We played Flux Friday night, an odd card game where the rules can change with every hand. "Just like arguing with aspectre," I said.
During the costume photo sessions, Frodo (Jenny) held Gollum(Ketchupprincess) above Sam (JaneX). Jenny or someone said "now, Gollum, kick Sam." And she did, twice at least. We all laughed and said she can take direction. That kid's gonna be a star, I tell ya!
Sunday afternoon Schlomo was on the phone ( he couldn't come to WenchCon) and we were passing it around so he could talk to everyone. I talked to him for a minute, then said,"Do you want to get Lucky?" and handed the phone to Lucky. Sure, it's obvious, but I waited all weekend for the right time.
We passed around Olivetta's delicious peanut butter pie, and we all just dug into the pie-pan. I said, "First we had the Book Exchange, now comes the Germ Exchange." Too true, sadly.
When the RotK DVD got to the end at the part where the soldiers under Aragorn and Gandalf get to the gates of Mordor, the Teeth of Mordor I think they're called, Olivia's friend Kneebyter said, "the Dark Lord is not in right now, please leave a message at the beep." Well, we thought it was funny, after very little sleep.
There are others, but I'm brain-dead.
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I actually was amazed that Trevor controlled himself as well as he did on Sunday, we were all so tired we were apparently saying hilarious things; in fact, I think one of the first things I said to him that morning was that our room dried us all out, but we felt better after it got all nice and steamy in the bathroom. Then Lucky started in on the unintentional double entendres, and you could visibly see him biting his tounge. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Oh, and I hope Megan's bruises are healing. She sustained injuries during our game of "Freeze" while pretending to try to "fly" out of a window.
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Ketchup Princess and I are wearing signed t-shirts today (since I threw them in the dryer to set them before going to bed last night). I'm a little curious, though, as to why Ben signed my t-shirt "Ben (your face)" right over the, ah, bustal area of my t-shirt.
It was truly amusing the things that came out of that man's mouth while he was wearing t-shirts with scriptures and other Christian slogans on them. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Oooh, I had forgotten about freeze, that was fun.
Megan really got into that role, she just lept onto the floor. I hope she wasn't hurt to badly.
Thanks to Jenny for not freaking out when I suggested "scooch back, I saw this in a Thai video" in that Freeze game. "Not on a first date, eh?" I said when she just whirled around and looked at me with wide eyes. Posts: 327 | Registered: Oct 2003
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Oh, my gosh, yes, that was so hilarious... And then Lucky4 running away when I started dancing with her and then asked if she really thought a gay bar was the place to pick up guys... Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I've sent the first 20 pictures (and captions) to Trevor. Will get lunch and do more; bikini pictures coming up soon. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I'm soooooo tired. I had to get up at 6AM to go help babysit a friend's sick child. Will post more when recovered.
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Ben also missed out on the chocolates, but Jane-X was very good about not eating them on the plane.
Of course, we almost didn't make it to the WenchCon because Janey was afraid she'd burst into flame so she reached across me to yank down my sun visor. While doing 60+. On the freeway. In a merge lane.
Glad to hear you and Vana made it home intact, Limey. Oh and I feel for Limey - Vana has a seriously strong arm for an aluminum foil football.
Unfortunately I missed most of the fun Friday night since I passed out and remained comatose in the corner until sometime Saturday morning. Hibernation is important.
Poor Jenny the Gelfling was stuck at Hartsfield airport due to some minor miscommunications. Not a fun place to be at 02:00 in the morning. However, about 01:00, people don't look at you oddly when you spend half an hour rolling around in an abandoned wheel chair.
Lucky was a very cool looking Gandalf person. As we were leaving the Macaroni Grill, an older fellow flagged her down and said, I quote, "you have some balls to go out dressed up like that."
And ladies, Frisco is the very image of Strider. I have it on good authority that he is a "very attractive man." Even without the velvet red dress.
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Umm, Trev, you did participate, but not with me. Just FYI , the wenches did naughty things to you while you were passed out. With photos. I tried to stop them, but wenches never listen to me. Posts: 327 | Registered: Oct 2003
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It's true, he did try to stop us. I was reminded of O Brother-- "Oh, George, not the livestock." Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I am glad the chocolate made it. The truth is, a few pieces almost didn;t make it into Sarah's luggage, because I almost ate them as i was walking back to the car. "They won't notice if I eat just one. Or two..."
