It’s that time of year again and Holiday Liquor specials are on the shelves again. If you’re like me, you’ll be drinking your fair share of booze during the next month. I like to buy gift sets for teetotaler family and friends, play stupid and sneak the gifted drinks when no one’s looking. It’s like re-gifting to yourself, so be sure to buy something good. You deserve it.
Congrats, Chicago. You deserve it, you drunk sons a bitches…
I`ve been sober now for 18 years. With all the drugs, psychedelics and narcotics I did, I was [really] an alcoholic. Honestly, I only used to do cocaine so I could sober up and drink more. My last five years of drinking was a nightmare. I was drinking a half-gallon of rum with a fifth of rum on the side, in case I ran out, 28 beers a day, and three grams of cocaine just to keep me moving around. And I thought I was doing fine because I wasn`t crawling around drunk on the floor.
–Dennis Hopper
[Quote from 2001]
So the rules are, if someone presents you with a Smirnoff Ice you must immediately take a knee and chug the entire thing. It’s that simple. Here’s a couple videos for you.
Also, here is a few links on the subject..
[CNN: Don't ice me, bro! When memes meet the marketplace]
[The Awl: Smirnoff Rep Speaks: We're Not Behind 'Bros Icing Bros']
and of course, let’s not forget…
[BrosIcingBros.com]
[Ed Note: This is a repost from BEST OF FEST. Not only has my week completely swallowed my intentions to do a proper writeup on the weekend, but these girls were able to pretty much sum up everything. It's a great read.]
There are times in one’s life that one must grow up, move on, and say, “been there, done that.” Beer festivals, however, are NOT those times. Though I’ve been to a few now and can proudly boast that I actually recognize most of the breweries and even understand what kind of beer it is I’m drinking, I can honestly say that the LA Beer Fest will not be the last of the sort for me as I am in no way ready to give up brew-festing.
For those of you that have never been to a beer festival, I will outline some proper essentials that will help you recognize one when you see it. First, we’ll start with location.
Beer fests must equal happiness, and happiness generally equals sunshine, so therefore, beer fests must be outside to fully succeed. Also, the outdoor setting is key in that there is guaranteed beer spillage and potential effects of overindulgence (you know what we mean). In the case of the LA Beer Festival, the Sony Pictures lot proved to be an excellent venue. Seeing as the whole place is one giant set of a mini city, it felt like you were an extra in a film titled “Drunk People.” Tents lined the “streets,” and though human traffic jams were inevitable, no one cared because they were, of course drunk.
Read the rest of the article over at BEST OF FEST!!
Sexy blonde bombshell Veronica Lake was born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman on November 14, 1922. Expelled from a boarding school, Lake had a troubling childhood. Her mother contended that Veronica dealt with schizophrenia, but no formal diagnosis has been reported.
1941′s I Wanted Wings was her breakthrough role. The film was a box office hit. Later that year she starred in Hold Back the Dawn. Her more popular movies were Sullivan’s Travels, This Gun for Hire, and I Married a Witch.
Lake was considered one of the biggest box office draws in Hollywood during the early 1940s. Years later, Lake would quip, “I never did cheesecake; I just used my hair.” She became known for onscreen pairings with actor Alan Ladd. At first, the couple was teamed together merely out of physical necessity: Lake stood just 4 feet 11½ inches and Ladd was just 5 feet 5 inches tall. Veronica was the only actress then on the Paramount lot short enough to pair with Ladd, and they made four films together. Read more
I’m still getting my bearings after the insane weekend of drinking all day Saturday at the L.A. Beer Fest and then Warrior Dashing all day Sunday, while also drinking, of course. Here’s a couple of shots I took. More to come…
I’m not a fan of Fox News. That shouldn’t need to be explained. Kind of like I’m not a fan of having my limbs ripped off in slow motion while being forced to listen to Celine Dion. But that being said, I must say I’m now a fan of Major Garrett. And no, that’s not some side character from “I Dream of Jeannie,” he is the White House correspondent for FNC and when he travels Europe and drinks and reports, he twitters about the whole thing. Here’s an example..
There’s more where that came from.. Check out the rest of his excellent drunk tweets over at HuffPo..
[Huffington Post: Major Garrett Is America's Most Heroic Twitterer]
Somehow we missed this wonderful article last week, but in the world of drunkery, it’s never too late to repost something. The boys and girls over at Movieline have compiled a great list of celebrities giving some amazing drunken interviews. You should take some time out of your busy schedule and check it out. You won’t regret it.
Check it out HERE!
Robert Mitchum was born in 1917 to the son of a sea captain’s daughter and a railroad worker. Mitchum was known as a prankster as a child, often involved in fights and creating havoc in the neighborhood. At age 14 while in Savannah, Georgia, he was arrested for vagrancy and put on a local chain gang; he escaped to return to his family in Delaware.
A nervous breakdown due to job-related stress led Robert to look for work as an actor or extra in movies. He appeared in a few B-movie westerns and appeared as a villain in several films between 1942 and 1943.
Mitchum would become most well-known due to his film noir films that were popular in the mid- to late-40′s. But his career was checkered with bad-boy activity. After a string of successful films for RKO, he and actress Lila Leeds were arrested for possession of marijuana. After serving a week at the county jail, he spent 43 days at a prison farm. The arrest didn’t affect Mitchum’s success in the long term. In fact, the conviction was later over-turned, as it was proven to be a setup. His studio, however, was embarrassed by the ordeal, and they ordered Mitchum to clean up his act or they would terminate his contract. Read more
