THE JOURNAL OF THE YEAR (literally)
And now my feature presentation ...
A Year in Review - The Top 10 Moments of 2004
10. Rupert's Basement
It's tough to pick out one night in specific because there were too many of them and they're all really blurry. But it would be a crime to leave Rupert's basement off the top 10 list because if it wasn't for Craig throwing parties, our summer would've been pretty boring. I was really there a few nights a week last summer, even if it was just a few of us drinking. Only nights off from boozing were Wednesdays and Sundays. That was my rule of the summer. The dance parties, catch phrase, kings, strip flip cup, too many good times to list. And I don't know if this counts for 2004 or 2005, but I had a blast at the New Year's Eve party last night. Gotta love champagne nights. Everyone got so fucked up, I love it. Rupert - you get the Waterford MVP award for 2004. Thanks for stepping up.
09. Fish's 21st Birthday
This was a year of a lot of 21st birthdays but the only one that makes my list is Fish's at Assumption. I made the trip with Jay and Keeler. Fish had been cocked all day and when we got there he was wearing a crazy hat and a cape so I knew it was going to get interesting. We went to a bar in Worcester which was sick - tons of hot friendly girls and even a beer pong table. It was Mardi Gras week so we had bought a ton of beads at iParty and turned it into a mardi gras party. Legend has it that every Tuesday since then was Mardi Gras night. Everyone in the bar was buying Fish a shot and every time he'd shout out the number ... 5 ... 10 ... 15 .. 18!! And remember this man was already cocked before we got to the bar! So 18 shots later Fish and the rest of us made it back to his suite, no clue whose car I was in. When we got back, I guess I was puking and fell asleep in the bathroom, then in front of Fish's door in the hallway until he tripped over me on his way out to piss in his washing machine. I woke up the next morning underneath a coffee table with people's clothes covering me to keep me warm. Fish blasted his music, waking up his roommates, who came out of their room to see a bunch of guys in their living room eating cold pizza. Fish went to class, still cocked, with no notebook or anything, and we departed back to Waterford.
08. July 4th
I always try to go big on July 4th and 2004 was no exception. Great day followed by a crazy night. Things started off by relaxing at Waterford Beach, then getting shit faced with Jay, Don, and Max at jay's pool. After a lot of beers and jello shots, me and Leslie headed to the Rupert's cabin where they put on a sick fireworks show. By far the best home fireworks show I've seen - it was nuts. Then we all headed to Spellman's for the after party where things got whacky. Artie did his version of a body shot by snorting the salt, squeezing a lime into his eye, and then taking a shot of tequila. I pussied out of taking the shot but I did take down a raw egg to please the crowd. Took a ton of shots of tequila ... Then for some reason I jumped in the pool with all my clothes on. At the end of the night, I went to Rosie's at 5:00am w/ Leslie, Artie, and Max ... Pure daylight when I got home. That's how you do it!
07. DMB Weekend
This is another annual event for me. It really started Thursday night at esker point, the Thursday ritual throughout the entire summer. We drank there, then on the way home, drunk Don was dancing in the car and stood up out of the sun roof with a beer in his hand as we're driving through Groton. Max slammed on the brakes and Don went flying, smashed his nose against the sun roof, instantly started bleeding and yelling at Max. It was awesome. Then we went to Sunset's, the other Thursday night ritual of the summer. Great night there, we all got destroyed. I got home and as drunk as I was, I made like 150 jello shots for the next day. Friday was the best - tons of Waterford kids partying in the parking lot before the show, grilling burgers and dogs, doing jello shots, drinking beers, getting into a war with another town and throwing bottles at each other's heads - all the ingredients for a good time. Oh and then DMB put on a good show too. Leaving the concert, I got lost by myself in Hartford and my phone died so that was scary but I ran to the parking lot just in time to catch Lavin. I got home that night at like 2:00am and I randomly went to my ex girlfriend's house and slept there. Woke up the next day and did it all over again ... Next time without bottle fights, getting lost in Hartford, and late nights w/ ex girlfriends ... But still another great night!
06. Halloween Weekend at UConn
Halloween weekend is one of the finest weekends that UConn has to offer. The cops were really dicks, shutting down parties and blocking off roads, but I wouldn't let them ruin my holiday. Since everyone from my friends to customers at Cingular have always told me I look just like Dale Earnhardt Jr, I decided to be him for the whole weekend. Not only did Dale Jr go to the parties and to the bar but I stayed in costume all day, all night, three days straight. So many random people would stop me to take a picture with me. I loved it. After the cops busted a party, we walked back to Max's with these Polish girls we met and had a dance party. I got into a Winnie the Pooh costume and danced on the table with the girls. I was wagging my little tail like a champ. Sunday night was my best night at the bar all semester. Beautiful girls, every one of them. I would see a gorgeous girl walk in and then a couple hours later I'd be dancing with them and I'd be like holy shit I have my hands on her ass. Thank you Dale Jr.
