Just Do It!

The Nike Gifting Suite will be set up at the Atlantic City Country Club and will be fully stocked with the latest Nike golfing gear and apparel.

Spend your $200 in Nike Bucks on below retail Nike items, but you only have one chance to Just Do It!

Visit the Nike Gifting Suite during the Ron Jaworski Celebrity Golf Challenge from 10 am - 8 pm. The suite will be located across from the practice green outside the Men's Locker Room.

Nike Bucks are valid only June 6th at the Nike Gifting Suite.

On Course Samplers

Keep an eye out for the following items around the Atlantic City Country Club:

5 Hour Energy sampling in the Locker Room

Chickie's & Pete's sampling Diablo Marina Pies on Hole #2

Johnnie Walker with Master of Whisky scotch sampling and Rocky Patel Cigars on Hole #10

Turkey Hill Ice Cream on Hole #14

You Just Won a New Car!

When the golfers hit the Atlantic City Country Club June 6th they'll have a chance to win the following prizes, including a Mercedes-Benz for a hole in one on #17!

Contest Holes:

Hole #4

Closest to the Pin: Miller Lite Golf Bag

Hole In One: Set of Cleveland Black Pearl Irons

Hole #6

Longest Drive: Nike SQ Machspeed Black Driver

Hole #8

Closest to the Pin: Reebok Travel Bag

Hole In One: 2011 Subaru Forester

Hole #11

Straightest Drive: $100 to Union Trust

Hole #12

Closest to the Pin: NIKE Lunar Control Golf Shoe

Hole #15

Closest to the Pin: $100 Dick’s Sporting Goods

Hole in One: 2011 Subaru Outback

Hole #17

Closest to the Pin: $100 Flemings Steakhouse and WineBar

Hole In One: Mercedes-Benz

Twitter Your Way to the Party!

Party at the Pool

Jaws wants you to follow JawsGolf on Twitter and one lucky person will win two tickets to the June 5th Pairings Party, plus a Nike Gift Pack.

The first 150 followers of JawsGolf will be in a drawing for the tickets, plus the Ron Jaworski Celebrity Golf Challenge (RJCGC) gift pack, including: Nike Shoe Bag, Nike travel bag, Nike Golf Shirt, Eagles Hat signed by Jaws, and other RJCGC goodies.

Log on to JawsGolf and win your way to the party!

Gucci, Prada, Dior....Oh My!

The Pairings Party is a chance to win the most vogue bags to ensure you sizzle this summer!

The Chic Boutique features Gucci, Prada, Dior and Coach designer hand bags as part of this year's raffle.

Tickets are $20 or three tickets for $50.

Place the tickets in front of the bag you'd like to have and if we draw your ticket, you're a winner. A winning ticket will be drawn for every bag.

Lucky winners will be chic all summer long!



List of MVBs (Most Valuable Bags!)

Gucci Gone Wild

Christian Dior Boston Bag
Gucci Pelham Medium Shoulder Bag Cream
Prada White Leather Handbag
DKNY Shopping Tote
Coach Summer Bag
NFL Pigskin Bag
Elliott Lucca Winter White Clutch
Palisadoes Hobo
Pink Ladies Adidas Collection Stand Golf Bag

All proceeds benefit the Jaws Youth Playbook.

Add a Christian Dior to your Collection

QBs Headline Golf Challenge

Flacco & Vick

Tournament host Ron Jaworski is honored that several NFL quarterbacks are in the field for the 2011 Ron Jaworski Celebrity Golf Challenge (RJCGC). Michael Vick, Joe Flacco and Brady Quinn are just some of the local and national celebrities teeing it up at the Atlantic City Country Club.

Jaws and current South Carolina Head Coach Steve Spurrier, are two former NFL quarterbacks who will show the current QBs how to go from the shotgun formation to golf's shotgun start.

Jaws' former head coach Dick Vermeil and his favorite receiver, Harold Carmichael, are also playing, as it will be a reunion of the 1980 NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles.

