TUESDAY MORNING COMING DOWN

Well, I woke up Tuesday morning, and had a nasty stinging pain, in my head,
I'd drank the night away doing pony keg stands and smoking American Spirits, in my bed.

I looked around the Hilton and saw the remnants of a weekend with great friends,
Wondering what happened to Friday and why God made Monday come to an end.

I gathered my bag and stumbled out onto the elevator, a lonely drunk looking for a smile,
couldn't help but remember a dancing Bears tailgate and aimless walking on the Magnificent Mile.

As each floor descended, a weekend memory passed,
as I saw Michael laugh-humping Ashley, and felt angry Kevin, putting his foot into my ass.

As I walked into the foyer, alone and in stench,
I longed for Clint's giddy laugh and saw Miller mouth-spray us into a drench.

The El was no place to be a man in solitude,
where I could still feel Faust's charm, and wanted to hug Lee and say, `Hey, Sorry dude'.

I rounded the corner to my home, stopping suddenly, when I thought I saw one of my brethren,
sadly laughing to myself, knowing that I was the lone remaining member, of what had been a mighty Eleven.

I sat in my bed early that night, mourning the pain of the Tuesday evacuees,
and knew what we have is special, what we have here, as the mighty ICs.

Maybe tomorrow will be better, but here on Wednesday I still mope around,
from that empty, hollow feeling, of Tuesday Morning Coming Down.

When Boise St. beat Oklahoma on Monday night, it was one of the best moments I think in college football history. For years I have been preaching against the words "Non-BCS Schools", and this game helped me solidify my argument.

Thank you Faust for not letting me go to the bathroom on 4th and 18 (the play before the Hook and Latter).

Every college footbal fan NEEDS to read this article and commit, it is a MUST-READ:

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/16373267.htm

Adam - Was there a pool at Japanaise?

Gentlemen, I will be the first to say it. I had a fucking great time this weekend. Certainly had its ups and downs but overall, couldn't have been much better.

I think the IC together on New Years needs to become an annual event. A tradition as they say here in Texas. While I probably won't be able to participate in the next one, unless it is in Argentina, I will definitely be at every one afterward. Any thoughts?

Interesting christmas present:
http://video.nbc.com/player.html?dlid=51289

Do you know your presidents?


George Washington, 1789-1797
John Adams, 1797-1801
Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
James Madison, 1809-1817
James Monroe, 1817-1825
John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
William Henry Harrison, 1841
John Tyler, 1841-1845
James Knox Polk, 1845-1849
Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
James Buchanan, 1857-1861
Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869
Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881
James Abram Garfield, 1881
Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885
Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
William McKinley, 1897-1901
Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
William Howard Taft, 1909-1913
Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923
Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945
Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974
Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977
James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981
Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989
George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993
William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001
George Walker Bush, 2001-

FLEX SCHEDULE

As part of the new "Flex Scheduling" on Sunday Night Football, NBC has announced its feature game will be the contest between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. Therefore, instead of the 12 o'clock time, the game will be played under the lights of Soldier Field at 7:15 P.M.

The "Flex Schedule" (which was introduced this season), has had an enormous amount of positive feedback to fans all around the country. All fans,... except the ones who have plans to go to the game. Especially the ones who have been making New Year's Eve plans for the past 2 months, especially the Bears fans who (to them) are playing a meaningless Week 17 game! These fans are taking it right up the fucking ass! Instead of having a typical noon game in Chicago, with plenty of time to prepare for the New Year’s night, these fans are going to have to sit at Soldier Field until roughly 10:30 - 11:00 PM.

I am one of these fans, and my day has just been shifted by the flex schedule. That leaves me with questions.... Will I have enough time to get to the bar? Will the bar let me in? Will I be without everyone who I want to be with (besides k. clay) when the clock strikes 12???????

Any suggestions?

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Dear Adam & Lee

I wish I cared. I wish I had a strong opinion (I usually do).

But I don't. I think you guys care/know more than any of us, and that's good, and you need to decide. None of us know GoodBar from SonicBoom, so it's hard for us to give educated opinions.

Based on this weeks posts you know how Brown, Mazur, Bear, and I feel (Miller will be happy with anything).

So get on the phone and make the best decision based on the information you have. And do it SOON. We would have a great time if were celebrating NYE in Athens, Georgia at a cock fight.

So you really can't screw it up.

My only friends. Let me bring up one last point of discussion. It looks like everyone is down for the Good-Bar. Can we get a vote here? Let me lay it out how I see it and I will bow the direction of the Group.

Bar 1
Hip hop Bar
$70 a ticket (90 is you buy solo)
Open bar 8pm to 2 am
Minimal cramming because they limit the amount allowed in


Bar 2
Electronic lounge (not techno or trance)
$ 50 a ticket
Open bar 8pm to 1 am
Minimal cramming because they also limit the amount of people allowed in

I vote Bar 2.

What is the group concensus?

Talked to Williams. Forgive the confusion. 50 Dollars for a different place. So cheaper. It is a lounge/bar has an open bar for the 50 bucks and looks real nice.

www.sonotheque.org

I assume no one acted on Williams email. This place is central and should be fun. Anyone disagree?

We need to buy our tickets tomorrow or this week. I will do mine tomorrow and let eveyone know. Also I am down to get a table, cause it is a smaller place and I don't like to stand. :(

Is anyone down to do this with me? For a table for 18 (us plus eleah's friends) it is 20 a person. Please let me know all who does not like this idea or else I am going to pull the trigger so we can get all this fucking planning done with and get in the right spiritual mood to fully say bon voyage to our burger boy friend.

GOOD BAR NEW YEARS EVE!!!

