I spent last weekend in Fall River, MA visiting my friend Eugene. Eugene's gone through some life changes since I was last in the area. He's become a tenured professor at his university sometime in 2021. Also after living in a number of different apartments, he finally became a homeowner last year. So I got to see his new place. He's in a townhome and at one point he had a roommate. His former roommate Demetri was a student of his whom he befriended once the semester ended. At one point they even messed around with each other. But now they've maintained a great friendship. Demetri moved out earlier in the year and is living back home with his father while in a relationship with another beau.
Eugene filled me in on the latest guy that's tickled his fancy. It's a guy that works at his local post office that he recently befriended. Apparently he's been working there a number of years and they've been playing a game of cat and mouse for years. Things came to a head when the postal guy and he chatted extensively in the main hallway. I got to meet him while in town since Eugene wanted a chance to chat with him again. Only thing his he had no reason to be there so he had me buy a book of stamps. Luckily it just so happen that he was free so I got to briefly chat with him in person. He kind of reminded me of actor Terrell Tifford. I forgot to look to see if he had a wedding ring. But hopefully Eugene figures something out there.
So Eugene finds himself almost in the same situation that I was in when I lived in my old townhome. He's the only black person in the building. He's already been a rebel as well. The association requires each resident to give a copy of their key but he refuses to do so. He's also had some interesting encounters with some of the neighbors. I don't miss being in that situation. Interestingly enough there's a large Portuguese population that lives in Fall River. He also does not live too far from Providence, Rhode Island, which we went to check out the Eagle leather bar.
I also got to meet Demetri and his partner Aiden at Legal Sea Foods in Boston. I've been to Legal Sea Foods once before way back in 2004 when I was in Providence, RI for a co-worker/friend wedding. So that was actually over 20 years ago. How time flies.
Demetri was definitely a yummy guy and I laughed how when Eugene went to the bathroom how Demetri and I quickly agreed on Eugene's flaws. It was the same ones when I talked to his other friend privately. Anyone who knows him has to take it or leave it when it comes to Eugene. Basically Eugene always thinks he's right about every situation and thinks he single-handedly turns things around in every situation. He can be a bit of a know-it-all at times too. But he does have mostly pure intentions.
Demetri's partner Aiden seems like a cool guy too. Interestingly enough Aiden also has a Salesforce connection so he knew what I was talking about when I mentioned the product.
Surprisingly Eugene didn't push too many of my buttons this weekend. Usually he does something that he knows will set me off. But this trip wound up being a nice one. We may see each other next week while in Detroit. This New Year's Eve he'll be in CA instead so I won't get to hang with him in Chicago even though I hadn't in a couple years due to various life circumstances.
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