Last Thursday night Mike, Wu, and I stopped by Josh’s place near SDSU to help out with a Happy Graduation keg, but we only managed a couple rounds of flip cup with the youngsters before the police came and ‘encouraged’ our departure. From there we headed to the Waffo Boutique grand opening, which was surprisingly fun. The DJ was all about Daft Punk and Justice as we enjoyed the open bar and tried to avoid getting beer foam spit in our face by the rowdy bar wench.

Saturday night was a blast, too. Every house party should have a tiny parrot content to spend the night on various strangers’ fingers.

There’s an anxious energy about North Park as the Georgia girls count down the days before they initiate the Great San Diego Exodus, and we’re doing all the usuals this week before everyone heads home for the holidays. Monday night we enjoyed what might have been the second-to-last Lady Dottie show at Tower Bar—rumor has it that they won’t be back in 2008. Last night, after my company party downtown, the crew assembled for karaoke at Scolari’s. Of course. Good job, team. Good job, singers. See you at Live Wire tonight.

New Year’s Eve in San Francisco is going to be epic. I’m looking forward to the drive up with the guys—Nobel Manor, united!

Long time no update. Whoops. Time flies and all that.

I last wrote while I was home for Thanksgiving, and I’m happy to report that I managed another four or five turkey/cranberry/stuffing sandwiches before flying south back to San Diego. As we had planned in the weeks leading up to the holiday, my doting mother sent me off with ziploc bags full of extra fixings which I ’smuggled’ onto the plane. (We were worried the stuffing would be mistaken for C4.) I’ve made four heavenly turkey sandwiches for lunch so far, and it looks like tomorrow’s shall be my last. I’m sad to see them go—the withdrawals are going to be calamitous.

On Monday night, team MEN 4 EVER crushed the competition at Scolari’s Office Trivia Night. We couldn’t have done it without such a well-rounded squad. The girls covered celebrity fashion lines and the periodic table, Mike and O’Donovan handled video game music, and I had female anatomy on lock (natch). A portion of the winnings have already been converted into supplies for tonight’s pre-December Nights cider.

Epilogue
Foods consumed during the course of December Nights: Filipino, Iranian, Columbian, and fried grasshoppers. Also a large assortment of mulled wines, hot toddies and glog (grog + eggnog). Excellent.