My brother did NOT escape the Magic Bra!
Eric picked me up after I took some plates / bowls / forks from my place (NOT MY ENTIRE KITCHEN!), and we took care of something before going to Jeremy's. We talked about random things, the mini cheeseburgers at Denny's, what someone said about my butt once, company, his accent being fun for me, Spain, forgetting Spanish, White Castle burgers, change, televisions, and more. Sure, that TV would be newer than my current one.. but we'll see. Says that his car was filled up with gas without his going to the gas station, and wanted me to be impressed - SIPHONING GAS?! The real story was much more mundane, and had to do with motorcycles. I bet he wanted me to think it was magic, hahaha.
Got to Jeremy's, only to discover that nobody was apparently answering the apartment phone when we buzzed to be let in. Solved that with a quick call to Jon, and were let into the madness. Ray greeted me in his usual cool fashion, heh. Jeremy had his sweet Chimay glass all night, yay! Raymond and Chuck waved to me, while I gave the dishes to Lucas - Eric had his picnic set from last year too. Tony greeted me by name - hey, he's learning! Got a chance to catch up with Peter and Holly (Uncle Andre is their real uncle), discussed HUGE families (Holly's parents have at least 16 siblings between them?!), and meet Ying at the guacamole. (Ray declared that he HATED both parsley and cilantro!) Jon told Ying that we were biological siblings, and I added that the craziness ran in the family - he can be plenty crazy! Talked about honeymooning, and leaving just a couple days after the wedding - maybe they should have left a few days later, to spend time with all the out-of-town rich relatives and their income, hahaha. Saw pictures on Peter's iPhone of their new dog Varley (Group of Seven name from previous owner), and I'm not surprised that the house seems dirtier with the dog IN it. Chinese people can't pronounce that name, so I'm not surprised Auntie Wing renders it as "Farley" or something!
Seems Uncle Joe (Holly's dad) doesn't like dogs ("it'll end up on the table!") - same with mine, since he always says any dog my mom gets will be poisoned! Cute dog, though - looks like a fox, according to kids in the park they encountered! Learned that Peter's grandfather had seven wives (he's descended from Wife #4), and that he was also some famous warlord! Discovered that Peter's a massage therapist at the River Rock, and obviously doesn't like to do more work on his wife when he gets home! (Holly says everyone thinks she's lucky) Holly's news is about two months out of date, if she still thinks I'm seeing someone! Ah well... a "need-to-know basis" certainly accounts for that, and I'm not faulting either her or Harmony! I told Holly and Peter that K was a less-than-desirable specimen of humanity, hahaha. (Eric probably heard this, but whatever...) Discussed my sister and what was going on with her, and my brother and Harmony beating EVERYONE for weddings at the new church - Alan and Tracy are late June, and Edmond and Alysia are in August sometime.
The chicken a la king was good, and so was the minestrone soup... but the guys managed to burn the beef stew TWICE. Christon put a very liberal amount of salt on the potatoes, beets, and carrots - almost everyone was complaining about that, but Ray thought it was awesome. To each his own! The carrots didn't even have a peel to absorb the salt - poor Eric ate FOUR of them since he was really polite! Caught up with Dallas, who's going back to Toronto soon for a while. Raymond and I were nerds and discussed laptops, the gym, Wordscraper, Facebook notes, and other things, haha. I definitely don't mind if he wins our current game, yet I always did when K would win any Scrabulous games! Maybe that's coz I know Raymond is intelligent, and doesn't bug me over every little thing! Hahahaha. :D
Andrea showed up later to drop by for a bit with a creative nut brownie cake (silver edible tiny balls!), since her mom was admitted to the ER with abdominal pains - she should be okay, though. We made tentative plans for Thursday, since I thought I had something to do on Wednesday. (got home and found out that wasn't the case) Phil and Grace showed up later and discussed the Singing Christmas Tree at Broadway Church, then took Chuck's bike home. "He didn't say much, just that Andrea's mom was in the hospital!" Since Jon was on the phone with Danielle at the time, he told her that the grueling dance rehearsals were NO excuse not to show up since Grace was there too! Nathan sold out after his "required" dinner, so Dallas just took the bus home himself after hearing that news! Talked about He'Brew (a real brewery!), and Ray's greeting to someone who called him: "Hey, where's my Hebrew stuff?!" HAHAHAHA.
