Fish Sticks, Kanye West, and A-rod - A Capital Evening

I called Jada yesterday to talk with her for a couple of reasons. One reason I will keep to myself, but the other reason was to talk about the new South Park episode that slammed Kanye West.

She said it was good, and after a fun dinner with the sister and her fiancé at Cork Cleaver where such things were said as “We’re hungry kids” by Hans to the waiter in regards to the delicious bread and something about a sexual activity by my sister in a relatively loud voice to pay for my portion of the meal and me explaining “soul food” to Hans who was curious about the cuisine after telling him I spied a new non-chain restaurant we could go to called Ray Ray’s. Hans thought that was for real until Andrea started laughing.

So, after splitting a very nice bottle of cabernet sauvignon between basically Hans and me, I went over to Jada’s house. She doesn’t live very far away to just consult her in all matter of things she is wise in.

When I got there, her hubby, O’Bryan, had a surprise for us both – he DVRs all South Park episodes, something Jada wasn’t aware of. So we started watching the South Park episode with the Fish Sticks joke and Kanye West blowing up because he didn’t get the joke.

The joke goes like this (and it has to be said out loud):

Do you like fish sticks?

Do you like putting fish sticks in your mouth?

Then you must be a gay fish.

Yes, I know it’s dumb. But that’s the point of the joke.

Anyway, this joke siphons through all the late night talk shows and into mainstream media before eventually plaguing Kanye West.

Since, as he never fails to proclaim, he is a genius and the voice of the generation, he IS NOT a gay fish.

Several people try to explain the joke to a very agitated Mr. West, but to no avail. The “genius” simply doesn’t get it.

Anyway, the episode is rather classic right through the ending that shows Kanye embracing his inner gay fish to go swimming in the sea, kissing and getting down and dirty with all the fish in the sea.

Meanwhile, the real Kanye West is apparently apologizing and trying to change his ways since viewing Matt and Trey’s characterization of him.

Let’s hope it works.

But that wasn’t all the random fun at Jada Jay’s.

O’Bryan came in to sit with us, and we discussed a few other people before the news on ESPNews started again, a re-run, and somehow we got to discussing A-Rod’s sordid past.

This was the second discussion about the scandalous slugger that night. Earlier, I had to explain to Hans why the steroid controversy paled in comparison to the photos in Details magazine (remember, the photos where he is making out with himself in the mirror). Later at Jada’s, I reenacted this photo scene complete to the photos him lying seductively on a mattress without sheets with the random tire in the background.

I know grunge. I know couture. I know avant garde. But what he did…ain’t fashion.

It’s a mess. A hot mess to be precise.