L.A. Cold/Spine OctDoper Fest -- The Aftermath

Oh my. So much fun!!

Not quite sure where to start…

Sapphire Bullet is easily the cutest person I’ve ever seen in my whole life. She’s just… so… CUTE!!

Joey Hemlock made sexy bitch eyes at me and I must say… He’s a madman at playing the Nymmy shaped air guitar!!
Nen is really Ewan McGregor. shh Thats just between us, k?

Monster and Silo both rawked my socks off my feet, down the hall and into the hamper. Great guys.

Weirddave has a Mary Prankster shirt. Not that Im jealous or anything… grrr

I’m leaving out SOO many people. It’s all still pretty surreal to me.

Esprix is 100 times cooler in person than I could have ever imagined. He just made you want to follow him around all night. And he was kind enough to print the nametags… which I am eternally indebted to him for. And he graciously accepted my flower… and wore it better than anyone else there could have. =) He’s too much.

Thinksnow wears a kilt well. I dont say that about many people.

Stoid is a darling who you can instantly fall into conversation with… I like that in a person.

UncleBill and Porc are just the coolest people. We had alot of laughs.

I must agree, SeaDiver gets the best dressed award… if not for the thong straps then definately for the little silver belt. And such an infectious laugh. She’s killer.

Shayna, the ever responsible one was tough enough to play Treasurer at the restaurant… Thank you Shayna for not taking all our cash and running away from us. =) You’re the best!

Merc didn’t stay NEARLY long enough. Boo Merc. You owe us more time now! =)

Wow. Sooo many people… Mauvaise is delicately beautiful and intelligent and not at all your standard Phoenician. =) But seeing as she is local,I might have to take up stalking her all the same. =)

Unless Silver Fire got kicked in the teeth by the Generousity Fairy, she’s still beautifully wicked and intimidating and I have to say… my type of chicka.

Speaking of wicked… Am I the only one who spent alot of the night wanting to nuzzle Wicky? Oooh… the hair… and the smile… nuzzles Wicky

And yet… I’m still forgetting alot of people. God… What a night. How long till the next one? :wink:

We’re still recovering.

Spiny Norman and myself are sitting here at the Casa del Shayna, waiting for her to return from work. Obviously, two clueless Yurpeeyuns like ourselves would get lost if we went out on our own! :wink:
(Allegedly, some locals even get lost on a regular basis as well, but let’s not name names, eh? ;))

We had a GREAT time meeting all o’ y’all. I’m not even going to try to list people and tell them how fabulous they were in person: everyone was great. No, really!

In light of the discussion, I’d like it to be duly noted that in fact I DID notice SeaDivers thong/belt/pants scaffolding construction. Very nice indeed. Of course, modesty forbids a gentleman to inquire further on the spot, but I do feel somehow gratified that I now know what it actually was. :wink:

The men were all great blokes, and the women all were gorgeous. Some dude whose name escapes me right now even made nametags, how about that?

And a BIG, BIIIG thanks goes out to the now immortal Jodi, who was kind enough to supply us with copious amounts of alcohol. You rock, woman! Even though it would of course have been infinetely better to have met you in person.

And a big thanks to Shayna for pulling it off: accomodating such a large group of people, making sure the weekend was running smoothly all the time (well, except for when Dave had to talk to the cops, but she was in bed by then, so we can’t blame her ;))… it’s on helluva task, and she did a fantastic job of it. You ROCK, hard!

I’m sure I forgot to mention loads and loads of people, but like I said, I’m not even gonna try to list them all. Suffice it to say I met a very interesting crowd of people (some of them reeeaaaaally interesting), and I had a fantastic time.

Thanks, Dopers of Various Locations!

I’m back at work. :: sniffle :: I feel like I need a vacation from that vacation. I had a fabulous time, of course! Some thoughts:

  • Shayna and Spiny Norman are so cute that it’s almost sick.

  • JoeyHemlock manages to be both utterly adorable and hellaciously bad at the same time. Up and Comers #50, anyone?

  • Doobieous? Mean.

  • I wonder if SeaDiver walks around in a permanent party. Does she dance and drink through a work day? Does she wear sparkles and silver belts to the grocery store? Also: the drunker she gets, the thicker her accent becomes. After the Limo Ride From Hell, she lost the ability to speak English completely.

  • Esprix? Fabulous.

  • When I grow up, I am going to be just like Sue Duhnym. Her bitching out of the limo driver was a delight, a thing of beauty. Were it in the Pit, people would be weeping. And to think she tried to brush it off! “You guys think I’m a bitch, but I’m really not like this.” Oh, Sue, say it ain’t so.

