Walk to assembly, bughunt, tire-filling, naps, small get-together [Fri 24]

Got up very early, couldn't go back to sleep. There's something about Boston air or maybe it's just former-roommate SM's room that wakes me up early. It's noisy but not noisy enough to wake me up, but it does.

Spent time youtubing in the morning. Had eggs and bread for brunch. Walked to Assembly, at Home Depot, got two 'weapons' against the bugs occupying my room: a 'fogger' that's a spray that is a little bit like the 'smoke grenade' that Dwight uses in the Office, and a direct-contact spray that you spray on bugs to kill them. The walk was quiet hot and humid, I didn't have my earbuds on me but it was tolerable. Didn't realize that Home Depot was all the way to the other side of the Square. Noted to fill my bike with air so I could use it to do groceries etcetera. Thought of stopping by TJ's on my way back but whoaa the line outside was crazy I didn't have the need to wait in line to get into the the grocery store.

At home sprayed the crap out of all the bugs I could see in my room, and then set the fogger on, with all the doors and windows shut tight. After two hours got in with breath held, to open my closet and drawers so that they'd get some of the pesticide-air too, but not some kind of residue necessarily.

Filled roommate PK's bike's tire. Was gonna fill mine too until I remembered the brakes weren't working what's the point. Later much later figured it was only one of the brakes that wasn't working and it had been this way for a while anyway, I should have gotten my bike filled up.

Talked to international friends in the evening, and napped for some time. Had some really great conversations, always nice to catch up with people after some time. The nap was less satisfying, to be fair my sleeps have been quite sound so can't really complain there.

In the evening, S [the one who lives in backbay] came over to hang with us, he and roommate PK were getting beers downstairs in our backyard. PK has really grown to love our backyard which I always saw as a wasteland parking spot but he says it's a good place to talk to people and have fun. We may not have greenery, he says, but all our neighbors do, and it feels like we're in the middle of a garden. Fair points all of them. Friend-of-the-house ND came down too, and PK's friend from school back home was there too. Some good conversations and ribbings were had.

People teased me about setting up two evening hangs, the second one with ND, so the first one didn't seem too much like a date.

Once it got too mosquito-ey and dark outside, we moved upstairs. PK had replaced a lame batch of the gigglymed with a more effective one earlier in the night. We tried some of it, I became quite honest and introspective, highly complimenting ND and PK often and in great detail. It got philosophical too, not in the boring way...we talked about the politics of interpersonal conversations etcetera. PK and S started dancing I was tired I fell asleep on the couch. At some point they woke me up, I went to my bed and fell asleep, before midnight. The rest of the gang was up until half past one I'm told.