What I did this weekend

Saturday: eccentric but entertaining First Year Lawyering instructor, W, who chatted with me on a number of occasions and who became friendly with me, emailed me and said that he was in N-Town and wanted to hang out. So Saturday night, I went out with him and a bunch of his friends (all failed academics somehow), along with some random guy one of his friends brought, who is from Sudan and teaching Arabic at my alma mater, and who claimed that he's a prince, and who is having a lot of trouble picking up American women. We first went to hang out a bit at my old huant the Graduate Student Bar, on one of its deadiest night ever, then went out to a much more happenin' Irish bar.

I got to witness W engage in some very un-professorial behavior, mainly consisting of expounding endlessly on how to pick up women. He was determined to hook up the Sudanese with someone, and got to work looking for a date for him among the clubgoers. Amidst this boredom, I ran into CC and was overjoyed to have an excuse to be away from W et al. for a bit, though W relentlessly tracked me down. But CC and I managed to have some nice conversations.

Eventually, some woman W met on the dance floor invited him and friends to this strip club nearby. That was when I bailed, walked 5 blocks to where I parked my car, and drove home half-drunk. Not a good idea in general, but thankfully I got home safely. :)

Sunday: got up at 8, and drove to Six Flags around 10, where I met up with J and her husband, and went on a gazillion rides. My favorite? Superman. You have to experience it to understand how awesomely fast and insane it was.

The weather was perfect today -- clear, breezy, a bit on the hot side but not in the shades. We went on many water rides as well as rollercoasters to keep ourselves cool.

This was the first time I saw J all summer. She was busy preparing for her brother-in-law's wedding (where she was supposed to perform an Indian dance), and also to prepare to go to Cambodia for 5 weeks doing research.

We also exchanged belated birthday gifts. J gave me a pair of earrings and a necklace that she made herself. It was so sweet.

:D I lost 4 lbs since last week! Hopefully it's not all waterweight. I'm determined more than ever to lose the 10 lbs I gained in law school.
:( I miss ice cream.