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Tweak says, "No time like the present."

Del Ethier (blackhole_son) wrote in we_float,
@ 2010-06-08 20:27:00

Who: Del Ethier and Open
When: Tuesday evening, June 8th
Where: Anhalt kitchen
What: oh, conversation I presume
Status: open/incomplete

Dinner tonight was the apple in front of him and the pasta he was waiting to dump into boiling water... just as soon as it started its furious bubbling. Impatient, he took another peek under the top. Sighing, he closed it again.

It was impossible for him to stay still, so he tried to release some of the bouncy energy out of himself by stretching in little ways. He pressed one palm to the counter and spun it around till his elbow protested, then the other. Roll one ankle, then the other. Check the pot. Bend backwards, hands gripping under the countertop. Shake out his shoulders. Check the pot.

Santa B it took a long time to boil water. Del tried to distance himself by sitting at the breakfast nook and play catch with the apple.

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	sparkleboi 2010-06-09 07:05 am UTC (link)
	JT walks into the kitchen, nods hello, and opens the fridge. "Guess I should have added a few items to the last shoppng list, none of this looks good," he says to the room in general. Turning to Del he asks, "Any idea if any of this is Alec's?" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	blackhole_son 2010-06-09 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	Del caught his apple and took a bite. "Don't know. Has it got his name on it?" he replied, rising up to cross the room and peer inside the fridge too. He gave the bloke a skeptical eyebrow. "Or is that the point?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sparkleboi 2010-06-09 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	JT grinned wickedly, "The petty revenge is always the best." He continued to rummage for a bit, gave up and moved to the cupboards. "What's up? Dinner?" JT, master of the obvious. What an awesome superpower. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blackhole_son
2010-06-09 01:41 pm UTC (link)

Del nodded and went over to the pot to lift the top. Still not boiling- damn it. He put the top back on and was met with a stove that was not lit.

"Ha - damn. Forgot to turn it on!" He turned the dial until the little clicks became a 'whoomp' of flame. Leaving it on high, he turned and took a bite of his apple.

"It's trying to be dinner and it can't come fast enough. Thing about being in a production is that I end up hungry all the god damn time." Del took another bite of his apple and fought the urge to check again.

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	sparkleboi 2010-06-09 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	JT sported a small smile and raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment on the oversight--one needed to make friends with some of their house mates. "What are you rehearsing now?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blackhole_son
2010-06-09 02:48 pm UTC (link)

"Some contemporary stuff. I'm in a show in like, two weeks. About the current political climate - or kind of a..." Del paused to think of how it had been phrased to him. "The dystopian ramifications of genetic discrimination on the bonds that hold society together. A couple of ensemble pieces but I'm doing a duet too with this chick named Anastasia. She's pretty fabulous."

He lifted the top of the pot and was rewarded by boiling water. He dumped a full box of bow ties into salted water and gave it a stir with a wooden spoon.

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	sparkleboi 2010-06-09 02:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Cool," JT replied, pulling out a box of rice cakes. "If you have a flyer you should put it up, I'd like to go," he jerked a thumb at the fridge, indicating the place to post it. "Local director and writer then? Seems like a fast turn around if it is in response to the riots and legislation." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blackhole_son
2010-06-10 11:58 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah. You know - people get burned and art happens. It's like you set a fire, and you get ashes. Same sort of thing."

Del lazily, distractedly stirred the past as he swayed a little - anything to move. "I've got them upstairs - I'll give you one. I didn't really want to post them though. People will feel required and shit because we're housemates and I didn't want to do all that awkwardness. Shit's already awkward enough," Del remarked casually as he hopped down, stirring all the same.

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	sparkleboi 2010-06-11 12:53 am UTC (link)
	"I wouldn't feel obligated," JT commented. "Er, I mean I want to go, but if Alec or someone I didn't talk to posted something like that, I wouldn't feel I had to go." After a slight pause he added, "I'd probably lie that I had something else to do. I can always pick up a shift at the bar if I need an out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blackhole_son
2010-06-11 01:57 am UTC (link)

"See - that's what I'm talking about. I don't want people lying to me about that- I know they'd be doing it to be nice but still. I'm not keeping it a secret or nothing but it's just weird."

