Enough About Floppies.
Coming back to Peterborough after all that time at home was really hard. To make things easier for me my mom packed me four roast beef sandwiches. They were pretty much consumed over the next couple of days. I had an exam coming up but found myself unable to boggle down and study for it. I went online to chat with some people and Kalyn was online so we talked to see if we could think of something to do.
We finally made plans to meet up for a drink or what not, and so we decide to go to the Old Stone Brewery at around 20:00 hours. I have some time to kill before then so after I get ready to go I sit downstairs watching Cedric and Scott play some N64. They start getting excited when one person starts to win, and frustrated when someone else counters. My cell phone alarms and so I get along my way to meet her downtown. The sun is starting to fade away leaving some sort of light for the streets. A cold breeze picks up, but I am protected mostly by my sweater. I dart across the busy street despite the warning stopping hand flashing at me. When I arrive at the Old Stone she's not there so I go inside the main hallway for a bit to wait. There is a narrow hallway that leads to both the Old Stone and Hot Belly Mamas. When you reach the end of the hall it tells you to go either "This way" or "That way" and of course "This way" leads to the Old Stone. On the far way adjacent to Hot Belly Mamas is a bulletin board, one of thousands in Peterborough. I look around to see if there are any interesting bands coming to play. I look over and Kalyn arrived so I open the door and we go inside.
We sit in the corner sharing the naugahyde and wood bench that hugged the wall in an “L” shape. Having small talk conversation and having some laughs. I keep looking at the waitress walking briskly back and forth in hopes of getting noticed so that she can take our orders. Finally our eyes meet. She walks over. “Have you two been looked after?”
“No, not yet.” I replied.
“What can I get for you to drink?”
“What do you have on draft?”
She whips out a drink menu and hands it to me in timely fashion and then draws her attention to my partner in crime.
“Pineapple juice.” She said.
I look through their list of home made brews (non-gaming reference this time) and ordered their stout.
We continue our conversation. “So what are you getting?” Kalyn asked me.
“Looks like fish and chips for me.” I said.
“Good call.”
“Yeah can’t go wrong with that, I love seafood. What are you getting?”
“I think I’ll just get an appetizer.”
When the waitress returned I ordered my fish and chips and Kalyn ordered salad. She leaves behind my dark stout which tastes excellent, and gives Kalyn a glass of ice with a pineapple juice can beside it, small white straw in the glass. “Hey I never knew what they used before.” She said inspecting the can.
“You’re a big fan of the pineapple juice here eh?”
“Yeah, but they never usually brought out the can like this.”
“Looks like they lost a customer.”
“Naw, I’ll still come here. Only now I know what to go when I’m at home.
“Fair enough; Cheers.”
Within ten minutes she arrived with our food which shocked both of us. Usually they are at least 25 minutes on a slow night. Her salad is loaded. “That’s a big salad.” I said.
“Yeah I’m quite surprised.”
“I should have got that instead, looks filling.”
We laughed. As we’re eating and talking this group of people started to accumulate beside our table. All of them seem to be focused on a table beside us, and they are starting to make a lot of noise. They were all in their middle age. Kalyn and I could barely hear each other, and we were sort of darting our eyes back and forth from each other to the group of people. Finally the annoyance left after a few minutes though, was a really odd occurrence.
We get our bill after finishing our dinner and drink and went to pay for it at the bar. Kalyn sneaked in and told her to put my drink on her bill. Sneaky. When we leave the bar I nudge her with my shoulder very lightly. “You bum! Thanks.”
“No problem!” She responds.
“I’ll walk you home.”
This time the walk was less eventful and no drunkards yelling at us while cranking up house music. The wind is really chilly though so we both huddle in our jackets.
When we get into her place she invites me to watch a movie with her, and we decide on Just Friends, even though she’s seen it. It was a really hilarious movie. It was a big ordeal for the set up though, moving tables here, stuff there. But it was fun. “Well I better get going, exam coming up, gotta study for it.”
“Alright. Oh, here are your disks.” She says and hands me a handful of 3.5 inch floppy disks.
“Sweet, nice colour floppies! I can pretend I am in the movie Hackers with this yellow one.”
She doesn’t get the reference.
“Never mind; But thanks for these, I’ll send you what’s on them before I format um.”
