Now, that’s how to win an election. Leave it to Mr.Gucker to host a Halloween breakfast bash over at 45 Central. (If you didn’t already know, Mr. Gucker is a zombie aficionado in addition to being a planning wiz and the most sickeningly logical geek I’ve ever met.)  Oh, be sure to check out the best lit piece I’ve ever seen…I campare to to BJ’s television commercial. Love it!

Unfortunately for me, I woke up at 4AM today which gave me a challenging head start to the day. Why I didn’t get a jump start on my house buying extravaganza, I’ll forever be kicking myself. At 8:27, my stomach started reminding me that it had been awake longer than usual this fine morning. Then, it hit me…I remembered Luke was serving breakfast on over at 45 Central….so I showered and ran.

Now, I don’t know if you know 45 Central but I had only been there once, apparently, it’s similar to Fort Knox because the guy sitting inside the security door wouldn’t lift a finger to get me in. Doesn’t he know who I am? I punched the button as instructed, got the nod from the community room…still the guy sat there. Soon, Mr. Lussier came bounding toward the door. I stuck my tongue out at the “security guard” and made a mental note to pour him the caffienated coffee this morning.

Now, while I may not have been inside this building, I passed by every day on my way to the old office, all the folks sit out front on nice mornings and I say howdy and wave to all of them along my way. One guy even took to walking me to work and buying me coffee….why, cause I’m sweet as hell…mostly. I had really wanted to meet up with one guy in the Central “wave zone.” I heard his name is Sonny but, Sonny apparently wasn’t hungry this morning. Hey, I go where there’s free food! I’m easy.

Oh, and I found out today, from George, the palmreader that I am, indeed….easy. Now, George attempted to make that sound a little better than it was and I think in the end, I had negotiated to “not really easy.” That sounds much better, right? He also told me that I would be “comfortable” in my old age. I like that cause I’m damn sure not “comfortable” now and I’m damn close to being “old aged.” Oh, and you’re never going to believe this, Georgie tells that I can see things clearly that others can’t see clearly (now, mind you, he had never read my blog so he didn’t know I was so damn smart at that point…he has since read it.) And, get this, that I get frustrated with others inability to see the “things” that are so clear to me. Now, that explains a few things.

Also in attendance, Ms. Sheehan, the “I love all candidates candidate.” Really, the chick’s a diplomat and a half. I love the woman. Oh, and I had my first encounter with Mr. Teff. He’s not nearly as imposing without his suit….nice guy. He was pumping up on the coffee with me. Then, I met one of my fans, I’m always surprised when I hear that someone reads this here blog. Oh, and this fan owns my favorite male name, Ron…I have a son named Ron, a Dad named Ron and I’ve had several cats named Ron. Ya see, my Dad used to hate cats and every cat I would bring home I’d name Ron. Now, how could my dad say no to that?

So, Ron is the Dad of the famous witch DJ at the Albany Library…you should have seen that place rockin’ with 850 folks dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” for the last dance of the evening. Sorry, flashback to fun.  Great meetin’ ya, Ron, I’m sure I’ll be seeing you again soon…like Monday.

Anyway, the breakfast had a great turnout and a fun time was had by all…..oh, and they all promised to vote for Mr. Gucker…course, I promised to write bad things about them if they didn’t. (Naw, I’m halfway jokin.) And, of course, I put that line in there for Mr. Konev. Oh yeah, almost forgot to tell you about the cat suits. While the kitchen was packed with volunteers making sausage (Mr. Curtis, sausage king!), bacon and pancakes, two college volunteers (WITH TAILS!!) were serving the residents their food. Now, who would have thought that cat servers on Halloween would be a hit with our seniors?

I will be hanging with the 45 Central Avenue folks on Monday morning at 10AM when they will have a real flag raising ceremony. Everyone who’s anyone will be at that ceremony so be there or be counted among the missing.