Month: December 2004

12-09-2004 3:58 pm

/ Nathan Lavertue / Leave a comment

OK, NOW THAT I HAVE A FREE MOMENT AT WORK… AND I’M NOT ABOUT TO RUN ANYWHERE, I CAN FILL A FEW GAPS IN THE BLOG HERE.
SO… THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THANKGIVING, I WAS TO JOURNEY UP TO BOSTON, MEET UP WITH JONATHAN AND TOMMY, AND THE CONTINUE ONWARD TO NORTH CONWAY. HOWEVER, IT TOOK ME JUST ABOUT 5 HOURS TO GET HERE, AND WAS NEARLY 10PM BY THE TIME I DID. WE DECIDED WE’D MAKE THE TRIP IN THE MORNING, RATHER THAN GET THERE AT 1AM. AFTER THAT DECISION, WE EMBARKED ON A NIGHT OF HARDCORE DRINKING. WE STARTED WITH A FEW BEERS AT THE HOUSE, THEN VENTURED INTO HARVARD SQUARE, AND WENT TO THIS INFAMOUS CHINESE RESTAURANT (I FORGET THE NAME) WERE WE GOT A SCORPION BOWL, TO SHARE. BUT, WE ALL MANAGED TO HAVE A DRINK BESIDES THE BOWL. AFTER THE BOWL, AND A FEW DRINKS, WE DECIDED THE WHITE TRASH MIXED WITH COLLEGE PREP KIDS WAS GETTING A LITTLE OLD, AND WE HEADED OUT. WE SAW THIS PLACE REDLINE WHICH SEEMED PRETTY DECENT. WE VENTURED IN, AND WITH MY UPCOMING BIRTHDAY, AND SLIGHT INTOXICATION, DECIDED, HEY, LET’S GET A BOTTLE OF GREY GOOSE VODKA, AND DRINK THE NIGHT AWAY. AND WE DID JUST THAT. WHAT A MESS. I ENDED UP MAKING IT HOME, THANKS TO STASHA HELPING US OUT, DEARLY. WHEN WE DID MAKE IT HOME, TOMMY DECIDED HE WAS EXTREMELY HUNGRY AND POPPED SOME TATER TOTS IN THE STOVE. I, ON THE OTHER HAND, FELT I HAD TOO MUCH IN MY STOMACH, AND VOMITED. ONCE BEFORE WE GOT HOME, AND AGAIN WHEN WE GOT THERE. NOT PRETTY, NOT AT ALL. HOWEVER, TOMMY PASSED OUT BEFORE THE TOTS WERE DONE, AND NEGLECTED TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THE STOVE. AROUND 8AM OR SO, JONATHAN REALIZED THE STOVE WAS STILL ON, AT ABOUT 450F, COOKING VERY WELL DONE TATER TOTS! I MEAN, THEY WERE BLACK, STILL NORMAL LOOKING, OTHER THAN THE BLACK FACTOR.
WE EVENTUALLY GATHERED OUR THINGS, AND A LITTLE SENSIBILITY, AND GOT ON THE ROAD… I PASSED OUT FOR MOST OF IT. I DID WAKE UP ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH CONWAY. ABOUT 20 OR 30 MINUTES LATER, JONATHAN OPTED TO TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROUTE.. I’M SURE HE WOULD TAKE BACK THAT DECISION NOW. ABOUT HALF WAY THRU THE ROUTE, WE GOT PULLED OVER. AND THE OFFICER WAS BEING COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS… TYPICAL QUESTIONS… AND THEN, HAVE YOU ALL BEEN DRINKING? THIS WAS AT ABOUT 11AM AND WE ALL (AT LEAST TO US) LOOKED LIKE THE FREAKING LIVING DEAD. I COULDN’T BELIEVE HE WAS SERIOUS. WE CONVINCED WE HADN’T BEEN, WELL, TOO RECENTLY! BUT, THEN HE CONTINUED ON