Tonight, a friend of ours came over ("ours" being me, my roommate, and our two friends who live across the hallway) to watch the Pet Psychic. It was Wow's first viewing of the show because he's been working like a madman since it debuted a few weeks ago. He wasn't sure what to make of it, so at the first commercial we had to instruct Wow in the ways of the Pet Psychic. (Since it's very likely I'll be referring to these people in future entries, I'll assign everyone a name so we can keep them straight in our minds.)

My roommate = JULIO

Flamboyantly Gay Neighbor/Friend (whom you may remember from my last entry) = WOW

Good (straight) friend and neighbor who is also Wow's roommate = SOSE

Friend who came over tonight who, coincidentally, used to work with Julio = GNAT

So, at the commercial the conversation went something like this:

Wow: You actually LIKE this?

Sose: You have to get used to it.

Julio: Ease into it.

Gnat: There are steps.

Wow: Steps?

Me: Definite steps.

Julio: The first step is watching it for the first time. You'll just laugh and think it's hilarious.

Wow: So far, this is true.

Sose: Second step: watch it a second time. Then you'll start to wonder how Sonja is getting her information. This step includes entertaining the idea that she actually CAN speak to animals.

Me: But you continue to ridicule Sonja for wearing the same pants, boots, and scarf every episode.

Gnat: By step three/episode three you're imitating Sonja and predicting what each animal's issue is going to be before their segment.

Sose: (trying to speak in a british accent, but failing) Moy name is Sonja, and I con tawk to the ahnimahls.

Me: You know you're terrible at accents, right?

Wow: So, when do you get hooked?

Julie, Sose, Gnat and Me: Step One.

If you haven't seen the Pet Psychic, but you find yourself on Animal Planet at eight o'clock on a Monday, remember the three step rule.

So, you'll soon realize that I spend a lot of time with Julio, Wow and Sose. They are three of my closest friends. Certainly, they are geographically my closest friends.

Last weekend, we were over at Gnat's house to watch her new Harry Potter dvd (we're all HP fans). As the evening evolved, we ended up playing our own version of Balderdash. We played the regular version for a few rounds, then got bored and decided to make it Porn Bladerdash.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Balderdash, it's that dictionary game where someone finds an odd sounding word that often also has an odd definition. The word is spoken outloud by the Leader, and everyone writes the word down on paper. The Leader also writes down the definition of the word, while everyone else writes a fake definition of the word. The Leader then reads all the definitions, and everyone votes on what they think the real definition is.

So, Pornerdash is what we've begun to call our version. Unfortunately, we only had enough energy to go through the existing Balderdash cards to look for words with risque definitions (there weren't that many), so we've decided to make our own game for next time. We're each to find at least ten real porn-y words to bring to the next Pornerdash extravaganza, and I have yet to look for my ten. Any suggestions, friends?