gigamatic

so... it's thursday. veterans day. and since i work for the state, i have today off.

blog spammers are back. fuckers.

oh, and i'd forgotten how persistent a wine hangover could be. not bad, just persistent.

last night, kristy and alex and i went to a party in the old neighborhood, at one of kristy's old students' apartments. on the way there, kristy and i were commenting how we wouldn't know anyone there (she knew the host), but as we walked up, she knew one of the guys on the porch from the English dept.

then, inside, we made our way to the kitchen, where she said hello to the host, who looked kind of familiar, and might've been a friend of Jenny and Stephen (two ex's) from college. while the host was filling our glasses, she recognized another 2 people from the English dept, one of whom was at one of our big shindigs on Wilber, when Sunshine left... and of course all I remember now is that he was from Ireland and he told good stories. we reintroduced ourselves, and when I turned around, there was yet another old face, Catherine, previously of the short blonde hair, who used to hang out at Basso with Asa. "I know you!" she said... "where do I know you from?" ... "Anthropology class; you sat in front of me" I said. "No, that's not it." -- "Basso!" I said... and then she smiled.

So eventually, after two glasses of wine, I asked the host if he was the Chris I remembered from OU... and indeed he was. We talked briefly (it's awkward, sometimes, when you meet someone again whom you crossed paths with in another part of your life), and took a few minutes to remember the craziness that was 1996-1997 in the dorms. He worked with Jen and for Stephen, so with one ex while I was dating the other.

It's funny... he now reminds me of another friend, Adam Z, mainly because of his build, and his haircut. And his eyes, too.

I have to say, it was a very fun party. Lots of grad students, lots of conversation. And, I got invited back. Apparently, every Wednesday at 10pm they have a sort of intellectual kaffestunde. I felt incredibly undereducated, but it was incredible to listen.

And I was very glad Alex decided to come. It made the evening seem more... something. Listening to him talk about teaching -- he gets so fired up. It's neat to see him light up when comparing classic literature and comics.

I was thinking last night about how my/our circle of friends tends to talk about pop culture a lot, and how this other circle I found myself in seems to not, and I wondered if it was because of the lack of free time. When you're busy writing disserations and teaching class and grading papers, who has time to watch Justice League, Snots Landing, and Lost?

Oh, and I need to read more. Sheesh. But I don't know if I could tackle as much as these guys do, for fun.

Ok, it's 10am, and I've lost my hangover! Now, it's time to get moving on laundry and such.