Dopefest At Persephone's House--The Party In Progress!!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Hey, it’s me, I just got home and left the skeeters at Cristi’s place.

We discussed many topics, all of which the only one I can remember is: * Couldn’t have Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) have filed for disability for that radioactive spider bite? What was Wonder Woman’s real name and job IRL? * You know, the questions that no one asks you in real life because they are afraid of being looked at weird.

Milo sang (quite nicely too, btw) and some neighbors complained ( not about his singing, but the noise level) Cristi’s husband is very very talented in the music department and xploder was great too.

Of course, my musical talent is limited to a kazoo and making funny noises in my armpit, so I could be talking out of my backside.

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Okay, we’re out of beer. Milo has said that he’s willing to switch to wine.

xploder & MrPersephone are doing acoustic versions of…well, of everything. Milo is happily singing along.

While we were outside, Milo and my stepson, MrPersephone II, had a very deep discussion on the merits of Batman vs. Superman. We all came to the conclusion that while Batman has really cool stuff, Superman would still whip his butt, because Superman has actual superpowers.

Okay, now I know they’re singing Zappa tunes, because I just heard them singing about…something I shouldn’t mention in this forum. Thank Goddess the children are asleep.

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Wonder Womanwas Diana Prince. Peter Parker wouldn’t have filed for compensation, because it would have made him look stupid. (“You were bitten by WHAT?!”)

Just waned to check in with he Persephone Party. The first Boston Dopefest went along swimmingly. See our hread.

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No mention in your thread. Hope they got distributed okay!!!

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Baglady, everybody got their pins okay. They are so cute. My son wore it most of the night though.

I spent the entire evening, stuffing my face. So now I’m sitting at home and guess what I’m doing? Yep, stuffing my face again.

I really wanted to stay at the party longer, but I really needed to get my kid home. He must have been tired, he fell asleep in the car about two minutes after I left.

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Thanks for the info! :slight_smile:

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Hey Persephone…the party was terrific, wish I could have stayed longer…ahhh the life of a working man.

It was nice meeting all the local dopers from around here, even you Milo, from way up in the frigid north.

Baglady, the buttons were very cute, thanks for making them up.

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I just wanted to second (or is it third) the thanks to Persephone for being willing to have us all out to her house.

And thanks to everyone for being nice to the newbie!

PS My friend brought home nuttin’.

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Y know something? I cooked all that damn food and never ate any of it. sigh. Great party though! See ya in a few hours Persephone. Make my kid do the dishes or something okay?

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Well, the party’s over.

My backyard is littered with empties, and the grill looks very lonely.

The kid’s pool is full of muddy water, the result of muddy little kid feet tromping in & out.

Milo spent the night, but when I woke up this morning, he was gone. He told me that might be the case, but still, he coulda left a note. Men. Sigh. :wink:

My daughter and Shadowfox’s son got along beautifully. All the children behaved remarkably well. It was weird. My kids aren’t usually like that. My son, BabyGuy, spent the day flirting with the women, watching the grill, and trying to grab my beer. He really, really, really likes xploder’s daughter. I think she’s his first girlfriend.

My house is a mess. But you know what? It was sooooooo worth it. You folks are the best. If you don’t mind, I’d like to make this a regular event. Maybe annual, or maybe more than that. I’ve never hosted a party before, ever. This was my first. I’ve got a pretty good idea now of what to do & what not to do, so the next one should go a little more smoothly.

I’d like to thank Milo, for bringing me some genuine Northern Michigan cherries (YUM!), and Shirley for bringing some beautiful sunflowers from her garden. And everyone that brought food–it was excellent! I love pot lucks!

A special thanks to xploder and his family. xploder was the Grillmeister. His wife & daughter helped get everything in order, and kept a terrific eye on the kids. xploder also brought me a new hard drive, installed it, and cleaned up all the junk in my system, all the while ragging me for not defragging the way I’m supposed to. Then he & his wife graciously allowed me to keep their daughter overnight. She slept in the tent with the two older kids, which just made them delirious with glee.

Thanks again, everyone!

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I already told ya, hon! You throw another one, I’m there. That is, if y’all wouldn’t mind another vocalist. :slight_smile: Glad y’all had a good time.

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I would love another vocalist, Falc! Maybe we could get you & Milo to do some sort of duetty-thing. Yeah!

BTW, Milo can sing! And he sings very well! :smiley:

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Wow! xploder gave you a hard drive, and installed it?? You’d better defrag this one like you’re supposed to!

