twelve part two

R.I.P. dryer. Thanks for 19 years of drying my clothes.

In other news, I no longer have a dryer! Shit. That means I'm going to have to wash my clothes way in advanced if I plan on wearing a specific outfit on a certain day.

Lunch with the girls today was great. So we're all failures when it comes to time. I asked if 1:00 pm was good for everyone in the message about lunch, but I was expecting some negotiations. I had good reason to be late; I had to take mom to work early this morning, and I didn't get enough sleep. I sleep a little more after my alarm went off, and I took a shower. I also had to pick up Jenny and Jess. Megan was the first as always. Usually I come right after, but today was the exception. She came at 1:20, knowing how our group always congregates late. This time we all lost track of time. As I was pulling into the shopping center, Megan text me to hurry up, because the staff was starting to look at her funny. I couldn't help but laugh at her when we walked in. What was worse was that Dani and Bethann were outside waiting for us. We told them that Megan was waiting inside this whole time. Daniela showed up a little later, because she had to run some errands for her family. Just about all the girls "got the memo" about wearing skirts today; I wore a dress, but same thing! Dani and Daniela were the only ones in pants. We caught up with each other, and they filled me in on the gossip about the group. I also received heavy guilt trips from Daniela and Jess. Both said that we need to hang out more since it's summer, because I was absent all throughout the semester. They both said (on different occasions that day), "It's like you don't want to hang out with us anymore." Jesus, sorry if my schedule no longer fits with theirs! I told them time and time again that I no longer have any leeway to hang out like old times. Their guilt trips will not budge me. That's the way life works; I'm at university now. Everyone was hoping to see me at the bbq last night, since it was only down the street from my house. I had way too much to do, and I still do. I allowed myself this one day to hang out before I get back to work. Megan showed me this new text that David sent her, asking if she's ever going to tell him what he did to her that pissed her off. Um...WHAT DIDN'T HE DO?! If he's still wondering, there's no need to explain. They told me about the events that unfolded last Saturday at Dani's bday and the bbq. Dani's bday was good times, except for the fact that Kron brought his entourage as always. I think two other guests brought random people. Point of this explanation is, Bethann and someone else got robbed at the party. How screwed up is that?

During the bbq last night, a lot of drama went down. There was a hot tub, and those of us who experienced last year's hot tubbing know not to go in when Will's in there. Will hooked up with Tess, who's supposedly back with Paul. They were making out with Paul in plain sight. Stephanie was getting wasted, and supposedly also made out with Will. Will's just bad news all together. He has a history of stealing friends' girlfriends. The part I didn't understand was the idea of Stephanie drinking. I had this conversation with her at Gordon Biersch, right after the composer's concert. She told me that she's never drank before, and since she's going to graduate high school, and is about to go to WVU, she doesn't want to be the odd one out. I told her that she shouldn't do things if she feels like she's forced to do it against her will. I also said that she's not going to be the only one who doesn't drink at WVU; same goes for any other school. None the less she let the hype of being at her first college party, surrounded by college friends get to her head. This new girl, Saalika, is another fresh out of high school addition. Aparently she and Tess were the reasons why the cops were called three times! I've never met Saalika, but I've met Tess, and she's psycho. I don't think I can be in the same room with her for five minutes. She's unnecessarily loud and boisterous. Saalika is 19, and she acts 19. Granted the party was in the limbo of Damascus and the country part of Gaithersburg, where I live, the acoustics do echo through the trees. Both Jenny and Megan told me about the attempted Lord of the Rings marathon that was held, and how Saalika kept making sexual inuendo jokes....every 30 seconds. Jenny was getting too annoyed with her, and Megan told her to stop. The first 5 times is funny, we get it. We all know about the androgynous elves, and the ambiguously gay hobbits. I really don't think I could handle these girls at a party.

