I Suck At Murphy's Twin Shamrocks

after our dinner last night at stars with my friends (jen, hot amy, and andrea), my friends, karen and i went to meet my bff (kerry) at murphy's twin shamrocks located in quincy for a few drinks. too bad i suck at murphy's twin shamrocks.

i haven't been to murphy's twin shamrocks in quite some time. in fact, i don't think i have gone to a bar with all of them in a long while. generally speaking, karen and i are usually not invited whenever the opportunity arises to go to a bar. perhaps that is a good thing because the people at the bars that my friends generally frequent look considerably younger than we do. murphy's seemed to have a good mix of people last night. i must admit that i did derive some pleasure in seeing a group of young'uns get turned away at the door.

anyway, it was a great time at murphy's. my friend (carlos) also stopped by to meet all of us. apparently, hot amy had sent him a text message that we were going to be there. like i told everyone, carlos is always good for a drink... or ten. as it also turned out, carlos knew the musician (stu) playing at the bar. carlos is well connected that way.

speaking of which, i had an interesting conversation with kerry about social epidemics. kerry is reading a book called "the tipping point" by malcolm gladwell. according to my friend wikipedia, gladwell believes that the "success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social skills". those individuals are called: mavens, connectors, and salesmen. kerry happens to think carlos is a connector because he knows so many people... the musician at murphy's being one of them. hot amy has also since corroborated the fact that carlos is well connected because people always come up to him at the train station when they commute home.

in addition to the social epidemic discussion, kerry was also kind enough to show me some basics in sign language. for any curious, she is taking a sign language course. hopefully i can remember the phrases she taught me in sign language.

murphy's wasn't all serious though. we did have a bunch of laughs, including jen's impersonation of my lip balm application technique. (yes, i have trouble putting on lip balm. i generally tend to smudge the lip balm everywhere.) as well, karen had a question about stu... and whether the constant strumming with the guitar made his arm strong. there was a visual that she used in conjunction with the question that made all of us laugh.

needless to say, it was a good time at murphy's. sadly, i didn't get to have a chance to chat with andrea, hot amy, and carlos (and eventually stu). they were at the other end of the rectangular table... which is yet again another reason i like circular tables. as it turned out, andrea left right before stu sang her "wahoooo" song. the song is actually called "got you (where i want you)" by the flys. andrea does a great rendition of the song. perhaps next time...