I didn't have any dates this weekend, but I did have a very interesting time at Nancy's birthday party.  It was an eclectic mix of people from different swaths of her life, swingers to kinksters to hippies to pool players to classmates to gamers to one person who I'm pretty sure is genetically male despite dressing like and having the name of a female.

There were three parts of the evening that were particularly amusing and memorable and I thought I'd share with you all. 

( Read on for the anecdotal goodness... )

I celebrated my 34th birthday this weekend, by going out for the evening to have some dinner and shoot some pool with a couple of my closest girlfriends (and one of their boyfriends).  The highlight of the evening, I think, was when, after entering the bar through a side door, my girlfriends and I walked past someone who turned out to the bouncer on our way to the main bar room.

He called out to us "Ladies, I'm going to need to see your IDs".  We stopped and turned around, and before we could say a word, upon seeing us from the front, he said "Oh... nevermind... you're fine...."

And then, realizing his faux pas, he cringed.  I laughed, and drawled out "Thaaaaaaaaaaaanks."

He profusely apologized, saying "I'm so sorry...  once that came out of my mouth, I realized there was no good way out of it."

Yeah, not so much.

I didn't let it get under my skin, though, I thought it rather amusing - getting older doesn't bother me.  I spent so many years with people treating me like I must not know shit about shit because I was young, that getting older, in my eyes, is still a good thing.  I may not feel the same in another 10 years, but it's working for now. ;)  And besides, come on, I'm 34.  There's no way in hell anyone in their right mind is going to mistake me for under 21 anymore.

I kept the birthday celebration pretty low key - just dinner and shooting pool, but it was perfect, because I was with two of my favorite people, one of whom I hadn't seen in a couple of months (she lives 2 hours away), and I had a great time with them.  The following night, however, a couple of friends were having a swinger house party... I knew if I had the urge to get a little wild for my birthday, I could do that there.