Tuesday, September 05, 2006
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Oh, yeah… I was hoping for more rain today. Fabulous. The gale-force winds from the tropical storm, Elcrappo, broke my umbrella on Friday. Sure, it was a cheap umbrella to begin with, but c’mon. I would have been better off using one of those little cocktail umbrellas that you get when you order a daquiri. At least then I would have had the alcohol buzz to distract from the cold, drenching rain. But enough of the bitching. I don’t like it when other people only use their blogs to complain about stuff, and I try to avoid being a hypocrite as much as possible – though it doesn’t always work. I had a fantastic weekend despite it getting off to a slow start. Friday evening I felt like a loser with nothing to do. I fell asleep at 9, but one of my pals drunk dialed me at 2 in the morning and woke my ass up. Love it when that happens. Seriously – that’s what friends are for. Because, if you’re at home alone on a Friday night, you need to get your ass up and do something. And that’s exactly what I did… Good times, to say the least. Saturday and Sunday were pretty chill during the daytime hours. Worked out like I was getting paid to do it. The evenings were a different story though. Given the events from a few weeks ago at the mid-season kickball party, I decided to implement a few new rules when out drinkin’ with the pals. Here’s what I ask myself before* I go out: *Note – it’s important to ask these prior to imbibing, b/c otherwise it’s too easy to make excuses. 2) Have you eaten in the past 12 hours? No, lettuce does not count. Eat. Otherwise you’ll be toast 2 drinks into the night. 3)Do you have your ID? People in VA and DC don’t play around when it comes to carding. You could look like Ethel Merman and not get in. 4) What time does the Metro stop? You better find out so you don’t get stranded and stabbed. Hasn’t happened…yet, but you wouldn’t want to take the chance. 5) Did you drink last night? If so, take a break. You don’t want to be a lush, and drinking two nights in a row makes it too easy to go down that road. Remember Evan? Yeah… you don’t wanna be like that. Stuck to the checklist and everything was awesome. Went out to Clarendon both Saturday and Sunday nights with pals. DD on Sunday, so obviously I was not drinking. I overheard the end of what I’m sure must’ve been a great story at Whitlow’s on Sunday. That place is like a frat house without the free beer after 9. There were a couple of jocks sitting at the table next to us. I caught the end of the convo. One of them said, “…and then I found her the next morning passed out on the couch with her underwear hanging from the ceiling fan.” His friend replied, “Dude, I really need to meet your mom someday.” Classic. Monday was spent in good company. Went to Old Town for the first time. I’m definitely taking my mother there when she comes to visit. They have a lot of artsy farty stuff that I think she’d like. She’s a tough lady to impress, and she has totally different taste than I do – so I think while she peruses the old lady stores I can go visit the more eclectic offerings. Either way, it’s not for another month, so I’m not going to stress about it. I got home on Monday evening and my roomie still wasn’t back – not there this morning either. I’m guessing someone had a lil too much fun in Atlantic City… I probably would too though. That’s it for now, folks. |
