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That is definitely one of the best (if inaccurate) compliments I’ve ever received, thank you. Wow.
I still want to know why I had to go to LA to finally meet you 
Oh, and Fran, you’ve got to get Alex into chat or something so we can have a nice Sondheim/Patinkin discussion 
Can anybody confirm that an actual teabagging occurred on Saturday night? This may be the ultimate in dopefest ULs, and I’m just fighting ignorance here.
What a kickass time!
Lessee, first things first:
Huge thanks to Pat, and Doob for braving the insanity that was the LA Airport on Friday night and early Sunday morning. And thanks for letting quixy tag along. 
You guys are r0x3r and I love you!
Friday night was great. Cyni, I wouldn’t have kicked you out of your bed! I would have been happy to be your pillow too.
I must thank my dear joeykins for buying us breakfast Saturday. How did we lose you once we got back to the motel? Kyla and Quix and I had a good time wandering the beach and the pier. I kicked some serious Pinky, Inky, Blinky, and Sue ass at the arcade- thanks for the quarter, Kyla! I should have known the fruit was a trap.
Dinner was great - thanks for all your hard work Shayna! And Jodi, you simply rock. Thanks for thinking of us poor alcoholics.
Merc, you are a great snuggler- I miiiiiiiiiiiisss youuuuu!
I can’t believe I missed the JoeyHemlock Techno show on Saturday night. I can’t believe I missed Saturday night! I didn’t get to hang with you guys nearly as much as I had wanted. We need to have a do-over. More DTF madness!
You guys all rocked the casbah- I can’t wait to hang with you some more.
You’re both wrong, it’s dark blue with white print. 
I am glad silver cleared this up. Not that I minded being implicated in the undressing of thinksnow, but I would hate to think I was there and didn’t remember it!
Malky, marry me? Kyla, you can be my flower girl!
[sub]but I will upgrade you to maid of honor if you happened to notice my sunglasses in the room after I left…[/sub]
Gosh, I am forgetting so many people- Katie, Fran, BirdyBird, Nym!, Scotti!, JimB, Fran, AlexB, Sonya, SeaDiver, DaveSwaney, Tretiak, a million other people I will remember as soon as I hit submit…
I had such a good time! Again! Again!
PS - I lost my seat TWICE at dinner. Which is why I was “that chick wandering around not eating anything”.
Probably any attendee who’s contemplating posting about the “retreat” is thinking, “Man! Where do I start?”
I’ll stab. After four hours of continual driving in the L.A. traffic (during which I logged 47 miles), I completed the 7 mile trek from LAX to the motel (the problem stemmed from my having asked directions; if you want to know something about Culver City I’m temporarily up to speed).
Whoo! It started right away at woodstockbirdybird’s room and after many greetings and a few of the 30 second pilgrimages to Ruby’s Liquor (right next door - they’ve got two numbers listed on their business card, one for liquor, the other for perfume - love 'em), we whisked off to the meeting room our tireless hostess (and SDMB heroine) Shayna had arranged.
They kept coming.
Whew, I’m getting tired just thinking about what to try and post. I’d have to write a book…
After much hilarity and many meetings of new folks, and a handful of reunions (my only previous acquaintance in attendance were Scotticher, JimB, thinksnow, Strainger, Manservant Hecubus (whom I still think of as Mr. C), Sapphire Bullet (a sweetheart if there ever was one) and Silo) and (thankfully) minor injuries, we retired to a night of chandelier-swinging at the motel, while the EuroDopers (Spiny and Clogfire) retired to give their body clocks some ammo for the next day. Despite weirddave’s best efforts, we were not arrested (JK dave - I definitely think you brought some life to the party). And Nen, pal, thanks for the assist.
Man, I only got to talk to about half of y’all. I’m a bit scared to start naming names, because I’ll leave someone out. That being said, those new acquaintance I got to visit with Friday night (that I remember - when on Saturday night I told Nym that I was glad to finally meet her, she said’ “That’s what you said last night.” :o ) whom I enjoyed quite a bit included boli, katiekilldare, fran, Kyla…ahh, heck, I was smitten a half-dozen times that night (and it happened again the next night - I’m exhausted…, but it’s the ‘good’ kind of exhaustion).
