Since 1913
So I had a pretty good night last night - which anyone who saw the orignal version of this post can probably imagine. Sorry about that ^_^;

So I took off for Spin around 12:30 last night. As I was walking down the street this dude stopped me to ask if I had a cigarette, then - having gotten my attention - proceeded to solicit weed, coke, ex and probably a slew of other stuff. I told him I didn't have the cash for drugs and kept walking thinking that'd be the end of it. Instead he kept following me down the street telling me he's on Belmont all the time and if I ever need anything he'd hook me up (woo) - then offered me a dime of weed and free trial of coke. *sigh* I ended up telling him I had to get to Spin because I was meeting some friends (turned out not to be a lie). Finally about a block from Spin I lost him.

As I was walking into Spin I bumped into Ryan from my summer class on his way out. I said Hi and then went to the bar and got a drink. As I was sitting there he came back and asked if I was there alone, I said yeah, and he told me he and his friends were headed to Berlin and I was welcome to go with them if I wanted. I already had the drink in hand ($1 vodka tonic.. that's good times) so I told him I'd meet them in a little bit. I finished the drink and tried to navigate my way to the bathroom.

When I got out of Spin I started heading back to Berlin, which is across the street from the L stop. As I was walking back guess who I saw? Mr. Drug Dealer. I crossed the street before he saw me, but in the end he spotted me and came over to talk. I pulled out my phone like I was really busy or something and told him my friends had moved to Berlin and I just got the message - and lost him again. I'm a little nervous about heading back to Belmont now :P

At any rate, I had a blast at Berlin. The last time I was there Berlin sucked and was almost completely empty. Last night it was pumped up with tons of people. I sat with my classmate and his friend and talked with them. While sitting there I decided that I wished I was gay because I had 3 guys hit on me. One of them even pulled me up onto the stage and I danced a bit with him. At first I thought "okay - this is just good clean fun", but then he put his hand on my hip and shoved his leg between mine and started grinding against me - at which point I thought "Okay.. I think we just crossed some line.." Luckily he then pulled up Ryan and his friend and made all of us dance together. So it was all good.

I'm not going to lie - going to these bars and clubs alone is pretty lonely and hard to not feel awkward about, and now having been with some people I have to admit it's a lot easier to have fun and let loose when you're not alone. Not that that's gonna stop me from trying.. I'll probably be heading out again tonight (even though Sean ditched me.. biatch.)

- posted by Brendan @ 10:03 PM 0 comments

 
WTF²
Sweet evil Jesus! Six Hundred Pound Woman Surgically Removed from Couch.



So last night I saw Sean again after like.. 4 months. It's mostly my fault since I suck at calling people back and getting motivated. However, he hasn't changed a bit. We got pizza and watched Roseanne on telly. It's been a really long time since I've seen any full episodes of Roseanne. I got curious and checked out the series' history and read about the final episode - which turned out to be pretty insane. I gotta hand it to them/her though, that ending is a pretty cold punch to the gut and an admirable way to go out.

Anyway, it was good to see Sean again and check out his new toys since he seems to have new ones every time I see him. The fact that he had a Prada shirt he'd forgotten he bought, buried in his closet, with the tags still on it, is just wonderful to me.

Eh.. that's all I got. I'm gonna head out to Spin in a little bit in my continuing search to find a good bar/club to hang out at late at night.

- posted by Brendan @ 12:25 AM 0 comments

 
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So Sunday I arrived home from another voyage back to Aurora - et al. Saturday night I was intent on reviewing the finished scripts for Echoes with Pat and Stu. But alas, they were in no condition to do so. Big fucking surprise, huh? Surprisingly, David - yes, that David - was in Geneva Saturday night. He accompanied me to Stu's house - which had been turned into a sorta ghetto version of the mansion orgy in Eyes Wide Shut. However, the sex and prostitutes had been replaced with alcohol and.. other substances. I felt bad that innocent David had been drawn into this debauchery, and with a kid bashing a tooth out yet demanding I buy him cigarettes, we took off and went out for some wholesome Steak & Shake instead.

Monday I didn't have class, so Sunday night I decided to try out Excalibur.. bar and dance club. It was pretty empty on Sunday night at 12am, with a not so hip crown there. But an hour later things got better and in the end.. um.. it proved to be worth the.. effort.

I even got a souvenier shot glass with a shot of jager. Score... *cough*

Anyway, Monday I woke up with a hangover with the sound of my cell phone rattling on the table. I pulled myself into the shower and then set out for downtown to meet with David and his friend, Maddy. They tricked me into buying lunch when I wasn't really hungry, made fun of my aversion to bright lights that afternoon and bummed around Chicago. We got back to my place at 4 and watched Penn & Teller Bullshit! episodes and tried to introduce Maddy to Halo.

Maddy took off around 7 iirc, and David and I putzed around for a bit before going out for Thai for dinner (for the ironic purpose of corresponding to his girlfriend's current visit to Thailand to train elephants or some other insane reason). I had the beef Pad Thai and David got an extremely spicey calamari dish that would later wreck havok on his intenstines. By the time we walked back to my apartment, David was moaning and groaning and turned intoa whiney little bitch to the point that I was 'this' close to ditching and going out to a bar myself. However, a dip in the pool cooled down both David and his stomach problems, apparently, and in the end it was all good.

We also discovered that playing Halo on "rocket launchers only" mode is a lot of crazy fun and sorta evens the odds. Kick ass.


Oh.. and what the fuck? Why is this man so stupid?

- posted by Brendan @ 8:52 PM 0 comments