The other day Rachel suggested my next book should be called Advice I gave Rachel that she didn’t take!
Jean retorted Or you can be really charitable and write ‘Continental Influences on the Common Law of Contracts 1600-1800!’
That sounds like great fun! I have a hidden yet sincere love of legal history. David says I missed my calling and should have been an ethnographer, but I find legal principles more interesting than… people.
On his last full day in town Gordon and I lounged around on the boat for hours chatting, then had a drink at the Fort St. George. We tried to meet various people but only managed to transfer our drinking to the Eagle, where we gossiped about esoteric aspects of punk history:
You don’t want to know what I have to say on the subject, but he did! Around the time we bored of the topic Rachel finally caught up with us:
Gordon said my next book should be Robot No More: an Inspiring Tale of Becoming Human which is pretty hilarious, since of course I’m not yet finished with my research on that subject. On the walk over to the Maypole I spotted Iain (the music teacher version) chatting with some buskers and then he spontaneously joined the show:
Over the course of several days I polled everyone I met on the question of what I should do after the wedding in New Jersey: hang out in NYC doing stuff I’m familiar with and seeing friends, or setting off on an unknown adventure?
The only person who voted against adventure was Josh, though I caught him unawares while he was paying for groceries. Greta cast the final vote (strongly in favor of mystery) before I went ahead and bought tickets to a destination that is top secret.
At the Maypole Gordon hazarded the guess I know; you are going on a Watsu retreat!
I admitted ignorance and he said Shiatsu in water! You’ll love it! There will be lots of naked hippies in a hot tub!
Karen interjected And bodily fluids!
Gordon continued and one will say, Hey sister need a backrub? You’ll respond, Why yes, yes I do!
I shuddered and denied that this is my plan just as Rachel absconded with my journal again. Sarah said It’s amazing the liberties she takes with you!
Rachel hollered I’m not afraid! before adding comments to the last week of entries.
Back on the topic of my trip Gordon said I actually think she is going outlet shopping!
Sarah hazarded To the Leggs store to buy panty hose in eggs!
I honestly don’t know which of the two options would be worse.
After we said goodbye Sarah called after me Don’t drink the patchouli!