Saturday we split into many groups. I initially embarked with JustPlainBryan (a born tour guide) and weirdave, Silo, Silver Fire (recruited at curbside - this dear’s got some spontaneity to her) and Sassy (with whom I shared the back seat - good conversationalist). We were flying formation with shayna, Spiny, Cloggie and thinksnow.
So we did Venice Beach. A lot of fun, but the true cincher for me was the guy who showed up while we were at the open-air restaurant.
Anybody else wanna try and describe him?
OK, I’ll try.
What was neat about the guy was that: a) he had more than one schtick and b) he was good at it.
His first act focussed on his wearing a garment that I can best describe as a sweater with no sleeves and no head hole. He just appeared as a black obelisk. That most people ignored. Some statuary art. Until it tapped them on the shoulder.
That was hilarious.
And that was the warm-up. His next appearance was as a Harpo Marx look-alike who followed various passers-by (and you’ve got to remember Venice Beach is all about people coming to watch people) and mimicked their actions. Gawd he was good! I haven’t laughed that hard in a long, long time. And the entire restaurant was roaring! Whooee! There is something physically restorative about what you get out of a truly deep belly laugh experience.
Then a little stop where shayna showed us why Venice is named as such (big secret) resulted in me switching to the EuroDoper car. And they indulged my felt need to commune with the majesty of the Pacific Ocean. Relentless energy. 90210 lessons followed (shayna showed us the house they use in screen shots) and they let me wiggle my toes in the California surf (something I try to do on those once-every-decade-or-so times I get out there).
All the other Dopers have their own Saturday stories.
And that was all prelude.
The Big Event was dinner at El Torito.
They kept coming.
When it first started to assemble I had the uneasy thought that I had made a grave mistake. “I have chosen a seat that is opposite He Who Is Going To Get us Thrown Out Of Here.” But it turned out that Esprix is actually a hell of a good guy. I like ya, pal, even though we only spent a few drunken (on my part, anyway) moments together that night.
I know, I know. Drama queen. But he’s really a pretty sharp guy. So, FWIW, you got my vote, pal!
Gradually it built into a sea-swell of incoming Dopers.
People, people, people…
Man, I just could not get to everyone (and, yeah, I know myself…there were some who wouldn’t come near me on a bet). Sue stole my heart along with the other couple of dozen she bagged that night.
Think convention.
Afterwards we all split up again and I spent a bit of time venturing with shayna, Spiny, Coldie, my hug buddy Diane, Strainger (whom I’ve known for a couple of years now!!! - never mind what we did in Vegas last year), Deb2world and the very complete (ta-daaa) Heloise. I like you, lady.
And the all the others I just couldn’t quite spend the time with.
Doob, Mercutio, Monster104 and Big-Daddy Spoofe, I wish I could’ve spent more time with you guys. Maybe next time.
Others I had enjoyable briefs with include Stoid and Melin.
Ummm…
I guess I found y’all. Just wanted to say Hello and tell you all that I had a wonderful time, and it was a pleasure meeting everyone, especially the stunning Heloise and elegant Katie (at least, that’s what I was told your name is). Heloise, “I’ll stutter for you, I’ll stutter for you…”
Shayna, we hardly spoke, but Thank You for all of you efforts. You are the hostess with the mostess…
Johnny, I’d love to talk to you more about Seattle. I love it up here, though I do miss the CA sunshine sometimes. Esprix has my address. Ask him to give it to you, he doesn’t make much use of it himself :-P.
Sorry Tretiak, perhaps I can make it up to you some time? ;->
Stoid, I’ll smack him the next time I see him (Esprix)… Imagine, treating me like a sack of rice or something. AND, notice that he hasn’t once mentioned me, hmmph. I think I’ll go back to women…
Uh, I know I’m forgetting people, please forgive me. Esprix tried to warn me, but I didn’t realize how big of an event this was. But I was very glad to have been a participant.
And to Esprix, whom I adore the most, XOXO. <sigh> Shrinkage was not a problem… Don’t forget to make me a CD…
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
First my housemates jkusters and thomasm, now BoiToi? Who next, my freakin’ mother?!?!
