NYC Shenanigans (or: Eight Dudes in the City)

-Got to New York at 2am eastern time
-Was supposed to land at 10pm eastern time
-My JetBlue flight was scheduled to take off from Austin at 530, but we spent an hour on the plane at the gate waiting for a technician to fix a problem with the bathroom
-Said problem was not fixed
-It was decided that we fly to New York with one functioning lavatory
-45 minutes into the flight, a flight attendant comes over the PA and announces that the other bathroom is now broken
-Flew back to Austin
-I manage to watch The Ringer (with Johnny Knoxville) in its entirety by the time we get back
-It was not a good movie
-It had some surprising heart, though
-To appease the customers, JetBlue ordered everyone pizza while they fixed the problem on the plane
-They ordered Gatti's
-I was not appeased
-The problem was finally fixed and we reboarded
-By the time we're airborn, I should have already been in New York for an hour
-Took a cab into Manhattan
-Cost me 50 bucks
-Everyone was at a bar on the lower east side
-When I showed up, the bouncer wouldn't let me in
-I could've taken him, but I figured I'd be civil and not cause a scene
-Soon Josh came down, and after much coaxing, I was finally let in...luggage and all
-The bouncer was lucky
-Finally saw everyone and they were all sufficiently drunk
-Freakin JetBlue
-Apparently Matt jacked a bottle of champagne and bribed "the bouncer" with 10 bucks
-It turns out it was just some random dude who was now 10 bucks richer
-Was only there for about 20 minutes
-Took a cab to Brooklyn
-Josh and I played cell phone roulette while Ted and Joe slept
-Was rather short-lived, as we kept waking people up
-Watched Ted and Josh play Puzzle Fighter on ps2
-Watched Ted and Joe play Puzzle Fighter on ps2
-Watched Joe and Josh play Puzzle Fighter on ps2
-I did not play Puzzle Fighter on ps2
-One time Ted beat me in Puzzle Fighter on ps2 with one hand on the controller, and one hand holding a beer
-That was not fun
-Ate a falafel for the first time
-Not too shabby
-Though learning it was a vegetarian meal made it slightly not as good
-I like meat
-Rode the subway
-Went to a bar in Manhattan
-Saw my professor from my freshman seminar "Critiquing the Critics"
-He somehow remembered my name
-Drank a Brooklyn Lager
-Interesting taste, but not my thing
-Walked along Broadway
-Went to a Virgin MegaStore
-They had a 2 cds for $15 sale going on for specially designated cds
-The selection was rather expansive, though
-I took advantage, of course, and got:
-The Clash - London Calling (how did I not own this)
-The Fugees - The Score (seeing them reuinte in Dave Chappelle's Block Party got me all nostalgic)
-Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (I think my cd collection is now complete)
-Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (eh, why not?)
-Was sorta mad because Death Cab's first 2 albums were included, and I had just paid full price for them less than a month ago
-Saw a street performer in Union Square
-Was pretty entertaining
-He then went on a 5 minute spiel about why we should give him money
-I didn't give him money
-Freakin JetBlue
-Played Tiger Woods 2005 against Josh
-That's more my kind of game
-My character looked amazingly like Joe
-He did funny dances
-Josh took a big lead to start, but I came back and tied it up at the 9th hole
-We had to leave and were unable to finish
-Prolly for the better, cause I would've destroyed him on the back 9
-Went to the Brooklyn Bridge
-The cab driver was baffled when we told him to take us there
-He couldn't grasp the concept that we wanted to be dropped off in front of the bridge
-He took us to the Manhattan Bridge
-Finally made our way to the Brooklyn Bridge
-Walked across
-Pretty neat thing to do in New York at night
-Ate dinner in Little Italy
-Was a big family style dinner
-Quite tasty
-When the waiter brought out our plates, he placed 4 enormous bottles of wine on the table, as well.
-He said they were "on the house"
-We drank lots and lots of wine
-I'm not much of a wine drinker, but I did some damage to the bottle of white wine.
-Halfway through the meal we had a new waiter
-When we got the bill, there was a charge for 3 bottles of wine at 26 bucks apiece
-Apparently, "on the house" means you still have to pay for it
-We argued with the waiter about it, but he wouldn't budge
-We argued with the manager about it, but he wouldn't budge
-He said there was no way our original waiter said the wine was "on the house"
-We asked if he was calling us liars
-He said he was doing no such thing
-What a liar
-The NYPD was almost called
-I was ready to let it get to that
-We ended up paying and leaving a 1% tip...if that
-Freakin JetBlue
-Went with Josh to see Hot Chip
-A publicist had been begging him to come to the show
-We show up to find Josh was in fact not on the list
-The bastards
-We leave and meet up with everyone at The Old Wagon in the Village
-There was a beer pong table in the bar
-What a genus idea
-I never saw said beer pong table, though
-It was too crowded and would have taken hours to get on
-Such a shame, cause I would've wrecked shop on those New Yorkers
-Went to some bar with karaoke in the back
-You had to pay a cover to get to the karaoke section
-We just walked back there, cause we're cool like that
-They actually had Regulate
-Didn't do it, though, cause the queue was too long
-I also did not have enough alcohol in my belly
-Would've been the best karaoke performance in the history of karaoke performances
-Went to a bar called Slane
-Well, I think it was called Slane
-Met lots of cool people
-Ordered a beer
-The bartender left, and never took my money
-Free beer!
-Did a shot called 99 bananas
-The 99 apparently stands for 99 proof
-That's what you drink when Matt asks the bartender for the "strongest thing" they've got
-It tasted like banana runts
-Took a jaeger bomb
-Was only 8 bucks
-Not bad for NYC, I guess...I was expecting to pay much more
-A girl tried to pop the top of my beer (to make it foam), and knocked it to the floor
-I made her buy me another beer
-John disappeared relatively early
-Sang a whole bunch to whatever was playing
-I'm sure the people in the bar thought I was awesome
-They played Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing' 3 times!
-I sang at the top of my lungs each time
-At some point, we did an awesome rendition of 'Build Me Up Buttercup'
-I love that song
-I'm listening to it right now
-Did a jello shot
-Took a whole mess of pictures
-When we got back to Brooklyn, I told Ted and Joe that if they wanted to play Puzzle Fighter on ps2, they'd have to sit on the ground so I could sleep on the fouton
-I don't remember this
-However, I laughed hysterically the next morning when Ted told me I said that
-I don't know why it's funny
-But it is
-You had to be there
-Freakin JetBlue
-Walked 30 blocks to White Castle
-Ate my first ever White Castle slider
-Then ate 4 more
-Was delicious!
-We need a freakin White Castle in Austin
-Would be perfect for post 6th street dining
-I'm salivating just thinking about the possibilities
-Ate on the curb outside the White Castle cause there was no inside dining area
-We looked hella cool
-Watched people play Puzzle Fighter on the ps2 some more
-Josh gave me his extra copy Dr. Dre's The Chronic
-I had that cd back in the day, but then I went through my anti-everything rap phase, and gave it away
-Took a cab to JFK
-Cost me 52 bucks
-It also took a freakin hour
-Was suposed to depart from NYC at 840
-We departed around 1130
-The JetBlue customer service representatives said it had something to do with strange wind patterns and the incoming flight couldn't land
-I think they were full of it
-Got to Austin just before 3 in the morning
-Went to bed at 4 in the morning
-Despite my combined 7 hours of flight delays, it was a great weekend
-Far too short, though
-Was so awesome to have so many of us together in the same city
-I need to go back when I have a few more days to spend
-I'm sure there's a few details I'm forgetting, but I'll add them as I remember them
-Freakin JetBlue