Things Learned Between 6 and 9pm on a Thursday Night 2003

• Derek is always an excellent host.
• One of the behaviors of an excellent host is to immediately offer the guest a beverage.
• I will, even on an empty stomach, when offered a beverage in a bar, fall back on a standby like "Bombay Gin & Tonic, please. Thank you."
• My commute makes me thirsty.
• The snacks at Cafe du Nord make a good substitute dinner.
• A gin & tonic on an empty stomach impairs the judgement just enough to prompt one to order a pear cider with said substitute dinner instead of a non-alcoholic beverage.
• My friends are delightful, intelligent company and damned good looking, even without the benefit of the afore-mentioned beverages.
• Armistead Maupin will high-five sassy Korean girls he just met, provided they tell him about doing shots with their grandmothers.
• Lance has great taste.
• When Lance recommends a cocktail, you should take his advice.
• A Grey Goose Vodka Martini is a work of art.
• It's fun to descend upon Sweet Inspirations with a rampaging mob of cake fiends.
• A Grey Goose Vodka Martini, even a small one, has a kick on it like a mule.
• It's a damned good kick.
• When I get tipsy and my inhibitions fade away a bit, I will be more impulsive, prone to laughter, and generally vivacious.
• Apparently, while intoxicated, my normally-somewhat-suppressed desire to repeatedly hug my friends goodnight comes out in full force.
• Hugging Derek & Heather goodnight 4 times in 3 blocks (as we figure out we're actually not diverging but continuing to walk the same direction) is an excellent way to round out an evening.
• I have great friends.

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Things Learned Between 6 and 9pm on a Thursday Night

• Derek is always an excellent host.
• One of the behaviors of an excellent host is to immediately offer the guest a beverage.
• I will, even on an empty stomach, when offered a beverage in a bar, fall back on a standby like "Bombay Gin & Tonic, please. Thank you."
• My commute makes me thirsty.
• The snacks at Cafe du Nord make a good substitute dinner.
• A gin & tonic on an empty stomach impairs the judgement just enough to prompt one to order a pear cider with said substitute dinner instead of a non-alcoholic beverage.
• My friends are delightful, intelligent company and damned good looking, even without the benefit of the afore-mentioned beverages.
• Armistead Maupin will high-five sassy Korean girls he just met, provided they tell him about doing shots with their grandmothers.
• Lance has great taste.
• When Lance recommends a cocktail, you should take his advice.
• A Grey Goose Vodka Martini is a work of art.
• It's fun to descend upon Sweet Inspirations with a rampaging mob of cake fiends.
• A Grey Goose Vodka Martini, even a small one, has a kick on it like a mule.
• It's a damned good kick.
• When I get tipsy and my inhibitions fade away a bit, I will be more impulsive, prone to laughter, and generally vivacious.
• Apparently, while intoxicated, my normally-somewhat-suppressed desire to repeatedly hug my friends goodnight comes out in full force.
• Hugging Derek & Heather goodnight 4 times in 3 blocks (as we figure out we're actually not diverging but continuing to walk the same direction) is an excellent way to round out an evening.
• I have great friends.

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