drinkables & produce.

ah, friday. it was indeed the first penndesign happy hour of the new year and semester, and with the 700s archs that were gone to london last semester all back as well. place was packed and probably the best happy hour there's been in awhile. it also happened to be alexF's and ashleyW's birthday with more planned drinking later in the evening in old city, before which some of us went over to liz's to drink some more. around 10p we all ended up at national mechanics, which was filled with so many penndesigners (and ppl in general) that it felt like happy hour all over again. the party then moved over to sugar mom's - a more spacious, funky underground place with several old bumper cars mixed in among the brick walls and pyramidal columns. sadly, drinking just isn't the same for me anymore - i had perhaps 4 beers between 6p and 1a, when i went home, sleepy and yearning for bed. i hear the party continued til the bar closed and then they all populated midtown diner for late-night munchies til 4a. jo-fucking-der.

after siggraph work hours today, liz drove me to the costco in king of prussia so i could stock up on freezable produce (mostly meat and seafood) for the semester. my mom always gives me several costco gift cards each semester, which comes quite in handy, and even though i've done it many times, the cashier today tried to tell me that i had to be a member to use said cards. and was giving me attitude about it. i've done this about five or six times over the past few years and have never ever had a problem, so i was pissed and had to put my foot down and return the attitude. thank goodness that was probably the last time i have to do that, but it put me in a foul mood for the next several hours. after dinner i watched live free or die hard (my first iTunes movie rental - sweet!), which was excellent i must say, and did chem homework until 2a. weee..!