Dinhternet

When I went to Chris­tine N’s engage­ment party on Sun­day, she was play­ing with one of her dogs after most of the guests had stum­bled home/into bed.

“Resist!“
– Chris­tine N, hold­ing a piece of food in front of the dog. Then she would alter­nate between eat­ing the food her­self and feed­ing the dog a piece.
“Wow, that’s well trained!“
– James S and me.
“You should have seen his mom. I could hold a piece of food in her mouth, tell her to resist, and then pull it back out and eat it. She would shake and tear up, but she wouldn’t bite it.“
– Chris­tine N.

Cruel, but awe­some. And James S and I agree, we have not seen a dog cry before. I guess we missed out.

I wish I had that level of self-control.

You know what I haven’t done in a long time? Quote of the day!

Here’s one for today:

“Do you think if [the man­ager] knows I have a hole in my pants, he’ll kick me out?“
– Will N

Will said this as we ate at Phở Hoa for din­ner. We told him there was only one way to find out — he should ask the man­ager. Or show him. So I guess that’s actu­ally two ways?

Any­way, sorry about the quote hia­tus, guys. I tell myself it’s because I’m bor­ing and anti-social. I will endeavor to do post them more reg­u­larly. Not sure if I can do it on a daily basis again.

Oh, and a HUGE thanks to Will N, Joe M, and espe­cially James S for your help today. I think my dad and I would have died if you guys hadn’t come by.

Not much went down yes­ter­day. It was a nice cloudy day, not boil­ing like usual. Slept in until around 10. Read more of War­rior Élite. Went online around noon. Aaron L asked if I wanted Sonic’s. Haven’t been to the place since it opened, so I fig­ured I’d give it a try.

Aaron L came over in a bit with Ian, and we were off. Sonic was still pretty crowded, con­sid­er­ing it was around 1:30 by the time we got there. The whole drive-in thing is fancy look­ing, but it seems counter-productive. They should just have a reg­u­lar counter/drive-through that other fast food places have.

Any­ways, I got an “Island Fire” Super­Sonic burger. It’s got two pat­ties, pep­per jack cheese, and a habanero sauce. Not as hot as I would have liked, but eh… can’t expect much from white folks. Also got tater-tots and a straw­berry limeade. The drink was excel­lent… it even had bits of straw­berry in it.

Stopped by Wal­mart real fast after that. Mostly just the three of us look­ing through the toy sec­tion. I was tempted. By Mega Bloks. Sounds sad, huh? But these things were pretty cool… There’s the Super Tech Spidey (with web-shooting action) and Super Tech Wolver­ine (with extend­ing claws). But they have this “remov­able mask” fea­ture that reveals a grey cyborg face under­neath that’s really creepy.

Back to Davis. We chilled at Ian’s for a while. Aaron L and I played Gran Tur­ismo 4 and Grand Theft Auto 3 as Ian cleaned. Then it got around time for Alice C and Nancy W’s BBQ, so Aaron L and I headed to Avalon. (Ian drove him­self because he was also pick­ing up Tina.) On the way, we stopped at my place to for me to take some Benadryl, because I was start­ing to hive again. Then we stopped by Park­side to pick up Thu H, who was wear­ing pants. Stunned both Aaron L and me.

So yeah… over to Avalon. We were just ten min­utes late, so of course were among the first there. BB Diana was there. She’s always sur­pris­ing me with ran­dom trips to Davis now. Had some grub, and Will Oh cooked up, even though he said he wasn’t going to grill this time. It was great. Tried to get Alice C and Nancy W to drink, but they wouldn’t. Had a beer, and I think that’s where every­thing went down­hill. I guess the alco­hol inter­acted with the Benadryl, and I started hiv­ing up much worse than before.

Thanks to every­one for your con­cern, by the way. Except Aaron L. When I explained my weird the­ory about how I’m aller­gic to some­thing in the ARC, since I only hive after going to work out there with Joe M, Aaron L tried to get me to go into the Avalon work-out room. Then he threat­ened me,

Tried to fight it for a while. It didn’t work. Asked James S to take me home. Took another Benadryl and cold shower. Then I passed out to keep from scratch­ing myself and mak­ing it worse.