21 And Counting
I'm officially 21 years old... and still have no I.D., so I can't go drinking. Because if anyone cards me, I can't prove how old I am! Fwee!
Okay! So, I was supposed to finish another scene for Cassandra-san today, but I didn't end up managing it. So much to do in prep for my teeny birthday party. But I got a bunch more written, so I can probably finish it tomorrow, since I have nothing to do. ^_~
Around 4:00 pm, C.A. showed up--that's when everyone was supposed to be there, but as it turned out, Pam, Andy, Scott and Kevin couldn't make it; that left C.A., Michelle and Steve. Steve worked until 7:00, so he didn't get here unti around 8. And about 5-ish, Michelle called and went "where were you?"
And C.A. and I went; "um... what?" |_|;;
She'd been there around 4:15, and rang the doorbell a couple of times, and when no one answered (I completely forgot to tell her that the doorbell is broken... ^^;;), she tried to call on her cell but got the machine. We figure she must have tried to call when I was on the phone, talking to Pam. ^^;;
Anyway, she'd gone downtown to get a drink, so C.A. and I got our coats and boots on and headed down to meet her there. Once downtown, we poked through the dollar store. Michelle bought socks, C.A. bought socks, I bought socks. We all bought socks. And I got some misc. stuff for my next P.O.S.s and for the box I'm sending for cat_mcdougall's kids. >^-^<
While we were there, I expressed the desire to own a tea pot. Not a kettle. I have a kettle. I wanted a tea pot that I could brew a couple of cups of tea in--and Michelle was like "oh! I got my Mom one for Christmas!" and proceeded to skip us over to Liquidation World, where I purchased an awesome blue-and-white Japanese tea set (pot/4 cups) for approx. $7.
Then we came back here, and sat and gabbed for a good hour and a half, before deciding we were going to watch a movie to pass the time until Steve got off work (we were waiting for him so we could all go have dinner together), and popped in Home on the Range (the Disney one); about halfway through the movie, Steve got here.
After we were done watching the movie, we spent about half an hour trying to decide what we wanted to eat. At that point, it was 9:00 at night. We decided on Chinese... all the Chinese places were closed. Bah. So we went to Brewery Bay, which is basically pub food. Cool with me. I had fetuccini alfredo.
As it turned out, some of the people we know from high school happened to be there, too! None of them are really close friends of mine, but I know them, and generally like them, so we had a little reunion while we waited for our food.
Dinner was awesome. It's so great to have a meal with good friends I haven't seen much of lately.
Then when the waiter came to take our dishes, Michelle asked if I got dessert free because it was my birthday. He said no... but was it my birthday? I said yes. He asked how old I was. I told him 21. He stared. Then stared some more. Then said "no way."
I said "yes." He said "no." I said "yes." And finally, he shook his head and said "you'd never be able to tell!" At which point, Michelle (who'd had a couple of drinks with dinner) asked, once again, if I got anything special for my birthday.
He thought about it. Then kind of grinned. I wanted to crawl under the table. Then he took our dishes and said "I've got something for you, I'll be right back!"
Oh my God...
Wasn't so bad! When he came back, he had a coffee filter full of whipped cream. O_O;; I wasn't sure if I should run, or stay out of morbid curiosity. I ended up staying... and he proceeded to explain that it was what they call a "muff dive."
As I don't drink, I'd obviously never heard of it, but C.A. started cackling. =_=;; C.A. cackling is never a good sign...
Basically, there's a shot glass full of booze in the middle of a huge pile of whipped cream--you ger someone to hold your hair back (in this case Michelle) and use your teeth to pick up the glass, and down the shot. If you use your hands or can't do it, the whipped cream goes all in your hair instead of just on your face. >^-^;;;
I did it okay. Except that the whipping cream clogged the glass so I had a hard time getting the liquor out. XD
Irish and banana cream and jack daniels or something like that. The first actual drink I've ever had, coolers not withstanding. ^^;; I got whipped cream up my nose, but it was fun. ^_~
Then we paid for our food and headed back home, where we had cake and chatted for about another hour, and then everyone headed out. ^^ C.A. is taking me to see Blade: Trinity later this week as a birthday/Christmas present. That's normally what she does. Last year we went to see The Return Of The King. ^^
So! All together, quite a fun birthday, even if some people couldn't make it!
