I’m pretty confidant that those of you reading this rarely sit back and think, “I wonder what Ringo is doing right now.” But if you did, last Friday night you would have thought, “What did Ringo do for St Pat’s?” The answer is obvious: I hosted a party (with my roommate Zola) involving costumes, gimmicks, lights, and nametags. If I didn’t, who else would?
Planning for this party started last year when myself and coworkers built a permanent wooden holder for the 300 pound ice-shot-luge. Planning accelerated when Zola lined up a friend with two turntables to DJ the party. My favorite part of the planning was the phone conversation when I was calling around trying to find a 300 pound ice block for the party. It went like this….
Me: Hey, I’m looking for a 300 lb ice block.
Guy at ice-place: We have that.
Me: Do you have the “Ultra Clear?”
Guy at ice-place: Sure.
Me: What we’re gonna do is carve a couple tracks into it for taking shots, and then…
Guy at ice-place: Is this Ringo?
Me: Wow. Yes it is.
I’ve never felt so famous.
The party went exceptionally well. Check out the pics (you picture whores).
Ringo's St. Pat's Pics
Zola's Pics
Special props go to…..
Zola for being the third floor hostess
Ryan-the-Canadian for carving a nice shamrock in the luge (instead of a maple leaf)
John for bringing PBR longnecks! (I doubted their existence)
Andrew for the use of the first floor in his absence (what a terrible idea)
Staci for use of the inflatable monkey and palm trees. (of course there was an inflatable monkey)
Luke for resurrecting everyone’s old school favorite: The Salmon.
St. Patrick for giving us a reason to do it.
Bradley University for beating Kansas.
4 comments:
St. Patrick's Day done right - ice luge and all - good work! That's awesome the guy recognized you...
You DOUBTED the existence of PBR long-necks?!! You have clearly not spent enough time with me boozing in Chicago. The PBR, Old Style, Ham's, and, yes, even the Schlitz flow freely here my friend. It is a veritable fairy-tale land of bottled booze here in Chicago ya wee leprechaun!!
Holy cow that was an awesome party! So awesome, in fact...that I overslept church on Sunday and traded in my wooden cross for a metal stripper pole.
Ahh the ice luge, excellent work my friend. I remember that a few St. Pat's ago at your old place with Matt. One of the best St. Pat's I've had to date. Nice work on the inflatable monkey. My friend has one of those, and oh how awesome it is. Cheers.
OHhOOHOO... By the Power of greyskull that was by far a great St. Patrick's day. I spent mine getting pissed and demanding the honor of whores. Oh well we win some and lose some.
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