Day 44

44 Magnum that is. Ok, that was just dumb, sorry about that.

So, as anticipated, last night was very awesome. Let me explain a little about what went down. It was the 5th annual Llywelyns softball game. The 3 St. Louis area locations all get together for a no-holds barred drinking contest. Oh, and they play softball.

I'm gonna guess there were maybe 60-70 people there total. I know there were 3 kegs and well over 300 jello shots, plus who knows what else. All that was gone before the night was over, these are some drinkin' fools. But, like I said, there was some softball playing going on in between keg stands.

They played a round robin format, so each location played the other two. First up; Webster vs. West End. West End wins it 6-2. Next up; Webster vs. Soulard. Our team had spent a little time drinking in preperation, and were therefore totally unprepared to play. We lost 3-0. (I did have a single, but got doubled off on a line drive).

So, we played West End next. They win, they win the tournament. We win, its a 3-way tie. I am very proud to say that I got the scoring started in the second inning with a lead-off home run. Not out of the park, but I saw they had two girls in right field, so I picked on them. I did hit it pretty good though, I must say. We did not stop scoring, putting up 6 in the 2nd. By the bottom of the 4th, we put up 10 and won by 10-run rule, 10-0.

Now, a conundrum. Each team had won a game and lost a game. We scored more than either team, but had also been shut out. The owners decided on a one inning round robin play off. We stayed on the field to play the West End. They didn't score. I actually led off for us with a double, and was hit in by a gound out and single. We won, 1-0.

Then we play Webster for the Championship. We bat first, putting up a 4 spot. We then continued our solid defensive play to win 4-1.

Soulard won the Championship for the 3rd straight year!!!

So, all this is quite awesome. If you don't believe me, hang out with 60 or 70 totally wasted people while being completely sober and you'll see, its a good time.

I think the most awesome was my uniform. Our bar manager, Sean, was our team captain (and he gave several very rousing and inspiring pep talks). He named me the assistant coach, a position I took seriously. I got to thinking, what does a coach look like? Well, a coach wears coaches shorts, obviously. And long socks. And a 3/4 sleeve shirt. And has a fantastic mustache. I looked good. My two favorite quotes relating to my outfit were from my nephew Ahren, who is 3, who said, "Uncle Ben, you look silly." Then I knew I had nailed it. The other quote comes from the GM of all 3 St. Louis Llywelyns, Tom, who said, "There is no way I would let you anywhere near my kids." Bingo.

I will post a picture of my outfit, as soon as one of the many people who took my photograph sends me a copy, which will hopefully be today sometime.

In the meantime, enjoy the 'stache in this picture, my picture of the day:


Thanks for reading, see you tomorrow!

Day 41 - finally

Sorry about the problems I'm having here. Hopefully this all works out ok. If not, I'll fix it tomorrow. (editors note, I fixed it today, since were dead at work so far)

I really don't know if I can adequately describe the awesomeness that happened last night at Llywelyns. We had perhaps the best band on the face of the Earth, Sudden Impact. If you don't believe me, just aask them, I'm sure they'll tell you the same.

I am not sure about the order of the pictures (one reason I don't like e-mailing in the blog, but I don't have many other options), but I'll describe them in the order I think they are in.

First you should know most of the band is in their upper 40s at best and the lead singer spent more time fixing his hair on stage than singing.

There is a picture of a girl holding up what appears to be a thong. Actually, it is a thong, and yes, they are branded with the Sudden Impact logo. Awesome.

There is also a picture of that same girl (who happens to be my awesome manager Wendi) modeling said thongs. And just then, just at the moment you thought it couldn't possibly get any more awesome, someone tells me to check out their van.

Yes, that is the band van, and yes it does say, "2008 Pole Dancer Tour" with a picture of what someone described as a monkey climbing a rope, which I can only guess is supposed to be a picture of a pole dancer. I think they think that their shows will be packed with women that want to "do" them right there on stage.

In fact, the door guy actually told me they have a website with pictures of all these wanna be Sudden Impact "pole dancers". I actually looked up the website on my phone, and totally worth your while to check out this band from Eureka. I don't necessarily recommend going to see them play, but you've gotta check out the website.

http://suddenimpactrocks.com/

And finally, there is my pic of the day of me enjoying my day off in my bathrobe. Yes I have a bathrobe, and yes it is awesome.

See yall tomorrow!

Day 35

I still can't believe I have done this 35 days in a row. That shocks me.

I apologize for the kind of weak blog yesterday, it was a long week and very busy day for me. As you can see, I did get the pictures up (it happened at like 3am this morning, don't ask how or why {cause I don't know}).

So, the end of my day last night was at Llywelyns. I really like working there. It is fun and most everyone that works there is cool. Most of the customers are pretty cool also. There's always a few jerks, but where are you not going to find that?

When I arrived around 6pm, I was about 10 minutes after the pre-game rush, so it was pretty dead. Slowly through the night it started picking up some steam. The late bartender (one comes in at 4 and one at 8) didn't really want to work, and we were kinda slow. I mean, there were people there, but not enough to warrant both bartenders plus me. Around 11 we let her go, then it was just Sean and I. It is a ton of fun (and I'm sure quite entertaining to the customers) to have two fairly large men working behind a not hugely large bar. Well, about 20 minutes after Sara (late bartender) left (and by left, I mean went to the back bar to drink with other employess that were hanging out on their night off) we got pretty well slammed. Both Sean and I were straight busy from about 11 until 1 when we stop serving. It took us over 2 hours to clean it all up, but in the end it was well worth it.

I also ran into a few girls I recognized from high school who are friends with the band we had playing, Willis (as in"What you talkin' about"). Willis is one of our favorties for a few reasons. They play good music, they play it well, they bring people out, and their fans are generally good people. Their friends don't necessarily break down the door in a rush to leave when we close, but there's worse things.

Why am I going in to all this detail you ask? Well, it leads me to the awesomosity for today. Llywelyn's souvenier cups.

20 oz. of plastic goodness. They are a very handy size and somewhat stylish. (By the way, if you want some, come see me any Friday or Saturday, or just let me know, I have 15-20 at home). What made me turn a plastic cup into the awesomeness for today? Well, I'm glad you asked.

You see, when we were closing last night, I'm just minding my own business, doing dishes, when a nice looking young lady named Shay came up to me. She asked if there was any way she could have one of these special cups. I said I would see what I could do. I got her a cup (what, did you expect me to really not give her one?). A few minutes later, she came to me and explained that her friend also wanted a cup. Then I got here 3 more and explained that now they each had a pair of cups. Do you want to know what her reply was?

She said, "Ben, you are awesome!" I decided then and there that the Llywelyn's cups were destined to be today's awesomosity. (Shay also kissed my cheek and wrote "I (heart) Ben" on a napkin).

So, there you have it, plastic cups are awesome.

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Here is me enjoying some water from an awesome cup:


Enjoy your Sunday!