613...

while bored at work and writing shaving cream i decided to look a little further into the significance of our favorite number. here are some interesting links and factoids:

June 13: Zoe's dad's birthday

According to the Talmud (tractate Makkoth 23b), a Biblical verse states that Moses transmitted the "Torah" from God to the Jewish people: "Moses commanded us the Torah as an inheritance for the community of Jacob" (Deuteronomy 33:4) However, there were two commandments which God delivered directly to the Jews: the first two of the Ten Commandments; these are phrased in the first person. The Talmud calculates that the numerical value (gematria) of the Hebrew word "Torah" is 611. Thus, Moses' 611 commandments combined with the two directly from God add up to 613.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/613_mitzvot

As one of only seven Marine Corps squadrons to utilize the PBJ-1 twin-engine medium bomber against Japanese forces, Marine Bombing Squadron Six-Thirteen (VMB-613) operated in the Central Pacific during the last year of the Second World War.

Being the only Marine Corps squadron to employ the cannon-armed PBJ-1H in combat, VMB-613 was trained in anti-shipping operations with a mission to harass and prevent the re-supply of bypassed Japanese forces in the Marshall and Eastern Caroline Islands. Filled with long monotonous hours of patrol, the Marines of VMB-613 performed their duty in an exemplary manner against a demoralized and increasingly desperate enemy, while maintaining the finest operational safety record of all Marine Bombing Squadrons. These efforts, of both the aircrews and the ground support personnel, ultimately contributed to the success of American naval operations in the Pacific.
http://www.vmb-613.com/introduction.html
(there's a corporal Calzone in here, too)

we've also got some competition in the blogosphere. i think we're smarter than them. http://room613talk05.edublogs.org/

these guys apparently share our love of canada: http://www.613construction.com/index2.html

and, to top off this installation...what a perfect fit for product number 613:

Item #: EYECANDY-613
Platform sandal with 6" stiletto heel with silver mirror straps.
Lucious by Pleasers USA
Sizes: 5 to 14
Colors: Silver Mirror/Clear
Price: $76.00

shaving cream

mark, that was a great post and i want to take the chance to acknowledge it publicly. I even enjoyed reminiscing about our night at kuma's. While scooping shaving cream out of my pants in the most vile smelling puke-filled public bathroom in new york state--whose stall was only about 4 feet tall--surprisingly didn't quite make my top 5 for the year, watching lukas get his hat stolen, jared get his nipples twisted, and us down 40s in about 15 minutes was classic 613--and was just a bit tamer than what everyone who wasn't at the engagement party missed.

i'd like to add an honorary number 5.5 to the list, and that would be stacking shit on foster while he was passed out on the couch.

speaking of random 613s, i wonder if we'll ever be confused with these guys--who i wish we'd found right before last halloween: http://www.613.org/

see you all at jared's party

Fooseball anyone?

I really want to play some fooseball.

(I noticed at one of the camps I stop at once a week--not one of my main camps but one of the ones the rec dept basically freelances me out to--that they have a reverse table. We had discussed these at some point during the year. The handles on this table are reversed as in if you were defense for the yellow team rather than having your back to the tvs you would be on the other side facing the tvs. Now at first I thought it was no huge difference, but believe me, it would even throw off players better than me, assuming there were such players of course)

Top 5 Moments of Senior Year

What's up doushe bags? How's life after college? Bry and I wouldn't know as we're going back to school in just a few weeks. Man it's going to be awesome. Well, see you later!









Just kiddin a-holes. Anyways, I drove to Ithaca today to get the rest of my junk and to check 613 out when I got to thinking about senior year. During that long, arduous journey from Fucking Horseheads, I pondered all the wonderful, hilarious, sleazy, sometimes brokeback shit that happened between the time we moved in a year ago to the day we graduated. I don't want this post to resemble any of Rand's posts (over 10 pages long) so without further ado and in tribute to Sam and his love of wasting time on pointless lists..... I give you my top 5 memories and events of Senior Year!


5) Trivia Night Champions - Nice easy number 5 choice, Also, this is the only item on the list in which I wasn't drunk for. Definitely the sober highlight of senior year, just edging out graduation (sorry mom and dad) and Hoefl's recital (sorry hoefl).





4) A Night With a Charmer - is most certainly a night I will never forget. Highlights include Dre's horrible lap dance, and Lim asking if we're there yet. I took the liberty of registering an official 613 account onto the Kuma Charmer website. The user name is ChrisLovesCharmers, and the password is ithaca. E-mail Chris for more details. www.kumacharmers.com



3) Bartons -


Now we're talking. My signature drink of choice.... smooth, delicious and most of all, classy. I'm trying to think of my favorite Barton's moment but it's a little hazy. Something to do with everybody coming back from bowling night and thinking it would be a good idea hit that charcoal filtered flavor. The Bartons website features a prestigious list of "awards and accolades"

"Barton Vodka

Reviews from Buying Guide to Spirits reviewed by the Beverage Testing Institute, © 1999.

Barton Vodka 80 proof.

Clear. Medium-bodied. Minerals, flint. Shows a slightly hot fusel quality to the nose. Lighter in the mouth with a neutral viscous quality. A sound, straight-forward mixer."

Pretty fucking impressive.

2) Chris's Birthday Celebration - Wow, drinking, photo hunt, darts, bars, adios motherfucker, fighting, chris-bombs topped off with an amazing ending that I don't think anybody could have expected. This night had it all, including maybe the quote of the year.. "BUT YOU SAID YOU LOOOOOOOVED HER!"

I can't wait for Chris's next birthday party.

1) Montreal Weekend - Enough said... Best lasagna I've ever tasted, bouncers, coat checks, Sam Vs. Gas Pump, Wildcat, "Did the fool let you in?", Finally, this picture will forever be engrained in my brain.

Did Somebody Say Steak?

I was shopping for a new friedge with my mom at a large local appliance store when I ran into some excellent tips for cooking everyone's favorite meat. The appliance store brings in local chefs to cook and serve food using their kitchen ranges. One of the stations had the head chef from Grill 23 which is generally regarded as the best steakhouse in Boston (better than Ruth Chris and even the Capital Grill).

Anyway, while my Mom looked at fridges, I sat at the Kitchen counter and ate three portions of some of the best tenderloin I have ever had. I spoke with the chef and got some great pointers for cooking steak.

The guy used a rub of Sel Gris (Grey sea salt you can buy at whole foods) and smoked paprika. It was amazing.

I also recently learned a recipe for an excellent steak sauce. Its quick and easy. After you cook a few steaks in the frying pan, take the steaks out and pour in 3/4 cup of beef broth. This is called deglazing. It takes up the little bits of meat in the pan and starts to make a sauce. Then pour in 3 tablespoons of Cognac and 3 teaspoons of green peppercorns. Stir everything together and then reduce the heat to med/low. Then slowly pour in 3/4 cup of cream stiring constantly to make sure the cream doesn't curdle. Keep stirring with the sauce on low heat for about 5 min or until the sauce can coat a spoon. I had it tonight for dinner and liked it so much I thought it deserved a blog post. Its also good in the middle of a baked potato.

Anyways, I hope you try the recipe and enjoy it. And remember, Kill all vegitarians.....except Dana...she can stay.


On another note I wanted to say that I agree with Jared about Bill Simmons. While I think the Spurs are a bunch of pussys, I am excited to read a Bill Simmons article that I can judge on its merrits and not just agree with because he writes about my favorite teams.

Not about Brazil

Yo, what's going on everyone? I'm here in Brazil and things are going great. I don't have much time so I can't talk about Brazil right now and there are just a couple of things that I wanted to mention.

First of all, how did I get into the same category as Sam with regards to not being able to keep a secret? I'll let you all know that the day Sam gave Mark the vivid password, he also gave it to me and I didn't tell anyone until I found out that pratically everyone in the house knew.

On another note, how does everyone feel about setting up a fantasy football league? I think it would be a great idea, doesn't have to be for money or anything. It could be for something more valuable then money and I'm talking about pride. Let me know what you guys think.

Finally, I'm sorry Rand and everyone else who watches Fresh Meat, I think it is terrible. First of all all the cast members suck expect for Derrick. Where is The Miz, Timmy, Big Rand, Brad, etc, all those guys. I never liked the cast of Texas and it's bascially full of all of them, which is a major turn off. Also the girls aren't even that hot. And finally the concept is really confusing and I can never seem to follow what's going on. It's sad too b/c I love the Inferno and this past one, but for some reason I'm just not feeling Fresh Meat. Sorry fellas

That's it for me. Peace Up, ATown Down

Arsenal Fails to Win Over Simmons

Choosing My EPL Team

For the past week, Bill Simmons has been trying to decide which team in the English Premiere League he will become a fan of. Unfortunately, Arsenal only made it to #5 on his list. The team he chose is apparently the biggest rival of Arsenal... we're talking absolutely hated and despised (Simmons goes into detail).

I'm sorry Sam.

u, me, dupree and 613

I have seen the future my 613 friends and it is U, me and dupree. The movie had it all, Kate Hudson, Kate Hudson in underwear, Kate Hudson in a robe, Seth Rogen, a masturbating Owen Wilson, a crazy Michael Douglas (why do actors have to do the crazy dad bit after they turn 65? I don't get it) and did I mention Kate Hudson? The movie centers on a newly wed couple and the best man, down on his luck unemployed Dupree. Well hilarity ensues and it was well worth sneaking into the movie theatre to see. (being unemployed myself I cant afford to pay for movies anymore) Now I might have liked this movie a little more than most since I know this will be happening to someone from the extended 613 family. (my guess Sam gambles his rent money away one natty lite at a time and has to live on Dre and Zoe’s couch). So all and all an excellent movie.
In other news I am leaving for Virginia tomorrow and in advance I will say Bonnie and Rick say hello. Hopefully I will have some stories to share next week. Anyone feel free to surprise me and drive down to VA for unlimited natty lite bottles and free food. That is all from central LI. Enjoy and or avoid the heat.

-T

Bright Future....

Looking good, baby!! The last line is my favorite.

Trailer

We don't have a trailer up for "Night at the Museum" on apple.com/trailers just yet, but there is one (which is high quality) on moviefone.com (http://movies.aol.com/movie/night-at-the-museum/24472/main).

The IMDB page for NATM provides two links to teasers but both are only the short international trailers, and neither one has good quality video.

Bills

Hey guys just wondering if anybody has any of the old bills for downstairs. I still have yet to get the final bill so i am gonna try and make an online account but i need the account number on the bill, thanks.
Bry

Just thought you guys would like to know...

chick2chicken: oh yeah... and i called rach today bc i had to tell her that the other day i was feeling sick so i just went home to get some rest and i couldn't fall asleep bc i was watching Must Love Dogs


Yes, Chick2Chicken, is the one and only Courtney Terminator Clark

Just an idea...

So last weekend when we were relaxing in Kim's pool some people were suggesting to go inside and do one of the power hours. Now it being in the middle of the afternoon and a beautiful day we all declined. But what would have been perfect was if we had a classic music power hour to simply put on and then drink to while still in the pool.

So I was wondering...and I guess this would be directed to you T because everything would be on your computer...if we could take the tracks we cut down for the college power hour and make a cd out of them. Whether just the tracks themselves are used or if the actual power hour is just stripped of the movie clips and placed on a cd I dont know because none of that has to do with books.

So yeah, I was just wondering if that is a possibility.


LETS GO ITALY!

Left (Coast) Out

Hey guys,

It sounds like Bry's party was a great time. I'm sorry that Limmer didn't get to drink to his full capacity, but I'm sure he put up a good fight when Dana said it was time to leave. I remember when I once tried to get a drunk Limmer to stop drinking late, late into the evening. Lim turned into the Miz and chased Bry and I back to the Gardens.

"Sandwiches That You Will Like" actually came up in a conversation I was having the other day. Of course, I had to mention that my roommate kept his porno (I think it was called "Rocko's Modern Fantasies" or something) in the case, but we made him bring up his VHS copy of the PBS special. Haha, I just remembered that the morning when we finally got around to watching that movie was the same morning that Tully first hung out with us. We made her sit through 2 hours of that freaking video. That's awesome.

Well I've been having a good time out here in Los Angeles. I finally moved into a bedroom this past weekend, so I really feel settled in now. Dan and I have started a "no shower happy hour" tradition on Saturdays. We head down to Venice, play volleyball, boogeyboard (while everyone else surfs... the only other people that boogey are the fully-clothed Mexican children), then we mosey on over to an Irish pub in between Venice and Santa Monica, and chow down on half-priced appetizers and $3 beers (which is cheap for out here)... We still need to get a bowling night up and running, and get ourselves over to a bar in Burbank for trivia, but it's tough to replicate the "lightning in a bottle" greatness of the trifecta we had established in Ithaca.

Over July 4th, Shotty and I went down to Playa Del Rey to hang out with Jamie (Dan's old roommate) and her boyfriend Spencer. Fortune stopped down on Saturday and Tuesday. We had a blast. Spencer lives 50 yards from the sand and his neighborhood is sweet; it's totally a beach bum community. Everybody hangs out and parties together. We did some grilling while we were down there. I whipped up a quick rub using flour, lousiana spices, pepper, and soy sauce... it actually tasted pretty good. When we weren't chowing down, we were drinking beer from the kegerator that Spencer and his roommate have planted inside of a gutted out big screen tv. They also have a spy camera inside of the big screen and a small monitor that camera plays on.



