11:00 -- Awoke. I love sleeping in. I love days off. Realized that, despite
what I said the other day about
Everything Day Logs being a cheap and cheesy way of getting writeups, and prompted by something
Luquid told me the day before,
I might as well try it.
c. 12:30 -- Ventured forth into Charlottetown. Camped out under my favourite tree on Richmond St., on my bankie.
c. 14:00 -- Got bored, decided to take a walk. Bought The Manufacture of Madness by Thomas Szasz. Bought a roast beast sandwich. Saw my friend Alex busking, and decided to smack him in the head with my sandwich. Also met up with starchyk, who keeps telling me that she'll log onto Everything someday. Together, the three of us went back to sit under my favourite tree on Richmond St., on my bankie. Stayed there for a few hours.
c. 15:30 -- Got tired, decided to go back home and take a nap. When I got home, I discovered that my friend Andrea had called me. She wanted help moving out of her apartment and back in with her parents, who live in Cardigan -- about a half-hour drive from Charlottetown, and one of the most beautiful communities on PEI. I said I'd help, but only after I had a nap.
17:05 -- Awoke. I love having naps. Called Andrea, and said, "Prepare for the second coming!" or "I'll be there in a few minutes" or something like that.
c. 17:20 -- Arrived at Andrea's apartment. Helped her load up her stuff. Was kind of relieved that her (by now former) roommate, Judy, who I dated for about three weeks, wasn't there. It wasn't a bad break-up, it's just that it would have been awkward. Andrea still had some stuff to drop off to Judy's new apartment.
c. 17:35 -- On the road to Cardigan. We arrived at around 18:00, and I helped Andrea bring her stuff inside. Her parents weren't home, but there was a half a loaf of banana bread sitting on the counter. As part of my payment for helping her, Andrea gave me a big slice of the bread, about an inch and a half thick.
Let me just take a moment now to describe to you how good that banana bread really was. Now, first of all, I was hungrier than I realized. So I really appreciated it. And I haven't had banana bread since I was a little kid; and Andrea's mom's recipe is apparently the same one my own mother used -- so I had a bit of a regression.
The bread was so incredibly moist, man, I don't know what to say. The "crust" was even moister than the inner bread, too, and sticky and sweet. I thought I would have to change my pants, the bread was so good. I told Andrea to pass a message along to her mother that I wanted to marry her, and to pass a message along to her dad that it was nothing personal, it was just for the bread. I'm sure he'll understand.
Anyway, I guess Andrea thought it was funny to watch me enjoy the bread, because she GAVE ME ANOTHER PIECE! Oh YES!
She also gave me a packet of apple cider mix, and two dollars in dimes. The importance of the dimes I shall explain in a moment.
c. 18:30 -- I arrive back in Charlottetown, full of sweet delicious banana bread, with a packet of apple cider mix and two dollars in dimes. I decide to go to Café Diem to get a cup of hot water, and mixed up the cider. While I was there, I gave the manager, Chloë, $1.70 in dimes. The day before, I had gone to the café and ordered a hot chocolate, and had forgotten my wallet (because I'm a spas), so she had covered me. The dimes were so valuable to be because they meant I could pay Chloë back.
As evening progressed, I met up with starchyk again, and with Alex and his girlfriend Tanya, and with all sorts of my friends. I drank the apple cider (not nearly as good as that ambrotic banana bread, but I enjoyed it nonetheless). I also met up with my friend Rae. I discovered I was having a silly day. Starchyk has to leave, but will meet up with us later. We all decided that we wanted to go to Brennan's lounge to hear the Groove Gurus play -- but first, we needed energy!
c. 22:00 -- We travel to Subway. Rae comes with me, not because she has money, but because I promise her that there's a pop in it for her if she comes along. When we get there, I order a nice, six-inch roast beast sandwich (my second of the day), with none of those encumbering vegetables to get in the way of my delicious meaty experience.
Rae got a root beer, something I had not had in a long time. I enjoyed the root beer almost as much as the banana bread. It was at this point that I realized that my senses were heightened this evening. Rae thought it might be because I was in love, but I told her that, sadly, that was not the case. My own theory was that this was my last day alive, and though I didn't realise it consciously, my subconscious decided I would make the most of my last day on Earth. We both thought that was a silly idea.
c. 22:30 -- We travel to Brennan's. Cover is only $4, a dollar less than I expected. We hang out for a while; the band hasn't started yet. Starchyk is there. Alex shows up. More people were there that I knew than I expected. I see some of my professors hanging out, so I talk to them about what classes are coming up within the next couple of semesters.
Then the band starts.
They're good, they're grooving, but nobody's dancing. I get up for one song to dance with starchyk and Alex, but nobody else seems to be moving. Until the Groove Gurus rocked my world.
I recognised the song from nothing more than the first few base notes. It was "The Groove is In the Heart" by Deee-Lite.
Instantly, everyone was on the dance floor. They played it very well, and the singer's voice was great. The sax player got up and did a little rap, and everybody laughed and danced and had a great time. I busted a move, and had to get it fixed. Oh, what an influence that song has had on our culture.
c. 00:15 -- It was getting late. I had to work the next day at 12:00, so I decided it was time to head home and get some sleep. There was lightening and thunder, but no rain until I was already in my car heading home. Big forks of lightening shot across the sky. It was so cool.
Yes, I thought as I cruised off to sleep, that was definitely a good day off.