Glad they were enjoyed by almost all.
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Ben did get a chocolate. I remember him breaking off part of it for me to try to figure out what it was.
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My husband was just reading names off my t-shirt. He said, "Megan", but pronounced it wrong, and I said "Megan", correcting him, when Emma pipes up with "Me-guh". (The correct pronunciation, of course.) It was so cute! I just had to share. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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ooooh, Hooray! KetchupPrincess knows my name!!! and here I thought that all that torturing her to get her into her Gollum role would scar her for life against me! Oh, that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
And to all who asked, the bruises are healed. I'm a quick healer.
Oh, I forgot all about Trevor's "participation" on Friday night.
And, let me add my thanks to the others for Olivetta and Jenny...it was lots and lots of fun!
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Well, our adventures came to an end today around 2:00. We unpacked the car and just got the last pieces in about ten minutes ago.
I have to say I had the best time this weekend. Every hatracker who attended was great. Now comes sappy shoutouts from Ben:
Anne - I had a blast picking on you half the weekend. I anticipated friction and confrontation, instead i got a funloving Anne with an Emma that likes to kick people on command. And i must say you had the dirtiest mind of anybody in the room. It was an absolute pleasure meeting you. Oh...and thanks for letting a trouble maker like me play with your kid and encourage her to be mean and strike out to others
Judie - Always a pleasure. It was great seeing you and talking about life in general followed by being able to cut loose with you downtown at the club.
Megan - It was great meeting you, soon to be Professor Megan. Hey, when you wear your t-shirt, everybody will think your name is Ben. How cool is that?! I hope the rest of your Atlanta visit is enjoyable.
Sarah - I was honored to contribute to your corruption and being there to help introduce you to the dance club scene of Atlanta. Hopefully the evening and experience (complete with weird creeps in the bathroom line) was a memorable experience.
Abby - I have a present for you. You were my second noseblow victim of hatrack, and you are a better person for it. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise. So Lindsay and i challenge you to buy and read Perks of Being a Wallflower by the end of the month. It's a book you can read in a few hours. So yea, No excuses. We expect you to AIM us (Decon1313 and Darlingviolenta) with your progress, and any recommendations for books or music since we gave you our suggestions. Hmm...well, I leave you with this.
...man i'm a jerk...
Eddie - It was a blast getting to know you this weekend. I envy your ability to travel and your discipline in saving money in order to do so. On another note, who knew foil could work so well as a dodgeball? Hey, AIM me at Decon1313 and give me the info to tap into your entertainment selections. Also, we need to talk about getting some gold chains, then making some serious moolah.
Lindsay - ...Screw this, you are ten feet away. I love you though dummyhead.
Dan & Julie - It was great meeting you guys. We lucked out in the roommate department (ask Eddie) by pairing up with you. Hope the travels go well for you two.
Trevor - Sorry schedules got messed up. I appreciate you going out to pick up Andrea for me during dinner nonetheless. Maybe next time it won't be in vain. You were a champ when it came to pitching in to make things go smooth and i know that we appreciated it.
Alan - I'm glad I got to know you better this year. Since you are in the area you should work on getting up to Athens and visiting us. It's only an hour or something. You can do it.
Olivia - Thanks for hosting us this morning and for putting this whole damn thing together. On the whole everything went smoothly and we know that you are greatly responsible for that. You were wasted when we left you last night to take Eddie, and I was glad to see you were in better shape today. You deserved the good night's sleep. Thanks for the peanut butter pie this weekend too. REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
Andrea - You too put alot into making this weekend happen. Thanks. Sorry you were stranded Friday night, but hey, at least you got chugs. You even got me to wear a cloak for a few minutes. I consider that an accomplishment. Not that it will happen again. It was a blast seeing you off at the airport too. So yea, thanks for everything.
Pictures will be uploaded soon.
that is all.
