went to a party on saturday night...
(i know a bartender who looks like lita ford)
ok no but really, i went to my friend ward's birthday party. he's currently living with my brother at the infamous party house of new years past. it was a strange night. somehow, in bizarre twists of fate, i saw people that i've known for seven years, but haven't seen for three or four. it was sort of like a guided tour through my twenties. interesting, but it made me feel old.
lots of the people there were boys that my brother has known forever. they were in bands together at some points, or skated together, or what have you. and because they were all very young when they first met, i was the appointed chauffer. it's weird to see people that i used to drive around when i was 19 or 20, in my crappy powder blue ford escort, when they're all grown up and working and graduated from college and stuff. or the boy i used to have a huge crush on (who i'm pretty sure had a crush on my brother), who's working on a novel now. so that was sort of a tour through my late teens/early 20s.
then there were friends i had in the early to mid 20s. people i was really close to at one point in my life. people i partied with and saw all the time, and talked to and drank endless cups of diner tea with. people that i stopped seeing after a while, because i just couldn't deal with the drama of the whole circle. and a lot of them moved away and we just lost touch as people do. sometimes it's a little weird to run into those people later. after you catch up, what else is there to say except "remember when?" small talk is a weird thing between people who used to be close.
mixed into and mingling with all these people were the friends and acquaintances i have now. the fun going out dancing people and the people i call when something happens, good or bad. people i enjoy spending time with. and their assorted boyfriends, girlfriends, and their friends i don't know well enough to call my friends. like mike, who sort of seems to look at me as if i was a particularly interesting lab specimen. as if i both interest and confuse him. it's disconcerting. slightly amusing though, because i think i freak him out a little, too.
lest you think it was all emotional trauma and turmoil, there was also arm wrestling!
in which mike takes on the biggest guy at the party.
in which the biggest guy at the party kicks mike's ass
mike actually beat this guy.
in ten minutes i have to be in a chat room for my class because my professor's out of town. i kind of like this distance learning thing occasionally, it lets me wear pajamas and bid on ebay during class.
going once,
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