Kain's Domain

So, I'm at work today, and I get an E-Mail from a co-worker telling me that a group of them are getting together after work at a local bar, if I wanted to join them. Now, being that I don't drink, I've never been to a bar before. However, I was interested in getting to be friends with all of them, so I said sure. Though I have my license, I don't own a car, so she said she'd give me a lift there (it's literally right down the street.) I just have to call for a ride to pick me up at the end of it all.

So at 5:00, I meet up with her, and we swing by and grab another girl who she's also giving a lift there. We rode a bit of the ways down the street, and entered the bar. It was just how she said; a small place, not too crowded, and not crawling with college people just trying to pick up one another. When we got there, one girl from work was already there (the one who gave me a lift back to the office after the picnic.)

The four of us sat around for a while, mostly watching the news on the television which was basically hovering over our table. Soon, another woman for work arrived, and ordered a pitcher of beer for her and the other three. Everyone was talking, as eventually the girl I'm kinda attracted to arrived with a friend of her's, a woman from a different office whom I met at the picnic. And finally, after a bit more talking, another girl from my office arrived. And we were basically all assembled.

For those not keeping count, that's me and seven girls. Which I admit, I didn't have a problem with what-so-ever. Heh. I'm sure some of the guys in the other groups may have seen me hanging out with seven girls and thought I was gay or something, but who cares, I got to hang out with seven girls and they didn't. Ha!

So the group basically sat around and talked for a while, though eventually after maybe an hour or so, one other male showed up. He was, I can only guess, the significant other to the girl who drove me back to the office after the picnic. He sat next to her and stayed for maybe a half-hour to an hour, and then split to go do something or other. The girls decided to get a game of darts going, and asked if I was playing, so I said sure. It was my first time playing, but the rules were kinda easy once they were explained to me.

Everyone starts with 301 points, and then throws the three darts at the board. Whichever number is above the radius segment that you land on, that number is subtracted from your score. Mind you, that there are several rings in the dartboard as well, and if you get the dart in the smaller portions of the radius (seperated by the rings,) you get either double or triple that point value subtracted from you. The point is to be the first to get exactly zero, and if you go lower than zero, your score resets itself to where it was at the beginning of the round.

It was four players, and I won the first game. One of the girls who played the first game sat out while another girl stepped in, and she won the second game. Soon after this, the food had arrived. I ordered a chicken fajita wrap, which was actually quite tasty, while some others ordered the special (pizza), chicken, nachos, etc. We ate, and talked about various things like movies, etc.

After we were done eating, we noticed the sky had gotten unusually dark for that time of night. It was related to the bad storm we were having. Some of us got up and went outside to look up at the sky, and it was very dark blue and purple. Then the three of them stood around aside and had a smoke. Which I have to admit, made the girl I was kinda attracted to a lot less attractive, since I really hate the act of smoking.

Soon the girl who was my ride after the picnic had to leave, and the rest of us hung around talking, joking around, and listening to different songs on the jukebox. "Piano Man" was certainly a fan-favorite; four of them ended up really getting into it, singing and swaying, and during one song, as two were just singing, another two got up and started dancing with each other, which I have to admit was actually kinda cute to watch. Hehe.

Eventually, as people got tired, some made their calls for rides, and I borrowed the cellphone of the girl who E-Mailed me and gave me a lift to the bar, to call for mine. We listened to a couple more songs, and then headed towards the door to leave, and when we got outside and it was totally pouring. Being the gentleman I am (and the only guy there,) I held the door open for them as they made mad dashes to the cars. I got to the car, got a lift back to the office, and then waited in the lobby until my ride showed up. I told the girl who E-Mailed me to definitely let me know the next time it was going on.

I got home, hopped on the PC intending to write this all up, but the storm was really bad by then, and I had to wait.

On a side note, I've now had the blog a month, and am actually surprised I've managed to post every day. This must be some kind of record for me. Heh.