I Love (Loathe*) This Bar

So I am rediculously inconsistant when it comes to blogging, but I eventually will get to it!
I was working in-state on Friday, so I was home at a resonable enough time, I received a text message from Aimee, asking if I would be up for getting a few drinks at the ever-popular (only in small social circles) Sports Page. With no other plans in place I said "why the fuck not?!"
Upon walking into the door, and flashing my i.d. at the bouncer, I am met instantly with some petit woman in my arms, and her legs wrapped around my waist, like a baby koala on his mother. After wrigling around a bit, I could see that this creature who was so affectionately attacking me, was none other than long-lost BFF Danielle I havent seen this girl in so long, and we really do go WAY WAY WAY the fuck back! She was joined by her friend Emily, who has a stunningly gorgeous Dodge Challenger (which happens to be for sale!) Emily was a real cool kinda girl, at first quiet and shy, but just like a woman, or me for that matter, get a few drinks in her, and good to go!
All the usuals were at the bar, all the people who I notice, and they likely notice/ loathe me, and in typical fashion, my loud-ass friends and I were hooting, hollerin', taking shots, and pissing off the ULTRA serious dart shooters, to the point where you would have thought someone just kicked a puppy, and we were asked by one of them to move to another room. Noticing that we had over-stayed our welcome in that side of the bar (I should mention that seriously??? a bar?? you want peace and quiet, so you can shoot your darts in a sports bar?) we moved back to the "dining" side. its all just as well because it was crowded on the other side.
Jessica joined us promptly after work, and, well really thats about it. The imminent feeling of loserdom sank in, as it so often does in that particular bar, and we had a genius idea to saddle up, and head down to Caddy's. What was I thinking? after Halloween, I decided I would never go there again! There really is no place more desperate than Caddy's!
Upon walking in, of course my eyeballs were instanlty feeling like sandpaper, i began looking through a cloud of smoke, that closely resembled any smoggy morning in L.A., just to see who was there. The thing about Caddy's is, it is a place where all the most popular kids in high school go to die, and the age vary's from 21 to, well, one foot in the grave! Each person more smoky, and hammered than the next, the had (you'll neverr gues...) KAREOKE!! Really guys? Kareoke? is this 1997 in Key West? So during the Virginia suburban kareoke nightmare renditions of all the same crap you would expect (Respect, I Will Survive, and no shortage of super-aweful-crappy Nickleback) Danielle feels a good way to pass the time would be with a good ol' fashioned lapdance! (just like mamma used to make 'em!) And boy have you ever had such a lapdance! I quickly floated my gay ass up to the bar after my lapdance, and ordered a redbull and vodka, (I should mention that i dont particularly like redbull or vodka) and since I am not super redneck like everyone else there, it took a super long time for some service up in this bitch!! (this was also reflected in the tip) although, acording to the troll sitting alone at the bar, I was the cutest thing she had ever seen, My drink couldnt come quick enough, and I returned to my post on the floor in front of the kareoke nightmare, just in time to see Jessica getting her lapdance! at 1:15 Am the lights came on (last call is at 2 b.t.w.) and I was instantly sobered by the reminder of why i loathed this bar! We scurried to the parking lot, like so many cockroaches, and said our goodbye's, Henry came to get Jessica (her new fling that im likely not supposed to mention (ill refer anyone to my disclaimer)) and Aimee and I got in my car, ran into 7-11 for coffee, and whatever else we ate in the aisle before checking out, and went swiftly home. Planning on watching Postcards From the Edge, we both passed out in the couch, only to wake up to sub-freezing temperatures outside.

Danielle and I at the Sports Page

Danille, Emily, and I


Danille and Will (very excited bartender from the Sports Page)


Jessica getting her lapdance!


Groupshot!

Halloween Madness!!

Well, well, well,

Another Halloween down, and what do we have to show for it? How much does it say to work for one company for more than a year, and I cant get Christmas off? But I sure did get Halloween!! Thats just fine by me. Originally, I had planned to have a small party at my new apartment, as a way to really get settled in, Haloween being my favorite holiday, I made it my personal goal to be fully moved in, and have everything in order just in time for Halloween, and I accomplished that goal. As the time got nearer though, I realised that I should probably not have a party, so as not to disturb the neighbors too much, and so I scaled back a bit, and ultimately the decision came down to just having the party at Terri's house, and going on from there.

Needless to say, this plan changed several more times, at one point we would do a bar crawl, or go to the city to party hop, or start here in the suburbs, and move to the city for bars and parties, and ultimately, it fell back on me. In the mix, most people got fed up, and just made other plans, so I was left with a lot of uncertainty regarding who would actually come. So just in case, I employed the help of our party planner to the stars, Mckinzie. She worked wonders with our tiny budget, and my tinier apartment, and really made it happen.

The faithfuls arrived, Heather and Zack, a sexy vampire, and top gunner



Terri, as Alaskan favorite V.p. candidate, Sarah Palin. I should preface this one by saying, I was a bit reluctant to see how this would work out, and assumed this would be one of the more common costumes of the year, but I must say, it really worked!

Aimee came by as a devil in disguise, she had this fabulous masquerade-type mask on, but I couldnt get her to keep it on for a pic

Jessica, as a refrigerator magnet

McKinzie and Jason as a whore, and Brett Favre

And me as a greaser, lookin ultra gay as always

So we had appetizers and drinks at my apartment, and watched Donnie Darko, and Beetleguise, before swinging by the Sports Page, which naturally was dead, and the Caddy's which i had never been to before, rightfully so. It actually was quite fun, but the smokiest damn place ive ever been.

so here are a few more pics from the evening.