The most fun Saturday ever. (Rachel Lucas)

The most fun Saturday ever.

On Saturday morning, Rupert moved the last of his stuff in and we commenced living in sweet, sweet sin. That afternoon, he took me to the brand-new World Market store nearby and we bought delicious German beer (hefe weizen), and I decided that the city I live in no longer completely sucks if we're going to have such a cool store. That night, after we had a decadent nap, he took me out for dinner and got me to try seared Ahi tuna nachos for the first time and dang, it was good. Never thought I'd eat practically raw fish but I came very close to actually pigging out on that stuff.

After that, we met friends for drinks downtown, and by 1 a.m., I had learned three important things: (1) Wild Turkey and Coke is a delicious and nutritious beverage creation that makes me very drunk, especially when under the protection and guidance of my awesome boyfriend Rupert because I don't have to worry about getting myself home alive; (2) how to play shuffleboard while drunk and actually win (it helps to play against people even drunker than yourself), and (3) my awesome boyfriend Rupert will KICK YOUR ASS at Foosball.

I didn't have to learn that last one the hard way; I was too busy drunkenly shuffleboarding like the classy lady that I am. But I watched what he did to some of his friends and while it was embarrassing and sad for them, it was strangely arousing for me.

I can 100% guarantee you that when Rupert reads the preceding sentence, he will say out loud, "You're such a retahhd." Which I also find strangely arousing.

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Rupert

You're such a retahhd...

Love you, Baby.

Posted by Rupert | August 20, 2007 2:26 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 14:26

A Recovering Liberal

Seared ahi rules, especially at Roy's.

Rupert might kick ass at foosball, but does he spin the rods? (if so, tsk-tsk)

Posted by A Recovering Liberal | August 20, 2007 2:34 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 14:34

Sparrow

With Rupert around, does this mean Sunny gets a reprieve from you dressing her up? Will Rupert willingly substitute?

Posted by Sparrow | August 20, 2007 2:41 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 14:41

LabRat

Go ahead and try it raw next time. It's delicious, and as far as I'm concerned just about the only way to eat fish that has any real flavor of its own.

Posted by LabRat | August 20, 2007 2:57 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 14:57

Alexander

Aw, I just lost a long comment because I wasn't signed in. I'm too lazy to reconstruct it so I'll recap:

~Congratulations you two!

~Hefewesien is great, try Yuengling if they have it there.

~I once drunkenly kicked ass in a trivia game which inexplicably made my sex life much better that night.

~Is retahhd said as it's said in Boston?

Posted by Alexander | August 20, 2007 2:58 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 14:58

PatHMV

Won't you be my POSSLQ?

Posted by PatHMV | August 20, 2007 3:06 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 15:06

sarahk

You know, I just LOVE the name I gave him! You are so welcome, Rupert. And how cute! Your boyfriend says: "I'z in ur blahg. Leafin u comants."

Posted by sarahk | August 20, 2007 3:16 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 15:16

Rupert

Recovering Liberal:

Spin the rods? You amuse me. No spinning...just a blur followed by the sharp "crack!" of the ball hitting the back of the goal and disgruntled opponents mumbling something about someone's mother. (mine, I think)

Posted by Rupert | August 20, 2007 3:20 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 15:20

Rachel Lucas

Awww! See how awesome he is? I love you too, Sweetness.

SarahK - LOL. U mak Rachl Lukis laff. I got your email and am gonna kick your pinkytoe! Not really - I totally understand and will commisserate with you via email.

Alexander - yep! Boston accent, as in that SNL skit with Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch.

Sparrow - Sunny does get a reprieve, but not thanks to Rupert substituting; rather, he shames me into letting the dog have her dignity.

Recovering Liberal - it's funny you should ask!! Before I ever even saw Rupert play Foosball, he told me the stupidest and most annoying thing opponents do is spin the rods like total spazzes. Within the first 30 seconds of watching him play Sat. night, I understood what he meant, as the guy across from him wildly spun like an idiot and proceeded to get his ass handed to him by my awesome boyfriend. I think the spinhappy dude needed a rape kit afterwards.

Posted by Rachel Lucas | August 20, 2007 3:24 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 15:24

daq

Foosball is one of those things I have always looked on with neither envy nor disdain as one of those mysterious activities other humans engage in that will forever lead me to suspect that I may be an alien...

doug

Posted by daq | August 20, 2007 3:39 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 15:39

Alexander

Ah, see you have good taste. I grew up just outside of Boston so I'm wicked familiah with the accent.

Somehow I escaped the accent, though my New England-isms took some purging...primarily at the unforgiving hands of my college friends.

For instance, I learned, much to my confusion and embarrassment:

You don't put "Jimmies" on ice cream, you put "Sprinkles" on ice cream.

You don't get a drink from the "Bubbler" you get a drink from the "Water Fountain".

The laughter, it taunts me to this day.

Good to know we have another Masshole present.

Posted by Alexander | August 20, 2007 3:42 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 15:42

daq

Oh, and if you really like seared ahi, you should at least try to go to a good quality sushi restaurant and try some salmon sushi and yellowtail tuna sushi. It seriously is fantastic. Now if you have tried sushi and hate it, so be it. If you haven't you should at least give it a shot.

