What is in your cup?

[afa]

Why does that sound sexual...?

[VydorScope]

Originally Posted by afa

Why does that sound sexual...?

Honestly... I dont think I want to know LOL

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by beppe

Ready to go to the beach. I have one of those cooler back pack. To day I have a bag of pieces of peaches, watermelon and cherry tomatoes. A bag of tortilla chips, a bag of little salami sticks, pitted olives, Apericubes (cubes of cheese with trivial pursuits questions), a glass pot filled with Gazpacho, 2 Pelforts (a dark beer from Paris), a half bottle of sparkling water and two bags of apple compote.

All this for you? For one day? I do hope that you plan on swimming some of that off! Otherwise you will need to use only Capital letters for your name!

Iridal. Have fun. Don't think.

Excellent advice! Listen to the man, Iri!


Stitchawl

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Yes, I am Picknicks are fun (and romantic!), you should try it sometime. BTW, we're going to visit a theme park together soon. I think that was one of your suggestions Anh

I couldn't sleep anymore, way too excited. So I had a small toast and I'm now enjoying a latte macchiato. I hope it doesn't rain ...

Picnic? Me?

No thanks. I hate preparing many boxes, bring to the crime scene, then when eating's over I have to pack and take them home and do the washing up?

I'd rather go eat out fastfood craps would do, only if I don't have to wash anything!

But theme park is a good move See, I knew for sure you two would go to amusement park soon... ahem, I mean, the new "you two"...

And love's not good for health. See? You've been in love with this guy for a week or two, and already insomniac

Originally Posted by orlok

I'm going to chance it, and only take summer gear. I love to live dangerously...

Sure, staying in the hotel while it's raining cats and dogs is wayyyy too dangerous

Originally Posted by afa

My cup lies empty.

How can it be full if it's lying? Set it up!

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

All this for you? For one day? I do hope that you plan on swimming some of that off! Otherwise you will need to use only Capital letters for your name!



Excellent advice! Listen to the man, Iri!


Stitchawl

3 of us. Beers are demi. 25cc. Now I am finally home, showered, dressed in white and thinking, thinking ...

[Iridal]

If a brunch ends at 5PM, can you still call it brunch ... It's amazing how fast time goes when we're together. It was great, a couple of splatters of rain but nothing we couldn't handle He brought champagne, lots of different things to eat, some candy. We just talked for (thinking and counting the hours on fingers) 7 hours straight I don't know if I'm really in love yet ... Actually ... if you keep thinking about a guy during the day, can't stop talking about him, just glow when you're around him and can't wait to see him again ... does that mean you're in love? *sigh* But I have a feeling that we're both holding back a bit, and just see where it goes. There definitely was a lot of sitting close together, gazing into each other's eyes, laughing and also some touching (like having our knees touch each other).

In my cup: coke zero decaf

(Actually, when we were sitting on our blanket some weirdo came over and said to us: "and how's love going? It looks like it's going great." So I guess we must have been giving off some love vibes )

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by Iridal

If a brunch ends at 5PM, can you still call it brunch ... It's amazing how fast time goes when we're together. It was great, a couple of splatters of rain but nothing we couldn't handle He brought champagne, lots of different things to eat, some candy. We just talked for (thinking and counting the hours on fingers) 7 hours straight I don't know if I'm really in love yet ... Actually ... if you keep thinking about a guy during the day, can't stop talking about him, just glow when you're around him and can't wait to see him again ... does that mean you're in love? *sigh* But I have a feeling that we're both holding back a bit, and just see where it goes. There definitely was a lot of sitting close together, gazing into each other's eyes, laughing and also some touching (like having our knees touch each other).

In my cup: coke zero decaf

(Actually, when we were sitting on our blanket some weirdo came over and said to us: "and how's love going? It looks like it's going great." So I guess we must have been giving off some love vibes )

Sounds great. Enjoy and don't over think.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Welcome home, Astra! Nice to have your smiling face around here once again. I hope your vacation was every bit as good as could be!

To a T!

This time I failed to adjust to the time difference. However, in every negative there is something positive. It means that by 21.00 I was falling asleep. I would turn off the light by 22.00 the latest. Where was the fun? The fun was every morning.
Wake up at 05.30 - 06.00! At 05.30 it is still dark, by 06.00 when I come to the beach the sun is rising. It is so peaceful. The quite is gently disturbed by a soft breaking of Caribbean sea waves. Nirvana

I had been drinking tons of La Nopalea cactus juice, just like 3 years ago in Riviera Maya 20km to the north from where I stayed this time. In their spa I have found a new, odd, drink - chlorophil.

