tales from an ordinary world

2000-03-25

Mavis and Duane had their housewarming party, doing the "pot-luck" thing, which always seemed so popular with all the other students from similar backgrounds that I've known in my time. It tends to work out rather well - Duane cooked some really nice food, other people brought pizza, and there was stuff in between. At the end of it there's usually Something for Everyone^TM.

I remember other people's parties I went to, long ago...Trekking out to Clayton in the rain for some fellow student's birthday or something. Being the only person in the room who didn't speak Cantonese, and finding out later that everyone else there was really worried that I wasn't having a good time.

After most of them went off to watch Scream 3, a few stayed to watch the end of Clear and Present Danger on TV. At its conclusion, the flat was empty, except for Mavis and myself. All was quiet. It was only about 11pm.