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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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All right, I know we have the “What I learned” thread. But we all agreed in a drunken haze last night that this would be a cool thread title. So I thought I’d start a general meeting notes thread.

Weekend got off to a rough start when my flight was cancelled, and I ended up DRIVING in from Detroit. (You know how exciting it is to try to find someone in O’Hare when all you know is the terminal they’re in?) But finally got in, checked in, and fell asleep.

Friday a few of us got together to have dinner. Assembled were me, MaxTorque, Valerie, Alphagene, Sassy, and Cristi. Various Dopers were discussed, mine and Max’s problems in getting to Chicago, roomies from hell and how we dealt with them, and then Omni showed up as we were leaving, so we sat back down to drink some more. The coolest shuttle driver ever then took us back to the hotel, were we hung out and discovered how to open a wine bottle when you DON’T have a corkscrew. And that the wine Sassy bought tasted like KoolAid.

Saturday was VERY cool…the bar rocked, even if all the waitresses were old enough to be my grandmother. Very tacky, and sorta perfect for a Doper gathering. Max accumulated a lot of plastic trees, and somehow we all got leis as well. And then UncleBeer brought out the grass skirt. Which Omni grabbed and immediately put on. And did a LOVELY hula dance for us. Eventually we went back to the hotel, where the true hilarity began. Most of the guys put on the skirt, and danced for us, including Omni without his pants, which led to the title of this thread. I think I’ll let him explain it.

To conclude…I had a WONDERFUL time, and it was great to see everyone again. Everyone was very cool, and I wish I lived closer so I could see y’all more often. HUGE kudos to Valerie for putting this all together! You ROCK!

AND, as a final note. ANYONE who took pictures! Email them to me, and I will put them up on my site. My pictures will be up tomorrow and Tuesday.

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Falc: I have pictures. BUT–

I accidentally left my camera in the Party Suite. Valerie gave it back to me this morning. She told me that when she found it, there were pictures left on it, but they used them.

I am afraid. I am very, very afraid.

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Why must there always be pictures?

Dear god…

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Yeah hi, Omni - YOU’RE the one who was dancing without his boxers. Is it OUR fault you do embarrasing things? :wink:

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Not only that, but you seemed exobitantly proud of it. At least when you were listing all the body parts that the grass skirt came into contact with, anyway.

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I’m almost recovered from my hangover, so I’m trying to remember last night.

The attendees were - Alpha, Android, Beefymeg, Cristi, Derek (Jeannie’s husband), Elelle, Falcon, Flypside, Jeannie, Gaudere, Inertia, Kat, MaxTorque, Omni, Random, Rubes, Sassy, Sucellus, Unclebeer, and me. We somehow missed Veb, even though we left her a message on the phone AND at the front desk. GL Wasteful’s flight was cancelled, so he didn’t make it either.

So, the bar - Hala Kahiki - was great- Hawaiian-themed and tacky as hell. Most of us got girl-drink-drunk, although Unclebeer and Sucellus stuck to beer, I think. The hotel’s shuttle took us all back to the hotel afterwards, and we all (minus Jeannie and Derek) drank more, played “I Never,” drank more, tried to get Unclebeer to make out w/ other guys, drank more, threw up (although that might have just been me), drank more… well, you get the idea.

There was SO much fun stuff that happened. I don’t know where to start, really, so I’m going to let other people fill in more details until I can piece the evening together for myself.

It was a great night, and everyone that came was amazing. We’ll have to do it again some time very soon. Thanks for coming, everybody. :slight_smile:

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Hey, that Skip and Go Naked wasn’t half bad!

How late did y’all stay up after Random and I left the hotel?

Thank you THANK YOU all for a superfantasticfun night. Mele Kaliki Maka!!

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Chicago? I was in Chicago? I don’t believe it, although it would explain that horrible headache Sunday morning. Valerie, I warned you about the after-effects of Tullamore Dew didn’t I?

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My pictures are being developed as I type. Hehehehe. Here’s hoping that they’ll actually give them back to me.

You know, I did not get drunk at the bar. I paced my strawberry daiquiris well. I was quite sober when we got back to the hotel. Then we started playing that damned “I Never” game. That’s where I got drunk. And you people know an awful lot more about me than you should. I hope I can trust you.

I haven’t had that much fun in over a decade. I can’t wait for the next one!

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You guys played “I Never”? Shit, reminds me of college.

Well, it reminds me of when I actually had fun in college. I still haven’t actually managed to graduate.

Hint: Never play that game with a roomful of virgins. Especially not if the stuff you have to “drink” are Jello shooters.

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “Technicolor Yawn.”

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Sounds like fun guys. I’m anxiously awaiting the pictures. Especially since I keep seeing references to Omni’s “shiny white ass”.

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/me pats Omni on the butt.

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And just why, pray tell, has there been no mention of my shirt in this thread?

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Flyp, as Gaudy as the shirt was, I’m thinking my ass may have overshadowed it.

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Thank you, Omni. Now I’m going to have to explain why there are spatterings of tea all over my paperwork. (“my ass may have overshadowed it?” oh, the imagery!!!)

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Well, Omni, when you get right down to it, your ass is a hard act to follow. I’m just proud my shirt was an opener.

And I’m sure there’s another joke in there somewhere, but I’ll let someone else have it.

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AARRUGH! You left a message at the front desk TOO? Those idiots, those putzes, those cretinous, vacant-eyed, knuckle-dragging, gum-popping, cuticle-nibbling…

::Veb succumbs to red-faced, pop-veined, incoherent stroke-inducing fury::

I’d been bugging Larry, Darryl and Darryl at the desk HOURLY for info on the “Doper” party. This was AFTER the *%$#@!& idiots had given my message to a wrong room, inhabited by a horny but hopeful pharmaceutical rep! This was AFTER I camped out in the little “bar pit” with a handlettered sign on my shirt. (Handlettered on the back of a bank deposit slip, because the Hampton Inn sprung for those creepy toilets but no scratch paper.)

It’s a sign, it’s a goddamned sign.

You all are swaying in grass skirts, mooning, getting happy and getting DOPER and I’m wandering around in a fog, plagued by pure insanity.

AND I DO NOT HAVE A BEARD!

Veb
(wailing in pure frustration and self-pity)

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Falcon - You did a great job with the pictures. I feel like I was there… almost… well, not really. I wish we could have a Dopefest a little closer to home. It’s hard for me to get away for the weekend with the kids and everything. Oh well, someday I’ll meet up with everyone!

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Veb,

I suggest you print out this thread and the other thread, and send them to the management of said Hampton Inn, along with a nice letter detailing the date and time this all happened. At worst, you’ll get a nice letter back and a voucher for a free stay, since they blew your entire vacation. At best, you’ll get that, plus you’ll get the cretins fired, which they completely deserve.

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Rachelle, those pics are from Spiffled. Chicago will go up beginning tonight (I have no been convinced by several people to go drag my ass out to CVS and get them developed…)

And Flyp - aren’t you sad you didn’t stick around now? You missed Omni’s ass! Despite VB and I trying to keep you there. :slight_smile: (And there’s another comment I could make here, but Flyp will KILL me if I did.)

And Cristi - as soon as you get the pics, send them on over…can’t wait to see them!!