A Weekend of Adventure or Today I make $33 an hour!

This weekend actually proved to be full of adventure and fun... Well actually it was more or less full of drinking and video games, but whose counting?
Friday night, after work, I attended the 18th birthday of Stobart's sister at the Tijuana Yacht Club. Normally I hate that place (sort of) but I had a good time. That could also have been due to the tequila and beer I had. That and because I was really feeling down that day. The whole malaise thing was really getting to me... I guess I just needed to get out and DO something... It seemed to help a lot.
Interesting story. While dancing my white guy dance, Dave pointed out that a chick was "checking me out." I caught her eyes a few times and it did indeed seem like she was scoping out the I-Rock. When her group of friends danced closer to the group I was in, Dave told me to make a move. Now I'm not the most over-zealous guy so I just kind of tried to work out a plan of action. Bumping into her a few times while dancing, chatting it up all witty like, etc. I never did it... Eventually I just got a sudden cause of balls and went up to her and starting talking. Asking if I could buy her a drink met with a negatore. Learning a little about her was going ok until she said that she had to go to the bathroom. I waited around for a bit where we had been talking and eventually turned to look at the bathroom area, as she had been gone a while. I just happened to see her and a friend bolting from the area at warp speed. That's right folks, I was "shot down in flames!" Thinking back it might have had something to do with the way the part of the conversation went that was me asking to buy her a drink... synopsis.
Me: "So are you in need of a refill there?"
Her: "No, I've had enough already."
Me: "But I walked all the way from over there!" (pointing to the other side of the room)
Her: "That's only the other side of the room."
Me: "That's a long way!"
You see I figured that I was being cute and witty, while maybe I was being obtuse and stalkery... Oh well, we all get shot down sometimes.
Saturday after work I went to Matt's for a bit and shared in some free pizza. I also tried Splinter Cell 2: Pandora Tomorrow. It was hella sweet. Then we all went to the Charley... I thought it might be fun.... and it wasn't. Those guys basically still do the same stuff they've been doing since high school, only now with beer. They also still continue to bring up stories from that time period. Sitting around and telling old stories is fun for a while, but tends to drag on the nerves... I am so sick of hearing how one time I used the excuse "I have to help my mom move stuff" to get out of hanging out with them... That was like 8 years ago! Get over it! I don't even remember the situation or context anymore. Leave it to them to hold things against you for a decade. By them I am referring to Matt, Jon, Kostas, Adam. I thought maybe they'd changed a touch, but nope... I was wrong.... What makes this all worse is that I chose to hang out with them instead of Kari, Lee, Jay and Tyler. At least there I would have been in the company of people who are not the same as they were in high school. Then again, I didn't really know Kari or Tyler all that well (or in Kari's case, at all) back then.... Either way, it wouldn't have brought me down as much, what with them not being the types who feel the need to constantly bring each other down...
Sunday, after work and video games, I saw Shrek 2 with Ryan, Tina, Andrew, and Dave. It was alright but not amazing. I thought there was just too much attempting to reference pop culture. They threw as much at the wall as they could and only some of it stuck. Occasionally it was downright hilarious, other times, more annoying. Especially the end, when they all sang "Livin la vida loca." UGH. The worst part of the night was all the people talking during the movie... Especially those who felt the need to point out each pop culture reference they noticed... funny part was they only got the REALLY obvious ones, like the Justin Timberlake thing. They never got the more obscure ones, like the Fawlty Towers stuff. Oh yeah, apparently people now need to relate the story on screen to the person they are sitting beside... FUCKING HELL SHUT THE SHIT UP.
Today is a stat holiday. I work for 7 hours at double time and a half. That is $33 an hour! There is also no semi truck coming in or going out today... That means I will have no work to do. Sweet!