Woo hoo… took me awhile, and it’s not the world’s greatest website or anything. But there they are. I wanted you guys to know that I had an absolute blast. And I hope we get to do it again soon. 
I’m so sorry SaintZero, Juliana and Lsura couldn’t be there. But, you’ll definitely come to the next one right?
Oh yeah… the sig:
My God that was fast! And they are great pics!
I think we all had a wonderful time, even if we did get a bit blasted.
Thanks so much, Empress Nocturne, for getting this one together.
And thanks to you, too, Simetra, for being the pic taker and for setting up the great site!
[sub]The sig is even funnier now when I’m sober![/sub]
Oh. Goodness. There really ARE pictures of… well.
Excuse me, please. My dignity seems to have gone the way of my compassion and scruples… I should probably go find it.
But heck, I wasn’t THAT drunk, and will happily admit I don’t NEED an excuse to show off how well I suck when it comes (pun intended) to The General. 
Thanks for the pics (Nerd, where are yours?). Now just to make sure Mr. Kitty doesn’t find this thread…
-BK
I don’t feel guilty because I didn’t do anything bad at this Dopefest.
Okay, not much.
Explain Simetra’s sig…I’m confused.
I know you people on the other end of the table missed this very amusing conversation between dqa and TheNerd.
(paraphrased because I can’t quite remember the exact words)
dqa: So what are you doing in Alabama? Passing through on your way to the East Coast?
TheNerd: No, I’m going from Austin to Austin via Birmingham.
(Hey, I thought it was funny.)
It really was one of those “you had to be there” things. Sort of.
bobkitty, Mr. Silky, Simetra and I were running our heads across the street from your group, Nocturne. Just talking about everything and nothing.
I don’t recall how it came up, but I happened to mention that Mr.Silky used to have a really dreadful habit of chewing my hair in his sleep. (He has since broken this crappy habit, thank God.) I told the group that one morning I woke up and found just gobs of hair all over the pillow and headboard of our bed.
During this little monologue, the music had been pretty loud, and we’d all been mostly hollering over it. Of course, I holler no matter what, but that’s beside the point.
Anyway, right as I screamed out, “Hell, my husband used to shave me bald!” the music completely stopped and everybody in the entire bar (and probably the entire town) heard it, looked at me very strangely and started laughing their heads off. Simetra and bobkitty thought it was simply priceless. (I thought it was funny too, even if I was so embarrassed I wanted the barstool to pull me down to China.)
After Simetra got finished choking to death on his Heinie, he immediately swore that if that wasn’t sig material, he didn’t know what was, and would use it today.
Which he did. And credited the saying to “the Platebreaker”, meaning, I believe, that intoxicated redhead at the Mexican place.
Oh! That was me!
You guys look like you had a smashing time. Think maybe next time I’m visiting Simetra for more than a long weekend I might get to meet some of the (in)famous BamaDopers?
Which reminds me – I have two additions to my “Dopers I’m Envious Of” list.
Yup.
BTW: FOUR pictures? Good gravy . . . at Jonathan Chance’s party in June I think we had four ROLLS! [sub]Of course, none of the rolls made their way online or anything . . . [/sub]
Take more pictures, dangit! Some of us live vicariously through Bamadopes!
Actually, there were many more than four pictures made. I don’t know if Simetra’s had time to put them up, or if they just didn’t turn out.
My husband took at least seven or eight of us at the watering hole.
Also, TheNerd took quite a few with his camera, so hopefully he’ll get those online when he gets back home.
And, Simetra…thanks again for getting the site up so quickly! It is so fun sending that link out to folks I know IRL and hearing them say, “You went to a WHAT-fest??”
“Are you a Doper?”
(I’m sorry, that’s just priceless. I wonder how many people thought drug addicts were wandering around the mall.)
Reminds me of Mallrats, actually.
Thanks, you guys, for a good time. I wish we’d had the opportunity to stick around and go pub-crawling with you, butas you know, it was pretty much all we could do to just make dinner this weekend.
Anyhow, it was a pleasure meeting TheNerd, Mike, dqa (dude, it was Pancho Villa, Alvaro Obregon, Black Jack Pershing, and George Patton in that picture. Just wanted to keep that fresh in your head.), and bobkitty. Of course, it was great to see Simetra, Nocturne, Nosfura2, and SilkyThreat again as well.
Sorry we didn’t get to meet Saint Zero, Juliana, or Lsura (damn, we were worried about you, Lsura!)
Next time, next time.
This was exactly as SilkyThreat described it. And her timing couldn’t have been better, just as the jukebox stopped and everyone else’s conversation got quiet again, OURS was still going at full volume when she let loose her now-classic line. Everyone in the bar shut up, realizing their conversations couldn’t hold a candle to whatever Silky might say next.
Anyway, it was fun to meet everyone, and a good time was had by all. And Nocturne, in my defense, I think I was confusing TheNerd with super_head, but I can be pretty clueless about these things.
Ogre: Couldn’t dig up the dirt on the Pepitos pic of Patton, Pershing, and pals. But I did the next best thing. Started a thread in GQ.
and why wasn’t I invited?
oh… yeah… right
well anyway, nice. kick ass and all that
dqa: You? Clueless? Never.
Silky, that is absolutely hilarious, by the way.
And I just want you all to know I’m moving on the 18th. If you want to come visit me, feel free. I want visitors. I need visitors, from August to December, for all those times that I’m not going to want to study.
Oh, and for all you Bamadoping redheads: My roommmate-to-be is a redhead.
I just can’t escape them.
It looks like you all had quite the blast. I’ve got to be there next time!!! I was with you all, partying in spirit. Actually, my spirit entered that guy in the booth next to you, and that’s why he’s waving. I hate that I missed getting to know some more crazy redheads.
oh, and bobkitty…?
…You suck!
Apparently…
Glad you guys like the pics.
There are more than four you know… Click on the buttons at the top of the page.
Hehe… The General
Apparently so. AND unlike SOME people I can name (Sssssssiiiillllkkk… ow) I proudly don’t spit afterward.
Serendipity… it was my pleasure. I’m sure I was just channeling your spirit or some such. I promise we’d already had the ‘You know I have a girlfriend’ ‘You know I’m married’ ‘Oh, then we’re all good’ conversation. BUT, if you ever decide to share, consider me first in line.
-BK
I got in late last night. I haven’t even looked at the pictures that I took, but I’ll see about doing something about that tonight. Link forthcoming.
By the way, I had a blast, and it was great to meet all of you.
One last bump just in case anyone else wanted to see the pics.
bobkitty… I’m flattered. <blush>