Ok, before I get to the Friday Funk for this week, I just have to mini-vent. Did you see the Badgers basketball game last night? WTF was that?? Again, playing like a grade school team. I mean, COME ON, it was the Sweet 16 and that’s all you got?! Ugh, seriously. So disappointing. I was, however, thrilled that Arizona beat Duke, so I’ll cheer for them now from here on out. I’ve always liked AZ. Plus my bracket’s shot anyway. 😛
But on to the more important point of this post – the FF. I have a book of quotes in my desk drawer where I jot down good ones that I find along the way, so I thought this would be the perfect venue to showcase some of them. When I don’t have anything really witty or clever to throw out there for the FF (shocking, i know, but sometimes it does happen), I’ll just choose one from my notebook, how’s that?
They’re all wonderful, but here’s one I saw again just the other day that caught my eye and made me look to see if I had it written down yet. I did. That’s apparently how good it is:
“Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.” ~ Baltasar Gracian
We meet again, Friday. It’s so good to see you! Here’s a little sumpin’ sumpin’ for this week’s Friday Funk that I thought was hilarious:
If you stick your head in the sand you risk being kicked in the ass.
Love it!
And for those of you scratching your heads trying to figure out what RPC stands for, I’ll clue you in. It’s the Riverwest Pub Crawl, and tomorrow’s the day! Good lord, SM, do all your weekend plans always revolve around beer? Possibly. 😉
The Riverwest Pub Crawl is only the funnest (yes, i know it’s not a word, but i like it) pub crawl EV-AH, and it has become an annual event for us and some of our friends. It’s always held right around this time of March, so it helps us get outside, shake off the winter blahs, and usher in Spring as well (even though it’s only supposed to be 48 tomorrow, but whatevs). A little history on the RPC for those of you still confused…
R discovered this pub crawl back in 2005 and roped two of our good friends L and A into going with him, despite a strong lack of desire on their part due to significant hangovers from the night before. Funny how R has a way of generally getting anything he wants. Weird. But I digress… I dropped the trio off at the starting bar to begin their journey through the Riverwest neighborhood, which was pretty much completely unknown to us at the time. I was heading out of town for the weekend, so was unable to partake in that maiden saunter. Long story short, after over a dozen bars later (a few of which require a buzzer for entry and get quite sketchy after dark), a pile of garage sale records that were purchased/lost/and subsequently found, and a cab ride home for R from a corner on which he had never been before, they were hooked. And every year since our group has grown and fallen more in love with the RPC. One of my sisters, A, joined us for a couple years too, which was great fun. There was even a year or two in there where the *official* crawl was canceled, so we used prior years’ maps and just made our own. ‘Cuz we can, and we’re cool like that.
I’m especially looking forward to tomorrow’s RPC since I had to sit out last year while D cooked. Walking around all day and night while 4 months pregnant, unable to drink, and dealing with everyone getting more and more intoxicated and ridiculous isn’t exactly my cup of tea. So tomorrow I’ll be right back in there with the best of ’em. It is an official crawl this year, and so far there are 23 bars on the list. 23?! Good god. I hope we all survive. I looked at my map from 2009’s RPC, one of the years when we made our own, and R only put 17 bars on that one. Needless to say, 17 beers results in sufficient drunkenness even with all the walking around in between that you do. I’m almost afraid to see what will happen if we try to make it to all 23 this year. Not that I’ll really remember #23 if we get there… 😛
R suggested that I post along the way tomorrow to document the RPC live and in-person, but I said I’m not so sure I want my increasing intoxication publicized. 😉 So too bad, so sad, you’ll just have to wait for a recap afterward. But I promise to take pictures and copious notes along the way so I can give you a full run-down, assuming I’ll be able to read said notes when the time comes. I guarantee there will be plenty of shenanigans and hilarity throughout the day to report.
Until then, here are a couple snaps from past RPCs for a glimpse of some of the fun we experience:
Me & R at the end of 2009's
Group shot from the start of 2008's
Me, sis A, L, and his A toward the end of 2007's
Crazy no-teeth, no-lens, plush m&m guy from 2006
**No, we did not know that odd guy in the last pic, but who can resist getting a shot of a man with a stuffed m&m in an empty cigar box?!**
Haaaaaaaallelujah!!! Not only is it Friday, but the sun is shining!! I was flabbergasted that the sky was already starting to brighten when my alarm went off at 5:30 this morning (::yawn::), and then I actually had to wear SUNGLASSES on the drive to work! I thought the sun I saw on my way home yesterday was quite possibly a vitamin D deficiency-induced hallucination, but I guess not! Isn’t it amazing what that bright ball in the sky does for one’s attitude after weeks upon weeks upon months of nothing but dreary, gray crap?
In a conversation about what you look forward to most with the onset of Spring and warm weather, someone on the radio said it perfectly this morning – “I think Milwaukeeans appreciate summer more than other people.” Amen, brother, preach on!
So I thought this was a perfectly fitting FF:
“Spring: Time for Sundresses. And to start shaving your legs again.”
TGIF y’all! Ah, the best time of the week – the workdays are almost over and the weekend is dawning. Even if I’m in a bad mood or the day starts off as a comedy of errors, I can never stay upset for long on a Friday simply because it’s Friii-day. One more day, that’s it. Then I play.
So I thought in honor of my favorite day of the week I’d implement a little tribute post each Friday. Introducing the “Friday Funk”. It won’t be very structured or have any rules per se; it’ll just be a little something that tickles my fancy each Friday that I want to share. So here we go – the inaugural FF:
One of my coworkers used a kick-ass phrase this morning: “saggy-titted hippies”. Awesome! Discuss…