Lots and lots of sun. Swimming and diving

My wife as usual attracts people (they don't let me read a book and want to chat). Although, this time she was a bit too busy by dividing her time between morning Yoga, aerobics and spa.
The first time in my life I spoke to a gay couple. I have never before met/befriended real gays. My wife, as usual, within three days in an adult pool pointed her finger and said these guys are gays. I dismissed her remark. Two males in a pool probably are just buddies in my opinion. However, she was right. This couple was not a typical gay couple. Atypical in a sense that at home they don't dress any different from straight men, they don't go to gay clubs. Eventually I did notice subtle differences My wife exchanged emails with them, so they might stay in touch and friends. Smart and intelligent guys, well more likely grown up men (in their 40+). I learned from them about New York state was the sixth state in the USA that recognised the same sex marriages. It was a bit of surprise. I thought that in the USA it was across the country for a long time. We spent a lot of time chatting during our second week and went to an Italian restaurant together on our last day.

This time I was not in a mood/condition to travel, so I spent all the time either on the beach or at the pool. It was raining quite a lot - a real fun. A warm rain in the middle of a hot day. I did what I was dreaming to do for many years. When it was pouring I was either in a pool or in the sea Water bellow, water from above
Although, one time it was a bit painful. Actually, it was funny We were in a shade on the beach when it started raining. All people grabbed their stuff and ran for cover. What did Astra do? Precisely. Did the opposite. He went for a swim Did Astra know that the rain drops could be painful? No? He does now.
I thought I am going to submerge into water. Obviously leaving head above. My poor ears. It was painful! I checked a few times whether it was a rain or a hail but it was a mere rain but so powerful! Great experience though I pretended it was a natural aqua massage

I had read 3 great books. Two of them I dissected into quotes (found a good use for note taking feature of my reader).
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon
What a book....one of the best I have read in the decade.

I needed something a bit uplifting, so I read Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the Dog). Satirical and humorous books are not my type and.... I could not stop laughing. Brilliant book.

I was on ebook readers hunt.
The results were a bit better than 3 years ago.
8 kindles. 6 of K3; 1 white, so probably K2 and 1 DX.
Although, none on the plane.

I have discovered a Sony Reader touch screen's Achilles' heel.

Spoiler:

Insects.

One day an ant wanted to see what I was reading. Since we didn't understand each other and he could not ask me, he climbed up my arm and landed on the screen He must have liked the book and I am sure he was a speed reader. I didn't know the pages could turn so fast!


I didn't gain any weight? Although it was all-inclusive! There was a huge variety of food. Fish and meat cooked in front of me were my favourites
We went twice to Argentinian a la carte to eat Argentinian steak Arachero
Countless cocktails and many ice creams


It reminds me that my throat is dry and I got to make a cuppa.
Ah, by the way. I missed tea. After I came home, for the first three days I drunk only black teas, mostly Fortnum and Mason's Assam and blends and a bit of China black. Maybe one or two Sencha.

Only now I am getting back to blue and green teas

[astra]

Originally Posted by Iridal

(Actually, when we were sitting on our blanket some weirdo came over and said to us: "and how's love going? It looks like it's going great." So I guess we must have been giving off some love vibes )

You definitely do. It is being felt even here, transmitted over the fiber and copper. It must be powerful

[VydorScope]

Originally Posted by Iridal

(Actually, when we were sitting on our blanket some weirdo came over and said to us: "and how's love going? It looks like it's going great." So I guess we must have been giving off some love vibes )

Soooo ummmmm... what did you and #2 say in response??

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by VydorScope

Soooo ummmmm... what did you and #2 say in response??

