Flash Tizzle

I'm several days late, but it was everything I expected from the parade. Most notably the endless amount of drunken antics. It had been several years since my last appearance, and with all the great moments were distinct minders of why the parade is ridiculous. Bars are damn near impossible to enter. You can't openly drink alcohol within sight of Western. It's an adventure trying to find a place to piss. You're options are either find a place or wait in line for 15 minutes. Of couse, don't forget about everyone's favorite issue -- parking. Our group parked two blocks west of Kedzie and hiked through the cemetary along 111th. I felt sorry for the people visiting deceased relatives and having to deal with drunks trampling over gravesites and using the ground as trash. It was fun, though. For the first half of the parade we were in Kennedy park drinking everything within our bookbags. If only it had been warmer. My favorite memory of the day was walking through a business parking lot off 106th and Western, trying to cut through the alley to avoid walking traffic, and seeing a drunken, FAT ASS girl -- everything pulled down below her waste -- having her friend hold her up while she's leaning against a car pissing.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 01:31 PM) 10,000 B.C. looks absolutely awful. It looked better when it was called Apocalypto. And that's only a marginal improvement. Whoever created this movie should have set it back in 75,000 BC, when humans were believed to have been near extinction from a supervolcano erupting in Indonesia. That would have been more interesting than the same storyline rehased a thousand times before about "trying to saves one family" or "protecting one's people from a rival tribal group/gang/collection of thugs"

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 02:48 PM) One of my favorite bar stories from the SSI parade. At Keegans after the parade. A few years ago I had some fat read headed guy with the last name of Kowalski tell me that he was more Irish than me because he had Freckles and had 30% of a liver intact. 20 minutes later O'Kowalski was vomitting up cheap green beer. Then he was making out in the bathroom with what was a 46 year old nasty looking bar fly. Later he was attempting I believe to do the riverdance, screaming the "WEEEREE DA SSSSOUTH SIDE IRISH LKEEE AREE FATTERS ARE BEFFOOORE.". I stepped over him on the curb about an hour later, with 2 of his friends trying to drag him to the car. Have fun at the parade guys, and keep safe. Its good to have fun, and its basically Irish Marti Gras. This parade is a lot of fun, and depending on the weather I may or may not be there. Haha. I don't know why, but I've always seen the worst of society at Keegans more than any other south side bar I've ever gone to. This includes Brewbakers, BJ Fellows, Jordans; which are all 4am bars. Well, BJ Fellows used to be before Alsip wised up. I've already seen three fights and (to my memory) three people puke out in the open. If you man up and go to the parade, look for a someone with a green shamrock on their white/green hat outside or within Cork and Kerrys. Sideburns, about 6'2, black jacket. There will probably be a fair amount of people fitting that description, so just go up to everyone and say "Flash?" I'll be the one who doesn't punch you.

I'll be making an appearance at the parade. WoOt! What I hate is how it's expected to be around 34 degrees with snow showers. Screw standing out in the open watching the parade, which wouldn't have been the objective even if it were 50. I'll stand outside Cork and Kerrys, establish camp inside, and then probably drink for 10+ hours.

AND THAT'S A WHITE SOX LOSER! haha Oh how it's been awhile since I've typed those words. I'll probably have a lot of practice this season, though.

Impala or Maxima.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Feb 8, 2008 -> 07:41 PM) I wish there was a biggest gainers club cause I really want to gain at least 20 pounds before the summer... (football related) If enough people are willing to jump aboard I'd support it. I'm 6'2, about 160. That's no joke either. I could use 20 pounds.

