andy, mary ellen, & i showed up late for chad & cathy's super bowl party and got iced.  yes, i know that my buddies & i missed the "bros icing bros" bit by about 2 years...so it lives on, and it's still just as hilarious as it was years ago. and you know, i don't mind getting iced because i actually like the taste of those things, it's the chugging i have a problem with. mary ellen took hers like a champ, and i think the only reason my friends decided to ice her along with andy & myself is because she iced me on Christmas day.  payback's a bitch.  a very bubbly and frosty bitch.

chad gets an "a+" for presentation.  

Christmas Day snow...and ice!

great snow day on Christmas.  around 5pm andy & i were packing up to head back to atlanta. i was scrambling around for all my bags and realized my cooler was out on the porch.  and guess what was right next to it? guilty parties include mary ellen gurley, john gurley, and matt hughes.

iced on Christmas Day.  is this even legal? 

check back again soon - the snow day deserves its own post.

3rd annual gurley trot - recap

gurley trot 2010 went down on the morning of thanksgiving.  it was action-packed!

pre-race photo

brand new banner!!

we kicked off the event with group stretching, followed by some gurley trot trivia. correct answers earned one scratch off ticket from the georgia lottery.  questions included:

Q: how did the gurlely trot come to be?
A: anne & john intended to run the turkey trot in chattanooga, but anne's registration was never  processed and john didn't send his in. they decided to abandon the plan and just run around the neighborhood. (winner - joel hughes)

Q: who were the participants of the first gurley trot?
A: anne & john gurley (winner - hilliard jolly)

Q: who won last year's race?
A: nobody!  john gurley and the fast runners waited for a few stragglers (like myself) and we all went     through together. (winner - sam rauschenberg)


in addition to the vinyl banner and gurley trot trivia, there was another new event:

don't worry, this happened post-race, after the guests went home.  orchestrated by yours truly. actual icing performed by robin hasselberg. t-chron chugged like a pro.

so if you're wondering who won the race, that would be john gurley.  mary kathryn dykes finished second.  eli hasselberg brought his a-game, and if he wasn't seven years old and had longer legs he would have taken me to school.  anyway, i've come to the conclusion that i just don't like running.  i used to be ok with it, because it was free fitness, and free is awesome, but i just can't motivate myself to do it.  plus, my joints yell at me after a while.  i enjoy the occasional jog when the weather is mild, but i'm a hockey player, dammit.  this "race" wasn't so fun when i got to mile 2.  i'd like to thank marissa pizzini for coaching me through the end of the race.

jim "ices" my brother

a bunch of us went to the beach last week. chad had two smirnoff ices in his cooler and we all know those are good for one thing and one thing only.  i can't remember whose idea it was to ice my brother, but seeing as though he was the one to introduce it to me, it seemed only fitting that i'd get him at his own game.

i only have photos of the setup:

it was jim's idea to make an elephant out of towels. we spent a few minutes watching instructional videos on youtube and after a few crappy elephants we ended up with a good one.

john & marissa got to the house later that evening and after chatting for a few minutes walked right into the trap.  i'm pissed i didn't get photos but he grabbed the ice and chugged it so fast i didn't even have time to reach for my camera. john iced jim later in the week with the one remaining smirnoff. he even waited until jim had gone to the grocery store, basically giving him a chance to defend himself.

if you haven't heard of "icing a bro," it appears that you're too late to check out the original website.  i didn't know what it was either until john told me about it several months ago.  go ahead and look it up on you tube.  but don't spend too much time looking at the videos - you'll never get that time back.