I really wish I could have more weekends like the one I just had…
Spent a good deal of time Friday and Saturday with R. Friday night, I got to meet a musician friend of his. He and his girlfriend came over to R’s apartment, and we talked, drank some wine, and played this fabulous game based on the Doonesbury comic strip. (I tried to find a description of it online, but no luck. You’ll have to deal with my incoherent ramblings…)
Here’s how it works…the players move around the board landing on colored spaces, each of which corresponds with a category. For example, the Flashback category requires the player who drew the card to talk for 30 seconds (or so) about a particular event, such as “your first kiss” or “first prison experience.” The other players have to write down three words or phrases that they think the person will say. You get points by matching answers.
Another category asks you to list three things in a category, such as “best TV theme songs.” R and I both put down “Greatest American Hero” on that one…but alas, got no points since neither of us was the player who drew the card. 😉
I spent much of the game losing. Badly. I kept landing on the “Doonesbury” spaces…when you land on these, you have to draw a Doonesbury card which usually causes you to lose points for one reason or another. (at least for me, it did!) On my first trip around the board, I landed ONLY on the Doonesbury spaces.
But there’s a twist…one space directs you to change places with any player. I landed on this space near the end of the game and ended up winning. Woohoo!
Seriously, though, I think it was so much fun because it really allows you to get to know the people you’re playing with. And, with the twist of changing places, you can’t get *too* competitive.
The one downer of the weekend is that I was supposed to get together with my little on Saturday afternoon, and she stood me up. 🙁 I called her house to let her know I was on my way over to get her, and she wasn’t home…
On Saturday, I got to meet another one of R’s friends. I have to say, I have really, really enjoyed meeting all of his friends so far.
On Sunday, I relaxed and enjoyed a quiet night in instead of partying it up with Jackdaw. (I know…what’s happening to me? hehe…) Jen and I watched Lost in Translation, which I thought was simply, achingly, heart-wrenchingly beautiful. I would love to watch this film with someone who understands Japanese, though. I wanted to know what it was that Bill Murray’s character was missing.
Jen and I had both settled in rather early in our cozy clothes and started to watch the movie. About 15 minutes in, it skipped. I tried cleaning it and going back to the spot…nope. Skipped again. Grrr….had to put real clothes back on and return to the evil, soulless video rental store to get a new copy. Smooth watching from that point.
On Monday, we walked over to Jim’s Steak Out to grab some lunch, then to Caffe Aroma. Our original plan was to hang out in the bookstore, but alas, bookstore was closed. I began reading If the Buddha Dated, which made me feel remarkably healthy about my dating life. I think that’s a good sign. 🙂 Most of it was pretty common-sensical, and a good deal of it was similar to the “Calling in the One” book that Jen and I completed earlier this year.
I finished it later that afternoon…then planned my class for this week. Jen and I made a rather late grocery run and made hamburgers. Late-night Labor Day picnic. Whee.
I spent the evening reading Coraline, upon R’s recommendation. I thought it was wonderfully, magically creepy. Very Roald Dahl, which is cool.
(one of these days, I’m gonna figure out how to do that Amazon-linky thing that Jen did, and try and reap some rewards from all of this Amazon whoring.)
And now here I am, back at work. I haven’t managed to do anything of consequence yet. 😛
