Guirigay and Sweetie Pie’s PaRedux It’s all true and it never really happened…

Awwww...well we are working on it....we shall see, but yes, we definitely would hate to miss out on the amazing group going in December....you and Anthony included!

Here I come into the mix........hesitant and then completely at ease and in love with the whole gang.

with Guirigay and Marley though "I already knew"

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Here I come into the mix........hesitant and then completely at ease and in love with the whole gang.

with Guirigay and Marley though "I already knew"

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Oh yes, girl, here it is...

So we roll into the lot at SeaSplash. There’s a group of us I think so I’m guessing it was Marley and Ninja, Boogs and Pooper, Jon, Tizzy and Sweetness. I mention to Sweetie Pie that it looks like Jon and Tizzy are hitting it off. This makes me happy because Jon is Boogers best bud which by my inductive reasoning means he’s GOT to be a better than average guy. Tizzy DESERVES a week in paradise with a good guy. Sweetie Pie surprises me, “They're doing more than hitting it off!” she says with her little twinkle, “They were VERY comfortable with each other at the show last night!” This makes me smile. No more Jon, Tizzy – for the rest of the week it will be Tizzy and Jon, or Jon and Tizzy, or on a few occasions – Jizzy…

We roll back through the property, a lush tropical landscape surrounds the buildings on the way to the beach. It opens up into a large pool/bar/restaurant area that has steps right down on to the beach. There are already quite a few people there and I start scanning the group for -

Brasi – Of all the people I anticipated seeing this reach I don’t think there was anyone I was more excited to see. We share a number of things in common and fact is we’re blood – Clan McLeod. The back and forth in preparation for the flop, plans for hanging a McLeod tartan at Pelican Bar, The Project, Bentley’s, lowdowns and setups filled our conversations pre-flight. We see each other and a BIG hug follows quickly and then we just look at each other with hands on each others shoulders for what is probably only a few seconds but seems longer. The enormous smile on Brasi’s face and the gleam in his eye are an exact reflection of the happiness I’m experiencing. I will never forget it. I’m going to tell you a lot more about Brasi, what a week with a great, great guy. But for the moment I will leave it just at this – I LOVE YOU, MAN!! :o Sweetie Pie loves you too, she wants to remind you…

Sweetness – is. Thinking about meeting Sweetness has shaken some of the cobwebs. We did walk down the lane to Catcha to meet up and head to SeaSplash. We had our introductions there but it wasn’t really until Sweetie Pie and I sat down with her at SeaSplash that we began our journey together. And boy are we gonna have some times! And for all the fun that we have together, and there is a lot starting today, it’s the moments in between that I will treasure most with Sweetness. She is kind, considerate, thoughtful, funny, wise and beautiful. Those cover the Sweetness side of her but there’s more, a lot more. She can REALLY surprise you. “Did you just say that, Sweetness?!?” Oh yes, yes she did. She is my greatest surprise and best gift of this reach. Mi sista, mi sweet soul sista…

Mr SpottyCatz – Last night –“SpottyCatz, they're hilarious!” Catcha this afternoon – “Did you meet SpottyCatz? Their SO fun!” Well today we run across SpottyCatz for the first time and it’s true. Fun and funny. Mr. SpottyCatz, not unlike myself, is quite willing to play the fool in the name of good times. Crazy clothes, a song, a dance, some general tomfoolery, it’s all in his bag of tricks. I think subconsciously we realized at one point the potential danger of us egging each other on and so frequently would just enjoy the others antics without trying to top each other. I’m thankful, as I hurt myself in innumerable ways this trip and don’t want to imagine where things could have ended up. However, in the future… ;)

Mrs SpottyCatz – is my Scottish lass. How did she end up marrying a Englishman? Her feigned innocence in the midst of outrageous commentary made me fall down laughing more than once. And she delivers it all in this amazing Scottish accent that just absolutely floors me. And I think she is always smiling. And then you realize that she has one brown eye and one blue eye, and well, face it, you’re lost…

Indy Bob – is a fun, low-key guy who seemed to be smiling every time we met. He just doesn’t seem to get flustered. I think of Bob as a counterweight, maybe most appropriately as a wheel balancing counterweight. He keeps that whole high speed rotation of Indy Cindy running smooth, no wobbling out of control into the jungle. Into the ocean, yes, jungle, no. Most of the time you could find Bob leaning against the rail, holding up the wall, chilling in a comfy chair. Frequently he’d be chatting up Mr. SpottyCatz but almost always keeping an eye on…

