I was thinking the other day about friendships, and how we keep in touch with each other. I know that I pretty much talk to my best friend all day on google chat, in addition to emails, phone calls and seeing each other at least once a week. Other times I have multiple friends that get on a listserv together and exchange lengthy (sometimes 75-100+ threads) emails back and forth all day. How many mass emails have you received announcing a new job, moving, an engagement or new baby? What about mass facebook and myspace bulletins and messages?

Does this increased frequency of conversation make for better friends? Are we all closer to our friends now than say twenty-plus years ago when keeping in touch consisted of an occasional phone call and visit?

Constant interaction has its good and bad points, it can both marginalize relationships, and also make them stronger. Having a conversation over IM or email however, is no substitution for the nuances that come from personal interaction. But, in this busy and fast-paced, instant gratification life…maybe the easier it is to keep in touch, the better your relationships will be.

So this weekend turned out pretty good. On Friday I went for a drink with a couple coworkers after work, then headed (ironically through DC) into Arlington to meet up with some friends. We ended up at Whitlow’s and Ballroom (the rooftop was still a little sketchy from the “collapse” a couple weeks ago) and I got entirely too intoxicated. Which was fine because I usually don’t drink a lot, if at all.

Saturday I ended up going to Merriweather Post Pavilion to check out Manu Chao and Thievery Corporation, among others. It was an excellent show, and I’m glad that I went (thanks T). The weather was perfect - not hot or humid…and sitting there in the open air listening to some great music made me really, well, happy to be alive. Glad that I was able to head out on a whim to a concert with friends. Happy that everything felt just so right.

Thursday was “officially” the first day of summer, and I’m looking forward to what the rest of the season brings.

On a side note, my parents left today for New Mexico, they are moving out there. I had lunch with them on Thursday, and then I won’t see them again until Christmas. It’s not that different than now I guess, in that I don’t see them that much. But, if I want to, no more weekend trips or them being an hour or two away.

Also, my dad had apparently given me all the old videotapes of me from when I was little (family vacations, ski trips, me dancing around and singing “I’m Bad” - ah the old MJ days)…well, I didn’t know that they were in my car, and so they sat there for over a month. Yes, in the heat. I tried to put the tapes in (the old school VHS adapter was used), and nothing came up. I’m just hoping that they didn’t get erased. He should have told me they were in there! I guess that is my fault for not being responsible and taking the box out of my car in time (hah), but still…I’ll be pretty sad if all those memories are gone. Especially if it’s just because I was lazy.

Well, here is another weekend update from yours truly. I know, boring. I have a few other things to say, but just haven’t had the energy and motivation to write coherent thoughts. So, for now you get the boring “I know you don’t give a shit what I do but I’m gonna write it anyway cause it’s my blog” weekend update. Feel free to stop while you’re ahead. I’m pretty tired though after being up until 4 am two nights in a row (I’m entirely too old for that), so this shouldn’t be too painful. And, one day I promise I’ll finish tagging all my previous posts. It’s irking me.

On Friday I headed out to the grand opening of Rain in Fairfax. One of my friends is the DJ there so I promised him I would come out. It was a nice club and the music was of course good. I’m not sure how well it will hold up in that area, but there were a lot of people there and quite a diverse crowd. Hopefully it will do well. I hear the food is good as well. It seems like it will turn into a good spot to go to if you live in the suburbs and just don’t feel like making the trip into DC or even Arlington.

Saturday I had a mini-sorority reunion in Arlington. We ended up at Mr. Days (gag) and ran into about 20 people from college that I haven’t seen in years. It’s always funny to see people from college, most of the sorority girls I saw it was cool to run into them, but I mean, I wasn’t friends with them then and I don’t hang out with them now, so I didn’t really care. There are some girls that are still really into it and hang out with the same people all the time, and while it’s well and good to keep some of those relationships…most of it I just don’t get. Maybe I just wasn’t cool enough or something. And, well, I also ran into my ex-boyfriend, which is always a joy. Luckily that encounter was short. It’s funny he asked me how I was and what I was up to, and I kind of answered him and then I didn’t even ask him what he was doing. It didn’t even occur to me. I think that’s better though.

Sunday I met up with BSG in Georgetown for a little shopping and ladies lunch. I was not so impressed with the selection of clothes out right now, everything is really big and baggy and that does nothing for anyone’s body, least of all mine. From there I headed over to Shirlington to catch Crave at Signaure Theatre with a couple of friends. It was an interesting show, definitely one that I think you need to see multiple times to get the most benefit from. Afterwards we had dinner at Luna and then I finally came home. Sadly I missed Justin on the Grammy’s, but I’m sure I can find it on YouTube later.

