9:53 AM 4/27/2007

Troy suggested we meet for drinks at the Reef. Excellent idea! I was probably going to stop by there anyway. I guess I usually go out to make friends with the bartenders. It seems novel to meet other patrons there. The last time that happened was with roommate Stacey, and Carolyn from work. That must've been back in September(!)

I walked over a little early and sat at the bar on the second floor. I know from experience that you can hang out most of the night and miss seeing people who are actually there. Troy arrived to find me, and then we were waiting for Tomoko and Valerie. Tomoko arrived and I spotted her looking around the room for us. Naturally, I chose a seat at the bar with a good view of the door, so I flagged her down. "Oi! Tomoko-chan!"

As I could have guessed, Tomoko and Valerie had arrived much earlier and didn't know about the first floor, so for them everything was shifted: They were on the rooftop thinking it was the 'second floor'. I should have made a complete survey of the premises before I sat down to drink beer. And yet, it all worked out surprisingly well. Troy and I finished our glasses of beer and followed Tomomko to the roof.

Tomoko and Valerie had a table with their friend Steven - the same guy that was with us at Bohemian Caverns last time. Troy and I made five. Troy was hoping his college roommate John would meet us, and Valerie was expecting a friend to show up too. We were all a little worried about locating them if they did arrive.

The waiter asked us about drinks, and we were all independently studying the beer list, so we didn't notice that each one of us ordered a DeKonick - the illusion of independent thinking with the comfort of conformity! They brought us a pitcher which I remember causing somebody trouble once.

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