Life Across The Pond

Blocked

I've recently realized that I'm somewhat socially retarded. It seems that I'm now doing things that I think I should have done about ten years ago - moving away from home, making new friends, riding the bus by myself. So, in that spirit, I've lately been trying my hand at another first - talking to random girls at bars. Fortunately, this seemed to be slightly easier on a recent trip to Vegas to celebrate my friend's thirtieth birthday where other people apparently are there to do the same. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean I've had any amount of success at this.

So this past weekend at the Ghost Bar atop the Palms, I found myself in the beginnings of a conversation with a lady that I introduced myself to. Not two minutes later, a kid walks up and introduces himself to me. He then proceeds to introduce himself to the lady I had just met with the line "Since Peter had an opportunity to meet you, I thought I should have the same." Blocked! After that, I couldn't think of anything else to say to work my way back into that conversation so I excused myself to rejoin my friends.

On the bright side, I've now got one more experience to add to my list of firsts.

posted by Peter @ 11:15 PM 1 comments

Alma Mater vs. Alma Mater

This Saturday, my Alma Mater plays host to Sacramento State, my Dad's Alma Mater, for the opening day of college football. I've just found out that KGO streams their broadcasts live so I'm looking forward to listening to Joe Starkey call the game. It's not exactly the same as listening to the game from my car but it'll be a nice dose of Bay Area life out here in NY.

It's a strange turn of events for Cal to be on the winning side of an impending blowout. I remember just a few years ago, sitting in the lodge of a Michigan dude ranch (a whole other story altogether), watching the season opener against Illinois sharing beers with a Fighting Illini alumnus. Unfortunately, there's not really much excitement in watching Illinois steamroll the Bears on their way to a 44-17 victory.

But now that the sun shines a little brighter on the Golden Bears football program, come Saturday afternoon, when that game-ending whistle blows, I'll probably give my Dad a call to talk some trash about how the Bears just steamrolled his Alma Mater. Of course, my Dad's not much of a football fan and I'm not sure the words "school spirit" have ever come out of his mouth so much of that trash talking will be lost on him. Either way, it'll feel good.

posted by Peter @ 12:18 AM 0 comments