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my very first weekend at home
the weekend of the miami game (11/07), i tell kato that he should come up to visit, meet the roommates, and maybe hang out with ziqi and/or kenny while he's here. he's a bit reluctant at first, but after some coercing he finally agrees. on his way here he winds up getting lost two or three times, and being well over an hour late as i wind up redirecting him from i95 onto 7, which is the way i actually take coming from fredericksburg, but he finally does arrive in one piece. upon opening his trunk however, he realizes that he's forgotten his pillow, blanket, and guitar hero controller on his couch back home, which immediately puts a damper on things.
we're both starving by this point though, so we head out to try to find some food somewhere. kato suggests popeyes, which turns out to excessively expensive when we finally find it (missed the turn the first time), so we head out and around, through the "eden center" near the gym, finally settling on a pollo campero down on columbia pike that i used to pass by on the way back to the townhouse. finally deciding to get two burritos, we order, which then takes a rather lengthy amount of time..and when we finally get home to eat them, they're rather bland, and i get some taco bell hot sauce for him. we head out to mcdonald's late that night (reluctantly for me, as i was overly tired), discovering for the first time ever that both mcdonald's in charlottesville aren't actually limited to a "late-night menu" by corporate requirement, but are simply too lazy to have it! the one right down the street from the house has the entire menu, 24h.
saturday, we eat breakfast around the same time as marleah's family, who's here visiting from deleware and ny, to watch her brother's soccer game (he plays at american) over in dc. after they leave, we get started raking the front lawn, as one of my "duties" assigned by amanda. not long into it i decide to back my car out and turn up the radio, so it's not quite as boring, and after about an hour or so we finally finish the front, taking a bit of a lunch break (my having leftovers from the week and kato having some ground chicken and rice), before heading back out to do the backyard, where we have to grab a big blue canvas and haul the leaves through the fence door all the way to the curb. some significant talk goes on, as it does during most any extended period of time, about the previous few weekends, the women currently around us and their peculiarities and problems, and so on.
we come back in to catch the uva-miami game on gametracker—there was been a regional blackout for 360, i think. pretty bad loss at landshark stadium, down at the half and not managing to score after that, for a convincing final 52-17. nothing at all like the team from just two years ago, shutting miami out at the last game ever played at the orange bowl before its repurposing. there's been a bit of difficulty in the house, where i've wound up picking up trash/recycling duty, and having a heart to heart of sorts with a roommate, which thankfully clears some things up. attempting to convince her to come with us to dinner and failing, we call up ziqi, and get ready to head out to pf chang's for dinner, as he finally comes over and i get to driving after pulling up directions.
amazing, i actually get lost on the way there. we wind up finding our way to 50 and do eventually get there, as the two of them get to remembering the surrounding area. after waiting about twenty minutes, we get taken to our seat by a cutish girl named brittany, who informs us she'll be our waitress. right after she brings the sauce tray, another server approaches and then immediately turns around, surprised at the table being taken, apparently. the two of them we assume have a talk, as he returns, informing us he'll be our server, and remarkably neither of them making any mention of the apparent mistake.
as i glance over the menu, many entrées appear to be identical not just in name alone, including a variation of "pf chang's take on general tso's." a fancy, high-end chinese restaurant is always something that's eluded my comprehension, especially a chain, as typically chinese restaurants are thought of only as middle-tier, despite the relatively cheap prices compared with typical american restaurant portions. i take some cues from what all makes the place fancy, thinking most of it to be the decoration and design of the building more than the presentation of the food (rectangular dishes, moderate portion sizes). i decide on a wide rice noodle-based dish with beef, while kato settles on mongolian beef (?) and ziqi on pepper steak. all arrive promptly, and are quite tasty, though after sampling mine ziqi comments that he's had better.