Indy Cindy – “Hi! I’m Lurker Cindy!” Best greeting of the trip! I’m talking with an interdisciplinary research team of Bio-Medical and Engineering scientists about Cindy and they are intrigued. From my descriptions they are sure they can isolate bio-compounds running through her blood stream and believe she may hold the key to all the world’s energy problems. You see, she NEVER stops. And funny? She can make more faces than you can think of. She has a face for just about any emotion and a couple hundred designed to do nothing but make you laugh. On a more serious, human side to the story we did find out that Cindy had a difficult early life. Without Bob to steady her she wobbled into the ditch as a young girl, got knocked up and had to give the baby up… Tizzy’s family has a LOT of explaining to do at home…

Bella Bea – A FAVORITE. She came in after us and was a whirlwind. I thought she might just be super amped at arriving like I was yesterday but that IS NOT the case. She runs high voltage most of the time. Bea is a straight shooter. She tells it like she sees it. She loves to have fun. She loves to watch young boys spin like tops trying to figure her out. She is also Patty’s BFF and watching the two of them together is a hoot. Another of the great disappointments of this trip was that we never made it to Fun Holiday for a hangout and chill with Patty and Kopper, Beachgirl, Bea and…

BeccaJean – Becky seemed to be one of the most excited boardies in the lead up to our adventure. She’s a “Calls it likes I sees it” kind of person and she made some calls at particularly vivid points. I don’t remember much more than our greeting from SeaSplash but she is PERMANENTLY ingrained in my mind from the Magic Bus. Classic comments that will live forever for all of us. And a knack for pulling the animal community together as well. Herding Turtles is a BeccaJism (um, I think I’ll trademark that!) but the most memorable can only be retold in context in small groups – “Like Rabbits!”

MuzikDoc – What a cool dude. What a great, great guy. And he REALLY is a music doctor. He brings musical instruments back to life. And he is intimately familiar with one of my favorite places, Elderly Instruments. And he was the purest flopper of ALL the floppers. And he is chilly chill, ice cold in the tropical heat.

Rasta Stan – Is a showman. I think A LOT of people here know that. Is anyone on the board as roundly liked, admired, dare I say revered as Old BeadBeard? It seems as if everyone knows him, and those like me who didn’t FEEL like they know him. Easy going yet ready, willing and more importantly CAPABLE of getting a group into some mojo in a hurry. I’m pretty certain if all you did was follow Rasta Stan around for the week you’d have seen everyone and had a Hella Time. I know whenever he was where I was it was…

Drummerboy – I want to know more about Drummerboys story. He ended up being a last minute solo traveler. He was a very genuine and enjoyable guy. Had a great time with him at the flop. Poor guy had no chance, GD he’s thinner than I am, but he was all in.

Jim Hurt – Good businessman, great man. I will have a lot more to say about Jim later. Thank you, Jim, for your help, but really, truly, thank you much more for just being there. You put a lot of stuff in perspective.

BRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr waahhhhhhhhhhh. Oy.....such beautiful words. Thank you. Blessed love to you and MissSP.

[your description of Brasi is spot on.....such a GOOD GUY, talented, handsome, hilarious.....]

Each and every one of these people are are so FUN to hang with. And you are right, Cindy is NON-STOP~and just as SWEET! And Bob takes GREAT CARE of her..........More please.

OMG....I am dying here! So many comments I want to make on this latest post but I will have to take some time, stop crying from laughing so hard, before I can respond....


JIZZY......OMG! You are killing me!

Tizzy's family has some explaining to do!!!! OMG, YES! They do!
At one point...I think it was the night at Catcha...we looked over at the two of them together and I said...."There's Tizzy, and Tizzy Sr....or Cindy and Cindy Jr. right there!"

I LOVE IT!!!!

My dude, I'm dying over here....

ROLLING!!! lololol

accept you really lost me on the "Like rabbits".....how did I manage to miss out on an inside joke???

LOLOL

And yes, I'm going to go talk to my "mom" tonight....I think you're onto something here. This explains everything!!! LOL CINDY if you're lurking, I miss you SOOOO much! XO

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Right back at you Guirigay!! You and Sweetiepie are great people and had me smiling everytime I got the pleasure of hangin with you guys. Thank you for your interest in my story!! I promise to share it with everybody, being that you all have shared so much with me. This trip for me was an exercise in rebuilding me...and I think it got me off to a great start. You don't even know, Guirigay, but your little battle trying to swim against the current at the falls is part of that process. I tried to take a lil something special to learn from each person I met. I did just that!! Whether it was watching two people(Clarity and Markus) that are madly in love with one another, play in the waves from my upper deck/chillspot at Seasplash, or your current experience at the falls.....you fine people gave me hope. My trip report will have a few pics that I feel are important for you guys to see, but I need to get a new laptop in order to throw them on here. I can't do it on my work computer. As they say....SOON COME. I have nothing but love for all you guys and I really mean it........IF YOU EVER ARE COMING THROUGH KC, YOU HAVE A FRIEND THERE!!! I would love to show you around!!!! Peace be with you all!!!!

