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are changes within 60 days of 05/15/2002| Bear Valley General A mid-sized store selling all manner of goods to Bear Valley tourists and locals alike. Part supermarket, part deli, part liquor store, part sporting goods store--the place stocks a little bit of everything, in the manner of such out-of-the-way businesses. Regulars making small purchases sometimes gamble against the house, rolling for their purchase (losers pay 2:1, winners get their purchase free). The dark, homey store is often the first stop for camp staff members travelling somewhere besides the relative metropolis of Arnold. | |
| The Beat Local area music store. The Beat is one of two of Sacramento's best independent music stores and carries a huge selection of new and used music. Originally one of the closest record stores to the Sac State campus, the Beat moved into the old location of Newbert's Hardware, another Sacramento fixture. The Beat's prices are pretty reasonable as is their used music policy. | |
| beater Broken down, beat-up vehicle. Pick up trucks make wonderful beaters. Much like old jeans, the vehicles are well worn, passingly reliable given their age, and little effort is expended on keeping them look good. A proper truck beater should have a dog, a gun rack, or a large utility rack if at all possible. | |
| "because there were so many unanswered questions..." "...in the first one". Big Dave's rationale for sequels, especially horrid ones like "Substitute 2" and "Big Bad Momma 2" | |
| the Bee Sacramento's only remaining daily paper. In the early 90's, it managed to finally survive it's finally remaining rival, the Union, which had began to publish semi-weekly in it's final days. The quality of the Bee, as much of Sacramento's region, could best be described as fitting of a minor-market. People serious about their news usually subscribe to a San Francisco paper instead. | |
| "beef!" Mostly outdated exclamation that would derisively follow a particularly nasty wipeout. The term enjoyed popularity in mid-80s NorCal. | |
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| beer in little glasses One evening at the Mushroom, Roy wanted to offer up a toast, but we'd all been drinking shots that evening and were suffering a glut of beer. Roy poured out a number of beer shots to which he offered his toast. As the evening wore on, and the beer shots progressed, the toasts devolved down to "here's to beer in little glasses". The fact that one was consuming an ounce of beer was lost on the group., It should be noted that drinking beer from shot glasses was the preferred way of playing "Up the River, Down the River" and other drinking games for a while in Chico as a way of making sure everyone was drinking a fair amount. | |
| beer pressure Much like peer pressure, it is the pressure applied to reluctant drinkers. Shavor is the zen master of beer pressure. | |
| beer tit Fake rubber breasts designed to fit over beer cans. Official house gift for a year. We gave our friend Molly a beer dick once, but it doesn't appear that is was used (or appreciated). | |
| beer trek Proto-TV drinking game based on that perennially running multi-series Star Trek. Each player gets a character for whom they drink when the character appears on screen. There are a myriad of variants, usually pertaining to common actions ("drink when Bones says 'dammit'"). These games can become horridly complex. Related games usually get the "trek" appellation as well. One of the harshest such games was "Barbarella Trek", whereupon technobabble brought with it a social drink. | |
| beer wall Shavor heard a tale of Charlie Bill's old man's exploits while a young man where he and his roommates had this idea to create a floor-to-ceiling wall of beer cans. This initial attempt failed after the remaining contents of the cans soured and began to stink, aborting the project. Shavor's wall was made of well-washed cans and spelled the word "beer" on the 10 foot x 3 foot wall. | |
| beeracle An amazing beer-related phenomenon (doo doooo, dee dooo dooo). Beeracles include such feats as never-ending kegs, houses that are miraculously clean after a party, and Henry staying up until the end of the party. | |
| beeramid Towering stack of beer cans. Beeramids tend to keep cans together for easier collection, as everyone wants to contribute. Often the scene of great catastrophe when they get knocked down by some casual drunkard. | |
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| Bel Air Sacramento's quasi-upscale supermarket chain. The bigger and more expensive brother of Raley's. | |
| belching In a somewhat refreshing turn against stereotypical gender roles, the folks who can belch loudest amongst the House friends are all women, most notably Maria and Cheryl. The two could rip such loud ones that you could hear them echoing down the halls of Desmond, sometimes through closed doors. | |
| beverage Alcoholic beverage, usually beer. (from the CSUS Ski Club) | |