we convince him to stay for a bit to watch a movie, but halfway into the ugly truth (which i'd incidentally also watched, but with amanda) he gets up and states that he's leaving because he's so exhausted (from some WoW thing, no doubt), but agrees to get lunch with us tmw. kato and i finish up the movie, me barely finishing my burnett's and gatorade, and after a reluctant wendy's run, we soon get to bed as well. sunday morning i renege on going to mass at 11AM, instead meeting up with ziqi at viet pho, his favorite pho place, and incidentally the place he'd brought me when i first started working up here. i get a #5, kato a #7 and ziqi a #1 (i think). i'm the only one to finish the entire thing however, broth and all, which is quite delicious, just like the first time. as we get up to pay, ziqi graciously takes care of the bill for us.
kato and i head back to the house, and he packs up to get ready to go. i head home not long after kato leaves, intent on not staying too long, but wind up getting back rather late anyway, as i skip 5:30PM mass so mother, josephine, and i can bring a simple cake to the restaurant and wish uncle a happy birthday.
we're both starving by this point though, so we head out to try to find some food somewhere. kato suggests popeyes, which turns out to excessively expensive when we finally find it (missed the turn the first time), so we head out and around, through the "eden center" near the gym, finally settling on a pollo campero down on columbia pike that i used to pass by on the way back to the townhouse. finally deciding to get two burritos, we order, which then takes a rather lengthy amount of time..and when we finally get home to eat them, they're rather bland, and i get some taco bell hot sauce for him. we head out to mcdonald's late that night (reluctantly for me, as i was overly tired), discovering for the first time ever that both mcdonald's in charlottesville aren't actually limited to a "late-night menu" by corporate requirement, but are simply too lazy to have it! the one right down the street from the house has the entire menu, 24h.
saturday, we eat breakfast around the same time as marleah's family, who's here visiting from deleware and ny, to watch her brother's soccer game (he plays at american) over in dc. after they leave, we get started raking the front lawn, as one of my "duties" assigned by amanda. not long into it i decide to back my car out and turn up the radio, so it's not quite as boring, and after about an hour or so we finally finish the front, taking a bit of a lunch break (my having leftovers from the week and kato having some ground chicken and rice), before heading back out to do the backyard, where we have to grab a big blue canvas and haul the leaves through the fence door all the way to the curb. some significant talk goes on, as it does during most any extended period of time, about the previous few weekends, the women currently around us and their peculiarities and problems, and so on.
we come back in to catch the uva-miami game on gametracker—there was been a regional blackout for 360, i think. pretty bad loss at landshark stadium, down at the half and not managing to score after that, for a convincing final 52-17. nothing at all like the team from just two years ago, shutting miami out at the last game ever played at the orange bowl before its repurposing. there's been a bit of difficulty in the house, where i've wound up picking up trash/recycling duty, and having a heart to heart of sorts with a roommate, which thankfully clears some things up. attempting to convince her to come with us to dinner and failing, we call up ziqi, and get ready to head out to pf chang's for dinner, as he finally comes over and i get to driving after pulling up directions.
amazing, i actually get lost on the way there. we wind up finding our way to 50 and do eventually get there, as the two of them get to remembering the surrounding area. after waiting about twenty minutes, we get taken to our seat by a cutish girl named brittany, who informs us she'll be our waitress. right after she brings the sauce tray, another server approaches and then immediately turns around, surprised at the table being taken, apparently. the two of them we assume have a talk, as he returns, informing us he'll be our server, and remarkably neither of them making any mention of the apparent mistake.
as i glance over the menu, many entrées appear to be identical not just in name alone, including a variation of "pf chang's take on general tso's." a fancy, high-end chinese restaurant is always something that's eluded my comprehension, especially a chain, as typically chinese restaurants are thought of only as middle-tier, despite the relatively cheap prices compared with typical american restaurant portions. i take some cues from what all makes the place fancy, thinking most of it to be the decoration and design of the building more than the presentation of the food (rectangular dishes, moderate portion sizes). i decide on a wide rice noodle-based dish with beef, while kato settles on mongolian beef (?) and ziqi on pepper steak. all arrive promptly, and are quite tasty, though after sampling mine ziqi comments that he's had better.