He took a noodle out and let it cool on the spoon. "Seriously, I think we all just need to like, spend a night in the living room with a couple bottles of Jack and just get to know each other, you know? Nobody knows what the hell to do and everyone's just kind of stepping all over everybody... I don't know," his thoughts trailed off self-consciously as he blew on the piece of pasta and took a bite. Not done yet.

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	sparkleboi 2010-06-11 01:59 am UTC (link)
	JT smiled slightly, "Nights like that can end up with orgies, if you aren't careful. Unless that is what you are aiming for?" He chuckled quietly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackhole_son 2010-06-11 02:03 am UTC (link)
	Del snorted loudly, almost in mid-chew. "Ha - with this group? I'd sooner bet on the sky falling! They'd need something heavier than shots to go through with that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sparkleboi 2010-06-11 03:00 am UTC (link)
	JT cocks his head and grins, "That could probably be arranged. Not that I'd want to, mind you. Dome are doable, but nit all." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackhole_son 2010-06-11 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Del chuckled, head tilting slightly as he meandered towards the fridge to get the pesto sauce. "Not that you'd want to," he repeated, slightly unconvinced as he yanked on the handle. "You must have someone in mind." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sparkleboi 2010-06-11 04:58 am UTC (link)
	JT snorted, "Naw, I'm just generally horny. Use it while you got it, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackhole_son 2010-06-11 05:03 am UTC (link)
	"You plannin' on losing it?" Del asked as he took the plastic container out and leaned on the door to close it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sparkleboi 2010-06-11 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Unless I suddenly get rich and can aford the anti-aging treatment, yeah. I mean if my body gets old I'm not going to keep Mr. Happy working, just for sex," he shudders. "Ancients that still have sex wig me out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blackhole_son
2010-06-12 02:42 am UTC (link)

"What about you're only as young as you feel?" Del went to steal another bow-tie and this time he could his teeth through it. He turned off the water.

"If I can still knock that shit out at 100 and find someone who wants to do it to me, I'm gonna be all over that." He picked up the pot and dumped it into the sink. "Course, I'll probably have so much arthritis I'll fucking creak," he added with a self-depricating grin.

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	sparkleboi 2010-06-12 04:10 am UTC (link)
	JT cocker an eyebrow, "That's what old people say, and I'm sure I will quote that some day. Just not yet." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackhole_son 2010-06-12 04:22 am UTC (link)
	That got a laugh out of him. "I hope not." Pasta met sauce. Del gave it a couple of turns before gesturing to JT. "Want some? Just pesto - nothing special." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sparkleboi 2010-06-12 07:39 am UTC (link)
	JT looks at the rice cake in his hand and then finishes it off, "Sure, thanks." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackhole_son 2010-06-13 01:19 am UTC (link)
	He got a bowl and served some to JT, then grabbed a fork and started eating straight out of the pot. "You ever think coming here was a mistake?" he asked genially. They'd both been skewered by Alec; he figured he'd at least understand the sentiment, if not agree with it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sparkleboi 2010-06-13 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't know," JT replied, nodding a thanks for the food. "I never know what I'm doing, but I've met nice people. And I do feel I'm a part of something important, even if we havn't really done anything. You?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackhole_son 2010-06-13 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	He shrugged with one shoulder. "I don't know. I feel really out of my depth. And it seems like a lot, you know? Like, a lot. Or at least, like it's going to be." He stabbed at some of the pasta and chomped down on it. "I'm used to jobs where you get training and there's a way to do things and you just do them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sparkleboi 2010-06-13 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Im used to only being responsible for myself, not starting a new era of coliving, or of getting along. I don't know, I'm babbling now," JT replied. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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