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Ash ended up getting sick and so she wasn’t able to make it out last night.  Seems like she’s going through some trying times right now, so it’s understandable.  Though I do miss her having not seen her in over a week.  I did have fun anyways with Frank and Mel.

We went to the Agave Grill for some tasty Mexican.  I started things right with a nice tall beer.  Hanging out with Frank and his friends has really kept my liver fairly clean, so it’s nice to have one.  Dinner was followed by a trip to the Midway Family Fun Center for some mini-putt and skeeball.  Yes, skeeball!  I know it sounds lame, but I honestly had a good time there.  We won a bunch of tickets from all the games which bought us 25 or so Fizz candies.  I was relishing in my inner-child.

We headed back to Barrhaven where I got to down some of the Hennessy I bought at duty free a few weeks back while playing Settlers of Catan.  Even Mel downed a few glasses of wine, and all was good.  A trip was made to the nearby strip mall for some deep fried wontons (the convenience store was closed so no cigar… literally, I was craving a cigar).  And that was my Friday night out here in suburbia.

Honestly though, I enjoyed the low key night.

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Barrhaven, like any North American suburb, is like every other suburb out there.  The houses are neatly lined along the street, and some are very cookie-cutter.  Everyone drives to get anywhere (some streets don’t even have sidewalks) and there’s a pervading pseudo-neighborly friendliness about the place.  I guess I never really thought much when I agreed to live with Frank, or that I would live in a suburb.  It’s turning out to be nice.  I actually enjoy it’s calm and lethargic atmosphere, and this hurts on the inside because it represents the very thing I despised for so long.

Of course I’m not gonna go turn granola on everyone now, I definitely don’t see myself living in the ‘burbs in the future.  But I can understand the appeal of it.  Like I mentioned, it has a pseudo-neighborly feel to it, and eventually the falseness of it all would drive me crazy.  In some ways it feels like I’m living in Disneyland to some extent.  Things can’t always be comfortable and peachy, but I know I won’t mind revelling in it for the next 3 months :-p.

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