Three Matts, Two Chrises, and a Card Game that Makes Absolutely No Sense

I hung out at the Shack for a bit tonight. The Matts Baker, Callis, and Cabbil were there, along with Blur and Lou. And yes, there were two Chrises who I had never met before. One was Callis' friend from Purdue and the other comes to the Shack now and then. I don't know how, but somehow I was roped into playing this card game called Fluxx. (I think that's what it was called, my brain can no longer recall things.)

Not since Mafia have I been so completely distressed with a game involving cards.

I was given my cards, and Baker asked me, "Do you know how to play?"

To which I replied, still staring at my hand, "What the crap is this?!!"

First of all, the rules of Fluxx are that the rules are always changing. Every card has the potential to completely change the scope of the game, or make it impossible to win. We ended up playing pointless games for a while because the goal was impossible by the rules that were set up. The point of the game was that there was no point. My brain fried. And melted. And oozed out of my ear onto those hated cards of illogicality. But it was kinda fun. I'm probably going to play it again, if given the chance. Because I have no common sense.

Afterwards, I listened to Callis and Chris (his friend Chris, although the other Chris was there too, but that Chris...oh, never mind) talk about grad school and Purdue and how they're going to take over the music store industry. Somewhere in that conversation, I realized I wanted Callis to leave. That sounds meaner than it is, but I really do. I guess his and Chris' enthusiasm was infectious, because I found myself hoping that all they wish for would really happen, even if that means Callis leaving.

Anyway, Fluxx has fried my brain, so I need to sleep it off. I can just hear myself muttering in my sleep, "Explain to me how you're supposed to draw 1 and play 3..."