a bit of catch up
I went for drinks a couple of weeks ago (5/11) with Ali and a couple of the dance team girls. I was really hesitant about it, mainly because it sounded like it was going to be a buck-sesh and I was coming off of three nights of momentous occasions/drinking, and I was all the way downtown. I decided to go, I guess, it was really awkward at first mainly because one of the girls brought her two older sisters, one of which has always been pretty judgmental towards me. They left after the first bar though, so it was fine. Then, Mette showed up, who I haven't seen in two years and have been pretty pissed at for about just as long. Mainly because she turned into a really shitty friend for no reason, IDEK. That too was awkward. She was giving everyone hugs, and when she got to me she excitedly hugged me, pulled back and said "I need a drink!" I don't know if I should take this personally or if that was just Mette being Mette and wanting to drink, I don't know. We talked, she asked about L.A. and about Jason, she was really nice and it was just a mindfuck because half the time it seemed really sincere and half the time it seemed fake. Like as the night went on she started saying things like, "I thought of you Liss when I saw this movie! Or when *this* happened!" And it's like... way to pick up a phone and tell me? Like I literally still DO NOT KNOW why we stopped being friends, aside from the fact that she got a new ~dance team~ and apparently can only ever talk to them.
We walked to another bar but the crowd was pretty old so we went to another. We got a booth and everyone got along, we did laugh a lot and there were moments where I pulled back and thought, "Maybe we haven't changed that much after all." The team had one in a million chemistry, and even though we're all 'growing up', getting married, working full time, or moving away, that's still down there somewhere I think. A guy who wasn't our waiter came by and was talking to us all hush hush, "I have a challenge for you guys." My drunk friends kept interrupting him and being generally obnoxious, lol, but he finally was able to spit out that if one of us could get our waiter's phone number, he'd give us a round of shots. SO IT WAS LIKE A FUN LITTLE GAME, I WISH EVERYONE DID THIS. Sarah was so drunk that she just blurted out "CAN I HAVE YOUR NUMBER" lol, which he was not about. So I told Ali to leave the table, go up to him and be like, "I have to apologize about that - she's just drunk and she thought she was being a good friend; someone over here just thinks you're cute." And he totally was, he was just super shy and that's why his co-worker did this, to boost his confidence and get him out of his shell. When Ali got her check, he'd put his number on it. Hee :)
At one point, this old guy (read: at least 50 but I feel 60 is more accurate) came in, sat at the bar, and kept looking at our table? And then he fucking came over? "Is this girls' night?" We laughed and said yeah, obviously, AND THEN THE FUCKER ASKS IF HE CAN JOIN US? ARE YOU SERIOUS? IN WHAT WORLD, DUDE, IN WHAT WORLD. We all just kind of looked at each other and no one was bitchy enough to straight up say "no", even though in retrospect that should have been me. So he just sits down! And it's super uncomfortable! Mette had to leave, and then Sarah and Erin went up to get moar shots and were gone for fucking ever so it was just me and Ali and this guy. And then they get into this super intense conversation about love and he's so full of shit and making Ali tear up because she's not over Ben and he has no fucking idea and just, who are you. Oh god, and then! He finds a way to work in "If one of you wants to have sex with me I won't stop you" like it's some sort of metaphor/joke/point but you know he wouldn't be like "just kidding" if you went along with it, you know what I mean? WHAT. We somehow managed to work our way to the bar, we were getting ready to leave and talking about how everyone was getting home - Ali's dad's picking her up, great, Sarah's getting a ride, awesome, and then this guy is like, "If anyone wants to come home with me, they're welcome to." ALL TOTALLY FUCKING SERIOUS! HE IS MARRIED! TALKED ABOUT HIS WIFE AND SON AND SHIT! WHAT.
