Among other things, night at Café Campus
What an interesting day:
I went to the department to give a hard copy to prof Y. of my term paper.(His printer was out and he could not print out what I' ve sent him.)
Then, I went to the gym, where I worked out for a while. I think I have overdone it though because I started experiencing some pain in my knee. Anyway, it is good to be back in the gym. I actually gained a pound last week but now it seems I lost 2, so I am back to schedule. (Funny thing, yesterday the scale that they have in the locker room indicated that I lost 30 pounds. Of course it just went broken, I mean if I had lost 30 pounds in a day, then I would not be here to talk about it, would I?)
After the gym, I bought myself a new pair of jeans (the old one is beginning literally to disintegrate) and went home and then to church for the service of the Holy Tuesday (this week is Holy Week for the Orthodox). Now, the church is at St. Joseph and after the service I thought it would be a great idea to walk back to Cafe Campus (that is by the way only block from where I live) where I would meet my friend Heather (and some of her friends from U de M) who is leaving Montreal in 2 days. So, this is what I did; I walked back and after stopping at Amir's (corner of St. Denis and Mont-Royal) to eat something (I hadn't eaten anything for the whole day)I arrived outside Cafe Campus around 9.10.
Now, there was a big queue of people waiting to get in. With all honesty I really do not like these circumstances, you know, standing in line to get in to to a club, so my first reaction when I saw the people waiting was "You've got to be kidding". I guess once again I was thinking out loud, so a girl passing by actually heard me and, I don't know why, she said "I am" (???!!!).
Anyway, since I really wanted to see Heather before she left I stoically waited and after 30-35 minutes I was about to get in when I saw Raph and Émile just arriving (or at least this is the impression I got). Raph tried to reach me but he couldn't get too close because of all these club people guarding the cattle (meaning us standing there. They were speaking in French but, unfortunately for them, I understood most of the stuff they said. Politeness is a virtue the do lack and I guess this is why they behaved towards us in this manner...)
Anyway, Raph asked me whether I knew if Heather was inside, which I didn't. I have been there at 9.10, I didn' t see Heather (and I didn't know what her friends looked like so I just assumed that they were already in). Raph told me to tell Heather that they had cone and this is what I did when Heather found me 30 minutes after I had gotten in.
This place is big. It has three flours. In the first (the relatively quiet one) they have a bar where you can alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks (like coffee, jus, tea, colas). There are some tables but they were all taken. I looked for Heather and her friends but I couldn' t find them. Then I got to the 2nd floor.
This is I guess the main attraction of the place. There is a big dance floor, some small tables scattered at the corners of the room, two bars and LOUD music. When I got there, it was already crowded. I looked around for Heather but didn't find her. I went back to the first floor (looking again, in case I missed her and back at the second floor where I didn't see her. (I really do not know why I hadn't checked the third floor!!!)
Naturaly, I assumed that she hadn't arrived yet and as I was standing at the stairs between the two floors, she found me. It turned out that she and her friends were there since 8.30! Heather introduced me to her friends and she asked me if I saw anyone else. I told her I saw Raph and Émile (guys I hadn't seen Erin at the time, I guess she came after I got in) and for some time we waited for them . At around 10.40 Heather went to check if they were still outside (the club people would not let us get out before, they said that if we got out, we had to get back at the beginning of the line. WTF!!!!!!)) At that time nobody was out. Apparently they wouldn't let more people in, and people just left.I am really sorry guys you had to go through this. It just sucks!!!
Anyway, apart from that, we (at least the people that got to Eden(!!!)) had a great time. Most of the music was 80's and early 90's, although there was also some Rock n' Roll that dates earlier. Heather (who by the way was dressed fabulously) was dancing almost all night. I joined the rest of the people a bit, but I didn' t want to put extra pressure on my knee, so I remained seated for most of the time.
With dancing, chatting and drinking time happily passed and at around 1.40 am, we decided to call the night off. I wished Heather all the best and headed home.
This was a truly a full day. However, here is something I didn't do; go to the third floor tofind out what is there. So, the mystery remains....
I went to the department to give a hard copy to prof Y. of my term paper.(His printer was out and he could not print out what I' ve sent him.)