Has anyone ever done High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)? If you haven't, google it and take it under consideration. I'm in the peculiar position of training to gain weight, but meanwhile burning excess fat. I didn't want to abandon cardio workouts in the process, either. So I found HIIT and decided to try it out tonight since the temperature outside was around 40. And let me just say, it knocks the living hell out of you. The concept behind the entire program is running at maximum effort for a short period of time, walking for several minutes, then repeating the process. I would run as fast as I could for 15 seconds and rest for roughly two minutes. It seemed fairly easy in the beginning. After about set four I could no longer run at 100%, but I trudged along anyways. Then the maximum effort decreased, and the breaks became longer than two minutes. By the time I got to my 8th set I was about to pass out. Couldn't do anymore. People swear by this, and judging from just one day I wouldn't blame them. My entire body is exhausted; and I'm in shape. I previously would jog at a moderate pace for 30 minutes. The only reason I abandoned jogging was it seemed to be holding back my muscle growth. It's a good program and I"m sure people such as Tru have heard of it.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 08:28 PM) This show is awful What I don't like is how the contestants already been exposed to the questions. It would have been better if they were being judged spontaneously. Even if one were to assume lie-detector tests can be manipulated (which they can), it'd bring much more drama live.

I'd never go on. I know that much. I do like the entire concept behind this show, but how slowly everything is moving is excruciating. This most applies to the contestants answering and the woman narrator thereafter giving the answer.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 03:05 PM) LOL, it's about a couple centimeters tall. Well, shrinking down to a few centimeters was probably necessary for this species to survive a planet without (available) water, oxygen and average temperatures well below -30 degrees.

No one could have predicted this. When I heard Renfro died, I didn't think twice about it. It was almost something you'd expect to happen. However, this is very surprising; since Ledger was both a talented actor and devoid (to my knowledge) of any personal issues. This is definitely be similar to River Phoenix in that people will always think of how much more he could have accomplished.

Whenever I ride the train downtown for school, I always sit within close distance of the emergency exit.

Anyone else believe the new single from Jordan Sparks Ft. Chris Brown "No Air" is a great song? I probably couldn't get away with telling my friends, so I just thought I'd post my thoughts here. ha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWkzBEtGck

I just watched Idiocracy and absolutely loved it. Great satire film. Hollywood needs more Mike Judge films. "Joe could understand them, but whenever he spoke he sounded pompous.........and f**gy." lol.

I haven't seen either in awhile, but Gillespie Auto Dealers ran several of the most annoying commercials I've ever been witness to. One was where some loud guy was calling himself the "Big-Dog", cropped next to a bulldog. Another had the same character does his stinct, followed by several young girls singing this chorus (it has stuck in my head): "I love my ABCs.....and counting 1-2-3.....- but I'd really like a good deal on a car at Gillespie auto." That doesn't even f***ing rhyme! Additionally, if anyone remembers the commercial it's terribly off-cue and the girls couldn't look less interested. I had to change the commercial out of embarassment whenever either came on.

Without question Billy Koch. I HATED him. It's almost as if he embodied everything wrong with our ballclub. Most notably, failed expectations. And when people would say, "he's a terrible pitcher, but a great guy," it'd make me hate him even more.

Steve, I don't know why you are avoiding strength training. Lifting weights (70% of maximum) with low reps/high sets would assist your weight loss. If nothing else, it compliments any cardiovascular workout. Personally, I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum -- 6'2, 175 and looking to gain weight. You lose weight without strength training and you'll liable to look like me -- little muscle definition. I'm more interesting in toning and eliminating excess body fat (esp. around my face) than creating some muscular physique that'll be difficult to maintain when I'm older.

Thanks for the encouragement and advice, guys. This isn't exactly a topic I'd run by my friends, :lol I gave her the gift earlier today with a card. She talked to me about half an hour ago and sounded very appreciative. I was nervous as hell leading up to this moment, because -- function wise -- all she can really do with a damn ornament is hang it up on a tree or perhaps a wall. This is exactly why shopping for women is so difficult -- they attach emotional status to presents. Atleast more often than men. A simple IPOD (another option of mine) probably would have been fine, but it's not original; or personal. Almost a lazy Christmas present for a girlfriend.

