downtown pt.2

Last night was the final showing of the slide show David made for our class. We (being, myself, Annelise, Bethany, Garrick, Travis, Kevin, and Marcellina) met at Nijo's to eat sushi, drink cocktails, and bask in the glory of ourselves and our year - this time in public. It actually wasn't as awkward as I once imagined...maybe it was the two lychee martinis or maybe it was just being around good friends - however, it was a nice viewing. (a small turn out, obviously, but just right really.)
After Nijo's we all decided to move the party along to Smith (on our way there, Kevin happened upon Lindsay and made her join our debauchery). Smith is a new bar on 15th, actually right behind my place, owned by Linda's Tavern (which was obvious, given the mass amount of plaque'd game on the wall). Clayton was there playing dj for the evening, and we took some time out again to take in a few more drinks...before deciding that we should really go out to karaoke before the bars closed for the night. So we all packed into the limited cars available and made it our mission to invade the Busch Gardens for some drunken tunes. Best Idea EVER!
Annelise chose to sing Ace of Base, and although I can't vouch for her singing (not a dis, because I would have been WAY worse!) she TOOK the stage and won over the crowd (granted, the crowd was mainly friends, but she charmed the socks off an old woman coming back from the bathroom). Bethany sang also, and was just as kick ass, with her excitement into the mike. And Garrick was the surprise talent of the night (well to everyone aside from Bethany of course) that man can sing!
We then migrated to Annelise's AWESOME apartment, and finished up our night giggling about Annelise's bed situation, scaling buildings to get on the roof, and watching Annelise sing and dance to music like Missy Elliot (I had no idea...).
It was a good night.