This is turning into a soap Iridal and her love prospects

We didn't really say anything to the guy, he really was a weirdo who kept walking in circles around us. He also said it in French, and we are both Flemish. The exact words were (for those of us who understand French): "ça va, l'amour? Apparemment oui!" So I don't know if he (#2) really understood what he (weirdo) was saying (I did, but I speak French on a daily basis). We just looked at each other, laughed and said: what a weirdo

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Iridal

If a brunch ends at 5PM, can you still call it brunch ... It's amazing how fast time goes when we're together. It was great, a couple of splatters of rain but nothing we couldn't handle He brought champagne, lots of different things to eat, some candy. We just talked for (thinking and counting the hours on fingers) 7 hours straight I don't know if I'm really in love yet ... Actually ... if you keep thinking about a guy during the day, can't stop talking about him, just glow when you're around him and can't wait to see him again ... does that mean you're in love? *sigh* But I have a feeling that we're both holding back a bit, and just see where it goes. There definitely was a lot of sitting close together, gazing into each other's eyes, laughing and also some touching (like having our knees touch each other).

In my cup: coke zero decaf

(Actually, when we were sitting on our blanket some weirdo came over and said to us: "and how's love going? It looks like it's going great." So I guess we must have been giving off some love vibes )

Great story. Now. You know that at this point, the first move should be yours? Of course, after that you have made up your mind that you want to be kissed by him.

[pdurrant]

It sounds like a great day, Iridal.

In my cup: Coke Zero #(lost count).

My stock is replenished. Just over 200 cans stored under my desk, and a few in the fridge on top of the desk. A couple of months supply, or perhaps a little less. Enough to last until the next supermarket offer!

[poohbear_nc]

97 F - my glass is filled with pink fizz [club soda, Campari, crushed ice]

[Stitchawl]

Love is but a song to sing
Fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now

If you hear the song I sing
You will understand (listen!)
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at you command

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4fWN6VvgKQ )

Good morning, everyone! It's a beautiful day that begins with love.
Time for a big mug of Fortum&Mason's "Royal Blend" tea the leftover babbaganoush from yesterday. Sometime I really like leftovers!

Originally Posted by Iridal

If a brunch ends at 5PM, can you still call it brunch ...

No... you call it what it is; Love.

It's amazing how fast time goes when we're together. It was great, a couple of splatters of rain but nothing we couldn't handle

If it had been Noah's 40day/40night flood you would have thought it a minor drizzle...

He brought champagne, lots of different things to eat, some candy. We just talked for (thinking and counting the hours on fingers) 7 hours straight I don't know if I'm really in love yet

You might not know. We know...

... Actually ... if you keep thinking about a guy during the day, can't stop talking about him, just glow when you're around him and can't wait to see him again ... does that mean you're in love? *sigh*

Gee, I wonder... (Would somebody please pinch this woman to wake her up!)

There definitely was a lot of sitting close together, gazing into each other's eyes, laughing and also some touching (like having our knees touch each other).

Cough... cough...

Originally Posted by astra

To a T!

The first time in my life I spoke to a gay couple. I have never before met/befriended real gays.

You have. Right here in MobileRead. There are several gay people here with whom you have had very friendly conversations.

You just didn't realize that they were gay because there really isn't any difference between gay and straight people other than sexual preference. Sure, a few like to cross-dress, but most don't. And a few cross-dressers aren't gay!

Atypical in a sense that at home they don't dress any different from straight men, they don't go to gay clubs.

More typical than not... In my thirties I attended a college that had a female student population that was almost 50% gay. I made a lot of good friends (though I did curse my bad luck from time to time. Lot of times I wished I was a woman!)

Did Astra know that the rain drops could be painful? No? He does now.

As any motorcycle rider. Rain at 60kph is VERY painful!

Ah, by the way. I missed tea. After I came home, for the first three days I drunk only black teas, mostly Fortnum and Mason's Assam and blends and a bit of China black.

Excellent choice!

Originally Posted by pdurrant

In my cup: Coke Zero #(lost count).
My stock is replenished. Just over 200 cans stored under my desk, and a few in the fridge on top of the desk.

... and he says "Sure, I can quite anytime I want. I'm not addicted. I just like the stuff. Really. No, honestly. Anytime I want...

There was a period in my life that I was addicted to Coca Cola. Really addicted. I was pounding 40-50 cokes a day, beginning with breakfast. By 4:30 in the afternoon my head was splitting if I didn't drink another fast enough. I was running a high security protection detail at a newspaper strike location and all the caffeine and sugar was keeping me really pumped up. Fortunately for me it was an easy addiction to break... Just don't drink the first one for breakfast.

And now time for just one more mug of "Royal Blend" before I go off to today's chores!


Stitchawl