“Oh ok, thanks, probably nothing I need though.”
We said our goodnights and I ventured home. I studied for a little bit before falling asleep. I’ll study more in the morning before the exam.
We finally made plans to meet up for a drink or what not, and so we decide to go to the Old Stone Brewery at around 20:00 hours. I have some time to kill before then so after I get ready to go I sit downstairs watching Cedric and Scott play some N64. They start getting excited when one person starts to win, and frustrated when someone else counters. My cell phone alarms and so I get along my way to meet her downtown. The sun is starting to fade away leaving some sort of light for the streets. A cold breeze picks up, but I am protected mostly by my sweater. I dart across the busy street despite the warning stopping hand flashing at me. When I arrive at the Old Stone she's not there so I go inside the main hallway for a bit to wait. There is a narrow hallway that leads to both the Old Stone and Hot Belly Mamas. When you reach the end of the hall it tells you to go either "This way" or "That way" and of course "This way" leads to the Old Stone. On the far way adjacent to Hot Belly Mamas is a bulletin board, one of thousands in Peterborough. I look around to see if there are any interesting bands coming to play. I look over and Kalyn arrived so I open the door and we go inside.
We sit in the corner sharing the naugahyde and wood bench that hugged the wall in an “L” shape. Having small talk conversation and having some laughs. I keep looking at the waitress walking briskly back and forth in hopes of getting noticed so that she can take our orders. Finally our eyes meet. She walks over. “Have you two been looked after?”
“No, not yet.” I replied.
“What can I get for you to drink?”
“What do you have on draft?”
She whips out a drink menu and hands it to me in timely fashion and then draws her attention to my partner in crime.
“Pineapple juice.” She said.
I look through their list of home made brews (non-gaming reference this time) and ordered their stout.
We continue our conversation. “So what are you getting?” Kalyn asked me.
“Looks like fish and chips for me.” I said.
“Good call.”
“Yeah can’t go wrong with that, I love seafood. What are you getting?”
“I think I’ll just get an appetizer.”
When the waitress returned I ordered my fish and chips and Kalyn ordered salad. She leaves behind my dark stout which tastes excellent, and gives Kalyn a glass of ice with a pineapple juice can beside it, small white straw in the glass. “Hey I never knew what they used before.” She said inspecting the can.
“You’re a big fan of the pineapple juice here eh?”
“Yeah, but they never usually brought out the can like this.”
“Looks like they lost a customer.”
“Naw, I’ll still come here. Only now I know what to go when I’m at home.
“Fair enough; Cheers.”
Within ten minutes she arrived with our food which shocked both of us. Usually they are at least 25 minutes on a slow night. Her salad is loaded. “That’s a big salad.” I said.
“Yeah I’m quite surprised.”
“I should have got that instead, looks filling.”
We laughed. As we’re eating and talking this group of people started to accumulate beside our table. All of them seem to be focused on a table beside us, and they are starting to make a lot of noise. They were all in their middle age. Kalyn and I could barely hear each other, and we were sort of darting our eyes back and forth from each other to the group of people. Finally the annoyance left after a few minutes though, was a really odd occurrence.
We get our bill after finishing our dinner and drink and went to pay for it at the bar. Kalyn sneaked in and told her to put my drink on her bill. Sneaky. When we leave the bar I nudge her with my shoulder very lightly. “You bum! Thanks.”
“No problem!” She responds.
“I’ll walk you home.”
This time the walk was less eventful and no drunkards yelling at us while cranking up house music. The wind is really chilly though so we both huddle in our jackets.
When we get into her place she invites me to watch a movie with her, and we decide on Just Friends, even though she’s seen it. It was a really hilarious movie. It was a big ordeal for the set up though, moving tables here, stuff there. But it was fun. “Well I better get going, exam coming up, gotta study for it.”
“Alright. Oh, here are your disks.” She says and hands me a handful of 3.5 inch floppy disks.
“Sweet, nice colour floppies! I can pretend I am in the movie Hackers with this yellow one.”
She doesn’t get the reference.
“Never mind; But thanks for these, I’ll send you what’s on them before I format um.”
“Oh ok, thanks, probably nothing I need though.”
We said our goodnights and I ventured home. I studied for a little bit before falling asleep. I’ll study more in the morning before the exam.
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