we convince him to stay for a bit to watch a movie, but halfway into the ugly truth (which i'd incidentally also watched, but with amanda) he gets up and states that he's leaving because he's so exhausted (from some WoW thing, no doubt), but agrees to get lunch with us tmw. kato and i finish up the movie, me barely finishing my burnett's and gatorade, and after a reluctant wendy's run, we soon get to bed as well. sunday morning i renege on going to mass at 11AM, instead meeting up with ziqi at viet pho, his favorite pho place, and incidentally the place he'd brought me when i first started working up here. i get a #5, kato a #7 and ziqi a #1 (i think). i'm the only one to finish the entire thing however, broth and all, which is quite delicious, just like the first time. as we get up to pay, ziqi graciously takes care of the bill for us.
kato and i head back to the house, and he packs up to get ready to go. i head home not long after kato leaves, intent on not staying too long, but wind up getting back rather late anyway, as i skip 5:30PM mass so mother, josephine, and i can bring a simple cake to the restaurant and wish uncle a happy birthday.
time for some time in fburg?
work's pretty much been going the same as it's been for the past several weeks; nothing in particular really new. headed down to charlottesville again for the weekend, making decent time, and picking up kato at p&t. we eventually head over to jillian's to watch a movie, where casey happens to be on her laptop, out on the couch. i forget to bring the binder, so kato heads back out while i stay, talking with her a bit, and not paying much attention to casey. as he gets back they eventually decide on the proposal (which i'd already watched previously from the band trip), and casey somewhat begrudgingly agrees to say, saying she's tired and is about to head to bed. i guess sensing it being odd that i'd been sitting on the coffee table the entire time, she comments she "doesn't bite," and i sit down next to her while kato winds up sitting with jillian.
as we approach the halfway point, she gets up to go to the bathroom, insisting she'll be back to watch a "another half hour." she of course winds up watching the entire thing, having a grand time laughing at several hilarious moments (sandra bullock and ryan reynolds's characters running into each other completely naked, etc.), while jillian glaringly shot looks over, occasionally with a shushing reminder that one of their roommates was sleeping—kind of struck me odd, being that it's a friday and all, and that girl's a sorority girl, but w/e.
saturday is the georgia tech game where we get behind and never come back, managing only three field goals, and losing with a final score of 34-9. it also rains/pours about the entire game, which was great, too—and to top it all off, i somehow forgot my actual camera, missing the chance to record the only halftime show the band has ever played while in raincoats (though the rain did stop for the entire halftime, fortunately).
on my way back to fredericksburg after the game, i give jennelle a call, and then call kenny, and we wind up having dinner at the restaurant, evan joining us. on our way to jennelle's car, we encounter some guy down by the fasmart, who sounds like he's manhandling some girl who's yelling for him to let her go, etc. the three of us guys walk over, as a black guy in a 300 who was getting gas also pulls up to see what's going on. evan calls 911 to report the incident, as the girl goes and walks off in the other direction with some guy we'd seen passing by the restaurant window earlier. the guy in the yukon accuses the other of being a drug dealer, and speeds off before the police arrive. evan and kenny go around the corner to see if the couple is still there, and to finish giving their report, as jennelle and i wait in the car. finally rejoining us, evan tells us a bit about the laws for concealed carry as we head to barnes & noble for a bit, and then cheeseburger in paradise, which had a live cover band. i pass on drinks, as i still have my burnett's.
we finally wind up heading to jennelle's, kenny and evan crack open a few beers while i mix my watermelon with ginger ale, and we wind up watching revenge of the fallen, i think, but jennelle heads to bed early, and soon enough i'm the last one still awake, so i turn the tv and lights off and try to get comfortable on the oversized one-seater..and wind up forgetting my orange jacket that i'd left on the back of the couch to dry.
sunday was the usual mass and back home, before heading back up to charlottesville kind of late.
as we approach the halfway point, she gets up to go to the bathroom, insisting she'll be back to watch a "another half hour." she of course winds up watching the entire thing, having a grand time laughing at several hilarious moments (sandra bullock and ryan reynolds's characters running into each other completely naked, etc.), while jillian glaringly shot looks over, occasionally with a shushing reminder that one of their roommates was sleeping—kind of struck me odd, being that it's a friday and all, and that girl's a sorority girl, but w/e.