We talked about Twilight, and the LISANOVA does Twilight video on youtube. Megan and I told Bethann that there's really Edward Cullen brand glitter at Hot Topic. She couldn't stop laughing. We also talked about American Idol, and how people still actually watch that. That transitioned in to how we can't wait to see "So you think you can dance", and how a few of the girls don't like "Dancing with the stars". I think Dani and I were the only ones at the table who like that show. I told her how Gilles was second in the competition. I had to explain who he was, so I told them that he was the hot guy in the Sex and the City movie. Jenny and Bethann new what I was talking about, but I had to further explain where he came in the movie; the part where Samantha is in the hot tub, and she hears her new neighbor going at it. That conversation later segued into Harry Potter, and how we're all going to dress up and go to the midnight premiere. The cast list so far:

*Megan- Bellatrix
*Bethann- Luna
*Jenny-possible hybrid of Crookshanks and Hermione
*Me- Cho
*Daniela- Harry Potter
*Dani- Tonks
*Andrew- Dumbledore

None of us can forget Daniela's Harry Potter costume at Halloween. People in our group didn't recognize her, it was great! I remember going to her house, and as soon as she descended the stairs in full costume, I could not stop laughing. The wig was what tripped me out. Every time I looked at her, I would burst out laughing. After about a good hour, all of us decided that it was time to leave. Jenny, Bethann, and I decided to check out the new MC public library owned book store, while the other girls went home. Jess and I made plans for later to watch the Ugly Betty season finale. That book store is amazing! The three of us immediately ran over to the same section; Bethann was performance- music, Jenny was performance- music and theatre, and I was arts. I got a book about Michelangelo and his painting of the Sistine Chapel, how he was forced against his will to do the commission by Pope Julius. I learned about it in art history, so I couldn't resist the book. I also found a good hardcopy of The Taming of the Shrew for $1. After another hour, all of us broke off. I took Jenny back to MC so she could make it to her SDT rehearsal.

I came home, and to go right back out with dad and Maxx to pick up mom. Mom and dad went back out to return some plants that she bought at work yesterday. I prepped the house for the Ugly Betty party. Jess and I sat around the basement, making s'mores by candle and screaming at the tv. Tonight's Ugly Betty was a two hour season finale, and there was so much drama! Henry ruined Betty's life. We still can't get over this. And it's going to be how long until the next season?! Ugh! Dammit Henry.

Jess told me more about Saturday's drama. She and Rifkin were drunk at Dani's bday party, so they started flirting and they made out. Okay, Jess does that when she's drunk; she has the urge to hook up. They both got the feeling that Isaac had a problem with this. It makes no sense why. She told me that he hasn't spoken to her in days, and she thinks it's because of this. Isaac is such a woman. We've covered all of the areas; he's not jealous, because he has a girlfriend who he's really in to. It can't be because he sees her as a sister, and thinks Rifkin isn't good enough for her, or at least she thinks that. Either way, Isaac is too dramatic. They both asked him is he was alright with this, and he said that there was no problem. Rifkin even talked to Daniela, and he's feeling the silent, passafistic wrath of Isaac. Jess told me that she called and text him many times within the week, and she hasn't gotten a single reply. This is classic Isaac right here. He'll take his problems out on everyone; ignore calls, texts, whatever. He'll say that he doesn't have a problem, but will mull over it for weeks and weeks at a time. She text him one last time, asking that she thought they were over the whole not answering deal. She also said that they got in to a fight two weeks ago, and she told him that she's just about done with this friendship. He used to talked to her about stuff all the time, tell her stuff all the time. Sounds familiar? It should. Isaac and I USED to have that same connection, until last summer. After that it's been a friendship based on convienience. We rarely talk, rarely hang out. I told her that maybe it is time to let go, even if it means that they never speak to each other again. He needs to grow some balls, and take on his problems; stop taking it out on everyone. Isaac is a very unstable person, and I feel like he's not the type of person to maintain a long term relationship with. I told Jess to let him be. He needs to realize that's he making more of an issue out of this than Jess or Rifkin. Until he comes out tells the both of them what he feels is wrong about their making out, let him be dramatic.