Speaking of friends

[cjsmith]

Anybody heard anything from psi_star_psi and aelfie? He took time out of his frantic pre-paternity-leave work day to give me that adjustable bed table; her twins are due any freakin' second if they haven't already arrived. joedecker, allanh, any news?

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Re: Plate o' Shrimp

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Someone recently asked me about him, oddly enough, and I had to admit I had no idea whether he was still alive. That was maybe a day or two before his phone call.

He hasn't changed one iota. It's amazing. (I prolly haven't either, but let's not mention that bit, eh?)

Re: Plate o' Shrimp

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I'm missing the humor in your comment? "Someone" was me.

I'm not surprised that he's same as he ever was. He has always struck me as, hmmm, stable might not be the word I'm looking for, maybe "fixed". (Though that might have other connotations for cat people.) Had I more time in the near future, I'd be interested to see him and hear how he's doing. I'll have to make do with second-hand info I expect. Do let me know what you end up at liberty to reveal.

Rick Heaton, International Man of Mystery. That sounds really rather plausible, actually.

Re: Plate o' Shrimp

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I should've said "someone else asked me". That conversation went a lot like the one between you and me. That could have been a clue, of course. When I get asked multiple times in only a few days, that's foreshadowing and he's bound to show up.

I suspect he's pretty much exactly the person he wants to be, so why mess with it? I'm guessing, of course.

I'm sure he'd be interested in doing lunch some time -- all depends what your schedule looks like. He's been flying a light sport aircraft for training and demos, bopping around the country. He got a gig at a high-tech company doing UNIX sysadmin stuff on short notice, and since they were willing to pay him a bucket of money, he took it. He still has the trailer at the hang-gliding place in Florida (someone at that airport is feeding Isis and Callie). His hair is shorter. :)

Re: Plate o' Shrimp

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

"By the pricking of my thumbs..."

No, no, no. Contrary to "mainstream" theory, surreal is not equivalent to wicked. (Or is that the thesis of the musical?) Which is the whole point of my and Jen's circle of friends. I will definitely have to see how my schedule works out. I had lunch with husband-o-Blackberry-user today, so it fits my sense of humor if I can manage lunch with him and Rick in the same week.

Re: Plate o' Shrimp

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

"By the pricking of my thumbs..."

No, no, no. Contrary to "mainstream" theory, surreal is not equivalent to wicked. (Or is that the thesis of the musical?) Which is the whole point of my and Jen's circle of friends.

OK, this entire portion of the message is lost on me. No clue what you're actually saying here. (Dense today, sorry...)

I will definitely have to see how my schedule works out. I had lunch with husband-o-Blackberry-user today, so it fits my sense of humor if I can manage lunch with him and Rick in the same week.

*chuckle* :-) His cell phone number is still the same, so if you have that it'll work.

Re: Plate o' Shrimp

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

No, you're not being dense at all. Sorry. I drift into total obscurity on occasions. ("What, only occasions?" I can already hear Jen saying.) My only excuse is that I come with a warning label (see picture).

I started out referring to your comment about foreshadowing. The full line is "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." - Macbeth, some guy

Then I was denying that wicked applied to Rick, who is "merely" surreal. Too many people amongst the Vast North American Mouth-Breathing Public don't seem to be able to tell the difference. (Then I referred to the musical Wicked, since it is topical.) And I wrapped up with a declaration that all of Jen and my's friends are plenty surreal, since that's the way we like them.

Of course, most of that semantic content is totally missing from my original phrasing. I think I'm too clever by several halves sometimes, but Dennis Miller I ain't.

Re: Plate o' Shrimp

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Ah! Yes indeed, Rick is unusual, and a group of friends who are plenty surreal is a joy and a blessing. I don't think I'd really enjoy a group of friends who were too alike! Surreal is good.