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Well, I'm mostly done with the semester! Managed to finish off that prescription drug abuse article and handed it in. Yay!
Spent today doing three loads of laundry. Someone almost stole my laundry basket but I soon put a stop to that! Today's a beautiful day - sunny and warm with a breeze.
This weekend, Mystery Wolf, Tom Thumb Hairdryer, myself, the Duchess, Baby Brother, Prawn Cousin and Mandesh headed down to Northbridge to check out the Mardi Gras parade. We got lots of pics, with one of a delighted Duchess in the arms of a tall hulking transvestite and another of the Duchess and me with two semi-nude Pharaoh boys! Lots of chicks (including us) were trying to get pics with any gay couple that had a hot guy in it. Such a shame that they're not straight...sigh...
After the parade was over, we headed to the Onyx Bar. It's really classy with red lighting, white pillars, and sculptures of apple trees and almost-naked people all over the place. It's a nice place to get dressed up for and have good drinks (their drinks are pretty large and pretty strong, which is great!) and stand around looking chic with your friends. But everyone got pretty bored of it after a while and we ended up heading back to Northbridge to "slum it in our native slums with the riff-raffs" *lol*. The Prawn Cousin had to take Mandesh home but the rest of us went to Chinatown to eat because we were so hungry. After eating, we were joined by Tom Thumb's Dutch friend and his Indonesian girlfriend, whom we had met before at the Octoberfest, then headed to Varga Lounge and Paramount. Paramount was pretty good - they were playing great dance songs and we spent most of our time on the dance floor. We got home around four or five this time - not like last week when we headed to McDonald's for breakfast after and didn't get home til round eight! Either way, the sun was rising as we drove home.
Last night I came over to Flat 28 because Tom Thumb Hairdryer was making Mexican food for dinner, which was yummy! He then showed us some really funny shows - episodes of Look Around You and Sealab, not to mention this really hilarious David Hasselhoff music video. I swear, anyone who feels depressed should watch that video, it'd have you rolling on the floor, laughing in no time. Mystery Wolf went to bed after that but Tom Thumb, Lost Smoker and me settled down in the living room to watch Sin-Eater.
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We were in top form last night! Went to the pub down the road with Mystery Wolf, Lost Smoker and T., who from now on shall be known as Tom Thumb HairDryer. Tom Thumb HairDryer was nursing a fever but apparently that wasn't going to stop him from trying to get drunk! Although I don't think he was that drunk. The Lost Smoker was probably the most drunk among all of us. He was drunk even before we got to the pub.
Everyone's falling sick these days. A lot of coughing and fevers going around. Someone suggested it could be the bird flu, since it's just shown up in Europe, but I doubt it. It must be spring fever, lol. But wait, I think it's actually the beginning of summer now instead, or close. Why does this place have such weird upside-down seasons???
Was awaken today by a member of a drug research institute. "I got you an interview with our director but you have to move fast because he will only be available in the next half hour as he has to catch a flight," he told me. "Do you still want to do the interview?"
"Yes, I do," I say. I expect he wanted me to say no and leave it at that. They didn't seem too eager to allow me an interview. I switched on the PC, checked my credit level on my mobile (only 13 bucks! damnit! would that be enough to ask a few questions?) and proceeded to call. I got the secretary or receptionist. The director just walked out the door, she tells me. What, is he avoiding me now? She suggests calling his mobile. I agree. I wait ages as she sifts through her desk, looking for his number. Hurry, my credit is running out! She gives me the number, I thank her and hang up. I give his mobile a ring. I get the voicemail. He IS avoiding me! I leave a message and my number and fall back into bed.
Then about five or ten minutes later, my phone ring. I throw myself across the room to grab it. It's him, it's him!
He turns out to be a pretty nice guy after all and answers all my questions really well. We say goodbye and I cheerfully wish him a nice flight. My words surprised him, I think, he must be wondering "how on earth did she know i was about to catch a flight? She must be a PSYCHO STALKER!!!" to which he managed to say "oh, thanks. you too."
Lol. Well, I have no flight to catch myself, but I appreciate that nice thought. And in all fairness, they all seem to be pretty nice people at the institute and they DID give me an interview.
2 interviews down, a few more to go!
