Our friend and writing partner Jim is visiting The Compound. Each year when he comes, we make an agenda (this is his request because otherwise he knows we’d never leave the house), and on the agenda is “The List,” which is an ongoing list of movies we’ll all watch together one day (if not this visit, a future one). And of course, he knows he’ll get to catch up on the latest Twilight franchise release–so far, that hasn’t kept him away.
Monday I had a big pot of homemade beef and vegetable soup simmering most of the day (someone at The Compound is a little under the weather, and soup is good food, even when it’s hot outside*). After Jim arrived, we sat down to soup and the fixings for sandwiches. I gave Jim a special plate for his sandwich.
After we finished eating, he noticed that the knife he’d used to cut his sandwich had sliced between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. IT’S A SIGN!
The first time Jim came to Houston, in December of 1998, I assured him he could pack for mild weather, that it’s almost never cold in Houston through the Christmas season. Jim doesn’t like cold weather, so this suited him just fine. Of course, it was freaking freezing that year, and he’s never believed anything I’ve said about Houston weather since.
No problem keeping warm this visit–we’re giving him plenty of heat and humidity.
Here’s a shot of Jim with Sweet Li’l Amy Sue outside Baba Yega restaurant on that first visit. I’d say something about how adorable they are, but I’m distracted by Jet behind them. My car was only an eight-month-old then.
*Kudos to anyone who gets the “when it’s hot outside” reference after all these years.
When it’s what? I don’t get it.
Seriously?
No.
Thank goodness. I thought I was going to have to ask your middle name, president’s name, and what year it is.
tim doesn’t remember it because I’m the one who wrote it….
Almost as good as when Tim wrote about Blaine falling over in the restaurant!
Jim’s a dick.
Ha ha ha ha!
rofl
Well, at least Martin’s a Latino.
(head on keyboard)
JIm looks so sweet in those over-alls and with all that hair.
Who’d ever guess he’s really a fiend who thinks I should eat already gnawed food?
DOG gnawed food, at that.
Looks truly are deceiving.
It’s tragic.