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Rudy Day- historic.
Hesters- Life changing.
Club 215- happy hours, ladies night, man night, fight night…best bar in the DMV
Bodily harm- This better win, some of us have to carry around scars for life.
Overnight- It makes up the only Rudy I know when you think about it. I’ve experienced only 2 weeks of non overnight Rudy. And plus you can beat/pay for it/club it and drag it back to your room if you really want.
Vegas- Sounded glorious
Pirate Mike little guy jokes or Beach- aw man. Well I believe that little guy jokes are a staple in my diet. One of the pillars of 215. That will never change. The beach…that was something special. Can’t be duplicated. We can try, but it will be different. Beach wins…down with Ratatouille.
New Years- I don’t think “shambles” should be on here. It is not very amusing when it was a very serious statement. Someone’s life being in shambles is nothing to sneeze at. New Years was…special, proof is in the website.
Aaargh said,
January 8, 2009 at 9:14 pm
WOW. If this is how the Blog is starting off in ‘09, then I’m going to have to be a faithful reader. Can’t wait for tomorrow.
I like your picks, but I will have to go with Ultrabar in Match 1 cause what you call Ultrabar/Losing your phone I call my Birthday (don’t know if I can top it this year…yes I can)
Match 4: Ant’s “Life In Shambles” It makes me laugh everytime I hear it cause as you said he comes back stronger everytime.
Antsinyourpants said,
January 8, 2009 at 9:51 pm
You can and you will Mike Roberts.
C.Steve said,
January 9, 2009 at 2:43 am
So although its hard to beat something “life changing” I think my presense has been some what significant. And all of the examples of the Steve Saga although hilarious leave me in a very negative light. Haven’t I had a positive lasting impression on Fairfax towers? To further support your point you not only win that game with your eyes shut, and making shots from down the hall but also I had built a tower of beer cans in the middle of the table which ended up being so tall I couldn’t see over it which was another reason I lost that game. But just to defend myself and the reason I de-friended you here is the original posting:
“I have no idea of two things actually….”
“1) what drugs you have been smoking
2) what kind of intense beer pong training you have been putting yourself through?…because last time you were here…refresh my memory…but didn’t i beat you with my eyes closed…or was it from the hallway…oh wait two separate games…my bad.
3) The Beer Pong Tourney was not of my doing….and plus why would i stake my name to you just so you could soil it…you couldn’t even beat me eyes closed which leads me to beleive you couldn’t compete in the special olympics beer pong tourney.
4) I’ll bring a helmet…reinforce my walls so you don’t punch holes in them…and alert the janitorial staff…to let them know of your presence on the floor.”
I can handle a lot of sarcasm but this just really pushed it over the line, a lot.
So as I said I’m not sure I can beat something “life changing” but I’m going to try. I know its the last inning and one more strike until this is done but I feel like maybe I could be the Aaron “Fucking” Boone of this tournament. Name the terms. I want to win.
nocturnalrudy said,
January 9, 2009 at 5:25 am
wow….i forgot how harsh it was…point taken….
Antsinyourpants said,
January 9, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Hahaha slooow clap for C. Steve. Do I smell upset? 2 min left in the game and she just hit one in the 5 hole Mr. Lukow.
AdoptedRoommate215 said,
January 10, 2009 at 5:23 am
oh yeah..and lets actually check the comment record..c steve vs hesters i mean seriously..on to win an “award” or on to read the awesomeness that is rudy as much as possible.
AdoptedRoommate215 said,
January 10, 2009 at 5:23 am
i think we know the answer from the hesters side
KittyKat said,
January 14, 2009 at 12:23 am
Very Glad that “very drunk Kat stripping in the living room” didn’t make the cut…
nocturnalrudy said,
January 14, 2009 at 8:13 am
Not gonna lie…i was close to including…’Hurricane Kat’ but i didn’t want to call you out…and i think people would have just thought i was making fun of the other hurricane kat…and that’s just not funny.
KittyKat said,
January 19, 2009 at 6:31 pm
It was the same night that your hurt your hand