<sigh>
Hi, Boi. You know I adore you. The weekend was wonderful - thank you.
Now the rest of you bitches keep your freakin’ hands off him! Mine! Mine mine mine mine mine!
(Oh, and I’ll be posting my own post-Dope wrap-up shortly.)
Esprix
P.S. I’ve now converted three people into Dopers. Do I get points?
I got home a few hours ago. I had the best weekend of my life.
I love you guys!
I’ll post more tomorrow.
Rose
Hey BoiToi, Welcome to the boards!
I was impressed with how nicley you took to 60 drunken people you’ve never met before. You have, IMHO, been welcomed into Dopehood with open arms.
I love BoiToi. When I turn gay (I’m guessing it’s only a matter of time), I’m going to steal him away. He drank tequila with me AND HE LIKED IT. Most people tried it, smiled politely, and moved on.
Welcome to the boards, Boi!
What, you can just SWITCH from one sexual orientation to another now? I thought it took copious flirting of a stunning member of the initially-not-intended-sex to render such a result.
[sub](Well, based on what I witnessed saturday night, anyway!)[/sub]
copied out of my LiveJournal, because I’m a lazy bastard:
I had a wonderful time. I’m glad i went. I wish it were longer. I didn’t really get enough time with ANYONE. I’m now going to talk about some of the people I met. What’s going to happen is that I’m going to totally forget someone and it’s gonna suck. I’m putting these people in alphabetical order so that you don’t get all jealous and shit if you’re not first. There are some people, of course, that I didn’t hang out with hardly at all, and instead of making shit up, i’ll just pretend like they don’t exist.
[ul][li]Alex B - A barrel of monkey’s, this man is. Had lots of quick comebacks. Sometimes, I had no idea what he was saying, but I laughed because I knew it was funny.[/li][li]Anamorphic - Morphy is my #1 main man. I am absolutely amazed by this man. He’s gonna make me famous someday soon. I hope I didn’t make him all oogy by treating him like royalty.[/li][li]beatle - I never saw him drink, but I saw him drunk. He was a fun guy.[/li][li]BoiToi - If I turn gay, BoiToi will be the reason. He was so much fun. Not at all shy around 30-some people he knew nothing about. He drank my expensive tequila and liked it. He rocks the casbah.[/li][li]boli - It’s BOWL-ee, not BOLL-ee or BOWL-eye. Just so you know. I know her as one of my favorite people of all time.[/li][li]Caldazar - Nice guy, but quiet. Almost TOO quiet. A couple of times he came out of nowhere and made me laugh.[/li][li]Coldfire - I don’t think he’s really Dutch. He seems so Belgian. Seriously, though, he seemd like a great guy in the few minutes that I got to talk to him.[/li][li]Demo - This man is gorgeous. He’s as funny and sweet and hunky and great as you would expect. I bit him on the chest, but i don’t think i left a mark.[/li][li]Doobieous - Doob is a god. I had to feel his hair a couple of times. It was hypnotizing. He seemed really quiet at first, but quickly warmed up. I would like to DopeFest with him again.[/li][li]Esprix - Sprix is the funniest motherfucker I have ever met. He’s the Smurvy Doopiest.[/li][li]Francesca - Frannie, my love. I just wanted to hug you and kiss you and make you talk and everything. Sadly, Alex wouldn’t let me. :)[/li][li]JavaMaven1 - Oh my god, I wish I would have spent more time with her. I got snuggles and a lap jumping and a little love, but I want SO MUCH MORE. I hope you got the cooties off.[/li][li]JimB - A fun guy who I had never really heard of before DTF. Now that I’ve heard of him, I’m gonna be looking for him at future Doper events.[/li][li]Joey Hemlock - Drunk motherfucker. Didn’t really care for him.[/li][li]katiekilldare - My first new doper of the dopefest. I was talking with UncleBill and Porcupine when I was suddenly distracted by the gorgeous redhead on the balcony. I immediately stammered out something to dismiss myself so I could go up and hug the holy motherfuck out of her. I absolutely adore this woman. If she liked cold weather, and wasn’t married to Mr. HunkyGuy, I’d force her to marry me.[/li][li]Kyla - Kyla was well worth the wait (as long as it was). Plus, she likes porn. An all-around charming young lady, and one that I again didn’t get to hang with enough.