Here's a look at this year's RJCGC celebrities:

Keith Baldwin, Former DE Cleveland Browns
Michael Barkann, Comcast SportsNet
Bill Bergey, Former All-Pro Eagle Linebacker
Jake Bergey, Former Philadelphia Wings
Leigh Bodden, New England Patriots DB
Terry Bradway, Senior Personnel Executive New York Jets
Randy Brown, Baltimore Ravens Techniques coach
Dr. Lem Burnham, NFL Great and Former NFL Executive
Calais Campbell, Arizona Cardinals Defensive End
Harold Carmichael, Former Pro Bowl Eagles Wide Receiver
Rich Caster, Former NY Jets All-Pro Tight End
Mike Chalenski, Former Eagles DL
Steve Coates, Flyers Broadcaster
Howard Eskin, WIP Sports Radio/ NBC-10
Scott Fitzkee, Philadelphia Eagles/ SD Chargers
Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens QB
Joe Giglio, The Four Aces
Jay Harris, ESPN Producer
Gerald Henderson, Former 3 time NBA Champion
Todd Herremans, Philadelphia Eagles G/T
Brian Hoyer, New England Patriots QB
Ron Jaworski, ESPN Monday Night Football
Patrick Kerney, Two-time Pro Bowl DE
Bruce Laird, Colts/Chargers
Tom Lamaine, CBS-3
Michael Leber, ESPN Producer
Jay Levy, ESPN Producer
Mike Mamula, Former 1st round draft pick and Eagles DE
Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's University Head Basketball Coach
Mike Mayock, NFL Network
Paul McFadden, Former Eagle Kicker
Dean Norris, Actor, AMC's Breaking Bad
Sal Paolantonio, ESPN Personality
Vince Papale, Former Eagles Special Teams / Inspiration "Invinceable"
Joe Pellegrino, TV-Radio Sportscaster
Cameron Penn, National Emmy Award-winning film/TV/commercial producer/director
Joe Pisarcik, Former NFL QB Giants and Eagles
Brian Propp, Former Flyers Great
Mike Quick, Former Pro Bowl Eagles Wide Receiver/ Eagles Announcer
Brady Quinn, Denver Broncos QB
Beasley Reece, Former Giants DB/ CBS-3
Merrill Reese, Voice of the Eagles
Ike Reese, Former NFL Special Teams MVP/ 610 WIP
Steve Spurrier, University of South Carolina Football Coach
Jonathan Stupar, Buffalo Bills TE
Joe Terry, Danny and The Juniors
Steven Trout, NFL Films/ NFL Network
Dick Vermeil, NFL Coaching Legend
Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles QB
Ed Werder, ESPN Personality
Garo Yepremian, Football Hall of Fame Kicker of the Decade ('70-'79)

Unfortunately Monday's golf is closed to the public and spectator passes are not available.

photos courtesy: nbc, reclinergm.com

Pool Sharks

The Bikini Babe Shark Dive is back and participants have a chance to win Johnnie Walker, Ketel One and Rocky Patel prizes. Buy a shark, toss it in the Harrah's Pool and wait for the Bikini Babes to reel in the winners.

All proceeds benefit the Jaws Youth Playbook.

$20 per Shark or 3 Sharks for $50

Bikini Babes Grabbing some Tail

Me and Math. An expression of affection.

At the risk of sounding too obtuse for eight tenths of my readers, I would like to share a brief history of me and math at this time. I promise to try and make it acute story. We can use parabolas as a sort of parable to describe, in mathematical terms, my ongoing relationship with math. (Figuratively of course)
YOU: stop with teh clevr and get to the point!

My first experiences with math are remembrances of First grade where we learned to count by 2s, 5s and 10s. My teacher Ms. Beady gave us songs to help us memorize the multiples.  I in turn used them in my own classroom.

I never had much of a mind for figuring. I could have really used a tiger mom back in my pre-k days. Now, before someone claims I had horrible parents, let me just say that they tended to focus on reading, rhymes and songs. Surprise, surprise. Those are muh skillllz!

Granted, anyone worth debating with will point out that my above statement is terribly reductionist in nature and overly deterministic. Like, 'Oh, yer mom didn't buy you flash cards when you were three so you're going to suck at math.' SN: for those of you who took me at my word, welcome to the horde. Please enjoy the Kool-aid!

