r|break: yes, i'm still on ...

... IT!!! (pho queen - aka fbook oracle - knows what that means). and perhaps it is worth it, esp. reconnecting with college friends after 20+ years and watching an e-mail exchange of an "insider" kind of thing like this ...

posted on my fbook wall ... shirlsd *hearts* the crazy coincidence of running into (K) this eve at jupiter in berkeley!

M: i'd love to get in touch with him again. it's been 20 years and he was a blast. remember when he got drunk and jumped into (B's) apartment complex pool?

K: just for the record - i was not drunk when i jumped into the pool but was performing an experiment on the effects of sudden temperature change on the body metabolism for a bio-engineering class that I was considering taking.

X: oh - then i presume that parts 2, 3 and 4 of that experiment you were "performing" were ...

part 2 - to determine the absorption rate of water for the (... uh-hem...) organic cotton, lightweight and light-colored shorts you were wearing for the environmental science/home ec sewing class you were also considering ...

part 3 - to see which person(s) would jump in to get you as part of your on-going sociology experiment called "i'm performing an experiment but want to see if you think i'm just drunk" scenario (... 'cuz i think there were other experiments you performed for this scenario) ...

and finally

part 4 - to see what short- and long-term effects (trauma?) your experiment would have on others who witnessed the event (now more than 20 years ago) as part of a twisted psychological experiment - because you've planned masterfully for a 2nd mid-life career to become some sort of therapist - banking on the fact that several people at that party (more than 20 years ago!!!) have residual psychological trauma and were in some form or fashion affected and would seek your professional guidance.

that's right - you weren't drunk. silly M. silly X. and silly - edwin. (was he the one that got you outta the pool and interrupted your bioengineering class experiment? oh wait! that was at the beach.)

in all seriousness - K - y'know X totally **hearts** you. (now pay up for the therapy bills X endured!)

yup ... i was there that cool bay area evening, also witnessing what likely was "shrinkage" upon K jumping into the pool. thank goodness i was 3 flights up and am near-sighted. (oh - but the memory haunts AND amuses me all these years!)

yes ... this kind of exchange (IMO) is worth revisiting
moments that ruin any chance of a successful, long political career ...
and make the fbook experience a bit nifty!