34 Days of Christmas

"Can’t make it out tonight my liver wont let", thats the message I receive from Marv on day 14. Where’s the 34DoC spirit my friend? You travel thousands of miles away, carrying it in full force, return to Michigan and inept just a few days in? It’s ok though, I know you drank well beyond midnight the day before so your insurance policy is in full effect, I just had to give you a tickle for that message.

John, Adam, Pete, and I met up at Wild Bill’s for some $1 domestics. It was a rather mellow night, just a couple beers, some chit chat and happy times. It wasn’t until later that night, well beyond 10 p.m. or so that the picture messages start showing the true colors of the 34 Days of Christmas. Here are the updates as they came in.

Update: Dave from Minnesota

Dave sent us this picture after some "rumored" complications with his cell phone. And his simple message, "Happy 14."

 

Update: Lauren and Amanda

Lauren and Amanda sent this picture, clearly drinking the lushous taste of wine.

 

Update: Neil from Ernie’s

Neil sent us this picture with the following message, "double ginger ale and vodka…shhhh its a secret ernie’s style"

 

Update: James from No Resolve (thats the name of his band, the only reference I could deem appropriate to others)

No location or message was sent, just the vivid colors that make out, drinking.

 

Update: Danielle with her $2 pitchers

Danielle sent this picture with this message, "Day whatever 2 dolla off pitchers! need i say more?"

A baker’s dozen is a testament to a bonus. It’s also an unlucky value many deem negative. Well the 34 Days of Christmas proves that wrong! (Go ahead, put it to the test Mythbusters!) Yesterday would mark the day of birth to the father of the 34 Days of Christmas, John. And it was an very fortunate event. John, Marv, Neil, PJ, Kristen, Pete, Danielle, and I met up at Teddy’s Time Square for a drink out of the comfort zone, a beautiful 2006 bottle of wine. Here we tasted the vulumptous flavors the grapes left on our taste buds as we cheers no beers to John. For most the night was collective and ended on an earlier note. But oh no, not for John and Marv whom met up with Lauren later in the evening and clearly continued to infuse themselves in to the lushes they all are. Here’s to you John on your 25th birthday and let the 34 Days of Christmas ringing in our hearts until forever more. Peace to you and peace to all the people on this earth.

 

Update: Dave from Minnesota

Dave must start to feel lonely in company, but spiritually he is Godsend to the 34 Days of Christmas. His dedication through phyisical brutality shows you that no matter how much your throat hurts or how bad your cough is, a drink to the 34 Days of Christmas is mending at heart. Here is his picture and message he sent us, "Holiday cheers for holiday beers"

What a joyous day, a beautiful collaboration, an intricate perfection this is! Through traveling distances and unexpected locations the vast majority were graced with each others faces on this 12th day of christmas. If this was a song it would end here, but this is no song, nothing but the sweet sounds of shot glasses chirping, corona bottles imitating Pete on the returned inversion, and sporatic laughing outbursts! Monday night John, Jake, Danielle, Pete, Neil, Marv, Marc, and myself returned to Boston’s for $2 Corona night. We also shared a collective shot(s). Later in the night I met up with James of No Resolve at Renshaw’s for a festive drink. The rest of the gang stayed at Boston’s. Drinks were flowing, and the festive Christmas spirit was rich in our hearts, connecting each individual to the rest, creating the depth and diversity amongst us as one, as a participate, a diciple to the 34 Days of Christmas. Farmers would stop filling egg cartons, Pepsi would stop filling soda cans, AM would turn to PM, and a perfect bowling game would end, but see, this is where the 34 Days of Christmas says, "you keep yourself at 12, you make yourself happy with happily divisible number by 4 happily common denominators and we’ll continue counting, because this holiday spirit is in all of us, not in just an egg carton or soda can or time or game, this is what makes the sleigh bells ring, rudolph’s nose red, snow white, and santa fat." All hail the 34 Days of Christmas and sing in excelsis deo!

