Started my new job this week. I have my own office and it is very similar to St. Joe's. I absolutely love it. My last week of unemployment was well spent. Monday night we went to Club Charles with Rob and Angel, to celebrate Rob's getting into grad school and to continue celebrating my getting a new job. Tuesday was Twofer and we had some people out, danced to soul and motown as the evening wore on. Wednesday there was the unexpected treat of Nick and I having dinner after a girl came by to look at the house. She already is living with five other people, so she didn't seem put of by the amount of people in the house or the smallness of the room. We went to Rocket afterwards. It was pretty good, since they don't rank very high with me, this time it was actually decent. They had grilled asparagus as an appetizerwhich was delicious. Thursday we went to D.C. to see Robyn Hitchcock. He was really good, opened with I Often dream Of Trains and also played Glass Hotel, and the banter beween songs was again priceless, rambling nonesensical brilliance. Got back early enough to hit The Wind-up. Friday was Phoebe's party. It was pretty fun, the weather was really nice. It wrapped up surprisingly early and nearly everybody left before us and it was barely one, if that. Early that day, we showed the house to a guy who was not at all put off by the smalness of the room or lack of closet, and seemed particularly fond of the balcony off the back. Also met Nick's friend, Mel, another Jewish lesbian from Goucher, in town for a while.. She's really cool and had a couple of friends with her, one of which who works with Joe Red at Apple. Smaltimore. we all went to Golden West, which was really, really good. Saturday was busy since we went to Tia's B-day party at Crush (another party where Nick and I were two of the only white people there.). it was so good to see her. Had two incredibly good cocktails there, a chocolate martini (those are always good), and what they called a "Sex On The Square" (because the restaurant is at Belvedere Square), which consisted of Grey Goose, Triple Sec, cranberry juice, and champagne. Tasty. Then we went to Frazier's to see Victor's band with Joe Red and Al Wildcat play. Victor has such a good singing voice, I had no idea. They should have him sing all of the songs. Proceeded to get obliteratingly drunk, partly because I knew we were walking back to the house. Had two vodka and pineapples. When we got back to the house, I was saying some ridiculous shit, that Nick found amusing enough to warrant recording it on that little video camerathat he got for Christmas. He played it back for me on Easter morning before I left to go to dinner, and I was mortified. I sincerely hope that I don't act like that on a regular basis. Nick and other people I have voiced my concerns to assure that I do not, Nick said tht that was a particularly drunk state for me, that that's why it was funny, and that he's only seen it a couple of times. I guess I subconciously knew that that was like a last hurrah for being able to get drunk before going back to work. I don't usually get like that. Dinner with Mom and Tony t General Pickett's was fabulous, as always. It was so good to get to sleep with Nick last night. I will be glad to see him tomorrow and get closer to the weekend and having completed my first week at my new job.