absolving

happy sunday night. met trevor out during the day, farting around on nanjing, then kielty showed up and we made our merry way to manifesto to meet cyn for drinks. it started pouring those jawbreaker-sized raindrops, so we ducked into zara and killed time looking at boldly patterned, overbright clothing until cyn pulled up in the da zhong and got us.

dan and chris were at manifesto when we got there, dripping wet and on their way out. despite the rain, we sat outside under the awning, and it turned into one of those times when everyone comes through and everyone's in a good mood and it's so great. we ordered apps, rounds of drinks, food, more rounds of drinks, and kate and kids came through, then sherry and steph showed up later. too much fun. we left around 10-ish, when i was starting to get loud after a last couple of martinis and made this obnoxious and inaccurate metaphor about abstaining from casual sex and cock rings. wha? i'll shaddup now. four of us headed to heng shan cafe and ate dinner #2.

it's interesting to me how certain people drive a specific dynamic in you. like, you know how you act a certain way with certain people? why is that? we pick up on the type of person they are and a sort of mirroring, or mimicry occurs? it's strange. i mean, completely natural and i think most people do it (i postulate that some do it more than others), but it's a strange phenomenon, if you think about it. you start acting like the person you're interacting with. i think i do it a lot. i think my sister does it a lot, too. i catch myself acting out and it gives me pause.

off to bed. it's so late. i know i've been pretty boring lately, just tired and whatever. i'm sorry... social calendar has been intentionally packed, keeping my mind occupied. it's helped tremendously and i'm feeling so much better. more balance. but yes, tired as all hell. i'll get better.... i promise.