Party at Dave's House

Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:59:59 -800

Dave, one member of my hiking troupe, moved into a new apartment today. His
roommates planned a largish party and told him to invite us over, so over I
went to the east side, to see a friend and also to have my first look at the
insides of an old Portland house. The party was pretty much a standard
run-of-the-mill party: a big boom box, someone grilling chicken on the porch,
people wandering around and chatting everywhere, DVDs playing in the background
and a keg in the basement. Lara and Rick showed up, though the four of us were
vastly outnumbered by the hoards of friends of Dave's roommates. They all
seemed to know each other (and seemed to maintain a bit of a clique for the
evening), though I did introduce myself to a least a half-dozen of the guests.
But mostly the four of us sat around having our own weird little discussion
about logic. Perhaps people are a bit less outgoing than I'd originally
thought. The few that I talked to urged me to move away from Beaverton!