After PMC weekend we had our 2nd (?) Annual “Lobster Fest”. Which is where our fearless leaders MK and Beth arrange for giant lobsters to make their way to wherever we are staying… then everyone eats their body weight in lobster. Except Meg, because allergies. (Hi, Meg!)
This past PMC Bryan was on a lot of morphine for pain. It made him fall asleep a lot, so they gave him Ritalin to help keep him alert. The Ritalin made him think faster than normal so he’d sort of monologue for a long time or focus on random things. It wasn’t the best. But it did give us the best last weekend of happy memories I could ever ask for & a few adorable stories.
So after the feast everyone was cleaning up shells and cracking open the last left over lobsters. The plan, apparently, was to make lobster salad with it for the following day. Bryan, famous for his Food Network watching & late night sauce making, decided that he wanted to make a bisque. He wouldn’t stop talking about it.
“That would make a great bisque”
“We could just whip up a quick bisque”
“People might enjoy a nice bisque”
Jeremy was trying to gently steer him away from this idea. Bry was falling asleep every few minutes and definitely would not be able to complete or eat bisque.
So after a few minutes of Bryan “subtly” suggesting a bisque, and Jeremey “subtly” saying no… Bryan gets frustrated and forcefully says,
“SO, I guess we’re NOT making a bisque”
Jeremy just pauses. Looks at him and says,
“…No, Bry. We are not making a bisque”
This is probably one of those moments that you had to be there for. And you should absolutely hear Jeremy tell the story because it’s better when you hear the inflection. But, I still giggle when I think about it. It was just so bizarre and funny, but at the same time so quintessentially Bry to be like, “And now… a bisque”.
So here you go, my love. I made a bisque, just for you.
It’s not a lobster bisque because I’ve been a vegetarian for about 2 months now. Instead it is a roasted red pepper, corn, and couscous bisque…which Shoo would almost certainly not eat, so he’s not missing out. It’s the thought that counts?
<3
No such thing as a “quick bisque”
^This comes from the “High Protein Vegetarian Cookbook” that Laura gave me for Christmas. Thanks, Laura!! 🙂
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A classic moment indeed, Jessie. We were just talking about it yet again over Thanksgiving weekend. I think it’s fair to say that both Bryan’s last observation and Jeremy’s last response have become catch phrases around here.
The other thing was that since Bryan kept falling asleep most of us just assumed (hoped?) we didn’t have to respond to Bryan directly because he would let it go when he next woke up and frankly we were all just as happy not to have to say no or explain why this was a bad idea. But no, he was all over it each time and finally Jeremy, that brave man, had to take the lobster by the claws and lay down the law.
I love all of these posts, duh, but this one especially makes me giggle. Do you remember when we were sitting around the table the night before lobster fest and people were talking about the best ways to prepare corn? Three or four people had described, pretty in-depth, the best corn-preparation methods, and then without missing a beat, Bryan goes, very seriously, “Well, the way I always do it is I go to the butcher and ask for a gallon of their freshest pig blood.” And proceeds to describe a semi-satanic ritual with such precision and deadpan seriousness that he had us all cracking up.
I think about that moment a lot, actually.
Love you a million, my sweet roommate.