Fred's taught me to embrace my inner cougar!
Jon picked me up before 5:30, and we were off to the liquor store. On the way there, Jeremy gave him a few suggestions for stuff to go with non-spicy curry for another party tomorrow (no IPA), and laughed over agricultural freaks like a theoretical chicken with four breasts and six legs! Yeah, I don't think we want to know what THOSE would look like! (reminds me of the joke about three-legged chickens, haha) In another phone call, Nathan said that Isabel might come - they do live in the same house, but Jon knows he shouldn't assume things instead of asking! (he also had Nate find a beer bottle he hid there near the mini-fridge) Jon and I saw a lot of interesting stuff at the liquor store - 12.5% alcohol for a particular bottle (I joked that he wouldn't want me to drink it), Crown Royal, winter ale, etc. There were these little baskets with wheels on them - I thought that was definitely cool! Yes, I am easily amused even without liquor in me. :P
When we got to Jeremy's after discussing Corey / Spoz / Korey and plans on the way, Christon had just arrived. We were talking about stuff when we heard Ray groan from his room. I called out: "What's the matter, Ray?" We quickly ascertained that he had trouble with a format of a paper, and couldn't compress his existing paragraphs down any more. This led to jokes about abbreviating common words with one letter ("and / the / but / with"), and including a key at the top of the paper. Maybe he could even write it in Greek - the problem is that his markers KNOW Greek! After a while, he came out and discussed long-distance relationships with us as Christon said he'd come up with a non-encouraging situation for Nate, who arrived later and said that Isabel had too much work to do! Talked about beer, winter ale, politics (Clinton and the press!), tea, assembly-line style dinner, olives, Monday dinner instead of Sunday, Vanessa's dinner, sparkling apple cider (three of us finished almost all of it while Jeremy drank the rest from the bottle!), cops and the Downtown Eastside, openly consuming beer from bottles vs. a brown paper bag (blind eye and paperwork!), Maxim's Bakery dessert, gossip and prayer requests, books, etc. We didn't think there was a problem with gossip in our church, although of course we could be wrong. Nathan and I told Christon about his wacky power nap at Melia's: Calla and I were very intrigued and amused, for sure! (Ray knows her from Waterloo) When I mentioned his morning breath ice cream idea, Nathan insisted that there COULD be a market for it. Nobody else thought so!
Jon cracked that Nathan's room could smell like fish and we might not know it since the closet could be a good seal. We didn't smell anything untoward at Jeremy's because some garbage was in that closet, but Ray thought they should take the garbage out anyhow. Apparently, there's a path among the clutter in Nate's room that leads to the computer, then a pile to hop over to get to the bed. Nathan didn't get Jon's crack at first, which led Christon to joke about it: "Hmm. Fish equals bad smell? I gotta THINK about that for a second, haha!" Mixed drinks, not leaving paper trail, breakfast foods, future dinners, naked women in drawing classes which had to be dropped because the person kept getting locked out (lack of punch-in code for building)... oh my! Ray got custody of the big yellow megaphone / dunce hat when nobody else wanted it, and said that it was perfect to express his disgruntled views at professors, haha. After Nathan and Christon left, Fred called Jon - Ray was surprised that we'd go to the Whip a few blocks away, followed by maybe reading at a coffee shop. The four of us went downstairs and outside in solidarity. Jon didn't want to hold a garbage bag, so Ray said that I'd have to do it (while calling me by name for maybe the first time?) - what an ugfart! Jeremy had to put a bottle of beer in the cellar for Jon, so we bid goodbye to him at the recycling bins. (he, Fred, and Jon are going to the Minnesota game on Friday night - should be good!)
