Sonya goes to San Diego, and the Very Big Apartment.

A short summary:

<> Natalie's[D*roc House] at 9:15am

<> Natalie's [D*roc House] at 10:00am

<> Decide to meet at Cassie's. Leave at 10:30am or so.

<>Decline very nasty McDonalds Breakfast, 1.5 hour car ride. Arse is tired of sitting, head is tired of Christina Aguilara.

<>Step into Natalie's humble [SD] abode.

<>Discover that it is a Very Large Apartment.

<>Seriously, guys. I am totally being serious. The front room is twice the size of mine.

<>Go to one of many mearby malls to watch a movie. See Absurdly Long Line. Stand in line. Go to different mall. See a simliar line. Shun line. Buy tickets from funny electronic machine.

<>Eat lunch. I don't remember where. That is not good.

<>Put on Pirates. Begin Chess with Ryan the Tall Boyfriend of Natalie. I win. Apocalypse begins.

(<>We ate lunch at a Rather Strange Carls Jr. All employees looked over 30. Old men living with their mothers. And their mothers.)

<>Night continues. Watching Pirates is attempted about 3 times. We never get to the end.

<>Booze brought out. One bottle smells like disenfectant. No one wants that one.

<>Spoons Marathon. Last two standing must bet. I win once. Cianna the Token Minor wins once. Cassandra the Girl Without Shame has to run to various places topless. Twice.

<>Smoothies made. Smell like disenfectant. Only the brave partake until it is watered down with more iced cream.

<>More cards. Lots of Uno played. Lots. Really.

<>Drama. and Booze.

<>Natalie and I retreat to Bedroom. Uno ensues. Much uno.

<>Cellphone Drama.

<>Ryan tTBoN, Natalie and I end up in Retreat. Drama simmers. Ryan and I play cards.

<>Someone closes the door. Ryan and I decide it would be best to remain in captivity. Play Gin, Speed, Uno, more speed, overdose on Uno, Gin again. With chess game, our score is about even.

<>Joined by Cianna. Drama update. More cards. Mostly Gin. Then riddles. Lots of riddles.

<>Cianna and I work steadily on a riddle for nearly ten minutes. Benny walks in, overhears our guesses and guesses right.

<>Decide not to murder Benny. Yet. But he deserves it.

<>Talk until 2 or 3 am with Cianna tTM. Very Lagre Apartment is also Very Dark Apartment. Time flies without notice.

<>At some point when talking to Cianna, Carlos wanders in and tells disjointed joke about beans and falls asleep.

<>Bedtime. I have Main bedroom to myself. Carlos, Cass, Cianna, Benny share guest room with futon. Natalie and Ryan take the Absurdly Large Front Room.

<>Wake up a few times. Don't know when due to Darkness of Apartment. Eventually leave room at 11am-ish.

<>Everyone seems to be in good mood. Declare night a success.

<>Hang about, Clean up and pack away. C&C&C&B go to breakfast. I lay on couch and watch newlyweds. Natalie and Ryan have quality time. I fall asleep. Jessica is a simpering moron. Nick is funny the way he treats her. In a good way.

<>Eat at Jack in the Box. Start home to D*roc at about 4pm.

<>Arrive very late. 630ish. Have not seen real sunshine for at least 48 hours. California sunny days, my arse.

<>Natalie "forgets" to take me home. The umpteenth time she has tried to bring me to her house. She will give up the charade and just kidnap me someday.

<>Really really tired. Call work. Then go to Justin's house. Review/critique/stared glazedly at his pictures. Listen to Europop (mostly grammatically correct boybands), classical, and a smattering of Miscellaneous others. Including a song by Kermit. As in the Frog.

<>Go home tiredly. Watch TV. tired tired tired. Sleep.



And thus ends my 48 hour Fiasco. I wasn't going to write so much but, well its Natalie's birthday. And I declare her party/sleepover/shindig a success. We are a strange crew. But next time I would take the cells first thing. Or use a hitting stick. The kind one uses to beat unruly fellows.

And Mr. Wonderful talks an awful lot.
Happy Natalie's Birthday!



ps. The pizzas were really small. But good. But really really small. And for some reason I've wanted Fish and Chips (the real kind. Malt vinegar and all) since I ate that pizza. Oddness

-- G 'Bye, Sonya --

. ( 31.12.03 ) .