When you say Wisconsin....You say it all

Today I did another thing that I have never done before (or atleast have never done soberly)....I went to a bar to drink by myself. Although this may worry some of you, I didn't actually go to drink by myself, I went to try and meet WI people so I think it was ok. As some of you know I have been working at a bar in Pacific Beach lately and it has been going really well, except for one big problem...the bar is a University of Michigan bar. This means that on saturday game days, the bar is crowded with Michigan fans who do not appreciate the fact that I wear a WI football jersey and brag about how much better WI is than Michigan. So, after working the past few saturdays and having to deal with annoying Michigan fans, I decided I needed to go find my people. Since I have very limited friends out here and none of them want to go watch a WI football game with me, I left work today and walked the block down to the ocean boardwalk where PB Shore Club is located (the WI bar) and decided to go in by myself. Unfortunately the bar was already at capacity at 5pm (because badger fans are so dedicated and awesome) that I had to wait outside in line for 15 mins by myself as the annoying girls behind me complained to the bouncer about the line. However, the bouncer responded to the girls by saying "you may be waiting for awhile, WI fans are die hard and I don't think any of them are going to leve until the game is over", which definitely made me realize I was about to feel at home once I entered the bar. So, finally I got let in and made my way upstairs to look for a spot to sit, get a beer and watch the game. My plan was to just sit at the bar, get a beer, and play it cool, as I scoped out the scene and prayed that people would talk to me. But once I saw all the people inside I realized that there was no way I was going to find a spot to casually sit by myself. The place was super crowded and there were no spots anywhere, you could barely find a place to stand. So, as I was about to call it a day and give up on my efforts, I saw a spot on a bench over by the window and made my move. I asked the guys sitting on each side of teh open spot if anyone was sitting there, and when they said no I asked them to watch the spot as I got myself a beer. I went and got a Leinekugels Sunset Wheat, which you definitely can't find at ANY other bar in San Diego, on special for $2 (AMAZING!). Then I went and sat down, and since I didnt want to seem like a loner by myself I pretended to be texting someone on my phone so it made it seem like I was waiting for someone. I started talking to one of the guys next to me and asked him if he was a WISCO fan. We started chatting and he told me that he was originally from New York, but then moved to Chicago for 4 years, where he met tons of Badger fans and obviously started to love Wisconsin, and then just moved out here about 2 months ago like me. We chatted over some beers for awhile because we had a lot in common and then the other guy joined in our convo too because he also used to live in Chicago. Before I knew it I was not a loner and actually was having a good time. Then, I went to the bathroom and of course ran into many drunk Badger fans on the way. One of the girls in the bathroom told me that she loved my jersey so much that she wanted to buy me a shot, so we went to the bar and took a jaeger bomb (SO HAPPY) and she introduced me to some of her friends, which Im pretty sure were extremely blacked out so I honestly felt like I was right back in WI. Finally the most amazing part of the night happened....JUMP AROUND!!! Only Wisconsin fans would understand how great this was, but just like it is at all the football games, everyone in the bar started jumping up and down and falling into each other. I think I made more friends during jump around than I have made since I have been out here. Everyone was just falling everywhere and 2 guys fell into me and offered to buy me shots, another guy drunkenly started hugging me and telling me he loved me, and another group of 3 guys linked their arms around me and trapped me in the middle. I ended up leaving the bar with 3 guys numbers and much much drunker than I was planning on getting.

Tonight was for sure one of the best nights I have had since Ihave been out here. Its strange that while I was in Madison I just wanted to get out and get away from the Madison scene, but now that I have, all I want is to go back. Today just reminded me of how much I miss the pure drunkenness of Madison and all the wasted nad hilarous people you meet there. Although probably all of the people I met tonight won't remember me in the morning, I still like all of them more than the strange Californian people. I never thought I would say this, but I miss all the alcoholic, immature, and completely ridiculous people from Madison. I guess I never really knew how good we had it there. There is definitely no other school around where you can go to a bar in a state on the other side of the country and still have EVERYONE in the bar act just like they would if they were back in Madison.....I love it, and I now really miss Madison!!