Stranger in a strange land.

Went out to eat tonight with some friends and friends-of-friends. Definitely a different crowd than I'm used to--they were definitely a bunch of sports nuts and we definitely ate at the biggest sports bar around. Oh yeah, and the people I actually knew sat at the other end of the table from me, so I was sitting with complete strangers in this totally out-of-my-comfort-zone situation. But as luck would have it, the girl next to me and I had some things in common and hit it off pretty well. And when the big game came on the big screen, she didn't seem to mind my occasional questions about the players and flow of the game (I was oh so thankful for my teensy bit of hockey knowledge--at least I knew to call them "periods" instead of "quarters!"). The night wasn't quite what I expected--I didn't get much interaction with the friends I went to see. But at least it wasn't a total loss.