| Bidwell Park Large park in Chico running along a small river. The park has several components, one being a nice city-park style area with benches and the like. In this portion, concrete walls have been added to the river bank and a natural swimming pool created. The park runs upstream from there into a undeveloped area popular as a swimming hole with the students, as the eye of authority is nearly nonexistent there. | |
| Big Church There is a large church complex with the name "Capital Christian Center" just off HWY 50 near Rancho Cordova and near both the Golden Eagle place and the Oxwood place. It features a 20-foot or so golden cross, lit up at night in all its Christian glory. Traffic in the area is horrible just after church lets out, as apparently Capital Christian folks don't love their neighbors enough to carpool. The name is in reference to Peter Gabriel's "Big Time": "and I will pray to a big god/as I kneel in the big church". | |
| Big White the name of the larger of the two camp trucks, this one a massive ten-wheeler. | |
| "Bill can't talk, Bill's drunk" The second of Chris and Brendan's Wolfeboro movies introduced a number of characterizations of senior staff members. Bill and Eric Girard, both from Sacramento, were portrayed as two drunks sitting in a doorway under a blanket. Brendan anc Chris attempted to pump the two drunks for information with little success. This phrase was used to hide the fact that Darklung, playing Charlie Bill, was far too stoned to interact coherently. The other memorable line from this scene, somewhat stepped over the response "you're on a mission, what, are you Mormon?" | |
| birkes Birkenstocks, second best summertime footwear. | |
| bit decay The reason a computer system will mysteriously fail, all other things being equal. The idea is that the bits get old and begin to fade over time. While quite tongue-in-cheek, everyone has likely experienced at least one bout of bit decay. | |
| bitch seat The middle position in a car seat. | |
| "Bitch, no!" Popular phrase of one of TCR's better known residents, "Evil" Maverick. | |
| bizzeh (Obs.) Used to describe those times when you aren't really busy, you just aren't inclined to do whatever it is. Maybe do anything, for that matter. Ex: "What are you up to tomorrow night?" "Tomorrow night, oh, I'm busy." "Are you bisy or bizzeh?" Replaces the old "I'm washing my hair" excuse. Obsoleted about the time people started calling folks on it. | |
| Black Label As chow beer goes, there's no beer chowier than Black Label. This "Canadian Import", while fairly nasty, does have a fairly respectable alcohol content and could be regularly found at rock-bottom prices. At one point, Chris and Brendan built a wall of Black Label cans at the duplex. This beer was a regular staple of Chico parties in the early 90s. | |
| blackout In a morning-after sense this refers to periods of memory loss brought on by extreme amounts of alcohol. Most times a blackout is only a grayout: the memories are there, they just need to be blacked out. In an evening-of sense this refers to periods when the drinker is usually completely out of control and what can best be described as "blind" drunk--vision is heavily impaired, motor skills are usually gone, and all signs of rational thought have left. Notable blackouts were Little Jen on the alcohol posioning evening, and Charlie Bill on his 21st birthday and on an evening when he mixed alergy tablets with unhealthy amounts of alcohol. Experts say that blackouts are indicitive of alcoholism. | |
| Bleachers Arguably the closest bar to CSUS, right across the Guy West Bridge. Bleachers was at one point part of the Graduate family of bars but had it's dance-hall license yanked after patrons ended up being a little too rowdy for the neighbor's liking. It was closed for a few months and reopened in a new sports-bar format, then all the rage. | |
| Bobby McGee's A meat market at the northeastern tip of the Herpes Triangle which the House boys used to frequent during their earlier bachelor days in the early-to-mid-90s. | |
| body shots Quite frightening way of shooting tequila (as if any way isn't). Two people, preferably of mutual sexual inclinations are required. The shootee holds the shot, clenches the lime between their teeth, and is licked and then salted; customarily on the neck. The shooter then performs the traditional tequila shot combo of lick, shoot, suck. The last step usually involves a mild amount of macking as well. | |
| bogart To monopolize something. This is usually a hesher term used as "hey dude, don't bogart the joint". Originally believed to be from Humphrey Bogart's perpetually dangling cigarette. In a communal joint-smoking circle, to also have the joint perpetually dangling from one's lips would be extraordinary poor form. | |
| boilermaker The depth charge's big, ugly brother. Rather than having a simple shot dropped into a glass of beer, the shot is first heated and then set afire! This tends to cut down on the lead time of being handed the drink to plunking it down, as the shotglass will crack if too much time is given. The warm shot with the cold beer makes the unpleasant taste sensation a unpleasant temperature sensation as well. High-proofage alcohols are best for this sort of mayhem, as they light much easier. | |
