Insiphonating dark chocolate with Mr. PokerFace

Hey ladies!

Soo... last night a cappella concert was unreal... SOOOOO GOOOOOD!

I met up with some band friends (Emily, Craig, Janene and Alejandro) for dinner at East Side Mario’s together with about 10 of Craig’s relatives. We were sitting close to Craig’s grandpa and so we were treated to a list of family accomplishments (“That’s my oldest, there, and he graduated from Western and now he does this and those are his lovely daughters. The oldest one is in her third year at Queens, that’s her, there, and her sister goes to Windsor and is taking...”). Craig was a bit concerned that we were getting bored by stories but after I told him about how my Nonno talks on and on about things that guests never understand because of his thick Italian accent I think he felt a bit better.

About half way through dinner Emily said that she was suffonsified (it’s not in any dictionary but is, in fact, a word). This is apparently a thing/word the band has talked about before because Alejandro piped up with “Are you sure you’re not insiphonated?” (Insiphonated is apparently not a word, even though suffonsified is.) I had assumed it was and formed my own definition of insiphonated because they burst by bubble. I shared my thought that “Insiphonated is when you’re trying to siphon something but you suck too hard and get some in your mouth”(as in, when you suck something so hard you get some in your mouth you are insiphonated... or something like that). No sooner had the words left my mouth when I realized exactly what that sounded like (eyes widening like “I cannot believe I just said that!”) and at the exact same moment Craig made this face like he had just “insiphonated” something.

I lost it.

I was giggling to myself for about 5 solid minutes, if not more. Janene picked up on what I was thinking and had a little chuckle which me but the others, most especially Craig, did not pick up what I was so hysterical over. That make me laugh even harder. I think the rest of the family thought I was cracked but it was soooo funny!

After dinner we made our way over to the theatre where we were joined by my friend Mr. Klein. Mr. Klein and I caught up for a bit and during that catching up I learned that he really enjoyed my comments on a slash fiction page on Facebook. This rather made my day because, apparently, he hadn’t known much about the HP slash fiction community but had really enjoyed seeing the things on this page. I think I may have created another Drarry shipper! So exciting! I told him about Dawn and how we loved exchanging good fics when we found them and said I would send him some (which I definitely did). I also told him that I’d written one and that if he could figure out which one was mine I’d be impressed. He said he would try so I look forward to his search if he ever gets around to it. Somewhere in here he also put the image into my head of what would happen if it got out that I wrote graphic slash fiction during some kind of family holiday dinner. That imagined scenario will give me many giggles in the future.

The band people were trying to make me have another giggle fit in the lobby of the theatre by saying insiphonated and having Craig try and recreate his face and while I giggled quite a few times there was nowhere near the outpouring of mirth that happened at the dinner table. Mr. Klein was a bit confused until I told him I inferred something related to slash fiction when they said the word “insiphonated” at which point he was all giggles, too. I love friends...

This was Mr. Klein’s first ever attendance of an a cappella performance so I was trying to explain what a tenor, baritone and bass were and I ended up with an analogy of chocolate and cheese which he very much enjoyed. Mr. Klein particularly enjoys dark chocolate, haha, and so do I!

The concert was absolutely fantastical! So many jokes and so much amazing music! One unfortunate thing was that Mr. PokerFace (who is a member of the group) was not feeling very well and only sung his part of “I’ll get him hard, show him what I’ve got!” and no other solos. There are so many good voices in the group that this hardly mattered at all but he’s a great performer and it was sad to hear he wasn’t doing so well. Fortunately, I’m sure he’ll return to the group next year with even more outrageous antics for everyone to enjoy.

So, overall, yesterday was a super fun day and I loved it!

Ciao,

Dina