The Bar

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:45 am

it's been a tough year for booze swilling grandmas the world over

<smoooooch> to you GE. Be well.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:46 am

So, I'm pouring 12oz of cheap vodka on the rocks for however wants. Then we toast.

BTW, modorama is another on of my favorite bands.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:47 am

thanks Stuart...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:50 am

sputnik wrote: modorama .

I do not know this one..

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:04 am

You may not know it now, but you should.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:06 am

GuinivereElise wrote:Grandma Vi drank cheap vodka.... lots of it! Yay!

thanks sputnik... hey, I was introduced to Mono over the weekend... fucking rad!

Rian: just being with you guys again today will be good for my spirit. are you doing okay??

hmmm, yeah - just lots to think about. but that, m'dear, is nothing new.
drama, drama, drama.
that's what i get for going into the arts, huh?

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:09 am

Rian Jackson wrote:*RJ stumbles in, dazed*
Santi, bartenders, ziptie, hotpants, scissors, pole, firemen, NiNi, Pampelmoos, TMI, John’s ball puppetry, borders, home.
Tish... sushi, flashing, sake, cops, synchronicity, ‘shopping’, B&O, Ethiopian, LL with Sensei & Lydia & Samtzu & BHA & Tisha & CWL & RtW & Guin what all am I forgetting?

You forgot the dogpile at the end. We got the pics though, so don't worry, it'll come back to ya'. That's about when your back went bye-bye. Still, you got two SantaCons in two weeks, plus this weekends activities here in Seattle out of it... (Here's a hint, babe. Rian could use a little 'down time' every now and then.) You held up like a trooper kid, (I noticed your back went out (again) last night at exactly the same time as "last call for alcohol" - nice timing. And you spent ALL Sunday night and Monday with those bloody tourists and showed the heathens what Seattle is all about. Great job, Rian.

When Tish, Lydia and I got back to the truck last night after leaving the LL, we noticed it was only, ONLY, 12:30!!! So naturally we headed over to BLEU. We each had time for one, massive drink - plus we got this free mojito they gave us that was some kind of ordering accident at another table. It was a nice quiet way to end a psychotic weekend.

And it was good to see MISS Lydia Love rejoin the Land of the Living. Watching her turn from a healthy color to white as a ghost, and I mean REALLY WHITE, in 15 minutes was quite 'interesting'. And the next day, through will-power - and one (1) gigantic shot of antibiotics in the left buttcheek - her color returned. That was truly scary, but the recovery was equally spectacular. Here's to MISS Love's continued recovery.

The visitors have been safely delivered to their winged carriages for their return to their so-called 'homes'... I'm sure they're being strip-searched as we speak. And rightfully so, I must say.

And on a different note: I'm sorry to hear about your Grandmother's passing, Guinivere. May she rest with the Angels. We'll step quietly today, as Rian said, and think of strong women who've inspired us...

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:20 am

ah, Sensei, the back's been out for days. i was on the drugs by midday yesterday, it's just that my will to continue being cheery, combined with alcohol on top of the drugs, flagged. it happens. it was really more that i was really quite nauseous from it, and was *this* close to spewing my booze (over evil) on someone's lap. it was worth it though, for sure. having fabu house guests DOES help one to ignore such paltry, silly things as spines.

dog pile... i might have been outside at that point. unless you're talking about the group photo? or when the boys all began to bite my neck and my hair almost lit on fire? i remember everything honey.. even though we started boozin' at my place in the late afternoon, this little chicky didn't get that drunk.

and yes, i also remember pummelling Samtzu... i need a speed bag back again.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:24 am

I was introduced to Mono over the weekend

I was introduced to mono in high school by my girlfriend. It fucking sucked. But it did lead to my first three way.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:29 am

one of the funniest bits, for me, was all fiction.

while the boys were talking boy talk at dinner, Tish and i began our own conversation.

