The Slow Gin Fizz

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The Numbers Game February 10, 2010

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Things Lisa and I have done, either together or alone, at least 30 times, if not more, and survived:

1 – invent words

2 – invent games

3 – do tequila shots

4 – have impasses

5 – drink entire bottles of wine

6 – alienate our friends/family

7 – talk about hands

8 – run like show ponies or phoebe from friends

9 – watch taylor swift videos

10 – fall down

 

things that would get said in couples counseling with rachel and lisa December 7, 2009

  1. didn’t we we just share yesterday?
  2. is this byob?
  3. dude, it’s just grammar, chill the fuck out
  4. can we watch ‘love actually’ while we do this?
  5. just proofread emails before you send them. it takes literally a second
  6. dude, ‘literally’ is as unnecessary of a word as utilize
  7. lisa, feelings cannot be stupid or wrong. but you do really stupid things based on how you feel. a lot.
  8. rachel, i think that’s stupid
  9. you’re such an asshole
  10. why can’t you just say ‘i’m busy’ or ‘i don’t feel like it’ or ‘maybe, i’ll let you know by 4′ when i try to make plans?
  11. do you have anything heavier than a nerf baseball bat to emote with?
  12. can we get our friends on conference call? we’ll pay extra.
  13. why are you yelling? i’m sitting two feet away. ‘literally’.
  14. i’m gonna need honey for this level of impasse
  15. therapist, can we get one of those police lineup mirror windows in here? we get along better when we think no one’s watching.
  16. where are we going to eat after this? they have a bar, right?
  17. teddy’s gonna be maaaaad when i tell him you called me retarded
  18. if we had a friendship assessment committee, this would not be necessary
  19. lisa, you put the ‘ass’ in ‘assessment’
  20. hehe, you said ass and men
 

reasons why it’s ok [for me] if rachel doesn’t drink in november November 5, 2009

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  1. it makes it easier to explain why we’re different
  2. it’s a new thing to fight about/discuss in calm tones
  3. november is stupid
  4. it has absolutely no effect/affect on my own drinking habits
  5. heck, i’m drunk right now as i write this, and i feel great about her life choice
  6. it’ll be interesting to see what [if any] of the movies she loves are suddenly unfunny
  7. does this mean she no longer talks about comedians?
  8. it was scary the time she told me about setting her hair on fire
  9. it was even scarier when i saw her set her hair on fire
  10. she’ll always have gum*
  11. maybe she’ll blog more
  12. maybe as an act of rebellion i’ll drink more which always leads to people liking me better
  13. we can finally take welding classes
  14. maybe it will motivate me to pick up whiskey as a hobby
  15. kindly disregard this list. just realized november is a 31 day month. i tried saying it out loud and ‘rachel, want to go get a water later?’ totally sucks.

*is it recovering drug addicts or alcoholics that chew a lot of gum?

 

You Can Be My Yoko Ono October 12, 2009

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Things Jian and I could do, and have done, together for endless hours:

1 – talk about award shows

2 – dissect the meaning of a song lyric

3 – search for an obscure food or drink in any city we happen to be in, including our own

4 – tweet

5 – debate who’s sluttier, bitchier, etc. (spoiler alert: it’s neither of us)

6 – talk at, not to, each other

7 – argue, but not really argue, about extremely trivial things like what neighborhood one of our college friends lived in (seriously, this exact conversation has happened like three times)

8 – consume british popular culture

9 – taste wine

10 – unintentionally make our friends think we hate each other

11 – quote our favorite comedians/movies/TV shows/songs/each other

12 – take pictures

13 – pretend to be a couple (but not for a condom commercial, because that just makes no sense)

14 – plan trips down to the most minute detail

15 – annoy people by the busload with all of the above

xoxo!

-rachel

 

people Rachel belongs with besides me October 7, 2009

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  1. a man with impeccable grammar
  2. sensitivity trainers
  3. rehabilitation experts
  4. dressmakers
  5. anglophiles
  6. puppy kickers
  7. distillery workers
  8. meat farmers
  9. the media
  10. craig ferguson
 

Progressively Drunken Dialogue September 7, 2009

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*Disclaimer: This post includes foul language, references to vaginas, anger and what could be considered racist statements. This is what happens when Lisa and Teddy go to Showtunes night at a gay bar followed by the best beer haus on the planet.

