Spechelle Michelle

Thanks to my friends John and Kristen for inviting me over for dinner yesterday, and to Tom and Michelle for hosting the dinner. The four of us have known each other for many years. John, Tom, Michelle and I met back at the University of Toronto (I dated both Tom and John), and I met Kristen shortly after when she and John got together. The four are neighbours now, babysitting each other's kids, inviting each other for dinner. My contact with them has sometimes been sporadic but we always manage to get together at least several times a year.

Because of Facebook, my contact with John and Kristen has markedly increased. Most recently, John started The Michelle Sagara West Fan Club (anyone on Facebook can join) on the site; Michelle only found out about it recently. Heh.



I recently posted a musical tribute called "Spechelle Michelle" to my friend Michelle on the group page but since Michelle isn't on Facebook yet, John and Kristen invited me over for dinner (a.k.a. MSWFC Theme Song Launch Party, where MSWFC = Michelle Sagara West Fan Club) so I could see Michelle's reaction in person when she heard the song:



And then:




Heh. Highly satisfying.

By the way: Joey Shoji, if you're reading this, look out. Michelle knows you're on Facebook now. :-)

For those wanting to find out about Michelle's books, please do check out her Web site. You can also get a peek into her writing life in her Livejournal, "Musings of a Reality-based Curmudgeon in the Making."

re: the Spechelle Michelle song. Until I get more of a handle on how MP3 downloads will affect my .Mac traffic fees, I'm just posting the URL on Facebook for now. I've just discovered that I can post MP3s on .Mac as podcasts. How cool is that?




Anyway, many thanks to John and Kristen for cooking, and Michelle and Tom for hosting. It was a lovely dinner, and it was fun to catch up. I enjoyed getting to know Tom's and Michelle's eldest son better, for example, and was shocked to discover that he's suddenly TALLER THAN ME. When the heck did this happen? I clearly remember when he barely reached my knee, toddling around and reaching for anything looking electronic.

Holy toledo, I'm old. :-D

Also really enjoyed talking books with Kristen. Kristen is the only person I know who has hit the max permitted number of books borrowed at one time from the Toronto Public Library (50!). Like me, she always has many reads on the go, depending on where she is in the house. :-) Bookaholics should visit her blog, Read Or Die.



A survey: Do you tend to read one book at a time or several? What are you reading right now?

Below: John's creative arrangement of vegetables for his son.





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