The Weekend: by Ashley (aka, the longest blog ever) ...it happens...

so i had quite the weekend. it would definitely lean towards the more interesting/ridiculous side of the scale. well, let's see. On Wednesday i began pursuing obtaining an ID to use to get into some bars on the north side so that i could accompany my brother and some other individuals to this party thing (no cover/free drinks). well, i succeeded, thanks to the LOVELY and wonderful Cristina. So upon this great win, candace as well was inspired, and well, she put in some effort, and before we knew it we were getting ready absurdly early on a Friday night to be over to my brother's apartment to leave for the north side around six...
we had ridiculous experience at subway. well, i did. we both went in, but she had an order waiting at the snail however. so, after a few minutes, she was like, ill go it and come back. well, she did. and when she came back, i was still standing there. waiting. i hadn’t moved. so there is this woman. head to toe in fur. no joke. she is foreign. and she is very, well, particular about her subway. so this woman, and her husband (VERY whipped) take like fifty five hours to make her sub, because you know, the 55th street subway makes AMAZING subs... and well, put their meticulousness with this woman's craziness, and you have a half hour wait for a 6 inch veggie sub with only 5 people in line ahead of you. serious my friend, very very serious.
we went to my brothers. we ate. i haven’t seen kevin and nate since katie's wedding this past summer. i hadn’t seen them for years before that. jason was there too. it was joyous. brad made drinks, we nalgene bottled it up, and we were off to the 55 bus stop. it was raining. it was yucky. i didn’t melt though. the rid there was fun. well, i mean, i would have been content had we gotten to the bar and not been let in, with just that ride alone. i was very happy to get to Alexis's, as i haven't seen her in ages. we sat around, they played drinking games, napoleon dynamite style (cause some people stay in college forever, which i think is awesome i guess). then we left, eventually. i sadly don’t even know the name of the bar we went to. but we got in. it was cute, they didn’t even question the id's a bit. candace and i spent the whole free hours of drinks at the middle bar with jason, kevin, and nate. that very entertaining. i actually didn’t see anybody else that whole time. i did manage to consume way too much caffeine. in a very serious way (this is evident later). we eventually abandoned the spot, and socialized. we may have danced. well, we did. i talked much with my brother, i think. and then i eventually saw andrew. and we talked. some, i guess. i suppose i spent more time with jason kevin and nate than anybody, well, at that bar. it was odd, i mean, i have known these kids since i was like, born. but, it was really fun. eventually i met the one uchicago affiliated person that my brother invited. well, he invited his whole volleyball team, but most of them are youngins like me. however, his coach came. which, well, turned out to be more, well, i guess uchicago is a smaller world than i realized. Turns out we knew some of the same people. [EDIT for privacy etiquette] so i had someone new to talk to. the night just never stopped getting interesting. We eventually left that bar, and went to this other barish place. Mike drove candace, nate, rob and i there. i don’t really recall how far it was from the other place. anyhow, candace and i had fun at this one... we had a bit more trouble getting in, i mean, we had to say our address, but clearly we are nerds and knew everything on the ids by heart. i remember checking our coats. and it was really expensive, but you had to check them to get upstairs where the dancing was, because this place was a bit pretentious perhaps? i don’t remember. so Vince somehow got some sort of 3 for 2 deal. it was humorous. i was just dishin out cash left and right is all i remember, i only had so much, and i figured why not spend it all. i seem to live by "go big or go home" these days after all. so candace and i went upstairs. we danced. we were very happy to dance. we did get grossly sweaty. andrew keeps reminding me of this. i guess people don't like being touched or hugged when you are grossly sweaty. imagine that. meh.
they closed up shop really early. i don’t remember why. i guess things are fuzzier than i thought. so we all stood outside on the street like bums. lots of cops. i think. so, brad was planning to take a cab, but there was also mike who had driven, so candace and i were going to go with him, but he needed to eat some and just kind of sober up a bit more. but candace wanted to go home. so she kind of freaked out, cause you know, she didn’t just want to leave me there. but it was fine. i mean. it’s not like i didn’t have plenty of entertaining things to talk about with this guy i had just met, because i did. so we went to this diner. it was really really yummy. like, i just had some veggie chili, but it was really good. and if i ate meat, the chicken stir fry that mike had would have been a delicious option as well. it was very quaint little place. so then we eventually left. and on our way back to the car we saw this guy side swipe this cab. so, we were the only witnesses, so the cab driver came running after us. cause the other guy drove away. and we waited for the police. in his cab. which was odd. and then the police came, but drove by, so the cab driver ran after them, but he didn’t get them. so he came back. and then offered us a ride home. but we just needed a ride to the car. so he did. i didn’t know where the car was. but it was ok. we got back to it. after he could tell we were a little unsure of where it was, the cabbie, "you uh, don't, know where your car is????" That was pretty entertaining. anyway, so , we drove home. I was dropped off at the shoreland. oh yes. candace called while we were at the diner. to tell us she was taking a shower. thank jesus, because i didn’t want her dirty when i got home. so she had waited up for me. cause i had no key. we talked for along while, she dished out the details of what i wasn’t aware of. she apparently is a class A confidant. some lack maturity i guess. not candace. anyway. i was very hopped up on caffeine still. VERY VERY. Eventually we fell asleep. we woke up around eleven or twelve. I had a headache. that is rare. i was mad about that. cause i had eaten easymac before bed. that ALWAYS works. argh.

Saturay held the REAL drama. well, staurday night. anywhow. So, clearly, we went to ihop. in cicero. we had a crazy waitress. very very crazy. she treated me very oddly. i mean VERY nice. but it was weird. maybe we stood out (we did) but i don't think that merits creepily nice service. I ATE SO MUCH. ugh. i could still go for some pancakes though. mmmmm.
we hung out in the re for awhile. i slept. i woke up without a headache. a HORRIBLE stomache though. so we went home. we watched movies all night. shrek, and then we attempted to watch dirty dancing but we got invaded. john and jon. oh those jo(h)ns. well, john spilled water everywhere. that was sad. cause i was really dehydrated. VERY VERY. but he got me more. thank jesus. they finally eventually left. i mean, i heart them dearly, but it was girl time.
so, then drama ensued. a couple phone calls. one to me. one to candace (that is where the drama of teh weekend lies). seriously. the rest is just details. very long and drawn out details, apparently, thanks to me. ha. we both yelled into our cell phones a bit. good times... we decided to watch a movie in the bedroom and go to bed. oh, yeah, we also went around the house and got "perspective"... and interesting thing. i will have to scan in will's version of perspective.
so. we eventually got our blood pressure down and went to sleep.
i think i would like to tip a cow at some point fyi.
i also love people from Kalamazoo.
and candace.
oh. we are watching meet the parents. poor guy. how much more painful an experience can you get? i hope that doesn’t ever happen to any guy i know. i mean, not by my parents, clearly.
i ate a lot of food.
Leona’s was amazing tonight.
amazing.
holy shit, i have never had a blog this long.
take that, bitch.