A while later, Christon attempted to give Jon the Magic Bra as per birthday tradition now, and we told Joey / Emily / Lucas / Phil / Grace / Peter / Holly / Tim / Craig / Ying the entire story of how THAT came about! (Jen egged us on to buy it at the Night Market... the PANTIES ON HOOPS figured largely!) Tony somehow managed to escape it when his birthday came around, while the original recipient (Eric) had turned bright red as soon as he saw what it was! Again, the joke went around that we should give it to Chung OR Karen... or maybe to their baby Mattias! Someone then thought that we should wait till someone actually had a baby girl... Jon had an idea to give it to Danielle for HER birthday in May, haha. Phil had a good time just reading the instructions on the box: "It comes in two colors - Nude and Clear. But Nude is different for different people, right?" We got into people with duplicate names, and how confusing that could be - I remembered the dinner at which we had two Marks, two Leslies, and two Johns!
Discovered that the fridge didn't work properly, so all the beer and stuff was stored outside on the balcony instead. Time to get the darned thing fixed, OR just get a new one if fixing it isn't worth it since the appliance is rather old! If someone wanted to climb up to the balcony to steal the food, they deserve it! (as long as they don't actually break into the apartment itself) The insurance covers just basic stuff, but Jeremy figures it might be better than what he currently has! Photographic proof in a safety-deposit box at the bank might be a good thing, but that won't get you any expensive leather couches back! We discussed the California wildfires, and what insurance might do in that situation - it used to be just forest there, so no big deal if that burned down. But now people like Christopher Lloyd are building their houses in those areas! Jeremy recounted the Kelowna fires of a few years back - he was at his parents' for a visit, and their house is on a mountain overlooking much of the city. They could see the lights of houses, and then FIRE! Yup, you could literally see houses burning down from THAT vantage point!
Eric asked me what the white things in the cake were. After making sure that he wasn't talking about the sprinkles, I took one and tasted it. Yup, those were nuts... so maybe Jeremy shouldn't have them! Apparently, his peanut allergy will get worse over time... something Cindy's parents don't understand about her own allergy to shellfish. "But you used to be able to eat them!" ain't exactly valid! He's also allergic to penicillin - NOT GOOD! Jeremy can tell because his throat kinda swells up, and he doesn't feel that great. Ray thinks that he should just eat a whole jar of peanut butter, but not really. That would be GROSS, man! Discovered that Christon DID leave something there when he left - the streak continues with a FISH book!
Discussed the work that went into improvising this year's "closet door" table - there was a tether, liquor boxes, and other things to make it more sturdy! Ray says that the guys were just going to upend the huge water bottles (think commercial water coolers), but knew it wouldn't work because they'd just start rolling all over the place! Had at least five or seven different types of beer, including a very bitter TRIPLE India Pale Ale - we discussed Budweiser being not flavorful at all, since people didn't want heavy meal-like alcohol, but just something light and refreshing. Jon said that I could be the entertainment (turning red when I drink) since Jeremy didn't have a TV... CHEH!
Dallas tried the triple IPA (just for the occasion), and it was very bitter indeed... he had a CLASSIC screwed-up expression on his face! Tony expanded on his "Nazirite vow" - seems he made a promise to his dad before going to school. His family doesn't look ANYTHING like each other - he and Sonny had a different upbringing since he was here and Sonny was in Hong Kong. Told Jeremy about my grandma's reaction to Jon's homemade cheesecake a couple weeks ago - it was ALL BLACK!? WHAT THE... HAHAHAHA! Talked about allergies, somewhat inappropriate wedding wear or wedding songs or wedding passages, and various interesting things.
"SEXUAL HEALING! Or wait... LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX!" (Ray) "I'll open Tim and Olive's DVD now... wedding songs. Maybe it's a regift! I'm NOT having any Pachelbel Canon in D at any wedding in which I'm involved, since I've played that more times than I care to count! If you get married, Eric, you have to choose something else!" (Jon) "Personally, I don't like the 1 Corinthians 13 passage since it's not about romantic love! It's about CHRISTIAN love, although husband-wife love COULD be included in there..." (Eric) "What about Songs of Solomon as a wedding text?" (me) "I was at a wedding where the couple had something from there as the text... but NOT the passage about the lover's breasts being like something which I don't remember right now! [everyone laughed as they imagined THAT type of wedding!] Harmony has vetoed the TOGA idea for our wedding! Too bad!"