Posted by daq | August 20, 2007 3:56 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 15:56

The jDub™

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little...

Posted by The jDub™ | August 20, 2007 4:34 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 16:34

rick

Rachel, you want to be careful with that moving in together stuff. I moved in with Laura in 1972. She's still here. We have no marriage license but we do have three children, two grandchildren, two dogs and a cat. I still love her but more importantly I like her. This is the kind of stuff that can happen when you move in together.

Posted by rick | August 20, 2007 4:56 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 16:56

Brian_Thorn

"I'z in ur blahg. Leafin u comants."

That just slayed me Sarahk. If and when I manage to compose myself and stop laughing I may have more to say, but not bloody likely anytime soon. Gluten-free humorist FTW!

Posted by Brian_Thorn | August 20, 2007 5:25 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 17:25

A Recovering Liberal

Rupert: Glad to hear that you don't spin. I too enjoy the "crack!" ... often followed by the look of incredulity that a chick (that would be me) scored such a decisive goal.

Posted by A Recovering Liberal | August 20, 2007 6:27 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 18:27

sarahk

Rachl Lukis: U kent kick et ifs u kent reech et. Kthx4plang bye.

Luvs, SirK

Posted by sarahk | August 20, 2007 9:30 PM

Posted on August 20, 2007 21:30

Pat Berry

"Go ahead and try it raw next time."

Just for a moment, LabRat, I thought that what you meant was this: "Rachel, the next time you are playing shuffleboard while drunk, go ahead and try doing it naked."

Then I realized you were talking about the fish. But somehow, I can't stop thinking: drunk naked shuffleboard. If anyone ever actually does this, it'll be our Rachel. And then she'll blog about it.

Posted by Pat Berry | August 21, 2007 9:06 AM

Posted on August 21, 2007 09:06

sarahk

Re: seared ahi tuna vs. sushi. At Louie's 106 in Austin several years back, I had a seared ahi tuna tapa, and I actually liked it. I was surprised. So I thought, recently, that I might like sashimi if I tried it. I tried the tuna sashimi that Frank got one night when we had sushi. I almost puked it was so disgusting. I'll stick to California rolls, thanks.

Posted by sarahk | August 21, 2007 10:31 AM

Posted on August 21, 2007 10:31

daq

Sarahk,

Yeah, if you simply dont like raw fish, neither sushi nor sashimi will do the trick. But while I adore sushi I don't particularly care that much for sashimi. I don't dislike it, I just find it kind of unsatisfying, because the rice in sushi actually does, for some odd reason, bring out a lot of the flavor in the fish.

It is a bit odd to me however, tha someone can eat tuna with a slight sear and be fine with it and then throw up if eating it completely raw.

I had some lovely lamb brains in New York last weekend....

doug

Posted by daq | August 21, 2007 11:14 AM

Posted on August 21, 2007 11:14

Boyd

Shuffleboard? Rach, hon, you're old before your time.

Teach her foosball, Rupert. This "old lady" shtick will ruin her.

Although the "drunk naked shuffleboard" may be a different thing entirely.

Posted by Boyd | August 21, 2007 11:53 AM

Posted on August 21, 2007 11:53

LabRat

Then I realized you were talking about the fish. But somehow, I can't stop thinking: drunk naked shuffleboard. If anyone ever actually does this, it'll be our Rachel. And then she'll blog about it.

...That would never have occurred to me in a million years, and yet now that image will be in my head every time I eat sushi.

But while I adore sushi I don't particularly care that much for sashimi. I don't dislike it, I just find it kind of unsatisfying, because the rice in sushi actually does, for some odd reason, bring out a lot of the flavor in the fish.

It does, though if you get really, really *good* sashimi, it doesn't need it... at least in my experience. Every time we go down to Kohnami's I wind up getting a special side order of white toro sashimi... expensive as hell, but I'm in fish heaven for as long as I can make it last on my tongue. Cooking that stuff should be illegal.

Sarahk might have gotten some tuna that was no longer quite so fresh (if it tastes distinctly fishy, it's not- good tuna sashimi should taste like rare steak more than like canned tuna)... or she just might not like raw fish, I'll admit, grudgingly and with much head-shaking.

Posted by LabRat | August 21, 2007 12:35 PM

Posted on August 21, 2007 12:35

Sigivald

I'm not sure I needed to know those last two things.

Posted by Sigivald | August 21, 2007 12:43 PM

Posted on August 21, 2007 12:43

Pat Berry

"...That would never have occurred to me in a million years, and yet now that image will be in my head every time I eat sushi."

Then my work here is done.

Posted by Pat Berry | August 21, 2007 1:11 PM

Posted on August 21, 2007 13:11

otcconan

I have never played foosball, though when I lived in the city in the '70's, seemed like everyone had a table in their house. I have never even witnessed a game of foosball.

I don't even know the rules, as a matter of fact. The only thing I know is what I saw of Pickford playing some guy in the movie "Dazed And Confused." Good movie, by the way.

But the thing about it, looking at how it's set up, I can't help but wonder, how do you play that game with two hands? You got to have, like, four arms, to play. I bet Zaphod Beeblebrox would be a bastard at that game.

Posted by otcconan | August 21, 2007 2:25 PM

Posted on August 21, 2007 14:25