An Evening In The UK (Almost)

So last night I was supposed to play with Adam, but he cranked out on me (cranky pot!). So then I had the genius idea to contact Christina who happens to be in town from across the pond... she's staying at her parents' house in P'ville, so I called there, heard about her bunch of friends who were over, and hopped into my car to have me a fun time.

When I got there, I was pleased to see Stina, her sister Jennifer, her boyfriend Tom (who she met at Juilliard and with whom she now lives in Glasgow), her friend Laurel (who is also a Juilliard friend) and her other friend Genna (who is also from Scotland). We sat around the kitchen table chatting and laughing for awhile, and then played the longest game of Taboo in history. It was kind of ridiculous because we played about seventy thousand rounds of the game, and people had such interesting accents that some of the words and descriptions were completely unintelligible. Well, at least to me. Jen speaks with a *very* thick thuggish Queens accent, Tom has a British accent, Genna clearly speaks with a Scottish tongue, Christina still sounds like she's from America, except she kept screaming out "right!" and "fucking L!" which are clearly not things the typical New Yorker exclaims during a run of the mill round of Taboo. Laurel and I had the most boring accents as hers is straight out of California and mine is a mix of lower and middle New York.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I almost peed in my pants a couple of times from laughing so hard, and I definitely had to take off my glasses to remove tears quite often. Awesome. Everyone started turning into pumpkins around 11 o'clock, and I left about midnight... and I can't wait to see them all again.

Today Susan is coming from Long Island for an overnight visit. We're going to stop by my work Christmas party for a tiny bit this evening, and I've rented a few movies with a romantic comedy theme for us to watch... I pretty much can't wait!

Ok, so I guess that's it. I've got to finish up my wash and put sheets on my bed. I baked some gingerbread cookies for the party and I've already wrapped my Secret Santa gift for one of the girls I work with, so that's all set. Oh man, this is going to be a good couple of days!