I went on Google Earth yesterday, that website where you can view the world through a satellite picture. After hours of relentless searching, I found my house! And my high school and middle school and my second home, the mall! Lol i e-mailed my mother and my sister right away and told them about it, then I lied and told them I had even managed to get a look at the new paint job on the house and saw my mom and dad standing outside. "Nice hair, mum! Look at dad, he's lost weight! All that exercise really did him good!" Then I admitted I lied and all I could see was the rooftop of our house and the picture wasn't in real-time. But hey I could see our fruit tree by the house! And surprisingly, you could see loads in that picture, everything was way clear. My sister rang up ten minutes later in an excited fury. She had fallen for my lies. Lol.
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Spent much of today looking up drug research groups for my next article. It's going to be on over-the-counter drug abuse. Will be interviewing the Lost Smoker for this one - he's my inspiration for this article. Speaking of which, the darling also made me a South Park picture of me. Though I look quite crappy in that picture, I adore it. Thanks, Lost Smoker! I also figured how to fix my bag yesterday at Fast Eddy's, so he is a little more dispensable now, lol.
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Monday was an uneventful day.
Had too many cigarettes than I should have, with this horrible cough I've been having. Spoke to Kelly-Mandy online. She was thinking of becoming a lesbian. By midnight, she had decided not to. Went to Fast Eddy's that night with the Duchess, Prawn Cousin, Nanny Bones, Baby Brother, Mystery Wolf, the Baboon, KJ, ML, Miko, and a couple of random guys. Most of the boys ordered pots of tea, like old grandmothers. The Baboon and Nanny Bones used like twenty packs of sugars in their tea and went on a sugar high. The Duchess and I ordered two iced chocolates, a hot fudge sundae and a plate of nachos between the two of us. We left most of the sundae to melt, it was crappy. We also found ourselves on a sugar high before too long. There was a horrific mess on our table by the time we were leaving. I think our waitress pretty much hated us by the time we left.
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I had a dream on Friday night.
It was about butterflies.
I had caught the most beautiful butterflies and I had put them in a glass globe-shaped tank. There was water in the bottom half of the globe, with pebbles and plants, like an aquarium. The butterflies hovered at the top. It was their natural habitat. And then I noticed the globe was getting cracked. I turned it upside down and it broke as the water splashed down, breaking the glass globe and swamping the butterflies in a tsunami. I gathered that sodden mass of butterflies and placed them on a desk and ran around trying to find another aquarium for them before they regained consciousness and flew away. The Duchess led me into her room, this fantastic little room full of candles which looked nothing but a little like her room in real life, to find another aquarium. I started plotting to steall all her fantastic candles and candle holders, but time was of essence and i needed to find an aquarium before my butterflies revived so I grabbed a couple of porcelain dishes from her room and ran back to the butterflies. There, I realized they were not going to regain consciousness but had more or less died, having been crushed and drowned by the water when the bowl broke. I related the details of this dream to the Duchess as we sat in Wong's Restaurant the next day, having lunch, over the sound of the Lost Smoker singing "Tomorrow, Tomorrow".
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Octoberfests, bets, hickies, drunks, fights, and so much more that can't be mentioned.
Friday night was the night of the oktoberfest! We all tried getting tickets but no one managed to get any on time, except for the Columbian and the Tall One which just made me and Mystery Wolf a little pissed off especially since the Tall One is going through Ramadhan right now and isn't drinking!
But then good news came in the shape of good old T, who through his intern connections got myself, Mystery Wolf, and the Lost Smoker tickets as well! Thanks, T! It was a great night, even though most of the beers sucked. We got pretty drunk and I won the little bet that myself and the Mystery Wolf had going on ;) she now owes me ten bucks!
When it was over, most of us had lost track of one another. The Lost Smoker and I stumbled home and kept falling (well, I was falling anyway) on the oval where the duck pond is. My bag strap also fell apart which the Lost Smoker had to fix for me again - what would I do without him? He is like my best friend, the way he is able to repair my bags!
We got back and I went on over to the Transit Flat, where the Turbanator was having his birthday party. Everyone there was drunk as well, especially *ahem* our little sobbing apple! There was a high emo state going on. Guys kept getting punched. People kept getting thrown out of the party. Guys kept fighting and punching and shouting. I had to yank Prawn Cousin and Nanny Bones away from one particular fight where about ten guys were beating up this one guy. But that one guy did deserve it.