| bong offs Head-to-head competitions where competitors take beer bongs until no more can be taken. In the two official bong-offs, it ended up with Maria facing Charlie Bill. While there is much speculation as to the outcomes if the contest had continued, both ended in draws. | |
| Bonn Lair Small authentic English Style pub at the edge of midtown in Sacramento. The Bon Aire occasionally suffers from overcrowding: Apparently it has become something of a destination, a fact that the owner isn't really happy with | |
| book burning incident Unfortunate incident wherein Bill scorched a book he was trying to dry in a microwave in one of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" things. The smell of scorched book wafted down the halls and drew a number of curious souls, but mercifully did not set off the smoke alarm. Like the mayonaise sandwitch, this has become one of the Charlie Bill anecdotes reguarly told to newcomers. | |
| boot Vomit. Also chunder, chuke, barf, yell at Ralph on the big white phone, shout at your shoes, and a myriad of other variants. | |
| bottle of Jack Jack Daniels. Usually used in conjunction with alcoholic sentiments. Ex:I'm going to go home and curl up with a nice bottle of Jack. | |
| bounce-back relationship After a long term relationship crashes and burns, the survivors find themselves dazed and trying to collect themselves. In this not-quite-right-in-the-head moment they are apt to latch on to all manner of losers that they wouldn't otherwise date who in some small way make up for or replace the forgone relationship. Often times these relationships are quite intense, but also nearly always doomed for the scrapheap, based as they are not on real emotions but responses and replacements for the feelings towards the old lover. Often times the new suitor will bear some manner of striking resemblance to the last, or else fill in the shortcomings of the past and rarely complete the whole picture. | |
| boxcar The practice of lighting one's next cigarette off of the currently lit cigarette. This is the ultimate in chain-smoking. | |
| Boxing Day The day after Christmas in England, Canada and some other Commonwealth nations. Originally, this was the day that churches would open the alms boxes for the poor that had been filled on Christmas day and give out the alms. In more recent history, this is the day that one gives one's servants presents, or even more recently those who simply serve you, such as postmen. Mo (who celebrates Hanukkah) and Bill (who celebrates Christmas) use this as a middle ground holiday for gift-giving as they are excluded from the one other holiday in this period--Kawanzaa--since there is a certain racial bias against it. | |
| Bradshaws The closest coffee shop to the Golden Eagle place and not all too far from the Oxwood or Snowbird places either, this large cavernous barn of a coffee shop serves slightly exaggerated food to match its slightly exaggerated prices. The large booths, relative quiet and quick service keep this place a hangover staple. | |
| Breakfast in the fijjords Like many families in the 70s, Shavor's family made a few somewhat questionable (in later years) decorating choices. None would be quite so prominent or as long-lasting as a large photo-mural of the Swiss alps that was featured prominently in the family's breakfast nook. It looked as if the wall had been knocked down and LO! one had found a portal to Switzerland. Tragically, the mural would dissapear in 1999. | |
| breaking the seal While there is no concrete scientific evidence to back this up, direct observation has shown that once you go to the bathroom while drinking, the next trip is never far behind. Common wisdom therefore dictates that you put off that first trip as long as possible. This, of course, discounts the fact that the first trip is really just another in the chain of trips and really not special, but hey--you're drunk at the time. | |
| Bristol's Local neighborhood bar that Hank and Charlie Bill are known to frequent. | |
| broadie Also known as "doughnuts", the practice of turning a vehicles steering wheel all the way over and driving very quickly in circles. Bonus points are given for leaving rubber and smoking the tires. This is primarily the providence of white trash and teenagers. | |
| Broke-a de Beppo See Buca de Broke-o | |
| Bucca de Broke-o Maria's 28th birthday was celebrated (emphasis on the "bra" part of the word) at Buca de Beppo, an Italian restaurant on the corner of Howe and Hurley. This location was formerly a bank and is right next to TGI Fridays, sharing a lot that is adequately sized for a bank and a TGI Fridays, but a bit cramped when two restaurants are both doing booming business. Buca de Beppo has something of a forced "fun time" atmosphere which comes off oddly humorless and forced: "look at these pictures, they're wacky goddamnit!" The staff is friendly and knowledgeable though and the food is pretty good. Their setup sprawls across two floors, including a dining table in the kitchen (part of the fun time is a trip through the kitchen, even if you're just joining a party late). The bill came for all that eating and drinking and rounded off at around $28/person--a bit stiff for a wacky establishment, causing Hank to give the place this name. | |
