Well after I'd finally admitted (in the previous thread) that I struggled to contain a sneaky one during her last visit, Kitty Malone still risked it and took up the invite for a BBQ yesterday evening.  What's more, she had her fella, Phil, in tow as well.... and given that my (curried cabbage) reputation preceded me, I must admit that I was quite surprised.  Not many people are willing to subject themselves to that kind of exposure, but nevertheless they did and we had a fine time where curried cabbage gas emissions were not an issue... (as Ripley would say) believe it or not.

I must first say that Phil is a really nice guy and we hit it off really well... though I must question his decision to ride here in that 'Hello Kitty' car.  Personally, I don't know that I'd ride in a car with pink seat covers, not unless I had a feed sack over my head so that nobody recognised me, so yeah, Phil is a much braver man than I and is to be commended for his courage. 

I also asked Phil how come he was attracted to a vampy gal who obviously was missing the fangs, He said that while at first it was important to him, he now takes it in his stride and goes to the blood bank when he gets the irresistable urge to give blood. Now I woulda thought a warm bite in the neck was more personal than a cold needle in the arm, but that's Phil's business and again I digress.

Anyway, while the BBQ went well, it didn't get started around 6.30pm as first planned.  It was hot... bloody hot, in fact, and my son offered to do the cooking as I was suffering with the heat... after he had gone to pick up his girlfriend, that is.  Well it took him longer than expected to go get her (probably got to canoodling along the way home) and the barbie didn't get fired up 'til around 7.30pm.  It ended up not mattereing that much, we had our fill of food and got to yakking not long afterward.

Now I have to interject at this point and say that Kitty has one wikkid, wikkid cackle... not as wikkid as the Wicked Witch of the West's, perhaps, but right up there with those infectious cackles that people like Carol Burnett made famous.  In between cackles, however, we did manage to get in some conversation and now I'm awaiting with bated breath the release of Sunken Treasure, the update. I have those pirate icons I did, and I'm thinking they'll go great together on my desktop when all is complete.

Now this is where I have to say that Kitty has a not so well known sadistic streak.  She knew that I was struggling with anticipation and the desire to know what this most welomed update looks like, yet she gave me a rather vague " you'll like it betterer that the first one", and that was it... no details, no colour scheme , no nothing.  I have no daoubt that I'll like it betterer, but yeah, it was a bit cruel, not giving me even the slightest hint.  Thank goodness, then, I'd had a couple more poofter beers than usual, otherwise I probably wouldn't have gotten to sleep at all last night.

Yeah, I still can't get that wikkid cackle out of my mind, but again I digress and should mention that both Kitty and Phil liked the music I put on: Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers from Wild Night Out, among other things  Kitty reckons that she could easily skin to that, so we have one more thing in common... apart from being entrenched at WC and disliking politicians and bankers.

I have to say that the more I see of Kitty the more I like her, and Phil is a really nice bloke as well, so I'm glad to have made their acquaintance and am proud to call them friends.  After having met on a US based site I feel it is pretty amazing to have met in person like this and have the opportunity to speak face to face with each other... which brings me to another thought.

If any WC member has the opportunity and ability to get together with another/others, I thoroughly recommend doing so.  Being that skinning is the common factor, it is fantastic to get together with like-minded people and share that (personality and character) which can not be conveyed or shared online.  If you do you'll be better for the experience and glad that you did.