Posted by Deneb on May 20, 2006, at 23:21:34
In reply to Re: I'm in Toronto right now! - Deneb, posted by Kath on May 20, 2006, at 19:40:27
We had ice cream today and Dr. Bob surprised us by showing up! We didn't know he would. Larry was saying, "There's Bob" and it didn't occur to me that he was saying "Dr. Bob is right behind you!" Boy was I suprised! I saw him! He looks just like he does in his pictures. He was a very normal guy. I thought he had a certain "coolness factor" around him. LOL Bob listened and commented sometimes. I mostly listened and spaced out. Sometimes I'm not a very good listener. My mind tends to wander to other things. Maybe it's my lack of social skills, I don't know.
I asked Dr. Bob if I could hug him and guess what? He stopped, thought for a second and said, "Okay"!! Then we hugged! :-) Dr. Bob was warm and very huggable. I liked it. It was a comfy hug. Dr. Bob, nice and warm, a real live person. I hugged Dr. Bob!
I also showed Dr. Bob the scarf I made for him. He tried it on and we took pictures. I even got bold enough to spring out my childhood doll, Meow Meow, for Dr. Bob to touch. Guess what? Dr. Bob held Meow Meow! We took some more pictures. Now Meow Meow has essence of Bob on him. I put Meow Meow in a ZicLoc bag and Larry thought it was funny that I was capturing Bob's essence like that. LOL
It was unbelievable. Dr. Bob wore my scarf, gave me a hug and held Meow Meow. Dr. Bob wasn't afraid of me, at least he didn't show that he was. LOL
Dr. Bob is an okay guy. He really is. He's a normal guy who I just happen to love. LOL
Okay, enough about Bob for now (more about him to follow lol).
I met fallsfall, AuntieMel and Poet at the ice cream place. They were all really smart and great conversationalists, not like me.
After we left, I lost my map somehow. I must have accidentally dropped it when I took my camera out to take a picture of the CN tower. I got pretty upset. I need my map at all times or else I get into an anxious panic. I even started to cry, silly me. Meanwhile, Larry had to rush over to his car to get the dozens of buttertarts he bought for dessert. Poet, AuntieMel and Fallsfall decided to walk to the restaurant with me while Larry got his tarts. At first we thought of stopping buy at my hostel to get a map, but then we passed by a Chapters. I bought my map and was all happy again. :-) Phew, crisis averted. I do not want to get lost in Toronto. I clench onto my map at all times. I confirm and reconfirm where I am constantly, even when I know for sure where I am. I just have to reassure myself that the streets didn't just move by themselves, you know. LOL
Fallsfall, Poet and AuntieMel were great about the map incident.
So, we walk slowly over to the restaurant and Larry is already there. He beat us by seconds. We had to figure out where we were going to sit. I wanted to sit next to or across from Bob, and everyone was okay with that. Poet got the end seat and I sat on the other side, the second seat from the end of the table. Bob would sit across from me. Larry sat on my left.
We sat and talked for some time before the others arrived. We ordered appetizers. We had spring rolls, calamari, and crab cakes. I think that was all.
Dr. Bob arrived and we made him sit across from me. LOL Hehehe, there was no escaping me and my Bob love. He will be immersed in it all weekend. LOL. We ordered. I ordered coconut beer battered shrimp. It was pretty good. The shrimp were top notch and gigantic. Bob was a sweetheart, he ordered champagne and it was on him. I tried champagne for the first time ever. Larry said it was dry. Poet said it was pretty good. I don't know how to tell the difference. I didn't like it too much. It was alcohol and I don't like alcohol all that much.
I also meet CanadaGirl and Pseudoname. CanadaGirl knew the owners of the restaurant so we had a good rapport going with the owners. Pseudoname showed us his APA goodies. Apparently we get a bag with goodies when we register for the APA.
Pseudoname took a picture with Bob and I noticed that Bob got close to him, I knew I had to get a picture too right then and there. I got two pictures with Bob. I got to hug him two more times! Bob was nice and warm, even through his clothes. Aahhhh, nice and warm. Bob is comfy to hug. He's huggable.
Larry bought his buttertarts for dessert and everyone loved them. Dr. Bob even had two. Dr. Bob also had two cups of coffee. I guess Dr. Bob is planning on not sleeping or he is immune to the stimulating properties of caffeine. LOL
Bob joined in on the conversation in bits and pieces. He talked a lot more than I did. I didn't talk very much. I mostly sat, listened and at times spaced out on Bob. LOL I still couldn't believe that I was actually looking at Bob.
After dinner Bob took a picture of our backs outside. Bob left and we all stood outside and talked. AuntieMel, Fallsfall and Poet were very kind and walked me to my hostel. I have to stop writing now, my time is up!
Deneb*
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