Octopus

You might be right. In Shakopee there is a Chili’s that within a year my wife and I have been to at least twice now (both times my Giraffe brother watched lol Octopus, I believe). Each time I felt enamored but the atmosphere and deals but not quite won over as part of the suburban hidden sexually degenerate community as I do in an Applebees. I feel more like an outsider looking into the secrets of the neighborhood then within the secret shame that makes us feel like God. So you might have a point.

John Donne is a Jesuit whore and doesn’t know shit about Applebees. Sinatra is a part of a strong group called the Rat pack. That makes me feel the need to join a group. I will join…. OCTOPUS IS OFFICIALLY A FOUR HORSEMEN

Fredrick Nietzsche once said “To Do is to Be”and Elroy Kant once said “To Be is to Do”. I guess the best way to answer your question is “To Applebees is to Applees.” When somebody arrives in an Applebees and is devoid of preconceived notions of fine dining or necessity of atmosphere requirements, they themselves become as much a part of the Applebees as the local jerseys on the wall, half dusted Buffalo boneless wings, m and limited tap selection. When I’m Applebees the idea of self is both negated and multiplied. I see myself at a different location as a middle schooler and myself as a nervous young man with my eventual wife and mother of my child after seeing a movie. Am I at Applebees? No, I am Applebees. We all are.

Depending on which side you were to me, this is how casually I’d look casually

Only ask me that question in the Ask Octopus Anything thread it’s a conflict of interest here

There’s something to limits

Guys. Of course you’re both getting heated. Mama Octopus always said at a dinner party you never talk politics, religion, or venue scheduling.

Yes, you in the middle right…..yes………..ok…..good question. My stool has uneven legs. So I’m doing this slightly diagonal back and forth rocking. I have somewhat restless legs where when I’m not thinking I can be taping my foot or moving. This rocking is maybe because of that. as I’m drinking I tend to over think it tend to plan out writing or imagine or just stew on an annoying day. Luckily it wasn’t a bad day. Fighting off negativity

Yes, you in the back…yes…ok….I am now at the Applebees. Got a tall Deschutes Fresh Squeeze IPA. I’ll probably have one more. The flood gates have already opened with questions. @The Natural even has one. I will probably get another beer after this so plenty of time.

Beef, potatoes, onions I think, carrots. It was very much a beef soup. But very large and fatty chunks of beef. The beauty of the soup is everything breaks down in it. But I would say it’s a B-soup that is better likely do to drinking, but I’d enjoy it more in the right setting.

Yes, to answer your questions I am now walking to the Applebees. I’m so fucking sloshy. I miss being on mainstreet whete bars are closer. This Applebees ain’t fucking close, it’s near knowledge fuck. UPDATE: my duplex neighbor walked passed me and we high-fived and laughed. I ate too much soup

UPDATE: half way through the soup. Cool Guy sat near me for takeout order. He got a Maker’s Mark and I go “always a good call” we’re instant buds. He asks if the soups good and an old guy near us shout “looks good, THAT SOUP LOOKS GOOD!” I’m now over hyping the soup to be nice. It is good soup but not hype soup. Solid B-level soup but this is my chance to bond with Cool Guy and old guy. I say I usually get the Chori Polo and the Cool Huy knows it. We have a lot in common. He gets the enchilada with each type of meat. Fucking rebel, this guy. Old guy probably can’t hear what’s going on but I’m going to dip and walk to Applebees when I get the chance. Already paid, but I can’t finish this gallon of fucking soup. Cool Guy left and I only have a bit more of my beer. I’ll run like a coward to a worse tap

Long story short: I am out of the house, lil Octopus is wish my wife and her Mom. My wife has fun plans tomorrow so tomorrow lil Octopus and I will likely watch lucha libre and Sesame Street. Wife said have fun tonight, so I’m at the Mexican restaurant/ bar down the street. I used to be more of a regular but busy life I’m an occasional. I order a tall Pacifico (my usual here, but elsewhere I’ll get a Summit and maybe a shot of Tullamore Dew if I’m feeling frisky) and the bartender (not Chewy but the other one I never got the name of) says “ohhhh, your usual.” As someone with a necessity to be loved I take the slightest recognition as if it was a warm embraces of a good friend. Agter turning down a menu, I decide I’m actually a little hungry. I had Jimmy John’s at work, but that was quite a while ago. So, I ask for a menu. Yes, I know. I normally get the Chori Polo but I decide for something different. Which I explain as I’m looking. The bartender says, “You like Soup?” It’s loud with the sound of rhythmic pan flutes in the air.”, do I ask him to clarify. After confirming he is asking about Soup, I ask “is there good soup here?” “I really like the soup” ”what’s in it?” ”its very good” ………”ok” ”you want the soup?” “I’ll take the soup” ”You’ll like it. I really like it” ok, so I’m getting the soup. He says it’s on the menu but I couldn’t find it. Well, I got the soup. Bartender hands it to me with a super proud look on his face and goes “It’s a gallon!” He’s super excited to watch me eat this soup. It’s good soup. He’s happy it’s good soup and keeps looking over saying he really likes it. He’s happy it’s good soup. But I realized even though it is AC in here, it’s super hot out there. Like a dummy I got tequila and a lot of beer. This is a terrible fucking idea. But I need to put a big dent in this soup. I’m trying to read about @Elsalvajeloco’s thoughts on venue management and @Gordlow putting parentheses around a words to make a joke I totally get, I got a gallon of soup in front of me at a bar and a tall Pacifico. I figure, while I’m chowing down this large soup and planning a casual escape , I might as well open the floor to questions. Feel free to ask about whatever. Octopus life, soup, beer, derpin, wrestling, whathaveyou. @Matt D’s even invited. I will fight this soup from sobering me up and drink more.