[/li][li]malkavia - I had about three hours of bliss with this girl. I am so glad I got to meet her. She’s fucking adorable. I loves me some pigtails.[/li][li]Manservant Hecubus - I don’t think ANYONE got enough Brian. Brian is, without a doubt, one of my bestest buds. I can’t wait to make it back to Denver to party with the man. He’s a great guy.[/li][li]Mauvaise - Sigh, I will remember her as the girl who took pictures of me passed out, because that’s all I have to go on with her. I hardly talked to her, but i have only me to blame for that. Glad to have met her, at least.[/li][li]Mercutio - Mercutio is amazing. I’ve never met a 15-year old who was more mature. I love him to death, honestly.[/li][li]Monster104 - I trusted this man to look after me when I was quite drunk. That must mean something good. He was a lot of fun, for a dope fiend.[/li][li]Nen - This man needs to put on about 20 pounds. He’s a great guy, though, and I hope to see more of him when i move east.[/li][li]Nymysys - Nymmy is not only my favorite doper, she’s one of my favorite people. I’d say more, but she will have a whole LJ entry about her in the near future.[/li][li]porcupine - One of the first dopers I met in real life and still one of the best. never scared to show her cleavage, and i love her for it. Well, for other reasons, too.[/li][li]pricciar - I am so glad I got to meet him. He’s as funny and quick in real life as he is in his LJ and in chat.[/li][li]psycat - I thought I ooked her out a little by being so huggy, but she assures me i didn’t. Anyway, she is beautiful and seemed nice, and she and demo are lucky to have each other. and I freaking LOVE her glasses. Hot hot hot.[/li][li]quixotic78 - His nose is suprisingly resiliant, as is his personality. I’m sure I haven’t hung out with him for the last time, unless he’s lucky.[/li][li]Sapphire Bullet - Sapphy is my rawkstar bitch, and she loves it. I love sapphy more than I love me. I’d gladly take a bullet for her.[/li][li]Scotticher - Can a woman BE MORE LOVING? Oh my got, I got hugged and kisses and told I’m wonderful so much, I’m starting to believe it. I love my Scotti-Hotti![/li][li]SeaDiver - It wasn’t a thong, it was a belt. Sea is a hottie, but more importantly she is a fun, happy, sweetie of a woman. When she does her Latino accent, i melt.[/li][li]Shayna - Didn’t talk to her much, but she was quite busy so it’s understandable. I simply must thank her ONCE AGAIN for all of her hard work.[/li][li]Silo - banned - I gave silo a baby beer.[/li][li]Silver Fire - Slvy is the craziest chick i know, and I love her for it. I will go out of my way to make sure that I see her and her Encherito again.[/li][li]Spiny Norman - I said two sentences to Spiny. On Friday I said “nice to meet you” and on Sunday I said “hope to see you again!”. When we do meet again, i will make sure to get to know him better.[/li][li]SPOOFE - Crazy. Liked him, though.[/li][li]Sue Duhnym - I honestly didn’t think this gorgeous woman would know who I was, but not only did she, she kissed me and said that people had been telling her how wonderful i was. PEOPLE WERE TELLING HER I WAS WONDERFUL. God, that felt good. not as good as Sue’s boob, but still. (oh, and look FORWARD when you walk. watch for poles!)[/li][li]thinksnow - Another good time with this man. All the women love him, so I hate him. I think I got a good picture up his kilt, and I will be selling it to the highest bidder.[/li][li]UncleBill - I HAVE TO TALK LOUD BECAUSE HE MUST BE DEAF AFTER RIDING THAT HARLEY ALL WEEKEND. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN![/li][li]weirddave - Don’t let him fool you, he’s EXACTLY as dave as he looks. Also wrote my the sexiest love letter EVER.[/li][li]Wicked Blue - I’m moving to Boston just to be closer to her. Need I say more? Wicky absolutely rocks, even if she did try to crush me with her boobs. Or BECAUSE she tried to crush me with her boobs. PSHT![/li][li]woodstockbirdybird - Woody, long my favorite name on the boards, is now the latest addition to my LiveJournal friends list. Good to meet you![/ul][/li]
Okay, who did i miss?
