Stupid plan turned good plan turned weirdest/one of the most fun nights ever :)
My favorite people in the world don't judge (pratik, shahar, maggie, erin, jen, insert name here)
My other favorite people drive me to work when I oversleep (not entirely my fault though)
So I think I finally proved to myself yesterday that on certain nights good company, conversation, spirit (and maybe just a little bit of spirit) can be just as much fun as going out and getting completely plastered. Maybe even more fun. Pratik and I once again went to Al Arez (the name of our new lebanese restaurant that we love) but this time we actually went at dinner time and had a real meal. Or at least he did. I dunno....I haven't been getting very hungry for dinner lately. We smoked a little. And then we went back to the Crofton. Earlier in the day I had made plans to hang out with Taleb again. I know...its been a while but in all honesty I dunno why I stopped. He is a great guy. Any sane girl would be completely interested in him. For some reason I don't fall into the category of quite sane, but I can recognize that he is a catch and I enjoy hanging out with him while I'm here - it's not like anything is going to happen anyways (HE would be insane to want to start anything with me when I'm leaving in three and a half weeks and I suck at things like this anyways). So yah. I hung out with him again yesterday.
He came and picked me up and then we went back to his place, where we hung out with "alex" and his brother. I call Ihab alex because he claims that is what all english people call him and he almost prefers it to them trying to spit out is not-so-hard-to-pronounce name. We hung out in the living room, smoked some more, drank some wine, and watched The Life Aquatic. I have seen it before but none of them have and between the arabic subtitles, the three of them rolling around laughing, and the fact that the movie actually is really funny, I couldn't stop laughing. I was almost crying.
We finished the movie and then Ihab left and Taleb's brother went to sleep, but neither one of us really was tired yet so we just sat up talking. We talked about our dream futures (I think I've mentioned that mine is to travel the world forever and just work from wherever I am). He just longs for the day when he can take a vacation from work that is longer than 10 days. He said that he has been stretched really thin these past couple of weeks between his job with Harrods and his business that he is just waiting for the time when he can take a vacation. He usually goes back to Lebanon during the summer every summer, but hasn't gotten a chance to go this summer.
sidenote: I just realized I'm in London and for some reason can't seem to escape Lebanon...huh....
Anyways, we got hungry so I raided his kitchen and decided to make us something yummy. Which ended up being pasta with stir fry veggies because thats really all they had. boys. And then we drank our wine with some strawberries that I also found during my kitchen raid. All Jen and I ever buy are bananas and apples cause they are cheap so I was really excited when I found them. We turned on some music and continued talking. About what we planned to do in the near future, the far future, our families, just the random things that I feel sometimes people get too caught up to discuss. I think it is incredible the life that he leads, having come here from a different country to work. Only seeing his full family once a year even though he clearly misses them from the way he talks about them. Then I realized that so many people live that way because they follow the job. Then he caught me a little off guard by asking me how I would feel doing my whole traveling the world thing if it meant I couldn't see my family so often. I know I am lucky, as he pointed out to me, that they can take a vacation to come see me while I am abroad, but to have my fantasy world do I have to give up having them be such a presence in my life? Are phone calls, e-mails, and skype video chats along with maybe one or two visits a year enough? I guess I will conquer that hurdle if I ever have enough money to carry out my plan/a job that pays me while I do it.
Its funny I can't remember what I said but he called me "cheeky" and I've never quite thought of myself as particularly cheeky. Just silly. I guess it's because I tend to not hang out with people quite as serious as he is very often. More silly types. But it is a nice change and allows for much different types of conversations, which I'm always interested in.
We talked about my internship for a while. We started to make up random lyrics to the songs that were playing, which pretty much amused us until we realized it was much too late to be awake especially because we both had work in the morning. It was also much too late for him to drive me home so he decided to just drive me to work in the morning instead and we went to bed. But it was already like...4 by this point. So now I'm exhausted. But had a great chill night so no complaints here :) I also got a ride to work which meant I did get to sleep a little bit extra. Also nice :)
SO major excitement for this week. Tomorrow the Baebes are having a photo shoot for their upcoming tour and so we are all busy with that tomorrow. I basically just get to come in and chill while they do that, helping out with whatever needs to be done. Then on Monday it is back to the studio, this time with the whole band, for a day of recording :) I know I just went last week but I can't wait to get back to the nice fresh air of High Barn away from the city for a day with some new people. I am getting bored. Bored of having the same conversations, the same thoughts, the same routine. I feel like I need a jolt. And I think the next couple of weeks will provide an adequate one...at least I'm hoping so :)
On a side note, and this is thanks to my mental sparring partner, Saatvik. Thanks to his travels to Calcutta, Saatvik is one of the only people I know awake during my long hours at work so he keeps me entertained with intellectual conversation and the odd silly bit. So, thanks Saats for showing me this....I think some of you might enoy: GRAVITY A MYTH?
Radhi
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