Shuffle around the world.

After two weeks, Ashraf's birthday was finally celebrated. The location was the Detroit Bar in Santa Ana. It was an overall good time despite some mishaps early on in the night. Lawrence, Glenn, and I each got a Four Loko; and the taste was a lot more potent than we had expected. Earlier on in the club, plans were changed and I wasn't able to consume as much alcohol as I had planned to, so in turn I became the designated driver. However, being somewhat sober, I was able to meet and remember some interesting people throughout the night.

I had my first cigarette of the year in the patio with Glenn, and a girl by the name of Corinne approached us. She was promoting the DJ by handing out bumper stickers. She decided to take a break and proceeded to start a conversation. It was an easy and outgoing talk, we later took a group picture with her camera.

Next was Chris, this guy was more geared towards Glenn. I entered an already progressive conversation about Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, hahaha. He then proposed a scheme to get-rich quick with the WikiLeaks events. I was pretty positive that he was on some substance other than alcohol.

By 1am, we left and we hunted down In-N-Out. That is where we met the wonderful and fabulous Ravyn. She was hilarious with her witty remarks and sarcastic responses; It was possibly the funnest drive-thru experience I've had. Ashraf and Glenn made the effort into calling the In-N-Out hot-line to compliment Ravyn's excellent service (while we were still in the car waiting for the food, haha).

Oh, I learned how to shuffle! I haven't danced in quite some time, and we all danced for a good hour.

We then headed back to Jocelyn's apartment, where everyone's drunkenness finally kicked in. From Lawrence sniffing spray paint to everyone throwing cards at Jocelyn, I was clearly the only one that was going to consciously witness and remember these moments, lol. By 3.30am, it was time to bid farewell to Jocelyn and her roommate, Lisa. It was a long night, but a good night it was.

Times are different now, it's much harder to have these selected people all get together for one night. Especially when a good friend of ours only comes back for 3 weeks every year. So if you can't cherish these times to celebrate a friend's birthday and let go of the small things that you thought was wrong, then I guess our friendship to you wasn't that strong these past few years.