Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Thanksgiving Korean Style

One of the things I have not been looking forward to are the holidays. Before last week, the only one that I had missed was Halloween which was actually unexpectedly amazing and random (*read "A Night of Fright and Delight" for more details). However, thanksgiving just came and went and I was more disappointed then words can express that I would not be able to act like a fat ass and eat an unholy amount of turkey , mashed potatoes and gravely, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and so many more wondrous foods that allude me know because I have been over here for too long to remember them. On the actual day of Thanksgiving I had a fun yet small get together with Eben and Mary. Eben cooked some potato soup while Mary made grilled up some veggies. It was tasty all the same and we ended up drinking and playing ASSHOLE (where I was the asshole for nearly an hour straight) however thanksgiving foods were sorely missed.

Now the weekend after on Saturday I did not have any set plans and I was expecting to have a quiet relaxing day then, as usual, go out and have a fun evening and early morning at the bars. However, I received a call from Eben saying he was drinking at the moat (Korean for lake) and that they were going to head somewhere and grab some beers near our neighborhood where I should meet up with them. It was about 6pm at this point so I decided what the hell and by the time I meet up with them they were eating grilled octopus and drinking saki bombs at a Japanese restaurant. When I walked in I saw that Tim looked a little more trashed then I would have expected for 7pm on a Saturday but I didn't think too much about it at the time. Tim, Eben and Travis were all just about finished eating and they informed me that it was out friends Juan birthday and they were all heading over to Lauren's house for a group bday dinner that his mom had prepared, who also just got into town. However, I found out quickly that Tim was in fact shitfaced and he had fallen to using only his most rudimentary motor functions. On the walk over to her house a delivery guy on a scooter stopped after noticing Tim on the streets and after a short time and realizing the level of intoxication Tim was under left. However, to make things more interesting he ended up circling back around to us and offered to give Tim a shot of soju as his restaurant. Of course Tim agreed but Travis was able to persuade Tim that we were already an hour late for dinner and he was shitfacted and did not need any more alcohol.

By the time we arrived at dinner everyone there were a little annoyed with us. Lauren's apartment is larger than most. It has a living room/kitchen, and a separate bedroom and which is better than the standard 2 room set up. livingroom/kitchen/bedroom and bathroom set up is the standard one, which is what I have. About 8 of our friends had gathered for dinner, it was also Juan's birthday and his mom came to visit and cooked quite a nice feast for us all. We started with a salad and vegetable soup but by the time we had finished Tim was too intoxicated to remain coherent so we put him to sleep on Lauren's bed, at least we thought we did. By the time we started eating chicken Tim woke up and tried to make his way to join all of us at dinner but instead he tripped over something and smashed his head into the floor. His was unable to move from this position so I had to pick him up again and put him in Lauren's bed, this time though he did not awaken for quite awhile. Dinner was great and after Juan's mom left we started to drink and play some drinking games.

Now I could go on for awhile about the rest of the dinner/ hang out but lets just say Tim woke up again and mistook Lauren's floor for a pisser which once found out created a hilarious dispute. After this we played some asshole for an hour or two then Eben, Tim, Stessy and myself headed downtown. Downtown was fun and eventful and yaaaaa lets just leave it at that.