On the way home, we discussed Roberto Luongo's injury, almond butter and milk being rancid, and the decreased value of the pay-per-view package. Missing most of the East Coast games definitely isn't a good thing! Jon thanked me for bringing stuff to help with the paucity of utensils - hey, good thing that I did remember! Just discovered that Eric forgot something here in the afternoon... not a huge deal! Bet T. and Gary K. also added me for the blood games - I don't play those right now!
Got to Jeremy's, only to discover that nobody was apparently answering the apartment phone when we buzzed to be let in. Solved that with a quick call to Jon, and were let into the madness. Ray greeted me in his usual cool fashion, heh. Jeremy had his sweet Chimay glass all night, yay! Raymond and Chuck waved to me, while I gave the dishes to Lucas - Eric had his picnic set from last year too. Tony greeted me by name - hey, he's learning! Got a chance to catch up with Peter and Holly (Uncle Andre is their real uncle), discussed HUGE families (Holly's parents have at least 16 siblings between them?!), and meet Ying at the guacamole. (Ray declared that he HATED both parsley and cilantro!) Jon told Ying that we were biological siblings, and I added that the craziness ran in the family - he can be plenty crazy! Talked about honeymooning, and leaving just a couple days after the wedding - maybe they should have left a few days later, to spend time with all the out-of-town rich relatives and their income, hahaha. Saw pictures on Peter's iPhone of their new dog Varley (Group of Seven name from previous owner), and I'm not surprised that the house seems dirtier with the dog IN it. Chinese people can't pronounce that name, so I'm not surprised Auntie Wing renders it as "Farley" or something!
Seems Uncle Joe (Holly's dad) doesn't like dogs ("it'll end up on the table!") - same with mine, since he always says any dog my mom gets will be poisoned! Cute dog, though - looks like a fox, according to kids in the park they encountered! Learned that Peter's grandfather had seven wives (he's descended from Wife #4), and that he was also some famous warlord! Discovered that Peter's a massage therapist at the River Rock, and obviously doesn't like to do more work on his wife when he gets home! (Holly says everyone thinks she's lucky) Holly's news is about two months out of date, if she still thinks I'm seeing someone! Ah well... a "need-to-know basis" certainly accounts for that, and I'm not faulting either her or Harmony! I told Holly and Peter that K was a less-than-desirable specimen of humanity, hahaha. (Eric probably heard this, but whatever...) Discussed my sister and what was going on with her, and my brother and Harmony beating EVERYONE for weddings at the new church - Alan and Tracy are late June, and Edmond and Alysia are in August sometime.
The chicken a la king was good, and so was the minestrone soup... but the guys managed to burn the beef stew TWICE. Christon put a very liberal amount of salt on the potatoes, beets, and carrots - almost everyone was complaining about that, but Ray thought it was awesome. To each his own! The carrots didn't even have a peel to absorb the salt - poor Eric ate FOUR of them since he was really polite! Caught up with Dallas, who's going back to Toronto soon for a while. Raymond and I were nerds and discussed laptops, the gym, Wordscraper, Facebook notes, and other things, haha. I definitely don't mind if he wins our current game, yet I always did when K would win any Scrabulous games! Maybe that's coz I know Raymond is intelligent, and doesn't bug me over every little thing! Hahahaha. :D
Andrea showed up later to drop by for a bit with a creative nut brownie cake (silver edible tiny balls!), since her mom was admitted to the ER with abdominal pains - she should be okay, though. We made tentative plans for Thursday, since I thought I had something to do on Wednesday. (got home and found out that wasn't the case) Phil and Grace showed up later and discussed the Singing Christmas Tree at Broadway Church, then took Chuck's bike home. "He didn't say much, just that Andrea's mom was in the hospital!" Since Jon was on the phone with Danielle at the time, he told her that the grueling dance rehearsals were NO excuse not to show up since Grace was there too! Nathan sold out after his "required" dinner, so Dallas just took the bus home himself after hearing that news! Talked about He'Brew (a real brewery!), and Ray's greeting to someone who called him: "Hey, where's my Hebrew stuff?!" HAHAHAHA.
