SWEET: So, last night I went to an exhibition opening. The exhibition was good, met up with some of my friends (inc 2 who were in it!). It was curated by this crazy guy called Tom Rivard who's quite wacky and does unusual things. website >>
http://www.leanproductions.com.au/AWESOME: They served scotch at the bar for free, by itself or as a whisky sour. YAY. You had to pay for beer though!! They also had free popcorn!
COOL: They had like a tomato soup in shot glasses, which my friend reckoned had vodka in it.
SLIGHTLY LAME: So we hung out outside talking for ever and trying to get the group together to go eat. Someone suggested this Chinese place so we all went there but didn't know which one and stood around being lost until we finally got back together and sat down. It was already 9.30 and we were STARVING.
AWESOME: The restaurant was pretty crappy looking, but delicious. It was even better when one girl convinced the waitress to turn of the flourescents and leave the orange mood lamps. We're all architects/designers so the whole table of 20 cheered.
DELICIOUS: dumplings!
RANDOM: We followed a friend to a house party at Tom Rivard's home/office. By the time we rocked up there was 8-9 of us left. Apparently this guy is crazy and does lots of drugs and loves partying
SWEET: things in his house, like totally cool antiques and stuff. Also, more scotch YEAAAAAH.
SAD: Finally going home, not that late, about 2.30 or something. Got my friend to drop me at train station in city.
LAME: Waiting for the bus in the cold for 20 min. Nightriders which come once per hour after like midnight. All dodgy looking guys and crazy teenagers.
STUPID: Getting on the wrong bus. IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!! And not realising! At first I thought it was going in the right direction. Then I asked the person next to me and he was like 'yes it's going there where you asked'. IT WASN'T.
FRIGHTENING: By the time I realise where I am, I'm upset and stunned at how stupid I was, I hop off onto an empty street. This part of town is DODGY. I was in Rockdale, for those in Sydney. It is SE of the city, when I was going NW. I'M TERRIFIED. I wake up my cousin and she helps me freak out and get the taxi number
FORTUNATE: A taxi comes by and agrees to take me homeward, to where my car is parked. This is at 2.45 and his shift ends at 3am. He will be late and he said he has to pay a fee because someone else will be waiting to pick up the taxi. But he says he couldn't bear to leave me on the street. Sometimes taxi drivers are considerate!
PYSCHO: His driving! He went 80km/hr in 50-60 zones and GOD KNOWS how fast on the freeway. Even lamer because the Harbour Tunnel was closed for construction and we had to take the Harbour Bridge.
PAINFUL: Watching the Fare Calculator go forever upwards, plus the three tolls we had to pay. I estimate it was about 40 km? He dropped me a servo to get cash because there's a huge credit card fee, and the total bill is $116.80 - This is about how much I spend per week on food and going out, because I still live at home and I don't have a job right now D:
I told him I'd love to give him a huge tip for making him late and all, but I could barely afford that fee.
LAME: Walking back to my car and picking it up. Going home and collapsing in my bed.
APPOLOGIES: for the long post, but I hope it helped that I gave you mood cues.