The New Year is here and it was fun ushering it in. I went to a fun Christmas party that Dustin and Scott were throwing. I went with Heather and we had a pretty good time. There was a lot of people that I didn’t know at the party, and I’m just now realizing that I didn’t make any effort to meet new people. Oh well, I have plenty of friends that I barely get to see anyway.
There was a great gift exchange / white elephant kind of thing that got pretty out of control. Everyone was fighting over the three or four bottles of booze that were working their way through the crowd. I had three different bottles for short periods of time because people kept stealing them from me. Then when I went to pick my last present I saw a small bottle of some kind of booze in a gift bag and snagged it… only it turned out to be maple syrup. I was so not amused.
Scott’s mother, who looked like Cher, was hilarious. Dustin’s mother is always a blast as well. It’s funny to see people parent’s hanging out at their parties, but those two really fit in.
My favorite pictures below and the rest of them here:
For Christmas I went with Paco to his mother’s apartment. Paco and I decided to try and work things out, so we spent Christmas Eve together. It was a lot of fun being with his family. They really get into Christmas and his mother makes SO much food. This year I made a shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo, which I’ve never made before. My specialty is Blackened Chicken Alfredo, so I only had to switch out the chicken for shrimp. The funny thing is that I’ve never made shrimp and instead of being smart and buying pre-cooked shrimp, I bought raw. The instructions said to fry the shrimp until they formed a “C” shape, and they would be overcooked if they formed a “O” shape. Well the shrimp were tiny and they were frozen into “O” shapes, so there was no way they were going back to a “C” shape. How the heck was I supposed to know if they were done? It’s been a while and nobody died, so I guess there were done.
Apparently it came out really good because Paco asked me to make it again this week and yesterday his mother asked me when I was going to go over and make it for her again. Woot woot!
For Christmas I went to my parent’s house with my sister. Paco couldn’t go because he had to pick up his friend at the airport. Paco’s friend (Pati) came in on Tuesday at 2PM, and stayed for an entire week. So Paco and I barely saw each other as he was busy entertaining her. I spent all day Saturday entertaining her.
For New Years I went to a party at Dustin’s crack den over in East Austin and had a great time. Paco went out to the bars with Pati. Dustin’s house is not finished being remodeled, so we all hung out in the enormous back yard playing with fireworks, having drinks, and enjoying some music… music that was first being provided from Dustin’s car stereo. I tried to take a picture of the “stereo” for memories and he jumped in front of the camera doing some kind of Footloose impression.
We had a board for Drunken New Years resolutions, but I won’t post those here, and I don’t think anyone was actually drunk, so they were all pretty tame. A few pics below and the rest here.
I went out last Saturday too. If Paco and I work things out I’ll only be going out once a month. So I had to make this last weekend a good night out and I had a great time. One thing that I am getting tired of is people asking me to “do them a favor” and dance with their friend. The instant I got in the club this guy came up to me and said, “I have a friend in from Nevada and he wants to meet a real cowboy. Will you stand here and talk to me until he comes back so he can meet you.” WHATEVER. That is the lamest line.
A while later some drunk woman came over and asked me to dance with her friend because it was her birthday. And she said, “Don’t worry, she’s straight, so she’s not into you.” Yeah, cuz that’s what I was worried about.
I think everyone should tell all of their friends than nothing is more annoying than when you make your friends do your bidding. If you want to talk to someone, or dance with someone, or meet someone, then do it yourself. I guess in many cases the friends do it without asking, and that is just as annoying. Don’t try to set your friends up without their permission, or ask people to dance with them!
Ok, I’m off my soapbox now.
