Hot Chick invites Steakbellie to dance, he mumbles something that sounds like 'Yes'
So something very unexpected happened. Not long ago I was bemoaning not getting into any of the cool contests (either by not qualifying for or not being invited).
Most of the contests are open calls-first come first serve. A few are by invite only. So last week I received an invitation to the IFOCE's Thanksgiving Invitational. There are an aweful lot of people that would like to go to this thing. I think they only invite 8 or so, for me to be considered is just stunnning. All of the other eaters are in the top twenty, but I see it as a great opportunity to beat somebody...anybody!!! No Pressure! Cause if I come in last, thats just what was expected!
The food?
Whole Turkeys!
9 comments:
Hey, congratulations, SB!
two words: "gobble gobble"
this is gonna be loads of fun! I even took the whole Wednesday off! I'll have plenty of photos and stories for ya!
Can't wait for pics. A whole turkey...
Does this ruin you for Thursday's festivities, or do you think you'll still be hungry for turkey on the real day?
Finally you posted something about this. I've been waiting to congratulate you on the invite and ask if you were going... I really need to get a life.
That's great! Congrats and good luck!
Holy Bat, Crapman! That's WAY cool! Sign my boob?
I'm with coward. I would be totally geeked about it and end up posting some rambling commentary three minutes after I got the invite email. But not Steakbellie. Nooooo...he's mister cool calm and collected (but inside he's totally geeked). Congrats bro! Can't wait to see the pics. Any word on how big the turkeys are?
Birdy and I share this theroy that if you talk about something before you do it, you actually risk spending some of the energy beforehand. I'm hoping that by tempering my reaction, I'm saving all the good shit for the table.
I have this other theroy "Act like you been there before". But because I consider all of you 'in my head' I'll tell you the truth.....I'm freaking JAZZED about going to this contest. It's not a qualifier for anything, so I dont have to hit any special number, I can just go out there and do what I do. I'm considered the token Scottish guy, so they have to invite me.
Thank you all for the well wishes, I really feel so very fortunate to be competing with this crowd.
To Liz-
Thats a very good question and something people have been saying all week. I have a severly damaged satiation gene. eg.
After the Wing Bowl last year, I spent 3 or 4 hours walking back and forth in front of a bar in Philly while my enterague partied their asses off. My stomach was so stretched and I was so full of chicken, the only thing I could think of was to walk it off like it was booze.
within a few hours the bus we rented showed up and it was time to go home and de-kilt and shower. I wasnt hungry but looked in the fridge and saw leftover chicken parm.
I ate it.
My wife yelled at me.
Hey Congrats on the invite - I don't follow though. Is this like just a Thanksgiving Holiday Special? Either way, it's good. And thanks for the inclusion about the theory! Sometimes we came up with some good ones, like this one. Stealing away energy by talking when you should be using it for doing. Other times its that thing we came up with about crossing piss. Not as widely applicable.
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