2193Me & J-Law

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May 10, 2004

 

 

Me to J:

Hey, sweets!

How was your weekend? How's Pepper feeling?

I had a great weekend. Saturday I found a sports bra
that works & fits & EVERYTHING! It's by a company
called "Maia". Love it! AND it was $11 cheaper than
the horrible Enell. Most triumphant. They only had one
in my size, or I would have bought more. Now that I
know what to order, I can do it online.

Saturday evening, we rode a train up to Burnet, TX,
and then watched an old Buster Keaton silent film in a
big field, accompanied by live music by Guy Forsyth
(formerly of the Asylum St. Spankers, now a solo act).
Met up with an old friend from the Bookstop Days on
the train :) That was cool. She and her friend Joey
are going to Vegas in 2 weeks. They're going to have
such a blast. The movie was great, the train ride to
Austin & Back was fun. Sweetie *loved* it. We didn't get
home 'til after midnight, but it was totally worth it.

Sunday, I went out to the lake with a couple from the
poly group. The water was cold, but very nice once you
got in & got used to it. The water was clean-looking,
the weather was gorgeous & I managed NOT to get
sunburned. I was happy. We left after about 3 hours
because there was a rainstorm approaching. That was
neat to watch--all the clouds rolling in over the
hills. It sprinkled on us on the way home, and we saw
a giant rainbow. It was a wonderful Sunday. I think I
managed to actually get some exercise in the water,
too.
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--- J-Law . wrote:
Wow!

Sounds like you had an absolutely wonderful
weekend. Very glad to hear it! Pepper is doing fine....
loathes the conehead, but what can you do?

Mine was good. Had a brilliant evening with the
girls on Friday, which involved lots of
delicious/bad for us food, five bottles of wine,
and a nightcap/dessert at one of the spendiest
restaurants in town (Jardiniere). I virtuously
skipped the sweets and had a nip of the malt
instead.

I am really loving the idea of having a nightcap
and dessert at spendy restaurants.... that way, you
get the experience of going there, without having to
fork out wodges of money for an actual meal.

Saturday was the date with Shane, which was....
just perfect. We had dinner at Original Joe's, a very
old school, charismatically seedy SF landmark in
the Tenderloin, and then went to the play. The play
was excellent. Very very good. Shane liked it, which
was nice, because I picked it and he's never read
DeLillo. Now, he is fairly dying to get his hands
on one of his books. I think I am going to loan him
my copy of White Noise.

So, I am pretty sure we will get together again.
We talked about going to the Legion of Honor at some
point (it has the largest collection of Rodin
sculptures outside of Paris), and then, I got the
brilliant idea to bring a picnic to have in
Lincoln Park either before or after the museum. Said
picnic to include my last bottle of Lateral, which I know
Shane would like.

We didn't kiss or anything, but we did end the
evening with a nice hug, and there was lots of
that casual touching, like, you touch someone's arm to
emphasize something you're saying, etc.

Sunday was Mother's Day, which was good. Mom liked
her prezzies, and we took her out to dinner...

And then I came home and crashed.

In other news, I am supposedly (and finally)
having dinner this week with my friend Michael, and
his friend Paul, with a view toward fixing
up me and Paul. So, we'll see.

Also, lunch with the delectable Andy tomorrow,
and..... lunch with JASON TRUESDELL next week.

He sent me one of those Orkut 'be my friend
emails,' and I wrote back. Turns out, he is going to be in
SF on business next week and suggested that we have
lunch. Should be interesting....

XOXOXO!

J-Law
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E wrote:
So, I take it Shane dropped a bit of the MENSA act &
was more human & approachable? I *love* your picnic
idea, BTW! That sounds gorgeous. We used to do that
in HS, go to the McNay and then have picnic & sketching
on the grounds. I should try and remember more of
what I used to do for fun when I was a poor highschool
kid--making your own fun is always a good thing to
know how to do.

I hope you have a great date with your friend's
friend--that's always such a risk for the friend who
introduces two friends..if it turns out great, fine,
but if not, there's all this fallout. Bravo for
Michael!

Jason Truesdell friended me on Orkut, too. It was
interesting to read what he's up to these days on
his profile. Very cool-sounding job, and it actually
relates to his studies & his personal interests.
Must be nice!

Mom was so cute when I called her on Sunday--she is
*so* happy that Uncle Bubba is pulling his head out
of his ass and agreeing to meet [brother A]'s fiancee (he is
going to "Yummy's" 2nd b-day party on the 15th, some
kind of pizza & games place) and happy that Uncle
Bubba has called her & is coming to visit. He's been
on Zanax or Zoloft or something, and apparently he's
not an ass anymore. I'm glad. Mom also called
"Yummy" her "little granddaughter"...so I guess she's still
happy about [brother A] getting married & having 3 little
stepdaughters. If only to keep mom happy, I'm going
to do my best to be at peace with Uncle Bubba & The Rubber Pig.

OH, also, it seems that The Rubber Pig & [brother A] are now planning
on doing the Justice of the Peace marriage, rather
than having a religious ceremony. No idea if they're
planning on having a reception, or wanting Mom,
G/stepdad, [sister H], & other family there for the JP thing.
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--- J-Law  wrote:
Well - I think in retrospect, the MENSA thing was
more about me feeling intimidated than anything
Shane did/said.... I mean, he is definitely smart
and has a good grasp of all sorts of things (notably
current events, about which I am notoriously
uninformed), but there's more to him than that.
He's so laid back, I can't imagine him getting all
weird, twitchy/Oxford Debating Society/pretentious
about anything.

Also, I know plenty of stuff that he doesn't, so
it's not like he is Mr. Brilliant and I am just his
audience/along for the ride. We sort of... exchange
information, if that makes sense. Like we're both
learning/teaching. It's cool.

I got an email from him (Tom, too) this morning. I
could seriously get used to this Man Who
Communicates thing. :)

Paul and I have met, if briefly, so I think the main
issue with the friend fixup (i.e., they hate each
other on sight) is moot.... as for the rest of
it.... we're all sufficiently sophisticated to
handle this like grownups, so I am not too worried
about it. And, while I like Michael quite a bit, I
don't like him so much that, if this all blows up in
our faces, I will feel bad about it.

Jason's work sounds cool to me, too. So very "him."
:) Lucky guy.

Your mom is cute! I can't believe they call that
kid "Yummy," though.

Good for you on the peace making/keeping front.
It's not easy to do... but in this sitch, probably
best for all concerned.
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Me:

*laff* I'm so glad the Mensa thing came from you
rather than him...hanging out with really smart people
is a workout that you don't get much of after college.
It's scary to think of working your brain that hard,
but also really exhilirating to spend time with smart
people who stretch your horizons & challenge your
brain a little. As long as they aren't assy about it,
or treating you like a moron because you don't know
what they know. Sounds like Shane is smart in a 'real'
way not a 'my dick is small' way. :)

It's definitely nice to have a guy (or guys) in your
life who communicate. *envy* Sweetie isn't as bad as some,
but he's not 100% great about it, either.

I hope you have a nice time with Paul :)

I feel good about my family sitch. As long as it's not
hurting me to be nice & spend time, why should I be a
jerk about it? Not that I'm going to go all out of my
way to spend time listening to The Rubber Pig blab, or go
fishing with Uncle Bubba, but when we're together, I'm
going to do my best to be pleasant & help everyone
enjoy the time together.

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