Last Friday Night

Last Friday Night

The neighbors on the street over do not understand the concept of noise violations, this time it being in the form of overly loud music past 10pm. And maybe it's just because I hate loud noises, but they're obnoxious like this all too frequently. Honestly though, I think after one infraction you should get the message.

On a different note, I went to the Poetry Slam last night. It was okay. I had to judge just like I had to do the last time, and of course I got booed whenever I gave my 7.5s and then later on when I gave my 8.8s and 9.3s. I was like that judge at the Olympics that never rates anyone a ten. Personally, though, I have a really big problem with these types of things, and none of it has to do with my dislike for poetry.

My problem is that before last night I've only been to one slam, and this time it was about half of the same people, and those people presented the same poems. And I have a problem with rating poems I've already heard before because the first time I heard them they were clever and epic and fresh, not just the poems, but the people. All of that gets negated when I hear the same things again. And then the other thing I kind of have a problem with is how many people use excessive profanity to "make a point" and I feel that it gets lost because of that.

I don't know. I guess I'm just kind of picky. And bitter. I went there with a couple of my friends, one in particular that I hadn't really been out with for about a month. And she mainly talked with her boyfriend. And my other friend brought another couple with him and spent his time talking to them, and then there was a new guy who I would have talked to if I hadn't been so horribly awkward, which I always am when it comes to new people. Plus, all my attempts to start a conversation ended approximately 4.3 seconds after they started.

Tonight was the dance party, which I didn't go to. It was good because I didn't have a ride, wouldn't have wanted to talk to or see the people I might have known that were said to be there, and my voice crapped out on me for most of the day. I really didn't even feel like going to CVS to get cough drops and Chloraseptic, but I did do that. Tomorrow I should be out with friends again, including the one from the slam and another one. Both should be sans their other halves. I don't know what we're going to do, but the weather should be nice.