Weekend Review

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Weekend Review was not published last week. elliottintheatl.blogspot.com is happy to report the revival of this post in its normal time slot.

Weekend Ball:
Marshall celebrated his birthday on Saturday and in between Accounting and rock climbing was able to find time to celebrate with friends and family. Happy Birthday to my big brother!

Weekend Goat:
Julie and Michelle. With their move having been delayed for 3 weeks and them using “we have to stay home and pack” as an excuse for not going out for the past month and a half, it was assumed items would be nicely packed and the move would be smooth. This assumption proved to be false. Upon arrival at their old apartment items were loose, boxes had no lids, and there was no organization. The move was long and arduous and apparently someone had the wise idea not to splurge $10 for a dolly. To top it all off, on a hot day, the water was all left at the new place, meaning the move out of the apartment and into the truck had to all be done while parched and dehydrated. But congratulations to them on their new place. Note to Julie…Beware of the landlord/friend relationship. She could very well attempt to put on her “friend” hat when really the “landlord” hat needs to be on. Do not get deceived! Be on constant guard!

Quote of the Weekend:
This is a 2nd hand account of an event which happened a few weeks ago told by Mike, one of Marshall’s co-workers who is a few years removed from UGA. Mike was out with a few friends in Buckhead one night and one of his friends, who is not a big drinker, imbibed more than his usual amount. This apparently led him to believe he was Jack Bauer from the hit series 24. They hailed a cab to head back to Mike’s house in Roswell. “Jack” gets all worked up thinking the cab driver is a terrorist and he has to take him down. He hits the driver a few times and Mike subdues him in a half nelson and pins him to the seat of the cab. At this point the cab driver is absolutely terrified, but they do make it back to Roswell. Once at Mike’s house, “Jack” gets out of the cab and immediately rushes into the woods not to be heard from for the rest of the night. The morning comes and still no sign of “Jack” until an ominous phone call from…JAIL. One of the neighbors, seeing “Jack” in their yard called the police. The police arrived and asked Mike’s friend “What is your name?” to which he responded “My name is Jack Bauer and this is a matter of national security.” He was promptly arrested for loitering and public intoxication.

Honorable Mention: “Woke up this morning, and got myself a gun”—The Sopranos are back!


THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN SEGMENT:

THUMB UP: Marshall’s co-workers, for being hilarious at Five Seasons and showing a side of accountants many do not get to see.
THUMBS DOWN: Heather, for forever scaring me of a podiatrist office.
THUMBS DOWN: Toes
THUMBS UP: Ben Goodman for getting engaged. Congratulations!

THUMBS UP: Opie Grandominico, for clearly being my “favorite Grandominico under 30”, although there really isn’t any other competition.
THUMBS UP: Opie Grandominico for bringing me a 6-month supply of venison sausage.
THUMBS UP: Waitress at Park Bench
THUMBS DOWN: Crowded bar at Five Paces

THUMBS DOWN: Jimmy Buffett, for being too damn hard to get tickets.

THUMBS DOWN: John Fulcher, for not being the voice of reason to Michelle and Julie and demand they get a dolly, or at least hire some illegal immigrants.
THUMBS UP: Me and Jorge for successfully moving the precious chest.
THUMBS UP: Me for corrupting Michelle’s cousin into sneaking off to the high school in hopes that other people would move the remaining heavy items
THUMBS DOWN: To all those other people who moved absolutely nothing during the time Michelle’s cousin and I were hiding out.

THUMBS UP: Nan, for being delicious again. Highly recommended for good Thai
THUMBS UP: The family for having a nice celebration of Marshall’s birthday
THUMBS UP: Barbara for sending me a birthday card even though it was not my birthday
THUMBS DOWN: Everybody else who did not give me gifts on my non-birthday

THUMBS DOWN: Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes for choking in their respective conference finals
THUMBS DOWN: Foster and Sylvester for forgetting that the purpose of basketball is to get the ball in the hoop, not just in its general vicinity.

THUMBS UP: Jonathon for making Emily a DVD of the Chappelle Show
THUMBS UP: John Fulcher, for providing us “non-HBO subscribers” a place to watch The Sopranos…and dinner as well.
THUMBS DOWN: Jennifer Caron for turning down a date
THUMBS UP: Uncle June for starting the new Sopranos season off with a bang!

THUMBS UP: Jeff, for being gone, allowing Howard and me the ability to sleep late.