Doug Goldstein

Let me just start this by saying I have the best roommate in the world. I don’t know how I can top what she did this year for my birthday. It’s been ages since I had “a party” or a gathering for my birthday since it lands right in the middle of break week every year so no one is here. So this year I went to Texas Roadhouse for food and Jenn, Brittany, Nicole, Heather, Dan, Adam and Brian came along. Of course there was a wait and so Jenn bought me a beer. The hostess told me that there were only two tables that could fit us all and one was just sitting there and they were done eating so I volunteered to walk by and give them dirty looks. I won… because by my second lap, they left. There was a waitress there putting out some silverware and I asked if she was going to be our waitress. She said no, some guy would be. I told her that it was my birthday and I picked her. So… she was our waitress. She was awesome. She brought me more beer. On my way to the bathroom another waitress stopped me to tell me she liked my shirt. We talked for a while. On the way out of the bathroom I told her she needed to feel it because the material felt great. She said she was going to ask, so she stood there rubbing my arm. We talked for a while. Then when we were leaving I told her that she should come drink with us and leave work. She said she couldn’t. I asked when she got off and she told me. I told her that was plenty of time left to drink and she said ok and asked for my number. I gave her my number but wasn’t smart enough (read: had beer) to ask for hers. She didn’t call me. Oh well.

When we got home I got a cake that Jenn baked. She made blue icing for it and orange lettering. It tastes great. She did an amazing job. It had these sparkler candles like you find in Baked Alaska.

Jenn scrubbed the whole apartment. It was sparkling clean. It was amazing to see it like that. We haven’t had it that clean in ages. She also paid for everything for me at Roadhouse. Which she didn’t have to do. I tried to talk the waitress into not taking her card and taking mine, but it didn’t work out.

It was good to hang out with Adam and Brian some more. I really miss those guys. I wish I had been in a better time when I lived with them because I really would have had a blast. We got to share old stories that reminded us of good times. Brian Thomas Octavius Xavier Pugh… Adam Gregarious George Piercy Pierce… Douglas Stanford Soloman Ezekel Klima Goldstein…

Brittany is amazing. She got me a Rubix cube, which I can’t solve at all. She solved the bottom and the bottom row at dinner… maybe the 2nd row as well… I don’t remember. I was really impressed. I love Brittany, she always makes me laugh and she’s the Good Baptist.

Nicole is my anchor. She’s always there for me when I need to rant/vent/whatever. I was glad she came along. Apparently I annoyed her at dinner though. I’m sorry Nicole.

Dan’s a computer guy like me so we sat there making all sorts of jokes no one else knew. Oh well forget you all! Dan and I also have a similar sense of humor so we can rebound jokes. Heather, Dan’s girlfriend, and Jenn’s old roommate is part of the “old clik”, TCP. But lately we haven’t seen much of her.

All and all it was an outstanding birthday.

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