Entirely Erwin

The ESPN Zone Incident

Why can't things ever be so plain and simple when hanging out with Gay Carl and Eric? Gosh damn, since two of us are pretty busy with work and the other is making sure that the leash he's on isn't strangling him, we don't have the opportunity to hang out all too often. But when we do hang out, nothing is ever as simple as it seems. A few cases in point:

1. Going to the movies - At the last second we decide to go see the movie opening of Cradle 2 The Grave. A few words of advice: Do not let someone who has recently just moved in from another country (Texas) set plans to see a movie. He'll buy tickets in advance (a good thing), but take you to the wrong movie theater (a very bad thing).

2. Going out for dinner - The city of Chicago has tons of restaraunts. So when you have four very hungry people (including Greg) who are starving for food, how long does it take to find a place to eat? About 2 hours and at least 30 miles of driving. Why? It was all about the restaraunt road rules...Finding a restaraunt that was 1) sit-down, not fast-food, 2) on the left side of the street and 3) did not have a black car in the parking lot was not the easiest thing to do.

3. Going bar-hopping - The city of Chicago also has plenty of bars. So we're in the middle of the bar-filled Wicker Park area and who chooses which bar to hit first? The highest mo' fo' in the world, a really cool homeless guy that we met on the corner. Good times....

Which brings me to this past Sunday...Super Bowl Sunday...

So we're driving to ESPN Zone in downtown Chicago and Eric's testing out his Fuji digital



After we find parking, we're walking to ESPN Zone when Carl meets a guy who loves Carl's shoes so much he wanted to clean them...too bad Carl didn't know he had to pay for this stranger's generous service



And then we entered the ESPN Zone where they issued me a new guy card that Stacey mysteriously misplaced



We decided to play a drinking game during the Super Bowl. For every touchdown scored, we each had to take a shot. The shot of choice: the Screaming Nazi (Jagr, Rumple Minze, and Goldschlager). So when the Patriots scored



And when the Panthers scored



Along with the 7 touchdowns scored in the game, our waiter Todd hooked us up with 2 free shots. Add to this the all-you-can-eat buffet and the 2 free beers we were also given, it was a kick-ass night.

And after the shots settled in, we all lived craptacularly ever after....