{"id":2733,"date":"2008-11-03T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T22:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2008-11-03T18:10:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T00:10:18","slug":"live-blogging-window-game-cogic-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/03\/live-blogging-window-game-cogic-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Live blogging: Window Game, COGIC edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4:27 PM:\u00a0 Just got to the Saucer, with my Window Game COGIC edition scorecard.\u00a0 I brought my laptop with me so I can work while I drink, at least until people get here to talk to.\u00a0 Figured I’d try something different and do some live blogging.\u00a0 In the time it took me to boot my laptop I’ve already counted one bum and one FUMOT (F’d up mode of transportation – in this case, a car with its hood smashed up).\u00a0 I’ve seen cars that obviously contained COGIC people, but there were no visible signs so I couldn’t count them as courtesy cars.<\/p>\n

4:30:\u00a0 There’s a bum.\u00a0 That makes two.\u00a0 And a courtesy car.\u00a0 The bum is the one with the ear tumor who always wears scraggly dollar-store ties.\u00a0 He’s asking for money so he can get a coke.\u00a0 The only thing I don’t believe about his request is the word “a.”<\/p>\n

4:33:\u00a0 Up to three bums now.\u00a0 If I don’t recognize them I have to see visible evidence of panhandling to count them.\u00a0 Doesn’t have to be the act of panhandling necessarily.\u00a0 Behaviors commonly associated with panhandling, such as carrying a stack of Downtown Merchant Guides, count too.<\/p>\n

4:36:\u00a0 In the time it took the last update to publish, a fourth bum walked by.<\/p>\n

4:37:\u00a0 Our first wrong way on one-way Second Street!\u00a0 They backed up back onto Peabody Place, but they turned far enough to be facing north, so they count.<\/p>\n

4:38:\u00a0 Bum number 5, this one being “CAN I AKS YOU A QUESTION.\u00a0 U GOT 50 CENT” guy.\u00a0 I also started a custom “hippies” category and marked 3 down.<\/p>\n

4:42:\u00a0 Here comes Pete on his scooter.\u00a0 Looks like he’s not stopping in.\u00a0 He knows he’d get his ass kicked at pool if he did.<\/p>\n

Sipping a Dos Equis Lager with extra lime.\u00a0 Brittney is serving me.\u00a0 This would be waitress Brittney who works really hard, not lazy bartender Brittney who sits on her ass all day.<\/p>\n

4:46:\u00a0 Got our first entry in the RUP (Really Ugly People) column.\u00a0 Currently at 5 bums, 3 hippies, 3 buses, 3 COGIC cars, 1 police car, 1 FUMOT, 1 RUP.<\/p>\n

4:49:\u00a0 Geo Metro hatchback with green body and red hood, dents all over.\u00a0 It’s borderline FUMOT but I’m going to say yes.<\/p>\n

4:53:\u00a0 Flower guy on a bike, but I’ve heard he’s affiliated with Blues City and has a permit, so I’ll have to go “not a bum” in his case.\u00a0 The ones that pick flowers out of public planters and sell them to tourists definitely count as bums.<\/p>\n

We may have slim pickings on the bums today, because June Bug and several other regulars are in jail.\u00a0 You wouldn’t know it from the first 30 minutes though.<\/p>\n

4:56:\u00a0 Melissa’s here.\u00a0 Melissa rocks.\u00a0 I loaned her my “I love Romanian girls” shirt and she dressed as me for Halloween.\u00a0 A third FUMOT just rolled by.<\/p>\n

5:00:\u00a0 6 buses, 5 bums, 4 courtesy cars, 3 hippies, 3 police cars, 3 FUMOTs, 1 RUP, 1 wrong way.\u00a0 Make that 5 courtesy cars.<\/p>\n

5:04:\u00a0 4 kids about age 10-11 selling candy.\u00a0 I don’t have a category for that but maybe I should.<\/p>\n