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saturday is the georgia tech game where we get behind and never come back, managing only three field goals, and losing with a final score of 34-9. it also rains/pours about the entire game, which was great, too—and to top it all off, i somehow forgot my actual camera, missing the chance to record the only halftime show the band has ever played while in raincoats (though the rain did stop for the entire halftime, fortunately).
on my way back to fredericksburg after the game, i give jennelle a call, and then call kenny, and we wind up having dinner at the restaurant, evan joining us. on our way to jennelle's car, we encounter some guy down by the fasmart, who sounds like he's manhandling some girl who's yelling for him to let her go, etc. the three of us guys walk over, as a black guy in a 300 who was getting gas also pulls up to see what's going on. evan calls 911 to report the incident, as the girl goes and walks off in the other direction with some guy we'd seen passing by the restaurant window earlier. the guy in the yukon accuses the other of being a drug dealer, and speeds off before the police arrive. evan and kenny go around the corner to see if the couple is still there, and to finish giving their report, as jennelle and i wait in the car. finally rejoining us, evan tells us a bit about the laws for concealed carry as we head to barnes & noble for a bit, and then cheeseburger in paradise, which had a live cover band. i pass on drinks, as i still have my burnett's.
we finally wind up heading to jennelle's, kenny and evan crack open a few beers while i mix my watermelon with ginger ale, and we wind up watching revenge of the fallen, i think, but jennelle heads to bed early, and soon enough i'm the last one still awake, so i turn the tv and lights off and try to get comfortable on the oversized one-seater..and wind up forgetting my orange jacket that i'd left on the back of the couch to dry.
sunday was the usual mass and back home, before heading back up to charlottesville kind of late.
Stanford Wins Big Game Against Oregon
The students at Stanford University may be known for being unfailingly intelligent, but I've never pegged them as amazing athletes. Until now. The football team managed to beat Oregon yesterday which is a pretty big deal. Oregon has a great team.
I love those upset games where the underdog somehow manages to scrounge out a win, especially when it's a pretty solid one. Nice going, guys.
I love those upset games where the underdog somehow manages to scrounge out a win, especially when it's a pretty solid one. Nice going, guys.
Misc
well, its been awhile again...I haven't been myself since July-August probably and I didn't feel like writing any.
The Dixie Classic Fair was fun though,but I got very tired that day.. That it how its been . I get so tired doing anything and stomach problems too. I was glad when my Doctor appointment finally arrived over a week ago now. All my blood work came back with great results. No thyroid problems or Liver problems and I'm not perimenopausal either... Cholesterol levels were great as were blood count, etc.. so, Dr. said it sounded like depression. All the stress from this year...Yes, worry is a sin..I don't handle it very well and I give it to God, but I always manage to pull it back..Not what you're supposed to do...so now I'm back on my Zoloft after being off it for well over two years..Starting to feel like me again. Last friday at the West/Reynolds game I had the best time. My friend I haven't seen in a long while, Trace' Cave Cunduff came. and wonders of all we saw John Sherrill too! We haven't seen him in years! Long years! LOL He has not changed a bit! He's still John! haha.. we had a great time picking and carrying on..just like the old days again! I knew I was gonna be okay then..
I can almost pinpoint a time when I really felt lowest...The day we got that Certified letter from our mortgage co..I had to sign for it and my heart sank...I prayed so hard while opening that letter, and called James crying my eyes out...That was hard, as I have written before. I just kept praying though, and I knew God would answer in His time, but I was being honest with Him and asking Him to hurry up. :) Not what you're supposed to do either, but He knows me and we are all human and live in this imperfect world.
Meanwhile its been getting cooler and having crisp nights. There have been some Indian Summer days though. I was able to not turn our heat on for almost 2 whole weeks.