Ok, fine. It's not all my mom's fault. But the kids who had flashcards flipped in their faces did have stronger bases and did have a confidence I always lacked in that domain. I kept my head down, as in w-a-a-a-a-y down into the lowest scoring percentile of my class. But it didn't get bad until I had the same math teachers for seventh and eight grade. Alone, each was fine to talk to. But put them in front of a class together and they were the shade of evil old married couples can be when they've been together long enough to really start looking the same. Evil. Like finish each other's mean sentences, evil.
So my first year of high school was horrible because my "teacher" Sister Peg was an odd, old beastie who used analogies I could barely grasp, "You've got apples you can't have oranges, says you." I never said any such thing to Sister Peg. *NEVER* But anyway,  thanks to the old married duo, I never had pre-algebra either, so I cried a lot at the board.

Next came Ms. Sumner. She said at the start of class that if you didn't like Algebra, you were sure to do a lot better in Geometry because it's all about lines and whatever. Like if you're more artistic and less of a "math person" you'll do great here. It has practical app--I stopped listening just about there. I liked her prim style of dress. It was easy for me to think of her as intelligent despite her thick Boston accent. She made me keep my notebook neat and I wanted to do so well for her.

Well, I middled for her at least. Hey, it was my second year of high school! I was in both the drama and art club. Moreover, I was trying to decide between Bobby and Rubin. Should I go with Tom or hold out for Nicky? I'm the only one who's not in love with Paul or Matt. Am I gay?You know, chaos theory!  Real maths.

So then we moved from Boston to Cape Cod. And along came Mr something or other. He could make me feel special through making me feel stupid. That's quite a delicate balance.
For instance, one time, in front of the whole class he actually said, "Now this is a fairly simple concept. Everyone should catch on rather quickly with the possible exception of Erin."
See that, special and stupid. No remainder.

Obviously, no more math was required so no EXTRA was taken for the subsequent duration of high school. Adiós, to you too, Spanish! I didn't take the SATs and so I made my way to a junior college in Boston. (Mostly so I could still party on the weekends with my old high school friends and not have to live with my mom anymore.)

It was at this time that I met and made friends with Algebra.

I don't remember my professor's name, but I worked with her all the time outside of class learning how to accomplish those repetitive formulas.

Algebra is so simple it takes the leg out of elegance. 

Help, I've fallen and I can't make maths

It became kind of zen for me.
Step one: look down at paper.
Step two: follow memorized steps.
Step three: feel good about a job well done. 

I for real started to love it. Deans list. A's in e-v-e-r-y-thing. After one year of junior college I transferred to a 4 year school, tested out of the math requirement and thusly have been outsourcing simple dealings with numbers in my personal life ever since.
Of course I've taught and enjoyed 5th, 6th and 2nd grade math and still love explaining why we should always use the distributive property when a pen and a cocktail napkin are handy. But by and large, for me, math is just another language to appreciate puns in.
And so..
Have you seen yet the algebraic expression:
9x-7i > 3(3x-7u) for those of you who aren't rolling your eyes, let's work it out!
Parenthesis first! So, we rewrite the equation, like so:
9x-7i > 9x-21u
Now on to variables! Make sure they match up! Looks like we can take 9x from both sides! (Cheery by nature, not cuz I hate ya) Ahem:
-7i > -21u
You've got apples you can't have oranges, says you. Translation: I have never slept with a man because I married Jesus. NO, not the literal translation. What sister Peg means is, You can't mix your variable. Even if you can mix a fruit salad. It's a mixture. Just saying. Right so, divide both sides by 7 because that will leave i or  1 by itself. Thus:
i < 3 u

This lends us  an easy enough frame work to try our own problems.
The first one I came up with was:
15x-6i > 3(5x- 6u)
But I didn't want to have any of the original numbers, so then I did:
12x-2i > 6(2x-1u)
Mais, that was too easy, given that every number was divisible by 12. The last one I played with was:
14x-8i > 2(7x- 12u)

Yeah, I know. But anyway..
Can you come up with your own? Some of youz is wicked smaht. I just know it.
The trick's to remember that the sum of the first variable, (in our case we kept using x--which in no way is required), must be equal to the sum of the first integer you multiply to find the x function on the left side of the expression. To illustrate:
?=?(?x
Also bare in mind that both the i and u variables must be divisible by three by the time you reach step 3 (and have thereby removed the parentheses through multiplication.) Do one, it's fun!  Or you can just use this: handy tool. Dormi arigato Mr. McGoogle.

Tweet Tweet

There will be lots of birdies this year at the Atlantic City Country Club and plenty of other tweets before the event. JawsGolf is now on Twitter and will be posting news and notes before, during and after the RJCGC.

Log on to Twitter and "follow" JawsGolf as we keep you up to date on everything on and off the course!

Live Auction Items

One of the highlights of the June 5th Pairings Party is the Live Auction. Here's a list of the great experiences you can bid on:

ESPY Awards Package

Your exclusive opportunity to walk the red carpet at the 19th Annual ESPY Awards ceremony, honoring the coolest and best star athletes.


This year, the awards show will air live on ESPN from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on July 13. Package includes (2) Tickets to the Awards Show, Hotel and First-Class Airfare.

Pebble Beach: Three-Day Golf, Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience

From the legendary Lone Cypress
to the famed eighteenth green of Pebble Beach Golf Links, this trip to Pebble Beach will leave you spellbound. This exclusive golf experience includes golf for four (4) at three world-renowned courses: Pebble Beach, Spy Glass and Spanish Bay. First-class airfare on American Airlines and a three-night stay at The Lodge at Pebble Beach (two rooms).

Monday Night Football Broadcast Booth Experience

Let Jaws bring you behind the scenes with the ESPN Monday Night Football crew as the Eagles face the Chicago Bears. Package includes two (2) club-level seats to the November 7th Eagles/Bears game at Lincoln Financial Field.

The package includes transportation to/from the game, dinner at McFadden’s, and exclusive access on the field, to the broadcast compound and in the television booth.


Congressional Golf Experience

Play the course that will host the 2011 US Open Golf Tournament. Package includes golf for three (3) at the legendary Congressional Golf Country Club, lunch, dinner and cap off the evening with fine cigars.

To top it off, you can compare your round to the pros and amateurs with two (2) tickets to the 2011 US Open Golf Tournament at Congressional.

Eagles/Dolphins, Miami Road Trip

See the Eagles play the Dolphins in Miami for a Sunday match-up on December 11.

Includes field passes, two (2) tickets to the game, first-class airfare, 2-night stay at the famous Fountainbleu in Miami.




Photos Courtesy: espn, andx.com, boston.com, isportsweb.com, nbc

Hurry, Only Three Spots Left!

Miss New Jersey Ashleigh Udalovas

Photo Courtesy: missnewjersey.net

The Viking Cooking School Class is almost sold out, as only three spots remain. This year Miss New Jersey Ashleigh Udalovas will join the professional chefs to learn their tricks of the trade while making scrumptious gourmet dishes.

To grab your place in the June 6th, 11 am class, please contact Jess (jess@ronjaworski.com) or Trish (trish@ronjaworski.com).

Pre-registration is required!

Ms. Udalovas will also appear during the June 5th, 7 pm Pairings Party

Event Schedule

Jaws & Liz Enjoy the Pairings Party
Before Ron Gets Serious on the Course

Sunday, June 5

7:00 PM -- Pairings Party, Harrah's Resort presented by Ketel One

10:00 PM -- Johnnie Walker Lounge featuring Johnnie Walker scotch and Rocky Patel cigars

Monday, June 6

7:30 AM -- “Kick-Off” Celebrity-Am presented by Harrah’s, Atlantic City Country Club

11 AM -- Viking Cooking School Class (Pre-registration required)

1:00 PM -- “Closing Drive” Celebrity-Am presented by JPC Group, Atlantic City Country Club

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The Jaws Experience

2010 Pairings Party at

The Pool, Harrah's Atlantic City

The 2011 Ron Jaworski Celebrity Golf Challenge (RJCGC) has a different look compared to years past. Unfortunately there won't be a $100,000 Celebrity Shoot-Out, and spectator passes are not available for the Monday golf as the course is closed to the public.

And while golfing opportunities are SOLD OUT, guests can still experience the event up-close with the Golf Challenge Hospitality Package for Two ($1,000), which includes two tickets to the Pairings Party presented by Ketel One and the Johnnie Walker Lounge; one room at Harrah’s for Sunday, June 5; two VIP passes, good for access to VIP hospitality area at AC Country Club; and one VIP Parking Pass for ACCC.

For access to mingle with your favorite NFL celebs, purchase the Hospitality Package online at www.jawscelebritygolf.com.

And this year the golf course won't be the only place for slicing, as a few vegetables will be chopped up at the Viking Cooking School Class. Join Miss New Jersey Ashleigh Udalovas and professional chefs as you learn their techniques in preparing gourmet dishes. Pre-registration is required.

27 Years & Counting!

It's hard to believe, but Ron Jaworski's 27th annual Celebrity Golf Challenge is right around the corner. NFL quarterbacks Michael Vick, Joe Flacco and Brady Quinn are just some of the local and national celebrities gathering June 5-6 for friendly competition and a great cause at Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City and the the Atlantic City Country Club.

Jaws' foundation, Jaws Youth Playbook, will once again be the benefactor of a wonderful two days of fun, golf and giving back. This year's event also includes University of South Carolina Head Coach Steve Spurrier and Eagles offensive lineman Todd Herremans, just to name a few participants in the star studded field.

Ron Jaworski, NFL great and current ESPN Monday Night Football Analyst, has dedicated countless hours and raised more than $3 million to date for the Jaws Youth Playbook (formerly Jaws Youth Fund). The Ron Jaworski Celebrity Golf Challenge (RJCGC) is the crown jewel of the foundations annual fundraising events.

The RJCGC raises approximately $150,000 each year through sponsorship, donations and auctions. All proceeds go to the Jaws Youth Playbook and the foundation is using 2011 to broaden its geographic reach and refine its platform to Youth Health and Wellness; to learn more visit JawsYouthPlaybook.org.

Once again we thank all of our sponsors, donors and participants for their continued support of the Jaws Youth Playbook. We look forward to another fantastic event and encourage you to check back for updates and announcements.

See you at Harrah's and the Atlantic City Country Club!

Joe Flacco & Bill Mills at the
2010 RJCGC

Song of myself

So, I was pretty disappointed by our mutual friend Blogger last Thursday for pretending my post never happened. Just so you don't feel like you missed out, let me be the first to assure you it said all the things you would expect: I'm awesome, I have plans, ice cream is still tops, pizza pretty alright, generally. This is what I've done lately, this is something I'm trying to convince Sebastien of lately. Check out this unrealistic fantasy--won't you share your thoughts and feelings too?
Much like me, the rest of the blogger heads were nerve wracked, but thankfully most of us got our shiznit back. The post in question ended up in the draft pile.. None of the awesome pictures made it to said draft and all the comments were lost.
I was going to re do the whole thing but then, I was like, 'what my readers really wanna know about is all my favorite nerd songs.' (I know. You're welcome.)
Here are ten of the best. Top to bottom, my body stays ready.

Meme

NUMBER 10: If you know nothing of nerding, start here. All these references should have populated your childhood. I didn't even have glasses, so being a girl will also not suffice as an excuse for not having already seen this. 
Favorite moment: Indi can't find his gun.


At NUMBER 9 we glimpse what you're aiming for. Sebastien has told me he won't really know how to relate if his kids are into sports. I've said I'll try to love them even if they aren't gay. Obviously, we'll be cranking this in the crib.
Fave visual: All the nerd cameos are great but I still love the pac man fire at the start most of all.


NUMBER 8 is not for newbs. It seems to tell a clear story but only to those who are familiar with the ongoings of Episodes four and five.  By contrast, anybody who has ridden in car with me in the last 6 or so years has heard me say, "Run to Dagobah, run to Dagobah!" It's the 'are we there yet?' of the modern era.
Fave memory: Thinking about all the times my friend Brad and I have broke into this song together.


NUMBER 7 is for the massive multiplayer online crowed. (MMOz) I have my share of online friends but I've never been into the idea of an ongoing payment for my video gaming. Nevertheless I love this video and think of it every time anybody mentions the movie Avitar. Thanks alot.
Fave aspect: the lyrics are provocative but the costuming is just done so well. I wish I could be them all for a halloween.


