Sweetness
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Baby Elephant Walk by henry Mancini

Snazzy times indeed! Things continue to get better and better despite my thinking that it is impossible for that to happen. Neverhteless, life is grand.

Abby came by last Friday for her birthday weekend. We kicked it off by me giving her a gift, which was a stuffed tiger holding a note, which led her through a scavenger hunt to her next gift, the official published copy of Abby & Pat: A Story of Friendship.

L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole

She loved the gifts, which was awesome. After that, looking all snazzy as we are prone to do, we headed out to Old City and had a FANTASTIC dinner at Positano Coast. Candlelit dinner with fabulous food and tasty wine, and some good dessert as well. How classy.

On Saturday we met up with Jeff and Katie and brought some Pat's Steaks and cheese fries back to my place for a hefty lunch. Awhile after they split, Fran and Deb showed up. After some pizza, more and more people began arriving for our party to welcome the new roomie, Amiekay.

The Bare Necessities by Harry Connick, Jr.

The party was the best one we've had yet. The new furniture was looking good and gave us so many more seating options. There was a snazzy vybe at this shindig, and everyone had a blast. It was awesome seeing Abby, Jake, Bill, Eric, Deb, Barb, Alyssa, Fran, Dan,Joe, and Mark all in one place. Abby, who originally intended to head home that afternoon, ended up satying for the party, which was sweet. At midnight, we did a shot to toast her and welcome in her 23rd.

The next day, Deb joined Abby and I as we had another kickass meal, this time at Chipotle in Bala Cynwyd. All in all, that weekend was one of the best ever.

Night Time Is the Right Time by Ray Charles

On Tuesday, Deb and I worked a Camp Fair in Malvern, and met up with Abby to see The Bucket List. The movie had funny and sad parts, and overall was pretty good. We picked Alyssa and Barb up from the train station and then made our way to Jitter's for Taco Tuesday. Becca was there, and Lickey ended up joining us later on. 'Twas snazzy.

Friday was a bit of a bummer. Nasty weather was kicking our asses, but it ended well. I cooked some dinner for when Abby arrived, and we enjoyed some grub and I gave her the painting she asked for. It's green. Nice.

On Saturday, my parents brought Ken and Chelle over for the weekend. We chatted for a bit before they split, and then we headed over to Acme to score some supplies for our Mexican Feast.

At Last by Etta James

After we got back to the apartment, the four of us housed a loaf of Italian bread and went to the Bourse where we saw Fran and he got us into see Juno. That movie was awesome. Ellen Page is one of my faovirte actresses these days. Following that, we headed back to 1719 and had an amazing Mexican meal. We're pretty legit like that. After our delicious meal, we popped in The Ringer, which Ken and Chelle got a kick out of. Megan and a very drunk Jena stopped by for a bit in the middle of that, and we all crashed after they left.

Let the Good Times Roll by Shirley & Lee

The next morning we had yet another fantastic meal (we do this a lot) of pancakes and eggs. We acted like total goofballs for awhile and I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures the sibs snapped as Abby and I made the nuthouse look sane. When we found out that our buffing plans fell through, we popped in Superbad. After that, Abby headed home and I took the sibs back to NJ.

As soon as we got in the car, both Ken and Chelle told me Abby was a keeper, and Chelle said that Abby and I remind her of Mom and Dad, which was interesting.

Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

When we got to NJ, Ken got down to business with his homework and Chelle and I hung with Mom and Dad for a bit. The whole time, Chelle was raving about how awesome Abby is and telling our parents all the same things she had said in the car. I'm glad they all got along, that was quite snazzy. I'm hoping to have the sibs over to hang more often, we all had a blast.

Next weekend, we're heading up to NYC for the day. We're going to drive into Brooklyn then take the sub all around and just do whatever we want. This is weather permitting, of course, as weather.com is calling for snow on Saturday. If we do make it up there, I hope to meet up with Jersey Jess at some point, since we haven't hung out since December of '03. That's just a bit ridiculous.

That'll be a lot of fun, and I'm also really looking forward to Valentine's Day. That shall be a snazzy day/weekend as well.

In less important news, school started and all of my classes have been pretty big let-downs, with the exception of one. But I just need to get motivated and get through this with some good grades and get closer to that degree.

Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masekela

I'm hoping to have another party somewhat soon, maybe end of February or beginning of March. I'd like to try another Formal party, a whole cheese and wine type of deal.

Speaking of March, I'll be spending Spring Break with Courtney, and I get to add Ohio and Alabama to the list of states I've been to after this trip. I'm not sure what Courtney has in store for me once I get there, but I can't wait.

In other travel news, right after my last final Abby and I are off to Phoenix to hang with Josh and Taerra before Abby's internship in Germany begins. A month after that, I'm hoping to fly out to Germany and spend the week with her before Discovery Camp starts.

For Once In My Life by Harry Connick, Jr.

I haven't been to Europe since April of 2001, and I can't wait to get over there.

Life certainly has been increasing in snazziness over the past month. It's very different, but better than I could have ever imagined. I'm really looking forward to see what happens next. Good, good times.

Peace

-Pat