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Sun | August 28, 2005
the new jersey party
Went to a party last night in NJ, the culmination of which was that three Irish dudes moved a couch from the upstairs apartment (where the party was) to my friend's apartment below. The host was moving to England and was giving stuff away, apparently. He was one of those guys who is so nice you worry about him getting taken advantage of. He said his boss was Taiwanese. I thought that is why he is still such a nice guy. I don't know more than that. I wonder what his job is. There was not much chance to find out. The party was like Napoleon Dynamite. But with Irish dudes-- one with a legitimate Irish accent-- and a handful of random people. It was sparse. Very suburban. Even the parties remind you of sprawl. Kind of spread out, and not very pretty. The apartment itself was awesome though. It had lofty ceilings, and was formerly the gym- a basketball court with hardwood floors- at a church. There were two small bedrooms in a balcony above and most of the space in the apartment was the living area below.
In deciding whether to go to this thing, I had asked my friend how old the host was, and she said in his late 20's. He was in his late 30's or even early 40's. And I am not one to mishear "twenties" for "thirties." I have never heard of someone lying about someone else's age. Or, perhaps, misjudging someone's age so grossly. I am not the best at judging people's ages but this one was easy. He had a combover, or the beginnings of one; at any rate his hair had grown thin. His skin and complexion were well into their thirties. There was no doubt about it.
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