The get-together at Jeff's didn't turn out the way it was supposed to. Jeff's friend never showed up but all these other people were there. Actually, it's just 3 but they're there all the time and are kind of irritating (especially J.P.). Anyway, Matt, Brie, and I went out for Indian food. Then we got back to the house, played a game, hung out for a while, and then I left. I was pretty bored since I never know how to be in conversations with these people. All they ever talk about are past events they've all been a part of so I can never really add anything to that. And it's not even very interesting to listen to for more than a few minutes. Anyway, at least Brie can't say I'm anti-social anymore. Of course, that's a misuse of the word, anti-social. The term is a mental illness but much more serious than the way that most people use it. An anti-social person is someone like the Uni-bomber. It's not a person who doesn't like a lot of social activity.
About make-up: I think that if I found make-up that I like and looks good on me, I would wear it more often. But I just don't have the time or patience to go around trying different things. So far, I've never found anything that I like enough to buy more than once. I have no idea where that came from.
Someone asked tonight, while we were sitting around playing Outburst, why Boston is called Beantown. I had no idea so I, of course, had to go home and look it up. And... Back in colonial days, a favorite Boston food was beans baked in molasses for several hours. Back then, Boston was sort of awash in molasses - it was part of the "triangular trade" in which slaves in the Caribbean grew sugar cane to be shipped to Boston to be made into rum to be sent to West Africa to buy more slaves to send to the West Indies. Even after the end of this practice, Boston continued as big rum producing city - the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 (which killed 21), ocurred when a tank holding molasses for rum production exploded. I had a feeling it was for Boston Baked Beans but I wasn't sure. Thank you, Boston-Online.
I just heard from Josh about the Once Hush show. He said it was awesome!!! Greg didn't play any songs with them but he was at the party. Josh also got me a copy of the new CD and is making me a CD-R of last night's show. I love you, Josh!
I just called Eytan to see how Balpex went but he was on the other line with Terry so he's calling me back in an hour. I guess I can wait to find out all the juicy details. I don't know why I love this stuff so much.
After I talk to Eytan, I'll know what my weekend could have been like and compare it to what I did instead. I have a feeling no matter what Eytan says, I'll be glad I stayed home. I don't need more hassles with air travel.
Speaking of air travel, I just tried to book the US Air flight to Baltimore in November. It let me get through choosing a flight, to entering my billing information, to choosing my seats, only to tell me at the last step that 2 of the legs are unconfirmed. Huh? Why? I hate this!!!!!!! I'm too aggrevated to try again right now so I'll do it tomorrow (and the fare will probably jump up a few bucks). I guess I could just call them, but I want those extra 1,000 frequent flier miles for booking online. I'm so pathetic!
Rant of the day: I stopped by the new Einsteins Bagels this morning. Well, the food is okay but I thought I was never going to get out of there. I was in there for a half an hour. I ordered right away, I wanted a plain toasted bagel with egg and cheese. Then I paid right away. Then I stood there waiting for my bagel. There were 3 people in front of me. The total combined orders were: one bagel with peanut butter, one iced tea (which the customer has to get themselves), 2 cups of ready-made soup, one turkey on a bagel, plus my egg & cheese toasted bagel. Now, why did that take 25 minutes? Not only did it take that long but also my order wasn't exactly right. It wasn't toasted, which means waiting 25 minutes was even more ridiculous. I should stop complaining so much here. It's more exhausting to type a one paragraph complaint than it is to type a 3 paged paper.
I can hear Matt & Brie having sex in the other room since they left the bedroom door open. I guess they don't care. Oh, and last night at dinner, Matt was in a pissy mood. So Brie asked him in an extremely loud voice, "If I give you a blow job tonight will you stop being in a pissy mood?" It's nice that some people don't think sex is a taboo subject. Hey, speaking of taboo, we almost played that last night. I wanted to but the people I was playing with... it wouldn't have worked. Taboo requires intelligence and skill. It involves using your brain. I don't think these people could have handled it. But Jeff's much smarter than I thought. He was in the army for a few years, including 3 years over in the Middle East during the Gulf War, so he learned a lot from that. He knew all about the military (obviously), knew many 20th Century Democratic Presidential Candidates, a lot of geography, knew a lot of obscure music, and could name 10 coutries that produce oil. He kind of reminds me of Brian in many ways (and not just the fact that they were both in the military). They both have the same kind of interest in music, or at least they talk about music in the same way. They also both are interested in military history, Europe, football, and showing off their knowledge. Neither of them have very high self esteems. They both drink a lot. Neither are good at having conversations. They both are self destructive. One difference is that Jeff's not as outspoken as Brian which is nice.
Well, that was a nice rambling paragraph.