My friend eventually showed up, right after I added the sparge water, as you'll note in the picture below. He gave some lame excuse about having to take care of something with his college work. Loser.
Meh, he's a good guy and I'll give him a benny this time because it was the first time he came over. Next time all bets are off.
I'm actually on my third pint of this, Stauff's White Pepper Rye Saison brewed by me. I was quite busy with brewing making sure that our brew day was a valuable learning experience for him. He wants to come over tomorrow and watch the airlock bubble. Hehe, new brewers are so cute. Just kidding, I still get a kick out of watching an airlock bubble.