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We can get lobster, and scallops as well!

I'm not a big fish eater--but I'll take some of the fish you ordered. Do you want rice, or pasta, with that?

I'm sure you are most Famished---after a hard day teaching!

I enjoy ladies with good, hearty appetites!

I will have a bit of brown rice, please. Let's not order too much, my appetite is not that big! It has been a long day. I had three classes back to back, then came home and have been working on my school work (for my degree). That is why there has been a time delay with my posts, sorry. I am finished with all that now though. I would like to spend however much time you have left just enjoying your company. I have come to look so forward to it!

I have about 40 minutes left here at my job.

You'll get some food to take home! Most delectable leftovers, indeed!

You're going for the MFA? I've taken a few classes towards an MSW. I got my BA in Speech Pathology/English ten years ago.

You must be most skillful at what you do; very few professors are hired at the Bachelor's level. In liberal arts, one, for all intents and purposes, has to have a PhD, and be published a few times.

Great dancing...and great company...create a feeling of well-being, and keeps the body in harmony.

Yes, I thought you were about to get off from work. I am glad you get to go home (and I go to bed) but I will miss your invigorating company. Perhaps I will see you here again tomorrow?

I am nearing the end of my MFA in illustration. I have been very lucky, because I have been teaching at the same small career college for the last 18 years. They know me there, and understand (mostly) how I am. Back in the day, colleges like mine were looking for industry people with good portfolios, but now educational law in my state is changing;anybody without a Master's degree or better is out. Sooo it is a good opportunity for me, but it is also really difficult, too. Since I am on my own, I hope it leads to better pay, or a new job with better pay but, the idea of making any change is terrifying!

Let's drink to hope for a bright future, shall we?

Cheers, most definitely! The world is our oyster!

I commend you....for obtaining a teaching position at age 24! You were probably in some sort of academically-accelerated program when you are young.

I went to a "special school" for kids with various types of "emotional problems" until 6th grade. Then I went to public school (where the guidance-counselor incident occurred) until 8th grade. Then a school for "gifted underachievers," from which I graduated. I read at the 12th-grade level in 6th grade--but I wasn't thought "mature enough" for accelerated classes (known as SP--Special Progress--in New York State). I did pretty well academically, but pretty poor behaviorally (though I never did anything violent).

I would call myself, to a certain extent, an "autodidact." I was truly an autodidact when I went to elementary school---because I already knew what was being taught every day when I went to school!

Well, no, I was not in any sort of program like that. I had the big benefit of being female and extremely shy and quiet so, since I did not draw attention to myself (teachers and administration) no one bothered me. They did not protect me from other children, either. shudder. I got fairly good grades in the subjects that had my interest. I also had the "benefit" of an incredibly over-bearing mother who was convinced she could fix me if only she kept at it 24/7. That meant I had no opportunity for missed assignments or getting into trouble. I would really say it was just luck. An acquaintance was the department chair in graphic design and had a drawing teacher quit one week before classes started. He begged me to take the one class for just 11 weeks...that was nearly two decades ago now.

Did you get along well with other kids? I never could. I find you delightful. Yay adulthood!

Truthfully, when I was a kid, I was a friendly kid, perhaps too friendly. I would ask socially inappropriate questions. I was naïve. I only one true "best friend," who supposed outgrew me when I was 12, and he was 10. (he "evolved" into hanging out in the streets, and writing graffiti).

In many ways, I was the classic "Aspie" kid. When I was 8, I knew all the capitals in the world, and I always wanted to let people know that. I used to monologue without knowing when people were getting bored.

As for autism, I was actually diagnosed with classic autism at age 3, then "brain-damage/injury," later called "minimal brain dysfunction" soon afterwards. I didn't speak until age 5 1/2. Right after I acquired verbal speech, I became Aspergian in presentation, rather than classically autistic in presentation.

Even though I monologued, I don't believe I was ever a snob. I treated people the same no matter their perceived intelligence. Other kids thought I was a "little professor," though, which led to bullying.

Alas, I must depart. I shall see you tomorrow, if you are available. Pleasant and Sweet Dreams!

I, too, must bid you goodnight now. Have a good night/day. I will probably try to duck in the bar tomorrow afternoon sometime between 10:00am and 3:00pm. Tomorrow night I am not sure about at this time. Until then....

One good thing about us Aspies: We're low maintenance. We're sensible enough not to drink until we vomit.

It doesn't take long for the Bar to be cleaned up after our nighty forays.

There's always a soft song being played on the Jukebox while it's being cleaned.

Ha ha, yes, you are so right. I get teased for cleaning up wherever I go. I stack dishes neatly in restaurants, pull weeds from flower beds out front, and wipe off tables. It is also important that any condiments end up back in their proper positions. I have the Supremes on the jukebox. I am going to sit down here and sketch the beach and the tables just outside the back of the bar until you arrive.

Ah.....an artiste at work. So graceful are the hands which produce fine Art.

I hope your day was a harmonious one.

Such a pretty Beret you are wearing

I see that you've noticed that the sky is unusual shade of Crystalline Blue today.

The breeze is fresh, yet fragrant with Lilacs. Your subtle Perfume complements this quite well.

Does being able to reproduce the scene in front of you come naturally?

As you produce your scene, do you edit your Sky as it changes colors?

The Dusk evokes Transcendence; even the seagulls stop to behold the Splendor.

Alone in a bar on a Friday night...what are the chances? I hope I see you fellows on another evening. I am going to pack up my drawing things and head home to bed.

I am here. You were busy in your creative endeavor. I didn't want to disturb your creative processes.

How was your day?

I definitely missed our association yesterday. I thought you were involved in something deep, so I didn't pursue it when you didn't respond--no matter how much I wanted to "hear your voice."