Home. Woo. Pictures and blah blah tomorrow.
Well, don’t feel too bad for those of us who were MIA. I got my first trip to Hooters on Friday night. And saw Two Towers (again) Saturday.
Maybe next year:)
For those that might have been worried, just a quick note to let anyone know that Persephone did make it home okay, even though her plane was delayed two hours. Special thanks to Dynosaur & typo mna for giving her a lift from the airport back home!
Film at eleven.
Hitsnarfle and I made it back to Richmond just fine. Gingy is correct: New Jersey did, indeed, gargle the wang. Once we got past Baltimore, though, the roads cleared up and traffic was stunningly light on 495.
I’ll be posting a summary from my POV as soon as I have a few minutes to compose my thoughts. Hitsnarfle and I got here and fired a “we did this and went there and saw these people and went here and W00T J355 AND I RODE THE CAROUSEL and Eye of Argon blah blah…” salvo at Tark for a good solid hour when we arrived.
r0013d. Man. Dayum.
Myself and Tkeana made it home alive. Thanks to Billdo for feeding us before the long trek back into the snowy north. It was a wild weekend and also kind of strange because we met Gorgon and Acrylic at the dopefest only to discover that we only live 15 mins away from each other. Talk about small world!! A big thanks to everyone who helped to organize things. There are already plans for a mico dopefest with Henry Rollins and Spit in Norfolk,VA next month.
Wait a minute - you mean, you’re NOT Henry Rollins? 
Had a great time… made it home safely, too.
I was just so thrilled to meet everyone, even Gingy, EVEN if she made me shriek. 
Maeglin - muchos thanks for letting us all crash at your place… hope things settle down soon…
E.
Ginger, Henry Rollins doesn’t have a beard. Duh.
Great Lakes posse, checking in. Dyno and I got to my place about 20 minutes ago. He had wanted to keep going, back to Chicago, which would have put him near or at a solid 24 hours of driving, but… well, find out the whole story when I transcribe, annotate, and link the journal. All I-shit-you-not 28 1/2 pages of it, not counting the hijacks that other people made.
That’s gonna have to wait on the 50 hours of sleep I’m about to get, though. Good to see you all, sad to say goodbye, hope to see you again soon.
I don’t know if I can do a recap, cause chances are, I’ll just start bawling. Besides, I’m jetlagged like never before, and anything I write now won’t do anything justice.
One of the funniest moments was when I had to battle ignorace (or rather prejudice) for a little bit. Turns out the short, red, spikey hair signals “lesbians” to a certain doper, and therefore I was not hit upon by said person. Big mistake. Lesson learned? Basing an opinion on appearance will get you no nookie.
I love every moment of it. I did not have one dull moment. Even sitting around in the subway for fortyfive minutes ended up being a blast, mostly because I was teaching typo mna how to say “My armpits are sweet like nectar” in Swedish.
There should have been more smooching. And that’s all I have to say about that.
JoeyHemlock, the sweetest and most adorable man alive. That plan we had “lets just turn around, and I go this way and you that way” didn’t really work. I was bloody sobbing. I love you sweetie.
Geobabe, I love you. You are everything I thought you’d be, and then some. I hereby claim this cleavage in the name of Soda.
UncleBill, oh my, you lucky man. And hot damn, what an ass.
Billdo, you are a perfect host. Perfect.
Kyla, oh dear lord, you are most likely the funniest person I’ve ever met. Damn you crack me up. We hadn’t talked much at all before this weekend, but I couldn’t tell. You rock.
JackBatty, damn I’m glad you could make it. And I’m happy you’re still alive after your allergy attack.
typo mna, mina armhålor är söta som honung. You are simply adorable, and next dopefest I make, you’d better be there.
hamadryad, sweet lord. Mmmm, boobies.
green bean, thanks for the ride. Really, it may not have been an inconvenience for you, but it was much appreciated.
True Pisces eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. We didn’t get to talk you and I, but lets just pretend we had a twin falling out of some kind and make up for it next time. You see, there will be a next time. Yes indeed.
For every one I didn’t mention, just know that you rock, even if I’m too jetlagged to remember your name.
Kick ass. Chidope in May? Might just be doable.
Well then.
Maeglin, many thanks for the floor space and the wonderful hospitality. I appreciate it more than you know.
It was lovely to meet. . . everyone I hadn’t already met at some point in time and wonderful to see familiar faces again.
I was completely blown away that Biggirl knew who I was, and damn, does she ever kick much ass!
Central Park and Times Square with Hama, Hitsnarfl, and Dyno was absolutely a blast. Most especially the carousel ride that embarrassed the boys and made them not want to be seen with Hama and me. I can’t remember the last time I laughed as much as I did on our little exploratory trip.
I will probably not ever forget Typo jumping up and down and screaming: “WEENIES IN THE POOPER” while we waited on a train. . . and then hearing a voice yell back: “HEY YOU!” and thinking we were all going to get our asses kicked for being, well, asses. . . and then finding out it was Soda, who further entertained us on the train.
As always, there just simply wasn’t enough time to hang out with EVERYONE, which sucks, but is understandable. So. . . Demo, Psycat - very, very glad to have gotten a chance to finally meet you both and chat with you a little. Mnem, Spit, you were both as great to hang out with as I had anticipated. Wonderful. Soda, you kick ass. Saxface, you’re quite possibly one of the sweetest people I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. Euty, Ukelele Ike, and Persephone put up with me through dinner on Saturday, many thanks there! Ringo, glad I got to meet you! Wow, I’m getting all exclamatory. Cosmopolitan, it was great to meet you for all of the five minutes at the end of Saturday night, wish I could’ve spent some time chatting with you. Ditto for Andygirl, whatmove, Grandfather Trout and Oxymoron. And EVERYBODY else! Jeepers. And I have to say. . . I was incredibly thrilled when Scottevil buried his face in my bosom.