HIS RIDICULOUS RANT OF QUESTIONS… FOLLOWED BY “CAN I SEE SOME IDENTIFICATION FROM YOU TWO?” THIS WAS DIRECTED TO ME AND TOMMY, WHO WERE BASICALLY JUST ANXIOUS TO GET HOME AND SHOWER, SWEATING IN OUR DAY OLD SWEAT. IT WAS JUST ODD, AND FOR THANKSGIVING MORNING, RIDICULOUS. SO, THAT WAS THE TRIP HOME. I HAD A DELIGHTFUL THANKSGIVING, ALTHOUGH, I WAS QUITE QUIET, AFTER THE NIGHT I HAD. I SLEPT AMAZINGLY WELL THAT NIGHT. DID NEARLY ZERO ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, AND WENT SNOWBOARDING ON SATURDAY. WHICH WAS TERRIFIC, ALBEIT TOO CROWDED. SUNDAY WE HEADED BACK… BUT NOT BEFORE TOMMY AND HIS DAD SHOT THE PUMPKINS… WITH A 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN. HMM?
LAST WEEK WAS PRETTY RELAXED… JUST A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS TRYING TO GET THIS PLAYSTATION STUFF FINISHED, AND GET ROLLING ON THE NEW DESIGN FOR THE DASHBOARD. ON FRIDAY, MY NEWLY ACQUIRED ROOMIE, DEVO, WAS FINALLY ALL MOVED IN, AND KREG AND I WANTED TO TAKE HIM OUT. OUR FRIEND MIKE WAS DJ’ING AT A CLUB CALLED ANATOMY, WHERE THEY SERVE FREE VODKA AND SIERRA NEVADA FROM 11-12. WE GOT THERE AT 11. BY THE TIME WE LEFT, AND I’M NOT EVEN SURE WHEN IT WAS, WE HAD CONSUMED MUCH, AND MADE SURE DEVO WAS GOING TO ENJOY HIS STAY IN NEW YORK. MADE SOME GREAT FRIEND THAT NIGHT… VERY GOOD TIME INDEED. IT WAS A GREAT BOYS NIGHT OUT.
THEN ON SATURDAY, I WAS GIVEN THE LOVELY SURPRISED BIRTHDAY PARTY MOMENT WHEN I ARRIVED AT BARCADE IN BROOKLYN. ALL THE CLOSE PEOPLE I KNEW MADE AN APPEARANCE, AND WE HAD SOME BEERS, SOME VIDEO GAME COMPETITION, AND SOME LAUGHS. THANKS TO ALL THAT SHOWED UP, IT WAS TERRIFIC.
AND LAST NIGHT, MY OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY NIGHT, I WANTED TO GO OUT AND HAVE DINNER WITH EVERYONE. I HAD A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE JOIN ME AT THIS THAI RESTAURANT, SEA, NEAR MY HOUSE. IT WAS A GREAT TIME, A FEW OF THE PEOPLE HADN’T MET BEFORE, AND IT WAS GREAT THAT ALL MY FRIENDS WERE GETTING ALONG. WE WENT OVER TO MY HOUSE FOR A FEW MORE DRINKS AFTERWARDS, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HOST GOT SICK. BUT, NOT FROM DRINKING. SOMETHING I ATE REALLY OFFSET MY STOMACH, AND I WAS IN EXTREME PAIN. NOT FUN INDEED. I’LL SPARE YOU THE DETAILS OF THE NIGHT, BUT IT WASN’T FUN.
WHICH BRINGS ME TODAY… WHERE I SLEPT LATE, LOST MY WALLET, FOUND MY WALLET, AND ARRIVED AT WORK ABOUT 2 HOURS LATE. SO FAR, BEING THIRTY ISN’T BAD, JUST DIFFERENT. I’D HAVE TO SAY IT SEEMS BETTER THAN 29, BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE THE NEXT AGE LURKING OVER YOU!