Tuesdays in Brooklyn (1499 hits)
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Submitted by fudgepacknuts (View user info) at 2005-03-31 14:21:11 EST
A large billow of a familiar scented smoke wafts into my nostrils as I enter my friend's apartment. It seems the party started without me this time. No need to worry, though; I simply give everyone a pleasant greeting, stroll into the kitchen, and pour myself a hefty Jameson and Diet Coke.
As 'The Best of Will Ferrell' DVD runs on repeat in the background, we all talk loudly as we increasingly get drunker, higher, and more rowdy. An occasional racist joke is made and we don't know whether to laugh or be uncomfortable. We always laugh, though. Stories of the past week and what we did to fuck up our young lives are shared as a freshly rolled joint circles around the group.
Another friend of mine takes his little baggy of coke and makes headway into the bathroom. He comes out smiling two minutes later with the faintest of white powder under his nose. I give him the 'wipe your nose' signal, he laughs, licks his index finger and thumb, and makes everything copasetic.
By midnight, all seven of us are all usually intoxicated on one or more of our respective vices. We figure that it is high time to leave for one of the many local bars. This time, we choose 'Superfine:' A very under-the-radar, dimly lit, industrial-feeling bar in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.....in Brooklyn) that we all have come to greatly enjoy. The music is sexy, there are couches, good liquor, good food, you can smoke inside, there's a free full-size orange felt pool table, and the crowd there is very cool and down to earth.
"Spare some change for the homeless," we hear as we walk past a gangly bum on the way to the bar. I dig into my pocket, and give the guy whatever change I found.....somewhere in the vicinity of 38 cents. It's around this point that the alcohol and other substances I'd ingested earlier start to finally hit me. I violently shake my head in a 'get-the-cobwebs-out' manner and continue on my path to further drunkenness.
For a Tuesday, I must say that the crowd at 'Superfine' is relatively ligh. About 20 people are scattered throughout the bar in no particular manner. As I enter out of the 30 degree night, I take off my jacket and overhear a couple to my right talking about Terry Schiavo. 'I just think that they should let her die in peace.......' I glare at them I disgust, shake my head, and move on.
A friend orders a round of soco & lime for the group. It chills my esophagus as it goes down ever so smoothly. Thoughts of my Wednesday morning meeting rush through my head as I order yet another Jameson and Diet Coke. After I've taken a few sips, I turn around from the bar to see three of my friends at the orange felt pool table; waving over to me to join and play. I oblige and tell them 'better get ready for some donkey loving.' This makes sense in my drunken mind.
I was never good at pool. It shows this night. I scratch several times and constantly forget if I am stripes or solids. But it's Tuesday, and no one gives a shit.
Some friends travel back and forth from the tiny bathrooms with their tiny baggies. Some continue to play pool. Some sit with me at a table and talk about anything and nothing at all. Some get drunker at the bar. But everyone is always smiling and happy....because Tuesday is our day.
And as the night wanes and people start to leave 'Superfine,' we discuss what to do with the rest of the night. Those who work oftentimes go home and sleep. Those with nothing to do stay up and binge till 10 am.
But if anything is for certain out of this weekly ritual, it is this: we are only young once and God dammit, why not get wasted on a Tuesday?
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-04-02 01:57:15 EST (#)
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I fucking love this post. Love it!
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-04-01 15:26:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2005-04-01 15:13:19 (#)
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You seem like a pretty chill guy. We should hang sometime in NYC or the surrounding area.
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absolutely, man. i work in manhattan and am there basically every weekend. and i also think we're trying to schedule an Ubercon thingy here in the next few weeks....so, yeah.
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2005-04-01 15:18:11 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2005-04-01 15:13:19 EST (#)
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You seem like a pretty chill guy. We should hang sometime in NYC or the surrounding area.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-04-01 15:09:26 EST (#)
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-04-01 15:04:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:43:16 (#)
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Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:31:34 (#)
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...Yankees Suck?
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2005-04-01 14:59:36 EST (#)
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you are ruining that jameson with the coke.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-04-01 14:49:37 EST (#)
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Getting drunk with rich kids. Very original.
Submitted by kcthelush (user info) at 2005-03-31 20:21:16 EST (#)
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YO, it's thursday and i'm trashed, I feel you.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-03-31 18:55:49 EST (#)
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that was GLORIOUS! i loved it.
i've been drunk many a tuesday night
Submitted by GoodInTheSac (user info) at 2005-03-31 18:54:43 EST (#)
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Reminds me of my youth.
Submitted by transhuman (user info) at 2005-03-31 18:45:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:54:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:43:16 (#)
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Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:31:34 (#)
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...Yankees Suck?
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i mean..............come on now. we all know that the yankees will win the AL east by AT LEAST 5 games. A-Rod will best Manny in the HR race, Schilling will be sidelined with injury throughout the year, randy jonhson wont be the best anymore, but he'll still wallop boston every time he lpays them.....
.....and when all is said and done, the yankees will once again regain their deserved place atop the baseball world.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:43:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:31:34 (#)
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...Yankees Suck?
Submitted by Imessedup (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:35:55 EST (#)
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Nicely done mate!
Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:31:34 EST (#)
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...Yankees Suck?
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:12:14 EST (#)
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Good stuff...well written...I felt it.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:11:09 EST (#)
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Damn straight.
Submitted by skeezy (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:56:11 EST (#)
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I hope that I never have a shortage of chill bars to frequent and friends lookin to cut loose every once in a while.
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:46:26 EST (#)
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No I'm not.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:40:40 EST (#)
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I forgot to mention that I think that picture is awesome.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:39:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by boomslang (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:35:10 (#)
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Jameson and Diet? that's got to be the girliest version of Jack & Coke.
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HAHAHAHA.....agreed. But mind you that I have about 10-15 of these throughough the course of a night, so i need to tone it down JUST a notch. That many Jack & Cokes would decimate me.
Submitted by boomslang (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:35:10 EST (#)
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Jameson and Diet? that's got to be the girliest version of Jack & Coke.
Submitted by Gnome (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:17:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-03-31 15:08:26 EST (#)
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You're a good kid, I like you.
Submitted by The_Fan (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:54:44 EST (#)
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No sleep til
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:40:33 EST (#)
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When I was in Spain our night was...
every night!
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:33:06 EST (#)
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Livin' life.
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:31:55 EST (#)
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When I was in college our night was Wednesday night. Good times.
You did a very nice job with this.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:31:32 EST (#)
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"We figure that it is high time to leave for one of the many local bars."
are you being punny?
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:28:28 EST (#)
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Hey! I'll spend a Tuesday in Brooklyn! I live by Brooklyn, Ohio. ZING!
Submitted by Jo_of_the_golden_P (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:26:28 EST (#)
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I love Brooklyn
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:25:41 EST (#)
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This was really, really good.
I look forward to a Tuesday in Brooklyn!
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-03-31 14:24:35 EST (#)
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It's been a long time since I felt that way.