Recently I started what I hope will be a weekly tradition of watching “House” with a couple of friends. In setting up this arrangement I think I broke all of my rules of social protocol.

My first rule is never invite yourself over. This rule originated when I went to my friends birthday party and one of the neighborhood kids, who wasn’t invited, invited himself (don’t ask me which one, I’ll never tell). I don’t know that I have ever suggested to someone that we get together at their house before. I think I broke this rule out of sheer social desperation. I really don’t do much of anything outside of work and school because . . . work and school.

Broken rule two involves not burping loud enough in public so that anyone can hear you. I believe this rule can be attributed to my mother’s influence, although her official rule was something like “Don’t Burp in Public Ever!1!l(Exclamation Point in All Caps)”. Technically I haven’t broken this rule yet, but I plan to.

It turns out that I only really have two rules for social interaction; no wonder I had to invite myself over.

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