weekend wrap

Friday

I went shopping and got this great outfit to wear when I was in Alabama. [I know that sounds weird, but it would have made sense had I decided to use my phone. I think I made the better decision, although in a retrospect a 'Hey" call would have been nice of me.] After I left the mall, I went to Vagina Monologues... honestly, for some of the monologues I only need to hear/see them once because I was extremely bored. I only really went because VJB was in it so I hung in there about midway thru the show after she did her part, and then I dipped because clearly it was 8 something and I hadn't eaten all day and I was FREEZING. I live across the street from where it was, so I returned for the very end so that I could congratulate her. So, all that was cool...

Now, Friday LATE...

is where Friday kind of went to hell. I was supposed to stay home and pack, so I did that initially but I decided to take the girls up on the invite to Vegas Nights because we didn't hang out together last weekend at all and I feel like I'm always turning down the invites I get. Well... we got there and we had connections and were able to skip the line, which was cool. HOWEVER, when I got in there I wished I was still on campus, or still in line. I felt entirely too nicely dressed to be there (which sounds stuck up I know, but I appreciate clubs with dress codes). I believe I did see some ladies wearing tennis shoes and stuff. The carpet was nasty dirty, and there was a lot of it. Then to add insult to injury I didn't see anyone that was really that cute... and then they had the nerve to dry to grab on people. I'm used to folk trying to grab my hand, but not my butt... c'mon people. Hmm let's see oh yeah, my girls bee-lined to the very center of the dance floor, which is usually cool but we were surrounded by supremely unattractive dudes so I was NOT about to dance lest I should have to turn someone down. I don't dance with just anyone. I would prefer to dance by myself a lot of times actually in these kinds of situation. I think I said something about how I was not going to have any fun at all cuz I wasn't drunk enough, well actually at all. I had decided that becoming slizzard was not an option for me since I'd be driving to Tuskegee in the morning... or I thought I would be... plus it just wasnt necessary. I don't need to be a lush every time I go out. I drink half of Mika's extremely Long Island. We head back to the dance floor. I'm like man please. They're dancing and I'm assessing my situation. It's like 1:30 but I text my brother who lives up the street to see if he's available (to come get me and take me to campus)... of course he was conveniently in Savannah. I have to go to the bathroom, so I tell the girls and insist that going by myself is fine, despite the corridor of unimpressive negros with outstretched arms that lead the way to the back corner that the bathroom is in. I see this bathroom trip as a relief, so I take my time. I get back to the main dance floor area, and decide there is no way in hell I'm going to the center of it because I didn't like my previous situation, plus if I did, I wouldn't be able to find the girls and I HATE looking lost. So I just hung back in the area where folk were just standing. The Long Island NEVER kicked in remotely. After a while I realize the girls have no clue where I am, so I text CRW then I see FMJ walk past me. We're reunited for a mnute then we end up in the upstairs section, which was a little better because there were less people up there. This one guy would not let me go tho, he grabbed me and was trying to have a conversation. I told him my real name (to be nice) and that I went to Georgia TECH and he was like, 'I stay in Florida.' He wanted me to dance with him, but CLEARLY "I'm in love with a stripper" was on and I told him I was NOT dancing to that song... so he was like, well can I call you some time. Normally, in this situation I would have lied and said I had a boyfriend (takes less time and explanation, so maybe it's the nicer thing) but I was like 'What for? You live in Florida.' Really it was that he wasn't attractive and didn't otherwise give me a reason that I should be remotely interested in him. He got salty, gave me the deuces and walked off. Let me tell you, I was so hurt. Anyways, I go sit down near the entrance with Dee cuz its almost time for the place to close. That was ok. No pressure to dance, less smoke. Did I mention that the place was smoky as all get out? We finally leave, so I'm like YES... and then, FMJ's car has a boot. I'm calm and sober, the girls aren't. They kinda ran across the street to the ATM without me (they called me later tho). That was cool though because I don't like chaos. I talked to the police officers who were out there for a minute. Then I sat down on the curb and remained quiet. They offered to let me sit in their car, but I was like, I'm good thanks though. I sit there forever, cold. Folk kept coming out of the club like 'aw hell naw. i know there is NOT a boot on my car.' They tryna argue with the Boot Man and the police. In the meantime I exchange numbers with this guy who is ALSO waiting for his friend to get money to get the boot off his car. [Dude was cool and seems like he'd be fun to hang out with, made it clear he wasn't looking for a relationship. Me neither, not with him. I was just thinking that it would be fun to have someone to play ps2 with. Plus there's this one person I'm really feelin and his existence kinda makes worrying about other guys pointless. (wow, that sounds crucial right?) I'm sayin this guy is probably an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10... hmm, maybe 7.5 but thats for another entry on another blog. ] We get the boot off the car and the ride back to midtown is relatively scary. I thank God on the way home and when I make it to my dorm because the night could have gone completely bad and out of control, but it didn't. I also knew that the Holy Spirit was trying to help me out and telling me to stay in late Friday night anyway. We didn't head to the club until about midnight-ish. I shoulda taken my behind to sleep.

That's all for now. Stay tuned for weekend wrap part 2, which will explain why I'm on a computer (awake) so early in the morning...
Posted on 3.13.2006 at 6:32 AM