I hate rap in general, but there's this one song, Going Back to Cali, by Notorious B.I.G., man, I can't get enough. It and Le Tigre and Primal Scream.
Second thing, my friend from Josh is stopping by for a short while (maybe just a day maybe overnight), and I have to say, I'm pretty excited to see him. There are so many directions he could have gone in, and I don't know how the fuck he ended up in nowheresville, North Carolina, so just finding that out in itself should be a trip, as Josh is the enigma of our group of friends. Plus its fun to IM people from Otown and be like, "guess who I might be seeing in a few weeks?" I'm guessing he;ll stop by the weekend of the 27th, if so I'll see if he wants to go to Bliss (indie night) at the Black Cat. I imagine its the kinda crowd he would dig, plus I'm not sure if he drinks or not, so its a good mixed crowd. Plus, its cheap, which is what I like most of all.
Now, debate stuff time. I am probably going to UVa this weekend. Here is why: I like them. I may not talk to them every week, when I talk to them I may not have hour long conversations, but they are far and away the nicest, coolest people on APDA, and I want to show how much I appreciate their existence by going to their tournament every year I have been debating on APDA (my first year doesn't count, I only went to tournaments on or in the Beltway). Dinos bitch all the time about how the circuit used to be, but I think UVa are the only people (with a few exceptions) who still really take debate as a good time. They also throw a good party. In that spirit, my plans are to try to run cases I don't usually run (Amanda and Kate, I have cases about Education! Urban policy! Seriously, that's how I spent my Sunday, casing!). I don't know how good they are, but I want this weekend to be about learning more personally. In addition, I want to debate with a novice, get them into good rounds, and teach some about parli debate. Finally, I am going to get off my ass drunk at the party, because unlike when I go to NJ/NY tournaments (and this isn't saying you people are bad guys, just that I'm not Mr. Sociable-go-out-of-my-way-to-meet-new-people!) I'll know people there who I like. The last few times at UVa, I've been really competetive, and done VERY badly. Maybe its been because I've been trying to hard and fighting the tide, so fuck it. This weekend is about learning and fun.
This has been the most I think I've ever used the exclamation point in anything I've ever done. I feel stupider for having used it. The girl who i work next to hates exclamation points, and after looking at them, I understand why.