We discovered that we are twins (note the matching rogue dimples) born from the same womb years apart. 'Dad' - not our real dad - was in the circus, due to those uber long legs. But really, we're the product of the milkman. I know this because of deep research, and my keloid scars. It wasn't the mail man, though he was the one who got mom into heroin. The combination of those, and the plush toy masturbation fetish, caused her home to be condemned. WHich is why she's homeless, last seen in Oregon robbing a walmart for plushies and a few other strange items. Word has it she's heading this way.

Our brother is in europe, having left home sometime before the age of 8 (they didn't notice when he left because he was so self sufficient). I was left on the church steps, with a note that mom made tish write herself. tish was running the house. when it was condemned she just left. she worked in the circus for a while, doing some unmentionables, but that's her own story.

Rob and Sam kept cueing into words like 'heroin' 'circus' and 'masturbation'. Of course the funniest bit was that my twin and i were just entertaining ourselves while they did their thing. Apparently our 'reality' is more interesting than theirs.

BTW, tisha, if mom shows up at my building on christmas, as you say, i'm so not letting her in and giving her money for heroin.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:38 am

my 3yo destroyed my laptop keyboard. off to the office to see about a keyboard and maybe a replacement 3yo

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:48 am

geekster wrote:my 3yo destroyed my laptop keyboard. off to the office to see about a keyboard and maybe a replacement 3yo

i believe a 15 year old single malt scotch would improve your outlook.

line 'em up, bartender.

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:07 pm

christ it's hard to keep up in here.

Guin, darlin girl. My love and sympathy to you.

And Rian my dear... I'm thinking healing thoughts atcha.

Me, I just ate a sandwich and it barely hurt going down... I'm on the fast track to wellsville.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:08 pm

thanks everyone for your kind words and thoughts.

I appreciate it.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:35 pm

My most sincere sympathies, GE.

Yeah, I'll take that single malt. Damn I hate going into the office. So much "driveby" tasking goes on. Oh, hey! Since you're here ....

But they gave me a new kbd and a DVD drive so I can see our camp video from BM04 that someone gave me a copy of last night!

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:48 pm

Cant wait to see what this maintenance outage will bring. Hope it is presents from the TecnoElves ... maybe an edit key in our stockings? Maybe a new look? Who knows but I'm all excited!

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:54 pm

[wearing a black slinky little dress and combat boots, giggles sets down a crate full of odd mugs gathered from resale shops, fills a big decanter w hot chocolate, procures a big bottle of peppermint schnapps, and helps herself, choosing a mug stating "Florida: I've been there" and then plops on a barstool.]

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:54 pm

I'll take some of that vodka, dont even bother to strain it, can you make it a double/

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:55 pm

Tell me again, geekie, when does that go down?

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:55 pm

Ooops, sorry heli, lemme grab that vodka for you big guy fore I sit a spell.....

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:59 pm

sixty more minutes before a drink in the default world.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:05 pm

can I have a scotch? I'm feeling like reality is a bit much for me at the moment...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:07 pm

gigglesnort wrote:Tell me again, geekie, when does that go down?

9PM Pacific to midnight ... tonite.

Oh, and check out this jet powered outhouse!

Photo by Paul Stender

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:09 pm

Ms. Elise, drink this baby, and let's just leave that smelly ole reality elsewhere for awhile, shall we?

[looking out window] Hey, was htat a flaming jet-powered out house that just went by?

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:10 pm

thanks giggle. it's just all a little too real right now...

so much joy this weekend, accompanied by so much pain.

when it rains...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:14 pm

Same guy makes a jet powered bar stool too!

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:17 pm

is the blonde accessory included in the purchase price, or is she extra?

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:17 pm

OOOH!

[giggles hops off old boring stationary barstool, chases down the jet-powered one, climbs up, confuses the blonde and tosses her aside, and zooms around giggling maniacally, all while holding onto her hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps in the florida mug]

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:18 pm

My apologies to folks with a slow connection ... I will just paste a link to this one rather than the pic ...

This is the barstool on a 400 MPH run ...

http://turbinegroup.com/Mbar2.jpg

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:23 pm

GuinivereElise wrote:is the blonde accessory included in the purchase price, or is she extra?

Good question. For what one of those stools must cost, I would imagine they might spring for a blonde too.