Lisa: I’m not sure I like small dogs. My coworker had a small dog that was really cute, but I didn’t want to touch it out of fear that I’d break it or something.
Teddy: That’s because you destroy everything you touch
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Teddy: I’m surprised I don’t know anyone here since I’m such a big fucking whore.
Lisa: I’m surprised I don’t know anyone here since I’m such a big fucking fag hag.
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Teddy: Have you seen this movie? (in reference to The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
Lisa: Ahh, no. I’m straight.
Teddy: Umm, hello? Dolly Parton?
Lisa: Hello? Straight?
Teddy: Hello? Whorehouse? Whore?
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Teddy: Lisa, were you aware that you don’t need pimps to get your daily business done?
Lisa: No, I wasn’t. And now I’m fucking pissed off because that’s 7 years of my life I’ll never get back.
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Teddy: Omg Lisa, look…it’s you in 50 years! (across the bar was a very old fag hag)
Lisa: Are you fucking kidding me? Are you even fucking kidding me?
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Lisa: This is the point in the evening where Sean would just shit himself and die
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Lisa: I feel bad that you’re here with me
Teddy: Umm, why?
Lisa: Because you’d rather be having gay sex with men?
Teddy: I can take a night off
Lisa: Can you?
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Lisa: OMG, is this fucking Oklahoma!?
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Teddy: Do you see that boy over there with the shirt that says “Check Out My Stimulus Package”?
Lisa: Yes, and I want to fucking disembowel him. However, I’ve reconsidered as he’s gay and clearly not a threat to me.
____

Lisa: OMG, more fucking Oklahoma!? Are you kidding me?
____

Lisa: If I wasn’t in the gayest place in America, I’d have meaningless sex with anyone whom talked to me right now.
____

Lisa: You just out-gayed yourself, which I didn’t think was possible.
Teddy: Shut the fuck up
____

Teddy: Lisa, feel better, I just counted 5 women in this room
Lisa: Shut up
Teddy: I just didn’t want you to feel alone
Lisa: Shut the fuck up before I fucking break a god-damn bottle over your fucking head.
____

Teddy: You know the gays totally love this song.
Lisa: Really? I would never have believed that the gays would love something with Olivia Newton John wearing a bedazzled bikini from the 70s. (Xanadu)
____

Lisa: I’m kind of glad I’m here as there is absolutely no chance of getting pregnant tonight.
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Lisa: I’m nervous. The next time I do something gay it’ll pale in comparrison to this.
Teddy: I know right? The first time you have lesbian sex you’re going to stop her in the middle and say “what the fuck is this shit?”
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Lisa: This has been the best two days of my life!
Teddy: I don’t doubt it. If I didn’t lead a much more exciting life than you, I’d probably agree.
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Lisa: Oh look, there are gays over there signing!
Teddy: Remember when I tried to teach you how to sign at the Michigan game? You’d be a really bad deaf person because your fingers are too fucking deformed to communicate.
Lisa: You need to worry about my fingers less and your asshole more.
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Teddy: I bet that old fag hag was a young fag hag when this video came out (Bugle Boy of Company B)
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Teddy: Do you think Rachel would enjoy herself at Showtune night?
Lisa: Are you kidding? Rachel would give up all the promiscuous sex in the world for this shit.
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Lisa: Thank you for taking to me to a place where I’ve realized my life is a fucking sham
Teddy: What the fuck are you talking about?
Lisa: I fucking hate you. I hope someone slightly too big shoves it in slightly too hard.
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Lisa: I’m going to punch you in the asshole
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Lisa: I actually hate this song. It’s overplayed, like my vagine.
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Teddy: OMG the boy from Glee is so fucking hot.
Lisa: Lori wants to do so many illegal-in-Michigan things to him.
____

Teddy: Suck it bitch
Lisa: No, not my target market
Teddy: You’re right, we’re not at a prison.
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Teddy: Did you notice that there are like 117 Makers Mark bottles hanging in that thing up there?
Lisa: Yeah, Rachel would be so happy right now.
Teddy: Because she’s an alcoholic?
Lisa: Yeah, and a whore.
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(Video with Barbara Streisand and Judy Garland comes on)
Teddy: Oh look! A fucking Jew! It’s you!
Lisa: Oh look! A fucking alcoholic whore! It’s you!
____