Then, I went to the gym, where I worked out for a while. I think I have overdone it though because I started experiencing some pain in my knee. Anyway, it is good to be back in the gym. I actually gained a pound last week but now it seems I lost 2, so I am back to schedule. (Funny thing, yesterday the scale that they have in the locker room indicated that I lost 30 pounds. Of course it just went broken, I mean if I had lost 30 pounds in a day, then I would not be here to talk about it, would I?)
After the gym, I bought myself a new pair of jeans (the old one is beginning literally to disintegrate) and went home and then to church for the service of the Holy Tuesday (this week is Holy Week for the Orthodox). Now, the church is at St. Joseph and after the service I thought it would be a great idea to walk back to Cafe Campus (that is by the way only block from where I live) where I would meet my friend Heather (and some of her friends from U de M) who is leaving Montreal in 2 days. So, this is what I did; I walked back and after stopping at Amir's (corner of St. Denis and Mont-Royal) to eat something (I hadn't eaten anything for the whole day)I arrived outside Cafe Campus around 9.10.
Now, there was a big queue of people waiting to get in. With all honesty I really do not like these circumstances, you know, standing in line to get in to to a club, so my first reaction when I saw the people waiting was "You've got to be kidding". I guess once again I was thinking out loud, so a girl passing by actually heard me and, I don't know why, she said "I am" (???!!!).
Anyway, since I really wanted to see Heather before she left I stoically waited and after 30-35 minutes I was about to get in when I saw Raph and Émile just arriving (or at least this is the impression I got). Raph tried to reach me but he couldn't get too close because of all these club people guarding the cattle (meaning us standing there. They were speaking in French but, unfortunately for them, I understood most of the stuff they said. Politeness is a virtue the do lack and I guess this is why they behaved towards us in this manner...)
Anyway, Raph asked me whether I knew if Heather was inside, which I didn't. I have been there at 9.10, I didn' t see Heather (and I didn't know what her friends looked like so I just assumed that they were already in). Raph told me to tell Heather that they had cone and this is what I did when Heather found me 30 minutes after I had gotten in.
This place is big. It has three flours. In the first (the relatively quiet one) they have a bar where you can alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks (like coffee, jus, tea, colas). There are some tables but they were all taken. I looked for Heather and her friends but I couldn' t find them. Then I got to the 2nd floor.
This is I guess the main attraction of the place. There is a big dance floor, some small tables scattered at the corners of the room, two bars and LOUD music. When I got there, it was already crowded. I looked around for Heather but didn't find her. I went back to the first floor (looking again, in case I missed her and back at the second floor where I didn't see her. (I really do not know why I hadn't checked the third floor!!!)
Naturaly, I assumed that she hadn't arrived yet and as I was standing at the stairs between the two floors, she found me. It turned out that she and her friends were there since 8.30! Heather introduced me to her friends and she asked me if I saw anyone else. I told her I saw Raph and Émile (guys I hadn't seen Erin at the time, I guess she came after I got in) and for some time we waited for them . At around 10.40 Heather went to check if they were still outside (the club people would not let us get out before, they said that if we got out, we had to get back at the beginning of the line. WTF!!!!!!)) At that time nobody was out. Apparently they wouldn't let more people in, and people just left.I am really sorry guys you had to go through this. It just sucks!!!
Anyway, apart from that, we (at least the people that got to Eden(!!!)) had a great time. Most of the music was 80's and early 90's, although there was also some Rock n' Roll that dates earlier. Heather (who by the way was dressed fabulously) was dancing almost all night. I joined the rest of the people a bit, but I didn' t want to put extra pressure on my knee, so I remained seated for most of the time.
With dancing, chatting and drinking time happily passed and at around 1.40 am, we decided to call the night off. I wished Heather all the best and headed home.
This was a truly a full day. However, here is something I didn't do; go to the third floor tofind out what is there. So, the mystery remains....
posted by Immortalis at 2:16 π.μ.
1 Comments:
Ah, the irresistible allure of the 3rd floor...
Glad you guys had such a great time, in spite of (or perhaps because of) our absence. ;)
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