Girls were making out with girls on the Turbanator's hammock. The Duchess and I had a kiss as well, which gave much cause to Baby Brother to get all excited. Everyone was throwing up. The Dervish was retching really loudly in the girls' bathroom which was kind of awful. My poor little monkey had to take care of him, lol, poor thing, it seems that he always has to take care of the Dervish every time he gets drunk, which kind of ruins the party for him. Someone else should take that job next time! The Dervish also shouted at me, quite unnecessarily, I thought. He was stumbling along the parking lot, my monkey trying to hold him up. I was sitting on the steps nearby, having a cigarette. "Make sure he gets home all right," I call out to my monkey. Dervish stumbles and pulls himself away from my monkey and shouts at me, "I don't fucking care about you anymore!"
"O-kaaay," I say, a little startled by this sudden outburst. "Well, that's good but you should really be going home now."
"I don't fucking care about you anymore!" The Dervish shrieks and yanks himself away from my monkey again and tries to run up the steps at me. I sigh and stand up and walk back into the Transit Flat. The next time I see him, he is retching in the girl's room.
I found myself on my knees outside, holding back some random girl's hair for her while she puked. I ended up fighting with Y, but I guess we've made up already. The Lost Smoker was quite kind to me that night. Mystery Wolf got on with some guy from the Oktoberfest. Next day, she had a horrific amount of hickies all over her neck and face. The Lost Smoker says she looks like she got attacked by a small monkey. The Brothel Flat boys say she looked like she got attacked by a vaccum cleaner. Well she definitely had her fun that night, anyway! :D
The next day was a lazy day. Spent most of the morning lounging in the sun with Mystery Wolf, Lost Smoker and T. We saw the Dervish stumbling out onto his balcony, all groggy and hungover and still dressed in the same clothes he was in last night. Nasty. He doesn't remember what he said to me last night. "You were drunk anyway," he muttered, which made all of us burst out laughing. He was definitely way much more drunk than the rest of us. We were all sober compared to him.
After I woke up the Duchess, the five of us - Mystery Wolf, Lost Smoker, T, myself and the Duchess headed down to Wong's for lunch. The Lost Smoker was still kind of ill from last night and kept disappearing into the bathroom. He had ordered cashew beef or something but he couldn't stomach it down and passed the time by singing "Tomorrow, Tomorrow", "Yesterday", "Don't cry for me, Argentina", "Raindrops on Roses" and a bunch of other songs very loudly at our table. I wanted to throw something at him. When we were done eating, we paid and shuffled out the door, only to be nearly run over as Baby Brother nearly rammed his SVU into the door of the restaurant.
After lunch, I headed over to Harbourtown with the Gutter Philosopher, Pharrell and the Gutter Philosopher's friend, to have what the Gutter Philosopher calls "a mean kebab." It looks like any ordinary kebab to me. I didn't have one because I was too full.
Saturday night was mostly boring. Watched Payback starring Mel Gibson on TV. The most fun character in that show was probably Lucy Liu's.
Was awakened by a porn star on the phone on Sunday. Lol. You know who you are. Went to a movie with the Gutter Philosopher, Pharrell and Mystery Wolf - we watched Night Watch - it was in Russian with cool subtitles that melted away in blood or becoming huge to emphasize the emphasis placed on the words. The Gutter Philosopher broke my lovely black ribbon high heels. I wanted to smack him for that. It's the second time a pair of high heels I had got broken in his and Pharrell's company. It must not be safe to wear high heels around them!
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Da Weekend!
Godskitchen was awesome!!!!!! The Duchess and I had such a great time there! When it was over, we got out of the place and discovered that the sun had risen outside. All the ravers were streaming out of the place and heading across the roads and the parking lots to our cars. Across the road, construction workers in their bright orange jackets watched with much interest on the other side of a barb-wire fence as we passed them by. "Now go home and sleep away the rest of the day," one of them called out. "Have a good morning," I called back cheerfully.