There wasn’t even one parenthesis in there, @Elsalvajeloco

I (don’t get it) But I (want to be with included)

So it’ll be a series of Four Tournaments. One - A 8-man round robin where the winning team faces off in a round robin and if there is a tie then a 4 Fourloco Deathmatch to settle the winner Two - A 16-man regular tournament where the seeding is determined by wins and match length of the previous tournament, broken up in the divisions of their own group Three - A best of Four series of FourWays. Four - Each group has to work on a group project and best group advances. The winning group then faces off against each other to give a presentation on who the greatest wrestler of all time is. The winners of each of these tournaments will become THE FOUR RETAINING WALLS OF AEW. If someone wins multiple tournaments, they can nominate their buddy, even if they weren’t in the tourneys. I personally think this is good booking.

Give me Joe, then Jay, then Jay and Joe, then Joe and Jay. Just give me it all!

The story mode revolve around the Nightmare Collective

My issue with beaches is that if they don’t have foot washing stations away from the sand, then I’m just walking around uncomfortably. A quakable body of water or said quaking happening near water, that sounds like a more pleasant evening out with the boys. Here was my road report from the previous quake filled event:

I’m hoping for Quake by the Lake 2. Fingers crossed later this year.

Pillars talk - it’s just fun branding of young people on the first show, taken from a promo that lead to a shirt and more references. It stuck, so it’s a fun thing. You can point to Brit Baker and OC as non-WWE talent that got over outside of the Pillar branding. Starks brought up how he doesn’t like the term (and maybe it’s him hinting at a storyline and I’m a mark) but no one actually believes that Jungle Boy is the second coming of Taue. Starks has It and with the right storylines and build could really be something. He doesn’t A) need to be a part of referred to grouping, or B) need to say the term is dumb. If we do want to make more cute little four person categories to be cute and have cute fun, I believe it was @AxB that once said the 4 Killahz (he probably didn’t use a Z but it’s cute and let’s be cute and have cute fun). But that stuck with me. Let’s make four cute groups so no one feels left out and the have the four groups have a tournament to see who the cutest is. Four Pillars - MJF, Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara, and Jungle Boy Four Killahz - Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, Hobbs, Lee Moriarty Four Thrillas - Ricky Starks, Swerve Strickland, Peacock guy, Komander Four Kidz of Wrestlahz - Hook, Brock Anderson, Brian Pillman Jr, Rush? I would have included women like Hayter as a Killer but if it’s a cute tournament then outside of the video game, AEW doesn’t do intergender matches. ——— Yeah, @The Natural I agree. You have to leave Dynamite with at least one A-level star

Uggggh, I’m gonna do it. I’ll get the extra version for FTR. I’m excited. I want to play @The Natural online and be Penta. I may lose, but I will spam taunt so hard.

One thing Cole has going for him is that the people that like him, really like him. This was before he was on UUDD, whether through ROH or PWG or BTE or maybe his own streaming he seemed to get very passionate fans. Small sample size, but a few instagram pages I follow of people that are also wrestling fans share a bunch of pictures of him and cite him as their favorite. I’ve brought this up before and I’m sorry if I’m misremembering where specifically I heard it. I believe on AEW Unrestricted Cole was on and he was talking about Shawn Michaels being a mentor and really teaching him to understand ring psychology. I’m sure there is more he’d have to offer on the subject, but what he talked about was very much treating a match like a rollercoaster. Also to lay down longer when he is selling to increase fan investment. I’d be interested to hear more of his thoughts and what he learned from his wrestling dad. I think he has loads of charisma. With the right storyline or feud we could see some really neat promos. Before all the injuries and shenanigans, I thought an Elite vs Ultra Elite or whatever would have been cool. I’m ignorant enough on his work to not be able to reference pre-AEW greatness or weakness. Off what I have seen, I guess I’m 50-50. I think he gets a lot of love from some circles and distain from others. Not an Octopus Guy and I’m not sure he’ll fully win me over but could be an enjoyable character in the wild world of wrestling. He comes across as a kind guy so I’ll always be pulling for him to stay healthy and do cool things. For the body talk, I think he is fine. Handsome face, a real cutie. I understand the criticism, but I will say his pointy knees are a plus and not a negative. Let those razor sharp bad boys get the back of your head and that should be protected like a Jackhammer. ——- Jesus! I was typing this out and say @just drew posted so I thought I’d read before posting my casual indifference but a nice guy post. Hot dang, My dude Drew has the day off and I’m not going to disagree with him today. *fearfully shuffles papers* Adam Cole looks like if a pale Daschshund with greasy long hair stood up on his hind legs and was bad at video games. I bet he tips waitresses poorly and talks too much about his collection of beer shirts but only drinks pilsners. Nothing to see here bud, just casually backing away quietly.

Very well stated evaluation of personal biases and self critique.

Dear lord, if this years All Out they can build to an Anarchy in the Arena type match called Brawl Out with the Elite vs CM Punk Sympathizers, I’ll shake the great Tony’s hand on a masterful long term booking/ talent management save. If they don’t collide, give me a different thing that is neat.