Venturing into the unknown...
So, I don't have anything particular in mind for my happy thing from today (and possibly yesterday). Oh, right. You just gotta think about it sometimes...
Yesterday heralded a very social experience: attending a birthday party at Olive Garden. It was all very random. My brother asked me if I wanted to go an hour before it started. The party was a) a surprise, and b) for the wife of the bassist in my old symphonic rock band. Apparently she still likes me after all this time (at least two years). She's quite eccentric, although I'm not sure I should be making these kinds of judgements. She's obsessed with cats, always dresses up as them for Halloween, and has a third degree black belt. She's won competitions and such. Crazy. I admire her, but at the same time, I've never felt like we connected. Our only link is her husband, who is ridiculously outgoing and friendly.
The dinner was really good. The food, well, I think you could get just as good for half the price elsewhere, but the company...I haven't laughed that hard that long in a long time. We all played off each other, and never quite managed to keep it "safe". I met someone I thought was really cool, and saw a couple people I hadn't in years. Amazing how time doesn't change people all that much.
Today, I guess the best thing about it was my conversation with my friend from CO. I haven't talked much about my life since I've returned to my home state, but the main things that have kept me busy/not insane has been fandom and the friends I've made there. You never quite know what's going to happen when you start a chat, if you're going to be crazy, or they are, or hyper, or sad, or happy, or just existing together, not necessarily talking. It's a weird symbiosis we've managed to craft, and I certainly appreciate it more than I rue it. Today's conversation was of the crazier kind, where the caps come out, and it's more about playing than serious conversation. It's all good.