6. Pub Trivia!

"Patrick Swayze!" Frank, a member of our team, Pop Tart Assassins, excitedly blurted upon hearing the first two words of the question.  If it's possible to yell and whisper that the same time, that's what it was.  A quiet, but excited, exclamation.

RIP

We were huddled around a booth in the Space Room on SE Hawthorne for my very first pub trivia night.  The sun filtered in through tiny holes in the shades, and the thick air pressed down on us and the maybe thirty other people crammed into the space.  I was invited by a couple of my jazzer-students, Tiffany and Matt, after they found out about Project 100 (which, by the way, is an awesome side effect!  I've been hanging out with folks I've never hung out with before just because they get excited about what I'm doing and want to contribute.  New friends every day!).  We were joined by two of their friends, Maya and Frank.

The cool thing about pub trivia is that you feel like a million bucks when you get the answers right, but you aren't too hard on yourself when you get them wrong.  In the end it an ego booster.  There were twelve teams and we came in sixth, but we left feeling like rockstars for getting the answers we got.  I've realized that I have particular talent in regards to identifying dog breeds, even though I didn't get points for writing "sweet wittow baby" under one photo of a Newfoundland.

 While I'm on the subject of dogs, I find it apropos to mention that I, just this minute, received a phone call from the pet psychic who is going to do Ralgh's reading as a part of Project 100.  Excitement!

Aside to Tiffany: when I was looking for dog breed charts to use as an image for my blog, I saw quite a few photos of Border Collies, and I agree with you; that first dog really did look like a Border Collie.  If I'd seen one prior, I probably would have agreed with you at the time.

So, pub trivia was a blast and an awesome thing to do with new people.  It's its own ice-breaker!  Highly, highly recommended.