I went fishing with my sister and grandfather too (5/15). I don't normally go fishing with them (the concept sort of bothers me, especially since they don't keep anything, it's literally shoving hooks through creatures for sport, not even survival) but he's 70 now and that's so much older than 69, and that damn song "suddenly going fishin' wasn't such an imposition" rang through my fucking head. I had a really good time, though, it was a really beautiful day and I did catch some pretteh fish. My mom said he was really excited that we wanted to go, that he normally goes by himself and that he was probably so excited the night before that he couldn't even sleep. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ We went to our dad's for dinner, he made AMAZING burgers and he was like, "You like them? Really?" I said god yes and he was like, "LOL THEY HAVE MUSHROOMS AND OTHER SHIT IN THEM BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T EAT IT THEN." Touché, father, touché.
We walked to another bar but the crowd was pretty old so we went to another. We got a booth and everyone got along, we did laugh a lot and there were moments where I pulled back and thought, "Maybe we haven't changed that much after all." The team had one in a million chemistry, and even though we're all 'growing up', getting married, working full time, or moving away, that's still down there somewhere I think. A guy who wasn't our waiter came by and was talking to us all hush hush, "I have a challenge for you guys." My drunk friends kept interrupting him and being generally obnoxious, lol, but he finally was able to spit out that if one of us could get our waiter's phone number, he'd give us a round of shots. SO IT WAS LIKE A FUN LITTLE GAME, I WISH EVERYONE DID THIS. Sarah was so drunk that she just blurted out "CAN I HAVE YOUR NUMBER" lol, which he was not about. So I told Ali to leave the table, go up to him and be like, "I have to apologize about that - she's just drunk and she thought she was being a good friend; someone over here just thinks you're cute." And he totally was, he was just super shy and that's why his co-worker did this, to boost his confidence and get him out of his shell. When Ali got her check, he'd put his number on it. Hee :)
At one point, this old guy (read: at least 50 but I feel 60 is more accurate) came in, sat at the bar, and kept looking at our table? And then he fucking came over? "Is this girls' night?" We laughed and said yeah, obviously, AND THEN THE FUCKER ASKS IF HE CAN JOIN US? ARE YOU SERIOUS? IN WHAT WORLD, DUDE, IN WHAT WORLD. We all just kind of looked at each other and no one was bitchy enough to straight up say "no", even though in retrospect that should have been me. So he just sits down! And it's super uncomfortable! Mette had to leave, and then Sarah and Erin went up to get moar shots and were gone for fucking ever so it was just me and Ali and this guy. And then they get into this super intense conversation about love and he's so full of shit and making Ali tear up because she's not over Ben and he has no fucking idea and just, who are you. Oh god, and then! He finds a way to work in "If one of you wants to have sex with me I won't stop you" like it's some sort of metaphor/joke/point but you know he wouldn't be like "just kidding" if you went along with it, you know what I mean? WHAT. We somehow managed to work our way to the bar, we were getting ready to leave and talking about how everyone was getting home - Ali's dad's picking her up, great, Sarah's getting a ride, awesome, and then this guy is like, "If anyone wants to come home with me, they're welcome to." ALL TOTALLY FUCKING SERIOUS! HE IS MARRIED! TALKED ABOUT HIS WIFE AND SON AND SHIT! WHAT.
I went fishing with my sister and grandfather too (5/15). I don't normally go fishing with them (the concept sort of bothers me, especially since they don't keep anything, it's literally shoving hooks through creatures for sport, not even survival) but he's 70 now and that's so much older than 69, and that damn song "suddenly going fishin' wasn't such an imposition" rang through my fucking head. I had a really good time, though, it was a really beautiful day and I did catch some pretteh fish. My mom said he was really excited that we wanted to go, that he normally goes by himself and that he was probably so excited the night before that he couldn't even sleep. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ We went to our dad's for dinner, he made AMAZING burgers and he was like, "You like them? Really?" I said god yes and he was like, "LOL THEY HAVE MUSHROOMS AND OTHER SHIT IN THEM BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T EAT IT THEN." Touché, father, touché.