Gay people are FUN!

I told you guys I was gonna use that line!

Mom and I drove to Overland-friggin'-Park today.  We had the opportunity to meet some online folks, so we ignored all of my dad's fears and hit the road.  Mom and I felt safe, having talked to these folks via AOL journals for quite some time, and besides, we were meeting in a public place.

I'll leave a lot of the tale telling for mom and Toonguy, but I'll hit on the highlights.  Russ is great.  As funny in real life as he is in his journal.  Sim is quiet, but also quite funny.  They were nice enough to make gay jokes, so I didn't have to worry about making an inappropriate remark.  My humor has a way of offending folks, and these guys weren't easy to offend.  Since I don't hang around with many gay people, I figured I'd say something stupid, but a wise man once told me, "Gay people are FUN!"

Anne is fun, too.  She was fashionably late, but I expected no less from a rich girl.  ROFL, just kidding, Anne.  She is bubbly and personable and fun.  She talked too much and didn't talk enough.  I'm not sure how that happened, so you'll have to ask Russ.  We asked the svelte, sexy bartender to take our picture.  Wow, was he hot. (giggle giggle.  ick)  My camera somehow got set on slow shutter speed, so EVERY.STINKING.PICTURE turned out blurry.  I sort of half-saved one group shot, but it's blurry as heck:

That's mom (Mosie), Russ (Toonguy), Sim, Anne and Me.

I was unable to make any other picture work, except for one.  I've often wondered why Russ is so facinated with the paranormal.  It's obvious now.  He's a GHOST!

OK, my camera's shutter speed was too slow, but it's a cool pic, nonetheless.

It was a lot of fun, and I'm glad we went.  On the way home, some motorcycle cops were slowing traffic WAY down, to a crawl, in fact.  I was sure we were getting ready to witness a high-speed chase.  Who could it be?  A bank robber?  A drug dealer?  Nope.  They finally stopped traffic completely.  Why, you ask?  So they could get off their motorcycles and remove some *very dangerous* pieces of sod from the highway.  Thanks officer, those masses of dirt and grass could have KILLED someone!

Sheesh.