That's What Friends Aren't For

A few of us went out last night to party it up for Dave's last night in town. Dave is my roommate's brother, and it's going to a downer not having him around for 2 reasons: 1) his connections with Mayo Clinic, and 2) he cleans the house as much as I do while my other roommates do NADA.

On Dave's last night here, we meet up at Westfire, a new restaurant "slash" sports bar "slash" club. Westfire is usually hit or miss, but it is great because it's close to our house and it is non-smoking. Anyways, I see this girl I find attractive and mention it to Dave. And Dave says, "I know that girl at Mayo, wanna talk to her?" Liquid courage kicks in, and Dave introduces me to Liz. And we start talking for awhile and eventually go dancing, and few minutes later, another one of my friends, Gene, comes to BLOCK by dancing not with us, but trying to dance with me. Yeah, NOT COOL. Unfortunately, I didn't know his humor becomes twisted when he excessively drinks or sees others having a good time when he's not.

But this is not the end of Gene's wrath. Meanwhile later, this girl I've wanted to meet for the longest time at the RAC shows up to Westfire. I've only seen her out at the bars one other time, but I see her at the gym all the time. However gym really isn't the place to throw game. Well, just when I thought opportunity knocked, the door slammed shut. Gene in his drunkenness goes over and talks to this girl, and seems to be holding his own for a few minutes. But eventually, body language starts to speak for itself because she starts to look over in direction of the group I'm standing in. This is when I know she wants to talk to me. She eventually asks him to introduce her to my friends and myself, and as they are walking towards us I can tell his a little pissed because he knows he just got played. And here comes BLOCK No. 2 from Gene, "Jason this is Sara. Sara this is my buddy Jason I was telling you about...you know, the one with herpes." This is when my jaw broke the tile on the floor. How do you respond to something so ludicrous?!? Unbelievable, Gene. Just because some people are trying to have a good time doesn't mean you gotta go ruin it for others...and their reputations. Well, it will definitely make for interesting conversation the next time I see her at the RAC.

Two girls. Two Blocks. Too bad. Lesson learned: Choose your friends wisely, but even more so when you go out on the town.