A holiday complete with basketball and barbeque. And friends. What else could be better? It took a while and a few plan changes to gather everyone together today but in the end things worked out real well. We ended up going to Amit/Mandisa/Anne's apartment on the Upper East side to hang out for the night. They just moved in and had no furniture but i kind of enjoyed the minimalist, polished wooden floor look. They have a really nice place complete with a porch and a backyard (in the city no less) so it was cool to be chilling outside, surrounded by huge, tall buildings everywhere. There was some interesting talking going on, highlighted by us going around in a circle and making a "statement" about relationships. I can't remember them all but some of them were like this (paraphrased):



"Always let the woman think she's in control."

"Be an individual and be who you are."

"Girls think too much and guys don't think enough."

"Girls overthink everything."

"Don't get emotionally attached." (guess who said that?)

"Don't say things unless you mean it."

"If you have a body pillow, you don't really need a boyfriend."

"Patience."