ravenknight21

Reflections of the Raven
2004-06-27 15:31:26 (UTC)

yesterday

yesterday was my birthday, like i said before.

it was pretty good up until the end part.

eliece took me to go see the Stepford Wives, which was fun. it's really
funny, and not all that scary. after that we went back to her place and
we chatted for a bit, and then i went home.

my grandma was here and we talked for a good hour. it was fun, just
chatting back and forth. it was a little sad though. she said that she
was thankful for every day of her life, but she said that she was getting
kind of tired of living. which i guess i can see, since she's 92 years old,
but it's still kind of depressing.

then my aunt made me a 50's diner dinner. we had hamburgers and
fries (she also made salad because no meal is complete without one) and
then she brought out a really good lemon cake, which i had a big piece
of.

after dinner i went back to kevin and eliece's, and they took me to
starbuck's (again. eliece had taken me that morning before the movie).
we hung out some more, and i played chess with lily.

a little bit later one of their friends showed up, her name is elizabeth.
kevin played eliece chess, and then elizabeth did. after that, elizabeth
was telling some story about scuba diving in the lake and she was saying
how the mud was really deep and really soft, and i commented that "oh,
it's kind of like silt." she got really indignant and said, "no it's only KIND
of like silt." then kevin and i started setting up the game for settlers of
cataan and i had to go to the bathroom. while i was there, i had an
interesting idea for the game, i thought.

when i came out, i went to explain the idea to the group, and elizabeth
was like, "excuse me, can i finish talking?" then she said that i had
interrupted her "like seven times." kevin spoke up for me and said that
it was actually only twice. even so, i appologized and sat down in the
living room (they were all out on the back porch).

i should have gone home at that point.

we started playing th game, and it went alright. the game began at about
9pm, and lasted until 1:15 am. i ended up winning, barely. after the
pieces were all cleared up, i sat down in the living room while kevin was
in the bathroom. elizabeth and joel, eliece's brother, were hanging out
in the kitched. i could hear them talking, but i wasn't paying much
attention until i heard my name come up.

elizabeth was going on and on about how much she didn't like me. she
said that i had ruined her story and that "the parts where people were
supposed to be laughing i [she] was explaing things." and that i had
tried to correct her on diving equipment "which i [she] knows about."
she does know about it. it's her field and all that. even so, the last time
i checked, silt, or sand that was like silt, is not diving equipment.

at about this point i said, loudly enough for her to hear, "you know, if
you guys are going to talk about me behind my back, you should at least
wait until you're out of earshot." they didn't get quieter or change the
subject or anything. they just ignored me compeltely.

then she went on about how i was "when we [she and joel] first me him
[me] at that party? and he wouldn't let the chinese history go?" i don't
even remember what she was talking about, but how is it that she is
allowed to talk at lenght about diving, which is her job, and i am not
allowed to talk about history, which is mine?

the whole thing made me just want to tear something apart.

i should mention that i don't know what joel was saying, because he was
being decent enough to keep his voice down. i kind of like joel, and i
hope that he wasn't taking part in the beat down, but who knows?

so that's how i spent the last few moments of my birthday. in the next
room while someone completly dragged me through the mud.

happy birthday to me...


peter




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