Wierd, wet weekend

Wow. It’s been a long weekend, and generally disagreeable by many standards, albeit very pleasant by others. Both Orpheus and I were exhausted on Friday, and didn’t do anything, really, but sleep. I made my curried apple cider braised pork chops, and served them over sautéed veggies (green beans, sliced carrots, celery, chopped banana pepper, garlic and ginger. O. did some laundry at my place. We watched “Company,” the Sondheim musical, on DVD from the library. The main character, Bobby, is hot. Saturday morning, I had to get O. back downtown to work, then, with great trepidation, went off to DungeonMaster’s new apartment for roleplaying. Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 isn’t a system I’m yet comfortable with… As we created characters, I became even less comfortable, but think that, after playing once, and nearly dying twice, I’m on the road to OK, now. My new character is Nathalion Ten’ethriil, an elven blade ranger who is a newly minted member of a secret society. Let’s just say that I think this will get interesting really fast, especially with a few new players in the mix. I’m already playing the mutual foil game with the new mage in the group. Our characters mix like oil and water. It should prove fun. Now, I just have to start the massive work of creating a back-story for the character. Which, given that I hardly know anything about the world (we’re playing in the Forgotten Realms), may prove difficult.

In any case, I really like DM’s new place! It’s a beautiful top-floor apartment in a three-floor house that was portioned out. He has a huge, beautiful kitchen with a dishwasher, and even in-unit washer and drier… These things are exceedingly uncommon in his neighborhood. I got the chance to chat up his girlfriend, which was a delight. I like her a little more every time we get to talk. She fits with him, well, I think, even if I don’t always approve of the way he jokes with her. That’s their affair, after everything, anyway, and some joking is private joking, even when public. I look forward to visiting them in their home more in the future, at least, which is a great boon in RPGing… To be comfortable in the environment is key.

Saturday night, Orpheus and I had some super-fun non-penetrative sex, followed up early Sunday afternoon with some wild penetration. With Terra Firma’s blessing, we had decided to invite Bulgaria’s BF over, as well as O’s crush, to dinner. We spent a good deal of the afternoon cleaning, and I cooked for about two hours total to make a simple but multi-course meal. We started with bruschetta, then had the same delicious Martha Stewart pasta salad as I made for O’s birthday, then American potatoes with my executive kibbeh burgers. Finally, O. made some scones, which we served with whipped cream, and sliced strawberries in honey w/vodka, salt and a touch of pepper. The vodka was just a dribble… Enough to volatilize the flavors. It was delicious. I think BF is doing OK, considering. He had a three hour chat with Bulgaria on IM before he came over, and things seem good for the time being. Let’s hope that they stay that way.

This weekend, O. and I will probably attend a production of “The Full Monte” on Basso’s recommendation, with Crush (Bulgaria’s BF’s roomie, Orpheus’ crush,) in tow. I think I’ve made it clear to O. that I don’t really want to pursue a threeway with Crush, and also that C. has never HAD a threeway, anyway. I got this little tidbit of info at Bulgaria’s going away party, when everyone was a couple drinks in and it was safe to fish for information without seeming an ass. My poor boyfriend seems to be taking the news fairly well, and we both enjoy hanging out with C., so I think we’ve added another gay friend without benefits to our network (thank god). I don’t necessarily want two friends with benefits to know each other well, as Crush was good friends with Basso well before either O. or I knew him from Adam. That would probably be kinda creepy.