Just wanted to say that I had a wonderful time, and it was great to meet you all. 
Still don’t understand cribbage, though. Oh, well.
I’m sorry that I had to leave early, but it’s rather good that I did… roads were a bit sketchy on the way home.
Falc- You’re still a heathen.
NO IT’S NOT!!!
I-am-pn-ha. The U is almost like a grace note is in music. It’s barely there.
andygirl, we’ll have to try harder with cribbage next week, provided both of us go to that. However, pig is always an option.
Didn’t we decide that andygirl’s epitaph would read “The Curiously undead andygirl” or “The Uncommonly undead andygirl”? I thought there was something about undead in there.
::still waiting for people to see the pics and ask “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, IAMPUNHA?”::
Ok-gotcha,
Sorry 'bout that.
Surgery?!?! What’s wrong? I mean, other than those two testicles he has growing from his body?
I hope I didn’t hurt him when I (accidentally) stepped on him. 
Alex is ok now. Had an intestinal obstruction, but it’s gone now, and he’s coming home with me tonight. However, y’all are LUCKY he was sick…normally he wouldn’t have let you guys hold him that much. 
And pun…I think the epitaph was “The Uncommonly Dead Andygirl.” Andygirl, do YOU remember what we had for it?
Oh, and FTR? The stuffed reindeer movie is OFF the computer. Sheesh. Buncha sickos…
RTfirefly! It was great to meet you again.
Falc: Hope the kitty’s doing ok.
I had a wonderful time, guys. It was much more fun than I had hoped (and you all were so much more normal than I thought you’d be!). I had already met Dave, but it was great meeting everyone else. I hope I didn’t make too much of an ass of myself.
A few wonderful memories:
~~Rudolph the Red-Assed Reindeer (my first encounter with stuffed animal porn, and boy was I excited!) Err, umm…
~~Skepticism, Inquisitiveness, and Bitterness: The Straight Dope’s Holy Triumverate!
~~Punha doing the hit-the-high-note/farting/butt-squat move. Many thanks to Sqrl for being the fart-noise generator.
Nothing was better than chilling with Phil, Mike, and Sqrl in the den listening to them manhandle Beatles’s songs. Thanks for trying to teach me to play, Sqrl.
Thanks to Falc for letting us come over and play!! Give Alex a <smooch> for me!
Thanks to Hammy, Punha, Andygirl, Phil, DC, Leigh-Anne (hope I’m spelling that right) and Kim for cracking me up nonstop (when I actually pretended to be interested in the game, that is.)
Thanks to Sqrl for patiently trying to teach me cribbage (although I never caught on) and getting me addicted to PIG/HORSE.
Thanks to Montfort for being such a sweetie - the pictures from Sweden were wonderful!
Thanks to Silo for being such a sweetie and a cutie too - a lethal combination! I listened to your tribute song to Wally last night and it was beautiful.
I’m still desperately hoping that I might make the Richmond dopefest, but it’s not looking good. I’ll definitely make the Anniz/Montfort party, though. Hopefully I’ll be less of a dork at that one.
It was so nice meeting all of you!!
I stopped farting after the card games. I did not ONCE fart in the computer room. I was just standing up because I had to get SOMETHING behind those ass-high notes I was singing (and trying to avoid going into falsetto, which I eventually had to do anyway). Hrmph. See if I ever sing really badly for you again!
Can’t get off work?
You weren’t a dork this time. Nobody who brings food to a dopefest is a dork.
Andygirl, in the likely event that N4S does not make the dopefest in richmond, what are your thoughts on driving down to metro and having me drive the rest of the way in my car?
Aww, thank you for being cute, too.
Two words: Bring Brownies.
Okay, I just spent an hour writing really stupid captions to the pictures I took yesterday.
This really isn’t how it seems . . . honest!
See, we had planned it about two weeks in advance . . . she was going to advance on me all innocent and such and we were going to fake a kiss and expect you all to gasp in amazement and random people who had brought cameras to take numerous pictures and . . . it wasn’t supposed to look like that!
Don’t believe me? FINE. Be that way!
[sub]I woulda gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling Dopers.[/sub]
Ahem.
I would like to state that quietgirl knew about this.
This is what’s important to me. I hope you told her beforehand that the odds of her seeing you and someone else in a curious pose were high.
Unless “this” refers to something else . . .
Thanks, Montfort - people are going to think I spent the whole party in that chair!
Great job on the pictures Montfort!!
N4S said:
You’re welcome.
and:
I hope you can make it along, but if you can’t, I’m sure we could have our own mini-dopefest or something to make up for it.
Shame on him! Didn’t either of you see Trainspotting?!
We had a great time, too. Falc has a damned nice apartment–I’m jealous. Not only that, we’re moving in with her.
I came thisclose to beating Sqrl in cribbage, but he had a really good scoring hand during play, and he counted first. Damn it.
Everyone was, as usual, really cool, and it was fun meeting Sara, Silo, andygirl and Hamadryad for the first time. andygirl gave me my first-ever Altoid. I found it curiously strong, as it happens.
I don’t know that we’ll make Richmond because our car is going in the shop this weekend for new engine mounts and a new power steering reservoir and pump. But we’ll definitely make Montfort’s party.
If anyone has any suggestions for changing the captions, please let me know. I wrote them as I was writing the page, and while I’ll admit there are a few inspired ones, there are a few where I’d rather not admit credit.
So, suggest some, Dopers!
You’re moving in? When was THIS decid…I mean, GREAT! YOU can give Alex his medicine that he spit all over me this morning. (Grrrr.)
Gee, Mont, you actually got a few dopers in those pictures of Alex–hope we weren’t in the way…
I swear…I thought the “Mr. Montfort, I’m ready for my close up” picture would be of Alex. Didn’t the rest of you??
