| Sunday 15 December 2002 3:19 am I had the most bizarre night. I went to my friend's birthday party. I was introduced to one of his roommates who was entirely drunk, who started the conversation with, "you're the religious right." Ummmm, yah. Random. I humored him, of course, with a smile and a nod. And then later that night he brought it up again. Fine, whatever. Then the next thing I know he comes up to me and gets right up in my face and points a finger at me and says, "F*ck you, b1tch." Exact words. Hmmm. I suppose I should have been offended or angry, but I was more surprised than anything. Where did that come from? Of course everyone around me was shocked, and then apologized profusely for him (to which I responded, "no biggie, he was drunk"), and then became incredibly accommodating (can i get you a drink? do you want something to eat?). My friend (who's birthday it was) found out and then tried to "have some words" with his roommate, which was causing even more drama, apparently. I was still dealing with the "oh my god I'm sorry" comments from the dude's friends, which were actually more annoying than him actually saying "F*ck you, b1tch." It gets better, too. Later on the dude came up to me (his sister pushing him to) and apologized for what he didn't realize he did. I said, "okay." And the dude says, "Now get out of my house." Yeah, all the more bizarre. His sister couldn't believe it and dragged him away. He tried to come up to me again and say it, but his girlfriend got in his way. Hmmm. I'm still left kind of in that 'what just happened there' feeling. Hmmm. I really should be offended. First of all, NO one has the right to talk to me like that. I was so caught off guard by the attack that I didn't even think to be angry. I was still stunned by it even as people were telling me that he had no right, even if he was drunk. Bauer offered to drop kick his roommate's ass... all I had to do was give the word. As much as I appreciated the gesture, if anyone is going to fight for me, it's going to be me... Unless the opposition consists of more than one person and they have an evil dwarf army. Gorsh that dude was lucky that I was in a jovial mood. I'm not exactly one to pick fights, but had I been in a bad mood I probably would have been far more belligerent. Thinking about it more after the fact, I can't belive he had the audacity to just come right up in my face. But ya know, whatever. Didn't cause me any sort of emotional trauma, or for that matter even embarrass me. I'm still kind of scratching my head, partly because it came out of no where, and partly because I wasn't immediately offended. Things that make you go hmmmm. Otherwise the night was quite nice. Angela and I went to Fridays after the party. I wanted to catch my friend, Luisa, who wasn't there. But I did run into some other high school kiddos. I am not one of those people who completely abhor all things related to high school. In fact, I quite often enjoy little reunions like the one I had tonight. I like hearing that things are going well for some people, especially people I knew. It's probably because I never really kept in touch with anyone, so it's good to be updated on people who had mattered to me at least once in my life. I'm not one to think "oh f*ck them, who cares." I'm more, "Oh that's good that he or she is doing well, even if I never really thought about his or her well being, like, since high school (or ever)." So all in all, yes, it was a nice encounter. Yeah, bizarre, but definitely memorable night. Yay me. |
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