trivial pursuits.

firstly, today is mike's birthday so - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!

i am dying dying dying to give him his present. it's a four parter. and all the parts make a whole. it's not a puzzle, i promise. ha! i'd tell you what it is but then if he reads this that would ruin the surprise and i already told him i got him a mini-cake & that was supposed to be a surprise too. sometimes i am not good at surprises. hee.
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last night trivial hirsute made a triumphant return to the top spot & secured the finest bottle of champagne at tonic (not saying much) as well as some cash moneeeeeeey. huzzah! also, i got to tell the jackasses that came over to our table before the game started and tried to steal our chairs, and sort of insulted us/taunted us that they were going to win, that they could suck it...yeah, that's right boys! okay, so i didn't really tell them to suck it but they could tell that's what i meant by my eeeeeeyes. i have very expressive eyes, you know. heh.

highlights included:

- me blurting out the answer to a question before it was even asked (a follow up to the which band was the first to have a video on mtv question - who was the second? that would be one miss PAT BENATAR. oh yes.)

- trammell & i performing an interpretive dance

- two shot questions correct, thanks to sean

- tootsie!

- the new announcer dude befriending us & secretly rooting for our victory (in my opinion)

after trivs everyone was going to head to bottom of the hill to see dirty projectors and i respectfully declined b/c i was planning on heading home and going to bed early so that i could get up and go swimming. however, after stopping to get a slice of pizza on my way home, i was ambushed & kidnapped by sean & ron who made me, that's right MADE me, go to the show. whaaaaa?!? unfortunately, once we got there we realized that it was sold out (d'oh!) so we went to the 500 club instead. jukebox domination ensued. fanny was also trying to get into the show but couldn't, so she came & met us at the bar for a drink & then we all went home. good times.

needless to say, i did not get up and swim this morning. oops!

best. present. ever.

last night ryan brought the hold steady poster(s) that he had ordered a while back to the alembic where we had all met up for v-day drinkies - we are uberfans of the band and are thankful that we have each other to geek out to about them because lord knows everyone else is tired of our rockstalking, heh - but what i didn't know is that he had also ordered a limited edition PINK vinyl boys and girls in america LP too! seriously?!? how awesome is that?


it just so happened that i received said presents on valentine's day, but that was just coincidence. ummm, a kick ass coincidence because what's better than receiving music and music accoutrement on valentine's?!? well, at least for me. that's about as good as it gets.




i am so thankful that i have such amazing friends who love me unconditionally and will do things like this for me - and not because i like getting "stuff" but more because it shows that they truly know me. i cannot express how much i love my friends and appreciate them - i would never be able to be the person that i am without them. and now i'm done being sappy. :)