Wednesday night,<\/p>\n
I did something I’ve never done before,<\/p>\n
And I didn’t even realize it until the night was practically over.<\/p>\n
Now …<\/p>\n
Regular viewers know that Wednesday night is UnUsual Suspect night,<\/p>\n
And I was in a serious mood to go hang out.<\/p>\n
My self-imposed restraint on most extracurricular activities until my SRS …<\/p>\n
Has kept me out of bars,<\/p>\n
And from most social outing situations,<\/p>\n
Which was quickly approaching the “driving me up the phreaking wall<\/i>” point.<\/p>\n
Now we all know,<\/p>\n
Singer is the fearless leader of The UnUsual Suspects …<\/p>\n
And usually sends us an e-mail at some point on Tuesday or Wednesday letting us know …<\/p>\n
What’s What, and<\/p>\n
Where’s Where.<\/p>\n
However,<\/p>\n
I never received my e-mail this week.
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\nSo I tried calling her,<\/p>\n
But just got her voicemail.<\/p>\n
Bummer.<\/p>\n
Not yet giving up,<\/p>\n
I then called our back-up social planner,<\/p>\n
Miss Daisy, aka Vicky Stubing.<\/p>\n
He said he hadn’t heard anything himself, but wasn’t probably going to go out …<\/p>\n
Strike One.<\/i><\/p>\n
Well, I was pretty sure that Sister wasn’t going to be there,<\/p>\n
Since we usually have to engage in active peer pressure much earlier in the day when we are able to coerce her into joining us during the summer months.<\/p>\n
So I decided to call Hottie …<\/p>\n
Which isn’t usually the most imformative,<\/p>\n
As he, like me, usually doesn’t seem to get the word of what’s up until the last minute …<\/p>\n
But I called anyway,<\/p>\n
And got his voicemail.<\/p>\n
Dammit.<\/p>\n
Hottie almost always takes my calls …<\/p>\n
Probably because I call him so rarely,<\/p>\n
That when I do call,<\/p>\n
He figures it might be an emergency.<\/p>\n
Well … this was such an emergency,<\/p>\n
I needed a drinking buddy !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Strike Two.<\/i><\/p>\n
Now fortunately at this point Singer called me and said she was on her way to one of our hangouts …<\/p>\n
That she hadn’t heard from anyone else,<\/p>\n
But that two of her other friends might be showing up,<\/p>\n
And they might bring some others.<\/p>\n
Well, thinking that his was possibly going to turn into a drinking gathering for one of Singer’s other group of friends,<\/p>\n
I was hesitant to krash that party …<\/p>\n
And told Singer I’d think about it.<\/p>\n
Hmmmmm …<\/i><\/p>\n
I didn’t want to be a party krasher,<\/p>\n
And decided I’d try again.<\/p>\n
I hadn’t heard back from Hottie,<\/p>\n
Finally deciding he was either hanging out with Baby Spice, in an area out of cell coverage or actually just busy with work and things,<\/p>\n
So I called Miss Daisy back and tried to bribe him into joining for drinks so I wouldn’t be the only Suspect there that didn’t know people …<\/p>\n
“I’ll drive you home,<\/i>” I offered right off the top,<\/p>\n
Which is the ultimate in negotiation offers to him since he still lives in BFE.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, he still conveyed disinterest.<\/p>\n
Oh well,<\/p>\n
Screw it …<\/p>\n
It’s not like I haven’t krashed parties in the past,<\/p>\n
And Singer did<\/i> invite me to join them.<\/p>\n