CARDRUNNERS

What's Your Edge

Andrew

December 22, 2008

Somehow I got moved up to the third spot on the blog page. I'm not sure why, but I like it. I'll take all the help I can get.

I had a pretty crazy weekend. On Friday, we decided to check out the newly renovated Horseshoe Casino in Hammond. I had heard really good things about it, so I had high hopes. They also provided a trolley that would take us to and from the casino for free. I have to admit that it's nice as far as the layout/building/etc. The main problem I had with it was that it was really crowded and the table limits were high. The lowest blackjack table you could find when we got there was $25. That's fine. I had been playing there about a hour when they told me that they were raising it to $50 and we weren't grandfathered in. That pissed me off and I proceeded to bitch to the floor manager. But she just laughed and said, "this ain't Vegas, honey." I guess there wasn't much I could do. I wasn't too keen on playing $50 a hand for both me and my girlfriend who I was staking. We were both up a bit, but quit soon after the table got raised when we were both back to even. I guess I can't really complain. I got my drinks and tips paid for and got out even. I'm not sure I'll be going back there to gamble. Maybe I'll go to play poker sometime.

Saturday was a busy day for me. I started it off by going to the UNC - Valpo game. My financial adviser invited me and a friend to join them in their box. It had been awhile since I was in a box, so that was great. The game was a blowout as expected, but I had fun watching UNC put on a show while enjoying free food and beer. I took my brother who I hadn't seen in awhile. It was good to hang out with him.

After the game, I chilled at my place for awhile. I had some errands to run before the party, but I wanted to put them off for as long as possible. The problem with doing this was that it started to snow pretty hard. My car is a 2001 neon with windshield wipers that don't really work. It's not good for driving in a blizzard. I had to get the kegs, solo cups, and mixers though. It wasn't like I could just skip this trip. The problems started when I tried to get my car out of my parking spot in the alley behind my apartment. The snow was pretty deep and the little neon wasn't liking it. It took 20 minutes of rocking forward and backwards and getting pushed from some friends to get out. Once I hit the road I was struggling to see out my windshield. The problems got worse when I got to the local alcohol superstore and they told me they had no kegs at all. Shit! That meant I had to drive a lot further to get the kegs. I eventually made it to the other store got my stuff and got to the loft where we were having the party. They had told us when we checked the place out that their elevator worked. When I got there I realized they lied because a different person told me it hadn't worked in months. That meant we had to somehow get everything - including 2 kegs- up 4 flights of winding stairs. I got all the mixers and everything else up and was sweating like a beast. I then called up Taylor and told him to have his friends get the kegs up. They were able to do that. Big thanks to them.

The party went really well. I'd say we had about 150 people show up. I was a little concerned about things getting broken, but we did ok in that department. Someone did decide to shit on the wall in the stairwell. I'm not kidding. Someone actually shit on the wall in the stairwell. Dropped trough and just let one rip on the wall. We were able to figure out who it was and kick him out. The people that lived there didn't think it was nearly as funny as everyone else did. It's ok though. They also lied to me about having two bathrooms. They only had one that they let us use. Karma is a bitch, ain't it?

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Dec 22, 08 13:49:39

looooooool, thats what they get

David B

Dec 22, 08 15:13:21

I did some rearranging of the blogs to get the big names up top. I flipped a coin between you and Peachy and she lost, so you got 3rd.

jeff218

Dec 22, 08 19:14:04

And with this entry your blog is officially awesome again.

I used to live in Bucktown and had a similar party and someone shit in a box in our closet. An actual box, like hovered over it and everything. Unfortunately we never discovered the culprit but if I ever found out....

vampa

Dec 22, 08 21:03:24

One way to get to top of the blogging tree hits wise.....name the culprit!

Name and Shame dude!

cormacbuzz