This and That

In the Bathroom at a bar in Chicago. Let's just say I can relate.


I'll just fill you in with the little tidbits that have been making up my life lately.
A week ago, Nemo and his lovely bride Carrie, Matt and his soon to be lovely bride Liz, and Caleb and his lovely bride Shannon, as well as other friends and relatives of the Nemos got together for a nice dinner, as well as some drinks. If you'll notice, of that particular group of Northwestern friends, I am the only one who is not a lovely bride. This may sound as though I am wistful to become a bride, but that really isn't the case. As more and more people begin to pair up permantently, it starts feeling more and more normal that my friends are getting married. I think that is the part I don't like. I don't like that it is normal for people my age to be married. I don't so much want to be married right now, as I want everyone to stay single right now. What happens when people start having babies?! I already have the normal amount of baby lust ("normal" meaning everytime I see one I just want to eat it or at least knaw on its cheek, but I don't really want my own just yet) but I can't imagine what will happen when people close to me start popping them out. I'm actually pretty excited for the occasional babysitting duty. Anyway, that was a tangent. The point is, I got together with some old friends and had a wonderful time as we always do. I arrived sweaty and had to keep my sweater on for the first several hours just to let the back sweat dry from my shirt, but that wasn't unusual or unexpected and it did not damper anyone's good time.
Sunday was Mother's Day. I returned home to spend some quality time Mom. My brother and I bought her an ice cream maker (don't ask me why, I was never even aware she liked ice cream until she asked for this gift). First we had brunch at the Country Club, very hoighty toighty. Not really. I actually feel uncomfortable telling people where we ate when they ask and we have eaten there. I think it conjures images of blazers and pearls. There were probably blazers and pearls, but its not as bad as you all think. I promise. After brunch we went home and tried to make ice cream. True to form we did not read the directions and we did not succeed in makeing ice cream. I only hope that future endeavors are more fruitful. It was a nice time mostly because I spent a lazy day with the best mom in the world.
During the week I celebrated the birthday of high school pal Qasim. Lindsay, Marianna and I took him and his lady out to celebrate. It is always fun to get together with old high school friends and reminisce about the stupid things we used to do and the people we did those things with. I keep getting flyers from my high school asking me to call and update my information with them for the alumni directory. I haven't called them back yet, but I might. I would feel a little dorky/egotistical calling them back and saying what I'm up to. Why egotistical you may ask. It's not that I have really accomplished anything that enviable in my life, though I hope to inspire envy from millions in the near future. The thing is that the entire point of these directories is to show off how well you are doing, how successful you are and all that junk. Or at least, many people take the opportunity in such directories to do just that. On the other hand, I REALLY want to know what everyone is up to and where their lives are headed, so maybe I should contribute too. I'll just have to downplay my nobel prize so people don't think I have too big a head.
I also got together with some old work friends of mine. Also a wonderful time. Some of us hadn't seen each other in awhile and it was good to catch up. I don't really have much more to say on that except it was fun.
The most notable influence on my week was the finale of America's Next Top Model. The influence was not that the winner blew my mind away and has changed the way I view modeling henceforth, but rather, I haven't been able to watch the show so I have been avoiding people who watch it so as not to spoil the result. That obviously didn't work. I went to read Chloe's blog and there is was, and then later Tina emailed me about how BLANK won. Now, I know who the winner is, but I feel like if I don't say it out loud, it won't be true and when I finally watch the show, it will still be a surprise. I went home to watch it last night. I sat in my recliner, opened a coke and some popcorn went to my tivo only to discover IT NEVER RECORDED!! WTF! I think I cried. That is one of the worst feelings when you are looking forward to watching a recorded program and it is nowhere to be found. How was Tivo able to record the entire season without issue yet when it really counts I am left to fend for myself? The are re-showing it this Tuesday, so you know where I will be. I'm not relying on Tivo this time.
And that was my week.