Power of Sink The Bizz

Well, the alumni event went a lot better than I expected. Met some new friends and drank plenty of free Cooers Lite (of course this is the only beer the IU alumni would have for us.. I was shocked it wasn't Natural Lite, now that is the beer of tailgates). All of us alumni, who honestly were no older than 25, sat around, watched our Indiana Hoosiers play Townson and reminisced about the good old old days (which were no more than 5 months ago). What I found to be most interesting was, on average, I knew most of the other alumni or we played a little 5 degrees of separation and we all knew the same people. This is no coincidence. It is primarily because we are all Jewish. Almost every person at this event was Jewish. It might as well be hosted by Hillel. But over all, it was a great time.

But it wasn't the alumni who I made friends with. I have repeated over and over again that there are certain people who are crucial to be friends with. I have another one to add onto that list: Bar owners. Let me tell you why: free beer. A few friends and I were playing sink the biz (which by the way was the greatest part of the event) and the bar manager came up to us and stated asking us about the game, how it was played and just the meaning of it. She became very intrigued and immediately said, "I want to play, I'll be right back." When she returned, she was carrying a pitcher of beer. Seeing as the open tab had closed 20 minutes before hand, we were in need of a refill but none of us wanted to give up the cash. But we had no problem anymore- a free pitcher had fallen out of the sky.

Lesson Learned (yet again):

Be friends with the important people- or at least the people who can give you free beer.. on a tight budget, its worth it. And even if theres no free beer involved, a friend is always nice.

Peace, Love and missing tailgating season,

B