see the stars shining like nails in the night

you know when you have one of those nights that starts off kind of ok and ends up leaving you with this shiny, sparkly residue, your cheeks huting from smiling, your teeth weary from exposure, and your soul all the better for a good hour's worth of conversation, had, of course, across a table littered with wine bottles and scraps and crumbs and basic remnants of a dinner party gone lovely?

yeah, tonight was one of those nights.