Jon and I went to the Whip, where we met Fred. He warned us that he could get quasi-offensive after a few drinks, but then he also hadn't had anything to eat. Today, he'd prepared stuff for 100 people. Talked about cougars, and I told him that I was one - he also talked to Harmony for a bit when she called, trying to placate her for dancing later. He chatted with our waitress, who said she was a puma. We were toasting each other with Black Plague, while tasting Fred's wine which had a slightly "off" taste. Fred to him that his brother-in-law had the same name as he, and he and his sister had bought a TV which took them five years to buy - they're not exactly hurting for money, but are frugal. He has a thing for red-haired women, but couldn't go out with someone who's not of the same faith, whether she was humorous / an artsy type / climbs or not. What a struggle! Talked about his art, and how he'd been in European art galleries because they were free - go to the washroom (not being crude) and see the history of painters there. Here, it's not so easy - admission charges and not so much history! Definitely an interesting conversation!
He said that before we showed up, there had been three waitresses paying attention to him ("hon / dear") - then they all disappeared! Jon was relaying messages to Harmony, heh... Fred as a "full capacity" MC / groomsman if they get married? Haha, oh my. Fred told me that there had been a time when Jon was staying with him in a small bachelor suite (350 square feet?) - barely enough room for the bed, futon, and sofa. Harmony called and Fred was trying not to listen to the low-voiced puppy love thing, but he could hardly help not hearing it even as he tried concentrating on the book he was reading barely a foot or so away! Jon thought it was funny when Fred said that he should have gone to the toilet or the outside balcony if he wanted to tell her that stuff, haha. (that would have afforded SOME measure of privacy...) I told him about the "switching underwear" joke that I'd heard of, and he told me about the cougar bar joke - no karaoke now? Oh man. (Fred thought the cougar shirt was hilarious - and warned that I might have to go to K - we'll figure it out later, just as Jon and Harmony will discuss things at Christmas!) We had ten-year-old port, wine and cheese, and beer - good times! Fred said that he had been on the subway with a friend of his once when a BIG BLACK MAN (250 pounds?) across the aisle decided to tell him that he was pretty and that he liked his bald head! He wasn't subtle about it, so the entire packed subway could hear! Of course, he had to politely tell him "Thank you, sir" - thank goodness the black man got off one stop before Fred and Bill did! Sounds comical, haha. Also discussed Toronto, drawing, wrestling, Singapore, work, and more - very nice end to the evening, for sure!
I somehow found it more troublesome on the walk back to the car than I had earlier: Jon thought I had maybe a bit too much to drink, and commented that I was warm / red. Maybe so, since even with the LONG walk to / from the fireworks in the summer, I didn't find it THAT hard to get around! (Dylan and I did commiserate on our aging!) At least I had no thoughts of seeing bouncing green traffic lights or K's shadow near my bookshelf like I did LAST week! Not sure where those came from, heh. Then I had an involved conversation with K about the past / future / reassurance / plans - very good stuff!
When we got to Jeremy's after discussing Corey / Spoz / Korey and plans on the way, Christon had just arrived. We were talking about stuff when we heard Ray groan from his room. I called out: "What's the matter, Ray?" We quickly ascertained that he had trouble with a format of a paper, and couldn't compress his existing paragraphs down any more. This led to jokes about abbreviating common words with one letter ("and / the / but / with"), and including a key at the top of the paper. Maybe he could even write it in Greek - the problem is that his markers KNOW Greek! After a while, he came out and discussed long-distance relationships with us as Christon said he'd come up with a non-encouraging situation for Nate, who arrived later and said that Isabel had too much work to do! Talked about beer, winter ale, politics (Clinton and the press!), tea, assembly-line style dinner, olives, Monday dinner instead of Sunday, Vanessa's dinner, sparkling apple cider (three of us finished almost all of it while Jeremy drank the rest from the bottle!), cops and the Downtown Eastside, openly consuming beer from bottles vs. a brown paper bag (blind eye and paperwork!), Maxim's Bakery dessert, gossip and prayer requests, books, etc. We didn't think there was a problem with gossip in our church, although of course we could be wrong. Nathan and I told Christon about his wacky power nap at Melia's: Calla and I were very intrigued and amused, for sure! (Ray knows her from Waterloo) When I mentioned his morning breath ice cream idea, Nathan insisted that there COULD be a market for it. Nobody else thought so!
