Saturday, February 7, 2009

Birthday Mix


Just returned from a night full of friends. Overall it was generally, mellow, nice dinner with the most number of friends I can ask for at one given evening. That alone was a gift. You'll probably think that I'm complaining from this point on. That whole day before the party, I had this sinking feeling. Might have been the rain, might have been nothing. Weeks going in, I was excited and anticipating for the night to come. Maybe it was instincts because when I sat down, I was hiding this negative feeling while on the outside I was entertaining my guests. First of all, my friend who was hosting and planning the night didn't show at all. That pissed me off. I was genuinely shocked, and the little devil on my shoulder said "don't be surprised. She's bailed before."

You know how sometimes you know certain friends so well you can predict their move? That also happened with this 1 friend who I didn't want to invite but "had" to. He's probably the most sensitive out of all my friends I know. If he wasn't invited, he'd be carrying an Irish grudge towards me for months. He's also cheap and picky so Japanese food wasn't up his alley and I expected all his sad, pathetic jokes to exit his mouth. After dinner, he was smooth enough to seduce 2 of our friends to tag along with him to eat elsewhere when I wanted them to stick around for friendly drinks next door...for my birthday. My fucking birthday. Gotta credit him though. That's skill-- to manipulate people's personalities to participate in whatever he wants to do.

Took me the whole fucking weekend to get over it. I don't usually carry angry emotions like that for more than a day but I felt pretty down. Nevertheless, I was extremely grateful that I hung out with good friends I don't normally see-- Geoff, Kandis, Cory, Jen, Josh, and Esther. Especially when we hung out after dinner, that was pretty fun to laugh and joke around.

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