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mid-evening. I'm sitting in the Detroit airport, on a long layover. Found a sushi restaurant, which sounds healthy and adventurous. I order miso soup and tako su, which is octopus with seaweed and cucumbers in a light vinegar sauce. Lovely. I have a conversation with a Japanese woman sitting next to me. Her husband travels, and she wishes she were back in Japan. She wistfully tells me that she will miss the cherry blossoms this spring.
11PM. I am due at the airport, but I'm just now flying to Atlanta. The plane got stuck on the runway for about an hour. But I did get to see the de-icing, which was interesting. As we fly, the land sparkles below with the lights of cities. I see cloud whales sporting about.
12PM. Finally, I arrive in Atlanta. I go find my bags, wondering if any Hatrackers are there to pick me up. I figure they'll see me first, since I am the only person I've seen all day wearing a cloak. No one shows. I use my last 50 cents to call Olivia's cell phone. I get the voice mail. I think, what the heck? But I leave a brief message and wait for a while.
I wait for a long while. I decide to call again, find out the status. I have to buy a phone card to do so. Again, a message. I'm feeling nervous. I leave the following message: "I'm tired, and I'm lonely. I'm having low blood sugar, so I'm a little depressed, too." I know this will cause Olivia just enough guilt to make sure I get picked up.
Saturday
2 AM. Still at the airport. Ready to cry. An airport employee is trying to be helpful, but I just want him to go away. I can't remember the name of the hotel, so I can't call there or get a taxi. I decide to call Olivia one last time. I'm mad and I'm composing something I know will bring her guilt. This is very evil of me.
But she answers!! I feel less evil now. They're on the way!
Early in the AM. Ben, Lindsey, and Olivia are my rescuers. I grump about in the car. Ben pulls up to a McDonald's and gets me chugs. I become a two-fisted drinker. We go into the hotel, where mostly everyone is still up, playing theatre games. KetchupQueen, a lovely woman, is incredibly animated. Trevor is a rug. People are starting to get tired. I help KQ get "Freeze" started, because I've played it before. But I notice that I'm uncharacteristically slow at the imagination.
Olivia lets us watch footage of last year's WenchCon. Lo and behold, the action figures are caught on film! And no, it WILL NOT soon be released to a lingerie store near you.
Eventually, people head off to bed. I let Eddie handle my chugs. Then they become Eddie's chugs, and I help him adjust himself.
I go upstairs to share a bed with Olivia. Sara and Judy are my cool roommates.
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i wasn't paying attention to where i signed it. It really wasn't intentional. I hope this doesn't deter you from wearing your shirt.
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Oh, no. I'm wearing it right now. My husband just wanted to know what exactly you meant by that, so he knows whether or not to punch you out when he sees you. (Not that he probably could.) Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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But the next time we see you may be your wedding... You don't want to get married with a shiner, do you? Nah, I'll just tell him it's innocent. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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My husband and I were just talking about how, apparently, the people at his work think he looks like Napoleon Dynamite ( ), and I remembered that waiter at On The Border who really did look like Napoleon Dynamite. Who else saw that? I remember pointing him out, but I don't remember who to (except Morbo).
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Those are great! I'm sure curious to see what I actually looked like in all that aluminum foil; I have pics of the other two, but, for obvious reasons, not of myself. Hee, hee, I love the ones of Gandalf. Lucky, you should grow a beard full-time, it's your look. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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quote:During the costume photo sessions, Frodo (Jenny) held Gollum(Ketchupprincess) above Sam (JaneX). Jenny or someone said "now, Gollum, kick Sam." And she did, twice at least. We all laughed and said she can take direction. That kid's gonna be a star, I tell ya!
It wasn't me she kicked! I don't remember at the moment who it was, but it wasn't me.
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JaneX, it wasn't you; I don't remember who it was, but he was wearing the suffocation mask, and Ben was holding her. I have a picture of it. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I thought it was you, Jane. Details, details--I'm a big-picture guy. Besides, it fits the LotR theme better: years from now everyone will rememember my version.
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), and I remembered that waiter at On The Border who really did look like Napoleon Dynamite. Who else saw that? I remember pointing him out, but I don't remember who to (except Morbo).
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