dropping like flies.

i had lunch with one of my boy (big space) friends on monday - he's studying for the bar exam and allows himself one hour lunch break and happens to have an extrordinary vegan-friendly eatery within walking distance of his digs in leucadia. plus, i'd gotten wind over the weekend of the fact that the girl he'd been seeing recently was now his girlfriend.

so, we sat and talked about it in the sunshine over soy chorizo. this one's super happy - and of course, there's nothing more i want for
a) any of my friends
b) one of the basil boys, specifically
c) a part of the happy square, specifically
than for them to be happy.

but do you know how i found out that he and the girl (who's awesome & as it works out, a really good match for him) had made it official? because his roommate (the other basil boy, the other corner of the happy square) was telling me about the girl he's hanging out with as we sat in the wild one's kitchen.

the wild one got back from africa (so awesome, so happy to have her home) and all the nice girls come over in their skinny jeans, high heels, and hoop earrings, and then all the guys come over, and then stine shows up in bermuda shorts and hemp rainbows (question mark?) (i'd thrown a BBQ at the church for 300 people.) the girls drink wine out of pretty wine glasses and cross their legs on the couch, and the guys drink jäger out of coffee cups in the kitchen. i'm having an identity crisis because my upbringing cannot permit me to drink wine out of a coffee cup, but i'm having fun, because the boys are so laid-back, and it looks like the girls have to put on a show out there. or at least balance their wine glasses.

so, then, the other one's talking about his new girl - she's drama-free. she doesn't hunt him down, lets him chill with his friends, they have their space, and to her credit, i've seen a lot of him lately, which is really cool.

there's nothing more i want then for them to be happy!

and then, the wild one's almost engaged, and then one of my brothers of thunder just really DID get engaged.

remember when i used to hang out with a bunch of single people?