Mmkay, I can no longer think clearly and whatnot, so I’m going to go recap in my LJ where I can feel free to be rambly and stuff. Suffice to say I had an absolutely wonderful time, even with the ‘altruistic’ (as dubbed by Wisest Novel and Satan) puking in the car on Thursday on the way TO NYC. (Pre-alcohol, so shaddup.)
Pictures can be found here. It’s at Imagestation, which requires you to have a username/password. No fear. . . Username “SDMB” password “cecil” and if you have pictures from the fest you want to throw in there, feel free.
I had no idea you were being asses over there. I just saw Hama, and figured hey! People I almost know, and if I don’t, who cares?
We’d already been waiting on the damn c train for like 45 minutes when you showed up. After that ride, with all its fun-ness, those 45 minutes didn’t bother me at all.
Damn, I want to go back. Like now.
It was fun. We’d been acting like asses pretty much since we left the bar, Soda. . . none of us actually saw y’all until you yelled at us. So I thought we were getting in trouble. And I don’t think I was the only one.
Yeah, when you think about it, I did open a can of Soda on your asses.
Dear gods, I’m so tired it’s not even funny. I’ll still laugh at my lame attempt of a joke for hours though.
First off, Jessica2, the pictures are awesome. It makes me wish even more I hadn’t missed Friday night!
I can identify the two missing/questionable identities. The first one, the picture entitled Persephone, Kyla and Somebody?.. the “somebody” is Lindyhopper. The one that you thought was Wonko the Sane is.
sigh
I wish it was next year already again.
Thank you ma’am! Count yourself as another I wish I’d had the pleasure to meet and talk to, especially as I’ve heard such wonderful things about you. Maybe next year - or get thee down to Ohio!
Either that, or you can come to Philadelphia for the Pre-Wedding fest next Labor Day.
(And I would have met you sooner, but you kept running away from my camera when I was trying to take a picture of your table at dinner!!! :))
Phila… PENNSYLVANIA?! You’ve GOT to be kidding! :eek:
I try to always run from the camera. I had to be coaxed into the above pictures.
But… but… but… I’ve got to have it in Philadelphia! That’s where I’m getting married! And I already have 300 guests coming to my wedding, so I can’t afford to pay for all the other Dopers I want to come to that. That’s why there’s the Philly Fest.
Besides, we aren’t as bad as you think. Really. 
That was fun! Now, upload the photos people. My nuts got alot of use. My hat had alot of competition. More pics please. Joey Hemlock has the coolest camera going (got any pics?). Gorgon Heap and Acryllic Heapette continue to impress me with their drinking and dancing skills (would love to see some pics). Banger and Water2j are knowledgable guys to have around re: pop culture, but I hope the Op Ivy vs. The Specials debate didn’t come to blows after I left. whatmove can almost hang with the heavy hitters, keep training bro - just remember it’s not the next day until you go to bed. Pucette’s dancing mission sounded great in theory but I missed out due to misinformation (sabotage?) and lively discussion of Evil Dead 2 (as well as the offshoot topic of Brisco County Junior and his Happy Fun Orb). Vix has forever colored my definition of the word “nap”, and I may never hear that word again without laughing. Zoltarb is the man to see about Simpsons trivia, and Big Girl was fiesty as ever when she wasn’t in the emergency ward.
Kayla is an L.A. Story addict like myself and I enjoyed quoting all of the better parts of that movie with someone who really appreciated it. Manhattan confirmed my suspicions that the bikini-fighting-babes Miller Light commercial is indeed the best commercial ever (moderator decisions are conclusive and final). Delphica, more than anyone else, savored the experience of seeing people open my redneck-9/11-commemorative-'splosion-knife-case, truly a bizarre experience to behold. Joe_Cool and Jersey Diamond were a ton of fun and looking better than ever. Best of luck to them in their new home. Sue Duhnym said hello and then disappeared much to my chagrin. Would have loved to talk more as I love her screen name, her posts, and not to mention the fact that she makes a lasting impression with even the simplest hello. Next time, I guess.
Sax Face, my long lost sister, is the coolest and I just may make that scuba trip she was pimping. She made it sound great, even if she doesn’t understand the rules of staring contests (someone please tell her that a blink is a loss!). Cosmopolitan has one of the best smiles I’ve seen even if she does live in Long Island (which would keep me from smiling). Colibri has got the good stories and how. If you’re ever chatting with him get him to tell you about the time he hitchhiked cross country in 8 days. It’s an adventurer’s tale with guns and plenty of explosive situations - the moral of the story: skip West Virginia. I still think he was robbed when he didn’t win the longest distance mention, but I’m probably illustrating my total ignorance of simple geography.
There’s more, there must be more, but if you want it I’ll need pics to refresh my memory. A great time all around and no one got kicked out of anywhere this time. All in all I think the MegaDopeFest Bail Fund went untouched. What the hell, there’s always next year.
Oh, and I’ve decided to sell the Striaght Dope as more of a cult than an internet community. Seems like it will get more respect that way. Condescending infidel heathens of ignorance (aka “normal” people) must LEARN.
Anywho, peace and ummm . . . pics please?
DaLovin’ Dj