Happy holidays from each of us here at True Story. We know we have been MIA for a while, but that's just what happens around this time of year. A few key thoughts from a few weeks off:
-Sorry about the Photoshop contest, or lack thereof. It will be coming soon, I-Biz and our submission will be ready very soon.
-George W. is almost done, and that's probably great news for anyone reading this.
-Sleeping until 3pm is not healthy, your mother is probably right.
-Whatever anyone tells you, getting a Baconator at Wendy's is not acceptable, even if you get a Diet Coke.
-Not sure what's in the fridge? Well keep looking, he will be back soon. He's just sleeping off a really long hangover.
-Not quite sure what happened to White Cassel and our Patriots, but we blame Brett Favre. We will be having a Playoff/Super Bowl prediction post very soon.
-Please check out our friends at Buntology.com: its written by some nice looking females, its another blog, its very good, and its full of content containing not quite as much nonsense as ours, but that might be just what you need. Speaking of nonsense:
Stick to popping champagne, Jimmy. Happy Holidays.
That's right, it's that Rick Ross first mainstream single that you know you like:
Still don't believe me? Just see how you feel, blasting this in your car or headphones and act/speak like RickyRoss for a day
Includes, but is not limited to: -Screaming CHUUUCH or M-I-YAYOOOOO as a point of emphasis -Create logos and chains with nothing but your face on it -Refuse to talk about anything else besides how sweet you are, or how much "weight" you move in a day
Still not convinced?
Well then, why don't you just try and use it as an entrance song, in everyday situations?
...a fitting quote on the commentary section of this video:
I mean, who would have thought that a Catholic school encouraged such behavior. The music is very appropriate. The University of Notre Dame should be very, very proud.
We have NOT stopped watching this on YouTube. This is like the perfect storm of a good commercial: great concept, great music, great product, etc. The ridiculous cast of celebrities is endless, with the likes of David Beckham, Method Man, Redman, Missy Elliot, DMC, Russell Simmons, Katy Perry(that tongue thing is mean), the chick from The Ting Tings,Young Jeezy, our poster boy Kevin Garnett himself, along with numerous others. Talk about covering all of your bases. Its like playing Where's Waldo every time you watch it. Word is this was shot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and there is even an Invitation....
But the part that we feel brings the most to the table is this remix of Frankie Valli's "Beggin" that is the soundtrack for the commercial:
Your welcome. I mean, we will have it ready on our iTunes for when KG accepts an invitation to True Story's party. Uhhh, moving on?
I mean, Nike still reigns supreme with their ads but feel free to play this over and over again to help tell yourselves that your parties kind of suck in comparison. That is, if you're still reading this website since our posting of Busta Rhymes' latest spectacle.
Dude's causing more buzz than when he shaved off his signature dreads in a video
His explanation before anyone loses their minds over this:
"It's called 'Arab Money.'...'Take the Money' or 'Arab Money'," (Busta) said before speaking on his interpretation of the song. "Sometimes, people like to twist things. We ain't mockin' the culture. we ain't tryin' to be disrespectful. Ain't no racism going on right here. If you listen to the song, you see that we are actually acknowledging the fact that the Arabian culture, a middle East culture is one of the few cultures, that value passing down hard work riches that's been built amongst the family."
"It would be nice if a lot of other cultures did the same thing. Feel me? So, I would like for it to be like that in my culture where we could build things to the point where we got so much that we don't need to rely on other cultures to contribute majorly in a financial way, or in whatever other way, to societies, communities or whatever governments we might live in. So, we are actually biggin' up the culture. At the end of the day, I want to be like that. I think a lot of us want to be like that."
Thanks to Young Albatross for sending us this. To say this is well done would be a drastic understatement. The boat scene was amazingly creepy to begin with and warrants this parody. Incredible.....in terrible taste, but incredible.
Ah yes, who doesn't love Photoshop? We love it so much that we are starting a periodical contest between one of us and Photoshop Guru I-Biz. The challenge is this: there will be a randomly chosen picture taken from Google. Each contestant will take this photo and do what they must to it. Seeing how the picture is already going to be ridiculous, this first contest will be open to all creativity and has no theme. Here is the initial picture:
Wow. I can only imagine what kind of sick things you all are going to see come from this. I mean, try not to laugh when you look at this. We dare you.
Tiny Toons Adventures started us off early. Suddenly, it all makes sense. I mean, even Bill can appreciate Buster Bunny knowing EXACTLY "What's In the Fridge?". If you are our age, this will explain your bad habits, starting at childhood.
If you watch the whole thing, they not only get hammered and horrify some women, but they steal a cop car and think its a good idea. Wow. They try to turn around the connotations at the end, but I think they failed miserably to realize that every kid watching this was at least CURIOUS about drinking after this was over. Anyone ages 20-23, enjoy this great piece of nostalgia. Interpret it if you want to. While you're at it, grab a cold one.
