Woah Now, E

As years pass and my friends' resumes continue to grow, so too come the perks for the Sip. As an up and coming blogger, hip to the streets and cool with the ladies, you’d be amazed at the type of street cred that I carry with me everywhere I go.

So I was strolling down the sweet streets of SF when I spotted Kevin Connolly, the genius behind the perfectly casted “E,” the former tough guy/best friend of star Vinny Chase, filming a movie in between seasons of Entourage. I had a friend draw up his IMDB profile and found he was from Queens, so I figured, must be a Mets fan.

I approached him and told him about the site, even showing it to him thanks to SF's advanced WIFI network. To my luck, Kevin signed on and agree to give me a few minutes of his time.

You could sense my excitement from the beginning. That was before I found out that E was from Queens. Holy shit, a Mets fan…or so I thought.

Sip: How’s it going, E?
Kevin: It’s going well Sip, I just took my first look at the site and I gotta say I’m impressed.

Sip: Well thanks a lot man, as you know I’m a fan of the show.
Kevin: Well then, thank you too.

Sip: So E, I gotta say...
Kevin: Can you call me Kevin?

Sip: Oh. Sorry Kevin. When I found out you were from Queens I got really excited. It’s great to have a fellow Mets fan on board.
Kevin: Well actually Sip I’m a Yankee fan. Isn’t this a Yankees site?

Sip: I’m afraid you missed the boat on this one, E. You are from Queens right? And didn’t you talk about rooting for the Mets back during your childhood?
Kevin: Oh, yeah. Well I was a huge Mets fan as a kid. Back in the 80’s when they were winning I was a diehard.

Sip: Oh… so what happened?
Kevin: I guess in the 90’s I kind of lost interest in baseball when I started pursuing acting. Then the strike came and the Yankees got great so I kind of just jumped on board.

Sip: Interesting. And how do you feel that this loyalty has translated to your acting?
Kevin: Actually Sip, I consider myself to be a very loyal person.

Sip: I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything by that, E. Just a little jab by a Mets fan
Kevin: It’s Kevin.

(I think he is starting to get upset.)

Sip: Oh, shit man I’m really sorry. As I said I love the show. I guess its hard for me to differentiate. Anyway, can you tell me what you like most about the show?
Kevin: Good question, Sip. I see it as sort of a Sex and the City for guys. A way for guys to bond through a group of 4 characters that each can somehow relate to.

Sip: That’s interesting. And what type of guy would relate to you?
Kevin: Well I play sort of a hard-nosed guy. I’m the backbone of the crew.

(This is where it gets a little bad, and I start to laugh)

Sip: With all due respect Kevin, you’re not the most imposing of people in person. How do they get you to play so large and imposing on screen?
Kevin: That’s mostly camera angles.

Sip: What are you anyway? 5’2?
Kevin: I’m 5’3.

Sip: Interesting. So how do you feel that your diminutive stature has played a role in the baseball teams that you support?
Kevin: Excuse me?

Sip: I wanted to know how you felt your height, you being so small, has affected what baseball team you root for. You know, the Mets in the 80’s and the Yankees in the 90’s?
Kevin: I understand the question. What exactly are you getting at?

(Yikes, note: I am a few cocktails in at this time)

Sip: My apologies, E. Tell me about your relationship with Nicky Hilton.
Kevin: Truth is, I’d rather not discuss my personal life.

Sip: Ok , well you gotta let me ask. How do you manage to (I make inappropriate hand gestures) when she is like 5’10 and you…well?
Kevin: Are you fucking serious? Who the fuck is this guy?

Sip: Woah, E. Take it easy. I’m just giving you a hard time.
Kevin: What’d I tell you about calling me E?

Sip: Shit man, I’m sorry.
Kevin: Fuck this, I’m outta here.

That is when Kevin jumped up and put on his shiny new Detroit Tigers hat.

Sip: Tigers fan now, huh E?
Kevin: Hey, Fuck you, my great uncle was from Detroit.

Sip: Ok, well it was great talking with you. And do me a favor.
Kevin: Yeah, what the fuck is that?

Sip: Tell Nicky I say 'what up.'

That is when it got a little ugly. E surged right at me. Never in my life did I feel so massive in my standard jewish 5’10, 180lb frame. I pressed my hand in his forehead as he attempted to hit me, instead punching the thin air in front of my chest.

This didn’t really go as planned.

But in some ways, I guess it did. I felt I owed it to the Y2K audience out there that turns on Entourage every Sunday, that cringes whenever they hear that little person speak.

As a disclaimer, let me apologize to my smaller audience out there. This is not a knock on you at all. This is more a knock on the worst-cast actor for one of the most easily castable shows that I have ever seen.

It always kind of just gets to me.

On that note, another series won. Magic number is 32. I checked the standings last night to see if there was value in throwing down some coin on a late September run by the Tribe.

And more importantly, I needed to see how the A’s were doing. I got them at over 89 with my 6th grade basketball coach for 100 pushups in public.

They will go as far as my boy Danny Haren can take them.

Vaya con dios,

Sippy Momo

Couple side notes:

I hit up the A’s-Drats game on Friday to see Kid K vs Action Dan, my two favorite young arms. Kazmir struck out 5 of the first 6. He was unreal.

Save one hanger to Bobby Kielty and the guy was pretty much unhittable. After the pitch, they showed him in the dugout. I have never seen someone look so upset. I love this kid. How great he would look in orange and blue.

Of equal importance. Anyone else hear that my boy Keanu got arrested for speeding near an airport? Pretty messed up shit.

I’m in pre-production for my 2008 hit, Keanu. A story about a Los Angeles cop who gets on the wrong bus only to go thru time to coach a softball team of young inner city youths against a team of bankrobbing surfers in training, with the world on the line. Keanu, 2008, be there.