This week is my last week at my job, my last day is Thursday. I took Friday off just because, and I start my new gig next Monday. I have already been busy with the new company, and am looking forward to starting there, although I am a little bit nervous. My current job is keeping me busy too, they want me to finish up a lot of things that I just don’t want to or care about anymore. I’m trying to get motivated to do it, as of course I don’t want to burn any bridges…but it’s really hard when I just don’t have my heart in it and I know it. I think it’s shitty that they’re trying to squeeze the last of my energy out on things that help the company…and even worse is the fact that I just don’t care.

What a fabulous weekend! On Friday night I headed into DC for a good friend from college’s birthday celebration. We started off with a couple drinks at Mate, and then headed to Lima to finish off the night. I had SO much fun, and I don’t even really like house/trance/club (whatever you want to call it) music, I’m much more a hip-hop kind of girl. We ended up getting a table at Lima and went through about 5 bottles of champagne and vodka. They brought out the bottles with sparklers attached, very fun! Yours truly actually drank a lot, which is a rare event considering the combination of unfortunate asian glow and the fact that drinking usually makes me not so much fun. This time though, it was all good, and 6 mixed drinks and 2 shots later I was still standing! Thanks to KassyK for her favorite drink (that I have inherited hehe) which started my night off right. Lima was a good time, and I actually ran into one of my old coworkers that I hadn’t seen in over a year, and also one of my sorority sisters. My only complaint was those damn stairs to the basement, I thought I was going to kill myself walking down them! We finally headed home and fell asleep by 4 or 5…let me just say that three people sleeping in a King size bed made my Queen seem pretty inadequate.

On Saturday I took a long nap and then headed to my friend’s house to order Chinese food and watch the Syracuse vs. Louisville game. Sadly, Cuse lost in the last minutes. When that was over I met up with some friends at Shirlington to see Notes on a Scandal. The movie was fantastically funny with a witty narration by Judi Dench, although it was a bit creepy at times. Not so much a story about the affair Cate Blanchett led, and more about crazy ass Judi Dench. Still, I enjoyed it and definitely recommend it!

Another great movie I saw was Waiting, which starred hottie Ryan Reynolds. Dane Cook also appeared along with some other C-list actors. The movie was definitely a hilarious reminder of my time waiting tables at various restaurants through college. There is just something about working at a restaurant…sometimes I kind of miss the craziness.

The rest of my weekend is supposed to be spent cleaning my apartment (which was supposed to happen last weekend but another long night out prevented that as well), but we’ll see how that goes. I also need to buy a new vacuum…which is turning out to be a great debacle. Who knew that finding a good one would be so hard? Every review I read sucks, and the really good ones are way too expensive. Ugh. Any ideas????

Anyway, I’m looking forward to this week as I think there are about to be some BIG changes to my world. We will see what happens, but it will certainly be shared!

Ummmm let’s just say that apparently I still have the ability to go out on a weeknight and act like I’m in college still. I didn’t know I still had it in me. I can still pretend I’m a rock star.

So last night I get a call from my friend who wants me to come meet some people in Arlington. Well, I haven’t been out in awhile so I’m like sure, why not? Well, I walk in the door and who do I see but one of my friends/hook up buddies. He was there with his roommate so I hung out with them for a little bit until I finally found my friends. Thank God or I wouldn’t have had anyone to talk to and would have just left.

I think I seriously ran into about every guy that I have either hooked up with or been on a date with the past year or so…kinda crazy. I even ran into Sara - yay! There was also a blog fan there, chicgirl - I met her at last December’s happy hour, she came to meet some other DC bloggers. So, then it was really funny to run into her again a year later! It was so crazy to see so many people I know there. I guess I really do need to go out more often!

The bar acutally got pretty packed by 11 or so, surprising one for a worknight and two for Clarendon Grill. There was a live band there that was fun, so that was good too. A few shots and beers into the night and good company made it seem almost like a Thursday night out in college, except instead of struggling through a 9 am class with the vision of a nap in the afternoon, I’m here at work struggling to make it through the day and actually accomplish something.

So while we were out I was talking to my hook up buddy and his roommate…and somehow it got on the topic of my boobs. I was saying something about how I liked them or whatever, and my hook up asked what I liked about them. So I told him (I’ll spare you) and then he asked me what my favorite part about myself was. I said my hair and skin. He was like, good answer…then he leaned in close and whispered in my ear “lips and eyes.” Yeah, um…that was kinda hot.

The night ended with a little high school-like rendezvous…but man, was it fun. *wink* Let’s just say that there was a lot of flexibility and agility involved. Hehe.

It seems that the Asian Mistress has gotten back into the going out groove, so watch out!

My friend A

My friend K