I am laughing so hard . Tizzy are you my long lost daughter? LOL:) keep up with the fun GG INDY CINDY:) and miss ya sweetiepie....

Yeppp Cindy it's all TRUE :) We've established that there's been some sort of mix up! LOLOL

Michael, me ol' mukka!! Surely we will be the same room together in the not too far future, at which point in time we'll see how it fits. ;)

Thanks everybody.

Tizzy - I don't know HOW IT'S POSSIBLE you can't remember it!! Better ask Booger, he actually had the last word on this one!! ;)

Drummerboy - really glad to hear this, I'm looking forward to it. Just remember - I'm an idiot...

Sweetness - get out your tissue, we ain't done :)

Jim and Donna - I've seen the pics from Canoe post bash on Friday. You ALL are crazy!! And fun!!

Hey Cindy - the reunion was heartwarming! :) Promise I'll kiss Sweetie Pie tonight.

The party is in full swing when we arrive but we give it a little push. A lot of folks who met last night are happy to be back together in a quieter environment. I’m glad it was rockin’ last night because it kept me going and having to talk loud probably helped keep oxygen running to my brain, but I’m happy now to be able to talk. It’s our first chance as a group to have that easy going chat about. The cocktail party on the beach with all your old friends – from yesterday – and your new ones from today. We’re reminded of that “best friends for a day” sensation of the pub crawl in February only this is taken an order of magnitude higher and refined by the belief that this “ain’t just for a day”.

It’s just a terrific mishmash of overlapping conversations and people standing in big groups where you can turn any of four or five directions and drop in on some great dialogue. It’s almost too much. Talking to someone you’re enjoying the hell out of and hearing a voice behind you that makes you smile and looking over the shoulder of your partner and seeing someone you’ve looked forward to meeting for months. All senses firing on hyperdrive, mind shifting threads of consciousness at a rapid rate, all lubricated by the incredible offerings of Negril.

Sweetie Pie and I have a great chat at a table with Sweetness. We plant some seeds. I have always admired her tag line Preach Peace/ Live Love / Blessed Be. It is not a tag line. She DOES preach peace and she definitely lives love. I pray that she be blessed and offer mine as needed.

The band is terrific, one of those various assemblages of talented Negril musicians finding a way to make a living. Earl Lockes is singing. He remembers us from the Boat Bar and NCB in February. Just a great voice. An excellent trumpet player as well. Good enough to stop me in my tracks in a talk with Sweetness and Sweetie Pie and turn around to watch him riff a solo. I end up buying a CD of his, have to admit I haven’t had a chance to listen yet. Will need to do that soon now that I’m thinking about it…

We have all the boardie musicians in the house and I try to pull them together. I talk to Jim and he says, “Let me know what you need!” See why people love SeaSplash? Rasta Stan, MuzikDoc, DrummerBoy and Brasi are not nearly as enthusiastic! :D They’re having a good time and don’t want to work, very understandable. Rasta Stan makes an astute observation about following the incredible band that is playing. The whole operation fades away…

Sweetie Pie has a nice talk with Rob exploring the options of running a business remotely from Jamaica. He is very helpful. Says it’s the easiest way to stay down there long term. No shingle, much fewer hassles.

We’re back to the beach and the world’s greatest cocktail party continues. Sweetie Pie gets hit by a haggler. He steps up to her holding out a hand as if to greet, and when Sweetie puts her hand up in return he whips a string bracelet around her wrist. I laugh and as he reaches down to my wrist I pull it back. “No, no,” I say, “not me! But I’ll pay 500 for the bracelet you snuck onto her wrist!” He presses on, inquiring on my left handedness. He has worked this routine a thousand times at least, I’m thinking, just this year. I am resistant but it is futile, I end up giving him another 300…

At one point I’m just about overwhelmed. I can’t believe I’m standing here with all these people. I realize I have the camera in my pocket and I slip away for a few moments to check my head and to try to capture the afternoon.

