audio: "when you wake, you're

audio: "when you wake, you're still in a dream." my bloody valentine.

FRIDAY NIGHT: THE AFTERSHOW GATHERING

so, we'd invited Mariam, her mom (who sang at me when she saw my shirt...which i greatly appreciated. XD), Damon, Kevin, the rest of the band, whoever they wanted to bring, Sarah, Caleigh, Heather, Ganymede, Mara, Denise and her friends...basically, a whole huge bunch of people to converge upon the Mongolian Stir Fry. having contacted them a couple days ago, they said we didn't need any reservation even though the group was going to be rather large...and since they closed at 10:30 Friday night, we would have plenty of time to eat (as we needed to be out of the room by 8pm at the very latest, as the next event was going on then).

did we think everyone would actually go along with us? no, of course not. usually NO ONE goes along with plans Spaz and i come up with. usually.

but this time, to our shock and delight, EVERYONE decided to come with...'cept Denise and her friends, but they'd already said they might not be able to make it since they wanted to go to the yaoi panel later that night, and were afraid they wouldn't make it back in time. so no big deal. ^^

even bigger shocker: Jon's dad was apparently so impressed by the show (and/or feeling really, REALLY generous...we're still not sure which) that he said if we went somewhere reasonably priced, he'd buy us all dinner. O.O;;;; i told Jon what this place cost (around $12.95/head plus drinks, but it's all=you-can-eat and has such a variety that EVERYONE is happy), and he relayed the information to his dad, who nodded but didn't say anything.

as we'd all planned to pay for our food anyway, i don't think anyone really cared. off we went...also minus Mariam's mom, cos she was tired and wanted to go home.

and despite how many carloads of people ended up going, everyone ended up at the right place and no one (except briefly for Nathan) got lost. O.O;;;

and even better...we all had a really great time! Mariam and i decided we needed alcohol. which is an odd occurrence for me, but we thought if we split a drink, it'd be fine. thing was, the drink menu was one that didn't really tell you what was *in* anything, and we wanted to choose something we hadn't had before...so we chose a scorpion. which basically turned out to be like a much stronger amaretto sour.

the waitress showed up with *two* drinks, though. one was a mai tai...and no one knew who'd ordered it. as we were at this point the only ones in the restaurant, Mariam decided she'd buy it anyway. so we kept rotating the two back and forth...and both were VERY strong. add to this the fact that Mariam hadn't eaten all day, and you end up with a very drunk Mare-mare. XD as for myself, i only got rather tipsy and red-faced, but not full-on drunk. thank you very much. XD

(this is of note mostly because i'm usually much more of a lightweight than she is...i drink a WHOLE lot less often than she does, and i never had much of a tolerance to begin with. i get drunk quite quickly, go to sleep, and/or end up vomitting quite easily. whee. now you know why i don't generally drink much. XD well, that and i don't usually like the feeling of being completely trashed...haven't really done that since i was 16. but. i've digressed. XD)

...and actually, i can't remember all that much from the rest of the night. (perhaps i was more drunk than i thought...? XD) i know Spaz and Rob were amusing each other endlessly, and Mariam kept teasing me with bits of stories about Mme. C but then not telling me the rest...Kevin and i ended up singing the opening theme from Aqua Teen Hunger Force several times...i changed the lyrics around accidentally to "livin' in my car, drivin' like a star,"...Mariam and i sang bits of the christmas carols we'd reworked years ago for X-files purposes ("Walking with the Cancer Wunderkind," "Away in a Silo," and "Hark! It's Krycek's Retinal Burn!" come immediately to mind...XD lyrics provided upon request, 'cept for "Hark!", cos we lost the bloody things soon after writing them! ;.; it was all about seeing Mulder in the infamous red speedo, though...>.<;;;;)...oh, and when Mariam had to go to the bathroom and needed me to go with her so she had someone to lean on whilst stumbling there, i FINALLY got her to admit (albeit, she *was* very trashed at the time) that a particular photo of a particular individual from a particular issue of Les Inrockuptibles was indescribably beautiful. *coughs* hah. victory is MINE, i tell you! XD

the food was good. we had some sort of pudding at the end, and Mariam and i couldn't quite decide if it was rice pudding or tapioca pudding, but it was really good in any case. fortune cookies were served and read, ending each (of course) with the obligatory "...in bed." (note: somehow, i do believe that if ever FioFio and i were to be in a similar situation, we'd end it with "with a goat," or possibly "barney goat kissy kissy!" instead...XD) i forget what all else. oh, i wished i'd had more shots left in those disposable cameras, for Kev looked absolutely smashing! his hair is v. long now, and mostly black...'cept for two bright blue streaks at the front, and he had a blue satin tie that matched. along with blue bits on his boots. ^-^ was very, very nice. but he usually has a lot of fun dressing, so no surprise there.

i don't remember what all we talked about, really. band stuff...other random stuff...changing our name to "Free Pr0n" and/or "Pikaho!" (there was this girl who i'm SURE YOU'LL SEE PICTURES OF elsewhere dressed up as a Pikaho. and a guy with her dressed up as Pimpin' Ash. with feather in his cap, a pokeball on his cane and the works. oi. XD) everyone thought Mariam and i should get a bit drunker, as Mariam's quite amusing when drunk and no one there had ever seen me drunk before, but to their sadness, this did not happen. XD hahha! Rob and Jon left early; Rob cos he wanted to go home, and Jon cos he wanted to get back to Priya's parlor panel of 3v331. oh, and Jon's dad did indeed pay for all our food...we paid for our drinks. i'd thought he'd just meant the band, but he paid for EVERYONE. my god, what a nice man! O.O;;;;

we had to go back too, both to drop off Mike at the hotel and also to pick up some of my stuff out of Jon's room. so i went in, called Jon, got the room key, went and retrieved my stuff. went back downstairs to the yaoi panel to return the room key, and Jon was already up at the front, actually sitting *on* the panel (which he hadn't yet been when i'd left).

so i went, gave him the key, and he punched Priya in the back to get her attention (as she was talking and gesticulating wildly to someone else...Karen, maybe?). she turns around and Jon points at me. and i say, "Yes. Now you know the face of your enemy!" XD

to which Priya responds, quite calmly, "I will destroy you." and then turns around and goes right back to whatever conversation she'd previously been having.

XD *that* was entertaining.

after that, went home. collapsed. and got ready to go back to the con and do it all over again...

[update: NOW i remember! Mariam and i slipped into Patsy and Edina mode again! we hadn't done that since high school, i think! or at least, since that one party at her old apartment, with the Night Train...XD how could i forget? it was amusing. heh. XD and i am not a lush. thank you. XD]

part five (in which i got randomly glomped by fangirls!) still to come...