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

[marley9808]

You are half right Tizzy.....when they called me I told them to come down to Catcha and get a drink at the bar while everyone was getting ready. Then Pelle (sp?) picked us all up in the Chicken bus at Catcha and took us all down to Seasplash for the webcast

[Guirigay]

You are half right Tizzy.....when they called me I told them to come down to Catcha and get a drink at the bar while everyone was getting ready. Then Pelle (sp?) picked us all up in the Chicken bus at Catcha and took us all down to Seasplash for the webcast

I can NEVER prove it now but I had already pieced this together as I was thinking about my introduction to Sweetness.

[marley9808]

YES!!!!! That is when we ALL met her actually!

[marley9808]

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!

[Sweetness]

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"

[Guirigay]

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"

Oh yes, girl, here it is...

[Guirigay]

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!! 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…

[Guirigay]

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…

[Guirigay]

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.

[Sweetness]

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.....]