Drama

Went out partying last night until the wee hours, and saw the sun rise. Crashed at a friend's place around 6:00 am, woke up two hours later and dragged myself home around 8:00 am. What a night. Drama, of course. With people crying, fighting, all while in a drunken state. Myself somewhat included, of course. It was three girls and a guy, plus some other pple who were not involved and were more disturbed and amused by what they saw. Guy (the guy) was traumatized by the whole experience, especially since he tried to calm things during the various fights. Here were the fights.

Fight #1. After we left the first bar, we all tried to figure out where to go next. I had picked the bar to be in a neighborhood that was close to most of the people who were coming out with us. I was also travelling the farthest so it really didn't matter where we went. Selfish-Unselfish Girl suggested a bar that was way downtown and closer to her. Emoting Girl (who had just finished a 34 hour shift as a med intern) didn't want to go all the way downtown and suggested a place close to first bar. Guy didn't care. I didn't care. Selfish-Unselfish Girl got annoyed and started saying how she came all the way up to this neighborhood to see us and this wasn't fair, making snide remarks; I was sort of getting confused as to why Selfish-Unselfish Girl was complaining... after all, it took me freaking an hour to travel and meet up with everyone, and it took Selfish-Unselfish Girl all of TWENTY minutes. Emoting Girl got really upset and started crying, saying she didn't pick the location, she had no idea where they were going, it was unfair of Selfish-Unselfish Girl to insinuate that Emoting Girl was being selfish. Suddenly, she also started to hurl random accusations at Selfish-Unselfish girls about things that were totally unrelated: like how Selfish-Unselfish Girl never picked up her phone calls; and how Emoting Girl always invited Selfish-Unselfish Girl to things, but this was never reciprocated; and has Selfish-Unselfish Girl ever been oncall for 34 hours; and why would Selfish-Unselfish Girl complain when Emoting girl was just so tired and, well, sleepy. It went on and on for a good ten minutes while Guy gave me panicked looks from across the cab and I tried oh so hard not to laugh, patting Emoting Girl's head absentmindedly.

Guy and I managed to calm everyone down and we ended up going to Selfish-Unselfish Girl's recommendation. What a stupid recommendation, too. It ended up being a random dive bar where we played beer pong and was not as cool as the first bar. What made it interesting, of course, was the fact that this most-random-of-all-bars-and-hella-boring-too was THREE blocks from where Selfish-Unselfish Girl lived! Coincidence?? I think not. That made me grumpy. I'm no fool, readers, and I made some offhand remarks to Selfish-Unselfish Girl letting her know that--in the form of joking how much fun beer pong is. With dripping sarcasm, of course.

Fight #2. Was about food. After we stumbled out of the hole in the wall, smelly dive bar, Selfish-Unselfish Girl was hungry. Emoting Girl recommended a Mexican joint that was open at all hours of the night, except that it was back in the first neighborhood. Selfish-Unselfish Girl started to complain about how she was not about to go all the way uptown to come all the way downtown; I got mad and told her to stop complaining since I was the one coming in from the boondocks and I had thus far made no complaints at all. I also told her that if she wanted to go elsewhere, to do so, and the rest of us would go to the Mexican joint. This did NOT go over well with Selfish-Unselfish Girl, who wanted to go to a McDonalds that was ONE BLOCK from where she lived. Pity. I know she likes having things her way, what with dragging us to a random ugly ass bar in her hood just to be convenient for her. It frustrated her that I was actually suggesting us leaving her and doing our own thing. What a shame, really. I really felt for her *rolls eyes*

As an aside, we were also all discussing where I should sleep. I said I could take the train home, but Guy and Emoting Girl offered their places generously (which was all the way uptown again). Selfish-Unselfish Girl said nothing, and munched on her Happy Meal. So typical. And rude. Needless to say, this did not help with my anger and resentment.

So finally at the end, the rest of us decided we wanted Mexican food and Selfish-Unselfish Girl got all huffy and said she'd walk to her place. I told her not to be silly and get in the cab; we'd drop her off on the way. The cab ride to her place was literally two bucks and when we reached her place, she started yelling at us about how she was going to pay for the cab (with a $20!) because OBVIOUSLY she was being so selfish. She kept saying that too. I hate it when people say shit like that-- it's fishing for a denial, and I was not about to placate her and tell her oh darling you're not selfish, we love you, please don't be mad. Instead, I told her to stop being ridiculous, stop putting a guilt trip on us which was unecessary, and just go home. She kept yelling, got furious really, threw the money at the poor cab driver, got out, and slammed the door.

So at the end, we took the change from her $20 and had a nice, hot, delicious, Mexican meal. Guy kept shaking his head at the skies, wondering why women were such trouble, and Emoting Girl and I discussed the night's events over steaming hot enchiladas. Both of them contemplated sending her an email making sure she was okay, and I put my foot down. It was only afterwards, when Bwoy suggested I check up on Selfish-Unselfish Girl, that I actually considered it. I thought about it hard- I wouldn't have even seriously considered it if Bwoy hadn't suggested it. But in the end, I guess I'm a stubborn mule. I try and treat people with logic and respect. Someone who acts that way (and trust me, I know her since we were wee babes) will get my logic and respect. But no placation. That is just silly.