Moving, Little League, Dragons, and various beverages

Yesterday was pretty good all around.

Woke up at 6:00 AM and went for a run, 3.something miles, I think.  During the second half I was wicked tired, but made it through.  I eventually shipped myself off to work where I got some shtuuuff done until around 3:00 PM when we were scheduled to move the office around.

My move involved Graeme (our CEO) moving my desk six inches.

So I tried to help everyone else a bit instead.  I was looking forward to moving, too!  But so long as the environment has shuffled around, I figure it's like moving to a new spot.

Post move, around 3:30 PM or so, there was bourbon, pretzels, and beer.  Delicious.  Julia and I planned to meet up on Sixth St. to go to one of her students' little league games for a bit - just to make an appearance.  Around 6:00 PM or so, after getting some more work done, actually, I headed out and met her somewhere up there.

After stopping in with some encouraging words, we made our way back to Cambridge Street and had a little dinner-snack at Atwoods.  Pretty good.  It was around this time that we started coordinating plans with Eric Fields and Gwen.  They were already eating somewhere near Inman.  They went to Harvard Sq. for dessert.  We were up north of Kendall.

Eventually we took the 86 bus over to Harvard Sq. and met them at Dado tea.  On the way down Church St., we ran into an unexpected friend of Julia's, who ended up joining us at The Dado.

We stuck it out there until 9:45 or so - 15 prior to closing time - and then walked over to the Harvard Square movie theater thing, where upon we have some disagreements over what movie to see.

Gwen and Eric had no desire to see How To Train Your Dragon.  Jules and I didn't seem to have any desire to see anything else.  Oh!  And we met two more friends of hers' outside the theater - though this time it was planned.  Jillian and... Justin?  Someone correct me if that's wrong. Sorry!

So we ended up seeing different movies.  Everyone was happy.

Afterwards, Gwen went home, and the rest of us headed up to Porter to get a drink at Christopher's.  The bar staff seemed sorta off their game.  But that's okay, it's Christopher's.

We stayed at Christopher's for a while, and eventually went out various, separate ways.  The end!

I don't remember the name of the song

Today was excellent.  Disclaimer: I am very drunk.

First, I started out by waking up at 11:00 AM.  That's how a day starts good.

Then, by 1:00 PM, I was hanging out in Dado with my roommate Matt.  We chilled for a while, and eventually he went home, I switched to the "bar" and sat around and wrote for a few hours.  Awesome.  At 5:15 or so I returned home and plotted with Mr. Eric F. how the night should go.  It was his birthday!  He was planning to head to Atwood's Bar with some friends.  I wandered over to his place at 6:20 or so, we hung out, drank a beer, and then his friend Matt picked us up and we went to Atwood's.  Good food - I had a veggie burger and fries.

The evening started with this spectacular olde time band, then proceeded with a blues sorta  band.  Both were great.  I find myself staring at guitarists' and bassists' fingers while they're playing, trying to get a feel for what they're doing.  I'm feeling very meta when I listen to live music, lately.  I'm always trying to figure out what's going on.

After Atwood's, we went to the Phoenix Landing in Central.  It was a great time.  Matt (not my roommate - Eric's friend) and Gwen both had ID cards for MTV, and we skipped the line.  Matt is a total badass - awesome.  I was glad to buy him a beer, even if it was a Bud light.

We stayed at the Landing until around 1:45 dancing.  It was a great night  - wonderful people.  Eric has a great crew.

I have all sorts of reflections on social interactions in club/bar/music venue scenes.  They'll probably be lost in the ether.  Regardless, I had a really, really great time tonight.  Thanks, Eric, for inviting me out.