Charlie's Thoughts

Well it's hard to explain the past 24 hours. It has all kind of been some type of surreal, absurd theater performance. New Haven suddenly decided to warm up to me...literally. The weather was great, sunny and 60+. It was also a nice treat to enjoy the town without my normal college routine. I took part of the VQ geocaching, which was great. And we all had lunch and dinner together. Dinner was a fiasco though. This is about where things got extremely weird...

Follow up:

GASTRO...Gastrointestinal maybe?
After failed attempts to get pizza due to long lines, we went to some place nicknamed "Gastro" (Which in itself does not inspire confidence). I was told they have great hamburgers. So we headed over to the place, which is about the size of my Yale Bedroom. Once there, we found that it was closed, however the owner promptly approached us from a parking lot explaining that he was out making a delivery. The following is my actual conversation from ordering food:

Me: Hey can I have a hamburger, American cheese, medium rare?
Gastro: Sure. Oh wait, we're out of American, I only have Swiss, cheddar and Blu
Me: Ok, Swiss is great with Lettuce, Onions, and Tomatos.
Gastro: We're out of Lettuce.
Me: Ok Whatever
Gastro: Actually we don't have bread either, so I'll have someone run and grab that.
Me: Ok cool.
Gastro: Anything else?
Me: Yeah can I have a Lemon Crepe?
Gastro: Sure, I'm out of flour too, but I'll have him grab that while he's out as well.
Me: Sounds good
Gastro: Actually I don't have lemons either.
Me: That's fine. Oh! The strawberry one then!
Gastro: I don't have strawberry's either. The sugar one is good.
Me: Ok that's fine
Gastro: Alright, stop back in 25 minutes and I should have it ready.
Me: Ok (As a kid goes to the store on a longboard)

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25 minutes later

(I walk back into the shop as another customer asks that Gastro remake his crepe because it's not cooked)
Gastro: Oh hey your stuff's ready. I didn't have tomatoes or onions.
Me: (I'm so hungry I don't care, plus I'm just stupefied at this point) Ok
Gastro: And I couldn't find rolls so it's on Wonderbread.
Me: (I think I started laughing at this point. I proceeded to pay and go back to eat)

I don't know why I paided $15 for a hamburger with cheese on wonderbread and a undercooked crepe. Despite all the failings of that dining encounter. The meat was surprisingly well cooked (Not well, but an appropriate redness). In addition, it was delicious, despite Wonderbread. The crepe was a bit watery, but only in the very middle. It was otherwise good.

THE TRIP TO CO
So I don't really know what time it is now...but I'm attempting to recite times to the best of my knowledge. I went to sleep at about 11 last night after packing and cleaning my room. I proceeded to wake up at 5 (Which is really 4 given DST) and board a bus to Bradley airport where we flew to Chicago and after that to Denver. Only events here: This was my first time flying Southwest, so our stewardess at 7AM was really funny. Also, Our flight to Denver was about an hour late. I learned that because southwest does such tight turnarounds, the plane will be late for the rest of the day...weird.

When we finally got to Denver, I discovered that nothing is Green here. Which I was not expecting. It's all desert. But consequently it's REALLY nice. Sunny and 60's. Unfortunately, we need to rehearse in order to do a special cooperate gig tomorrow. So details of our Boulder adventures will have to wait another day, along with my pictures. But tomorrow I promise I'll have more!

Night