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...that I can't believe Tink and the Occulator forgot was THE MAN CHANGING HIS PANTS IN FRONT OF THE OPEN HOTEL ROOM WINDOW.

What else needs to be said?

1. Even if as The Unknown Bowler (aka, TUB. What, no Crocket?), just pleased I got to bowl this year.
2. More pix of Justin, sans pants.
3. Dude-shopping w/ Justin. Or should I say, Pardner shopping, since it was for Western wear.
4. Being in the girls room as they tried on their new get-ups.
5. Joe Dana's reaction to my accordion shirt. I thought PRB stood for Polka Rock Bowling.
6. I didn't distinctly hear a "no" from Julie Wanda. I think we're engaged.
7. Though it wasn't PRB-related, seeing my long lost crush from 17 years ago who now lives in Vegas and has a family w/ 2 kids. Being thankful for not having any kids that I know about.
8. New cocktail: double espresso vodka + Coke. Think Coke Blak with booze.
9. Ruining the singer from American Steel's near-300 by foisting my bucket o' beer on him. Those guys were cool.
10. All that stuff that Vicky Pepper and I did in the room while Ms. Jen & Tink went to fetch something and came back half-expecting to catch Vicky Pepper and I in the act of doing something, but instead found us chatting all nonchalantly. Mmmmaybe.

My highlights were:
Laser show in the atrium. Proud to be an American!
Captain for Bad News Bowlers
Dancing at the Roxy Club at Sam's Town
Shoe shopping with the girls @ the Zappos outlet. Where ugly shoes go to die! (sorry girls).
Manic Hispanic
Finally getting to see the Adolescents play. (I know. I admit it. Not worthy!)
Wearing our cute vintage cowgirl outfits!
Seeing and spending time with good people (Al, Tammy, Wanda, Jen, Brian, Sandra, Justin and Vicki) and meeting new people (Ruth and her fam!)!

Yep, Today is the Day! Departure for Punk Rock Bowling 2008! Watch our flickr photos at the bottom of each page for the live, mobile photos as the event happens!

Photo taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N95 on Dec. 11, 2007.

From Aug. 28th to Dec. 11th, 2007, Barflies.net fielded a bowling league team for the Alex's Bar Bowling League on Tuesday nights at the Valley View AMF Bowling Lanes in Garden Grove.

16 weeks of bowling and I did not really improve. Ok, so I was only there and bowling for about 9 of the 16 weeks, but...

All in all it was a lot of fun and the Switchblade Stiletto girls won the league.

Punk Rock Bowling 2008 is coming up very soon at a Las Vegas near you...

I went to a kids birthday bowling party last weekend at Tustin Lanes. I got a strike the first time I rolled the ball. I also got one of the top scores, but most of the other bowlers were six and seven years old. It was fun to play with bumpers. That was the good news.
The bad news is that about half the kids got sick. Those poor little kindergarteners spent the last week of school hacking like old chain-smokers.

In the barflies.net room at Punk Rock Bowling 2007, Julie Wanda develops a new technique for drying fingernail polish. A much more fun way of drying one's fingernails.

Barflies.net One Pin team has made the "A" League play offs! We bowl in the finals at 1pm today. Come on down and cheer for us.

Only two days to Go... countdown to Punk Rock Bowling 2007!

My primary memory last year was being so sick with a headcold and the flu that I couldn't drink, couldn't eat, and couldn't remember much besides going to the Right Aid with Lucky to get kleenex and DayQuil and shopping for Sandra's wedding dress on the last day. I don't remember bowling! I am not even sure how I drove home, but I do know I was in bed for two days afterward! And not from partying!

This picture was taken Friday night when the full force of my sickness hadn't yet hit me. I was on cold medicine and not drinking. These fellows were luckier than I was.

Knock 'em dead, break a leg, and all that other stone cold rocking stuff. I will miss that special Vegas smell.
"Don't Stop Believin'"

Love,
Nine-pin Kevinator

The Countdown to Punk Rock Bowling 2007... We are now 4 days away from Lost Wages and too much fun.

Photo by Jenifer Hanen on 02.19.05 of Maria, Julie Wanda and Louis at Punk Rock Bowling 2005.

The Countdown to Punk Rock Bowling 2007... We are now 6 days away from Lost Wages and too much fun.

02.18.05 - Some fellow drinking in the hallway of the Gold Coast as we were arriving. Bless PRB.

The Countdown to Punk Rock Bowling 2007 begins. We are now 8 days away from Lost Wages. For the next 8 days, I will countdown with photos from PRB 2005.

Photo from 02.18.05 - Photo by Jen Hanen with her Casion Exlim Z40 at Punk Rock Bowling 2005.