We were still hyped up so we headed to my flat to hang out for the rest of the day. I spent a good bit of the morning lying out in the sunshine...mmm...that was good. I think I only caught a couple of hours of sleep. Later that night, I headed over to the Duchess's flat for dinner. T, the new guy, made burritos, they were yummy. Then the Gutter Philosopher and Pharrell came over as we were drinking and watching The Usual Suspects. They were driven out of the Gutter Philosopher's flat by the pungent scent of fish being cooked by the Gutter Philosopher's flatmate, since the Gutter Philosopher is allergic to fish, the poor thing, haha. We ended up sitting out on the balcony, chain-smoking and drinking beer and whiskey and gin and talking. I was still recovering from the night before so I didn't say much. I laughed a lot, to contribute my bit of the conversation instead, hahah. We finally ended up driving out for a kebab - I somehow managed to order a whole pizza - and polishing off all the food before going to bed.
All kinds of interesting things were happening on Friday night too, while I was at the rave with the Duchess. It was the Soft-Spoken Socializer's birthday this week so the Brothel Flat boys and some of the Soft-Spoken Socializer's other friends from his uni were out by the gazebo having a barbeque to celebrate, so me, the Lost Smoker, Mystery Wolf, and T headed over to wish the Soft-Spoken Socializer happy birthday. We ended up hanging around for a bit, then headed over to the night market going on in the uni. Most of the people we were suppose to meet up with there, like Patsy and all, had already gone home (so early? ah, you losers!). I started getting hiccups and the Lost Smoker and I got bored of the whole scene so we kind of abandoned Mystery Wolf and T behind and ran back to EUH laughing like maniacs as we dodged trees across the campus. When we got back to EUH, the Lost Smoker took up with some of the Americans from his flat and they all went off clubbing and whatnot while I went back to the Brothel Flat to steal some cigs and have some smokies before I headed off to godskitchen with the Duchess.
While we were at godskitchen, back at the Soft-Spoken Socializer's party, they had gotten a cocuple of visits from the Cowboy in Black, who's always yelling at them for making too much noise, and on his second visit or something, the Crazy Leb really did go crazy and tried to pick a fight with the Cowboy in Black. Cowboy in Black apparently got into one of his martial arts stances (he takes martial arts lessons) and the Crazy Leb just laughed and said something like "That shit won't work me, I could chop your balls off just like that." That was when the Tall One came over to separate them.
Later on, the Gutter Philosopher chipped a tooth while eating lamb, the poor dude, and now he's walking around with one chipped front tooth, looking like someone punched him out or something. And then later on, they all apparently had driven out to the petrol station to buy cigarettes and they all get out of the car when the Gutter Philosopher slams the door shut and then realizes suddenly that he left his keys inside.
Lol, the things we miss when we go out on a Friday night! Fights and chipped teeth and getting locked out of cars on a freezing night!
Sunday was pretty much a quiet one in comparison to Friday and Saturday. The Gutter Philosopher, Pharrell and I headed to the merry-go-round mall to watch Serenity. It just makes me miss Angel and Buffy and Firefly! Sniff! And I love the reference they made to The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the movie. I was like "oooh! That's from the Ancient Mariner! The Ancient Mariner!"
Later on, we headed back to the Brothel Flat, but then got a call from the Soft-Spoken Socializer, so we ended up heading out into the frozen night to pick him up and this other guy as well. We got back to the flat, where the guys mainly sat around the kitchen, making sausages and holding a big discussion on their dicks and their sex experiences. To sum it all up, mainly they're all sluts, lol, but it's something that I think pretty much most of us know already anyway. :D
A sad thing occured. Screaming Sour's dad has passed away. I was shocked to hear it, I just couldn't believe it. I still remember how nice he was, and that cane of his which made him look like a member of the Mafia with a big axe. Here's plenty of hugs to you, Screaming Sour. He's in heaven now, smiling down on you. :)
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Hel-lo, it's Friday today! The Duchess and I are going to the godskitchen rave tonight - can't wait! But before that, there's a night market event going on at uni this evening... which i am probably going, though with who, I'm not too sure yet. Patsy is going to be there with her boyfriend... and probably her little double-dating group of friends as well... I'll probably head down there and stuff myself with food for dinner.
But before all of this, I'll have to drag myself over to the Education building to endure a three hour class which is probably going to be, more than anything else, BORING. How would I ever survive?