Then Monday came. I was working at home on Quickbooks trying to get it straight for Biogreen. I get a call and answer it. It's Lynn. She's been helping us deal with our mortgage co..She said"They are sending you a package out Fed Ex and you should get it tomorrow.. Your interest rate dropped to 6.375% and your new payments are like $848.00"... My skin started prickling and I cried... I felt relief wash over me.. She didnt know the rest of the details..we'd find out from the letter.. I stayed home again on Tuesday and worked on Quickbooks again,finishing it....James came home for lunch like he always does...I see the Fed Ex truck back into the driveway... James goes to meet him and signs for the letter... we sit together and open it. I read it...
"James, it says that this is for the next 365 months!" Oh my! Here come the pricklings again!!! We look at each other.. "So this is the new payment for the rest of the loan?" "Yes!!" Hallaluha!! after trying 3 times with them to get this Loan Mod, we get it and it's great! we didnt know if it would be just 6 months as most are or a year, but the life of the Loan!! That was such a blessing !!! A burden lifted!! I thanked God all the rest of that day and still am....
another prayer was answered too on Tuesday. Ariana was able to trade her Jeep and her $2500 for a 2002 Saturn! It only had about 75000 miles on it. Her jeep broke down over a week ago and it was a pain trying to get her to College and picked up and to work and me to work.... it was a mess but we did it.. and she had to buy the $84 dollar part and Jeff fixed the jeep for her, but it still needed a battery...she'd go somewhere and have to get a jump to start it... Not good..plus it was eating gas and ate oil like crazy too. She had to put 3 quarts in every two weeks or so.. she did cry though...The jeep was her first car... She didn't really want to give it up, but she knew it was for the best. Now she 'll have a good car when she goes to UNCC in a year or so..
and Morgan. He had to buy a new car too. Late September his old car starting acting up and stalling out on him, so James looked around here and found him a "97 Grand Am with only about 65000 miles on it.. and Morgan could afford it. he just had to borrow $1300 from Grandma to do it and he'll pay her back in Jan. when he gets his financial aid $ again. It cost him $2800.00. Both of the kids cars are white now! That is odd! I wont know who is who until I can see the whole car coming in!! LOL
So many blessings this week..... I am feeling better on my medicine and getting things done now that got neglected over the summer...Whew..now on to the next problem..figuring out how to pay our taxes of $1800.00!!! since we inherited that 7 acres of land, our property taxes went up...big time!!
We signed the papers from the Mortgage co. and Fed ex'd them back all on the same day...we should hear soon about when payment is due and all that...
There's still the matter of Christmas too. I told James we could not afford to buy for everyone this year... We will get the small ones something, and try to figure out how and what to do for Morgan and Ariana... I just want us to be together...I don't need one thing! After all what is Christmas all about anyway? -The Birth of our Lord and Saviour!!!! When you realize that, nothing else matters. Enjoy the season of Love!
Thanksgiving coming soon! Time to Thank the Lord for all our blessings! But we should thank Him on a daily basis... He does so much for us..look for the small things and the big things..There's always something! I remind myself of that daily...
The Dixie Classic Fair was fun though,but I got very tired that day.. That it how its been . I get so tired doing anything and stomach problems too. I was glad when my Doctor appointment finally arrived over a week ago now. All my blood work came back with great results. No thyroid problems or Liver problems and I'm not perimenopausal either... Cholesterol levels were great as were blood count, etc.. so, Dr. said it sounded like depression. All the stress from this year...Yes, worry is a sin..I don't handle it very well and I give it to God, but I always manage to pull it back..Not what you're supposed to do...so now I'm back on my Zoloft after being off it for well over two years..Starting to feel like me again. Last friday at the West/Reynolds game I had the best time. My friend I haven't seen in a long while, Trace' Cave Cunduff came. and wonders of all we saw John Sherrill too! We haven't seen him in years! Long years! LOL He has not changed a bit! He's still John! haha.. we had a great time picking and carrying on..just like the old days again! I knew I was gonna be okay then..