Alright Chicos, It's on. Good Bar. Open Bar 8-2 and the manager tells me ``everybody gets their own champagne bottle''. Signing up as a couple drops the price from 100$ to 75$ SO, if Eleah's friends are planning on attending, maybe sign up with them OR this 20-year old (yep) and her friends join, we should all get 75$ tix (including the staggies, Adam, Adam and Clinton).

Here is the site: http://www.goodbarnye.com/ Buy tix on paypal. 100$ or 75$ is a good deal for the food, open bar and champagne (No complaints, I'm a Roofer). He said in a bar with capacity over 300+, only 200-225 are in for NYE. Should be roomy...

In the wordz of tha hood: Let's get it!

Who in the IC do you all think this would be (as a dad)? I know who I would vote for but I don't want to hate on him two posts in a row.
http://www.break.com/index/little_dove_hunter.html

Williams, anything on Justin's? Its Lunds deal for $60. I definitely don't want to spend more than $75-100. In fact, I'd rather not spend more than $50 simply because I'm a maiser, often confused with Mazur, but not the exact same.

Alright Chicos,

1) How much is everyone willing to pay for NYE. I'd prefer $100 max, but, if need be, I'll call my mom for more money.

2) Here's the research I've done on NYE. I think we need to make a decision by MONDAY. Devote 6-10 minutes looking at these, then VOTE and I'll book it. I'm rich.

I like Fulton Lounge, Stone Lotus (expensive), Good Bar and Y Bar.

Lee, what do Eleah and her friends Kitten, Glitter, Luxury and Skateboard suggest?

Don't get mad. Those were for Mazur...

http://fultonlounge.com/
$95

http://chicagonye.com/
$125

http://stonelotuslounge.com/index.php?sort=September%202006
$175

http://www.fourcornerstaverns.com/
75$

http://www.themotelbar.com/motel.htm
Cover? None?

http://www.goodbar.com/
75$ - I like Goodbar of the three options here

http://www.ychicago.com/

Greetings bitches. So here is the word I have so far on NYE. The best option I have heard is of a place called "Y Bar". (It stands for yamaka). Anyway its 220 a bottle of booze for a table per 4 people. So thats 55 a person plus tip with no cover. Can't beat that. What's your thoughts?

The Inner Circle
JOKES AND JOKES AND JOKES AND JOKES!

Bono, the lead singer of the band U2 is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous. He was playing a U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland when he asked the audience for total quiet.
Then in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he said into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."
A voice with a broad Scottish accent, from near the front of the crowd, pierces the silence... ........

"Well, fukin stop doin it then!"

The Inner Circle

So I'm online researching different methods used to pass a pre-employment drug test on a 4210.com blog on the subject and I'm finding various vitamin and H20 concoctions and recipes used to pass when I'm come across the following post by 'ok here it is':

"I have a foolproof way to pass a Drug test. Dont do Drugs!!!!!!! You Fucking Hippies!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha
Look at me I'm smoke tree...you look like an asshole you smelly dirty bearded hippies. You guys actually apply for jobs? Arent you guys all riding around the Mystery Machine travelling to the nearest forrest so you can Hug a Tree? Weed will NEVER be legalized you Cheech and Chong watching mother fuckers. Get over it. You're revolution is OVER. The BUMS LOST!!!!!!!!! My advice to you all is...they dont drugs test at Taco Bell
George W. Bush is GOD!"

I immiediately thought of Mazur and had to post.

Happy Holidays!

boobs

http://eldesorden.com/files/www.hahahumor.com/funny-flash-movies/boobs.swf

So this was found on Aaron Miranda's myspace page. Just thought I'd share.

THE BLACK SHOE DIARIES

So I woke today to find the wind chill had dipped below zero, meaning a day inside for a day-laborer.

To pass the time, I'm dedicating the day to drawing up an intinerary for Chi-Chi. In doing so, I realized that nearly all bars/venues in Chicago require a $50-$1,000 entrance fee for New Years.

Upon reading this, I entered my closet and blew the dust from my least favorite pair of shoes: THE BLACK SHOES

Knowing that we have 3 blissful nights together here, I wondered, do my friends dread the Black Shoe galas as much as I do? Then, I had a memory images montage...

(Miller being fake arrested, Williams passed out on Bear's couch, Weiss snorting Windex flavored sawdust, Lubahn shin-kicking his pregnant wife, Mazur drinking Wild Turey and yelling Indian war-chants, Kevin sleeping in the Oui parking lot with a hamburger in his mouth, Chambers at a rave, Faust crying in his bathtub, Clint pooping yellow from Test anxiety and Portillo riding a motorized scooter into the hood of his friend's car 10-15 times)

It was when I emerged from this montage that I thought, NO... NO, we are not Black Shoe wearers. If we are anything, we are a group that does NOT try to be anything we are NOT.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but, in looking for venues to drown ourselves in camaraderie, excitement and, of course, love, I mean booze, I'm looking into pretty raw, pretty random, pretty accomodating, pretty relaxed venues. To me, that is more defining of the IC than a button-down, Banana Republic, hair-gelled (no offense Brown), black-shoed crowd of people trying to superimpose their realities via dress attire.

Whoa. I fell off the wagon there. So, what do you think? No BLACK SHOES? Or are BLACK SHOES inevitable on NYE? I think maybe we bend on New Years, but, I've always thought, if I'm waiting in line to enter a place, I'll be waiting in line for the bathroom, drinks and to rub my denim-cock on the girl with the fake jubblies.

Here's to hole-in-the-walls and Sandals!

The emaciated A-Chub