Lisa: Just for that I’m going to drink 17 Kettle One Krushes (purple slushies) just to yack them all up on you. No one will ever love you.
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Lisa: When we drink together, you get racist and I get violent.
Teddy: Tell me about it
Lisa: I just did.
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Lisa: I fucking hate Moulin Rouge
Teddy: Are you fucking kidding me?
Lisa: I should quiet down or I’ll get shot.
____

Teddy: Oh this song from Moulin Rouge is so great! Sean and Nicole had it for their wedding dance.
Lisa: Sean plays hockey and he had this as his wedding song? I guess we know who wears the balls in that family.
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(in reference to Lisa’s parents not appreciating the revival of Hair as much as when they were younger)
Teddy: Well I guess that makes sense. If I saw Rent 40 years from now, I’m not sure it would be as emotional or powerful.
Lisa: Oh give me a fucking break. You’d still cry and pee yourself silly.
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Teddy: OMG Linda Eder! God I love her!
Lisa: Yeah, she’s got a nice voice, but she’s dead right?
Teddy: What?
Lisa: She died.
Teddy: She did not.
Lisa: Yeah, she did, I’m positive of it.
Teddy has a heart attack and nearly starts crying. While shaking he quickly checks his web enabled mobile device to find out if this is true. Luckily, Lisa is a fucking liar and Linda Eder is still alive.
Teddy: No, she’s alive. I can’t believe you just put me through that. Are you fucking kidding me? You found it appropriate to tell a gay that his favorite broadway diva died, while at gay showtune night? What the fuck is wrong with you.
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(evita is on)
Teddy: Oh look, this is when I used to like Madonna
Lisa: Did that just happen?
Teddy: I’m sorry, but I used to like her. She turned into a slutty, greasy, nasty, trashy, fucking whore. I can’t stand what she’s become.
Lisa: Teddy, it’s time you just accept the way things are.
Teddy: No, I can’t accept what she’s become.
Lisa: I’m talking about me.
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(as we’re about to leave to go to the Hop Leaf)
Lisa: I can’t wait to drink some fucking beers like the lesbian I am.
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Lisa: Can we stop first so I can get some cigarettes?
Teddy: Oh sure, you haven’t inconvenienced me once tonight so I suppose it was bound to happen.
Lisa: Did you hear something? I couldn’t quite make it out but it sounded like a large vagina talking.
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Teddy: What do you think Jian is doing right now?
Lisa: Probably having committal sex. I feel bad for her.
Teddy: I don’t. Her boyfriend is hot. I’d probably have sex with him if he was a gay man.
Lisa: You’d have sex with him regardless.
Teddy: You’re right. I like asians and he’s hot. He’s a hot asian. Don’t tell Jian.
Lisa: Then don’t write this down.
Teddy: Ok.
____

As heard on the street by some random gay: I knew this Queen in Detroit who looked just like Lilly Tomlin.
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Lisa: I want to get 17 of these beers. 7 to drink and 10 to put in my vagina.
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Lisa: It’s like Jesus and barley collided in my mouth.
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Teddy: If I see a man in a cowboy hat my legs immediately go over my head.
Lisa: We have that in common.
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Teddy: Oh my god that fucking cowboy is so hot!
Lisa: I know. I want him to fill all of my orifices.
(Teddy then spits out his beer)
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Teddy: When we get home and you’re safely asleep on the couch, I’m going to masturbate like it’s my god damn job.
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Lisa: If he were gay, I would undergo a sex change operation just to get it on with him.
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Lisa: I feel bad because that girl in the polka dot dress has no friends.
Teddy: I know. She also doesn’t have a chest.
Lisa: My dirty pillows make her feel inadequate.
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Lisa: Polish people are the greatest god damn people to have ever walked this shit hole of an earth.
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Lisa: While you were fingering your asshole, I was fucking crying. (note: I have no idea in what context this was said)
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Lisa: Can you just shove something cantankerous up your fucking ass?

