Friday, May 15, 2009

Zoo and BEERFEST


Today was also a good day by the time it ended, but it didn't start out wonderfully.  I left Chris' apartment being angry.  I drove around the Tulpehocken train station and got pinched into the guardrail which really screwed up the passenger side of my car.  I headed to the zoo after coming home and feeding Gingy, and when I tried to park I whacked up the front end of someone's SUV.  Great. 
After all of that mess, I finally headed into the zoo with my membership receipt to walk around and relax.  After about an hour and a half, I finally found the tigers.  There were four of them, and there was a little stool over in the corner.  I went and sat down and after about 20 minutes, one of the tigers came up to where I was sitting, turned around, and projectile peed at the glass in front of my face.  If it didn't happen to me, I think it would have been REALLY hilarious, because everyone else seemed to think it was.  It just scared the crap out of me.  Oh well.

After the zoo, I came home and watched Yes Man.  Well, I tried to watch it, but I fell asleep for 2 hours before turning it back on and finishing it.  When I was done, I took a shower and got ready for Beerfest.  

I should probably explain what Beerfest is.  It is a semi annual event planned by the 1425 Boys of Ellsworth Street, formally the 1227 Boys of South Street.  It's a competition.  You've got to be able to spin around on a bat, run to your beer, chug it, and tag your partner.  You've got to be able to chug four beers between 2 partners in about 25 seconds.  There's pong, flipcup, and hookah smoking our on the back patio.  It's really a lot of fun.  Teams are made of a male and female.  Jon's parter got sick at the last minute, so he wound up being my partner which was pretty awesome.  Jon and I were a pretty good Beerfest team and our theme was obnoxious headwear.  The pictures will show you why.  

I left around one.  It was a lot of fun partying like a college kid and listening to Animal Collective with the UArts kids.  Props to Jon, Mike, and Alex for having such a great get together!