I head up the stairs to the bar and catch Sweetness looking at me. Do you see the little devil in our wonderful angel? Jim is in King of the Party mode.

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I just got access to these pictures this morning. I laughed out loud when I saw this next pic. I now present photographic evidence of my prose. Please notice the Ricardo’s and Mertz’s– Mrs SpottyCatz with a wry smile, Indy Bob in preparation for a classic rail lean, Lurker Cindy is a blur and it appears Mr SpottyCatz is preparing for a game of grabass.

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Crap focus and I STILL love this one. Indy Bob in his full on, SpottyCatz in his trance dance, maybe my favorite Cindy face of the trip and Rasta Stan on the move…

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Rasta Stan chatting up Lisa. This is Rob 98% of the time at any webcast…

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Not much in the way of color tonight but the sunset is always beautiful in Negril.

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I can’t believe that we’re all here. Did it really happen?

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There are plans afoot to head to a comedy show out at Moondance Cliffs. Chicken is coming to pick us up!! Things are pulled together, sort of, and we TRY to make our way out. The exit from SeaSplash is as comically slow as the ride in from Mo Bay. Turtles indeed. I see Chicken and give a holler to match my smile. “The coolest man in Jamaica!” says Chicken with his trademark smile, “I love this guy!” He gives me the boxer 1,2,3. Dang, hello orbit…
Eventually, all who are going get on board and we head out. Supposed to be going to Moondance. Yeah, right, umm, I mean left… We’re in Jamaica…

Okay now you know why i do not take time to spell or type correctly:) it is easier to use slang. And get back to dancin!!!!!!!!! Oh tizzy my dawta you must come to Indy and meet the family.LOLLOL luvs ya all. I.C.:) keep the story a comin:)

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Haha! you guys are too funny with all the double fact checks! Love it! So nice to read about your adventures from different perspectives. Sweetie pie, that's a great shot of you on the roof :)

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Thank you Eden. Guirigay is not half bad of a photographer.

My sweet Guirigay, I love you, I love the way you love everyone on this grand adventure. It certainly has been an amazing journey with amazing people.

Love it Guiri....you have a way dude....PROPS! I will be consulting with Booger later on about that. lol

Cindy...I mean, Mom...let's def plan something over Summer....the holidays are too far away!! LOLOL

I saw that devilish smile on Sweetness....girl you're not fooling US! ;)

There are not any publishable pictures from this little adventure…

We’re not on the road more than a minute or so when the whole thing goes in the ditch. And I’m gonna say it was my fault. “Man, I’m really hungry, do you think we can stop at a barrel on the way?” I ask. And there it is. We don’t even realize it yet but our plan has gone up in flames. We are, however, phoenixes, and we will rise to new heights from the dropped ashes of this torched plan. The bus gets very jabbery and I don’t really know what’s going on, I’m engaged in some sort of buffoonery and just anxious for some jerk. Eventually, much longer than I thought it would be, we take a giant left hand turn into the lot at Eddie’s DeBar.

Sweetness is super excited, “This is the BEST jerk!” she exclaims. Related to the Three Dives family she says but she thinks it’s even better. THAT gets me and Sweetie Pie excited. We get out and Booger is greeted like a returning hero. I think that’s because he WAS a returning hero. Booger held his 4/20 bash here just two nights ago. There are a few chickens on the barrel when Booger checks. “Are they ready, Eddie?” he asks, “Can we get a few to go?” “Ready soon,” says Eddie, “How many?” as he looks at our large crowd. Lots of hands raise, lot’s of “Ya Mon’s”, lot’s of “Quarter” and “Half” called out. Before you know it we’re all leaning against the bar, Striped up or rummied out.

I don’t know how it happened (well actually I do) but in no time I’ve stumbled into a Marxist commune. We are talking some serious socialist radicals. As they pass around the Bolshevist agenda amongst the party members, though, I find myself sucked in and before you know it and I’m blown away by their propaganda. I become a card carrying communist. Freaking Pinko’s…

They’re good people by and large, if you can overlook one glaring fact. They are extremely cruel to newborns. There are numerous, maybe countless, little children running around Negril today without ANY forearms –little baby hands just dangling from their biceps – all in the pursuit of supporting this Leninist party. Oh, the humanity! The poor little children…

So I’m going to say something a little out of character here for a moment. Booger is a good man. Booger is a VERY GOOD man. He spreads it around. He helps where he can and he helps generously. There was a joke at Catcha that the staff loved him because he tipped IN ADDITION to the service charge. “I never knew!” Booger would counter. I don’t believe it. Booger loves Eddie… and Sexy Rexy… and Percy … and a lot of other folks in Negril. And he helps them out in a lot of ways with an easy generosity I truly admire. And he absolutely WILL NOT allow ANYONE to return it in kind. He must carry some talisman enchanted with a Protection from Gifting 5’ cast upon it (That’s for all you geeks out there :) ). OK, there it is, now back to our regularly scheduled character assassination...

