Be young, have fun
(screw Pepsi...)
I really ought to be doing homework but here I am being non-productive and insightful as usual.

I was thinking about Friday again and I came to the conclusion that it's good to be foolish and happy and silly. Of course, that makes sense, but I mean it in the way that I'll look back when I'm older and have things that will make me smile in a sort of covert nostalgic way and think, "ah, the things I did when I was young..."

I mean it's nice to laugh while you can, and toast to nothing in particular (who is driving? bear is driving! what you say? that not possible!!). It's nice to pig pile with people and hug everyone, drunk or sober. It's nice to curl up and give all your attention to the person you're talking to but not be so serious that you can't get distracted, forget what you were talking about and have a laugh over stupid things. It's nice to be able to be melancholy and peaceful, then riotous and loud all in one five minute span. It's nice to surround yourself with people who don't neccesarily know each other but who can socialize anyway. It's nice to know that everyone has a fun time and even those who leave before the end aren't going because you're scary or weird.

I hate the social circus but I like my friends cos they generally seem capable of avoiding it. We are our own ringmasters.

Thanks to Sara and Brad (blaze/kilo) for the party hats, toot toots, and Cuisinart (take it home already) for the margaritas!

Thanks to Cat for not hiding behind the counter, you non-conformist, you.

Thanks to Blake for coming even tho you got hit by a truck.

Thanks to Ryan for the margaritas and for making a carbon-ring for my Elmo hat.

Thanks to Katie and Dave for biking all the way over and to Dave for biking to Albertsons for all teh B33r. (ugh, b33r most foul!!)

Thanks to Alex for coming, for talking, and for staying at least most of the time- I was impressed you braved the strangers and Justin for so long. (I would have fled the nekkid people too but hey, I live here and I happened to be the guest of honor ) And thanks for the SHINY!!

Thanks to Gwynne for kidnapping me and making it easier for me to pretend to be surprised. And thanks for staying, you're so tolerant. ;)

Thanks to Murray for sharing the clove- hope your walk was good and you're not really too lonely. Alcohol is a depressant, you know.

Thanks to Peter for showing up, even if you came late, you cad!!

And thanks finally to Justin for throwing me the party! You are a god!! I love you, Wolfers!!
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Oh, in other news in Reporting I last Thursday we had a brief mock-interview. Guess who we interviewed?

A gamer.


Like gamers are some weird oddity or alien species we had to question these two guys on what gaming is, what kind of games they play, and how it affects their lives.

I really should have been on the other side of the panel. The people in my class are morons. They're all like "what's an RPG" and "aren't gamers all nerds who never see the light of day"? And, sufficient to say, these guys basically answered their questions but did little to disprove the stereotype. And they had a MAJOR thing agains LARPers (Live Action Role Players). Guess I shouldn't have mentioned I've been doing the faire circuit all summer. Eheh...

One thing I found cool tho was that one of the guys was into board games and other non-network, non-FPS, non-role playing games. I like that. :)