A Scrabble Night to Not Remember

There was something about the vibe at my triumphant return to Scrabble Night. It felt like an American history class in an Iranian high school. Everyone looked bored, and seemingly disinterested by the little letters that have captivated us in previous nights.

The night got off to a bad start when Chris and I weren't able to leave work until about an hour after we had originally planned. This prompted calls and MSN messages from the impatient hosts, to the tune of "Kent, hurry up," and "Get your a$$ over here, I'm hungry." To make matters worse, Chris was scheduled to cook dinner, so we were all hungry.

Credit must be given to Chris on a solid meal of burgers. These things were thick-cut. Not those quarter inch pieces of crap you find at certain fast food chains that have somehow made it around the world (not to mention any names...).

As for the Scrabble, I was just happy that Annika didn't show up. I remarked that, "now we at least have a chance." In her place, though, was Purvi, who had recently showed us all what it means to dominate at Scrabble. This was to be a tough game.

It started off poorly. Nobody got more than 14 points throughout the entire game. Chris was able to boast tiles like "LLMMNNY" and "CNNNUTA," while the Nisrin/Purvi team sported "QZXIRK+Blank". No wonder we couldn't score any points.

Alas, the game came down to the wire. I was stuck with "DIDO," without any prospects of finishing in one turn and catching people with big point letters in their collection. That was until Luli played the word "FOE," thus exposing a free "E." It was then that I noticed "DIODE" as a possibly word that would exhaust my tiles and force an abrupt ending.

The final scores were pathetic, with only me reaching 100 on account of Nisrin/Purvi being stuck with 22 points still in their hand.