To new adventures... c'est bon
Salut from week four. Having managed to keep my drinking to a minimum last night, I'm feeling fairly chipper today, but still had a rotten time getting out of bed... my rez bed had never felt so comfortable. It brought back memories of my lovely soft mattress during my first year at McGill, and I was slightly saddened to find myself in Vancouver, at UBC and running 10 minutes late.
Speaking of running, my lazy weekend turned into a sleep-deprived mess as I returned to residence Saturday evening and found myself with an hour to get out the door. Sure I could have said no, but that would have meant a less fun evening. So out I went, to rendezvous with Ju and her boyfriend for drinks, followed by a quick traipse downtown to my recently discovered 'favourite'. Traipse traipse traipse. A pitcher and some indiscriminate flirting later (must learn to keep my tongue in my mouth, so to speak) we were accosted by a couple of interesting men who proceeded to occupy our attentions until we were ready to leave. As their friends came and went, I gazed forlornly at the rest of the bar, cut off from any potential new friends.
As the time wound around to leave, I wandered back to the scary bathrooms one more time (how I love those bathrooms, they remind me of the old scary bathrooms at the back of the Bifteck, before renovations made them smell like paint). Along my way, I noticed a fairly cute boy (now I use that word loosely, because I may have had some subtle beer goggles going on) with some nice piercings in his ear. Nice piercings, I thought. So while in the can I decided to go and say hello. But of course, knowing me, as you do, I couldn't just say hello. That would be too normal. So I walk up and touch his ear, tilting my head to see how his differed from mine (they are very close), and naturally he started, turned, who wouldn't be surprised to suddenly find a (cute) girl touching his face? And so, and so, we chatted and he extended his hand, introduced and came around to telling me (I'm still not sure what motivated this) that his band was playing next week somewhere and maybe I would come. Now I'm a skeptic, but I'm also up for adventures. Sure he could have just wanted to promote, but maybe he thought that I was kinda cute? Maybe he liked my ears? "I'll see you Wednesday," and he scoffed, disbelieving.
Made my way back to my companion, stuck (but seemed happy enough) between our companions of the evening. So I tapped her and motioned that I was ready to leave. As she led me through traffic, I looked up to find my new friend in my path. He had moved across the bar. And he hugged me. So that clinched it, if my eyes didn't deceive me and his music is good, I could have a crush on this boy. So this Wednesday I am off for an adventure! Sweet. I love adventures.
The rest of my weekend? Slept late yesterday and mosied downtown with Petey for a litte browse and errand-running. Got slightly drunk off Japanese beer over an early dinner and came back to drink a few more, have a 90s dance party and do crosswords. It was a nice low-key Sunday and I tumbled into bed in good time, but not before calling Katie to recount the tale of Saturday and invite her along: if adventures are fun, group adventures are supreme.
Speaking of running, my lazy weekend turned into a sleep-deprived mess as I returned to residence Saturday evening and found myself with an hour to get out the door. Sure I could have said no, but that would have meant a less fun evening. So out I went, to rendezvous with Ju and her boyfriend for drinks, followed by a quick traipse downtown to my recently discovered 'favourite'. Traipse traipse traipse. A pitcher and some indiscriminate flirting later (must learn to keep my tongue in my mouth, so to speak) we were accosted by a couple of interesting men who proceeded to occupy our attentions until we were ready to leave. As their friends came and went, I gazed forlornly at the rest of the bar, cut off from any potential new friends.
As the time wound around to leave, I wandered back to the scary bathrooms one more time (how I love those bathrooms, they remind me of the old scary bathrooms at the back of the Bifteck, before renovations made them smell like paint). Along my way, I noticed a fairly cute boy (now I use that word loosely, because I may have had some subtle beer goggles going on) with some nice piercings in his ear. Nice piercings, I thought. So while in the can I decided to go and say hello. But of course, knowing me, as you do, I couldn't just say hello. That would be too normal. So I walk up and touch his ear, tilting my head to see how his differed from mine (they are very close), and naturally he started, turned, who wouldn't be surprised to suddenly find a (cute) girl touching his face? And so, and so, we chatted and he extended his hand, introduced and came around to telling me (I'm still not sure what motivated this) that his band was playing next week somewhere and maybe I would come. Now I'm a skeptic, but I'm also up for adventures. Sure he could have just wanted to promote, but maybe he thought that I was kinda cute? Maybe he liked my ears? "I'll see you Wednesday," and he scoffed, disbelieving.
Made my way back to my companion, stuck (but seemed happy enough) between our companions of the evening. So I tapped her and motioned that I was ready to leave. As she led me through traffic, I looked up to find my new friend in my path. He had moved across the bar. And he hugged me. So that clinched it, if my eyes didn't deceive me and his music is good, I could have a crush on this boy. So this Wednesday I am off for an adventure! Sweet. I love adventures.
The rest of my weekend? Slept late yesterday and mosied downtown with Petey for a litte browse and errand-running. Got slightly drunk off Japanese beer over an early dinner and came back to drink a few more, have a 90s dance party and do crosswords. It was a nice low-key Sunday and I tumbled into bed in good time, but not before calling Katie to recount the tale of Saturday and invite her along: if adventures are fun, group adventures are supreme.
posted by Care @ 6:10 p.m.
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