We are freaking out over here. Yes, that is Jeff freaking Bridges. For those of you who aren't that nerdy: here and here....for those who watch Family Guy, here:
Thank you A-Biz for showing us this. Thank you Axl Rose. Thank you Dr. Pepper. Thank you India.
Taken from Beverageworld.com, from the Associated Press 2008:
Dr Pepper to Deliver on Free Soda Promise Friday, 21 November 2008
LOS ANGELES: Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality. The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.
"We never thought this day would come," Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper's vice president of marketing, said in a statement. "But now that it's here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us."
Beginning Sunday at 12:01 a.m., coupons for a free 20-ounce soda will be available for 24 hours on Dr Pepper's Web site. They'll be honored until Feb. 28.
We don't know about you, but we recently spent some time thinking about this past summer during these long hours of studying. In our opinion, it can be defined as this: The 3 month period where 20-30 year old males rotated this album:
And this album:
....and didn't even question the awkwardness of it. Don't lie to yourself, 95% of you know what we're talking about.
So chillen with I-Biz and A-Biz in Brooklyn last night, stumbled into some characters at a bar that warranted some phone calls.
Flight of the Conchords excited I-Biz enough to be enthused about the night, but I noticed the dude standing next to them: Elijah Wood? Really? Talk about a random night.
As if it wasn't good enough, they were all hanging out together with that girl from Flight of the Conchords AND the Daily Show, Kristen Schaal:
Man it's getting cold out there..and what better time to introduce the style of beer known as the doppelbock.
Bocks, a German style of lager, are stronger in flavor and alcohol than your base beer. Many winter seasonal brews can be considered as bocks. Brewed in the beginning of the year, bocks and doppelbocks (double strong bocks) have traditionally taken the sign of the goat (Capricorn) in many of the labels and advertising. Taking months to age and ferment, bocks and doppelbocks roll out towards the end of October (lasting the winter months through). Flavor wise, dopplebocks question your fortitude as a beer drinker. Ranging between 6 and 9% ABV, they’re not for lightweights, but can be handled in the alcohol department. But what dopplebocks do is call you out and hit you in the mouth with a strong malty fist. It’s like drinking molasses... thick, dark, and rich. But with yeast in the mix, it'll get you drunk. One dopplebock in particular is the Smutty Nose S’Muttonator. Like its dopplebock –ator cousins Ayinger Celebrator and Spaten Optimatorr, the S’Muttonator pours a deep/dark brown and has the great malty backbone. But where it differs from its German ancestry is by having a double wallop of both malt and spice. It is a combination that compliments each other, the sweet/bitter of malt and the surprising taste of cinnamon and clove, without masking either flavor.
So when it dips below 30 degrees and is already dark at 4:30 in the afternoon, have a dopplebock. Who cares if by the time you finish you’ll feel like going to bed (who knows, it may take you a while to finish anyway). At least you’ll have a warm fuzzy feeling all over, and you won’t have to turn up the thermostat (in the end you’ll be saving money for more beer).
No worries, We here @ True Story got the East Coast on lock but will rep the set for the Maize & Blue... (Kudos to anyone who figures out who they are in those pics)
First off, thank you to all of those who serve/have served our country today. Thanks also to the US Government for giving us one of the most awkward days off in recent memory, a Tuesday holiday. Seeing how we have little to complain about recently, we must mention something that has been on our minds for a while. A couple weeks ago one of us and our friend 'Marb went up to Vermont for some interestingshenanigans. We stayed at a house where numerous girls lived. It took until we got nice and comfortable to realize the unique thing about the fridge and the female gender in general. We opened up the several fridges and realized a staggering amount of one certain thing.......salad dressing.
I mean, how much do you need? Is this the staple of women everywhere? We noticed there were...get ready....23 different bottles of salad dressing throughout the kitchen. 20 of these were in active use, and 16 were in one fridge alone. Also, every bottle was different....we didn't even think they made that many. Wow.
We started to think back after this and realize the dinner we had with them. This direct quote from 'Marb explains that situation:
"We ordered food from a pizza joint and what did they order? Salad. The men ordered large subs containing meats, cheeses, and sausages. The women ordered chicken caesar salads, with specific instructions on how to put the dressing on the side. The salads arrived, however the dressing was on the salads."
Why do women love salad so much? Do you ladies know how bad some salad dressing is for you? What can be the male equivalent of this phenomenon?....
Ketchup. Males love ketchup maybe even more than women and their dressing. We challenge anyone to find a guy who doesn't have it in his fridge or doesn't put it on 50% of his meals.
Just a little sociology lesson for our readers today.
Yes. He. Did. Excuse the bias in this post, but the whole world is excited about this.
