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I came in early....for a "day-cap."

It's a beautiful day. The boats are swaying in the fresh breeze, and the waves are choppy but nice . Your shawl would have been quite handy this morning. It would have fallen off your shoulder, and I would have put it back on your shoulder (in a graceful manner, of course!)

I hope you slept well amid the breeze, which is not really cold, but is bracing enough for comfort. Did you keep your windows open? I certainly did.

I hope to see you, and your artiste materials later, when it is Dusk.

Indeed, I sweep into the bar from the beach with my characteristic shawl flying behind me in the *graceful* manner that only another Aspie can appreciate. In other words, super awkward in a charmingly clumsy way.

It was a lovely night. I always like to leave my windows open at the cottage so the salt air can circulate through the room. Bartender? I would like a tall glass of herbal green tea; something citrus-y, please.

Cherry Grenadine for me, please.....Extra extra large! I am thirsty!

What sort of music would you like tonight, Ms. Chic?

Does your home have outdoor showers, too? I like outdoor showers.

It does, actually. That was one of the features I particularly liked. It is not fancy, just a little privacy fenced area with a glorified garden hose attachment, but is sure reduces the volume of sand that makes it indoors. Coming from Kentucky, where three quarters of the year the temperature is cooler than I would prefer, being here at the beach is like heaven. I am definitely a hot-weather creature.

How about a little disco music, for fun?

All right....how about "Freak Out" by.....Chic?

Think of the Hustle as being a variant of the Lindy Hop. Get up and Boogie! LOL (also a song by Silver Convention).

When I went to high school, every kid, it seems, wore a "disco sucks" t-shirt. But I really didn't mind most disco.

Then...if you so desire...we could play "Flash Light" by Parliament-Funkadelic.

Oh, sadness! Of course, I am a bit younger, and never one much for going with what the crowd does or doesn't like, but I thought disco was fun, and hilarious. I also used to watch Soul Train on TV. I first have to Google every dance you mention.

I will give it my best!

You'll be fine. Just Dance to the Music! (a proto-disco song by Sly and the Family Stone LOL)

I like you, no matter what. I really do. No matter what! Because we are comfortable with each other. I don't dance that great, either. I like to see your eyes when you enjoy yourself.

I used to watch Soul Train sometimes. I remember the Afro Sheen commercials!

I like to watch people doing the "Soul Train Line" on YouTube---especially those from the early 70s.

You should see "Saturday Night Fever." Actually not a bad movie. A very real portrait of kids who used to live in a section of Brooklyn I used to live in. I was about the characters' age when the movie came out.

Wow. I can only imagine life in New York...the center of so many social, artistic, political, theatrical, and historical moments! It is so crowded, too. How are your sensory issues? I would love to be in a place that is more connected to the arts, but Louisville has gotten much better in my four + decades. Lots of good growth in the creative pursuits, but still a backwater overall.
I AM having a really good time! I know I saw Saturday Night Fever some years ago...but I could use a refresher. John Travolta, right? I have mostly watching Mel Brooks movies of late...the the point where no one asks me what movie I want to watch anymore!
I know what I will be searching on youtube next!n I miss all that old stuff!

Yep. John Travolta. He was also on a show called "Welcome Back Kotter" which I used to watch religiously. He played Vinnie Barbarino.

His character in "Saturday Night Fever" was somewhat of a bildungsroman-type character, though the growth was coming somewhat slowly and painfully.

I used to have pretty decent sensory issues as a child. I had to hold my ears when a subway train arrived. I hated it when my mother brushed my hair. I wasn't particularly keen on showers.

Brooklyn, in those days, was somewhat of a "backwater," as compared with Manhattan. In fact, people in the Outer Boroughs (boroughs other than Manhattan) are known as "Bridge and Tunnel People" by the Manhattanite snobs.

I grew up primarily in Queens, and live in Queens now. I have lived in four of the five Boroughs of the City, though.

You should watch The Soul Train Line dancing to "Love Train" by the OJays. This is the kind of stuff I used to listen to on the radio. I was also inspired by Bill Withers' "Lean on Me" when I was feeling alienated in summer camp.

When I was just getting interested in girls, there was a song, called "Voulez-vouz couchez avec moi, ce soi," by a group called LaBelle. I was quite inspired by that song; and it propelled me into adolescence.

Ah, yes, Welcome Back Kotter...I do recall that. I was big into Night Court, Cheers, and WKRP in Cincinnati, although I realize those were not all quite the same era. You have no idea how hot it is for a man to use Literary terms like bildungsroman in a sentence. woo.

I was imagining trying to ride on a subway, walk on crowded streets with people pushing past, and all the car noises and such. I was just wondering if any of it bugged you. I wear ear plugs to shop or eat in many restaurants. Of course, I haven't had company in quite a while, so if I did, I could probably work on those skills again. In the meantime, I have been drooling over the Zems hearing protectors. They claim you can hear the person speaking to yo clearly, and they filter out all the other noises!

How did you learn to dance so well? This is a lot of fun. I am about ready for another drink, though, can I bring you one?

That would be swell, Ms. Chic--thanks!

I live in a part of the City that is virtually suburbia. I'm not too keen on walking around in Manhattan, actually, though I'm used to it. When I was growing up, I lived in a part of Queens that was more urban than where I'm living now. I used to actually get soothed by traffic noises. If I had trouble sleeping, I used to watch the traffic lights turn red, yellow, and green. I enjoy looking up from overpasses, watching cars swooshing on the highway. I also wish I could live near a railroad station.

I think of "Night Court" as being similar to 70's shows in spirit. Another 70's show (which extended into the 80s), was "Barney Miller." It took place in a fictional police precinct in Greenwich Village--one of my favorite shows. I found some of the characters in M*A*S*H to be somewhat self-righteous, even though the issues presented were pertinent issues.

For me, I guess adolescence hit in the 80's. I remember that even though I had virtually no musical sense, for the sound or the instruments and such, I could almost always get all the words the first time i heard something. I am still good with lyrics, in general. Once I noticed them, then realized what they were saying...well..let's just say it opened up a whole new world. The nice thing about it was that many of the 80's love songs made it sound like both people liked and respected each other in a genuine way. More brat pack movie theme songs, less hair bands, of course.

Yes, I watched a lot of M*A*S*H, too. I am not sure how much of that I picked up on then. I used TV partially as a way to figure out how to talk to and interact with others. You can imagine how that went!

I'm just the opposite; I never used to hear the lyrics too well. And I only remembered simple lyrics like "Yummy Yummy Yummy I have love in my tummy" (a song by Ohio Express from 1968, which I roller-skated to in a roller rink when I was seven). I used to enjoy boogieing to the music; I looked quite awkward--but I didn't care.

The first time I heard Bob Dylan was in 1970; it was played by a teacher named Mrs. Kraus in one of my classes. I found his voice to be the most atrocious thing ever. Like scratches on a blackboard.

I used to like "bubble-gum" music when I was little (they didn't call it "bubble-gum music" back in the 1960s; everything on top-40 radio was called "rock-n-roll"). My brother used to make fun of me, and always asked me to do the "fanny dance" to the bubble-gum songs. "Sugar, Sugar," by the Archies, was the biggest bubble-gum hit; it was #2 for the year in 1969.

What does Milady feel like dining on tonight?

Well, I picked up these lobsters this morning at the docks before work. They are adorable, but also tasty, so we can ask the chef to cook them, or we could order some steak. I like most foods, luckily.