First off, the whole weekend was great, organized enough to feel organized, with enough leeway to feel spontaneous, the perfect balance. There were so many new people to meet, a couple of old friends to see again, and the lurid comedy of two many beers without a helmet.
My dearest Sophie, who talked me into making the drive to Chicago, for those who read this and haven’t met her, she is even more lovely in person than in the photos, difficult as that is to believe. It was great to hang out with her in Chicago since total strangers would come up to us and start conversations. Even if we couldn’t find the food.
Thinksnow, charming, good looking, he always gets the girl, it seems, yet even the guys like him. Must be the kilt.
Speaking of skirts, what a great couple Geobabe and UncleBill make. Not that I was using the rearview mirror to look up Bill’s skirt on the way to O’Toole’s.
CRorex was hiding under the brim of his fedora in the Wild(est) Goose, trying to be shy, but was very interesing and now I have to make a point to find his posts.
Omni was apparently to handsome that Sophie spotted him in the middle of downtown Chicago after only meeting him once. Not that I’m jealous or anything.
Manhattan is the sort of person you just want to have a beer with. A warm smile and nature, he gushed over some sort of medicinal prints that were “really quite afforable”. In a Manhattan real estate sort of affordable way.
UncleBeer couldn’t quite grinning. Of course Porcupine had a lot to do with that. Who could blame him?
Miss Creant spotted me in the hotel lobby and actually remembered me from OhDope. How I don’t know, since I was wearing a full mask. Mr. Creant, er, Manservant Huxtable, er, Mister Cynical was a pleasure to meet.
Couldn’t get enough of those Chique hugs. Go Gophers hockey, I owe you guys!
Inertia was a great sport, we played many games of pool and jammed out to Skynrd. I was a little worried about him on Friday night when he lived up to his name and became an inert mass on the landing, but he survived to Dope another day.
Eutychus was a chick magnet. And a Superdude magnet. Okay, he was, at least in personality, if not in look, exactly as I expected. Friendly, funny, flirty.
Ed Zotti didn’t know me from Adam, but he did pose with the FairyChatMoose. I couldn’t expect much more than that.
Anya Maria looked like a lost kitten and I wanted to rescue her, but she had more sense than that. Tattva was great, but Friday night I really wanted to buy her some socks. ShadowFox was regaling our whole El car with stories on the way to the Wild Goose.
I was more than a little disappointed that rjk (hi Bob!) and Zyada didn’t come in and keep me company while I got dressed. Now I have to go find Carry On up the Khyber, or some such film.
I spent a lot of Saturday night vainly searching for Jane D’oh, she really is a goddess! I hope that your back is feeling better and that we more of you at the next one!
Valerie has some sort of obsession with moist, penetrated crotches that we couldn’t understand. And can carry one a conversation with an inanimate object like nobody’s business. But the best was when one of the non-Doper women at VileOrb’s place fell totally in love with her at first sight.
Speaking of VileOrb and obsessions, this guy has a thing for crows. And music. But I’ll most remember how disappointed he was that I wasn’t a demon he could add to his coterie.
Nen could speak with his eyes, I swear it. What an intense look! Definitely on my list of people with whom to get into a quiet conversation.
Maeglin was the coolest dressed Doper. Also had an intense look, as if everything he does is serious mischief. Must be an NYDoper thing.
But Pucette didn’t fit that mold. She was more of the warm and cuddly sort. And so sexy that you’d forget that you already asked her 20 times where she lives (Harlem). If she hadn’t been magnetically attached to JoeyHemlock’s enormous cranium, she’d have been beating the guys away with sticks. Speaking of Joey, this is the guy you most want at a houseparty. If your head can take the lumps.
I was lucky enough to be in a Boli / Gaudere sandwich on the way to the houseparty. I shall dream of this always. Boli is beautiful, but there’s something about Gaudere. Maybe it’s the kickball games with the folks from the Playboy channel, but I think it’s something a little less tangible.
News for you all: Tiggeril is not cute. Now that I’ve seen her without all of the Halloween make-up, I can officially say that. She’s sexy. You young single Dopers are missing out!
Speaking of young, single Dopers, Iampunha was another chick magnet. Wonder why nobody plays with my hair like that?
But at least Persephone played with my head. Which made my skin tingle, but I didn’t tell her that, 'cause she might have made me touch her breast again. I thought it best not to even start down that road in a room full of people.
CrankyAsAnOldMan fooled me with her hair pulled up behind her head. In her LiveJournal she is always pulling out her long, beautiful hair. I didn’t understand her screenname until I read a few of her journal entries, but she’s charming in person.
Hamadryad was not just lovely but hysterically funny in her parody of board humor. I fell in love with her glasses and her beautiful hair.
I have to count Vix, Sua Sponta, Magdalene, JarbabyJ and MikeG, in the "people I didn’t get to talk to enough category. Maybe I was scared away by Sua’s explanation of his screen name. Vix looked eerily like Hama’s sister, but maybe it’s just me. Anyway, a weekend is not nearly enough time to get to meet all of these people.
Wisest Novel’s screen name is still a mystery to me, but he lived up to Persephone’s billing. I hope to see more of him on the boards and not just in the “flirt threads”.
Dropzone was cool, but I kind of expected him to be wearing a parachute.
I was surprised to learn that Gundy was a beautiful, multiorgasmic Cubby woman. Even more surprised to learn that Krusty Klown was handsome and shy, but didn’t have big flipper feet and pointy red hair. We eventually did the preliminary work on what’s sure to be a Nobel Prize winning effort to quantify the female orgasm.
Tpoy nam was very cool; he kept going on about how my user name forced him to learn something. Although he has to watch the beard style or some day he’s going to end up looking like C. Everett Koop.
lno was another guy that the women were drooling about, but I was more about talking football with him. I can see that his fury burns with the rage of a buncha sons.
Crunchy Frog was sort of the evil anti-Maeglin, at least in terms of dresscode. I wonder how long he would have waited for us in the parking garage if Tequila Mockingbird and I hadn’t gone up to find him. TM is rowwr. I’m sure I’m not the first to say this, but Turbo is one lucky dog.
MsRobyn was sweet but seemed to be missing something important. I hope that the Air Force gets off their duffs and gets Airman Doors back near her soon!
Kyla was a dancing queen, what a blast! We couldn’t understand why she wants to move to the upper midwest. Must be a Quixotic thing!
For some strange reason I kept getting Jadis and Jessica2 twisted around in my small brain. Maybe they were both too cute. Or maybe it was my twisted fantasies.
In the people I missed category, I didn’t get to the Wild Goose in time to meet CKDexterHaven. And Hamlet was a no show, truly sad because we’ve interacted a bit on the Boards so I really looked forward to meeting him.
Finally, and yeah, this all much too long, I have Nymysys phone number and I’m not afraid to use it. Who am I kidding, yes I am. But she is one of those rare beautiful women that makes everyone fall in love with her soul. If you can get past the stunning eyes and other parts.
Sorry to ramble on so, even with all that I’m sure I missed someone.