I think Shotty might have partied a little too hard because by 5 o'clock he was passed out on the beach. He woke up later on, but it was pretty hilarious when Jamie handed him the kite and he unconsciously flew the purple octopus. While he was sleeping, someone pointed out to him that there was a midget playing volleyball (as you can see in the background), so Dan let the kite go in hopes of hitting her. He didn't get very close.


Work has been going pretty well. We just had a friends and family screening of the film last Friday, so Ben and Christine stopped in. The first trailer will be coming out with "Pirates of the Carribean" this Friday. The movie is constantly undergoing changes and morphing, so what you see in the preview isn't up to where we are right now. It's still good, but the director, the producers, and Ben are really happy with recent changes that have been made in the past few weeks. I'll mention more about the movie in my next post.

Dre - if by some miracle, Charlotte wins the NBA title next year, promise me that you will grow out a Chico 'stache and get married in an Adam Morrison jersey.

They're still airing "Next"? Wow. I gotta get back into my cheesey MTV reality shows. I missed "Fresh Meat" this past Monday. I can't wait 'til Wes gets booted.

sorry i missed bry's party

i'm glad you guys had fun and pissed that i couldn't come--although we did have a nice little saturday building desks from ikea and going to bed early. we didn't have time for bed bath and beyond.

sam is correct in saying we didn't succeed, at all, at the pitch and putt although he failed to mention that got the only par of the day. (yes, the ONLY par in a combined 18 50-yard holes.)

i couldn't help but think of everyone on Tuesday when three of my high school friends (read: lightweights) decided to get drunk playing quarters at 2:30 while watching the germany-italy game. I suck at quarters. yet they were all passed out by 4:30 and could barely move during the fireworks that night. i think that even lukas drinks better thanks to his visits to 613.

i hope everyone noticed that the charlotte bobcats selected adam morrison--the first larry bird/lebron james diabetic hybrid--with the third pick of the nba draft. watch out eastern conference.

i saw this in the paper today and thought it was funny--and rather useful: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/fashion/25love.html?ex=1152331200&en=3ebac323d19eda05&ei=5070
i know it's about relationships, and that's pretty pussy of me, but it refers to wives and husbands as animals so i figured it was ok.

If you had a porn password and could only trust one roommate to keep it to himself, who would you give it to?

Selection		Votes
Jared	13%	2
Dre	13%	2
Chris	27%	4
Mark	13%	2
Bry	13%	2
Lim	0%	0
Rand	13%	2
Sam	0%	0
Tony	7%	1
15 votes total

Bry(i would rather use an I)an's Grad Party

Tina, Chris, and I woke Bry up on Sunday morning and he was not a happy human being. When the small raucous in his bedroom brought his mother into the room, Bryan said, "Mom, I need three things: water, gel caps and silence." It was funny, I can't tell if you had to be there. Anyway, in terms of my performance on Saturday night, I have a few distinct memories: Lim and I losing in beirut after being up five cups, watching Bry play beirut while holding a baby in one hand, and having D-bear and limmer bring me my forgotten copy of sandwiches that you will like.

Back at Bry's house the memories become more hazy. I remember a few cups of hero cup, surprisingly having the fortitude to take my contacts out before I booted, and then waking up on the couch in someone else's sweatshirt with my leggs to the side, buried under the butt of one of Bry's female friends (she was wearing a skirt). Needless to say, when I realized that girl wasn't my girlfriend ( i didn't have my glasses on) I was a little embarrassed. I then searched through the house trying to find tina.

I had apparently fallen asleep with tina around 2:30 but was not there at 4 when Bry and Chris came to play pranks on me.

On another note, I played pitch and putt golf with Dre today. On a course of Par 3's, none of which longer than 80 yards, we both failed to succeed in any sense of the world.

On yet another note, Sandwiches you will like is now available on DVD

On a final note, I am getting Limmer black out drunk this weekend.

Thanks for coming

Hey everybody, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that came to my grad party, and those of you that couldn't were missed. I hope you all had a good time and my friends from home didn't freak you out too bad. Needless to say the night got very fuzzy. I remember the sky starting to brighten up when we were goin to bed. Props to Sam for goin strong a booting and then sleeping in John's sweatshirt... I am pretty sure that means you two are dating now.... sorry Tina (but I will be wearing the ICFH shirt today). Lim, John says that he beat you since he drank more/longer. It was wraped up by Chris and I watching NEXT till 2:30 which was topped off by "if this girl likes morgan freeman she'll be tasting my seaman" and "I'm Tyrus, I'm 19, and I can't wait to get a look at this girl's feet." If anyone has any details to fill in please do so, except for me cutting my finger open after losing in beirut and throwing a chair.
Thanks again for coming, I'll be seeing some of you the 15th

Bry