I had a “get together” this weekend. Something you might call a shindig. Can we all just pause for a moment, and reflect on the fact that I have enough friends to throw a “get together,” without falling back on having my sister show up and bring her friends?

There were five of us all together, and we played the 9os edition of Trivial Pursuit. C was the question reader, because he decided he’d rather ask the questions than be on a team with someone. Which is good, since he is so very bad at trivia.

M, a classmate came, and of course You was there. You called J, and we had our selves a right little party. And who knew you could have fun without getting drunk?

After I won the board game, we sat around and talked about video games and whatnot. Okay, so they talked about video games, and I just sat and listened, since I didn’t play very many games when we were little.

I had told M that I was throwing my party to be the antithisis of the party my sister had thrown the weekend before, seeing as she got so drunk she doesn’t remember it. So, I wanted to have just a quiet night, where I could kick people out at midnight.

I didn’t though, and I didn’t get to bed until 2:30, after taking home C, and his adorable daughter (she’s six months old, and slept half the time).

I’m hoping I can make game night an ongoing thing, because I like playing games, but I very rarely get the chance to. Of course, it means I’ll have to buy some more games.

But no Monopoly, no matter how much J wants to play. I’d have to drink to get through that.

- “Swing, Swing,” The All-American Rejects: All-American Rejects