Yes, the team is back again this year for Punk Rock Bowling in Jan 07
Team One Pin is:
One Pin Jen
Wanda
Occulator
Tinkinator
Wish us luck for we are going to blast the other teams out of this world. . . .

Oochie Smoochie

Been wanting to put up bowling locations for a long time now. Information is pretty accurate and I'm sure it's subject to change and always factor in shoe rental, if needed. This is a helpful site AMF.com.
Bowling Alleys

Santa Monica Areas
Mar Vista Lanes
12125 Venice Blvd. Venice, CA 90291
310-391-5288
After 9 PM on Wed $3.00 a game
- Actually Brian and I have bowled here many times and it's a decent place.

Bay Shore Lanes
234 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-399-7731
Wed Special (starts at 9PM) but you have to call to get your name on the list and you have to bring 4 people. If 3 show up you have to pay for the 4th person who doesn't show up.
5.25 cover but .25 shoe rental, games, popcorn and soda. The place needs some TLC!

El Dorado Lanes
8731 Lincoln Blvd. Westchester, CA 90045
310-670-0688
M, Th after 9 PM $11 cover includes shoes
Tue, Wed after 9 PM $3.00 per person

South Bay
Palos Verdes Bowl
24600 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505
310-326-5120
Wed after 9 PM $8 cover, .25 games, Hot Dogs, Soda
Monday thru Friday after 5PM $4.25 a game, but Tuesday and Thursdays are difficult because of league.

Gable House
22501 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505
310-378-2265
M-Th 4 PM to 2 PM $4.50 a game
Friday 9PM - 11:30 PM $4.75, same for Saturday
Sunday 6PM-1AM $4.75

Gardena Bowling Center
15707 S. Vermont Ave. Gardena, CA 90247
310-324-1244
4.25 a game

Orange County
Linbrook Bowling Center
201 S. Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92804
24 Hrs
714-774-2253
Mon and Tue 8 PM-1AM $1.75 a game
Linbrook worked out for everyone to meet at.

Fountain Bowl
17110 Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92804
714-963-7888
Wed $1.99 a game
- You need to get there early

Carter Lanes
1501 S. Lemon Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832
714-526-7725
$2.50 per game

Valley View Lanes
12141 Valley View St.
Garden Grove, CA 92845
714-898-2507
They close at 10 PM and need to call to reserve a lane, $4.25 a game

Westminster Lanes
6471 Westminster Blvd. Westminster, CA 92683
714-893-5005
Tue after 9PM $18 a lane, unlimited games for 3 hours, need to reserve a lane.

O.K. I know I'm finally getting to putting up my pics of Punk Rock Bowling 2006.
I really don't have a Top whatever for the event. It was a tough tornament this year. More teams signed up and Bad News Bowlers couldn't even get to Day 2 playoffs. But we did our best and had a great time.

PRB Top 10 (in chron order)

