Saturday (since I got in midnight-ish Friday)
I spent the morning pussy-footing around mostly, helping my family prepare for the Luau festivities later that day. Per usual I stuffed my face with a delicious lox & bagel spread after awakening.
The Luau itself started at 4, and I actually had a very nice time. I was decked out in a grass skirt, leafy necklace and headband and spent the evening sipping on punch, daquiris, and margaritas (all tropical enough)I won the limbo competition, and my family swept places 1-5 in the memory game. lolAndy came by for a bit, just in time to play the dollar game, but then it was time to head out for a night out on the town. Downtown plans fell through, so we ended up going out in the Northwest 'burbs. That worked out well since I got to see my friend Theresa, who I've known since kindergarten more or less. As heinous as the idea of a suburban nightlife it, there actually is an abundant number of places, and we checked out 3 of them. The last place, Gatsby's, was a site. There was this one couple, the boy half of which was like trying to disrobe his drunk-ass girlfriend. Then there was the cute boy with jeans I liked - Theresa asked him where he got them and I was mad embarassed lol. But whatever -$3 jack and cokes and cheap beer sounded fiiiiine to me ;-) So did mozzarella sticks and bavarian pretzels with cheese. Oh, and a 10 piece McNugget with fries at 3:30am. Faaaaaatass.
Sunday (The Lord's Day)
I then awoke on 4 hours of sleep to get ready for Pride with Kasia and Ben. I got a ride over to Kasia's parents' house at 9:30 and we left for downtown shortly thereafter, stopping at DePaul for a round of rozwol. The picture to the right is the Cook Country Sheriff's float, lol - I'd like to get busted by him!
The parade itself was great, though I could have done with an hour less of it. After being there for two hours and not being drunk like everyone around me, particularly the horde of dykes to our left, it was time to go. It made Boston pride look even shittier than it already is. Sigh....perhaps if all the students were still around in the summer our Pride would be legit and lively. I really had wanted to go to the Taste of Chicago while home, so we headed over after the parade. Mind you we first got trapped in dead-end alleyways and the like attempting to escape the parade, which seemed to encircle us. We finally made it to the L and headed toward the lake. We were all exhausted from the sun and getting up early, so really we weren't that hungry.
We ended up splitting a number of "taste" portions - an enchilada, vegetable tempura, bbq steak tips (i think), spinach and sausage stuffed pizza, and then a frozen thing of Eli's cheesecake covered in chocolate and other goodness. This dessert was by far the winner. Since eating is all we do, we eventually met up with Andy and headed to Culver's for dinner to play one of our favorite games - The Cheese Curds Game. It is quite simple. First you need to order a Family Size cheese curds, basically deep fried balls of white and yellow cheese. Going clockwise, each person one-by-one picks a curd and has to guess if its going to be yellow or white. If they get it they get one point.
Meanwhile, the person to their left has to guess which curd the person that is choosing is going to pick. If they guess correctly, this person gets a bonus of 5 points. Since there is no way to prove they aren't lying, it's really just scout's honor. Also, if you happen to choose 2 or more curds that are joined together, you have the opportunity for as many points as there are curds if you guess each one's color correctly. After that I wanted to explode, and we spent the evening chilling at Kasia's parents' watching trash TV like 'Brooke Knows Best' & 'Daisy of Love'.
Monday
Monday was pretty low key - did some shopping with Mom, watched 'True Blood' and 'Hung' from the night prior, and headed to O'Hare. Twas a very fun weekend!
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sounds like a fun cheese curd game! how was hung? lol
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