Why do I feel so tired!?! I'm fairly sure I slept loads last night. I fell asleep while watching some Japanese movie on SBS last night... something about this samurai guy who turns up injured at this temple, where he meets this guy who turns out to be the god of battle and also the famous swordsman Musashi, and he ends up in a duel with him. I drifted off while they were picking weapons to fight each other with. Wish I could have stayed up for the entire movie... it looked interesting... but even more, I wish that I had managed to catch the other Japanese movie which aired the Thursday before... from what I heard, that was a funny movie, about two actresses trying to kill each other over a part that they were both competing for. But I was out then, watching Transporter 2, and later on, getting drunk over at Baby Brother's! My, the things that went on that night...
It looks like it's going to rain today. The sky's all cloudy and gray, and a wind's rustling the trees. I just want to curl up in bed and sleep the afternoon away. But...aaargh....class...
Grrr. Rowr. Arrrgh.
I will have to see my advontist soon. I called him up for an appointment last month but he was on holiday in Panama with his second family. Last week, he left a message on my voicemail, saying "Cast ne'er a clout before May is out." May was over months ago, I tried to tell him, but all five of his phones were engaged when I tried ringing him.
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Everyone's getting cars these days. The Tall One and the Columbian have gotten that cheapo old black VW Bus that they're talking about christening the shag mobile or the groove mobile or whatever, though Pharrell refers to it as the flush, and to the Philosopher's car as the toilet, because, according to him, "The flush is always cheaper than the toilet." And now the Lost Smoker may be getting a car too! On a sad note, though, Baby Brother's SUV just got its window smashed today. He's pretty upset about it. Can understand perfectly well his feelings... though he has been pretty lucky that it's just a window smash and nothing worse. It's actually a miracle that nothing worse has ever happen to his car, considering the fact that it's constantly parked at the back of our flats. Cheer up, Baby Brother! Hugz to you and Sarah! ;)
Oh, and one very funny story. I was walking over to the Gutter Philosopher's flat on Sunday, on the way to our disastrous beach trip, when I passed by this kid on a bicycle. Thinking he was one of the students living in EUH, I smiled at him and said hi, and he smiled back. I walk on, thinking I've just met a new friend in EUH, when suddenly he calls out from behind. I turn around, thinking maybe I HAVE met him at some party or something before, and he suddenly says, "Hey. Want to have sex with me tonight?"
I stare at him for one moment and everything suddenly clicks into place. This is no student from EUH, it's a friggin kid on a bike who just happened to wander in here! I burst out laughing and shake my head at him, then walked off, still laughing. The moment I get over to the Philosopher's flat, I burst in on him and Pharrell and exclaim, "You won't believe what just happened to me! I just got propositioned by a kid on a bicycle!"
On a good note, I've just established that there's a hot guy hired as a gardener for the neighbors across the street. There's a new reason for me to sit out on the balcony and smoke now.
A charming story! The Lost Smoker and his invisible-but-now-visible friend were sitting out by the duck pond, getting high, when they were suddenly entertained by a row of ducklings waddling by them and getting pushed over by some bigger duck trying to mosey in on the line or something. I was absolutely charmed when he told me the story, though he ruined it a little by telling me how he and his friend did their best to puff green smoke at the adorable little ducklings.
Yesterday, the Duchess, myself, her new flatmate, and Baby Brother headed to the city to watch a movie. We ended up watching Cinderella Man, which was pretty good. I kept making comparisons in my head to Million Dollar Baby, though, but I can't tell you which one is better, I like both, though Million Dollar Baby is infinitely more painful. When we got back to EUH, the people of the Brothel Boys Flat and some other EUH folk were out on the lawn, playing volleyball in the dark. They yelled at me to get my ass over to join the game, but I scurried off quickly because me and volleyball are not a mix that goes well together.
All right, and now yours truly has to get going because she has to head off for dinner with the Duchess! And then tonight...drinks...and who knows what else! ;) Ciao, everyone!
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Last week was break week, so basically everyone was running around doing no work at all and having the time of our lives! Well, kind of, anyway, hehehe...
I hear that SweetRhapsody is mad at myself and the Duchess for never being online or sending her updates on our lives. Well, sorry, darling...mucho sorry.... Hugs... come onto my blog all the time and I'll give you all the updates you want...anyway, it's not as if you send US any messages either! And i never see you online while I'm on anyway!
