Greetings fellow travelers. Here are the latest happenings from my little corner of the world.
A nice hike this morning with the Friday group. I’ll share the photos from that adventure tomorrow, but here are a couple of things I saw relevant to the holiday.
Last night was my “first date” experience with Grace. She’s an interesting person, that’s for sure.
We met at John’s place. That was a bit of a problem logistically. Traffic was backed up for miles and there was a lack of Jeepneys available for some reason. I surmise they were taking the holiday off as well. Grace wound up taking a trike to and from Olongapo City.
The friends (one of mine, one of hers) who introduced me to Grace showed up and joined us. That was unexpected. It was fine but did add an element of weirdness to the evening.
So. I like Grace as a person but felt no attraction to her physically. She is a large woman, although she is taking steps to try and lose weight, including intermittent fasting. Am I really this shallow that the physical appearance of an otherwise perfectly fine woman would put me off having a relationship? I’m afraid so. I do hope that we can nurture our budding friendship though.
On the flip side of that coin, Marie, a woman I have no intellectual connection with, sent me a desperate message this afternoon. She says she has no food for her children and asked if she could see me. I guess I felt sorry for her, or horny, or both, and I agreed to let her come for a visit.
Maybe this is as good as it gets and I just need to embrace the shallowness of my life. I imagine some folks might even envy the freedom of a no strings attached lifestyle.
Alley Cats is closed for the holiday so there will be no darts in my immediate future. I guess I’ll celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus by turning beer into urine. It’s what I do best.
The guy carrying the cross could be in the role of Jesus, or possibly that of Simon of Cyrene, who was forced to carry Jesus’ cross partway to Jesus’ eventual crucifixion.
The Philippines is one of the few places where you’ll see non-monastic self-flagellation (one type of mortification of the flesh, along with fasting, etc.) in a Christian context.
Sorry to hear about beef-related price hikes. Things are getting expensive here in Korea, too. Good motivation to eat less! Yay, Joe Biden!
Meanwhile, enjoy your Sacrament of Urine.
” I was left shaking my head and wondering what kind of man I have become.” I’d say lucky from looking at her picture.
Dear John,
Where is “John’s Place”? Is it your latest investment?
Great photos as usual. Some guys pay a lot of money for flagellation – and I would know.
The penitents once had the impudence to ask me to take on the role of Ciaphas! Don’t they know I am The Messiah!!
Chag Pesach Sameach.
Nothing wrong with having a female friend to hang out with and enjoy adult conversation while continuing to play the field for other adult activities, as long as you’re not leading anyone on.
Thanks for the comments, guys.
Kev, yeah, I just assumed it was Jesus with the cross but as much as the locals here get into these rituals, they might well have gone to that level of minutiae. That’s the first time I’d witnessed the flagellation in person. It all seemed so bizarre. Would Jesus have approved?
Terry, it’s true that an old fucker like me getting to experience the charms of these young women is pretty amazing. Dealing with the fact that I may have come to prefer that to an honest and traditional relationship is still a little disconcerting.
Dave, John’s place is on the other side of Barretto from me. It was formerly The Pub before he changed locations, and now is officially “John’s Sushi and Steaks”. I just call it John’s place for short. You exposed my ignorance this morning–I had to look up Ciaphas and Chag Pesach Sameach. Now I know!
Drain, I think that’s right. I try not to lead anyone on, my dissonance is all internal–is this really what I want? Well, it is what I currently have and I’m going to make the best of it!
Grace has a cute face. 🙂
What did Jesus say to his friends on Friday morning?
Lets hang out together later!!
Happy Easter John.
Thanks, Brian. Have a great one!