"A pessimist is a guy who, faced with two evils, chooses both." Oscar Wilde
Took a break t'day from practicing my curmudgeonly hermit persona 'n made one of those rare trips into metropolitan Sacramento t'day…I ain't sayin' that Millyrose twisted my arm or anything, just that she suggested in the nicest way possible that I might want to put on my grownup clothes 'n accompany her 'n friends, Annigan 'n Bill, on a trip downtown to visit with their out of town family….
It wudn't the worst day I've ever had beginning with I didn't have to drive…poor Ol Willy did that chore…we didn't have to worry about parking 'cuz Annigan's daughter 'n fam'ly wuz stayin' at the downtown Holiday Inn with their valet parking…
After drinks at the bar from which I very conscientiously abstained (even tho' I wudn't driving) we strolled thru Capital Plaza…Now, it's been more than a few years since I've done that 'n they had a number of changes which I won't even begin to attempt to list (as if I could)…but it wuz a busy place full of happy looking people speaking a multitude of languages…the first one I recognized wuz French, spoken by two emaciated young smokers dressed in black (on the way out, the last one wuz Spanish by a Mother chastising an obstreperous young man of approximately seven years old who set off a firecracker)…
We lunched at the food court which wuz full of longish, fast-moving lies of hungry people (I had a Philly cheesesteak 'n great fries)…
Funny thing, none of the restaurants in the food court appear to serve coffee, so we had coffee at a nice coffeeshop next to the ice rink…'n the ice rink had a long line but everybody seem t'be having a good time…well, there wuz that one young man who fell down 'n cried but I think he'uz just frustrated from standing in line…..
I must confess that I've never actually had a pair of ice skates on in my whole long life…neither have I ever skied altho' several times when I wuz a boy, we attempted to emulate what we saw in the movies by using barrel staves…didn't work, but so much in life doesn't…..
All in all, it wuz a fun day spent conversing with new friends, good food 'n coffee 'n always a joy to watch children having fun….(almost takes the joy out of being a curmudgeon)…..
"It's tough enuff to remember my opinions without also remembering my reasons for having them in the first place." I'm paraphrasing there 'cuz I can't recall who it wuz that supposedly said it in the first place. I've heard it said if you write a profound saying, your name will live forever, but it ain't so. Justin Other Smith
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