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Jan 13 20:37 UTC 2004

Howard Dean "House Call"

It has been so long since I have really been social. I had forgotten 
how much work it can be. It is a little frustrating too. My friends, 
who used to go out looking for parties now seem to need to be dragged 
to them. I am really missing the days when all you had to do was say 
that there was a party on a certain night and folks would just show up. 
Of course, those parties usually had really drunk people who broke 
things while now things are a bit more tame at Casa Fremont. 

I am having a Howard Dean "house call" thing on Saturday. I have 
invited over 50 people so far. Only one person has confirmed that they 
are coming. I have 6 strong maybes and about 3 weak ones. I'll be happy 
if 6 people show up because I know that those 6 strong maybes can mean 
that the folks wont show up if they are feeling tired or cranky or 
whatever. Such is life, I suppose. :) 

I have to say that just calling people has been good for me. I mean, 
suddenly I have a reason to call folks I havent seen in a while. 
Sometimes for several months. We end up talking and talking which is 
good. There is a reason these folks are my friends. They are easy to 
talk to. Most of them I have known since high school so we have a lot 
of history. And then, small town gossip type stuff too. 

In fact, I was kind of bumming because I called one friend of mine who 
had some very interesting things going on. I had already called another 
friend of mine just before that and while she had some news about 
herself and some other folks, it wasnt nearly as filled with drama as 
this other stuff which involved a psychotic ex girlfriend screaming in 
my friend's front lawn. I know the first friend would have loved 
hearing that story. Oh well, I guess that just means that if both of 
them show up on Saturday, the friend with the crazy lady screaming in 
her front lawn can tell the other friend all about it herself. First 
hand accounts are better anyways. :)

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