Congratulations to Mr. Barack Obama for becoming the first African American President Elect in the history of the nation. We credit ourselves for putting him over the top in the swing states with our blockbuster endorsement a couple of weeks ago, even mentioning his extracurricular activites a couple of months ago. Your welcome Oballa. By the way, if there was one unnecessary comparison we would have to make about last night's acceptance speech, it was an eerie similarity to a certain football coach. First of all, he barely cracked a smile. I mean, you don't need to be a contestant on Make Me Laugh after you have become the first minority to become President of the USA, geez. Second of all, after one of the most momentous victories of all time, word is he was back to work hours later, setting up a transition team. Sound like someone we know? Hopefully he didn't videotape Hil-dawg during the Iowa Caucuses.
On a serious note: Congratulations America. Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarian,Green; there needs to be change in this country, and Barack has earned the chance to send this nation into the future with an agenda aiming to bring us back to prosperous times. Mr. McCain was not going to do that, and Sarah Palin did not help change our minds. Lets hope President Obama's new ideas combined with the rest of the government, actually accomplish things and get us in the right direction again.
This, however, was not all political. This was a symbol of how far this country has come. One of us received an e-mail this morning telling us how they choked up. The memory was living in Mississippi in 1971, where they listed "deaths" and "black deaths" separately in the local newspaper. For those of us scoring at home, that was less than 40 years ago, my friends. They never thought they would see this day, and frankly neither could we. There were reports of people dancing in the streets of Brooklyn well into the night. People at UMass are so happy that they were giving out pizza for free to students today in one building, simply "because of the election". One of our professors is an international marketer, saying how he had received texts from people from eight different countries. All of these people had exclaimed their excitement of this day, evidence that our image is already being improved internationally. Finally, one story today from one of us that says it all:
"I work in a dining hall, and there is this Vietnamese man who works every day. He just came here, I was told he used to be a Colonel in the South Vietnamese Army. He speaks absolutely no English. It's to the point where when I ask him to go on break, I at first needed a translator to tell him to eat. This evening, when one of my buddies was reading the headline of the USA Today, we noticed something. This somber man points to the newspaper, smiles at all of us, and pumps his fist like he just scored a touchdown. If that doesn't say it all, I don't know what does."
And now, this week's video, not exactly a music video, not exactly rap, but pretty unnecessary:
Chauncey is finally going home, but he miiiight want to rethink that official MySpace layout. Just Sayin. and don't worry Rick, we've forgotten how you were COMPLETELY justified for trading Chauncey not even halfway through his rookie year for Kenny #$@#% Anderson
Check out Behind the Candidates, a site dedicated to the research & profiling of the top advisers on foreign policy, national security, energy, health, and economics—as well as the campaign advisers—with that research presented in a side-by-side comparison that, in theory, will serve as a handy resource for anyone interested in what a potential McCain or Obama administration will look like. Provided and created by iBiz (a regular contributing True Story mofo)
Also, how can the Politicians and Pundits expect the American population to focus during election time when we all know that these pivotal months leading up to the most important Tuesday in the year inspire one thing, and one thing only...
Egads. Check out more of this ridiculousness at Cracked.com
To wrap this up, let's just say that We here at True Story respect other people's opinions on whom to vote for, especially when we get a chance for real to recognize real (ridiculous Segway Video Blogging, that is)
...We think we'll let Sir Rock Obama speak for himself.
With All Hallows’ Eve right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to talk about gourds. What, you didn’t think I’d go there? You may have taken me out of the anthropology department, but you can’t take the anthropology out of me.
But, when it comes to beer, the gourd in particular is pumpkin. Now we may not ALL be fans of the pumpkin, but for those of you that get psyched about pumpkin pie, this is the time of year for pumpkin brew.
When talking about pumpkin ales, some go over the top not with a pumpkin flavor, but the combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. A couple of examples that take the sugar and spices overboard include Bud’s Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale and Southampton’s Pumpkin Ale. But some of the best find a subtle combination of spices, pumpkin, and a great malt flavor. Those include Dogfish Head’s Punkin’ Ale and Brooklyn Brewery’s Post Road Pumpkin Ale.
Dogfish Head’s Punkin’ is this year’s pumpkin beer of choice. Essentially the base of the beer is a lovely malted amber ale with the underlying flavor of pumpkin and nutmeg. It’s almost like you took a great German altbier and were eating a small slice of pumpkin pie.
So feelin’ like you want to take a bite of the Punkin’ but the 7% ABV is making you a little gun shy? Go for the Toasted Punkin’ Pie Black and Tan. The smoked malt flavors of Guinness are only complimented by the pumpkin and nutmeg flavor of the Punkin’ Ale.
Well, enjoy yourselves out there…and with the economy in the crapper, here are some cheap costume ideas:
