Go the patriots!

the new england patriots will demolish the new york jets in their first playoff game tomorrow, its on 1pm , wait im on the west coast now, so it might be 10am i better check into that. Kansas city chiefs are in the playoffs too! Ill be wearing my patriots jersey at the sports bar, and probably get booed seeing as this is 49er country. I was getting excited about placing a bet on the game,completely forgetting that its only legal in vegas and atlantic city, i could go to chinatown and find some underground bookie. The patriots are about 7-1 to win the super bowl according to some dude on the street, who wouldnt tell me his bookies phone number. Its great odds, so if you feel like making a bet go to the tab and put everything you own on
the patriots to win the superbowl.

On thursday my travelling companions being girls went and got manicures and pedicures and stuff, so i made a grand plan of seeing the whole city on the trolley system. I got down to the end of the street, walked into a bar and got on the piss-plan failed. It was the vesuvio bar, the one i mentioned earlier that all the beats like karouac used to frequent. And the bar chick was 38 and stunning, and there were some old irish dudes i was having a yarn to, and one of them was about late 50's and very old and greasy looking, anyway the bar chick walked up and kissed him. And it turns out they are a couple, i was amazed. So after she finished her shift, all us irish folks went to nearby irish bar o'reillys, and the barchick was teaching me all about the hippy heritage and the sexual revolution that occured on haight street up the road, and then she asked if i knew jefferson airplane, and i had heard of them form the forest gump soundtrack and a simpsons reference. she then told i had been talking to the jefferson airplane dude, who was sitting next to me at the vesuvio.

On friday i went to alcatraz, and did the audio tour. I was surprized to learn that it only operated for thirty years between the 1934 and 1963, and that only 1500 prisoners were ever there. With its capacity only being 256 or thereabouts. Al capone and the birdman stroud and a few other famous dudes called it home. After taking the maitland jail tour, and now alcatraz, i would have to say that i would rather be housed in alcatraz. After the tour we watched The Rock. 'im sure you understand the etymology behind the name goodspeed.' -my favorite connery quote. and 'loser whine, and winners go home and fuck the prom
queen.'

-tomorrow i think ill go to hyde street, which is the steep hill that the cable cars go up and down, and that nic cage flew down with his ferrari trying to catch connery in a hummer. 'dude you just fucked up your ferrari.' 'it's not mine.'

i saw Rocky Balboa today. it was terrific. old rocky still felt like he had something in the basement. It was really well made, and its amped me up to start lifting weights again when i get home, seeing as i havent even down my pushup routine for many months, now my arms feel so small. And back in the motel in DC i saw Invincible, with mark walhberg about the bar tender who made it onto the philly eagles team. It was great too, one of the best gridiron movies ive ever seen. Both of these films are about people who are beat down, and keep going. I wish i could remember what rocky said today, to his son, about life hitting you, and its how you keep going and dont blame others.

-ill put up some alcatraz photos and more on the next post.

Quotes: i think i worked out my favourite simpsons episode -the beer baron (it used to be the grease raquet)

Homer: "We're going out, Marge! If we don't come back, avenge our deaths!"
Marge: "All right."
*
and my favourite, i cant remember it properly but its when homer goes to buy the bathtubs to make the moonshine in, and he says
'ill have 48 bathtubs please.'
'sir, we have a special today if you buy 50.'
'i'll have 48!'