Okay! So, I was supposed to finish another scene for Cassandra-san today, but I didn't end up managing it. So much to do in prep for my teeny birthday party. But I got a bunch more written, so I can probably finish it tomorrow, since I have nothing to do. ^_~
Around 4:00 pm, C.A. showed up--that's when everyone was supposed to be there, but as it turned out, Pam, Andy, Scott and Kevin couldn't make it; that left C.A., Michelle and Steve. Steve worked until 7:00, so he didn't get here unti around 8. And about 5-ish, Michelle called and went "where were you?"
And C.A. and I went; "um... what?" |_|;;
She'd been there around 4:15, and rang the doorbell a couple of times, and when no one answered (I completely forgot to tell her that the doorbell is broken... ^^;;), she tried to call on her cell but got the machine. We figure she must have tried to call when I was on the phone, talking to Pam. ^^;;
Anyway, she'd gone downtown to get a drink, so C.A. and I got our coats and boots on and headed down to meet her there. Once downtown, we poked through the dollar store. Michelle bought socks, C.A. bought socks, I bought socks. We all bought socks. And I got some misc. stuff for my next P.O.S.s and for the box I'm sending for cat_mcdougall's kids. >^-^<
While we were there, I expressed the desire to own a tea pot. Not a kettle. I have a kettle. I wanted a tea pot that I could brew a couple of cups of tea in--and Michelle was like "oh! I got my Mom one for Christmas!" and proceeded to skip us over to Liquidation World, where I purchased an awesome blue-and-white Japanese tea set (pot/4 cups) for approx. $7.
Then we came back here, and sat and gabbed for a good hour and a half, before deciding we were going to watch a movie to pass the time until Steve got off work (we were waiting for him so we could all go have dinner together), and popped in Home on the Range (the Disney one); about halfway through the movie, Steve got here.
After we were done watching the movie, we spent about half an hour trying to decide what we wanted to eat. At that point, it was 9:00 at night. We decided on Chinese... all the Chinese places were closed. Bah. So we went to Brewery Bay, which is basically pub food. Cool with me. I had fetuccini alfredo.
As it turned out, some of the people we know from high school happened to be there, too! None of them are really close friends of mine, but I know them, and generally like them, so we had a little reunion while we waited for our food.
Dinner was awesome. It's so great to have a meal with good friends I haven't seen much of lately.
Then when the waiter came to take our dishes, Michelle asked if I got dessert free because it was my birthday. He said no... but was it my birthday? I said yes. He asked how old I was. I told him 21. He stared. Then stared some more. Then said "no way."
I said "yes." He said "no." I said "yes." And finally, he shook his head and said "you'd never be able to tell!" At which point, Michelle (who'd had a couple of drinks with dinner) asked, once again, if I got anything special for my birthday.
He thought about it. Then kind of grinned. I wanted to crawl under the table. Then he took our dishes and said "I've got something for you, I'll be right back!"
Oh my God...
Wasn't so bad! When he came back, he had a coffee filter full of whipped cream. O_O;; I wasn't sure if I should run, or stay out of morbid curiosity. I ended up staying... and he proceeded to explain that it was what they call a "muff dive."
As I don't drink, I'd obviously never heard of it, but C.A. started cackling. =_=;; C.A. cackling is never a good sign...
Basically, there's a shot glass full of booze in the middle of a huge pile of whipped cream--you ger someone to hold your hair back (in this case Michelle) and use your teeth to pick up the glass, and down the shot. If you use your hands or can't do it, the whipped cream goes all in your hair instead of just on your face. >^-^;;;
I did it okay. Except that the whipping cream clogged the glass so I had a hard time getting the liquor out. XD
Irish and banana cream and jack daniels or something like that. The first actual drink I've ever had, coolers not withstanding. ^^;; I got whipped cream up my nose, but it was fun. ^_~
Then we paid for our food and headed back home, where we had cake and chatted for about another hour, and then everyone headed out. ^^ C.A. is taking me to see Blade: Trinity later this week as a birthday/Christmas present. That's normally what she does. Last year we went to see The Return Of The King. ^^
So! All together, quite a fun birthday, even if some people couldn't make it!