  • MrCynical? Not necessarily the best person you want picking you up at the airport. (Just KIDDING, MrC!)

  • If my sweeties Quixotic78 and Sapphire Bullet ever get married, I demand the right to be a bridesmaid.

  • Joe Torre? Suxor!

  • Jodi is a queen, an absolute darling. I wish she had been able to be there, though, that would have been even better than all that alcohol.

As a whole, a great time was had by all (I think, anyway). Everyone who came from other states is fantastic, and that goes double for those who came from other continents. You are all totally roxar!

Wow. Wow. Wow. It was amazing to finally meet so many people I’ve “known” for a long time now. I do lurk more than I post, and I know that I haven’t made that much of an impression on the boards in my career as a Doper, but many of you have made an impression on me! It was great to see you face to face . . .

Scotti - the first to approach me and say, politely, “I don’t know you . . . who are you?” and subsequently confirmed herself to be one of the sweetest human beings alive. You and JimB made my motel room a home!

Ruffian - thank you for the kind mention! You are a beautiful lady (I’m not kidding about this, folks), and generous, too!

Demo - thanks for encouraging me to come out. You’re every bit as cute in person as you are in pictures, and psycat is even cuter!

pricciar - This post is brought to you by the letter “P”. “P” is for post. “P” is for party. “P” is for pricciar!

Joey - observe my new sig, you tequila-swilling stud, you!

Esprix - thank you for the finely fashioned, beautifully made, lovingly executed, misspelled nametag. :wink:

thinksnow - what Ruffian said, about the kilt. On behalf of all the straight, single lady Dopers, and from myself personally, thank you.

I have just got to say that I had such a fantastic time. Like Coldie, there is no way I can list everyone, but I can say I’ve got some more friends, and they’re good. :wink:

Thanks to Shayna for all her planning, thanks to Jodi for the booze, thanks to DemoDad for minivanning us around, thanks to Esprix for the nametags (they were really cute!), thanks to everyone that was in my general vicinity while I was a drunken fool Friday night.

I love you guys!

Bite me.

Really.

Okay, so I made it this time and had an absolutely fabulous time. It was great to meet a lot of you, great to see some of you again. So many names, so little memory…

Sorry if I bummed you out, tretiak, if you like next time I’ll try to embarrass you in front of everybody like I did poor boi_toi, who stutters lovely when shocked. And beatle you are just too much darned fun! Yumpin Yiminy, indeed! I have to thank you as well as jodi for libations!

And by the way, coldie, don’t think I don’t know exactly who you are talking about, everyone knows from the last dopefest that I am directionally challenged and I think I navigated my way around just fine this Saturday, thankyouverymuch. :wink:

I’ll do it! :smiley:

Just got back, haven’t slept since yesterday, so I might be a little hazy on the details, but this is my take on the people:
In general, I just want to reiterate what astoundingly beautiful people these were, both physically and emotionally, especially me. But enough with this slapdash tomfoolery. Let’s get down to specifics.
We’ll start with the guests of honor:
First, everybody’s favorite mod, Manhattan, flew in all the way from Amsterdam, which I believe is somewhere in Northern Africa, just to drink American beer with a bunch of computer geeks. That just plain rocks, in my opinion, even though he made the rather glaring social faux pas of not bringing any illicit drugs from his native land to share. Still, he spoke with a funny accent, so you had to love him.
Then there’s Shayna, who also flew across the Indian Ocean from Bohemia just to be with her beau, Spiny Norman, who quite conveniently lives about 20 yards (due south as the crow shits) from the motel, in a quaint little basement underneath the liquor store. Spiny was an extremely accomodating host, arranging food and shelter and activities and cheese doodles for all of us, so I say, “Hats off to you, sir! And while we’re at it, pants!” None of this would have been possible without you. I didn’t hear much from Shayna, but she was probably severely jet-lagged and recovering from the nasty case of cholera brought on by our new-fangled American water supply. Hope to see more of you next time, hon, if you can make it out again.
Now then. I always look forward to seeing my fellow BADs again, so it was with great delight that I eagerly cornholed pricciar as soon as he arrived from wherever the hell it is he lives. He truly has the eyebrows of a Zen master. He is also, truth be told, the absolute funniest person walking the face of the earth (now that Morey Amsterdam’s dead). He was even thoughtful enough to make me a mix CD, with cover and everything. No, wait, that was me who burned it for him. Confound you, Pat, you’re a rapscallion and a cuckold! Jackanapes.
Doob was, as usual, a taste of pure sweet honey, although his whole flamboyant flaming bit is getting a bit old. Turn it down a notch, Liberace, this is the 90s. You’re only playing into the straight culture’s hands with that Uncle Tom act. Even so, you smelled like a hundred bucks. We’ve decided you and pric should have your own sitcom. We had all kinds of grand schemes until the alcohol wore off, actually. In the cold light of day it now seems rather foolish. A thousand apologies.
Everyone knows how I hate to gossip, but I’m feeling extra crispy right now, so motherfuck decorum: I’m pretty sure Demo and Psycat hooked up at this Dopefest, and it looks like they may actually try to make a go of dating. I’m sorry, guys, but you were being pretty obvious. Let me know if you ever need a chaperone. I own an Austrian national who would be perfectly suited to that type of work. We’ll talk later,away from Nosey Nellies.
Sue Duhnym was, as always, simply Jiffy-Pop in human form, and though she has trouble differentiating between houses and condos, we still love her for her gorgeous sinuses. sea was lovely and shitfaced as usual, as was Kyla, all of whom, along with non-BAD Manservant Hecubus and, I believe, a couple Mexican hookers and a captured seagull, rented a limo to go out clubbing. There was some trouble with the car, however, and tragically they were all killed when sea’s underwear became a conductor for some sparks off a grease fire in the trunk and they went up in flames. I’m sure they died heroically, though, and not at all like stuck pigs.
Now, for the people I was really looking forward to meeting:

And next, the ones I felt a sort of tepid goodwill towards:
katiekilldare, who many said resembled Garth Brooks or Brooks & Dunn or somebody, was very lifelike in many respects, as well as in many You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Womans, although here’s some free fashion advice from a friend: Why all the black, sad clown? Come on, the Sisters Of Mercy and Bauhaus broke up years ago. From what I hear, the cool kids are wearing flannel these days, and listening to some type of music I believe they call “sludge” coming out of the Pacific Northwest. Buy stock now. Anyhoo, even though we’ve been online friends for nearly a decade (3 months), I was quite shocked to learn that katie was actually a man. And all this time, we could have been talking about how big our penises were on AIM. That’s time that can never be replaced.
Fran was a darling little elfkin who fit in the palm of your hand and constantly repeated that old chant of “Pink hearts, yellow moons, green clovers, blue diamonds…” in that adorable accent, which I believe was French. Her SO, Alex, was quite charming as well, even if I couldn’t understand a single damn word coming out of his filthy Frog mouth. We took them to all the Cali hotspots, such as Lenscrafters and Rite-Aid, so they could get a feel for our culture. Then we butchered them like wild billy goats.
And there were many other dopers, both bearded and clean-shaven, that I must mention, but I do believe I’ll go pass out in a pool of my own natural juices now. I can’t wait to get to thinksnow.

Allow me to re-iterate.

I hate you all.

Digital and I have cable modem too, not a problem. I took most stuff at 640x480 but the JPGs straight from the camera have almost no compression so I’ll resave and crop as needed then send a bunch to you this evening. I have a few I won’t send out as a courtesy but nothing truly incriminating.

Dammit, Woodstock, I thought we took a vow (or is it vowel?) that NO ONE would tell the real story.

Jim
That was funny!

What a great weekend! It was wonderful to spend more time with all my old friends, and even cooler to meet so many new people.

I think our hotel (oops, MOTEL - sorry, Shayna!) was perfect. You could walk out of your room and see a group of Dopers standing around at any time. Yeah, it would’ve been nice for the key cards to consistently work, but since the front desk people have no concerns about security, getting a new one wasn’t hard. And how great was it to have a liquor store 20 steps away? THAT was perfect planning.

A special shout-out to Demo for hauling my ass all over L.A. The time that we all spent in that van on Saturday was some of the most fun all weekend. My stomach muscles still hurt from laughing (damn you, Pat)!

Ahh, and the Limo Ride From Hell. It’s funny NOW, but not so much at the time. At least we made the most of it. Thanks to Sue for arranging all that - she is the coolest.

It wouldn’t be a Cali trip without hitting the beach in the middle of the night! Watching Joey conquer the ocean was a treat that I won’t forget. Thanks to the few stragglers that were still up late and willing to hang with me at the beach.

p.s. Isn’t California supposed to be WARM? I spent the weekend freezing my ass off. Yeah, yeah, I could’ve packed pants… but then UncleBill wouldn’t have been able to say nice things about my legs. :slight_smile:

p.s.s. Scotti - e-mail me! I never got a chance to a) say goodbye, or b) pay you. Did ANYONE actually stay in the room they were paying for?

One revelation came to me: if I was to a point where I don’t actually remember that we had a conversation then I sure whatever I said was sincere.

