curse or blessing: who'd have thunk ...

... that nearly 25 years later, i'd be reunited with a college chemE buddy (man-with-hat) under circumstances that were somewhat reminiscent of nearly 25 years ago? curse or blessing?!?!

jeez louise man-with-hat ... when ya coming back to visit the bay area so my "social" life can pick-up (no pun intended) some more?!

two data points ... when man-with-hat is around, perhaps similarities in the whole cause & effect thing doesn't quite pan out 100% in this case, but it's kinda sorta the same. nevertheless ...

december 1985 ... my morning after a bit of a walk-of-shame. (really? i wore that sweater?! shit! i probably had leggings, also.) regardless of being haunted by the vocals of both sides A and B (repeatedly!) of freddie jackson's rock me tonight 1985 album (yes, vinyl on a turntable!!!), i managed to bolt from point a (with some shred of dignity) to point b (with my self-respect regained) - all the while with my head-a-throbbin' from some serious alcohol intake the night before at henry's.

"forgive me man-with-hat for i have ..." ... i put my walk-of-shame, post-freddie-jackson-you-are-my-lady, voices-in-my-head to productive use! i footed it over to meet up with man-with-hat to confess my sins before he was headed eastward. deal is - man-with-hat (along with the other fellow chemE peeps) totally discouraged me from engaging in a potential walk-of-shame with a another fellow chemE peep. oops! my bad. fast forward ...

july 2009 ... no chemE walk-of-shame or serious alcohol intake involved, but i recently did get "validated" (oh yes, indeed i did. indeed.)

needless to say, after nearly 25 years - what was the first of many stories out of my mouth upon seeing man-with-hat ?!?!?! that i had a wee-bit of a drive-of-shame (albeit in an awesome way!) after being validated last wednesday.

got chuck norris?! ... yester eve's dinner gathering was at pizzaiolo OVER HERE, with a fabulous cabernet franc (thanks cal gal pal!), fabu conversation, catching up a little here and there, and trying desperately to piece together the individual bits and pieces of our failing memories.
as a for instance, we each had a piece of this failed memory - in 1984, four chemEs went on date night to watch chuck norris in missing in action. it is believed that the missing chemE from yester eve's dinner table was the instigator of choosing chuck's flick. (yes, i've google stalked the missing chemE in the attempt we may all reconnect.)

but i digress ... at this point, i am certainly tempted to believe that with 2 data points - one in 1985 and the other in 2009, it is only a matter of time that a 3rd data point reveals itself.

(note to self: always "be prepared"
when i find out that man-with-hat is in california.)

blessing!