Our first two events of Playboy's Girls of the Big 10 Tour are in the rearview. I flew into Detroit on Tuesday and we've been rocking a Ford Cargo Van from Detroit to East Lansing to Ann Arbor. Today we head to Columbus for the last event on Saturday.
MICHIGAN STATE (EAST LANSING)
The first event at Michigan State (East Lansing) was a hit. We had four Spartan co-eds (does anybody even use this term anymore?) booked for the event at Rick's East Lansing. I can't remember their pseudonym's, but it's usually a first name/middle name combo. Mad respect to the girls that porn-ify their names a little bit more. The girls' call time was 9PM, so you usually expect them to show up between 15-30 minutes late. I was shocked when I saw the girls walk into the bar at exactly 9PM.
Working with models is a unique gig. Most regular men would fall prey to their well-honed manipulation skills. Luckily, when I started doing this job, I was still pretty much afraid of girls... rendering their powers useless. At this point, I'm a pretty salty girl-wrangler. You want a drink? Don't care. Tired of standing? Don't care. That's your boyfriend? Certainly don't fucking care. The flip-side of the situation is actually the most entertaining. Random boyfriend walks past the line and right up to the table and when questioned says, "That's my girlfriend". Good for you... now step the fuck off. Your girlfriend is working, fool. But don't get me wrong -- these girls were all well-behaved.
People started filtering into the venue, Rick's East Lansing, shortly after the girls arrived. We gave away all 100 guy "Girls of the Big 10" t-shirts in about an hour. We had shirts for girls, but they didn't seem to go as quickly. We had a small amount of wifebeaters for girls... and I ended up seeing a humongous drunk guy wearing one at the end of the night. Unfortunately, our event was not for "Gays of the Big 10" ... not sexy.
We have the The White Tie Affair coming with us to all three Big 10 events and CollegeFest next week. OMG, yes TWTA from The Hills. Obv. You can rag on them all you want, but they're actually very good at what they do. They got the crowd up and jumping with the help of the Michigan State girls and an unbelievably gorgeous Playboy model named Cassie. Cassie and had an instant connection -- we found out that we both love Jumanji.
At the end of the night, it was definitely a great event. We had fantastic reps at East Lansing and I was quite pleased. Ryan, Mary, Dylan, Brad, and Zak are the effing tits. Everybody cleared out a little after 2AM and we packed up our gear. The Playboy crew headed to a late night munchies spot where I picked up a bacon, egg, and cheese on a croissant (typical) and I went to sleep at about 3AM.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR
The next morning, we were headed to Ann Arbor at about 10AM. For the Michigan event, we only had one of the three girls from the pictorial that wanted to appear at the event. So to make up for the lack of hot chicks, we had to book four of the girls from Michigan State. I was a little worried that the decision to let them wear their green shirts might end with me getting my ass beat. Luckily, that was not the case.
The Rick's in Ann Arbor actually holds more people than the bar in East Lansing. So we knew we were in for quite a rowdy night. Chris, the boss @ Rick's AA, told me that they had a St. Practice Day (halfway to St. Patty's) party the night before and that the place was packed. The Rick's Ann Arbor staff was more than accommodating -- we're besties now. The White Tie Affair van showed up at about 6PM and it was time to rock and roll.
Our sponsor for the Michigan and Ohio State events was the movie My Best Friend's Girl. I was hoping that once people were drunk enough, it would be a popular attraction. The highlights from the booth were a guy who admitted he jerked off at a bus stop and a girl that boned a certain celebrity who was well-known in the 80's (hint: he's in a popular internet forum picture that says "you're a homo").
Once the party got started, it was a little bit chaotic. There seemed to be a higher level of douchebaggery and I've never seen more broken glass on the floor in my life. The East Lansing girls were professionals when it came time to bring The White Tie Affair on stage.
I had to tip my hat to TWTA. They're not my favorite band, but they're good at what they do. They covered "Billy Jean" but then they went out on a limb with Lil Wayne - "Got Money". I have to admit, they fucking killed it with "Got Money". So the girls were shaking in on stage, and I did notice a weird "move" they were trying. Apparently, it's sexy to do what I termed a "reverse Eiffel Tower" where the girls put their hips together and arch their backs... not really sure what that's about.
When we got back to the girl's signing table, some assholes had taken the chairs. I didn't really feel like stirring up shit since the night was almost over -- so I just ignored that fact. I did notice that one of them had drawn a penis on the table cloth. That would have been somewhat amusing if it didn't cost $700. A short time later, two of the jackasses decided that they would try to fight each other. I was almost killed in a fratboy crossfire while trying to diffuse the situation. Once the 250 pound meathead turned his murderous gaze towards me, I decided that his "friend" would be a better martyr.
We were all pretty exhausted once the first two events were done. Fortunately, we had Friday to travel and get situation in Columbus with the event on Saturday. The drive to Columbus was about 3-4 hours and I will report back on the final event in a day or two.
