So another party last night that proved to be alot of fun. Gerry's roommate in South San Francisco is this guy named Seaon. He is a nice dude who happens to be a salsa instructor and very good I might add, he even has his own instructional DVD. According th this japanese salsa aficionado we were talking to he is "one of top 5 best in the world". And also added that there are so many people who would choose to "lock themselves in a room with him and take private lessons from him". The man is very good not only from the video but from some of the dance I have seen him do.
Anyway, I had meet seaon back at this now infamous birthday party in EPA a while back and this time around he was having a "Salsa & BBQ" as the sign read at his house. I went with Rick and we got there about 6 o clock. The night was highlighted by copious amounts of bar (liquor and beer) and of course lots of food. They had everything from 4-5 different kinds of rice, some noodles, sweet and sour pork, carne asada (the real shit!), and then your traditional BBQ far w/ some burgers and hot dogs. So let me emphasize that I did not drink since it was my task to drive rick home, but of course Rick drank and was constantly walking around with a corona bottle which he would plug up with his thumb and then turn upside down. Mind you, he would do this in the man's house and on top of his carpet making me very nervous.
So, I spent most of the night half watching the BET awards and talking to a bunch of people at the party. I met a guy who is a police officer at Lake Merced and we talked about all the weird shit he sees such as the fact that last week he saw some guy should check a disabled woman. And then the real highlight of the night, the 87 year old Alzheimer's patient who myself and Darryl (the police officer) had to take turns listening to him since he imposed himself on us.
So first of all, 87 year old dude named santiago had about 6 or 7 storylines in his life that he needed to tell me and/or anyone about seven times to keep the conversation going. Some of the highlights (I don't remember them all!)
1) He was a great dancer and could do ballroom dancing. He would always follow this statement up w/ the question, "Do you know ballroom dancing?" At this point, regardless of your answer he would start listing off, "you know the jitterbug, the fox trot, etc... He would then segway into how every sunday he went dancing at the Del Rio (maybe? he was hard to understand) club and that I should go down there. From here the topic would segway.....
2) after talking about his dancing at the club on sundays he would make some comment along the lines of... "That's how I met saeon." He's a nice man, he gave me a ride home once. Then it would turn into him telling me about the del rio club and then saying something along the lines of, you know there are usually an equal number of guys and girls, but ill dance with anyone, even if their gay, they just have to let me lead. "I don't care if they are black, white, gay or straight, they just have to let me lead. So after telling me 5 times about how he loves everyone and has no problems with gay people (all the while putting his hand on my leg to demonstrate what a gay person does) he segways into his next topic which is his race.
Note: This was the only storyline that gerry encountered (knee touch and all) and so gerry thought the dude was like the creepy old guy in family guy
3) Santiago was born in New Mexico and moved to California at 4 months. He is of spanish and Navajo descent. He has won every fight in his life, though he will modestly say that this is a testament to his luck. He talks about one specific time where he "took no fucking shit" from 3 guys who called him a mexican. The hand gestures he would do to simulate fighting was the best part of this story. Also this was by far his most cussing intensive story since it was punctuated with lines such, "taking no shit" and my favorite "I am one mean motherfucker, dont fuck with me". You don't understand how funny it is to hear an 87 year old man say these things really is.
The rest of the stories: He also had a story about how his mother almost beat him up when he was 27, but he didn't allow it. And also how his wife left him and had a better voice than diana ross (who was receiving a BET award at the time). He says that one time his wife was singing in the pub and everyone got silent (which is kind of an endearing story). He also had other tidbits such as proclaiming that Diana Ross had the most beautiful, lush ass and then doing the hand motions of caressing it in midair and then doing a little growl (I am doing my best to explain this). He also followed this up with "I am 87, I am allowed to be a horny old man". This is true Santiago, this is true.
So Santiago aside, the party was really great even if I did listen to his stories about 20 times over over the course of slightly more than an hour. No worries, for the last 45 minutes I zoned out and watched the BET awards (lil' wayne is by far the dumbest of the lil artists). I dont think he noticed since he was pretty engrossed in his stories. Today I may go to one of saeon's salsa lessons in San Francisco, but we shall have to see if I actually make it out there, I hope I do. And anyone still reading this, if you havent already, please email me and update me on what you are doing this summer. I would love to hear from people and what they are up to this summer. I will leave you with a great reason to trash your computer.... because it's a homo devil machine. Hey, if this woman says it, it must be true she's holding the biggest sign.
