dating an ex-marshall (or how my boyfriend is a prostar laserquester)

tonight, the much-feared eve of friday the 13th, my girls and i went out on our first TRIPLE DATE!! c.note and the hissa, randell-pants & johnny c, k.burk and o'brien. i know you're sitting there with baited breath, just WAITING to hear what we did. i shall not keep you in a state of suspense. we went to..... LASER QUEST!!!! yeah we did. and you also may have figured that out from the title of this post. congratulations, you can read!

so we sign up for the ironman, which is essentially the laser quest game for awesome people, with twice as much play time. oh yes, it will ONLY be the 6 of us -- no 17 year old hard-core teenage boys who ALWAYS seem to tag you like 10 times in a row, while you're fumbling with your laser, trying to just get the kid at least once!! so we go in to the "prep" room, or whatever it's called - i feel like it's the "airlock" - and guess who's guest marshaling for us?? none other than my honey, who impressed us all with his uber-energetic and FUN recitation of the rules and procedures. well...we didn't necessarily agree on ALL of the rules. number 5 was one that we had questions about...i think we all vetoed it. i will not tell you what it was. you will have to go play LQ to find out for yourself. i think that caroline, randell and i were all expecting just a LITTLE bit of teaming up in the game. oh no, we forgot that these men we're dating turn into competitive MACHINES when you give them laser guns and throw them into a black-lit, two-story maze. it was iiiiiintense!! at one point, randell and i went on a death mission to try and hunt down kerry and john -- only to be hit again and again by them!! it really was every person for themselves. when the lasers finally started beeping "game over", we were all soaked in sweat and (some of us) already developing blisters on our trigger fingers... showtime came in first place (of course), and also managed to get top score of the day!! he had something ridiculous like 1500 points. me, on the otherhand, came in my usual placement, LAST, with a glorious 55 points. awwwwwesome. i really need to get better at aiming the stupid laser :)

after we jetted for the night, randell and i went on a mission in clumsy, kerry's wonderful focus, to find food and beverage. what did we pick? only the best canadian option - TIM HORTON'S - where we were served by 3 wonderful women who had to be 65+...one of them was ROCKING out a high side ponytail, pure silver/gray hair. here is a list of what we bought and consumed:

• chocolate dip donut
• maple cream donut
• sour cream glazed donut
• large chocolate milk
• 2 ice tea cans
• large water

come on, that's a pretty impressive haul for two chicks to inhale in like 8 minutes!! i think it's merely a reflection of how hard we tried to beat our stupid boyfriends at laserquest...and we lost. still, good times were had.
conclusion? triple dates rock. and i will never beat my boyfriend at this game, or be allowed to be on his team. us girls will just have to go in on our own and practice....next time, gentlemen, next time...

k.burk out.