Volunteered for the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco yesterday. Convinced the sister to join me for a bit and basically handed over the camera for her to take pictures of the booths. Afterward, we cabbed our way to the Haight for a night of zombie movies and BBQ in our friend’s backyard.
At times, I feel as if a clique has formed among my friends. It’s almost impenetrable. When someone new encounters the group, it is usually awkward. They don’t understand the dynamics. They don’t get the jokes. When did we evolve back into this high school phenomenon?
We’re usually fine among many, or if it is a partial group with others. It’s just when it’s the core group and one other… I hang my head in shame.
I met up with a guy [We'll call him "JM"] last night. JM and I had been messaging online back and forth, chatting a little bit too. I’m not sure what to make of it since it felt more like meeting someone new as a potential friend, rather than a date for a potential love interest. However, since I don’t date, what do I know? There were silences [awkward to me, but maybe I was overly observant] filled with staring up at the television screen. Thank goodness for cool ass bartenders too. Even still, we managed to get through several beers, and by the time we left to look for food, the places normally open were not.
I didn’t let JM drive me home, even though it was a few blocks away. Instead, I walked him to his car and gave him a hug. He seemed nice and appeared a bit young [cute though]. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. That was not a date. Or was it?
I know that my spelling and grammar are not perfect. In fact, I’ll often type sentences with various words missing. But, really!? One should be able to at least differentiate between homophones!
There is a book out there about how one should never dine alone. I will probably buy/borrow it some time and read it. For me, I think eating alone is actually more of a challenge, especially if it involves eating out at a restaurant [fancier ones, at least]. Sure, it’s difficult to eat out with company and make the most of it from the networking standpoint. In this culture, however, eating out alone is not exactly seen as normal to do that. If anything, you buy something and eat it at home.
I have to work on a little bit of both. Tonight, I’m eating with random strangers at a Senegalese place. Exciting.
I’d love very much to take every Tuesday off. There’s a particular bar in downtown San Francisco that is so chill and wonderful on Tuesday. One of the funniest, most personable bartenders in San Francisco works a double shift there that day.
Today, Sally [who is a regular at this particular spot] invited me along. I parked in the Moscone lot for $10, and we spent 4+ hours eating, drinking, chitchatting. It was awesome and of course, beautiful outside. A great way to finish off my PTO and get myself back into gear for work.
I have one now. I’m one of those people! Except of course, I’m so busy that I don’t really play it at all. I’ve charged it up but really used not once. Oops.
Plus, I’m supposed to buy something for it in order to play more games. I am so not savvy on the video gaming world.
I have all this writing backlogged in the depths of my mind. I fear that if I do not document, it will soon disappear. At the same time, I am unsure of what to bring forth into the blog. What to write about…
I’ve taken a lot of time away from work [several weeks, it seems]. I am back in it next week, officially. Enough of the lounging and time to get back into being a productive member of society. With the free time, I’ve thought a lot about who I am, about relationships [friendships, dating, etc.], about life [where I want to go, what I see, etc.] and about happiness [finding it, being content, etc.].
Yesterday, I was incredibly hungover from the previous night. I had to leave my friends early on at the Fillmore Jazz Festival. Today, Baker Beach. I love that place. Then an afternoon at Blue Danube Cafe. If it were closer to my house, I would be in there all the time… It doesn’t have free wireless, but I am okay with that too.
A bunch left early from the party that we were at, but it was still a great time. I woke up the next morning, unsure of where I was. I never knew I was that kind of girl.
What we’ve got planned for the next 24 hours:
- WALL-E
- something in between the end of the movie to the beginning of BBQs
- various BBQs