1. Hitting the ground running. No sooner than we check in late Friday night than I good’n’loaded and before I know it, it’s time for steak’n’eggs b-fast at 4:30 a.m. en route to catching a little shut-eye (shh, don’t tell anyone I wussed out).
2. Jacuzzi tub. Those fucknuts at Sam’s Town may have given our room away with two beds (it’s no secret I love and lust for Sandra and Justin, but ever since Comrade Daly became Mecha-Justin when he sleeps, no way am I sharing a bed with them) and the night manager, “Dick,” was “happy to provide me with a roll-away,” so I was happy to insist they give us a suite and then some*. Not only was this suite on the inside overlooking the atrium and Ram’s Head Bar inside Sam’s, but it had a tub with jets. My punk-ass, hard-as-fuck self even sprinkled the bath crystals in there.
3. Bowling. No, we didn’t make it into the Top 32. Somehow we didn’t even make the Top 88 this year (wha…?). But it was fun nonetheless. I was striking up a storm, but for some reason, I couldn’t pick up a spare to save my life. Top score: 170.
4. Hofbrauhaus. Seven of us took a cab ride all the way to Munich and feasted at the replica of the Hofbrauhaus. Big Kev and I were the only ones man enough for the liter of lager, and Comrade Justin and I were the only ones man enough for the sausage platter (oh wait, that can be misconstrued). Good, authentic saurkraut and an Oompa band? Hell’syeah.
5. TOM MOTHERFUCKIN’ JONES. That’s right punks. I didn’t get to see the Swingin’ Utters. Didn’t mind not seeing the Briefs again. Had no interest in seeing Pennywise. And you couldn’t even heard Flock of Goo Goo behind that glass case at Roxy. So 4 of us headed to the MGM for THIRD ROW seats for TJ, “The Voice.” Was I the only one singing the chorus “You bitch, you slut, you whore” during “Delilah”? SFW!
6. Wheel of Fortune Progressive. I hate Vegas, gambling in particular. But when I’d had enough of the Vince Neil Wannabe show at Roxy (dude, you’re wearing cheetah print pants and matching cowboy hat and you’re singing a Van Morrison song?? Um.) I went and plunked a bill in the no-armed bandit (you just hit a button that says “spin” now) and multiplied my pot by 150%. Too bad I started with only $10. We hit a few more banks of W.O.F. slots, but fortunately for me although I lost on the penny one, I recouped it all and then some on the dollar one. Still, it was enough for some more drinks and…
7. More 4:something a.m. steak’n’eggs. I’m drawing a blank on who we ended up sitting with, but I know that John Cusack lookin’ dude was there. Afterwards, it was up to our new room, where I’d have a real bed.
8. Sleep in late. No second-round bowling? No problem. Woke up at a leisurely time, got my morning coffee and carrot cake (they were out of everything like bagels and cinnamon rolls).
9. Laser Vag. I went down to the alley to make sure Epitaph won again. In the process, I got my PBR (not PRB, Pabst Blue Ribbon) button back from that biter Jason Stabile and was then treated to discovering why they call Jen (Jennitalia), “Laser Vag.” When she pulled everything down right there in the alley, though, she revealed that she’s gotta go in for “one more session.” Anyway—as much as I hate Vegas, sometimes ya gotta love it.
10. *Steak. No, not $3.99 steak’n’eggs, but actual, proper steak. It seems the night clerk who helped us when we checked in disliked her supervisor and manager as much as we did, so she hooked us up with a bunch of vouchers, which we blew at Billy Bob’s Steakhouse. Filet Mignon! Considering we brought our own wine and just paid a corkage fee, we escaped on the cheap for such a fine meal.

Honorable Mention. “Pupee.” I don’t know how it came up (possibly discussing Laser Vag’s revelation, but on the drive home Justin coined an awesome word, “Pupee,” which is of course a pube toupee. Too bad the word already exists as “mirkin.” But I like pupee better.

Can’t wait for PRB 07.
-Occulator

I like the idea of themed Top 8s, and since I had a fricking blast as per usual in Lost Wages for Punk Rock Bowling, I am now sporting an all PRB crew on my MySpace profile. My Barflies.net peeps were depleted this year (due to financial reasons, or being in Ireland...) and not everyone on my bowling squad seems to have a profile (that I know about, but actually, Big Kev must b/c he subscribes to my blog I found out), so this is sort of a mishmash of my squad, some of the lovelies I hung out with (I'm including Jason Stabile because that little bitch bit me like a girl), and of course the legend that entertained me in a way Pennywise never could and not even Flock of Goo Goo achieves, Sir Tom Jones.

See y'all next year.

Wish Bad News Bowlers luck. Join us at the Double Down on Sat. Night in Vegas for our Pre Anniversary Party with Alex's Bar featuring Tijuana Knife Fight, The Irish Brothers, and Drag the River.

Hi, I think we're bowling Tuesday at Linbrook - Lanes Now Open - Bowl in Beautiful Anaheim. And I hope wherever you are, you're bowling too, although I'm sure you don't need the practice as bad as I do! Who's with me on Tuesday - Kevin - is it Tuesday or Wednesday?

Hello,
Are we going to Bay Shores this week on Wednesday (12/28)?
Or Mar Vista?

Or nowheresville?

Please advise,
Wanda

What's up with the Fountain Bowl having a 2.5 hour wait on Hump Day? I mean, $1.99 per game is good, but a two-hour wait?

So, anyone up for Linbrook on Tuesday night? It's $1.75 per game after 8:00 p.m., no lie.

I'm sure there's a wait.

Lemme know.

Lauren and I are heading to fountain bowl.

Hi, for those of you in the OC or LBZ, there will also be bowling at Fountain Bowl this Wednesday, November 30.

Here are the particulars:

Yes, they have a fountain. But it doesn't seem to work.
Yes, they have a grill. I haven't eaten there.
Yes, they have karaoke!
Yes, they have a "hump day special" for $1.99 per game.
Yes, you have to get there at 8:30 to wait for a lane at 9:00 p.m.
Yes, Kevin and I will be there.

Check the website for directions.