Jon cracked that Nathan's room could smell like fish and we might not know it since the closet could be a good seal. We didn't smell anything untoward at Jeremy's because some garbage was in that closet, but Ray thought they should take the garbage out anyhow. Apparently, there's a path among the clutter in Nate's room that leads to the computer, then a pile to hop over to get to the bed. Nathan didn't get Jon's crack at first, which led Christon to joke about it: "Hmm. Fish equals bad smell? I gotta THINK about that for a second, haha!" Mixed drinks, not leaving paper trail, breakfast foods, future dinners, naked women in drawing classes which had to be dropped because the person kept getting locked out (lack of punch-in code for building)... oh my! Ray got custody of the big yellow megaphone / dunce hat when nobody else wanted it, and said that it was perfect to express his disgruntled views at professors, haha. After Nathan and Christon left, Fred called Jon - Ray was surprised that we'd go to the Whip a few blocks away, followed by maybe reading at a coffee shop. The four of us went downstairs and outside in solidarity. Jon didn't want to hold a garbage bag, so Ray said that I'd have to do it (while calling me by name for maybe the first time?) - what an ugfart! Jeremy had to put a bottle of beer in the cellar for Jon, so we bid goodbye to him at the recycling bins. (he, Fred, and Jon are going to the Minnesota game on Friday night - should be good!)
Jon and I went to the Whip, where we met Fred. He warned us that he could get quasi-offensive after a few drinks, but then he also hadn't had anything to eat. Today, he'd prepared stuff for 100 people. Talked about cougars, and I told him that I was one - he also talked to Harmony for a bit when she called, trying to placate her for dancing later. He chatted with our waitress, who said she was a puma. We were toasting each other with Black Plague, while tasting Fred's wine which had a slightly "off" taste. Fred to him that his brother-in-law had the same name as he, and he and his sister had bought a TV which took them five years to buy - they're not exactly hurting for money, but are frugal. He has a thing for red-haired women, but couldn't go out with someone who's not of the same faith, whether she was humorous / an artsy type / climbs or not. What a struggle! Talked about his art, and how he'd been in European art galleries because they were free - go to the washroom (not being crude) and see the history of painters there. Here, it's not so easy - admission charges and not so much history! Definitely an interesting conversation!
He said that before we showed up, there had been three waitresses paying attention to him ("hon / dear") - then they all disappeared! Jon was relaying messages to Harmony, heh... Fred as a "full capacity" MC / groomsman if they get married? Haha, oh my. Fred told me that there had been a time when Jon was staying with him in a small bachelor suite (350 square feet?) - barely enough room for the bed, futon, and sofa. Harmony called and Fred was trying not to listen to the low-voiced puppy love thing, but he could hardly help not hearing it even as he tried concentrating on the book he was reading barely a foot or so away! Jon thought it was funny when Fred said that he should have gone to the toilet or the outside balcony if he wanted to tell her that stuff, haha. (that would have afforded SOME measure of privacy...) I told him about the "switching underwear" joke that I'd heard of, and he told me about the cougar bar joke - no karaoke now? Oh man. (Fred thought the cougar shirt was hilarious - and warned that I might have to go to K - we'll figure it out later, just as Jon and Harmony will discuss things at Christmas!) We had ten-year-old port, wine and cheese, and beer - good times! Fred said that he had been on the subway with a friend of his once when a BIG BLACK MAN (250 pounds?) across the aisle decided to tell him that he was pretty and that he liked his bald head! He wasn't subtle about it, so the entire packed subway could hear! Of course, he had to politely tell him "Thank you, sir" - thank goodness the black man got off one stop before Fred and Bill did! Sounds comical, haha. Also discussed Toronto, drawing, wrestling, Singapore, work, and more - very nice end to the evening, for sure!
I somehow found it more troublesome on the walk back to the car than I had earlier: Jon thought I had maybe a bit too much to drink, and commented that I was warm / red. Maybe so, since even with the LONG walk to / from the fireworks in the summer, I didn't find it THAT hard to get around! (Dylan and I did commiserate on our aging!) At least I had no thoughts of seeing bouncing green traffic lights or K's shadow near my bookshelf like I did LAST week! Not sure where those came from, heh. Then I had an involved conversation with K about the past / future / reassurance / plans - very good stuff!
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