There’s a guy in a plaid shirt walking around an awful lot.\u00a0 He has the look and the body language of a bum, but he hasn’t hit anyone up yet.\u00a0 So far I can’t count him.<\/p>\n

5:09:\u00a0 The owner of Calhoun’s just e-mailed.\u00a0 He’ll have the sound on for election night results.\u00a0 I need to talk to whoever’s managing the Saucer today and find out if they will.\u00a0 No specials at Calhoun’s for election night, just $1.50 PBR as usual.<\/p>\n

5:11:\u00a0 Crackhead walking down Second yelling at nobody in particular.\u00a0 Wait, maybe he’s singing.\u00a0 Yep, singing.\u00a0 And dancing.\u00a0 Now he’s stopping in the middle of Peabody Place to finish his song.<\/p>\n

A car decorated with “FRO: Highway to Heaven” sign just drove by.\u00a0 I don’t want to know.\u00a0 I’m calling FUMOT on it though.\u00a0 See what you’re missing if you live in Cordova?<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, I’ve actually managed to get some work done while I’ve been here, typing copy for one of my sites.<\/p>\n

5:16:\u00a0 All right!\u00a0 We have our first Sharp Dressed Bum sighting of the afternoon!\u00a0 I wonder if he still has warrants?\u00a0 I’m still undecided on whether dancing crackhead counts as a bum… what the hell, I’m going to say he does.\u00a0 That makes seven.<\/p>\n

5:19:\u00a0 Cool, my College Logo Watches<\/a> site just made a sale!\u00a0 Someone from South Carolina.<\/p>\n

5:22:\u00a0 That’s the third pass for SDB past here.\u00a0 I may have to call the bum patrol on him.<\/p>\n

5:23:\u00a0 Meghan has the 5:00 bartending shift at Big Foot, so I imagine she’s arriving to work about now.\u00a0 My sympathies to the people at the bar who got used to the good customer service they got from the day shift.<\/p>\n

5:26:\u00a0 Okay, plaid shirt guy counts now.\u00a0 He’s doing the tour guide gimmick.\u00a0 That’s bum #8.\u00a0 He’s talking to everyone now.\u00a0 Maybe he needs to get his confidence up before he starts approaching.<\/p>\n

Bicycle Bobby just pulled up on his scooter.\u00a0 And here are two more scooters.\u00a0 It must be scooter club meeting night.<\/p>\n

5:34:\u00a0 Bum number 9.\u00a0 Another singer.\u00a0 This one I recognize, so no need to wait for panhandling behavior to mark him.<\/p>\n

Dammit, I’m spending so much time looking out the window, that I’m missing waitresses bend over.<\/p>\n

5:37:\u00a0 Otto’s here.<\/p>\n

5:38:\u00a0 Yay!\u00a0 Mid-South Alcoholic Supply<\/a> just sold some champagne flutes.<\/p>\n

5:44:\u00a0 Starting on my third Dos Equis Lager.\u00a0 11 buses, 9 bums, 8 police cars, 8 courtesy cars.<\/p>\n

5:46:\u00a0 Ear tumor bum has a box of KFC now.<\/p>\n

5:52:\u00a0 FedEx delivery for the Saucer.\u00a0 Hopefully the Romanian waitress I ordered is here.<\/p>\n

Looks like it’s manager meeting night.<\/p>\n

5:54:\u00a0 Sold another watch.\u00a0 University of Texas this time.\u00a0 See, I’m making money while I drink beer.\u00a0 I’ll end up getting about 7% commission on all of these sales, maybe 7.5%.<\/p>\n

5:55:\u00a0 El bummo numero diez!\u00a0 Never seen this one before, but he panhandled Otto at the Saucer window.<\/p>\n

6:02:\u00a0 Left turn out of not the center lane, but the right lane!\u00a0 That counts as 2.<\/p>\n

6:09:\u00a0 All right.\u00a0 Tired of having the laptop out.\u00a0 Gonna shut down.\u00a0 Will provide a final score in the next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"