05. We're going streaking!!!
You know it's going to be a fun summer when it starts out with a night of skinny dipping with three girls and going streaking. I have to leave their names out unfortunately ... It was at Max's house. We all got wasted playing kings and went outside for ppl to smoke cigarettes and someone suggested skinny dipping. No-one even gave it a second thought - stripped and jumped right in. We were doing crazy naked jumps off the diving board and everything. Max's sister came home so I decided to stand at the glass door with nothing on but a big smile and give her a big wave when she walked in the room. She looked at me and almost fell over. No, it's not THAT big, it was just from shock. After that they were smoking cigarettes in the driveway, everyone still naked like we're at a fucking nudist colony. A few decided to go streaking. That lasted about 10 seconds until "Brittany" (we'll just call her that) tripped and fell face first, naked, on the driveway, scraping her entire body. And that was the end of that night. Weird huh?
04. Spring Break - Negril, Jamaica
Of course I can't forget about spring break in Jamaica with Lavin and his friends from school ... A great week of partying all day and all night - it was so relaxing there ... We would wake up, walk out the door, and literally be on the beach ... listening to reggae and smoking ganga.... Yeah mon. I went cliff jumping at one of the top 10 bars in the world and saw the best sunset I've ever seen ... Every night it was open bar at a different club and when the bar closes at 3:00am, you walk on the beach back to your hotel and there's bon fires everywhere with everyone just chillin' by the fire or swimming in the warm Caribbean water. You could buy the best jerk chicken on the island for $3 ... I loved that place. But I'll be back!!! Spring break 2005 - back to jamaica. This time w/ 18 people and 5 hotel rooms.
03. School of Business / Dean's List
It might sound like all I did in 2004 was drink and party but it also a big year in academics. After fucking up so bad in high school that I almost couldn't get into college at all, I'm proud to say I made dean's list in my first year at Uconn with a 3.925 GPA (three A's and one A-), I'm done w/ Calculus and Stats which were the two classes I feared the most, I got a 3.09 in my first semester at Storrs, and most importantly, I was accepted into the school of business! It's ranked best business school in New England, requires a 3.1 cum GPA just to get accepted, requires above a 3.6 for their dean's list. Competitive as fuck. So this is huge. I've come a long way since the days of never doing any work in school and not learning anything all year. I don't mean to toot my own horn but - toot toot! Alright I'm done bragging.
02. End of dry streak
I have a rule against writing about hook-ups in my journal, it's one of the only subjects that's off limits. Well, in the last couple of years of the journal that wasn't exactly a problem! Allow me to introduce you to what I call THE CURSE ... It's origin is unknown, it may have started after breaking up with Tricia in May of 2002 or it may have started when I left Mobile Solution to work at Cingular in Feburary of 2002. Either way, this curse prevented me from hooking up with any girls and the curse was felt through the the last three quarters of 2002 and all of 2003. Almost 2 years - "HOW DO I LIVE!?" It was tough. Well folks, 2004 will be known as the year of curses being broken in more ways than one. The curse was strong and didn't want to die. For example, in January, I was hooking up at my house, then this other girl calls me, we'll came her "shit head" to protect her identity, and tells me she needs to sleep at my house. No No No, I plead to her and hang up. Things get going again and then ring ring - "I'm in your driveway." Fuck!!! Then in the summer, I was hooking up again with the same girl, and AGAIN - the same shit head ruined it for me by needing her to take her home. How crazy is that? That's not normal. But I proved too strong for the curse and at UConn I eventually beat it into oblivion in the end of the semester. I know you're at the edge of your seat for details, but the rule still stands, a gentlemen doesn't kiss and tell, so the story ends here. And so does the dry streak. For good.
01. BOSTON RED SOX
We're finally there - the #1 moment of 2004 was the end of another curse, one that lasted 86 years ... Ladies and gentlemen, the Boston Red Sox are your 2004 world champions. It doesn't get any bigger than that. I've never been so crazy about baseball as I was this year. In July, I had seats 8 rows behind home plate with my ex girlfriend at a red sox vs. yankees game. (if you're reading this, thank you!) Then in October, after not being selected for a chance to buy tickets in the ALDS or ALCS, I won in a drawing to be able to purchase tickets to the world series at fenway park! The commercial said it - seeing the red sox in the world series - PRICELESS. I wish my grandfather was still alive to see it. I'll never forget it. Thank you Boston.
