Good times had by Paul, and the chronicles of the missing Daveeda
I know it has been quite a while since my last post (12/6/2003, to be exact) but I just wanted to give an OKS shoutout to the one and only David Gilliaert Werner. Dave I really wish you could have been around this weekend because it was "super happy fun time". Friday night Andrew informs me we're getting dressed up all nice and pretty and heading to the Blues Alley to see Nat King Cole's brother, Freddy Cole's Jazz Quartet. Andrew comes over to my house to pick me up and informs me that I will be driving because there is an "upside down yellow omega with an exclamation mark in the middle" on the console of his mini cooper (still like Jeff's idea for his license plate: "hangn w mr", a tribute to the classic "Hanging with Mister Cooper") After checking the manual, which was in Swahili, we determined that the car had a flat tire so we hopped into the Tacoma and headed over to the humble abode of Kelly, Lindsay, and Trish the Dish. After picking up the girls (literally and metaphorically speaking) we graced the Blues Alley, which was not just a clever name since it was located in a back alley in Georgetown. The Jazz was absolutely phenominal... I have to admit I was kind of skeptical beforehand, however, I was completely blown away by the music. They had a traditional 4 piece jazz band, with Freddy playing piano and singing, a guitarist, bassist, and drummer. They played for approximately an hour and a half, after which we walked down to the waterfront for a few drinks. Of course Andrew and I are reminiscing about all the good ol' times, so we have to Dave call to remind him of this weird nerd at Robinson who we dubbed "Triangle Head Weird Kid Boy". Just don't ask. All evening I was doing my rain dance and praying for a monsoon because my softball team had made the finals in the playoffs but we were missing 4 of our best players for saturday morning. I wake up saturday morning to dry and beautiful weather, feeling slightly less than tip-top shape, if you know what I mean. Kelly accompanied me to both of the games to provide moral support, however, we needed quite a bit more than moral support. I had to play shortstop, which I haven't done in about 8 years, since I normally play third base. Ostrander and the majority of our team hit terrible, so we ended up losing both of our games to put us out of the tournament after a miraculous tuesday when we upset the first place and fourth place teams. After helping Andrew replace his tire with a Krispy Kreme doughnut and a little nappy nap, we all headed out to Chauncy's for a BBQ. I was flabergasted to see the amount of effort that Chauncy put into preparing for the party including making 6,549 deviled eggs, pasta sala, spinach and cheese bread bowl, punch, the list goes on. Ostrander and I successfully demolished all challengers in horseshoes, continuing our ongoing competition in all activities in the game of life. After the BBQ Kelly, Andrew, Lori, Lou, and I went to the Clarendon Grill to continue the festivities. Sunday I introduced Kelly to Aladdin's Eatery in Shirlington, right near Andrew's apartment, where I drank 2 Tropical Storm smoothies, which I have now renamed the Sweet Nectar of the God's. Andrew finally got me out of my slump of not playing guitar by saying he was better than me... I went to Guitar Center, bought a stand for my Ibanez, and one for my Martin, 2 guitar cables, and a bunch of my signature yellow Dunlop turtle picks. Andrew and I rocked out in the basement of doom for about an hour and a half, and holy smokes was I rusty. I think I forgot more than half of the songs we attempted to play, but it started to come back to me towards the end. I'm really glad we jammed because now I'm excited about playing guitar again. I think I boycotted music when I found out Dave was moving to Baltimore and the Samurai had to go on a hiatus. Definitely need to keep playing though because it made me realize how much I miss it and what a big part of my life it has been. Stayed for dinner at the Werners, on my tally I have probably passed the mark of 5,000 dinners with my second family... which rounds out my tab to about $50,000. When I strike it rich I will enjoy doing something incredibly nice for them, which will blow away the answering machine I gave them in the 9th grade. The evening was full of funny stories and memories, not to mention zings and burns on Andrew. I think I was 5-1, Mr. Werner was 2-1, and even Sarah got a few licks on her brother. Dave I wish you could have been there when we were talking about all the TERRIBLE science fair projects you and Andrew did in hikes school. Oh my GOODNESS, I built an entire shopping cart from scratch and you guys bounced objects off the trampoline and measured the trajectory with a yard stick. I was sad to see the night end, it was fantastice hanging out at the Werner household. All around an amazing weekend, the only way it could have been better is if Dave was here to join in on the fun... oh yeah, and to mask my bodgy guitar playing with some vocals and keyboard. Good times had by Paul indeed. I'm out like a trout. o.
Monday, July 26 at 6:20 AM
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