I can almost pinpoint a time when I really felt lowest...The day we got that Certified letter from our mortgage co..I had to sign for it and my heart sank...I prayed so hard while opening that letter, and called James crying my eyes out...That was hard, as I have written before. I just kept praying though, and I knew God would answer in His time, but I was being honest with Him and asking Him to hurry up. :) Not what you're supposed to do either, but He knows me and we are all human and live in this imperfect world.
Meanwhile its been getting cooler and having crisp nights. There have been some Indian Summer days though. I was able to not turn our heat on for almost 2 whole weeks.
Then Monday came. I was working at home on Quickbooks trying to get it straight for Biogreen. I get a call and answer it. It's Lynn. She's been helping us deal with our mortgage co..She said"They are sending you a package out Fed Ex and you should get it tomorrow.. Your interest rate dropped to 6.375% and your new payments are like $848.00"... My skin started prickling and I cried... I felt relief wash over me.. She didnt know the rest of the details..we'd find out from the letter.. I stayed home again on Tuesday and worked on Quickbooks again,finishing it....James came home for lunch like he always does...I see the Fed Ex truck back into the driveway... James goes to meet him and signs for the letter... we sit together and open it. I read it...
"James, it says that this is for the next 365 months!" Oh my! Here come the pricklings again!!! We look at each other.. "So this is the new payment for the rest of the loan?" "Yes!!" Hallaluha!! after trying 3 times with them to get this Loan Mod, we get it and it's great! we didnt know if it would be just 6 months as most are or a year, but the life of the Loan!! That was such a blessing !!! A burden lifted!! I thanked God all the rest of that day and still am....
another prayer was answered too on Tuesday. Ariana was able to trade her Jeep and her $2500 for a 2002 Saturn! It only had about 75000 miles on it. Her jeep broke down over a week ago and it was a pain trying to get her to College and picked up and to work and me to work.... it was a mess but we did it.. and she had to buy the $84 dollar part and Jeff fixed the jeep for her, but it still needed a battery...she'd go somewhere and have to get a jump to start it... Not good..plus it was eating gas and ate oil like crazy too. She had to put 3 quarts in every two weeks or so.. she did cry though...The jeep was her first car... She didn't really want to give it up, but she knew it was for the best. Now she 'll have a good car when she goes to UNCC in a year or so..
and Morgan. He had to buy a new car too. Late September his old car starting acting up and stalling out on him, so James looked around here and found him a "97 Grand Am with only about 65000 miles on it.. and Morgan could afford it. he just had to borrow $1300 from Grandma to do it and he'll pay her back in Jan. when he gets his financial aid $ again. It cost him $2800.00. Both of the kids cars are white now! That is odd! I wont know who is who until I can see the whole car coming in!! LOL
So many blessings this week..... I am feeling better on my medicine and getting things done now that got neglected over the summer...Whew..now on to the next problem..figuring out how to pay our taxes of $1800.00!!! since we inherited that 7 acres of land, our property taxes went up...big time!!
We signed the papers from the Mortgage co. and Fed ex'd them back all on the same day...we should hear soon about when payment is due and all that...
There's still the matter of Christmas too. I told James we could not afford to buy for everyone this year... We will get the small ones something, and try to figure out how and what to do for Morgan and Ariana... I just want us to be together...I don't need one thing! After all what is Christmas all about anyway? -The Birth of our Lord and Saviour!!!! When you realize that, nothing else matters. Enjoy the season of Love!
