May 25, 2004
Crazy party weekend
Saturday was spent in Gaithersburg and (I think?) Silver Spring for Ali's graduation cookout - she herself seems to want to call it that rather than a party, per se. 
It was a fantastic time...took the usual crap from people about being one who lives in Baltimore but who doesn't eat crabs (never acquired the taste, remember, I'm a transplant) and played a couple of mean games of badmitton.
The party moved to Ali's houses in G'burg, with Scott, Graham, Dave, Jess, Kristen, Dave, Crit and Ali. I got lost and wound up in Northern Virginia for about 20 minutes when I-495 decided to split from 270... found her house eventually, and went inside. Watched "Gremlins" which was as fun as I seem to remember it from way back. The night cumulated in a rousing 2am game of "Never Have I Ever," that was just a lot of fun to play with the gang there.
Woke up late on Sunday, and drove back to Baltimore. Again, I got lost and wound up taking I-270 to Route 70 to I-695 rather than the much easier 495 to 95 to 695, but the drive showed me some pretty country as I made it through like 6 Maryland counties on the way home. Went over to Brendan's apartment for a while and hung out with a couple of old friends, and some new ones. We watched "Love Actually" which despite my initial reservations (predicting that it would be overly sappy) proved to be quite charming. I think the charm came from the overacheiving premise - trying to do so much actually made it a better film.
I finally crashed at around 4am Sunday morning. Came home after going to lunch with Derek and Brendan. Showered, and just kind of hung out for the rest of today. Tonight was spent trying to download "Where the Streets Have No Name" to my cell phone for a ringtone...
I think my goal tomorrow is to finish as much unpacking as is humanly possible. My room from La Salle is still boxed up in the living room downstairs. Most of it can stay boxed until the move, but a lot of it can be filed and packed away.
Oh yeah, if you have yet to see this, please do: Jon Stewart's Commencement Address to the College of William and Mary. Incredibly funny (and kind of touching) remarks.