ego boost

after a very nice (and $$$) sushi farewell meal for one of my friends, D&G took me to a party last night.  she's a dual degree graduate student, like me, and also went to undergraduate at the university we both currently study at, so she has friends from all over.

at this party, where i knew no one, i ended up getting more attention than i expected.  apparently the grad program that most of the attendees are part of is rather small, so as D&G's friend, i was "fresh meat."  yay.

according to D&G, i had a drunk ukrainian talking about me (in russian) most of the night.  he did tell me that i had beautiful eyes and i should have two bodyguards, one for each.  very strange.  when we were taking our leave, he told me that i was making a mistake and if i gave him my phone number, he could call me and tell me what kind of mistake i had made in the morning.  no thank you.

a drunk irishman asked me if i liked hanging out w/short irishmen.  i asked why, and the response was, sort of mumbly, "b/c i was hoping you would."

there was a tall and somewhat quiet undergrad who talked to me for a while.  he had cowboy boots (yay!) and is interested in going into the same sort of graduate work i am currently doing, but on an international basis.  so that was nice.

all in all, an entertaining night.  the host of the party is RND's ex.  everyone kept asking how i knew D&G...i thought it wise not to mention RND at all.