a totally old pic of beth and me
beth and me modeling way-too-big green day shirts
for as long as beth and i have liked green day, we have also had another equally peculiar hobby. one day in the summer of 1994, we began a list of things that we thought were funny. chances are, most of you that beth and i know are probably on the list at some point for something funny you said or stupid you did. lol. shortly thereafter, we began writing these fanfiction-type stories using funny things from the list, and they were always tales of how green day would show up at our family parties.
to date, we have six stories..and there is another one in the works! it will be a thanksgiving one. they are really quite funny, with many of the inside jokes actually quotes made by green day themselves. others are just so ridiculous and immature that it isnt hard to imagine them saying the things we have them saying. i would be happy to share these with anyone, but the only problem is that some of these are QUITE lengthy and it would take years to type them out. perhaps some day they will make it on here. actually photocopies would probably work, but i dont know who is crazy enuff to want to read these besides beth and me. but for now, here is a rundown of our collection:
#1: our "green day stories"
*the hunks who came to boogie
(xmas at my house)
*a trip to goomba nicks
(no holiday, just out to dinner)
*the funkiest christmas of all
(another xmas at my house)
*new years eve with swan man & green day
(new years at beths)
*confirmation
(beths)
*you think you know im kidding
(my 15th bday party)
#2: the green day homecoming
it was held at my house. i took several posters from my room and used green streamers to decorate our family room. the guest list was as follows: me, beth, andrew, danny, dale, jonah, amy and jimmy. the dress code was that everyone had to be wearing a green day shirt; other than that it was open to anything, with andrew donning a dress. only green day was allowed to be played, which at the time included "39/smooth" up till "nimrod." jimmy even made cookies with green frosting, and wrote "green day" on them all.
the theme was "welcome to paradise." we had the homecoming court, by putting everyones name in a hat. beth and i thought it would be very funny to play "last ride in" while we did this. i believe i was the court jester. andrew was the king, and he reigned over the rest of us. we played the traditional homecoming football game, which actually consisted of us running around in my backyard for 10 minutes in the dark, playing keep-away with a the football. the teams were "the razorbacks" versus "the kings for a day." we both won.
although we do not have any pictures from the event, we DID videotape the whoooole thing. it is VERY funny. we got dale, trying for the entire tape to fart on film, and the part where you can accidentally see up andrews dress. everyone needs a copy of this tape. who wants one? perhaps one of these days we will have another homecoming, but as of yet we havent planned any.
on days that we are together on the birthday of a green day member, beth and i have been known to celebrate. sometimes we do it on our own, even. one year on mikes birthday, beth mixed a bunch of things together that she found in her kitchen in an attempt at making brownines. the result was "dirnt brownies" as a tribute to the fine man. another year on mikes birthday, we made these nasty cheeseballs in his honor. often times we light candles and force everyone in the house to sing with us. for billies birthday one year we rolled down the windows and sang happy birthday as loud as we could as we drove to a hockey game. this year for tre's 28th birthday, my friend mike and i decided the right thing to do would be to wear green underwear. beth decided to go a step further and not wear any. later on that nite, beth called and ordered a pizza under the name "tre cool." all i know is that last year on mikes day, i walked into my cousins house (not beths family) where i was to babysit that day. jacob came running up to me to tell me about his brother. he said:" ERIN! zack is throwing things and showing disgusting parts!" what could be a more fitting tribute?
i suppose my bedroom is shrine enough to make it onto this page of craziness. if you yourself love green day, then im sure you would enjoy my room very much. but if you dont, watch out and dont ever come over. i would say that just about 3.5/4 of my walls are just green day. it has taken years to look so neat! my door is filled with signs that beth made me when they first got their computer and we thought it was the greatest thing to be able to print out our own signs. other than that, walls one, two, and three contain little posters i have collected from various magazines or large posters i have managed to get my hands on. while the pictures cant possibly show nearly everything i have in there, i think you get the idea.
**click HERE to see the ranks of loyal nimrods!**
#3: green day birthdays
#4: my bedroom
so, what makes you a nimrod? im dying to know. to quote a green day poster hanging in my room, if you "think you love those boys like i love those boys" then, send me your tale(s) and id be happy to post em! please include your name, age, location, email address, webpage (if you have one), how you first got into green day, and what it is you've done to prove your love for the band. since this IS my site, i reserve the right to edit for clarity, content, or whatever the hell i please! but by all means, dont let that stop you from submitting = D