A while later, Christon attempted to give Jon the Magic Bra as per birthday tradition now, and we told Joey / Emily / Lucas / Phil / Grace / Peter / Holly / Tim / Craig / Ying the entire story of how THAT came about! (Jen egged us on to buy it at the Night Market... the PANTIES ON HOOPS figured largely!) Tony somehow managed to escape it when his birthday came around, while the original recipient (Eric) had turned bright red as soon as he saw what it was! Again, the joke went around that we should give it to Chung OR Karen... or maybe to their baby Mattias! Someone then thought that we should wait till someone actually had a baby girl... Jon had an idea to give it to Danielle for HER birthday in May, haha. Phil had a good time just reading the instructions on the box: "It comes in two colors - Nude and Clear. But Nude is different for different people, right?" We got into people with duplicate names, and how confusing that could be - I remembered the dinner at which we had two Marks, two Leslies, and two Johns!
Discovered that the fridge didn't work properly, so all the beer and stuff was stored outside on the balcony instead. Time to get the darned thing fixed, OR just get a new one if fixing it isn't worth it since the appliance is rather old! If someone wanted to climb up to the balcony to steal the food, they deserve it! (as long as they don't actually break into the apartment itself) The insurance covers just basic stuff, but Jeremy figures it might be better than what he currently has! Photographic proof in a safety-deposit box at the bank might be a good thing, but that won't get you any expensive leather couches back! We discussed the California wildfires, and what insurance might do in that situation - it used to be just forest there, so no big deal if that burned down. But now people like Christopher Lloyd are building their houses in those areas! Jeremy recounted the Kelowna fires of a few years back - he was at his parents' for a visit, and their house is on a mountain overlooking much of the city. They could see the lights of houses, and then FIRE! Yup, you could literally see houses burning down from THAT vantage point!
Eric asked me what the white things in the cake were. After making sure that he wasn't talking about the sprinkles, I took one and tasted it. Yup, those were nuts... so maybe Jeremy shouldn't have them! Apparently, his peanut allergy will get worse over time... something Cindy's parents don't understand about her own allergy to shellfish. "But you used to be able to eat them!" ain't exactly valid! He's also allergic to penicillin - NOT GOOD! Jeremy can tell because his throat kinda swells up, and he doesn't feel that great. Ray thinks that he should just eat a whole jar of peanut butter, but not really. That would be GROSS, man! Discovered that Christon DID leave something there when he left - the streak continues with a FISH book!
Discussed the work that went into improvising this year's "closet door" table - there was a tether, liquor boxes, and other things to make it more sturdy! Ray says that the guys were just going to upend the huge water bottles (think commercial water coolers), but knew it wouldn't work because they'd just start rolling all over the place! Had at least five or seven different types of beer, including a very bitter TRIPLE India Pale Ale - we discussed Budweiser being not flavorful at all, since people didn't want heavy meal-like alcohol, but just something light and refreshing. Jon said that I could be the entertainment (turning red when I drink) since Jeremy didn't have a TV... CHEH!
Dallas tried the triple IPA (just for the occasion), and it was very bitter indeed... he had a CLASSIC screwed-up expression on his face! Tony expanded on his "Nazirite vow" - seems he made a promise to his dad before going to school. His family doesn't look ANYTHING like each other - he and Sonny had a different upbringing since he was here and Sonny was in Hong Kong. Told Jeremy about my grandma's reaction to Jon's homemade cheesecake a couple weeks ago - it was ALL BLACK!? WHAT THE... HAHAHAHA! Talked about allergies, somewhat inappropriate wedding wear or wedding songs or wedding passages, and various interesting things.
"SEXUAL HEALING! Or wait... LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX!" (Ray) "I'll open Tim and Olive's DVD now... wedding songs. Maybe it's a regift! I'm NOT having any Pachelbel Canon in D at any wedding in which I'm involved, since I've played that more times than I care to count! If you get married, Eric, you have to choose something else!" (Jon) "Personally, I don't like the 1 Corinthians 13 passage since it's not about romantic love! It's about CHRISTIAN love, although husband-wife love COULD be included in there..." (Eric) "What about Songs of Solomon as a wedding text?" (me) "I was at a wedding where the couple had something from there as the text... but NOT the passage about the lover's breasts being like something which I don't remember right now! [everyone laughed as they imagined THAT type of wedding!] Harmony has vetoed the TOGA idea for our wedding! Too bad!"
On the way home, we discussed Roberto Luongo's injury, almond butter and milk being rancid, and the decreased value of the pay-per-view package. Missing most of the East Coast games definitely isn't a good thing! Jon thanked me for bringing stuff to help with the paucity of utensils - hey, good thing that I did remember! Just discovered that Eric forgot something here in the afternoon... not a huge deal! Bet T. and Gary K. also added me for the blood games - I don't play those right now!
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