Tuesday, October 28, 2008

7 Deadly Sins..

To the few who read this, you will find that in my last entry I wrote about my attaining of my own personal Holy Grail, the only known bottle of Yuengling on the entire West Coast of America. This single bottle plagued me with many decisions. What does one do when he finally finds the thing he needs, should he squander it? Savor it? Or dare i say....Share it? Since I got it, the Yuengling bottle has stayed still, not moving at all, until I figured out the best way to use it. Well something just happened which made my decision harder. 

Imagine if you  realized there was not one Holy Grail, but 7 legitimate ones...and you owned all of them. Well thanks to my friend Anna, this is now my reality. The week after Mike brought me a single bottle of Yuengling, Anna, unbeknownst to my own obtainment of the bottle, read online how to transport 6 bottles of Yuengling properly by plane. 
She flew from NY to San Diego, and during this flight she packed each bottle in a bubble wrap and placed them in her suitcase. Any bump, any crash, and these bottles may have ruined her entire clothing line. But she did it anyway for she knew of my longing for the sweet nectar of Pottsville Lager. And because of her effort, I have 6 guaranteed FRESH bottles of Yuengling, as opposed to the one possible skunk bottle. This glorious feat will never be forgotten Anna Wesley of Rutgers.

However there is now even more of a dilemma. What to do with 7 BOTTLES? It reminds me of a joke Louis C.K said about Bill Gates, to paraphrase, "Bill Gates has 53 billion dollars. The man can wake up one day, and have lost 50 billion dollars and still go...I have 3 BILLION dollars." This is how I feel about my babies. Sure, I could have a drunk night one night, open up the case, have 4 bottles and the next morning, I would still have 3 bottles of Yuengling. But that seems like such a waste. So the only fair way to do it is, to create a list, dictating when I am allowed to have these 7 Bottles of Yuengling. 

The list is incomplete, but here are the definites.

1. When I purchase my HDTV and a Couch for the Living Room.
This is a thing that has been a long time coming, it is easy to do but to finally DO it deserves a celebration. And I need to find a quick way to be able to finally have a bottle.

2. To become a Californian Resident. 
I have been living in California for a Year and a half, yet I have not registered to be a Californian, techincally..I am a felon. When I finally bring myself to paying the 400 dollar transfer fee of registration titles, I deserve to be rewarded with my a little help from my Lager Friends.

3.Learn Hindi
With two tasks based solely on organization and money, it is time to make the tasks a little bit harder. One day it hit me that I have never spoken to my dad in his Native Tongue. To learn the whole Language of Hindi will take a long time, but thankfully with Rosetta Stone, hopefully I will be able to have a conversation about how much Sheffield Wednesday sucks with my father. For the kick assness of that, I deserve a bottle.

4. The Eagles making the Superbowl.
This one is pure fate, this is something I cannot control. But for the love of the bottle, and for the state its from, This must sit incase this day comes this season. If the 4-3 Eagles, start kicking ass and gaining ground on the division, it may be a reality. So a bottle will be always there, until January rolls around, and I know for sure if I should drink for joy, or drink for sorrow.

So those are my definite things that will get those 4 bottles of Yuengling opened.  I still need 3 more, and those 3 should have more worth to them. Now is the time to accept any Ideas from you, this task is too hard for one man to be responsible for. If any of you are reading this, please help a young man out in this hard decision. 

Also as a side note, when I started this whole blog, it was out of celebration of my having my 200th beer. Well now ladies and Gentleman,  after my gut has grown quite a bit, I am on beer 291. I only have 9 more beers until my 300th Beer Bash. This is a emotional time for me right now, the beer of my past is in my fridge, and the beer of my future is almost at a milestone. Pray for my liver. And say a prayer to Anna Wesley, the Matron Saint of Yuengling Smuggling. 

2 comments:

anna said...

I'm happy I was able to cause you such distress.

I think some of these goals may need expiration dates! What is the shelf life of a bottle of yuengling? You can't hang the fate of an entire bottle on the Eagles ...

Zach said...

holy hell!

I didn't realize this existed!

excellent!