goodnight elizabeth, goodnight

thursday night we had nikki1's going away party. i hate that she's leaving, i know i'll still see her it just sucks that it will no longer be every day. so about ten of us met up at the sports bar down the street. by the time i arrived the majority of the fools were well on their way to getting drunk. it's always an awkward thing when we combine E and D in a social environment. D hates E, and that's putting it mildly, for what happened between the two of us in 2002. the fact that i can get past that train-wreck should be enough of an incentive for D to let it go as well, but sadly it's not. the fact that everyone tells me the reason why D has such a hard time getting past it is because D wishes it could have been her and not E seriously creeps me out. so needless to say i could see the smoke steaming out of D's ears when i sat down next to nikki1 (per her instructions) since the seat was also next to E. so we sat, and we drank, and D got tipsy, and all i could think about was wondering when D would leave so i could feel comfortable just hanging out with nikki1 and E. it sucks that i have to try my best to not be myself around E just to try and keep the peace for everyone concerned. so once D left i leaned over to E and ask, "jukebox?" and naturally she said, "absolutely." we are talking about me here, and my need to control my music environment. and i saw nikki1 give me a look as we walked off, but i just shrugged and smiled. by this time i'm on beer number three and not only do i have to pee but i'm starting to feel a little bit tipsy myself. so we did the best with what we had to work with, i mean i'm pretty sure the jukebox wasn't playing cds, we're talking vinyl and perhaps even 8-track here. so we did our thing and then i headed off through the door marked "broncos", and no i'm not kidding. so after i made my way back to the table, we decided our waitress was a total bitch, everyone else had cake, nikki2 arrived, we all sipped on the world's most disgusting shot (cherry bomb), E tried to get me to pose as nikki2's boyfriend to keep four frat guys from hitting on her, we decided to head to the bar across the street, nikki1 & E drove off together, i headed to my car, the frat boys came running/screaming my way, i walked a wee bit faster to my car, we met up across the street as did the frat boys, more drinks, an even more horrendous jukebox, this time my final selection was REO speedwagon's "keep on loving you", hey i went for the kitsch appeal, everyone rips on D, i fall even harder for nikki2 in that i'm gay, you're a straight cute girl, sorta way, we use up camera number two then move on to our camera phones, we close down the bar, we do sobriety checks in the parking lot, mints are popped and we all drive home. good times are had by all. and something tells me this is only the beginning of J and E version 2.0. whodathunk it?