Now That Was Wierd

It's day 19 of year 24 which is day five of month 7 in year 2005. Kind of sounds like a complex star date on Star Trek.

Something else that is completely from outerspace is what happened last night. Once again I head off to the Flood to discover that nobody is there and once again I am oh so happy that I just drove 30 minutes to arrive at nothing. It was a long weekend, but since the day off was Friday, I didn't think that they'd skip monday too. Baaaaa....

Since I now had an evening wide open I decided to call up Jon and we went out for coffee. When we go out we need to choose certain coffee places that are not the popular joints, or else we'd never get to talk. So Whyte Ave was out of the question because we know many people on the ave and they'd all sit down and decide to talk with us. Generally not a bad thing, but when you want to actually talk talk then interruptions are not always welcomed.

Sadly we went a bit too far off the beaten path.

Jon had a 2 for 1 coffee thing for 2nd Cup, so we decided to use it. Normally when we go out for coffee we head to the Jasper Ave Starbucks because nobody is there. A 2nd Cup just happens to be a few blocks down the road so off we went.

I should have known this evening would be weird when off in the distance I noticed a girl putting up a poster. I mentioned the girl to Jon and he takes a closer look and says, "Uh... Kayle... that's not a girl..."

Could have fooled me. When we walked past it was definately a guy. Strange how I thought this person was a girl. Very strange indeed.

We get to 2nd Cup and walk inside. Greeted by a man fast asleep, head back, mouth open with a fresh hot coffee in front of him. All I said was, "You don't see that everyday" which really is just wishful thinking for me. I see stuff like that much more often then not.

We get our coffee and step outside to the patio thing.

I look to my left. There is a guy reading an obviously gay book. I look to my right. There is a highly femanine man sitting with his "girlfriends". I look behind me, more guys. I look back to my left. Now there is another man gently touching first man's shoulder. I look to Jon... oh sweet Lord what have we gotten ourselves into this time?

A natural reaction probably would have been to get up and walk away. But we'd just gotten coffee and we were darn ready to sit there and drink it. So we did. We didn't say much. There was just not much to say. Either that or the uncomfortable meeter was registering a 15 Billion on a scale of 1-10. I kept bursting out in laughter every few minutes and hoped I wouldn't get straight bashed. A car eventually pulled up and drove first gay man away, not before the driver waved to every guy around us and some exchanged bits of converstaion.

Eventually it was too much and we got up and left. As we were walking back to the car I decided to check out the poster that the first person I saw was putting up. Turns out it was a poster for a 80's Glam Party. Not so bad, I thought to myself, until I noticed the fine print.... an 80's Drag Glam Party. I guess that's why at a distance I thought the guy was a gal.

WHAT THE FREAKING HECK IS GOING ON?????

All I wanted was a coffee... just one normal coffee... that's all I ask....

Actually, if wacked out crap like this didn't constantly happen to me, then I'd never have anything to update in his here blog.

And once again I'm amazed at the different culture that is out there in Edmonton. I'm amazed that I'm so out of touch with it. I'm amazed that honest, true Christian's are not bombarding that place with bombs of unconditional love of God and a trusting, listening ear.

I drove home once again, praying furiously for more boldness. I don't quite know how to cross that bridge at a place and situation like my 2nd Cup night, but I know I need to. The people I had coffee with are just as much the same sheep at the drunk ones on Whyte Ave.