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September 28, 2008
A Little Strange
It's 11:30 pm, and there is crazy rave music blaring outside our house.
Women in short dresses and high boots are hoola-hooping like I never knew was possible. People are clustered together, drinks in hand, laughing, talking. There is a 12 foot yellow and orange simulated fire somehow projected on the side of our house, the flames moving with the music. Tiki torches are burning all over the place. A random man just came into our living room looking for the bathroom. This is not how our evening usually goes. But our neighbors are having a block party.
We live in a four-unit condo building. It is built down a hill, with one unit in front of the other. This block party starts at the top and goes all the way down, running the entire length of our building. We were going to get a hotel room for the night, but the kids fell asleep in our back room, thanks to two loud box fans.
Its a little strange to step outside your front door and into a party.
It was fun for a bit.... but now I am ready to go to sleep, and I don't know if that is going to be possible before about 4 am. There is an extension cord running from the portable photo booth outside through our front door and into the outlet in our living room. This was ok at 4 in the afternoon, but now we want to shut our front door. Apparently when Juan gets here, he will move the photo booth to a different level of the party yard, and we will finally be able to shut our front door.
Which leads me to the question... who the heck is Juan?
Is this even really MY life?
Posted by darby on September 28, 2008 02:25 AM
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Juan took too long. I just unplugged the photo booth and put the cord outside and shut the door. I think they'll manage.
Posted by: jason on September 28, 2008 03:22 AM
welcome home? it seems a little superfluous now to ask you how the transition back it going. This makes a nice contrast to Jason's "I love UCLA" blog. All I can say is that neighbors can be a pain everywhere. That's not terribly comforting, I'm afraid.
Posted by: Anonymous on September 28, 2008 07:18 AM
Partypoopers...
Posted by: Juan on September 28, 2008 05:37 PM
Hey, Darby, it is good to hear from you again! Although I am sorry that it is because of some insensitive neighbors! At least now you can close your door.
Posted by: kathiek on September 28, 2008 10:44 PM
What life are you living?!?
Posted by: min on September 28, 2008 10:59 PM
Actually, our neighbors are great... last night was crazy, but we knew it would be, and they had talked to us about it weeks in advance. Also, I'm sure our kids make all kinds of noise that they graciously deal with on a regular basis, so if they want to have a block party every now and then... it's alright. :)
Posted by: Darby on September 28, 2008 11:45 PM
yay for great neighbors, people named Juan, hoola-hooping skills, and huge box fans!!!
Loved the description of the party...:-)
Posted by: jessica on September 29, 2008 02:22 AM
I love UCLA.
Posted by: jason on September 29, 2008 04:31 AM
i want to go to a rave music party......what is rave music?
Posted by: mam on September 29, 2008 05:08 AM
i want to go to a rave music party......what is rave music?
Posted by: mam on September 29, 2008 05:09 AM
I bet if you would have done "THE MOVE" - the most awesome dance move of all - folks would have scattered because they would have been intimidated by your dancing skills...
Posted by: Anonymous on September 29, 2008 10:19 AM
I bet if you would have done "THE MOVE" - the most awesome dance move of all - folks would have scattered because they would have been intimidated by your dancing skills...
Posted by: murth on September 29, 2008 10:19 AM
Yay for you too, Jessica. Gracias...
Posted by: Juan on September 29, 2008 06:26 PM
I apologize if my comment was harsh, Darby. I had no idea you and your neighbors had discussed this ahead of time, that makes a difference if you all agreed to it. I didn't get that sense from either your post or Jason's. Lo siento, Juan.
Posted by: kathiek on September 29, 2008 10:35 PM
Why thank you, Juan, how very gentlemanly of you.
Posted by: Jessica on September 30, 2008 12:08 AM
Darb!! sorry Liam and i missed the party!!!:) he probably would have loved the music!! He has been saying your name all day today!!!
Posted by: sare on September 30, 2008 09:33 PM