I spent the last two nights hanging out with Jon, and it’s been great. Thursday night we went shopping in Appleton and then watched most of the first season of Scrubs while drinking a bottle of wine and eating what Will calls a “Medieval Meal” (ie, cheese, crackers, summer sausage etc.) Jon really got into the show and made me take it home with me so he wouldn’t keep watching instead of sleeping.

I spent most of the afternoon watching the first half of Haibane-Renmei, looking for similarities between that and Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland, which Jules told me was one of the works that inspired the series’ creator. There are some very obvious nods to that book, which made me smile a lot. I love the subdued earthy color scheme to the show.

Tonight after he was done with work, Jon came to get me and we met up with Russ, then went out to dinner. The first three places we chose were either closed or too busy but we ended up at Callahan’s which is a nice place anyhow. I had grilled salmon, cajun style (YUM) with rice pilaf and a couple glasses of Leinie’s Honey Weiss (which I can’t get in Seattle.)

We went to the only “real” coffeeshop in Oshkosh, The New Moon, to see Russ’s photography show and have some coffee. By happenstance a folk singer from Milwaukee was performing live music in the front. He had a very strong Midwest accent. I don’t know if I can stress this enough, but I really don’t like the Midwest accent at all and I really wish I didn’t have one. I guess mine is a lot more subtle than most, but still. Since I’ve been away and returned I’ve noticed the accent so much more than ever before.

There was a lot of really wet, slippery snow on the ground and still falling tonight which made driving really frightening. I think Jon is a little bolder than he should be in that car but he still handled it well anyhow. I hate driving in snow. Oh, Seattle, how I miss you so.

Afterwards we went to Russ’s place to watch the Dr. Who Christmas special and Jon and I had a good time playing with Russ’s kitty. That thing likes to lick…a lot. We putzed around a bit then went back to Jon’s where we played some We Love Katamari. Jon had left his memory cards in California so we had to start over again. I’m sure by the end of tomorrow night we’ll have opened up the rose level. XD

Speaking of which, it looks to be a really great time. I’m really excited to see people again since it’s been ages. I miss Peter and Melissa a lot.

I forgot to mention that I went to see King Kong with Dave last Friday and I quite enjoyed it. Sure, it was long, but that didn’t really bother me. There was double the Andy Serkis action, which pleased me a great deal. Jack Black did a remarkable job in his role. It was much better than I expected.

I shouldn’t have taken a nap this afternoon because I’m not tired now. I don’t suppose that coffee helped me any either. Oh well.