QUOTE(G&T @ Dec 22, 2007 -> 10:36 PM) Back when I was looking for the first Christmas present to give my gf I went with a brooch that was about $50, but I knew she would like it. She still wears it now. In reality, she liked it more because she told me she liked brooches and I remembered that, rather than the dollar amount (she told me that). Same deal here. The price shouldn't matter, but the fact that you knew something about her interests should be enough. If not, then punch her in the head...emotionally. I honestly had no idea what a brooch was prior to reading your post and googling it. She hasn't mentioned anything as specific as brooches, unfortunately. It's sort of difficult to assign an item to represent her Irish heritage, and be appropriate as a gift for Christmas, without being too cheesy or expensive. I thought about buying a necklace but I never see her wearing one. And I made it an issue to stay away from personal items this early in our relationship. What did your girlfriend give you for the first Christmas? I spend time worrying about what she (or others) may find acceptable, but then again, if she's looking for me it has to be equally as difficult.

Even though it doesn't concern me directly, I'd thought I pose a Christmas gift question here for fellow Soxtalkians. I've been officially dating this girl for about a week now, and prior to that have only known her since late October. The dilemma I have grappled with leading up to now is, what exactly should I give her? It's way too soon in our relationship to be spending a lot of money, or giving her personal items (such as perfume or clothing) yet I'm not going to give her nothing. We haven't discussed this topic; for obvious reasons on my end -- it doesn't exactly sound good if I were to ask, "what do you want for christmas?" So, today I'm walking through a store and came upon a gift -- a Christmas ornament/decal which mentions her Irish heritage. It cost roughly $25. She is rather proud of her Irish background, so I'd thought it'd be a thoughful selection. If you were a girl, or are a girl (I'm not forgetting our female members), what would this say about your boyfriend? He's cheap? Considerate? I'm more afraid of her opening it up in front of friends or family and just feeling underwhelmed. Or made fun of. Hell, it may be entirely possible she gives me nothing. It wouldn't bother me, to be honest. Prior to yesterday I was more concerned with the possibility she gives me something and I have nothing in return. I know I rather have something for her -- even if its an ornament -- then nothing. It's the though that counts, right? lol.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 13, 2007 -> 02:07 PM) Good luck with that happening. Everyone close to the organization, including people in the media, know just how tight mcNamee was with Roger and everyone knows how tight Pettite and Roger are. The stuff in there is pretty damn concrete if you ask me and I'm glad to see Roger finally paying the price. He deserves as much s*** as Barry has gotten over the years. In fact he deserves it times 10 since Barry has had to put up with about 6 years of it by now (deservingly so for the most part). Barry Bonds isn't any different than Rocket....whooo. I still would pay money to see either of them play the game at there prime though Yet, on ESPN I'm hearing people talk about 'unsubstantiated rumors by a man under threat of federal imprisonment.' No one has bothered to mention the close ties both have had with McNamee, either. LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT CLEMENS' CAMP HAS TO SAY!!!1

Brian McNamee will be targeted for character assassination since he's only associated with two names, and two big names at that.

Yeah, I was way off in predicting no notable names would be released. Even if a majority of the names are a bunch of scrubs and people we already know took steroids, Clemens alone will keep this in the spotlight for quite awhile. I'm dying to know how ESPN deals with this story. They'll probably say, "STEROIDS WERE WIDESPREAD, CLEMENS JUST DIDN'T USE THEM," or "HE'S STILL A HALL OF FAMER WITHOUT STEROIDS"

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Dec 12, 2007 -> 10:18 PM) We are now the Houston Astros. Their Tejada deal was WIlliams-esque. Short term splash but it won't change the fact that its a mediocre team. Interesting that both of our teams peaked at the same time and we're both terrible and invest our money in big money deals for players in their 30's while we ignore our farm systems Hopefully, if 2008 ends how many of us have envisioned, the similarities between Houston and the White Sox can extend to the job status of general managers. Williams put himself in this mess. No one else. And I don't care whether Reinsdorf has confidence in Williams through the forseeable future. Atleast with a rebuilding project we'd expect hardships. It's almost embarrassing, if the article is to believed, that Williams had enough faith in acquiring Hunter and M.Cabrera that he first picked up O.Cabrera and Linebrick. If anything, of those four players Hunter and M.Cabrera should have been the top priorities. We miss out? Fine. We're not committed to competing in 2008.