New People?

Well if you took the time to read Judd's comment on my "State of the Blog" post, you'll notice that he said I should invite other people to write with me. Well I did so, and the response has been favorable, although not overwhelming. A few of my friends have come forward saying they wish to write, now it's all about seeing whether they actually follow through and do it. So, you may start seeing posts by *gasp*, people other than me.

In other news, my life seems to be calming down for the most part. I have a job, I'm currently looking for houses and have a couple appointments set up, I just took an exam, so I don't have any more for at least a couple weeks. Yay, it's gonna be great having a social life again. Although for me, social life pertains much more to simply hanging out with friends and going to dinner, as opposed to getting totally wasted. It's funny because people always have one of two reactions, depending on how old they are: if they're around my age, they say "omg, what do you do for fun?!" and if they're older, they say, "That's a lie." The truth is that I don't find parties with loud blaring music and girls vomiting everywhere to be all that fun. Yes, I drink alcohol (preferably some kind of whiskey or bourbon), but I do so only in moderation, and I do listen to music, but usually unless I'm playing Rock Band or Guitar Hero, it's only loud enough to be background noise. Why? Because when I meet someone, I want to get to know them. I don't want to know a name and a face (mostly because that leads to way too many awkward "wait, do i know you?" moments, but...), I want to know the important things, like what things they enjoy, what they dislike, what their motivations are, what they want to do in life. Even crazy tidbits like how much they love bugs (Eric), how waaaaay too damned Chinese they are (Eugene), or their amazing talent to turn any situation into some post-WWII 3rd world metaphor (Bailey).

So you may ask, "So what do you do for fun if you're not out getting drunk as hell?" Trust me, if I had a concrete answer for that, I would do so. But I don't. Why? Because I just can't classify everything that's fun to me. Fun has so much to do with who you're with, your state of mind, and your surrounding environment. Sometimes that's going to eat with Hyunjin (and sometimes Eunice when she's not too busy sleeping/eating). Sometimes that's watching Hitler videos with Bailey, or contemplating our plans to create "Asian Noodle Bus." Sometimes that's rocking out with Nate and Judd, MTG with Matt, or just general fuk-a-roundery with Nick (yeah I just noticed that could be construed as either totally awesome or totally gay...Same thing, right?). The point is that anything can be fun if you want it to be. Most of the time it's all about how socially acceptable your "fun" is.

I was thinking about what video would properly fit this topic, so why not a nice mellow song that I would play at one of my parties, just to give you a feel as to how we hang out (and no, I'm not a stoner, although the song may make you think I am). Everyone should know this song.