Blog No. 155: OR, a Day of Spontaneity
Today, I had planned to go to Home Depot with my mom before I hung out with JT and Piper, but mom kinda canceled on me. Apparently she had gotten too tired. Home Depot trip another day. XP
So at around 5, JT picked me up. Then, after we realized we were a little fuzzy on getting to Piper's house and after we called her for directions while she was "getting dressed", we picked her up.
Our plan today was to go to Ray's guitar thing in Folsom today. So after a quick ride to Wine Styles, we didn't see anyone. So, Piper got Michelle on the phone and asked what was what. Turns out that the event was canceled... DX
Stuck on what to do, JT, Piper, and I paced downtown Folsom for a little while, trying to figure out what to do next. Piper called the movie theaters to see what was playing. It was either Hangover, which only Piper really wanted to see, or movies either JT or I have already seen. So that didn't get us far. Then JT pitched some ideas around of what he usually does with certain groups of his friends. Being the strive planner that I am, I said we could grab a couple of things from JT's and Piper's houses to have a game night at my house.
So that's what we did.
We went back to Piper's house to pick up her Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Hex Hex, as well as a movie called Fanboys to watch. From JT's, we got the card game Munchkin, with its different versions. I remembered playing Munchkin when I was in Portfolio, where when we were done with work on our Senior Portfolio, our technology teacher, Landry, would let us play board games. Apples to Apples. Rumis. Khet. Blokus. Stuff like that. XP
Along the way, JT and I had one of those sporadic arguments. Topic: What was considered cheating in a relationship? I believe that argument came from the argument that I was a really indecisive/noncommittal person. That came from how I like to have a game plan for things.
"You see, I just live my life to its fullest. It will all work out in the end."
"How can you tell? You can't see tomorrow from today, can you?" I rebutted.
"Well, from all the times we hung out, have things ever gone wrong?"
"Well, I say we haven't hung out enough to make that kind of judgement!"
"Then how do you specify something that works out in the end?"
I talked and maybe qualified about how my ideal, hypothetical scenario would "work out". Then he posed the question: "What would be considered cheating?" which kinda ties into how I'd prefer planning over spontaneity:
"I'd say the intent of cheating would have to be thought out and planned in order for actions to be called cheating."
"So would it be acceptable for a cheating husband to go to his wife, 'Look, I didn't mean to, but I kinda did it with this chick,' and she wouldn't get mad?" Granted, his dialogue was more theatrical than the way I put it.
"Well, it would have to depend on the couple. It's socially accepted that just the act sex with someone your not in a relationship with, whilst still in the relationship, is cheating." It was something to that affect.
"But what about other things? Kissing? Hugging? Just plain talking to another gender?"
"Well, some people don't mind their significant others kissing other people because they accept that it's who they are. "
"Well, you hear about porn stars who are married obviously having sex with other people. Would that still be considered cheating? Where do we draw the line?"
It somehow ended up around the giant Coca-Cola cup that we passed on our way from Big Spoon Yogurt:
"Where's the cup? I don't see the cup!" It was right there. Plain as the nose on his face. If it grew legs and a temper tantrum, it would've feel offended and kicked around the cars around the intersection and spilled its soda all over the place...
"OK sure," I allowed, "In technical terms, you can't drink out of it so it's not a cup. But, in its design and shape, it is most definitely a cup!"
JT almost stopped the car in the middle of the road, "Wait! Did I hear a commited answer?"
From my cornered position, I posed, "Well it's both a cup and not a cup."
Thus, the argument continued its course... We just both agreed it would have to be an issue of compromise. Which can be my definition of what's cheating.
You see, I can see that he was trying to get a definitive answer. What he didn't see is that sometimes the definitive answer is not the same for everyone else. Some people consider something just in the shape of a cup is still a cup, even though the primary function of a cup no longer exists. How cheating is definitively characterized would have to absolutely satisfy views between extremes, like an amish person and a married porn star. How a couple defines what's cheating would have to be between the couple in question.
Q.E.D. It's both a cup and not a cup.
HA!
JT was carrying around a Chinese Horoscope book. Apparently he was a "Fire Tiger" or something. Whatever that meant... Then he looked up what I was, a "Metal Horse", which I still don't fully know what that means.
I saw the note John and Audrey left behind before they left to the apartment. I had to take out the trash and unload the dishwasher, basically. What I did was, seeing as he was able and willing, I recruited JT to take out the trash while I put all the dishes in their general spots.
Then we hooked up my Wii to the downstairs TV and played Brawl for awhile. It was plain to see that JT could kick our virtual rumps at this game, but out of the four rounds we played, I had the most kills in the first three. That last round was played with random characters, in which I got Donkey Kong, a heavy character with a lame smash ball attack. My "juggle-the-opponent-in-the-air/kill-them-on-the-way-down" techniques were not usable here. DX
Then we decided to play Munchkin. It was Piper's first time and I hadn't played in awhile, so JT did his famous quick tutorial of how the game works, while I hooked the TV up again for the DVD to have Fanboys play in the background. When we were playing, Piper figured out that the movie was too involved and, in order for us to get the true experience of the movie, we would have to stay attentive to it, not the game. So we decided to watch the movie another day.
The first round of "Epic" Munchkin, (a longer version), I started out with the lead. My lead was only defiled when Piper sold all her power ups for levels, making her win that round. At least it was the first time I actually had a Race and a Class... I also died during my second turn, which didn't do much except letting JT and Piper steal what's left of my hand... Then the second round didn't turn out so well. I had a trap to get rid of one of JT's items, his steed, which he didn't take to fondly. WIthin the next couple of turns, he pretty much stole my pride, what with preventing me from leveling up a few times and coming up with a +10 bonus three handed sword and whatnot. He quickly won that round.
Then they left, after my round of hug giving. XP
So, apparently I'm a cheater, what with cheating on mine and JT's relationship with the air... XP
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