vianegativa | The Weekend, In Bullet Points

The weekend was more sedate, much as I had hoped it would be. A few highlights:

Furr at the Cell Block on Saturday was quite nice; aside from a dreadful commute back home due to construction on the Blue Line, I got to drink a bit and enjoy the company of friends & hear some decent music... occasional ear-rape from static feedback, aside. I actually got to talk with a few folks I've not had the chance to speak with in years and I got to see some people who were lit dance. Badly. All in all a fine night, aside from some stomach grumbles from leftovers from...

Costa's, the Greek restaurant that I went to Friday night with Mike, Travis, Rory, Paulo (cyph0enix) and Brian (colsbearcub). We had a nice quiet dinner and despite being stuffed from some lovely nachos earlier in the evening, I enjoyed the meal and company. We retreated to my house for some cocktails afterwards and chatted. I didn't even spend the night playing...

World of Warcraft, which I ground out quests on to get my Blood Elf Hunter Torius up to level 25 on Ysera. Apparently, it's hard getting the love of all the members of the Horde, but let me tell you Torius is HUGE in Undercity. Huge like a Blood Elf Hannah Montana. I'm sure there are posters of him on the crypts of all the little undead kiddies. I spent a large portion of the early evening wringing every blue magic item I could out of Shadowfang Keep, running it at least twice with orious in tow. Now, I've never HAD a toon higher than level 29 on any WoW server, so I'm gunning for level 80 with this one, just so I can prove I'm not a complete alt-a-holic.

Sunday afternoon was spent with friends I had not seen in over 16 years, Matthew and his gaming buddies. Apparently they have a traditional yearly "gaming con" held at his house in New Lenox and this was the ninth year for it. I got to meet some of Matt's friends (a good portion of whom are ALSO named Matt... very confusing) and afterwards I got to see Matt's wife Tricia again and their lovely daughter, Ellie. Matt and Tricia haven't seemed to change a bit from my memories of them and they were both very warm & congenial.

I will admit I almost didn't go, particularly since it seemed like my coming out at age 20 had been an issue for Matt and felt like it was a large part of the reason why I lost touch with my high school friends. Also, as nice as they are, Tricia seems very Catholic and I don't know quite how she'll react to her husband rekindling acquaintances with me. I won't even wonder how she'll take me having two partners. On one hand, Matt did contact me and was quite interested in having me drop by, even though my Facebook page clearly shows I'm gay. I don't know. I hope they won't be reactionary, but I do fear the worst.

After seeing my old friends, Travis, Mike, Chad & I went to a great little Indian restaurant in Wheaton and ate ourselves silly. I must admit that I totally overindulged in the sweet lassi drinks and had to retreat to bed after since I was a totally bloated cubby. It was worth it though, mostly. :-)

That was my weekend in a nutshell. How the hell was yours?