I’m glad you all had fun. Hopefully one day I can show up at one of these things, because I’m feeling kinda left out.

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Persephone -

As for being gone when you woke up – hey, I’m like the wind, baby. :slight_smile:

Actually, I couldn’t find a pen or paper. I’m not very good at looking for things in general, and it’s even worse when I’m hung over.

The Persephones were very gracious hosts. I had a blast meeting everyone.

And Cristi’s hubby can play the hell out of a guitar, too. He and Xploder knew a lot of obscure but cool stuff.

Baglady - I love the buttons! Thank you, and thanks again to Cristi for getting them and for everything else.

I’ll have to try to make it to more of these Dopefests!

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Well, I’m glad you made it home safe & sound, Milo! Oh, and did my kids wake you up, or did you get up on your own?

As for not being able to find a pen & paper…well, yeah, I have the same problem. No one will ever accuse moi of being organized.

There’s a couple of highlights from yesterday that didn’t get mentioned, so here they are:

At one point, Milo changed his clothes. He put on a tshirt, with a long-sleeved checkered shirt over it, and a Detroit Tigers baseball cap. I told him that the only way he could possibly look more Michiganian was if the hat were a chekered hunting cap.

And since xploder has been polite and not mentioned this, I will–I tried to set my house on fire. Yeah. I have one of those little electric burners, and it was sitting on top of my stove, over one of the stove burners. Well, I put some water on to boil, and turned on the stove burner. A few minutes later, I see smoke. I had turned on the wrong burner, and was in the process of melting the plastic casing of my little electric burner. AIEEEEE! No one was injured, but boy, I don’t think I’ve ever felt stupider!

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You’re RIGHT Persephone! I was NOT going to mention. But since YOU did, well, I got to carry the damn thing out into the backyard…thought I was gonna burn my damn hand off :stuck_out_tongue:

Btw…

Thanks to:

Cristi for having such a GREAT party!!
Baglady for the supercool buttons (mine is on my Yes hat)
Milossarian for singing along while me mutilated various songs.
AND, in no particular order, Shirley Ujest, Cranky, Shadowfox and Brynda for gracing our presence with their loveliness along with Crist and my wife Beth.

Also to Tim for not bitching up a storm when the damn mosquitoes decided to lunch up on us while we were in the middle of trying to play old Zeppelin tunes.

Here’s a thought, I left my tent set up over there as it was wet this morning from a bit of rain and wanted to dry it out before packing it back in it’s bag. Well, I thought since Cristi and her hubbie were gonna be gone to the concert, maybe I should hop on over there, take it down and just leave. Then when she called tomorrow to ask if I did, I could say no. Then I realized the bag was still inside the house. Oh well, another great idea ruined by reality…

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I forgot to include Pipefitter in my list of thanks! Thanks for liking my cooking so well! Hell, for THAT matter, thanks to EVERYBODY for not stating out loud what a pyro I was when I almost lit the bag of charcoal on fire when I was pouring more in the grill…

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Cristi,

Thanks for a really great time! It was great meeting everyone!

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Leave it to my melodramatic self to try to improve the story.

Reality: Milo goes to put on a long-sleeved shirt, making one mild comment about mosquitoes. We all make polite conversation about the fact that there are no mosquitoes in his environs.

Cranky’s version: Milo is running around the yard wildly, slapping at himself and screeching like a little girl while the rest of us try to tackle him so we can spray some OFF on him, screaming WUSS! WUSS! Xploder is snatching at him with BBQ tongs whenever we chase him past the grill.

Whose version do you like better?

The evening was a nice way to take my mind off my woes, namely that I just put my cat to sleep a few hours before. The feline had been with me for 11 years, through numerous moves and life changes. Her kidneys started going bad, and I decided rather than keep sticking her with needles and jamming pills down her throat, I’d let her go with dignity. No dignity on my end though, bawling and dripping snot on the vet’s table. However, I had some great laughs that night and it was a wonderful diversion. Too bad I couldn’t drink more, or stay later to enjoy the dregs of the party (which is always the best part!!).

Also, FWIW, I think it’s cooler to have great GEAR than it is to have powers. You have to be clever to use gear. You don’t have to be clever to rip off your shirt, expose your cape, and fly.

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That’s okay xploder, I am usually forgotton about. Wish I could have stayed and listened to the music, but the next one I come to…if I’m invited again…I will make sure I don’t have to work the next day.