Memories.

The beer and the throng of yelling and screaming Aussies last night had gone to my head and I awoke to a day of another night-get-together: this time with the U_Pass production team. I'm not usually late to these things but I was watching 'Malice' on video and lost track of the time and with the decreased service on weekends, didn't arrive at Vertical (on Broadway, closer to Alma) until about an hour late. At least Chris showed up after me. Gord was standing and was about to speak (gee, some things will never change I suppose) and had brought his wide-grinned daughter, Sarah.

Dawn, Tim (Kirsten Molstand's other half), Kirsten, Erin, me, Chris Eaton, Allyson, Steve, Amanda Murdoch, Mark (Amanda's other half) Carole, Sarah and GRL himself - in that order clockwise around the table arrayed.

Talked about everything and nothing as usual. The banter down this end to and fro'ed between Erin and Allyson mostly and Steve and I interjecting, but mostly Steve. They are part of the residence gang - that timeless mob of close friends that shared the residence at university. I felt a bit of an outsider, which is what I was., but that was okay. They are all so easy to talk to and completely at ease with themselves and others around them. Their style is very earthy Canadian and it is warming to be around.

Dawn came over to visit for a while and I passed my camera to her to take some photos. I did want to talk to Dawn but she was cloistered at the other end of the table and it wasn't until GRL and Sarah had left early and the dinner began to wind down that I moved around and sat across from her and Tim and found they they'd both recently been to Russia and much of Eastern Europe. The waitress "Margarita" was apparently known to Dawn as they both had gone to Kitilano Secondary School. She did, as usual, look very familiar. I'll have to write Dawn since she is going up North to Ft. St. James for a few days. I've always thought that she was very nice, and she showed me her ring on her middle finger, a heart with ground , er.. ground some sort of blue semi-precious stone within. Look, it's been a long day.

The bill arrived somewhat muddled and not everyone's bill was accurately divided and once that had been sorted out, Mark drove some of us downtown to Royal on Granville street. It is at the street level of Hostelling Imternational HQ in Van and is a bit like the Roxy.

So much detail for so short a blurb - so, remember Agri-sci, beergardens, naked bullriding, Erin the barbie doll, pointing finger gestures of Chris, Allyson and Erin, Go Fish, and other mindless drivel that is the stuff od weekend friend get togethers.

Debbie does Dallas?