What can I say about the entire weekend that hasn’t already been said? Anyway, i had a wonderful time. 60 people was a lot, though i didn’t get to meet all of them (I did get to say hi to Heloise finally!!!).
A few choice stars (in my own little world) are:
Katie Killdare: Girl, you are sweet as the mornin’ dew, honey! I had a WONDERFUL time hanging out with you. You are so freaking cool! You DO look like Tricia Yearwood though! Her husband is a hottie also ;).
Joey Hemlock: Ahh he’s the man. I swear he must have had two bottles of tequila ALONE on saturday night. I think he was still very intoxicated the next morning.
Cyn: While some may think you’re an asshole, i think you’re an OK guy :). It would have been nice to hang out with you more, but well, that’s how these things are, i guess
Nen: Hey big boy, how’s it goin? :). I’d have liked to hang out with you a little more…hmm, maybe whenever you come back out this way, no? Note: he was taller than me until i put my kick-ass shoes on and then we were equals.
Francesca and Alex: Oh, all of you British people are so quaint, with your accents, and slang! Kidding, i really enjoyed hanging out with you both. I hope your time here was wonderful. I also hope we Americans didn’t scar you both too badly! Oh and when we make fun of you for an entire weekend, that means we like you. Seriously!
As always my crew, the BADs were in full force. I’m glad i got to see most of you there.
Of course, there are more, but at 3:00 AM, you can’t be asking me to remember too much ;). I enjoyed meeting everyone and had a wonderful weekend. I don’t want to go back to work! Nooooooo! Reality sucks!
Wow, what a great crowd. I hadn’t remembered how many wonderful people I got to meet until I started reading this post again. Too much fun! And to think, there are still people recovering!
So, we have to do another one of these really soon, especially considering how fun some of you sound that I didn’t get to meet. And the ones I did meet were so great. BTW, weirddave, you were right, sinfest.net is a cute comic, so I won’t give you a hard time if I see you wearing that t-shirt again. At least, much.
To the two foreigners who are still here and riding Harleys today, don’t break any body parts! We’d hate to send you home hurting!
BoiToi, now you have my email. Let’s talk and see if I can get you to do that lovely stutter again. Especially since I at least got you to consider broadening your horizons. Does Esprix still like to watch?
Deb2world, just so you know, I’d let you name my cat.
Diane, you are a trip! And the purple in your hair is just too much fun!
Seadiver, thanks for the glitter, it was fun feeling you put it on my neck! You can glitter me anytime, girl! And those pants were fabulous!
**Mauvaise,**we’ve got to talk next time! You just sound cool!
So many people I wish that I had had more time to talk to…Kyla was it you sitting beside me? I with that I were better with names, because if the name is different, someone is going to be insulted. Anyway, you were a trip and a half, girl. And your alcohol tolerance is just fine. It makes you a cheaper date!
Sue Duhnym, a great name to match a great personality!
Doobieous, it was nice to finally get to meet you! What a little cutie!
Alright, I hate to have to ask, but you are here to fight ignorance, right? What the heck is teabagging?
Strictly in the interest of fighting ignorance:
How can I do this when it’s not the pit?
You’re familar with dipping teabags (like liptons, etc.) in a tea cup/mug? Ok, just trade ahem testicles for the teabags and someone’s face for the tea cup/mug and you should get the general idea.
For the sake of fighting ignorance and all…
Teabagging is placing one’s scrotum into the face/mouth of another from above, similar to dunking a teabag into a cup of hot water. Examples include when Nen tried to shimmy under thinksnow’s kilt for a photo op, and the quick thinking think stepped up and squatted over poor Nen, stunning him into not taking the shot. I seem to recall a ChiDope incident, too, but that one is fuzzy (the memory, not the scrotum!)
I’m ready to put my head through my monitor for missing this spectacular extravaganza.
SO Come on people, MAKE IT A TRIFECTA-
COME TO OHIO THIS WEEKEND FOR OHDOPE
(thinksnow will be wearing a kilt again, and I my
chest will barely be conceled!!
You have NO IDEA how close I am to resigning from my job and not going to Philadelphia this weekend! Miss Creant, that was low.