Redstar/Halo

Haven't posted in a while, there is a back log on posts that i have to make so i'll start here. I'm actually posting this on the 30th, but it happened on the 19th

Cast:
Korie
Denny
Ryan
Korie Butt
Speilbergo
Adriano
Ross
Pannich
Ashley (dennys gf)
Laura
Ashley's friend
Laura's friend

Location: Dennys basement

Its game 1 of the ducks oilers series and we watch it at Dennys place. Korie is ready and primed to get fucked with his 24 pack of Kokanee. I bum some beers from korie (like 5) and join him in on the festivities. Ryan is to begin his first day of work the next day and decides to go home at the second intermission leaving just me, korie, denny, and scott in his basement. The game ends unspectacularly with an empty net goal. The oilers win dispite being out played and out shot. As the game ends speilbergo, ross, and korie butt run over from next door. As of this point we don't know where we want to go, but we do know that whyte would probably be too crazy plus i was in the mood for hanging out somewhere else. We call aroud and Laura is at her sisters graduation at the Shaw. We all decide that downtown would be fun and head to Red Star, a small bar on jasper right next to halo. Korie butt takes a car load of us down there and Ashley takes denny and whoever was left.

Location : Redstar

Korie is the first to go inside the bar. I can see through the window that Laura is already there with some other people. Korie gives me one of those "come inside" waves. I stand atop the stairs and proceed to grab my balls and give them a shake, communicating to him that i'll come in when i'm ready. I wait for Ross and head down the stairs, Korie comes outside and tells me that the people that Laura were with were in fact her parents. Great first impression. Embarrassed and not wanting to confront them i wait outside until they leave, which was shortly after. Inside its busy but not so much that we couldn't find a place to sit. I head to the bar and have my first Guiness of the night. Denny, Ashley and Pannich arrive, and a little bit later Adriano shows up by himself. Speilbergo and Pannich do some sort of shot and get some strongbow. I could never understand how people drink that stuff. To me it smells like bad B.O. As I finish my beer I go back for another round and Jon joins me. At the bar to my far right an older man sits down with a ledger. Jon and i see this as kind of peculiar, not many people go to the bar and do creative writing. To pay for his beer he pulled out two handfulls of change and scattered it on the bar infront of him, the bartender gives him one of those "you're a fucking asshole" looks and she turns away. Jon and I find this amusing, we pay for our beers and head back to the table.

Feeling bloated from all the beer i decide i need something else to drink. I challenge the bartender to make me something tasty. It was a mix of malibu some sort of blue stuff and sprite. It was kinda girly but it tasted great. At this point i'm pretty cut and lose some sense of time. I'm not sure how much longer we stay there but we all decide eventually to head next door to Halo where everyone else was going. It would seem that people were going to Redstar for a drink or two and then would go to Halo to hang out the rest of the night. Our group tonight would do the same.

Location: Halo

Upon entering I was greeted by a thumping club beat. Unrecongnizable and undistinguishable from any other club beat i've previouly heard. At least it was better then anything the top 40 could offer. The interior of Halo is totally opposite to that of Redstar. Halo has cool lighting, vynil booths and a rave club feel. Redstar more of a pub feel with a dart board, tvs to check the score, and dark wooden tables where you can have a conversion with someone. We all paid our cover and went straight to the bar. I thought i would challange this bartender too to make me something nice to drink. This one was not as skilled. She poured some golden liquor into the glass and put some fizzy mix in. I thought i saw the jose label on the bottle as she put it down but thought to myself surely she would not make me a drink with tequila in it. I was wrong. The drink tasted terrible, i wouldn't be visting that bartender again. The rest of the night would consist of vodka and red bull, a combinantion that nobody could mess up. We found an unoccupied booth by the dance floor, and proceeded to continue to drink there.

At this point pretty much everyone except the driver, Ashley, is drunk. Adriano and Pannich would leave Halo at some point but exactly when I don't know. Laura's friend would come and leave but i have no reccolection of her being there at all. I think we all decide to leave at 1:30-1:45. Korie and Laura would take a cab and leave together. Denny, Ashley, Ross and i would leave. It was pouring out and Denny and Ashley run towards her car. Ross and i would follow but at the same time we were wondering where Jon was, as he was supposed to catch a ride home with us. For some reason upon exiting the bar and climbing the stairs i decide to take my shirt off. With ross a few steps infront of me we run towards the car. As we run we pass by Boston Pizza, and i'm given some weird looks by some girls sitting by the window. I would too if i saw a shirtless guy run by while its raining outside. Ashley opens the door for me and i take refuge in her car. I ask Ross where Jon is and he is unsure, we try calling him a couple times with no success, and leave without him. I would ride home shirtless and wet.