Last Friday was the night of the inter-house river cruise! We had a Cuba theme so on the day of the cruise I went down to Coles to buy a flower pin to wear in my hair... I got a pink one since there were no red flowers, and the Duchess got a purple one but she didn't wear hers. I wore my black assymetrical slightly-kind-of-loose-pleats-style skirt with a dark blue-black halter neck loose assymetrical top and placed the flower at my ear, and wore my champagne colored high heels. It took forever for me and the Duchess to decide what to wear, we were going through a "everything-makes-me-look-fat!!!" period but eventually put togehter great outfits - like always, gurl! ;) I brought my glittery scarf but it didn't do much to keep me warm on the cruise - it was freezing onboard, especially with all the rain and the wind! And we kept going outside to smoke, which just caused us to freeze even more. The Duchess wore a pink-purplish sunset-colored halter neck top and black pants; she brought along Mystery Wolf's gray wrap which did well to keep us both warm! Everyone was dressed up really nice; some of the guys were wearing those Havana-like hats and this guy, I forgot his name, had a fake moustache penciled on. I loved Nicole's red dress, it was gorgeous. There were, strangely, these little blow-up cactuses and palm trees here and there, some of the guys nicked them as we left the cruise four hours later. That was four hours of dancing nonstop in high heels that totally killed our feet! But the music wasn't too bad, it was a fun mix, they played all kinds of songs. The food was even better - they had all kinds of pizza PLUS these yummy sandwiches - roast beef, pastramia, smoked salmon, vegetarian, lamb... the Duchess was lamenting the fact that she had gone vegetarian for a month because that meant she couldn't touch any of the sandwiches other than the veggie ones.
Anyway, we all felt really tired and cold after the cruise, so a lot of people headed home to their beds, but the rest of us went on to NorthBridge to go clubbing. But even then, we ended up heading home round two-ish, we were so tired by then. I just needed a hot shower to warm me up badly!
Driving around town this weekend with the Gutter Philosopher has made me realize one thing - that boy does NOT take directions! There we would be in the car, with me squinting at his tiny street directory in the dark because his interior car light is broken, giving him perfectly good directions which he absolutely just would not listen to, which ended up with us going the wrong way and getting lost! Later, on Sunday, as Pharrell, myself and the Gutter Philosopher headed down to the beach, we got lost once again and I kept telling him to turn round AT ONCE because I was fairly sure that the turn we just missed was the right one, but once again he ignored me and got us onto some random highway instead. We ended up heading to the city to eat in Chinatown instead. After that, I stated firmly, "No more car trips for a while."
The Tall One is ready for a month of fasting and celibacy and no alcohol; it's Ramadhan, the Muslim month of fasting and cleansing, starting from today. That doesn't stop him from smoking pot though. I'll bet you anything that the Pothead Teddy, who's also Muslim, ain't gonna do much fasting either. I wonder how Farah is holding up in Melbourne, lol.
The Korean guy in the Duchess's flat has moved out! I doubt we'll miss him much, we rarely even see him in the flat anyway, he's always in his room. But I do know that we'll miss his cutlery and bowls and plates very much! Already the Lost Smoker and Mystery Wolf are lamenting the loss of the microwave. But a new guy has moved in, some guy from Italy, but he's from the northern border of Italy, so he spents loads of his time in Austria as well and speaks German too or something like that. (Psst, SweetRhapsody and the Duchess! Doesn't that sound like someone else we once knew too? A certain someone who keeps calling his lawyers, etc?) Hahaha!
Went over to the Duchess's flat on Monday night to watch the Lost Smoker's copy of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. We (we being myself, the Duchess, the Lost Smoker, Mystery Wolf, and the new guy) also ended up smoking loads and finishing off my Baccardi. I also brought over my shisha, with my brand-new tin of apple tobacco, and ended up ringing a few flats before finally finding someone who had charcoal to spare. Had the Gutter Philosopher demanding, "What do we look like to you, a grocery store?!?" down the phone at me. "Nooo," I wailed, "I just wanted to borrow some charcoal from some friends!" Finally got some from Shuddup, the dear boy! Baby Brother came over just as we were starting up the shisha and we finished off the night by piling into his car and heading down to Vic Park for a kebab. Well, everyone had a kebab, I had pizza, yum!
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