Last night I woke up

I heard Allison in the other room playing chess with Jimmy, my father's friend that lives in the basement. You could certainly hear how drunk they were. It was a good night for me to have gone to bed early. I just wasn't in the mood to entertain a drunk girl in the middle of the night, throw away all the beer bottles, clean the wine glasses after everyone leaves like I was stuck doing a few nights ago. And also, Allison told me not to cut my hair... which of course I ignored and so I'm probably in for some shit there.

I listened to Jimmy try to explain castling to her for at least ten minutes.

JIMMY: Naw, naw... you can take the king and the--wait--yeah, the king. Naw, yeah, the king and the rook... there are certain rules to it, you know? I'm pretty sure it's the king. Yeah, no. They can switch.

ALLISON: What are you talking about? You're trying to cheat.

JIMMY: Naw, naw... there's some move. I'm not going to do it or anything. But there's a real move with the king and the--wait---yeah, the king. There are certain rule to it, you know? Ahh forget it.

I tried to wait them out so I could come out and use the bathroom without confrontation, but their chess game went on and on and involved frequent smoke breaks. Eventually I just fell back asleep.