Hey Bowlfliers, It's "Quartermania" @ Bayshore this (and every) Wed. It's my first night after the semester's over so I'm in a bowling mood. The stats:
Location: Pico & 4th in Santa Monica
Time: 9:00 pm sharp (I will get there at 8 to get a ticket. Yes, it's that popular)
Price: $5 cover + 25 cents for everything else (per game, shoes, Cokes, coffee, popcorn) (ie: 3 games and a shoe rental if nec'y will run you $6)
Diner: Yes, and pretty good, too.
Bar: Yes, good quality for a bowling bar.
Freeway accessible: One minute off the 10 Fwy. Take 4th St exit which is the last exit on the 10 West before PCH.
Occulator's cell: 310-339-7245. Please give me an accurate headcount since I have to shell out the cover in advance and I don't want to lose $15..

1. Ordering rusty nails at every bar and having every bartender know how to make it. There IS something good about Vegas.
2. Ordering Frangelico on the rocks as a nightcap and discovering what a tasty treat that is. Like drinking a cookie. Unfortunately, I passed out drinking it at only 4:30 in the morning.
3. Still on the drinking tip—getting a bunch of those booklets with all the coupons from the concierge upon check-in and thereby getting plenty of free drinks (as well as a free scoop of ice cream and an official Mold Coast deck of cards). If that guy was gay, I shoulda really flirted with him to get more drink tix. (In fact, I even left with one in my pocket and Joe, if you’re reading this, I meant to give it to you as I passed you on my way out at 4:30 a.m. while you were still at the bar to make up for drinking your purple everclear soda that I gave you thereby depriving you of your en route-to-Vegas beverage).
4. Lucky’s twin turkeys, resulting in…
5. Placing 15th. It’s not 7th, but it’s better than a kick in the teeth. Barflies’ Bad News Bowlers are here to stay.
6. I’m not sure which is better, the fact that Tink grabbed by package, or the fact that she couldn’t tell I wasn’t still stuffing a pair of Volcom socks. (Oh sick, I just remembered giving those socks to Smokey and he didn’t even mind.)
7. Being serenaded by Lauren even if my idea of opera is Bohemian Rhapsody or Tommy or any 12-minute song by Meatloaf.
8. First I blow it with the girl in the elevator who invited me back to her room because evidently I can’t take a hint. Then I blow it with the girl on the Strip after I clotheslined her and all she did was smile. Then having the wherewithal to not blow it on the ladies who were even more forthcoming about what my chances would be. And by ladies, I mean the “of the night” variety. But encountering them as a result of Justin’s chivalry (he opened the door) was fun. Then watching him giggle himself to death every time he spotted their “business cards” littered all over the Strip (“Te he he. Porn.”) made everything better.
9. I’m gonna put bunking with Justin’ & Sandra here, but I’m a little miffed or at least perplexed that we didn’t get .99 cent breakfasts at 4 a.m., which we totally coulda done with those 2-4-1 coupons on the $1.99 b-fasts between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. I’m having visions of going down there with Justin if he sleepwalked (slept walk?) just so he could do his Darth Vader imitation using his sleep apnea breathing apparatus.
10. On the way to Vegas, my flight was delayed nearly three hours and because they said there’d be turbulence, they didn’t hand out peanuts, they literally threw them down the aisle during take off so they’d slide down (real classy, Southwest). On the way back, I slept through my 6:55 a.m.-8 a.m. flight from take off to landing (stupid work not being off for Prez’ Day). In between was general, genuine fun & frivolity, and PRB on the whole ought to count as a Top 10 item.

Tink's PRB 05
I always enjoy this weekend. What more can you ask for? Bowling, friends, cute boys, Bowling, Flock of Goo Goo and well. . . Bowling.

The highlight of my weekend was finally getting to see Flock of Goo Goo. They were a blast.
I felt that I did extremely well at bowling ( thank you handycap from last year). Next Year here I come.
can anyone say top 15 teams???
Also, Congrats to the Bad News Bowlers and welcome our new team Lauren and the Irish Brothers!
I will be loading up pics soon enough . . . For now I hope this suffices.

So does anyone want to go bowling?

I found my bowling ball in the closet the other day. I brushed some dust and cobwebs off of it.
I thought I heard it growl at me.

So, Dave and I go to the Brunswick Bowl last Thursday in Orange, and the guy at the counter tells me that "your friends were here Monday" and I'm wondering who it is - who hit Bowlapalooza without telling me! and I tell him that I don't have any friends anymore now that PRB is over and by the way, what did they look like. A guy and a girl, he says. 'Fess up! Who was it?

Mon. 02.21.05 - Around 10am - Vegas socked in with fog... Hey Now! San

Francisco-ers keep your fog at home!

Sun. 02.20.05 - Happy Greg

Sun. 02.20.05 - Super Julie to the Rescue!

Sun. 02.20.05 - My cellphone's flash makes sweet Kati look demonic...

Sun. 02.20.05 - Doppledanger...