 

Update: Dave from Minnesota

Even though day is a few hundred miles away and across Lake Michigan doesn’t mean the spirit of the 34 DoC isn’t in him as well. Here is a photo Dave sent us with a message, "At the modest mouse concert.  happy day 12"

We’re nearly 1/3 through this thing and we’re still going strong! In the wee early morning from Minnesota we got a picture of Dave and gang tailgaiting for the Lions game. He followed it with this message "Morning tailgate.  happy day 11".

Then later in the evening we recieved a sarcastic little photo from Marv, taunting us with his beachy sunset in California, "How’s the snow treating you". So, naturally, I responded with a photo of our weather, and this message, "its beautiful, u wish u were here!".

Neil sent us this little video of his red, red wine, his message, “red red wine makes me feel so fine… . and a little girly”

Later that night John and myself met up at Snooker’s for a drink. We were accompanied later by Danielle and Pete. Marv also sent us one last photo from California. His message was "Daddy’s coming home" Throughout the country the spirit is strong, not a day lays to rest, we knew we’d be in this all along.

Double digits now. And Michigan weather was in full effect. But don’t think that is going to stop us! Over the weekend, P.J, Adam, and some other went to visit Dave in Minnesota, as well as see the Lions play the Vikings. Danko and myself went to see Evans|Blue, Framing Hanley, and No Resolve in concert in Flint, MI. And well the rest of the group headed over to Kennedy’s for a drinking festive. Here are the pictures throughout the night:

Update: Dave from Minnesota (and gang)

Dave sent us this picture with the following message “And december begins”

Update: Marv from California

Marv sent us these sequential photos with corresponding messages

“Yum!”

“And then there were 2…”

“Whoever said three is a crowed obvioulsy never partied with margaritas”

Update: Anthony from the concert

Anthony sent us this picture with the following message “this is my insurance policy…gettin 1 in before midnight….”

Update: John and Neil from Kennedy’s

John sent us this picture with the following message “Day mutha fucking 10”

Neil sent us this picture with the following message “private stock, love it”

Update: Danielle from Snooker’s

Danielle sent us this picture as the night “legally” expires with the message “Last call bitches!”

I love this. Right now I don’t know what else to say, but that. The 34 Days of Christmas, I think, has more meaning behind it than any of us ever anticipated. This event has brought some of the best times you have with friends, some of the best conversation, best laughs, and funny faces. If Christmas isn’t about all that, then you don’t have the spirit of Christmas in you! (and yes, its only been 9 days!)

Last night was fairly mellow, but a perfect night, none-the-less. Danielle, John, and I met up at Applebee’s for the “perfect margarita” and awesome conversation. We actually stayed well beyond their closing hours. So headed over to Snooker’s, where Pete happen to be working. Had a chocolate martini, continued conversation, and kept it calm for the evening. This is the last day of November, and also the last single digit day. Here are some further updates…

Update: Dave from Minnesota
Dave sent us this picture at around 3pm (his time), and here is his message that came with it, “Day 9 starts early”.

Update: Marv from California
I’m not too sure what Marv was up to in California, but judging by his series of pictures that came through, he kept the spirit of the 34 Days of Christmas 3000 miles across the country. Marv, you’re a good man. Here are the photos he sent, chronologically, throughout the night.

“White russian in the foreground white polock’s bust in the backgrond”


“Got booted from the hotel bar but not without takin some hostages”

And this marks the first post to be typed under the influence. I have read this more than once to make sure I could fix the words that are missed spelled. Don’t want to make this look bad. So where do I begin. First off, I’m happy. I just got back from an early night at O’Tooles in Royal Oak. What a great night. I personally didn’t intend on drinking that much, but you know how it goes, 1 drink down and then its like 5 and a couple shots later. It was a very eventful night though, if I may say. First off O’Tooles has $2 mug nights, which just makes it great for drinking, especially 34DoC style. I happen to buy a couple shots for the shot girl and myself and recorded a little video. The first video didn’t work so I bought another one for a new video. She was awesome, such a great sport for this event. I wish I knew her name, she deserves the recognition. (Beautiful too, if my say, just a beautiful girl, thank you). Here is the video:

I also just happen to run into Stephanie there as well. It was good to see her. And once again, the picture messages kept coming in. I love this event! Thank God for cell phones and the technology that makes the 34DoC more real than ever. Here are the updates…

