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I'm all partied out. My mouth tastes like a fucking ashtray.

Went to a buddy's birthday party at the Black Dog last night. A whole bunch of guys back from the high school days showed up, some I haven't seen for years, so that was pretty rockin'

For entertainment, we played a game dubbed "spygame", based on the thing on TLC where they put people through spy school. Although appearently it's being renamed it to "Urban Espionage" or something. Anyway, the basic premise is to select someone out of the group to go and get a stranger to do something or reveal some information without the spy blowing the cover.

Up until now the most celebrated exploit was Russ getting a stranger to let him wear his hat without directly asking him for it. Took him like 5 minutes, but in the end, he got the guys red ball cap.

However, nothing trumps yesterday's game. We were sitting on the roof patio at the Black Dog when Russ spotted a guy walking in with his girfriend. Russ recognized the guy as an old high school mate and so a plan was hatched. Chris was picked as a spy and given background information on the subject (Josh) by Russ. Chris was to pretend to be an old school buddy and get a) contact information and b) somehow introduce the notion of Urban Golf*.

A rough transcript of the conversation:

Chris: Hey! ... Josh ... right?
Josh: Yea man. Fuck, it's been a while.
(no clue where that came from)
Chris: Yea. You were in my math class at LCHS with Mr. Mc... Mc... Mc........
Josh: McWilliams.. fuck yea.
*some back and forth*
Chris: So you still talk to Hanna? She said you were into graphic arts ?
Josh: *goes on about graphic arts to the annoyance of his girlfriend*
Chris: Yea. That's actually interesting. I'm kind of into Urban Golf, and we're looking into maybe making a website.
Josh: Urban Golf?
Chris: *explains Urban Golf*
Josh: FUCK! I'd totaly be into that. Let me give you my email address.
Chris: *gets pad from us and writes down info*
Josh: Gimme a shout and we'll go for coffee or lunch or something.
*conversation concludes, Josh and GF take off*

This mission was total fucking success. Not only did Chris initiate conversation, Josh "recognized" him as an old buddy. He gave his contact information without being asked for it. And he was totaly sold by the idea of Urban Golf. Chris scored some smokes and a beer . Cigs here are like $10 a pack, so they're kind of an unofficial currency

*Urban Golf
Basically the idea is that you get a bunch of people with golf clubs and neon balls or something, start at the "Welcome to Edmonton" sign and "golf" your way across town to another "Welcome to Edmonton" sign. Appearently this is supposed to start some time in June.

Anyway, that's all I've got for now.