The Tops of the Day

Top Five Moments From My First-Ever Walkhome Double Shift:

5. Badgering my Partner: Poor Adam Say. He never knew what was coming to him. We had a notably silly night together - I was gasping for breath at several points from laughing so hard, and the hours on the street flew by, as they tend to do when we walk together. The assault started when Adam kindly held the door open for me. I returned the favour (as any good partner would), by holding the second door for him, and promptly slamming it on his head (semi-accidental -- I swear, I thought the door had hydrolics). I thought that I was going to have a heart attack from laughing, at this point. On our next walk we were joking around, and I tried to be playful by giving him a push onto the grass -- a push which resulted in me latching his foot in what could only be described as a gorgeous trip, and sending him flying. It took me a good ten minutes to calm down from that one, while Adam repeatedly said to me, "you're a mess. You're a mess. You're a mess".

4. The Longview Rendition
Setting: union street, devant de la PEC
Bri: "let's sing!"
Adam: "I was actually going to say the same thing. I've got Jesus of Suburbia in my head ... the entire thing. Do you want to sing that? ... or you could at least hum along?"
Bri: roughly holding a tune "sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on"
Adam: "I change the channels for an hour or two"
Both: crescendo "twiddle my thumbs just for a bit, I'm sick of all the same old shit - I'm in a house with unlocked doors and I'm f'in lazy!"
Bri and Adam break out into air guitar in a flurry of motion

3. an Instant Connection: Sometimes you meet people who you instantly click with. Rob G used the words "I love you" to me on our first walk, and I emphatically returned the sentiment. Our game of twenty questions quicky moved from "what's your major?" to worst childhood injuries, to religion (a topic which I *rarely* discuss), to relationships, to the meaning of life. We both sat at the end of our shift, and were in awe of the fact that two people could become so close in such a short amount of time. I made a phenomenal friend tonight, which is a point well-worthy of being on this list.

2. The Lover's Table: It's no secret that I'm madly in the lustfull stages of a phenomenal relationship. No secret, 'cause whenever someone asks me how I am, I feel compelled to tell them that I'm the luckiest person on the face of the planet. Well, tonight, I met someone just as happy/giddy/falling madly in love as I am. He goes by the name of Ted B, and we commandeered a table for the exclusive reason of gushing to eachother about how happy we are, how amazing our significant others are, and how gorgeous the world is. In between shrieking like little girls, we also managed to establish that we were/are stupidly lucky for finding someone who likes us the way we are.

1. The Phone Call: Not that I was there to recieve it, but I got a call tonight that put a smile on my face for hours afterwords. I don't know about you, but the idea of my bf calling me at work (for whatever reason) is always going to be fantastic enough to top this list.

Honourable Mentions:

• My and Alex's domestic abuse agreement - he can continue to straight-jacket me with my sweatshirt, lift me over his shoulder and throw me in a garbage can, if I can keep pulling out lines like, "if you want to abuse someone so badly, why don't you get a girlfriend?" This resulted in a full-fledged chase around the JDUC
• getting to witness Steve's legend-ness firsthand: all three of his boys (Alex, KDM and Say) sitting around a table playing euchre, having a rip-roaring discussion about his legendary blind-alone hand.
• being serenaded in the QP by my mile-high singing buddy, Mr. Homouth
• Adam "you don't know what it's like to cry yourself to sleep" Say
• drunk Doug Brown showing up at 2:30 in a clown hat, insisting on escorting Adam and Beth on their walk, even though he lives in the other direction
• the 4 c-r-a-z-y guys playing hackey sack in the JDUC, in shorts so-very-short, they could actually be considered underwear
• free pizza - amazing

Reasons Why This Was the Best Day I've Had in Months:

• I got my new, white walkhome hoodie - and it fits perfectly
• my best friend made me cry in Stauffer Library with the note she sent me
• I had a class this morning that tore apart most of the impressions I had formed on the function and responsibility of theatre
• Jimmy and I hooked up for our usual - sandwiches, stories and business at the QP (transition what!)
• My 2-hour conversation with idol-of-a-professor Jenn. It could only be described as being epic. Having the most brilliant person you've ever met tell you that you were awarded the highest grade they've ever given is gonna make your day. It made mine, and gave me renewed confidence and a clear view of my path in life.
• Seeing Alana -- what a reunion! Specific highlights include several big hugs, some random RARS, one very lucky filing cabinet, holding hands and skipping down University Ave, and a Grant Bishop spotting in the JDUC (for her benefit, not mine)
• A quick-but-amazing phone conversation with Mr.Perfect
• earning the nickname "Pony" after a surprise lap dance with Ashley Preston
• Finding out that Adam, KDM, Beth, Preston and Paul are all on my Thursday night static (can anyone say roadtrip?)
• I nailed my marking to the wall, ripping through an awe-inspiring 10 exams in the span of two hours
• good hair day (hey - it counts, doesn't it?)
• not one, but two emails from an amazing person in my mailbox when I returned home from shift

Does it get any better than this? I'm just expecting my semester to all go downhill from here :P