Visited my grandmother today

[exatron]

My family visited my maternal grandmother today, and it was the usual afternoon of strange fun.

I did some simple chores for her, like helping replace a tray under one of her plants and replacing a fluorescent lightbulb on her over.

We went to Buddy's for lunch and had the usual- a large pizza, an antipasto salad, and I split some mostaccioli with my sister since she doesn't like the pizza at Buddy's.

Afterwards, we played Scrabble and a few games of pinochle while making odd jokes and hearing about relatives we don't see very often.

My grandmother kept trying to say that I needed a girlfriend in her own less than subtle way. I really wish I could stop the pointless nagging and tell both of my grandmothers that it's not a girlfriend I want, but I've seen how they react to news that doesn't fit with their beliefs and ideals.

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[nekura-ca.livejournal.com]

All this talk of pizza is making me hungry. ^_^

I love Euchre, I use to play in extensively during University between classes. I'm not too bad at it. Another game I like is Cribbage. I've tried to learn Bridge a couple of times, but the people I was trying to learn from were fanatical bidders, and expected perfection, so it wasn't fun. Never played Pinochle, but it looks like an interesting cross between Bridge, Gin, and Euchre.

I know exactly where you're coming from with the classmates thing. I've still never been able to say it out loud to anyone.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

I know it's kind of late now, but I hope you get something tasty to eat after hearing all that talk about pizza.

It's been a while since I played Euchre, and I've never played Bridge or Cribbage. Expecting perfection while trying to teach someone is a very bad combination. My family tends to avoid bidding when we play four-handed Pinochle since you don't have a kitty to win and possibly improve your hand.

I'm still wondering what made most of them decide to bother me.

I was planning on telling my aunt at Christmas, but never got the chance since we rarely see her and everybody wanted the chance to chat while she was here.

[nekura-ca.livejournal.com]

It is late, but I went to Quiznos tonight, it was good.

Every now and then I jump onto Yahoo! games and play a round or two when I'm bored. Bridge bidding is really complicated, it's a code speak telling your partner what you have in your hand, so making the wrong bid can get them very mad. I shoud try Pinochle sometime.

I had the extra problem that my family moved a lot, so I was always the new kid in class, and didn't know anyone.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Good to hear.

Pinochle has something similar where you bid two higher if you have a lot of meld, but can't actually name trump.

Interesting. Most of my friends moved away. Usually just far enough that my parents would grumble if I wanted to see them.