fun afternoon
I finally got to meet brice626 this afternoon, after missing each other a couple of times because of much bad timing. And he is a real cuteypie.
I was supposed to meet up with him last night, when geminigirl and I were in DC for the Drag Race. But when I called him his phone was out of service (or so my phone said), and when I finally got ahold of him it was late, and we were already back at her place, and he sounded busy. (He said that when I left him voice mail the vibration of the phone actually woke him up, but he was supposed to be studying.) This was after reaching him on Sunday and finding out that he hadn't had time to catch up on his friends page, so he didn't even realize that I was in town. So anyway, we gave it another try today.
I got on the Metro at about 3:20 or so. I thought initially I had timed it poorly, because I had to stand around and wait for ages (it seemed), but actually it was perfect. I got to Dupont Circle right at 4pm.
So of course, since my hair actually looked somewhat presentable (the first time in a while, it's at that weird almost-ponytail length) it was raining, so I had to put my leather head wrap on or run around with a cold, wet head. Once I did that, I called him from Kramer's, a bookstore/restaurant. And it ends up that my timing was really good, because he had just realized that he was in a basement and that the reception on his phone was crappy down there, so he was just going upstairs in anticipation of my call.
He met me about 15 minutes later, and he looked exactly like his picture. (something I can never manage, since for some reason as soon as I take a picture I morph into something that looks completely different, or so I have been told... but then most of my userpics are pretty ancient) I had offered to treat him to lunch, way back in one of the times that I was threatening to come to DC, but because it was mid afternoon and he had already eaten it ended up being cappuccino for him. So he got to watch me eat (I eat at strange times) and we talked. I actually had a couple of yummy drinks (I think it was called a dirty banana) and they didn't put me on the floor, like alcoholic drinks usually do.
It was such a pleasure to talk to this man. He is just so comfortable in his skin, and easy to talk to. We never ran out of stuff to talk about. It seemed like almost no time before he had to run back to school. I hope I get to hang out with him again sometime in the near future.
Actually, I could say that about all the people that I've seen while I have been here: that also includes batmoon, ambyguity, and of course geminigirl, who put me up for the last several days. She's trying to get me to stay yet another day, but I've already told quillon that I will be home tomorrow, and originally I was going home this morning. I've been gone almost a week, and I start to get this antsy feeling when I am away from home for too long. (possibly the topic of another entry sometime) But I know I've got to come back here, hopefully soon.
I was supposed to meet up with him last night, when geminigirl and I were in DC for the Drag Race. But when I called him his phone was out of service (or so my phone said), and when I finally got ahold of him it was late, and we were already back at her place, and he sounded busy. (He said that when I left him voice mail the vibration of the phone actually woke him up, but he was supposed to be studying.) This was after reaching him on Sunday and finding out that he hadn't had time to catch up on his friends page, so he didn't even realize that I was in town. So anyway, we gave it another try today.
I got on the Metro at about 3:20 or so. I thought initially I had timed it poorly, because I had to stand around and wait for ages (it seemed), but actually it was perfect. I got to Dupont Circle right at 4pm.
So of course, since my hair actually looked somewhat presentable (the first time in a while, it's at that weird almost-ponytail length) it was raining, so I had to put my leather head wrap on or run around with a cold, wet head. Once I did that, I called him from Kramer's, a bookstore/restaurant. And it ends up that my timing was really good, because he had just realized that he was in a basement and that the reception on his phone was crappy down there, so he was just going upstairs in anticipation of my call.
He met me about 15 minutes later, and he looked exactly like his picture. (something I can never manage, since for some reason as soon as I take a picture I morph into something that looks completely different, or so I have been told... but then most of my userpics are pretty ancient) I had offered to treat him to lunch, way back in one of the times that I was threatening to come to DC, but because it was mid afternoon and he had already eaten it ended up being cappuccino for him. So he got to watch me eat (I eat at strange times) and we talked. I actually had a couple of yummy drinks (I think it was called a dirty banana) and they didn't put me on the floor, like alcoholic drinks usually do.
It was such a pleasure to talk to this man. He is just so comfortable in his skin, and easy to talk to. We never ran out of stuff to talk about. It seemed like almost no time before he had to run back to school. I hope I get to hang out with him again sometime in the near future.
Actually, I could say that about all the people that I've seen while I have been here: that also includes batmoon, ambyguity, and of course geminigirl, who put me up for the last several days. She's trying to get me to stay yet another day, but I've already told quillon that I will be home tomorrow, and originally I was going home this morning. I've been gone almost a week, and I start to get this antsy feeling when I am away from home for too long. (possibly the topic of another entry sometime) But I know I've got to come back here, hopefully soon.