I had a fun filled Friday night. It was something that I didn't expect to enjoy, but in the end i was totally happy with the events of Friday evening. I know it's late monday night, but hey, cut me some slack here!

One of my friends is a mega madonna fan, and i have to admit that he is a bigger madonna fan than i am of DMB. Yes, that much! He invited me out to a "come celebrate 14 years of Madonna" party at the Tequila Lounge.

I haven't been out to a club since late August, so I thought "why not...". I have been feeling the urge to dance for some time now, so why not take this opportunity to have a little fun. So I dragged one of my friends out to come out with me, and he called a few as well, and sound the group of us went out for an all night Madonna dance party!

It was totally packed. Tequilia Lounge has recently renovated (thank goodness) the joint, so it was looking much more crisp and cleaner than before. We arrived there at around 11:30, paying a hefty $12 cover and $2 coat check - ouch. The place soon became totally packed and everyone was getting right into the music.

One thing that I was happy about was the high turnout of women. It was great to see a better balance of the sexes, rather than one small space crammed with circuit boys and sugar daddys. Most of us ran into someone we knew there (thanks to the 2 degrees of separation of the community) and in fact one of the ppl that i found had gone to high school with one of the ppl in the group that i came to the club with! wow, small world eh?

Dancing to madonna remixes turned out to be really fun. I forgot how many songs Madonna has, and how much fun they can be to dance to! One of my friends ran into a very cute and squeezable co-worker on the dancefloor too. For all this time I had pictured someone else when he was describing him at work! Now i have a much clearer and pleasant image to think about. If my friend is reading this right now, i bet he's dropping his lunch in disgust as we speak. Heheheh!

Anyway, I also met up with my big madonna friend, his bf and 2 of his other friends. It was fun to see more friendly familiar faces, and I had the opportunity to speak with one of his friends for a good chunk of the night. Although it was hard to have a decent conversation in such a loud environment, we pulled off a decent job :). He is actually one of the guys that i am interested in (see below), and a great opportunity to talk to him a bit more and get to know him better. So far things look quite positive.. one thing that i really fell for is that he is a struggling composer, just like one of my friends who composed breathtaking pieces and experimental works while studying at Laurier.. you know, one of those times when as you experience her works, you think "my gosh, i'm the same age. What have i to show for it? DANG!" kind of things. It has been hard since he didn't have the same university level training as my friend did (he took business like me), but his life before then consisted of piano, more piano, vocal and clairnet. Boy, I think everyone used to play clarinet these days! we're a dyme a dozen!

He's like me in the fact that he does have passions for music, but needs some stable business job income to finance it. But from the looks of it, he's doing well b/c he's currently composing for a TSO competition as well as co-composing something for the Royal Alex in the future. I hope he stays on it, b/c it's easy to get lost in your day job.. i'll just make sure he gets reminded if he loses track! Or at least ask him for some vocal lessons :). That reminds me, i still need to push my Laurier friend for tips on protools! heh.

So far he seems really nice, but i have yet to talk to him enough to see what's beneath it all, what lurks under the usual things we've talked about (school, friends, work, music).. what insecurites and outlooks on life lies underneath? What value does he place on trust, friendship and commitment? Who knows, and frankly, that will come when it comes, and until then, i'm just going to talk to him more and see where it takes me.

The rest of the weekend was also very fun, seeing that I went straight from the club to a friends house in Scarberia. I spent the weekend there and didn't come home until sunday at 8 p.m. Good times!! Except that i think i am getting sucked back into the video game industry. Just when i thought i "grew" out of that. But then I was baked and told to try out this game called "Mystic Heroes"... and the rest is history.

Now back to the grind of everday life...!

Take care,

RE

"eat drink and be merry"