I need help :(

[sonickteam2]

dont you have any friends with a house you can just have a shindig there?  someone with a loud stereo, a grill, liquor.....whatever...fun AND cheap.  

[mankie]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  dont you have any friends with a house you can just have a shindig there?  someone with a loud stereo, a grill, liquor.....gang bang....whatever...fun AND cheap.    

NOW yer talk'n!  

[Samantha]

I'm a loser with few friends  
 
 rhett, I wasn't fretting, I don't mind living at home rent-free one bit.  if I did, I would move out.

[eltee]

Originally posted by Medusa:
   

Originally posted by Samantha:
 my big 18th is on August 7th, and I have no ideas as to what to do.

Since your birthday falls on a weekend, why not go out of town if you can/want to?
 
 To the beach, etc.  Bring your friends/have them meet you there.
 
 It could be fun/a different scene!    
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa.
 
 (who wishes she had a summer birthday) [/b]

Good idea. Go to Philly or NYC.

[granita]

if i had friends, and it were my birthday, i would make them have a surprise party for me.
 at the beach.
 with lots of alcohol.

[Samantha]

you know what
 
 that might be a good idea.  make my friends plan it for me. hmmm...

[Bags]

Originally posted by Samantha:
  my dad won't let me travel without an adult.  my parents don't trust me as far as they can throw me, which is DC.  I think I'm really screwed as far as this b-day goes.

Samantha, I'm not criticizing, but if your attitude were better, I think there'd be a million ways to celebrate your birthday and have fun...  Man, get folks to go to Tryst on 18th Street and just be silly all night pretty easy for 18 year olds.  Is DC9 21+?  If your parents are cool with you going out in DC, you have so many options....way more than most kids in the burbs not near a pretty cool city.  And bless your parents for paying for college -- it's the nicest thing they can do for you.  (Not sure why they won't let you go to NY, but who knows what's happened with you or siblings before....you've got lots of time for road trips).

[Samantha]

I'm a pessimist by nature    it's just seeming really bleak right now.  what is tryst?

[mankie]

Originally posted by Samantha:
  I'm a pessimist by nature     it's just seeming really bleak right now.  what is tryst?

It's an artsy-fartsy hangout bar/coffee bar in Adams Morgan.
 
 Here's a birthday joke for you dear.
 
 A man broke into the local police station and stole all the bathroom fixtures.......so far, the police have nothing to go on!
   

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by Samantha:
  my big 18th is on August 7th, and I have no ideas as to what to do.  except registering to vote and buying a lotto ticket.  I quit smoking.  so what should I do to celebrate??  I've only got 3 weeks to plan something...I don't even have enough friends to have a big crazy party...argh...what to do??

Call Smackie.
 
                     :p      
 
 (That's my sister's birthday too.)

[granita]

tryst is nice. very hip, apparently.
 i like the diner better. meze is pretty cool too.
 these are all in adams morgan, by the way.

[Jaguär]

I like Tryst but it reminds me of a hipster study hall.
 
 I like Meze too.
 
 Joyti is also nice, if we're talking 18th St. here.
 
 How is the Rhumba Café, or whatever that place is called? Almost ate there the other week but ended up elsewhere.

[paige]

the diner has a great atmosphere but is really overrated food-wise, i think. not bad food, but not great typical  diner food.
 
 tryst is annoying because all of the hipsters with their wireless internet take up all of the good spots on the couches and/or stare you down while you crawl over chairs to get to the one table in the back that hasn't been taken. good chai though, and it's fun to sit there with friends if there is enough room.
 
 there's a fun little place in arlington called common grounds that is a nice relaxed coffee place/bakery-ish hangout. close to clarendon and an interesting record store - orpheus.
 
 hope your birthday is fun. if you don't have high expectations you won't be let down! but don't feel pressured to make it like the best day,  ever. go skydiving.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Samantha:
  sigh.  I have no interest in any of the shows that night, otherwise that would definitely be the first thing I would think of.
 
 ps. I'm not a hipster   :p  

get a massage...not really something that only "adults" can do, but definitely a nice treat for yourself! congrats on quitting smoking!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I love how everyone on this board bashes hipsters.
 
 As if 20something (or 20something wannabe) alternative music loving urban dwellers such as yourselves AREN'T hipsters. Yeah, right.