Weekend in Review: April 5 - April 7

I write this as I watch some white boys take OVER the national championship game.  Holy cow.  So that's why this will be posted fairly late.

It was a busy weekend beginning with playing games at a friend's house.  It's a game called Joker involving marbles and multiple decks of cards.

It would be much easier to explain in person.  It's really fun though.  It is a game that requires an even number of people.  When initially planning this evening of fun it was the two homeowners, two married friends, and me.  Yeah.  I couldn't step up and provide the sixth person.  Because I don't have anybody to bring.  Now, these are good people with tons of friends and they had no problem finding a sixth.  Nor did they care that I was unable to provide the sixth player.  I noticed right away.  I apologized in the email chain.  Just a little tidbit from a fun night of Joker.

Saturday, after counting pipes in a warehouse in the morning, a buddy and I went up to Baltimore to see Louis C.K. live and in person.  Since we missed him in D.C., we had this grand opportunity.  He was awesome.  Consistently funny.  We hit a cool bar up there as well called The Owl at the Belvedere Hotel before and after the show.  I have two points about Saturday.

First, I've decided that any woman I date must have a good sense of humor.  A really good sense of humor.  Most people are looking for that in a significant other.  Most women want a funny guy or a guy that can laugh at himself.  But a great sense of humor is ultra-important, and I realized it on Saturday.  It's important because I'm a big dummy who always tries to throw a zing in every conversation and get a cheap laugh.  It's also important because I love going to comedy shows, and I would love to bring a lady along.  If you don't laugh at a single joke the whole like the girl sitting next to me didn't, then we have problems.  What must her boyfriend have been thinking?

This bitch is a waste of time.  It is impossible to find all of Louis C.K.'s jokes unfunny.  You have to be a really miserable person to just not laugh.  As we were laughing at jokes, she just sat there.  It's unfathomable to me.  So please, if we ever go out on a date, be it at a comedy club or anywhere, smile and show some life please.  Sense of humor is certainly the most important part of the personality.

I won't get into all of the details of the evening at The Owl post-show, but this funny thing did happen that speaks to the crux of this entire blog:

Me and my buddy struck up a conversation with these four women at our end of the bar (all doctors or special ed teachers mind you, so their all basically smarter and better people than us).  They were very nice and we just started talking about whatever.  My buddy Jeff happens to mention he's a former cop.  And the blond girl, who has a penchant for dating cops, says right in front of us "Do you have any cute friends?"  I feel like she was implying that I was not so easy on the eyes.  Gee, thanks.  Now I get that she was speaking in the context of cops or men in uniform.  I still couldn't help but feel a little slighted by that comment.  Hey, I laughed.  It was pretty funny.  She said she didn't mean it like that.  I'm sure she didn't.  But c'mon.  You gotta take that at face value.  These are the stories I get to tell.  In fairness, I should say the same girl gave offered me the number of her friend who left early.  It's not like she was totally against me.

Then Sunday I just tried to get over my wheezing cough that's been lingering for days and just did some shopping and some chores.  It was a good weekend overall, capped off by this thrilling national championship game.  I am certainly rooting to win some money, but I hope these seldom used white boys BRING THE HOUSE DOWN in the second half.