#NerdsUnite: Confessions of a videogame journalist (last friday night)
<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy John. We started talking on the twitter not too long ago, and then he reached out and asked if he could write for us regarding his journey through the nerdy realm. I was all DUDDEEE!! That's so raaaddd!! And now, here we are. Like right now, in real time, this is happening. Pretty cool huh? HIT IT JOHN!!! </editorsnote>
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's John Sollitto
So my post this week will be filled with excitement, adventure, romance and drama! HA! You actually thought that was going to happen! No no no, we’re going to talk about my wonderful evening with Jen Friel in Los Angeles last Friday night (and I swear to God if any of you are singing that Katy Perry song right now I will turn this blog around).
So I cruise up to L.A. and pick up Jen outside of The Farm where she was totally charging her phone on the building’s exterior power outlet. Totally not expecting to see her crouched on the corner of the street over her phone looking like a well dressed squirrel and talking to the people on the outside patio. Was kinda funny.
She hops and we talk for a bit and she asks, “Hey! What did you do for your birthday Thursday night?” I shrug and I’m like, “Ah, I didn’t do anything. I had a lot of work and whatever. My mom made me a special dinner and I ate with my folks—“
Jen cuts me off and looks at me, “Wait, you didn’t go out or anything?”
“N-no? No I didn’t?”
“Okay that is not right. We’re going out tonight and getting you drunk.” True story everybody. Don’t believe me? Check Twitter.
ANYWAY, the reason I was up there in the first place was to try out the PlayStation Vita with Jen since she got an invitation sent to her. We gear up at her place and head out. We get there at, like, 8 p.m. or so and when we’re standing outside of the place we’re looking at each other kind of going “Uh, what?”
It was The Hill Club but it was all dark inside with the words PlayStation Vita on the windows and like, a little paper sign made on Microsoft Word on the front that said “Closed for a Private Event.” So, naturally we walk in.
We check in with the peeps at the desk in the club and from there they just sort of let us loose to check out the system. If you actually want to hear my review of the PlayStation Vita before you buy it, check it out at the Vault’s blog. It’ll be the only post about the PlayStation Vita. Need a link? Kay!
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES. CAUSE, YOU KNOW, PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN:
We had a lot of fun playing games for about an hour or so, then we packed up and headed back to Jen’s, where the REAL fun began.
We went out and got some drinks, of course at the first place we went to I totally didn’t get carded which pissed us off. But, then we went to a bar where they carded you for entry and then I got let in.
Jen and I had a grand ol’ time just talking and hanging out. Though I’m sure as the night wore on I did more of the talking since I got a little toasty after my fourth drink. I wasn’t drinking beer or anything like that though. Nah, I was going for the hard stuff cause basically that is all that is in my house with my folks so picking that stuff was just natural. The kicker was the shot of tequila after the two whiskeys and vodka I had already had.
Pretty sure I was sufficiently drunk enough to awkwardly pet Julie’s cat to get it to scratch me too.
Exhibit A:
So that was my Friday night! HOW WAS YOURS?! How are you going to spend this Friday night?! Rock on folks!
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