oregon part II

where was i? oh yes, waking up in arwen's/my bed in vancouver . . . sweet.
i know we slept late cause that's what we do best. i know we went downtown and eventually ended up at world market and urban outfitters cause that's also what we do best, but i don't remember if that happened this day or the day before. alls i know is that when i am with r1, i am a happy girl no matter what we do. i do know for sure that we took some awesome pictures and that one of them included miss a with her love jim from the office.
oh and also that we watched a movie with him and mandy moore in it . . . and that robin williams was the most annoying i have EVER seen him in this movie . . . but jim/jon was super cute as always.
so . . .
our good friend jake was having an egg nog centered house party for the holidays that night . . . also to celebrate the fact that our good friend (and recently engaged i might add) chad had come in to town that day . . . after a few glasses of egg nog (not for me, i hate the stuff), the group posed for the traditional picture:

i can't help but notice two things:1) it is a frighteningly similar picture from last year's party (and that dave is in almost the exact same place in both pictures!)

and 2) there are some very important people a) missing from the shot and b) added to the shot who weren't there before.
and all of them have a special place in my heart.

(esp these three)so, after the photo op, we headed down to jake's basement room to make some music.

we all got pretty sleepy with bellies full of egg nog and hearts full of love . . . eventually we said goodnight

the next morning, jon's mom was in town with a client of hers and so we (jon, sara, peter, deborah and i) decided to meet up with her for brunch on hawthorne at the cup and saucer cafe . . . a staple in the life of any true portlander. we willingly braved the long waiting line, i awkwardly said hello to an old boss of mine who happenend to be there as well and then we dug in to the extraordinairily good food.
i had biscuits with vegetarian gravy (and a cup of stumptown coffee).
did i mention that we have not found a decent restaraunt here in providence that serves biscuits and gravy???? its like no one has heard of this super yummy super awesome carb-filled breakfast . . .
anyway, i hung out with miss deborah on hawthorne that day and then met up with my good friend sonja at the bipartisan cafe . . . after which i went to see THE PORTERS for a bit (where they shared with me some super yummy potatoes for dinner. did i mention that the porters are one of my favorite families in the entire universe? well, if i didn't i should have . . . and i am counting the days until i can hug all of their necks again!) and then we met up with more of the crew at roscoe's.
roscoe's is this totally dive bar in portland near craptastic 82nd ave. no one goes there but metalheads and meth-heads probably. and us. its free to play pool and a dollar to choose a few songs in the jukebox. at one point my friend chris (who is now in africa . . . how am i going to live for an entire YEAR while he is in africa?????) wanted to choose some songs but didn't have a dollar . . . he said this sort of loud (miller high life was on special that night) so one of the metalheads at the bar brought him a dollar (out of the kindness of his heart) and let him choose a song.
you know what songs he chose? some R&B song that escapes me . . . i think maybe the first one was "i swear" or something by All 4 One . . . and the kid at the bar says "I GAVE HIM A DOLLAR FOR THIS CRAP?!?!" . . . and we are all laughing and enjoying it and singing along . . . and then "2+2=5" by radiohead was the second song and we all just waxed reflective and soaked in the moment . . .

sweet.
that night we slept soundly on the air matress at sara's place.

more to come . . .