On Party Invitations...

I've currently invited a group of individuals in the metropolitan area to my house for a soiree.
I am a big fan of the "party" and would hate for this to ever be an idea of the past. In college, I believe myself and my group of friends, were known for throwing some kick ass ragers, if you will. These parties were typically themed, decorated according to theme, and including the finest foods and drinks.

Here are a few examples:

Seafood party: This included steamed, old bay crab and oysters on a half shell. These were decorated with some lovely newspaper covering the table as well as drawn butter and cocktail sauce. We served a lovely pilsner and drank and ate til our hearts content.

Pig Roast: Thats right, a whole pig was roasted in the back yard. Nuff said.

Graduation Party: This included some fine bar b q as well as the now famous invention of the game Pelopenisian war. If you don't know it, tough.

Some other parties included the Christmas party, super bowl party dorm style (2005), the "Preemptive we caught osama bin laden" party, as well as many more thrown between Manning and Woodale...our party palaces.

Now, since moving to DC, I have been to about 2 handfuls and some toesful, "house"/"apartment" parties. These have been alright by in large, most have fallen far short. My own party, at one juncture, totally failed. I am hoping to revive my trend of hosting with a Beer Tasting on Friday. I invite you all to come. This will be Beer Tasting part 2, the first, MAJOR success.

Here's hoping for the best, the guests, and people staying long enough to do odd things/puke/hook up/fall asleep on my floor.

On Being School Teachers...

When I look back at Elementary school, I can recall some clear teacher to teacher friendships. These friendships likely blossomed after each respective teacher was employed by the school district, but what if you entered as a congregation of friends...follow my lead, could end up as a TV program someday.


Here's how I see it:

There are a lot of young minds out there that need molding. I can think of no better people (read: worse) than me and my friends instructing these children. Think "Its Always Sunny" with a teaching impressionable youth, twist.
Am I advocating doing this in real life? Yes, I kind of am. What a great way for friends to see each other everyday, eat lunch, work few hours, and have summers off to hang out. We could all live next door to one another and find ourselves shooting the shit and drinking ourselves silly in the local bar, trying to avoid our children and their parents.
Ok, I admit, this sounds like a better sitcom than real life but I propose by making this a sitcom, it becomes similar to real life.

Long story short, I think we should consider this idea. I invite the script for this or the first move at making this a reality. I know we all have our skills and interests. We could shape young minds while having the same amount of fun that we've always known being together would bring us.

To the children...or the actors who someday may play these fake kids!