look! i do have friends!

so we got together to play games last night and just not do work for more than 12 minutes. it was actually just what i needed because i was beginning to hate the thought of continuing grad school for another 5.5 years, let alone 2.5 months. we actually had more than the "party crowd": ayse, courtney, and kathryn came. we spent some time talking about grad school (haha, like we can avoid it!) and then played cranium, which was a lot of fun. marianne and i got behind after the first turn (like way way way behind) but we caught up quickly and, as it turns out, tied laura and shawn for the win ;-).

and i learned some great little tidbits about my friends: courtney's dog apparently has "race" issues, kathryn said her dogs were "genetically abnormal" hand-me-overs, irene left her soul at the library, ayse can do a shot of straigh rum, marianne tries (succesfully!) to hide her new england accent, and i don't think i learned anything new about shawn or laura, except that laura likes some groovy 80s tunes.

oh, and the pic is of our food. we brought whatever was in our fridge and could be parted with (although some of us actually stopped at the store to bring something that wasn't a leftover): spice cookies, apple cider, crackers, chips, cheetos, hummus, carrots, cucumbers, vegan brownies, bagel slices, lettuce (not pictured), brie, nuts and seeds, and assorted liquor. it was good times. and laura now has food. and beer.