Booger is totally in his element here, after all he’s a Sandienista. And all his buddies at DeBar are only too happy to run out and chop off babies forearms for him. The night is a massacre. And this is not a comment to disparage Eddie’s kitchen or cleanliness but the table is littered with GIANT nocturnal house pests. Children are sacrificed and their substantial remains left to rot as another steps to the firing line. It is ridiculous. In a week of massive stupidity tonight at DeBar ranks retarded.

Eventually, in true Jamaican time, the food shows. It is fantastic. Sweetness is beside herself, “Di Bess Mon, always di Bess!” she patters to Eddie. Moondance is a long gone idea. We hang quite a while at DeBar. We talk about a late night trifecta of LTU, Sexy’s and Sir D’s and the gang saddles up in classic turtle fashion. Sweetie Pie is fading though and when Chicken stops at Catcha to drop someone off (Sweetness?) we hop out and head up the lane. On the way I start to get my head right. Focus, baby, tomorrow is the FLOP!!!

I musta been REAL ****'ed up....cause I'm sooooooo LOST right now. LOLOLOL

Why were arms being chopped off of babies!?!?!?

I'm gonna chime in real quick about Booger. He IS generous, and he IS a good friend....and it's genuine. On top of all that he's a funny MF'er

LOL...I don't know what I find funnier....this latest entry or Tizzy's response!!!!!


HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

Tiz, Tiz, Tiz... You cannibalistic commie!! You devoured babies forearms... :)

You were there right?? I was there....dont know how I missed all the baby hoopla but i'm a little disturbed to know I might have had some involvment. :eek:

LOLOLOL Crazy ass trip

:oYou guys are way too nice......

I LOVE Eddie's Debar and the vibe that Eddie and his lovely lady create. It was a pleasure to hang with her before she headed out off the island.

I have a pic of that night.....
edit.... see next page....
I do not recall where Jon was at this moment and I didn't really care. LOL.

Just wait Booger....

Not very nice Booger....that is not flattering picture lol

Seriously make it go away!! Lol

Oh an for the record....there are indeed pics from that night but this nuh be one. Wrong again Booger...

LOL....Tizzy is right = different fun night at Eddie's.

Great night for sure. Love the vibe there and his wifie is a sweetheart. And the food......OY
Lovin the stories Guiri.......ONE LOVE :o

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What a night....I have never laughed so hard in my whole life.....we were definitely at a comedy show! Just not the one we were planning on! LOL

What nice pictures Marley, thank you so much for sharing those. lol

It was a really good night. They all were.

That thing is HUGe...booger please....I promise I'll send them to you tomorrow, for the love of little amputee babies....take that **** down LOL

love the pic, Tizz.

it says to me...pure freedom!

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What nice pictures Marley, thank you so much for sharing those. lol

It was a really good night. They all were.

That thing is HUGe...booger please....I promise I'll send them to you tomorrow, for the love of little amputee babies....take that **** down LOL

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Um..... Sweetness posted the pics, not Marley. LOL.

Giurigay - Really enjoying your TR, looks like there was a lot of fun times happening while we were in Mandeville. It's so great to see all the pics and hear the stories! I feel like I'm transported back to Negril through your words. I can't wait for the next update.

Booger - You're gonna have two chicas throwing sea urchins at you if you keep that up! lol!
And she's right, wrong night - I remember that party. ;)

Tizzy - I really miss seeing your smile, girl! You're just living it up and enjoying the moment in that picture. I love it!
Let me know when you make it out to SoCal - we'll take a drive down to meet up with you all. I promised Sandy I would come to visit. Pinky sweared it.:o

Miss you all of you guys so much!!

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Booger.....LOL LOL

Sweetness! What great pic's! Thank you. great, great portraits. Put's me right back under that giant thatched roof... Makes me fall in love with all those faces all over again... If I have to pic one though, Boogs and Sandie, you can truly see how happy he is to be at Debar with de buds and de buds...

And I didn't even mention his generosity THERE to us, what a guy...

And Chicken! GD I love that shot!

I agree Guirigay!!!

Love those pics, Sweetness