Jenna's House of Idiosyncrasies Version 10.0 [Focus.]

A very kind soul loaned me her fake id, and I managed to get into DT's.

(Don't worry, I'm stone sober.)

Why is it that all the 21+ places in town seem to be dives?

Veblen was awesome. I know I always say that, but that's because they are always awesome.

And they played a new song! It doesn't have a title yet, but it's awesome.

I really had a great time.

Happy, happy Halloween everybody!

After doing some web work, waiting around, putting on some makeup, and drinking some cheap rum, I headed downtown, knowing in advance that it was a fruitless idea, but going anyway.

I mean, you can't just stay in on a Saturday night.

So I walked, down, then up Lumpkin, along with the whole post-game crowd.

I arrived at the Caledonia and waited until I saw Scott and Conrad coming towards me. Scott ends up sneaking me in the back, and I think briefly that I'm home free and then...

“Did you get a hand stamp yet?”

No, but I'm with Veblen.

“Well you need a stamp anyway. If you go over there they'll check your ID and take your money.”

Oh okay.

I walk in the general direction of the door, get halted by all my lovely people, stay just long enough to say hello to several and then...

“Did you get a handstamp yet?”

Different guy. Same question.

“We don't just let people sneak in.”

Buzzkill.

Because fending off employees all night was going to get old fast, I gave up and left, fighting back tears, which gets easy with practice, actually. The Caledonia Lounge is really more elitist than anything... the room is narrow, the bar is small, the decor is unimpressive...the most appealing things about it are that it's impossible to find (no sign anywhere, down an alley) and impossible to get into.

Doesn't make up for missing Veblen.

I took a long detour through Athens (by way of Millege Avenue... I wasn't ready to go home yet) and finally gave up and came home. I've been trying to look on the bright side: I did get see everybody, if only for five seconds, I had a rock star personally attempt to sneak me in, I witnessed post-game madness and I got out on a Saturday night.

And I didn't have to work. Perhaps I should sleep soon...