Special thanks to Russ and Deb for a nice birthday celebration a couple
weeks later. Went to get some Mexican and I guess I need to work on my
Espanol. I was trying to tell Deb about wanting to get some Chiplote
and couldn't say it right. Way I say it sounds like Jalopy, meaning old
junk car. Fuck, I couldn't say Beef Casita at Taco Time and when I
finally got the term right, the place closed up and I'm not feeling all
that gung ho to go to Ames for Beef Casita. Debbie couldn't keep a
straight face when I told her, she ordered it beforehand, ya know
Chiplote? (Chi-Pol-lay). The correct way of saying it is
Chipotle.....chi...po te
(From Spanish, "L" is silent)....Okay got
it, silent L. Next time I'm ordering Mole instead. Or just a number 16
dinner plate. :-P
We went out to see Craig Erickson doing a
acoustic set at Mahoney's, first time I've been there in about 20 years
and the female violinist was interesting for about two songs and the
bass player was in a zone of his own and Craig Erickson remains the best
CR guitar player but I prefer him in a electric setting myself. The
drummer was terrible, couldn't do a decent roll and when he tried to stretch out a bit would lose a beat. Sure in my old age and a musician, I
tend to be a bit more critical about our brother drummers but he did
have a nice set of sparkling Z's and A Crashes. But Mahoney's is a very
small and crowded bar and I'm not into small and crowded bars. Hell,
my basement is bigger than Mahoney's. Met some interesting girls up
there, one had a size 32 pair of plastic pants and a size 38 booty.
While I was outside getting some fresh 8 above zero air, some other
chick went by and smiled and said something about something I couldn't
understand. Cold weather must have gotten her speaking in tongues. Nice
girl but sometimes you wonder.
And of course, old Smokey, seems to love me a lot when I go visit my
best friend. He sure loves to pop on my lap and pull his claws out and
make me his very own pin cushion and I can't get rid of him whatsoever,
unless I'm in a leaning position. He poked a hole in my new shirt
tonight and that was the last time he got near me. But then again you
put him down on the ground and he returns ten seconds later. Not all
there for sure but he has mellowed a lot since the move, probably because
he's Alpha Cat. And crazy too but I'm also just as temperamental as
Smokey. And not as forgiving too. It's that Crabb mentality.
And the inability to say Chiplote too.
