MEDIOCRE HONEY-ROASTED PEANUTS: Thai food with Jon, Emily, and Melody

My sister buzzed me earlier today on MSN, with news from Flime. Jon let me know that he was going to dinner with Emily and her friend Melody later on, at some restaurant on Robson. That sounded good to me, even if Steph wasn't going since she was keeping Rachel company on an overnight trip to Seattle. Later on, my brother let me know more details, with directions to call him since I was taking a shower. Accordingly, I did: the bus trip didn't take that long at all. Jon met me at the bus stop, saying that we were going to a Thai place on Burrard instead: SalaThai was quite good. Since it was our first time there, everything on the menu looked good! We finally decided on pineapple fried rice, appetizers, spicy green curry with chicken, and seafood with bamboo.

We discussed Surrey (since Melody lives there), gelato, Mondo Gelato, La Casa Gelato, Mario's, Derrida, philosophy, North Vancouver, Jeremy, the Downtown Eastside, durian shakes, Ty, scenic routes, Stanley Park, Sean and the Night Market / Michael Bublé / Usher / outreach, singing, Pho, coffee, bubble tea, Dragon Ball, Regent, critical theory, history of Christianity, courses, plans, musicology, worship, MCBC, church, Gilbert, Fellowship, Steph, and various other topics. To Emily, the gay population here seems out there and way less isolated than in Church St. in Toronto. Jon wouldn't want to go to a gay bar, since he's afraid he'll get hit on... as it is, he's never really frequented Davie St. here! I mentioned naked bike riding, since there was some nude ride last weekend here to raise awareness about alternative methods of transportation. Emily thought that went on all the time... o_O

I remembered a story Keith told us once: he used to live in Surrey, and it once took a pizza delivery guy TWO HOURS to find his place! Em says she'll stay with me tomorrow, and probably up until she goes to Whistler on Friday... that's fine with me. Jon says he's gone out to eat every day since June 9; I bet Mom would not be impressed! He also mentioned chasing Ty around the house with a durian last summer, haha. Walking from Chinatown to Granville Island isn't boring if you have friends to talk with, and the Grouse Grind isn't boring if you have friends to pace you. Jeremy once smoked a pipe (tobacco is a stimulant for him, apparently) halfway up the mountain too... his grandfather used to smoke pipes, too.

Very good times, and more to come later in the week. :D

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