Thanksgiving coming soon! Time to Thank the Lord for all our blessings! But we should thank Him on a daily basis... He does so much for us..look for the small things and the big things..There's always something! I remind myself of that daily...
and now, back to your regularly scheduled postings?
am i the only one who thinks it's a bit odd that on a floor full of other professionals, that it's rather unpleasant that people fail to flush the urinals, and/or wash their hands before exiting the bathroom? had an older man today do exactly both as i walked in, leaving after checking himself out in the mirror. uh, it's a good thing our office just got those little portable 1oz purell hand sanitizer things..maybe they should put some in the bathroom for those uninitiated folk.
halloween weekend consisted of grabbing five guys and (re)watching up at jillian's and dragging kato with me. every bit as good as the first time, as i rather amusingly enjoyed every good quotable, from the cone of shame to hiding under the porch. casey and her bff from hs visting from cnu dropped in, the former as macaroni and cheese, and the latter as a dallas cowboys cheerleader. saturday was a shtty game against duke that we lost miserably..though there were a few awesome costumes, hahah. then we watched the notre dame/washington state game instead of surrogates, which was completely astonishing considering how much better than us that both teams played.
after that it was off to zbt's ice luge/halloween party (more or less as a costumeless pink polo-sporting plaid pants-wearing collar-popper), which turned out to be pretty good, though david somehow was mia. got my dance on, met this group of three enthusiastic couples; the more talkative couple (cowboy? and cute policewoman) pulled one girl over whose sister they knew, and then another they didn't know to dance with me, hahah. the dj was good but got a bit repetitive as we neared 2AM the second time, as he spun "party in the usa" again, which was playing when i first arrived around midnight. told zach i was peacing out, but then ran into this black first year guy with a jabberwocky mask who'd been dancing ridiculously all night. he pulled me into a mini dance-off outside as it started to rain, and then again inside while the floor was almost empty (except for those three couples, who were now sucking face). met a talkative/cute first year girl who was outside away from the hallmates she'd come with, taking shelter from the rain (later as i was leaving i'd find her name was lauren). she'd been hating one of the brothers who had gone to tj, as she went to robinson (brittany's old hs), which was amusing. called it a night as i realized things weren't going anywhere, and headed back down grady.
got to 11:30 mass as usual, with the regular lot of people staring at me from across the pews, and the occasional person who's afraid of getting the swine from shaking hands during the offering of a sign of peace. wound up dawdling again and watching a movie and a half (chaos, and crank) as part of some sort of jason statham marathon—ever notice how he basically plays the exact same character in every movie? yeah, thought you might've..
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halloween weekend consisted of grabbing five guys and (re)watching up at jillian's and dragging kato with me. every bit as good as the first time, as i rather amusingly enjoyed every good quotable, from the cone of shame to hiding under the porch. casey and her bff from hs visting from cnu dropped in, the former as macaroni and cheese, and the latter as a dallas cowboys cheerleader. saturday was a shtty game against duke that we lost miserably..though there were a few awesome costumes, hahah. then we watched the notre dame/washington state game instead of surrogates, which was completely astonishing considering how much better than us that both teams played.
after that it was off to zbt's ice luge/halloween party (more or less as a costumeless pink polo-sporting plaid pants-wearing collar-popper), which turned out to be pretty good, though david somehow was mia. got my dance on, met this group of three enthusiastic couples; the more talkative couple (cowboy? and cute policewoman) pulled one girl over whose sister they knew, and then another they didn't know to dance with me, hahah. the dj was good but got a bit repetitive as we neared 2AM the second time, as he spun "party in the usa" again, which was playing when i first arrived around midnight. told zach i was peacing out, but then ran into this black first year guy with a jabberwocky mask who'd been dancing ridiculously all night. he pulled me into a mini dance-off outside as it started to rain, and then again inside while the floor was almost empty (except for those three couples, who were now sucking face). met a talkative/cute first year girl who was outside away from the hallmates she'd come with, taking shelter from the rain (later as i was leaving i'd find her name was lauren). she'd been hating one of the brothers who had gone to tj, as she went to robinson (brittany's old hs), which was amusing. called it a night as i realized things weren't going anywhere, and headed back down grady.
got to 11:30 mass as usual, with the regular lot of people staring at me from across the pews, and the occasional person who's afraid of getting the swine from shaking hands during the offering of a sign of peace. wound up dawdling again and watching a movie and a half (chaos, and crank) as part of some sort of jason statham marathon—ever notice how he basically plays the exact same character in every movie? yeah, thought you might've..
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