And thank YOU everyone who helped to make 2004 such a great year! It was a fucking blast when I look back. It was actually hard to list just 10 moments. And now - a fresh start and a new year so let the good times roll. PEACE OUT '04
A Year in Review - The Top 10 Moments of 2004
10. Rupert's Basement
It's tough to pick out one night in specific because there were too many of them and they're all really blurry. But it would be a crime to leave Rupert's basement off the top 10 list because if it wasn't for Craig throwing parties, our summer would've been pretty boring. I was really there a few nights a week last summer, even if it was just a few of us drinking. Only nights off from boozing were Wednesdays and Sundays. That was my rule of the summer. The dance parties, catch phrase, kings, strip flip cup, too many good times to list. And I don't know if this counts for 2004 or 2005, but I had a blast at the New Year's Eve party last night. Gotta love champagne nights. Everyone got so fucked up, I love it. Rupert - you get the Waterford MVP award for 2004. Thanks for stepping up.
09. Fish's 21st Birthday
This was a year of a lot of 21st birthdays but the only one that makes my list is Fish's at Assumption. I made the trip with Jay and Keeler. Fish had been cocked all day and when we got there he was wearing a crazy hat and a cape so I knew it was going to get interesting. We went to a bar in Worcester which was sick - tons of hot friendly girls and even a beer pong table. It was Mardi Gras week so we had bought a ton of beads at iParty and turned it into a mardi gras party. Legend has it that every Tuesday since then was Mardi Gras night. Everyone in the bar was buying Fish a shot and every time he'd shout out the number ... 5 ... 10 ... 15 .. 18!! And remember this man was already cocked before we got to the bar! So 18 shots later Fish and the rest of us made it back to his suite, no clue whose car I was in. When we got back, I guess I was puking and fell asleep in the bathroom, then in front of Fish's door in the hallway until he tripped over me on his way out to piss in his washing machine. I woke up the next morning underneath a coffee table with people's clothes covering me to keep me warm. Fish blasted his music, waking up his roommates, who came out of their room to see a bunch of guys in their living room eating cold pizza. Fish went to class, still cocked, with no notebook or anything, and we departed back to Waterford.
08. July 4th
I always try to go big on July 4th and 2004 was no exception. Great day followed by a crazy night. Things started off by relaxing at Waterford Beach, then getting shit faced with Jay, Don, and Max at jay's pool. After a lot of beers and jello shots, me and Leslie headed to the Rupert's cabin where they put on a sick fireworks show. By far the best home fireworks show I've seen - it was nuts. Then we all headed to Spellman's for the after party where things got whacky. Artie did his version of a body shot by snorting the salt, squeezing a lime into his eye, and then taking a shot of tequila. I pussied out of taking the shot but I did take down a raw egg to please the crowd. Took a ton of shots of tequila ... Then for some reason I jumped in the pool with all my clothes on. At the end of the night, I went to Rosie's at 5:00am w/ Leslie, Artie, and Max ... Pure daylight when I got home. That's how you do it!
07. DMB Weekend
This is another annual event for me. It really started Thursday night at esker point, the Thursday ritual throughout the entire summer. We drank there, then on the way home, drunk Don was dancing in the car and stood up out of the sun roof with a beer in his hand as we're driving through Groton. Max slammed on the brakes and Don went flying, smashed his nose against the sun roof, instantly started bleeding and yelling at Max. It was awesome. Then we went to Sunset's, the other Thursday night ritual of the summer. Great night there, we all got destroyed. I got home and as drunk as I was, I made like 150 jello shots for the next day. Friday was the best - tons of Waterford kids partying in the parking lot before the show, grilling burgers and dogs, doing jello shots, drinking beers, getting into a war with another town and throwing bottles at each other's heads - all the ingredients for a good time. Oh and then DMB put on a good show too. Leaving the concert, I got lost by myself in Hartford and my phone died so that was scary but I ran to the parking lot just in time to catch Lavin. I got home that night at like 2:00am and I randomly went to my ex girlfriend's house and slept there. Woke up the next day and did it all over again ... Next time without bottle fights, getting lost in Hartford, and late nights w/ ex girlfriends ... But still another great night!
06. Halloween Weekend at UConn
Halloween weekend is one of the finest weekends that UConn has to offer. The cops were really dicks, shutting down parties and blocking off roads, but I wouldn't let them ruin my holiday. Since everyone from my friends to customers at Cingular have always told me I look just like Dale Earnhardt Jr, I decided to be him for the whole weekend. Not only did Dale Jr go to the parties and to the bar but I stayed in costume all day, all night, three days straight. So many random people would stop me to take a picture with me. I loved it. After the cops busted a party, we walked back to Max's with these Polish girls we met and had a dance party. I got into a Winnie the Pooh costume and danced on the table with the girls. I was wagging my little tail like a champ. Sunday night was my best night at the bar all semester. Beautiful girls, every one of them. I would see a gorgeous girl walk in and then a couple hours later I'd be dancing with them and I'd be like holy shit I have my hands on her ass. Thank you Dale Jr.
