I’ll never be a social butterfly by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s no longer as bad as “going out twice a month” like back in 2005 (as documented on Beauty and the Geek, though Mindi and Lauren didn’t mention my name or use a phrase like “that loser who never gets out of the house”).
Something that never would have happened back then: I got quadruple-booked for tonight. I decided to join a group of friends for “Bad Movie Night”, which meant I skipped dinner with the Gen-X Mensa group, playing pool with a Meetup group and seeing You Better Watch Out with some other friends. (They were debating between tonight and Sunday afternoon—I knew about this potential uber-conflict, which is why I went to see the play this last Saturday. Incidentally, if you have the chance to go, I highly recommend it.)
It’s a lot of fun stuff to pass on, but a man has to set his priorities. In this case, I’m ditching several bunches of friends to watch a really crappy movie. … Yeah, that seems odd to me, too.
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