Update: PJ from the Chicago airport
PJ sent us this picture with the following message, “The chicago airport pub crawl…..one of my finest inventions. 4 bars down”

Update: Neil from Mitchell’s Fish Market
Neil sent us this picture with the following message, “at mitchell’s fish market with lindsay, come for the fish… stay for the vodka”

Update: Marv from California
Marv sent us the following two pictures with the respective messages, “Long nights in long beach always start off with long islands” and “Here’s to feelin good 2000 miles away”

Update: John, Danielle, and Amanda from Wild Bill’s
John sent us the following pictures. One of the pictures includes Amanda, whom has decided to join in on the wonder 34DoC. Welcome aboard!

Update: Dave from Minnesota
Dave sent us this picture with the following message: “And a happy day 8 to u sir”.

Quitters never prosper. That’s what they say. And prosperity is the root of this challenge. I don’t even know if I’d call it a challenge anymore. It’s more like a standard, another breath of air, cold air, cold air that feels so good deep down in the lungs. It’s now been 1 full week of the 34DoC and all is going well. Last night John, Jake, Sara, Lauren, and I met up at Wild Bill’s for $1 domestics. We were also graced with the presence of Dave, Neil, and Marv via cell pix. How great does it feel to know that the prosperous are contingent. To quit, say nay.

 

Update: Dave from Minnesota

Dave sent us this picture with the following message "Now thats a good lookin beer.  happy day 7!".

Update: Neil and Lindsay from the Pistons game

Update: Marv from California
Marv sent us a picture early in the day of this half orange. He captioned the photo with, "What’s missing???? Some blue moon :-)"

 

Later in the evening this video came in. Drink meets camera, camera meets Marv, there’s only one meeting left…

And for a finale of the night, Marv sent us this picture of his Blue Moon, captioned, "The saga continues got my blue moon".

Ahh the night is complete, tis the season!

“Don’t Get Scared Now!” This is the tag line to the 34 Days Of Christmas. And as the night slowly transpired I became scared that this festive event was going to die too quickly, but why I fret. Shame on me. Further into the night I received picture messages after picture messages. Hell, even a couple video messages. It was at this defining moment that I knew that it was too early for this die. Not with the true dedication of us all. No way will the 34 Days Of Christmas die on its first week. No way Jose! Even though we couldn’t enjoy the presence of each other, the spirit of Christmas (34 Days of Christmas) was passed through the digital airwaves and into our cell phones. Here are the updates from across the country….

UPDATE: Dave from Minnesota

Dave sent us this picture with the following message: “Seasons greetings and a happy day 6 to all”

UPDATE: Marv from California

Marv sent us this picture with the following message: “Why did the chaldean drink a white russian???? Because it was the 6th day of the 34 days of christmas”

UPDATE: John from home

John sent us this picture with the following message: “i found this in our refrigerator, not quite sure of the origin but its 17 % alcohol by volume so i shall indulge myself in a drink”

UPDATE: Neil from home

Neil sent us this picture.

UPDATE: Anthony from home

Anthony sent us this picture with the following message: “everyone solo…yet still stronger….ha do i feel like an alcoholic”

UPDATE: PJ from home

PJ sent us this picture with the following message: “Picture from monday night. Put me right to sleep.”

BONUS!: PJ enlightened us with these videos as well.

And I’ll say this once again, with confidence, “Don’t get scared now…”

The first Monday starts off strong. John, Pete, Danielle, Neil, Lauren, and I met up at Boston’s for $2 Corona night. From a night that was expected to last only a couple hours when well past midnight and not a moment too soon! We’ve decided to write a song for the 34 days of Christmas, much like the 12 days of Christmas, but this one’s going to be much long, obviously. Updates from Dave and Marv were gladly appreciated. Our pictures from Boston’s:

The 34DOC is real, there’s no turning back now…

UPDATE: Dave from Minnesota

Dave sent us this picture with the following message: “I might die before this over….happy holidays”

UPDATE: Marv from California

Marv sent us this picture with the following message: “65 degrees in november enjoyin a long island tis truely is the season”