NUMBER 6 is special for me, because not only does it capture what it's feels like and is like to sit in your basement pretending to be an elf, I have a lot of love for the song   Like a  G6,  that this wonderful spoof is based off of.
Fave coincident: Cool, this is number 6. haha. For you non gamers, the GM(game master) would most likely tell you to roll a D 20. But yeah, that didn't work..


NUMBER 5 is a great  little cross over from fellow masshole, Brad Neely. Doubtlessly you have seen his George Washington Song by now, if not the Kennedy or the Leprechaun one I posted back in march.
Fave Observation: I can watch his "comics" over and over again and always see new details that make each image hilarious. I would love to get coffee with this guy.


If you don't like Flight of the Concords, you should pretty much give up talking to me. This is their Lord of the Rings song and they have specialized Hobbit-sized street cred for themselves, being kiwis.
NUMBER 4, take it away!
Fave line: Everybody loves the, you have my sword and my bow, and my axe moment. But how about that germanish metal-core band. The dwarf kills it! 


Which brings us to NUMBER 3. I am in love with this song because not only did the do a great job referencing the plots of Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and A New Hope, they took great care to match rhyme patterns and pitch undulations to match Jay Z's original performance with a level of detail not achieved by any of the other spoof songs on this list.
Fave Lyric: Princess Leia/Alicia Keys "In star wars now Hans a coffee table, there's nothing Luke can do." And Vader, "You're welcome Obi Wan, I made you a ghost." 


NUMBER 2 will always be highly nostalgic for me. If I accomplished nothing else in my final year of teaching, I can honestly claim that I inspired a love of math, music and science in 22  seven year olds. In my classroom it was a privilege to listen to the symphony of science songs and they knew all the words. 
These were all great songs for dictionary races, wiki/google searches, and they took them oh-so-seriously. My kids are going to rule the world!


And the very best nerd song lacks only in length. You have to be a true science geek to get all the abfab references. But even you should know the Isaac Newton quote, "If I have seen further, it is only because I've stood on the shoulders of Giants." For those of you who think Einstein won the battle rap, let it not simply be for his wack-ass handicap jokes. 
Ok, Einstein still won. 


And so, yeah, that's my ten. If there are any songs you would add to the list, I am obviously more than open to seeing them. And what you assume, I shall assume. Tell them Walt sent me. (Roger Rabbit, anybody--anybody?)
Well, here are a couple of other super nerdy posts if you missed them. HA, just kidding...all you have to do is scroll down for that.

But before I go I want to share one last vid. I think it interprets the internet pretty well as a culturally and socially insensitive place run by mad dogs where words and ideas only have a few seconds to make any impact or by contrast  grant you 15 mins of excruciating fame. 
I never post this to my facebook because it's the sort of thing that gets family members to unfriend me. (Also I lost a reader after posting this, coincidence?)


Enjoy!

Inspect her gadgets (Woo hoo)

My fellow Americans, I have become cognizant of the fact that my hair is getting longer.
Below are actual images of what I really look like. Or would, if I superimposed my face over a preexisting image of Danny Tanner, and Danny from the Partridge family. Figure one is where I once was, figure two is where I now am. (And by "now am" I referring to my level of "photoshop skills." Or rather the distinct lack thereof.

If that isn't a face that a mother could love, than may MS Paint have mercy on my soul. I was actually too lazy to do the Jonny Quest rendition as well as me in my Mama Brady phase. Most of all I'm sorry I didn't take any pictures of my thursday night outing wherein my hair was done up exactly like Penny from Inspector Gadget. Of course, I'm like 18 years older than Penny was when this photo was taken. And as such, I looked much as I described it on twitter:

As long as halloween was last thursday night, and in April. 

 But Penny, right? Now there is a young woman ahead of her time! She had the first notebook computer ever documented. It was waterproof and secret, and she had a dope laptop bag to keep it in with her other normal, "no genius here, just kid stuff" text books.

 Everyone knows she was the complete and total brain behind the inspector and if that wasn't ironic enough, she humbly named her dog Brain and then proceed to teach him sign language. Plus she had Skype on her watch.

                                       (Click here for ipod/droid Penny backgrounds) 

But alas, this message will self destruct if I don't get back to talking about my hair. Long beautiful hair?Yeah, it's getting longer and I think I may start blowdrying it. I'm pretty sure that's what adults do. And I'm pretty sure I should start thinking of myself as one. But most of all it seems to keep it from getting all snarly.

Also in France, and in Europe in general, it's not considered "effeminate" for males of my race and class to smell good, match and put a lot of product in their hair. Even if I do think it's vain, (and for the record I think it's vain when I do it, as well) I definitely appreciate that guys are subject to the same tight jean bs that we are and I definitely am grateful that Sebastien can find trousers with waists and inseams that fit him. 

Honestly, nothing makes me feel more discouraged by American male fashion, not to mention american male dimensions when we would go pants shopping for him and find no 29x29 but plenty of 42x32. But that's america for you, making fat assery a verb since 17 something or other.

The rest of my weekend was fairly straight foward....the weekend starts on thursday, didn't you know?

On Friday night Sebastien and I game tested the rules he wrote for an Eberron modification for the Warhammer Fantasy game system. I'm really proud of him. He's fleshed out les règles for over 8 seperate armies all with lore, heroes, special units and magical weapons and he only has 5 more to go.

Obviously, the project is his so it keeps on getting bigger. And naturally, I'm sore loser when it comes to intellectual games.. so when he caused my Fire Giant Shaman to flee off of the battle field, I was none too pleased. But I was already busy editing this blog post when he finally beat me.

On Saturday we went comic book shopping dans la place Saint Michel. The Latin Quarter is a great neighborhood for the petites-cafes-dans-la-rue-de-pie feel if your going for the throw back, cher, French experience. It's very quaint though, and if you're already there and on vacation, why not eat! 

The French take comic books, or as I have told you, bandes dessinées, very seriously. You can find history lessons rendered in comic, you can find military adventureism made comic--sometimes, you can get those both in the same tome! You know who know me so well know that I'm a very serious person who reads only interesting and important books and well as vetted online article, and first source materials. But I also like sex. Alot. Enough to help me learn French.

Now I'll give you the disclaimer I gave my coloc who asked to borrow the livre when I'm finished. I was like, look--don't think I'm a freak or anything. (bluff check like whoa.) I just had some criteria when I went shopping.

1. The pictures needed to look real, not cartoonish and bubblie. 
2. There had to be a fair mix of pictures to words 
3. I expected there to be plenty of frames reserved for nice and dirty sex, in lieu of too much talking.
4. Most of all, it needed to be in color. 

I chose a book by the artist is Xavier Duvet and that hot link is his site. (Believe me, it's hot.)

Sunday was free museum day. Unlike in DC all the museums here are 10 euros for folks over 26. But on the first Sunday of each month, you can get in gratuitment! Unfortunately, it was also May Day and all the museums were closed. I'm hoping Paris will make it up to me next week. But I did get to see this: 

A Communist plot to keep me out of museums: May day

Sometimes it's pretty cool living so close to la place de la Republique, other times it's just noisy. There were some homeless folk tryin to sleep it off in the park. Between the ululating singers of kurdish techno, smells of good food they can't afford and everyone tromping around joyfully, I bet they wish the walls of their tents were thicker. I like the word for protest in France, it's called a manifestation. It seems a more poetic explanation for people gathering in protest because it represents the manifestation of the people's will. Well, while I'm busy dropping in and explain words I may as well say homeless people are called S.D.F. which stands for sans domicil fixé, or "without a fixed home." Every night volunteers drive around Paris and talk with them, offer them food and blankets. Socialism has a kind man's heart when it's cold outside.

Woooo, I'm spent. I hope this update was as fun to read as it was to write. Sorry for the phantom post yesterday, that splatter funk was postta be for my super secret blog. I was wicked frantic trying to fix that for a few. Well, I would love to hear about any of your favorite shows growing up, or a link to your best/worst MS paint win/fail. That would be especially awesome. I leave you with a quote from Allen Ginsberg's poem, Karl Majalis, 'And I am the king of May, tho' paranoid, for the Kingdom of May is too beautiful to last more than a month.'

Peace and chicken grease, my little chickadees.