Hey dudes

[batskeets]

So, I'm feeling mostly-better today. Still feeling possible illness clinging to me, but mood is much-improved.

Friday night was bananas. Post-wushu, it was Laptop Party with Alyson and Alicia, which turned into more of a, "Let's talk about boys, and Nerd things, and dressing up cats in sailor suits," Party, but eh, it's what we needed, and I *did* get some work done, at least. After that, it was a party at veiravx and phasmaphobic's, which got me drunker and kept me out later than I'd planned, but eh, when the good times are rolling, it's hard to stop. ;)

Saturday? Also crazy. Woke up early despite my best intentions of sleeping in, so I worked out, and made Almond Butter Krispie Squares for the BBQ at _dilate_'s house. (they were delicious, by the way) I buzzed on up there just in time to hang out for 15 minutes, and then dash off to my wushu demo. Which I was late for.

See, it was supposed to take 15 minutes to get from the BBQ to the demo location in Vancouver, and I gave myself half an hour. As of 20 minutes after leaving the BBQ? I was still in North Portland, stuck on the I-5 onramp. Thanks, Portland traffic! :p I arrived after demo had already started, missed the opening kicks/jumps/combo portion, ran into the bathroom, threw on my silks, and came out ~30 seconds before I had to perform. So I busted out 2 sections of Nanquan with a hangover *AND* no warmup.

Yes, that felt about as spectacular as you're probably imagining it did.

Anyhoo, the rest of the day was much better. I got back to the BBQ, enjoyed some good grill food, tasty snacks, and good conversation. AND this_is_not_art was visiting! And she is adorable. <3 And there was laying in the grass, soaking up the sun and sky, sipping on sweet tea vodka with lemonade. (blame circeramone for that bit of inspiration, heh) And there was a random adventure to Voodoo Two and Lake Oswego with loud and ridiculous sing-alongs, and hilarious chatter from the back seat. I finally got home a little after midnight, and slept like a log. Good, good times.

I wandered back up to NoPo on Sunday morning for breakfast at the Cup and Saucer, and then headed over to get ready for the Two Gents performance! And you know what? It was freakin' fantastic. I was fully prepared to have nobody show up, for things to go horribly wrong, for it to just not be well-received, or any other number of things. But it was quite the opposite: we had a bigger audience than I expected, they laughed and enjoyed, we hit our lines in new-and-hilarious ways, and it was a lot of fun. Very draining, but very worth it.

The rest of the afternoon involved pizza at Old Town, and then lazing around the house finishing Season 1 of Avatar, and dipping into Season 2 just the slightest bit. Still loving that show. <3 Uncle Iroh! And then I sat on my deck and sipped some tea while watching the sun go down. Ahhh.

So, yes, exhausting. But worth it. The End. <3

Comments

[dawningday.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. And you don't even know just how bad ass Uncle Iroh is yet. :)

Glad to hear the good times were rolling - hope they keep it up!

[katlyn.livejournal.com]

Shhhhhhhhhh... we just started Season 2. They don't know how badass ANYONE is yet. :}

[http://users.livejournal.com/_dilate_/]

Thanks for the recipe- those things were delicious

[katlyn.livejournal.com]

We gotta figure out when the next Avatar showing will be. :) Maybe I'll post about it again on my journal, and we can get a few more people (though they should be familiar with Season 1.)

Wheee!

[skeets.livejournal.com]

OMG YES. I need to get to know Azula as soon as possible! ;)

[katlyn.livejournal.com]

I can't wait until you start meeting more characters. It'll be interesting who all becomes the crowd favorites.

[xplo-eristotle.livejournal.com]

I should get in on that. Schedule and invitation permitting, of course.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Well, katlyn was originally intending to do more of a scheduled thing, but it's turned into more of a, "hey, you doing anything tonight? Let's watch Avatar!" situation amongst the three of us.

Still, I can text you if we think we're getting together to watch some episodes! And, well, if you don't mind the fact that we're now in the beginning of Season 2. ^^;

[triskelmoon.livejournal.com]

I claim credit for circeramone's acquaintance with that drink! (AKA The Amanda Palmer in contrast to the Arnold Palmer)

[skeets.livejournal.com]

True fact! It's her fault for being my supplier, but your mentions of it were the reason I insisted on trying it, on that occasion. ;)

[triskelmoon.livejournal.com]

There are reasons I am known as the Evil Enabler. One of these days you may have to come over and check out my smelly cra... err, perfume collection.

[archmage.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear Lebowski went even better than hoped (had been surprised no one else has mentioned it)!

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think a lot of us registered victorious comments on Twitter, but I think I'm the only one who's still consistent about LJing. :)

[archmage.livejournal.com]

Well, good to know someone is holding down the fort!