Free Chicken and Midnight Gossip (Part 3) – Mad Chaos: January 30, 1999

A Quiet Night Almost Alone

A little later in the night Shawn gave me a call seeing if there was any plans for the night but as I was typing on my computer and received no call I had no clue. Later in the night Ralf called me to see if I wanted to go out with both him and Shawn to Ettamogah Pub but as I also told Shawn, I didn’t feel like going out and having to perform.

Rather, I told the both of them that I was going to stay home. Around 9:00 p.m. Min-Su and Tamsen came over and as Min-Su was the one to come up to my door she handed me an invitation to Tamsen’s 21st birthday party which I probably don’t want to go to. But, it’s rumored that the really hot blonde chick that works with Tamsen will be there so I might have to change my mind.

The night hours kept passing and I was cheering as I was coming closer and closer to a night alone and to finish my computer entry. Bad luck struck when Keith gave me a call around 10:30 p.m. and informed me that he didn’t want to go anywhere but he would be over my house in an hour to hang around. For that I started typing with a faster speed but as the time crept up to midnight I gathered Keith wasn’t coming over.

Near midnight I heard a car out the front and being softly spoken like Ralf’s car sounds I opened the curtains and was correct. The time was midnight and thus, I had to turn off my computer as the both of them were making their way up the driveway. Sitting in my house long enough for me to go to the toilet Ralf wanted to head out so putting on my shoes we done just that.

Midnight at Subway

Our destination was fairly known, it was ‘Subway’. No one really drew a fuss about our destination as we just wanted to sit down, relax and not have to perform or exert too much effort. On the way to ‘Subway’ after our midnight our we drove to Pizza Hut in Ingleburn and as Ralf stopped despite Shawn being in the car he chatted with a casual Simon. Shawn kept his eyes forward and kept to himself and Simon didn’t really want to talk with Shawn there and probably thought Ralf was just as lost as we did for not seeing the trouble it could have caused.

From Pizza Hut we headed directly to ‘Subway’ and on our drive there we started talking about Keith. I think that Ralf is the one that brought him up and his problem with Phoenix. Basically after that we all shared our views and everyone seemed to agree with my views that I have so forth written in this here Diary. What is puzzling us is how everyone knows except for the people that really matter, Tamsen, Min-Su and Jett.

Gossip Over Subway Food

When finally at Subway Shawn bought himself something to eat and then we started chatting about different subjects. Myself, I got into the subject of new years eve, what I done for that day and how Tatton and Keith both dogged me. Ralf was disgusted when he heard that Keith dogged me by not informing me he was going to the fancy dress party in time and both of them laughed when I said Tatton was being a loner.

Later in the night when Shawn wasn’t around Ralf told me how Shawn didn’t want to do anything on new years eve either because he didn’t have any money but in the dying hours of the night he finally came out with Ralf.

While sitting inside ‘Subway’ and having our chats Ralf told me about Ettamogah Pub and how there were heaps nice girls there. Shawn then went on to add that he had seen Lyssa there and rather cautiously as not to try and upset me he noted that some guy tried to dance up on her but she pushed him away. It turned out to be some drunk guy with a beer in his hand and when he danced up on Lyssa she just gave him a filthy and walked away. Shawn also noted that Constantine was in their pack.

Free Chicken and a Disk Run

We were there for around an hour and as we jumped up and prepared to leave the girl behind the counter (Whom I was looking at before and asked Ralf and Shawn if they thought she was decent) asked if we would like the food not yet eaten. The shop was closing up and she was going to throw out all the pieces of chicken and chicken schnitzels anyway so we decided to take them with us.

Thanking the girl for her kindness we made our way out to Ralf’s car and as it was lightly sprinkling we at the horde of food left for us. Two boxes worth of chicken pieces where I ate two pieces of chicken schnitzel and two pieces of fried chicken. While outside we all talked about food and what foods were good to eat and what had the most fat within them.

Shawn would say something about food and then I would correct him as I know a bit also about food and dietary concepts. Ralf told me later in the night that Shawn would have hated me correcting him. If Ralf knew anything about Shawn it was how he hates to be corrected and he always wants to be right as well as giving people the perception that he was brainy. I didn’t have anything bad to say about Shawn because I didn’t realize how I was chopping into Shawn but rather, I just listened.

From ‘Subway’ we basically drove past Queen Street to see all the girls walking into Chevy’s and as the time was around 1:00 a.m. or later we headed home. Shawn was the first to be dropped off so I could get a certain file called ‘Wing32.dll’ for my computer so I could once again play ‘Vikings’. Running into his house he came back out in the light sprinkle to hand me my disk and Ralf his invitation to Tamsen’s party.

A Call From Western Australia

The time was probably around 2:00 a.m. when I was dropped off at home and for the rest of the night or most of it I tried typing in my diary. Around 4:23 a.m. the phone rang and I thought that it would be Lyssa wanting to come over. It was a woman’s voice but it wasn’t Lyssa’s. There was a 22 year old female on the phone that was looking for my brother. Informing her that he moved up to Queensland she said, “Is he still up there, he must be liking it.”

Starting a little chat she basically told me that she was living in Western Australia and she was just ringing old numbers in her address book, desperation. She lived in Claymore and her name was Merrin, a name I’ve heard before. I tried to picture who she was as she described herself but I just couldn’t do it. She told me she’s seen me once or twice before but that didn’t spring a bell to my mind. Anyway, we let each other go after ten minutes of conversation as it was costing her money and taking down her number I told her that I would probably call her back with Eric’s number in Queensland.

Finally Caught Up

Finally, I have caught up with myself and now I have nothing to write about but my waking up at 2:30 p.m. today and receiving a call from two people. I didn’t think this day would come but here it is, in all its glory. Today I woke up at 2:30 p.m. but I did receive a phone call by Ralf at midday. Now instead of Lyssa waking me up from my slumber it’s my friends, someone has to do it. He wanted to know what I was up to but I just wanted to get back to sleep.

Saturday 6:59 p.m.

Like a burden has been lifted from my shoulders, this chronological speech is no longer than a day. Now as my day is half past let me explain the events and get back to what I was doing. Like I’ve noted Ralf rang me at midday but that was soon extinguished as I got back to sleep. Waking myself up at 2:30 p.m. I had something to eat and then after some discretional delay to write in my Diary I gave in. The reason I stopped typing in my computer was because Ralf and Shawn came over.

Cards and Plans for Tonight

When they did we sat around my room trying to figure out what we were doing for the night while I played songs that echoed through the room. Throwing a few ideas in the air we didn’t sound too enthusiastic upon a nightclub but Shawn did suggest Sydney Casino. That was soon dropped as neither of them had money to gamble. We started to play a card game called ‘Black Ass’ or something like that for half an hour and once that was done Shawn and Ralf headed out. At this moment the both of them are probably in Campbelltown so Ralf can get something to eat.

Later we will probably be headed to Keith’s work to see what he also wants to do and that’s where we will plan our night. The talk was to head to the City and to get Keith to drive since he loves making everyone else drive. Well, that is the all of today and that is the all of chronology, speak to you when I have more. Oh and one more thing, Shawn brought over the ‘Wing.dll’ file that I needed as we talked today about it, I’m going to play ‘Vikings’ now.