05. We're going streaking!!!
You know it's going to be a fun summer when it starts out with a night of skinny dipping with three girls and going streaking. I have to leave their names out unfortunately ... It was at Max's house. We all got wasted playing kings and went outside for ppl to smoke cigarettes and someone suggested skinny dipping. No-one even gave it a second thought - stripped and jumped right in. We were doing crazy naked jumps off the diving board and everything. Max's sister came home so I decided to stand at the glass door with nothing on but a big smile and give her a big wave when she walked in the room. She looked at me and almost fell over. No, it's not THAT big, it was just from shock. After that they were smoking cigarettes in the driveway, everyone still naked like we're at a fucking nudist colony. A few decided to go streaking. That lasted about 10 seconds until "Brittany" (we'll just call her that) tripped and fell face first, naked, on the driveway, scraping her entire body. And that was the end of that night. Weird huh?
04. Spring Break - Negril, Jamaica
Of course I can't forget about spring break in Jamaica with Lavin and his friends from school ... A great week of partying all day and all night - it was so relaxing there ... We would wake up, walk out the door, and literally be on the beach ... listening to reggae and smoking ganga.... Yeah mon. I went cliff jumping at one of the top 10 bars in the world and saw the best sunset I've ever seen ... Every night it was open bar at a different club and when the bar closes at 3:00am, you walk on the beach back to your hotel and there's bon fires everywhere with everyone just chillin' by the fire or swimming in the warm Caribbean water. You could buy the best jerk chicken on the island for $3 ... I loved that place. But I'll be back!!! Spring break 2005 - back to jamaica. This time w/ 18 people and 5 hotel rooms.
03. School of Business / Dean's List
It might sound like all I did in 2004 was drink and party but it also a big year in academics. After fucking up so bad in high school that I almost couldn't get into college at all, I'm proud to say I made dean's list in my first year at Uconn with a 3.925 GPA (three A's and one A-), I'm done w/ Calculus and Stats which were the two classes I feared the most, I got a 3.09 in my first semester at Storrs, and most importantly, I was accepted into the school of business! It's ranked best business school in New England, requires a 3.1 cum GPA just to get accepted, requires above a 3.6 for their dean's list. Competitive as fuck. So this is huge. I've come a long way since the days of never doing any work in school and not learning anything all year. I don't mean to toot my own horn but - toot toot! Alright I'm done bragging.
02. End of dry streak
I have a rule against writing about hook-ups in my journal, it's one of the only subjects that's off limits. Well, in the last couple of years of the journal that wasn't exactly a problem! Allow me to introduce you to what I call THE CURSE ... It's origin is unknown, it may have started after breaking up with Tricia in May of 2002 or it may have started when I left Mobile Solution to work at Cingular in Feburary of 2002. Either way, this curse prevented me from hooking up with any girls and the curse was felt through the the last three quarters of 2002 and all of 2003. Almost 2 years - "HOW DO I LIVE!?" It was tough. Well folks, 2004 will be known as the year of curses being broken in more ways than one. The curse was strong and didn't want to die. For example, in January, I was hooking up at my house, then this other girl calls me, we'll came her "shit head" to protect her identity, and tells me she needs to sleep at my house. No No No, I plead to her and hang up. Things get going again and then ring ring - "I'm in your driveway." Fuck!!! Then in the summer, I was hooking up again with the same girl, and AGAIN - the same shit head ruined it for me by needing her to take her home. How crazy is that? That's not normal. But I proved too strong for the curse and at UConn I eventually beat it into oblivion in the end of the semester. I know you're at the edge of your seat for details, but the rule still stands, a gentlemen doesn't kiss and tell, so the story ends here. And so does the dry streak. For good.
01. BOSTON RED SOX
We're finally there - the #1 moment of 2004 was the end of another curse, one that lasted 86 years ... Ladies and gentlemen, the Boston Red Sox are your 2004 world champions. It doesn't get any bigger than that. I've never been so crazy about baseball as I was this year. In July, I had seats 8 rows behind home plate with my ex girlfriend at a red sox vs. yankees game. (if you're reading this, thank you!) Then in October, after not being selected for a chance to buy tickets in the ALDS or ALCS, I won in a drawing to be able to purchase tickets to the world series at fenway park! The commercial said it - seeing the red sox in the world series - PRICELESS. I wish my grandfather was still alive to see it. I'll never forget it. Thank you Boston.
And thank YOU everyone who helped to make 2004 such a great year! It was a fucking blast when I look back. It was actually hard to list just 10 moments. And now - a fresh start and a new year so let the good times roll. PEACE OUT '04