“ @happypantsmcgee , I’ll make sure that this bar has fireball whiskey and tequila for you…mixed together.” - ITF
“Jesus. Awful…I’m not above hitting you.” - HPM
“Not if you hit the floor first.” – ITF
Anytime you have a WSO Happy Hour that includes @rufiolove , @happypantsmcgee , and @fearless , the only questions that matter are how late you’ll stay out and how great of a time you’ll have. But when @TNA makes time in his busy schedule to come out and attend a Happy Hour, the night becomes extra special.
A 5th-floor bar in Koreatown called Boss Lounge was suggested by one of our new Happy Hour chairs. At first, the place was literally empty—just yours truly and new Happy Hour chair @JY . But from just the two of us splitting a bottle of soju, the WSO crew soon expanded to almost 30 people—to the point where we had taken over half the seating area near the bar. Even as the night got more crowded, our group essentially had the whole lounge (and its staff) to ourselves. It was a bit hard to find, but once WSO had arrived in force, the place felt like home.
We had our usual mix of
regulars and new faces. The first-timers had found out about the event every which way they could, from being invited by regulars, to glancing at the event calendar on WSO’s front page, to responding to the official email invites. Reminder to add your email and your city to the form below in case you had a great time and want to get in on the next one.
I played a game of crazed musical chairs all night, greeting the new faces and pouring shots of half-priced soju and glasses of Heineken. I don’t even recall if I was able to get to everyone, which is what I strive to do anyway. If I didn't, it isn't personal, I promise! I enjoyed getting to chat with @justin88 and @Banker88 , both of whom made an appearance after long absences.
Then at some point the karaoke started, and I sang “Piano Man,” among other things.
A conversation I had with TNA that night made me realize how much these events have grown. As we explained to a couple of new people, the two of us were there when WSO Happy Hours were just six or seven guys hanging out around a billiards table at the Galway Hooker. “And now look at us! We packed the place!” we said, gesturing around at all the WSO monkeys.
A sure sign of a good time came from happypantsmcgee’s PM to me the following morning:
“I get so drunk at these things…awesome and awful. I feel like shit, and I hate you.”
We’re shooting to have one at the end of February as well, so stay tuned!
If I am ever in NYC I expect a happy night to be thrown in my honor.
Well, if we could do it for @AndyLouis I'm sure we could swing it again.
wow i was mentioned in the same sentence as @heister, the honor
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God damnit I'm coming to the next one.
I could quote your username back at you, but...but...
Dude, I know I won't shut up about it, but you neglected to include me recognizing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist and harassing him for half the night.
Oh, and when you started singing "Piano Man", he turned around and went "That guys pretty good." That's right. A Grammy nominated artist complimented you on your singing.
See, I didn't even know that happened! I wouldn't recognize him since I don't listen to them, but...geez, mind = blown
Can't for the summer when I can participate one of these haha
@happypantsmcgee : I also forgot to mention your desultory fury at the lack of "Wagon Wheel."
I can't believe Soju is even legal in the US. Sorry I missed it.
My buddy brought a few bottles home from Japan and I think if I even saw a bottle of it I would vomit a la Pavlov's dog. That stuff is vile.. and dead to me.
It's pretty awful. Oscar is no joke, either. I wonder what it is that makes the Koreans produce the vilest of liquors.
That's like me with tequila. I can't even smell it without feeling nauseous.
Makes up for the illegality of absinthe.
I was living in the Quonset hut barracks at Futenma on Okinawa in 1989, and one of my pals brought back some Soju from Pohang and proceeded to get fucked-in-half wasted on it. At one point he was belly-crawling down the long hallway trying to get to the bathroom, and a couple of my other buddies would let him get three-quarters of the way there and then they'd grab his legs and drag him back to the far end of the barracks. He never even realized what was going on; he just kept belly crawling down what must have seemed to be the longest hallway on Earth. He ended up in sick bay the next day.
There were dozens of instances like this. So much so that we began referring to it as "the Soju experience".
SB for "fucked-in-half wasted"
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