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Well, last night was a lovely little exercise in semi-spontaneous drinking activity. While I was still in class Jen called to see if I wanted to go to the Cubs game (the regular season homestand finale...) alas, class and work did not leave room in my schedule for spontaneous baseball enjoyment. So we opted to get together and drink instead. Add a couple of friends, a quick yet fabulous sushi dinner, couple bottles of wine and a few phone calls later, we were off to Full Shilling and then to Irish Oak. We were met by Ben, and GET THIS, RACHEL. Read that last bit again. Yeah, Rachel came out. This should be noted because for those of you who know Rachel know that Rachel doesn't come out with us EVER. We love Rachel, and we're thrilled that she finally gave in to all of our cajolling and came along after class to laugh at our drunk asses. And I definitely left the bar without keys, so I had to sit outside and wait for Jen to come home... and I sat on the el, and had a lovely bonding moment with one of those attack dogs that the CTA security people show off all the time... but that's neither here nor there.
Unfortunately, I chose to abuse my liver on a weeknight, which meant that classes were somewhat less than enjoyable because it was 100% necessary that I attend Brain & Behavior today. I went to Stats long enough to retrieve my test (which I got a 101 on.... even though I was totally unaware that was even possible in college... but anyway...) and then I left, because I just really didn't want to stay. So I went to work. I mean if I'm gonna kill time, I'm gonna get paid to do it.
Work was a mixed bag as usual. Nobody but me cares about all of that mess, so I'll just spare you the details. But I did have plans to go out with Alana tonight, and she was feeling a bit under the weather, and honestly, I am kind of grateful for the cancellation because I was kinda tired myself.
Staying in prompted some interesting weekend television viewing... Basically TV on a Friday night really sucks, and I'm glad that I spend my time and money abusing my liver at the bars instead. For example, I was channel surfing and happened across a movie that featured Drew Barrymore... Apparently this was one of her lesser known works. Stop me if you've heard of this one before "Doppelganger"... Yeah, I didn't think so. I caught only about 5 minutes of what I assume was the end... Why do I assume it was the end? Because Drew shed her skin, (literally) and turned into two creatures, and generally this sort of thing happens at the end of movies.... don't believe me? Well seeing this stuff was kind of disturbing, and so I did a little homework. (How else would I know that the movie was called "Doppelganger"for cryin' out loud?) So here's the IMDB plot summary for this piece of cinematic... uhh... well, there really is no good noun for this... anyway here's the plot summary courtesy of the fine folks at IMDB
Doppelganger (1993)
"A woman (Barrymore) moves from NYC to LA after a murder, in which she is implicated. She is followed by what is apparently her evil alter- ego. She moves into a room for rent by a writer (Newbern), and he begins having an affair with her, but after some strange things happen, he's not so sure if the affair is with her or her doppelganger."
Yeah... so now it's all perfectly clear. Now if only we knew what the fuck a Doppelganger was... But really, that's all there is about this gem. There is no other background, nothing. Don't believe me? Here, look for yourself!
There was also some kind of odd Camelot-themed film with wizards, really shiny armor, and castles, and jousts taking place in some kind of mystical forest, which, if you ask me is really quite impractical. But I didn't know enough to track that one down... so we'll just pretend that never happened, and that I didn't lose precious moments from my life while contemplating "how they kept all that armor so shiny" and "who the hell thought it would be a good idea to joust in the mystical forest?" Yes... After realizing that I sat and asked myself these questions on a Friday night, I also came to the conclusion that my life is now a hollow, empty shell, lacking any semblance of what used to be my pride. Pathetic, I know.
Wow, that was a very self-depracating paragraph.
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And I have to wonder, why, since late June do I all of a sudden experience hangovers at a suddenly WAY higher rate than I used to? Prior to June I had only had three hangovers in all of my years of drinking, (Yes I said years... I drank prior to turning 21... sorry mom.) Just 3 hangovers in all that time. (Now, one of those times the hangover was coupled with a migraine headache, which prompted me to PRAY FOR DEATH. SERIOUSLY...) Now don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for every last one of the times when I drank and suffered no ill effects the following day, but I'm just a bit thrown by the fact that since the family reunion I have had hangovers ranging all over the suffering-spectrum just about every time I've had more than 2 or 3 beverages.... (which is roughly every time I drink.) I'm not at all pleased with this new development.
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The newest addition, (courtesy of Alana) has got to be Jesusishitler.com Another one worth exploration. Just spectacular comedy here.
If you know of anymore gems such as these, please by all means submit them for consideration!
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Just to make my readership aware: I got another free party at Hi-Tops... so it's on for my birthday weekend. For those of you who haven't experienced the VIP parties we have at HiTops, here's the skinny: No cover from 8-10 and open bar from 9-10. Yup OPEN BAR! God I love this city!
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I know all you want to stop reading this gibberish and get back to your lives, so I'll just give you what you want... Gotta please the masses.
QOTD
9.30.04 - "Yeah, fine, I'll make an appearance." ~ Rachel (it's QOTD if only because we've NEVER heard those words before and are unlikely to hear them again)
10.1.04 - "So wait, according to this chick's theory any time a guy proposes sex to a girl she's just gonna drop her panties and go to it?" ~A frat boy in my philosophy of medical ethics class totally misunderstanding feminist theory... and then making a typical frat boy comment.
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Val Kilmer was SUPER HOT ... where the hell did he go?
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Who knew Billy Bob Thornton was in "Tombstone" ... and he was FAT! This was crazy stuff that went totally unnoticed by the masses.
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You know you love it.
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I sometimes hate myself for letting my athlete friends talk me into providing them with moral support and freeze my ass off when I should still be sleeping.... Oh my life.
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"Show me the way to the next whiskey bar..."
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I abuse commas and the ... (dot dot dot) but you love me anyway right.
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