Gargantuan Bananas
Typical Friday night of BILLIARDS and APPLEBEES. I have developed a serious problem of fouling while shooting the 8 ball. In the last two nights, I have lost something like 8 games, 5 of which have been due to fouling on the 8. I know, if you're an avid billiards player, you're saying "That's not a loss." And you are correct. From the standardized BILLIARDS rules:

"When shooting at the 8-ball, a scratch or foul is not loss of game if the 8-ball is not pocketed or jumped from the table. Incoming player has cue ball in hand."

For some reason, we don't play that way, and that could save me A LOT of games. You have no idea. lol But the way I look at it is, at least I am shooting at the 8. There are a couple of other rules we don't exactly go by, like "ball in hand" on any foul, after the break. We usually play ball in head behind the head string. This disallows your opponent from fouling on purpose, leaving you a difficult shot. Overall, I think we were all disappointed in the quality of billiards Friday night. I did win two games of 7-ball. lol Maybe that's my game. We probably need to adjust our games to the standardized rules of 8-ball. I'll run it by the rules committee.

Anyhow, it was a fun time, as usual. BELLE was working. Went to APPLEBEES for dinner. Sat with DAVINA. I had the shrimp. It was good. BETH came by and chatted for awhile. She was working in the kitchen which was odd. MICHELLE was hostessing, which was odd. It was like BIZARRO AB's. I asked B where JESS was, cause she usually comes up there on weekends. KYLE and JON got sundaes with their kid's chicken finger basket, so Davina was like, "Do you want ice cream?" And I said no. But I caught DONNA looking over there and I was like "I want a banana split," just kidding around. And she made me one, the sweetheart.

The funniest thing was the size of the banana. It was like hanging off two inches on each side of the plate. I went by and thanked DONNA on the way out and I was like, "That banana was gargantuan." She was like "I know." We all had a laugh. Seriously, it was like it had been growing next to a nuclear power plant or something. lol

Found out SUNDAY is MAGGIE'S birthday, so obviously, they're all going out Sunday night. I ticked KELLY off a bit, by telling her from a distance I thought it was KRISTINA. It was an honest mistake, but the thing no one could figure out is why I told her about it. lol KYLE and I discussed the NY trip a little. Looks like we'll shoot for MARCH or APRIL.

Somehow, we (KYLE and I) got into this humorous thing of imitating 80's video game music and sounds. We got to singing/humming the Ms. Pac Man theme. It was very funny at the time.

Not much else happening. Getting ready to go to the BAMA/TENNESSEE game. So I'll be out most all day.

"So what are you doing back? Well, I sat back and thought about the things we used to do. It really meant, a lot to me. You mean a lot to me. I really mean that much to you? Girl, you know it's true..."