Guinness over Fireman's 4: "Blackdraft"
est. 12/21/11 8:35 pm at B&J's Pizza, Corpus Christi, TX (staples location), named by ejc
I need to start documenting these things. In a stroke of genius, Zeller gave me the idea of making a book of Guinness floats. Let me go on record as saying I love Guinness. And i equally love floating it over other good beers and then naming the concoction. There are the already established ones like the "Black & Tan" (Guinness over Bass) and there are a few more newly established ones like the "Oprah" (Guinness over Fat Tire, called "Oprah" because it's fat and black. Please don't be offended, that's just the way it goes), and the "Dark Side of the Moon" (Guinness over Blue Moon), but then there's all the one's Hector and I have come up with ever since we started floating Guinness first at Outta Bounds and now at Jack Ash's and House of Rock. Naming them is truly as enjoyable as drinking them. There's a science to it. It can't be so obscure that the bartender won't understand the connection. In fact, when you order your newly named beer for the first time, you don't say "Ok, i want a Guinness over Shiner.." you simply say "I want a Black Eye (named by yours truly and Hector months ago at Outta Bounds)" and you watch the bartender's gears turn and when she says "Ahh.. Guinness over Shiner?" it's like you just mentally high fived each other. Granted, they're not always going to figure it out, but when you tell them what it is and they give you that, "..nice.." along with the head nod, you know you have a winner.
"Remember kids, cantuCCFD drinks for science. Don't do this at home. Drink Responsibly."
Last night was a fun night out. Had pizza and beer with Kristi at B&J's then met up with Hector at the other B&J's and then over to House of Rock for Beer School. The 3rd Wednesday of each month they not only have $2.50 beers (and they have some good ones) but they also let you sample a handful of beers for free too. Good friends + good beer = good times. Even the girl who got drunk and wouldn't stop ranting about how firefighters should see saving a pet's life to be just as important as saving a human's life couldn't stop the night from being fun (sorry, hun, if i'm in a fire and a kid is trapped then yes, i'm stepping over the cute wittle puppy if it means saving the kid). I don't think i helped things when i sarcastically joked about getting bonuses when we chunk small animals into the fire. Oh well. She was already on my nerves. I needed to vent ;) And of course we save animals. All i was saying to her was that i'm pretty sure the father and homeowner of a burning home would be pretty upset when instead of coming out with Sally i come out with Spot. Priorities, people.
Oh yeah, check this out. I bet you know 50% of the people in this picture to the left. I saw this pic on the lovely Jennifer Love Hewitt's twitter. (I'm not embarassed to say i follow her, she's been a crush of mine since high school). The crazy part is the girl on the right was my elementary and middle school friend Hilary Winston. We friggin sat right next to each other and talked all day long all through 5th grade in Mrs. Palacios class. You can imagine the "we've just lost cabin pressure" moment as my brain exploded out the back of my head and oozed down the kitchen wall as i saw this picture. Turns out miss Hilary Winston who fittingly used to sign her pictures with "Hilary Winston, future prez" has been a successful writer on shows like My Name is Earl and Community and has a top selling book out. It doesn't surprise me. We were in the Athena program growing up which is like the Nazi super soldier program but for elementary kids in academics and most of the delusions of grandeur most kids go through at that age saying "oh im gonna be 'this' when i grow up" turned out to be more like inevitabilities of grandeur as, low and behold, they actually grew up and landed those jobs or better. Meanwhile while my classmates have grown up to be successful lawyers, doctors & top selling writers, i'm the stinking firefighter who takes pretty pictures. Go figure. I'm really happy for her. That reminds me, I need to go buy her book. It's the least i could do. If only i knew how to read.. [shoots self]. I wonder if i could photoshop myself into this picture. Then i could have it airbrushed onto the hood of a bad ass Trans Am and not only would i be forever frozen in time in a picture with two successful and beautiful women, but i'd have a Trans Am. I'll have to get on that asap. For now, I'm hungry. Time to feed. Later.