| "burlap!" A popular Nick-ism while belching. Sounds fairly cartoony and is fairly infectious. | |
| Burning Violin Lori and a number of her friends plan on starting a restaurant in Midtown with this name. | |
| "Bus is coming!" Charlie Bill and high-school friend Brian Hasik used to yell this at hapless students waiting for the bus to show up as they sped by in the Hellica. Occasionally they could get a Jr. High student or two to actually prepare themselves for bus loading, much to their delight. Bill continues to honk at bus stops as he drives by, but only says this as to be heard inside the car. | |
| bush bumping Generic reference to lesbian sexual encounters of all types. Lesbians are sometimes referred to as "bush bumpin' mamas". | |
| bust out Create or produce. As in "I'm going to bust out with some mad grub this weekend." | |
| buttery General condition wherein a woman's physiology is such that her excess weight distribution is evenly distributed or distributed in "curvy" areas to a more voluptuous (in the dictionary, not personals, sense), pleasing effect. Famous buttery women include Anna Nicole Smith, Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page. Tragically, butteriness is not highly valued in many European and post-European cultures and such women consider themselves to be fat past the point of attractiveness. This, disregarding the fact that there are a fair number of guys all imagining what naughty things we might do to you, given half a chance. | |
| buy the biggest tank you can afford This was PetSmart's signage in their fish tank area. Bill and Henry thought this funny as hell, and envisioned driving the U-haul up to pick up their monstrous $10,000 tank. | |
| c--- word The queen mother of all words to slap on a woman. This term is the ultimate "fighting word" to use around women and will either result in utter triumph, reducing one's opponent immediately to tears, or will only serve to escalate the situation. One does not say the c--- word anywhere near women, as they can hear it at frightening ranges and will all turn to look at the speaker. No one in their right mind would ever commit The Word to print on the Internet. Charlie Bill, hackles risen, once nearly called Maria the c--- word in the heat of a bong-off. He'd only gotten off "you're a c..." when he caught himself, but that was enough, and Maria attacked. | |
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| Cal Expo Located centrally in town, Cal Expo is Sacramento's site for the state fair, the county fair, and for numerous RV, gun, doll, boat, and computer shows. If there's a trade show in town or any other event requiring a large lot, chances are it's held here. During Christmastime, Cal Expo is the site of a large, enormously expensive drive-through light extravaganza; in the summer it has the large Fourth of July fireworks show; and from spring to fall, nighttime harness racing is held here. It is a rare weekend that something isn't going on at the Expo. | |
| California It is hard to be objective about California while one is sitting smack in the middle of it: the state is relatively isolated, both geographically and ideologically from the rest of the country and trying to make statements for outside consumption is a bit difficult. California has one of the largest economies in the world, driven in past decades by government spending and in recent years by the high tech boom coming out of Silicon Valley. The state boasts some amazing diversity especially geographically; having snow-capped peaks along it's eastern side, deserts along the southern side, lush forests to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the west. While not as sunny as it is necessarily portrayed, the majority of the state enjoys temperate weather and its not unusual to see people walking about outside in shorts in the dead of winter. California is divided into two fairly distinct mindsets, the Northern Californians and the Southern Californians, each vying for political power as well as for the highly contested water resources of the state: the south having the former and the north the latter. The two sections are somewhat geographically isolated as well, separated by several hundred miles of farmland and near-desert. | |
| camelia Sacramento's semi-official city flower. If you've got a house on the Grid, it may be against city ordinances not to have one. If you are a patriotic Sacramentan, you will have at least one of these large flowering plants somewhere on your property. |
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