My damn back is achy and it's completely the fault of Metro Transit, the bus system in Halifax... at least I'll shovel all blame onto them, though technically they didn't design the seats on the buses, but they bought them and use them. The weekend was quite an adventure for me, tarnished only by the fact that I think I spent a combined 12 hours either riding on or standing in the cold waiting for buses. Yeesh. Thursday night was Lulu, but sortof not... my roommate (for the first time in as long as I've known him) decided to come to the show. His friend Tim was hosting the show while Lulu was away and doing drag for the evening, a flattering mock up of dear Lulu... we were in stitches the whole time. The highlight of the night for me was Travis as he zoomed from one end of the bar to the other echoing the word "merit", a crucial part of the show that had been lackluster all night. I think all the audience appreciated his efforts. I know I nearly fell off my stool. The roomie and I both had to work in the morning so I drove us home in his car... car, I say, I drove an actual car... it's been two weeks today since mine decided to be a wanton harlot and leave my side... pesky car, but I digress... so home we go after bumping into the beautiful Hanna and Matt, who convinced us (I asked, and Hanna playfully shoved a chicken shawarma in my face, teehee) that the roomie needed food from Venus Pizza. We went and as I had experienced before, the counter guy was rude. Le sigh, I actually wanted a slice of pizza, but I can't deal with rude customer service... peskiness, true peskiness... home we go. I checked my email and found a reply to an email I had sent to a special guy, we've had a chance to chat online a few times since then. I've had stars in my eyes all weekend. Whee! I was dreading Friday morning, I knew it would include 3 hours of bussing to northeast Dartmouth and back for a training session... at least it had stopped raining, it rained all bloody week. After the exhausting and uncomfortable ride back I spent the rest of the day tidying my room and doing laundry, which inevitably lead into a shopping trip. So roomie and another friend and I all went on a little outting to Bayer's lake for fun. I wanted a new pair of jeans, but didn't see anything I liked. So I bought a toy instead. It was $4.99 for a Boohbah Zippity Zumbah, the purple thing below...
So my friends thought I was crazy buying it, but it amused me and was cheap. Who doesn't want cheap amusement?!? So we made a trip to Liquor Heaven (the stylish new NSLC store they opened in Bayer's lake) and bought some Heineken and went home to watch some SVU. I gamed into the wee hours of the night and overslept, nearly missing out on a friend visiting for the day. We met up and had dinner at Swiss Chalet, a place I haven't been in eons. Good lord, their ribs are to die for! My dad does the best ribs I've ever had at home on the BBQ, but man o' man, Swiss Chalet is a close second. A little bit of heaven on a plate, dolloped in sauce... mmm, sauce... We shopped all afternoon and then met up with another friend at Second Cup on Spring Garden. What a hoot, the two of them are like a comedy duo. We ended up recruiting two more folks and dancing into the wee hours of the morning at Reflections. I got to bed around 5:30am and slept a bit, then got up and jumped on another bloody bus. Luckily, earlier aforementioned shopping friend was on the bus as planned, so we did a bit more shopping and met up with another friend for brunch. An entirely fun but exhausting weekend, the only sore point to it all being my back. Whatever the bus seat did to me Friday morning it's been sore and achy since. Pesky bus. Of course, hours of dancing, walking around the city and lack of sleep had no effect on my back whatsoever. I should sue Metro Transit!
Good grief that was longer than I anticipated. I haven't written that much in a while. I must have been inspired. :)