 

Things I would never expect Rachel to say (volume 1) August 25, 2009

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  1. I like pop, and I like culture, but I don’t like pop culture
  2. dance movies are not nearly cerebral enough for me to enjoy them
  3. set my hair on fire? heavens to betsy no!
  4. cursing at the table in a nice restaurant should be done as quietly as possible, if it must be done at all
  5. the suburbs DO have better schools and more space…
  6. your mom jokes are extremely inappropriate
  7. british accents are so annoying, especially when it’s dudes singing
  8. weddings are a time for respectful celebration of the love between two people and should be treated with the greatest of dignities
  9. I would rather not discuss my feelings at this junction, though if I must, let me proceed without intoxication and pitchiness
  10. lisa, I couldn’t agree with you more
 

Belated birthday sharing for my beloved Rachel July 27, 2009

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Things That Guy Has Brought Into My Life That Usually Make It Better

  1. Mr. Beefy
  2. ‘Hot & Cold’
  3. oriental nut mix
  4. karaoke
  5. dresses
  6. a curse flip book
  7. belligerence
  8. lori & jian
  9. Six Feet Under
  10. a guy who said I would win in a fight
  11. tv show marathons
  12. the only advice I listen to
  13. name that tune
  14. a hair straightener
  15. astoria
  16. love
  17. a fear of grammar
  18. and empty cups
  19. a finely choreographed dance number
  20. many many many romantic dinners

so yeah this was tough. Rachel is the best best friend anyone could want and meeting her was perhaps the most awesome thing that could have happened to me. its beyond my abilities as a writer to give her a proper bday tribute, but she’ll understand. Cause she’s the best.

 

baseball review: mets vs phillies 7.4.09 @ citizen’s bank park July 5, 2009

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  1. one of the best things i could have ever done with my 4th of july. special thanks to lori for putting this all together.
  2. on a normal day it only takes 2 hrs and $24 round trip to get to philly by bus. bonus!
  3. good call having me and rach not sit together on the ride there. if our friendship was a potato chip flavor, we would be called ‘love and vinegar’.
  4. i really hate philly. sorry, but i just do. i gave a guy a bandaid at the game and he STILL wasn’t nice.
  5. the beer is too hoppy. but it was funny listening to the people sitting in front of us have a passionate discussion about cheese steaks.
  6. ps- considering that citizens bank park has stands called ‘brewerytown’, there are surprisingly few beers available
  7. WARNING: crab fries contain no crab whatsoever! they are good, sure, but there is NO crab! and the line is out of this world!
  8. phillies fans are mean. my nicest fan interaction started with a dude yelling ‘muck the fets’ before he welcomed me to philly and patted me on the shoulder. yeah.
  9. that was also the most clever insult. all anyone else said was ‘boo mets’ and ‘mets suck’. all. day. long.
  10. it was kinda funny waiting at the bar by the bus stop after the game with all the dejected ny’ers walking in
  11. oddly, i saw some great mets garb in philly, particularly the guys t-shirt with the jose reyes chant on the back
  12. i really miss carlos delgado
  13. i really love taking the subway in other cities. trains really are my favorite.
  14. i have spent sooooo much time with my friends this weekend and i love them even more
  15. best july 4th moment(s) of all time: watching the beautiful sunset from the bus giving way to a series of fireworks displays on the nj turnpike. seriously, god bless america.
 

theatre review: twelfth night, shakespeare in the park July 3, 2009

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or rather, ticket line review

  1. i never got on line for anything at 6:30am before. wow.
  2. i guess this is one way to experience parks
  3. and learn everything about your friends you ever wanted to know because you are on line for SEVEN hours straight
  4. i would like to thank the makers of the fabric folding chair, this day could not have been possible without you
  5. a special shout out to brooklyn bagels for providing the necessary coffee and carbs to make this day possible
  6. i’m pretty sure it took me and rach about 12 minutes in the car to start fighting. thankfully we get tired quick.
  7. to the dudes who work for the park who tried to apprise us of our chances of getting tix: given cutesy names to people’s line positions like ‘the rock of hope’ and ‘the grasses of uncertainty’ was not helpful in the least, but i liked it
  8. i’m not sure whose idea it was to put a shake shack nearby, but man, i would give my left tit in thanks. it was the only thing that could ease the sting of being in line for 7 hours to achieve nothing
  9. i don’t know what brand of crack they use in their cheese fries, but i fully support it
  10. who am i kidding anyways, like i really understand shakespeare