Checking in now that I am up from 14 hours of blissful sleep in my own bed with my own pillow and blankie and thanking my lucky stars my boss wasn’t expecting me in today.

I know I will forget someone so I will be back to add more to my list, but for now.

Prom Queen Shitgirl, you ROCK! But I already knew that, so no surprises there! GREAT JOB!

boli’s first words to me “Hey Diane, we’re sleeping together tonight! Unfortunately, the front desk had the room situation screwed up and that didn’t happen, but she is still adorable and I am a little disappointed that we didn’t get to spoon.

My old pals Sassy and WeirdDave are just as wonderful as always and it was so nice to see them again! Great pumpkin Dave!

It was great to FINALLY meet some of my old Dopers from the old AOL neighborhood, Ruffian and DeathLama who are GREAT! Sorry you could make it down to Hermosa Beach with us Saturday night. Kyla who is even cuter than I had imaged and a lot of fun to talk to. Melin, whom I didn’t get to talk to nearly enough and her very charming husband Highlander who was wonderful!

Demo is veeeeeeeeeeery cool and we love each other very much ;), psycat is very cute and fun.

Many thanks to my chauffeurs Padeye and slackergirl. The rides were much appreciated, but it was your wonderful company that made it so great!

Esprix is absolutely FABULOUS and damn near made me pee my pants laughing!!! You’re soooo. . . what is the word I am looking for. . . ?

The very cute UncleBill still owes me a ride on a Harley!

It was great to meet Stoid! A very likeable lady!

It is very easy to see why all the girls love thinksnow . What a total babe!!! I was going to check to see if it is true what they say about men in kilts but thought it best to wait until we were out of the cool ocean breeze. Didn’t want to embarrass the guy or anything having heard something about shrinkage. :stuck_out_tongue:

Scotticher and JimB are two of the nicest people you will meet and I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to spend time with them.

Had a wonderful post-dinner Saturday night outing down to Hermosa Beach with Shayna (who can perform freakish things with her tongue ;)), and her adorable Spiny, Coldfire, who is as cute as I remember, the beautiful Heloise, the very sweet blonde deb2world (thanks for picking up our cab!), my hug buddy beatle whose Texan drawl could talk me outa anything and who picked up our groups booze tab (thanks!), and the very adorable Strainger.

And to Jodi YOU RULE! Thanks for the drinks, but meeting you in person would have been so much better!!!
Oh, and Strainger. . . . .?, well, you know. :wink:
To anyone else I may have forgotten and those I didn’t get to know more than a passing introduction – it was a great time and so very good to meet you all!

Good lord, did anyone else hear Jackie Harvey’s “The Outside Scoop” from The Onion while reading woodstockbirdybird’s post there? Gosh, I sure did! :smiley:

(Well done, minion! I’d put you on the same level as Fenris, except you’d fall over, you drunken sod.)

Esprix

So we’re in our Hollywood hostel now, just about recovered.

We don’t have the time to go into what a great time we had, but rest assured we did, despite the magical effects of tequila on my ability to not go crashing head-first into plant pots. Thanks to everyone who made it possible (the fest, not the concussion) - we had a blast.

Fran & Alex B

I’ve got one word to describe this past weekend: ow.

A few stats I tracked –

99.9% of the women in attendance are redheads. deb2world and I were the only blonde females.

Not spilling any names, but I personally witnessed:

Three male dopers in their underwear.
Two bare asses.
A couple of “almost” booby flashes.
A major plumbers crack.
And a totally nekkid doper (not counting myself).

Wipe-outs noted (luckily, I managed to stay on my feet):

A major biff on the motel patio Friday night.
An ass cruncher when a male doper missed sitting on the planter on the back patio at the hotel.
A bump on the nose on someone who made a wrong turn.

And pointless, meaningless, mundane info:

During my flight home I was the furthest passenger away from the lovely Ms. Valerie Bertonelli. She was in seat 1A and I was in 46G.

Now I must do laundry and clean the house so I can come back and answer all the e-mails requesting inside gossip.

To boli: So you thought California was warm, eh? I have news for you: I’ve been out here since 1952 and the weather doesn’t surprise me anymore…hey, you came out here one month after the autumnal equinox–the honeywind has blown. :stuck_out_tongue:
One of the women, a brunet, was wearing a black T-shirt with some kind of emblem in white on the front and the word “weezer” (an allusion to Wheezer of Our Gang, perhaps?) and the number 22. I didn’t know who that was, nor what the word meant.
I regret not being able to attend longer than I did…:frowning:

Nope. Weezer is a band.