Monday Afternoon Quarterback
Aug. 18th, 2003 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ltmurnauWell, Saturday was The Party of the Year at my place: the Sixth Annual Tuvan Independence Day Celebration. Saturday nearest August 15 every year, no one's been disinvited yet.
This year it went pretty well, ifIdosaysomyself. And I do. Lots of people came (some surprising no-shows, though), like last year, and no one fell in the fire, unlike last year. I made Aki Fire Safety Officer this time and charged him with keeping the other little ones out of the pit. Actually, there were 8 or 10 children this time - they never stopped moving long enough for me to count - but once they had been fed we gave them some logs to play with on the far side of the yurt, and that took care of them.
I was really tired out because I had had to do all the setting up in the hot sun all day long - Aki was precious little help to me - and then go inside and fleisch hacken for two hours, then get cleaned up. People started coming about 5:00.
Gothvic people: Gray,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seaofrainEve, scuttleAnne, Paul, Casper, Inar and kiri_bean Crystal, Kevin and Crystal and kids. Inar and Crystal made Tuvan-style hats out of Value Village fur hats with tasseled springy door-stop things for the tops, and gave me two wonderful little Chinese figurines! Later Siouxsie and Lennon and a couple of hippies-with-wheels showed up.
Art people: Stephen and Lissa from Seattle of course, Michael Lewis and his wife Jenny came with three teenage Japanese exchange students, but Jenny and the students stayed only long enough to use the bathroom as they were on their way to a hayride. Gary and Shelley came late and left early. Also, Ron and Soma from Darth Brooks/narc/Griefer came, I was very glad to see them.
Army people: Louis Rioux showed up as a surprise, hadn't seen him for 15 years, he came with Brett's friend Dave but Brett did not come as he had been both playing video games and drinking to excess. Brett's other friend (can never remember his name, he teaches architecture at SAIT in Calgary now) came. Mike did not come because his wife Linda, who had had a C-section 2 weeks before, had a bacterial infection in her incisions and had to go on IV antibiotics.
Others: Mxo's friends Miharu and Misuzu, and their kids. Misuzu's husband Greg did not want to leave, he never gets his fill of the folks who come to these parties (this was the third time he had come, the first time we found that he and Gary had both been in the Camosun College Visual Arts program 18 years before, had not seen each other since and now were meeting in my backyard for no good reason!).
There were probably some other people who came, but I've forgotten. No, I think that was all. As usual, I never got a chance to talk to anyone I wanted to for as long as I wanted to, this always happens and I worry that some of my guests feel ignored because I can't spend enough time with them. But it is interesting to see a large number of people, who generally have only me in common, gather in one place and try to mingle. That's what parties are for I suppose.
The yurt got some use this year! Usually people are afraid to go into it because it looks so rickety. But I put a rug in this year and that was a help. Food went down well, I actually cooked too much since about eight people I expected to come didn't. I have a feeling I will be sick of eating leftover lamb by Thursday.
The Sims were not home, unfortunately, but A.N.D. had a party going next door so we were in a duelling-parties situation for a while. His party was playing horsehoes or lawn darts or something that involved everyone going "WHOOO!!" at fixed intervals. After a bit I had on Yenisei-Punk, the Yat-kha album with the long demo of kargyraam throat-singing on it, and I noticed Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel and his cousins popping their gimme-hat-topped heads over the fence to eye the weird people and see what was making that drony vacuu-m-cleaner noise. Eventually we drove them inside, using a combination of more Yat-Kha, Klaus Nomi, Oingo Boingo, and some nice Goth-industrial compilation CDs Gray had brought with him. Fortunately we didn't have to bring out the Captain Beefheart big guns.
People started leaving about 10:30 or 11:00, and the last left about 1:00. Mxo and I cleaned up as much as we could to save time the following day. I had a headache and tired muscles all Sunday but got things cleaned up outside, and spent the evening reading over project proposals for work. (I hate taking work home.)
I think everyone had a good time, and everyone who didn't show probably lost out. So nyeah.
But there's always next year: Saturday, August 15, 2004! Mark your calendars now!
This year it went pretty well, ifIdosaysomyself. And I do. Lots of people came (some surprising no-shows, though), like last year, and no one fell in the fire, unlike last year. I made Aki Fire Safety Officer this time and charged him with keeping the other little ones out of the pit. Actually, there were 8 or 10 children this time - they never stopped moving long enough for me to count - but once they had been fed we gave them some logs to play with on the far side of the yurt, and that took care of them.
I was really tired out because I had had to do all the setting up in the hot sun all day long - Aki was precious little help to me - and then go inside and fleisch hacken for two hours, then get cleaned up. People started coming about 5:00.
Gothvic people: Gray,
seaofrainEve, scuttleAnne, Paul, Casper, Inar and kiri_bean Crystal, Kevin and Crystal and kids. Inar and Crystal made Tuvan-style hats out of Value Village fur hats with tasseled springy door-stop things for the tops, and gave me two wonderful little Chinese figurines! Later Siouxsie and Lennon and a couple of hippies-with-wheels showed up. Art people: Stephen and Lissa from Seattle of course, Michael Lewis and his wife Jenny came with three teenage Japanese exchange students, but Jenny and the students stayed only long enough to use the bathroom as they were on their way to a hayride. Gary and Shelley came late and left early. Also, Ron and Soma from Darth Brooks/narc/Griefer came, I was very glad to see them.
Army people: Louis Rioux showed up as a surprise, hadn't seen him for 15 years, he came with Brett's friend Dave but Brett did not come as he had been both playing video games and drinking to excess. Brett's other friend (can never remember his name, he teaches architecture at SAIT in Calgary now) came. Mike did not come because his wife Linda, who had had a C-section 2 weeks before, had a bacterial infection in her incisions and had to go on IV antibiotics.
Others: Mxo's friends Miharu and Misuzu, and their kids. Misuzu's husband Greg did not want to leave, he never gets his fill of the folks who come to these parties (this was the third time he had come, the first time we found that he and Gary had both been in the Camosun College Visual Arts program 18 years before, had not seen each other since and now were meeting in my backyard for no good reason!).
There were probably some other people who came, but I've forgotten. No, I think that was all. As usual, I never got a chance to talk to anyone I wanted to for as long as I wanted to, this always happens and I worry that some of my guests feel ignored because I can't spend enough time with them. But it is interesting to see a large number of people, who generally have only me in common, gather in one place and try to mingle. That's what parties are for I suppose.
The yurt got some use this year! Usually people are afraid to go into it because it looks so rickety. But I put a rug in this year and that was a help. Food went down well, I actually cooked too much since about eight people I expected to come didn't. I have a feeling I will be sick of eating leftover lamb by Thursday.
The Sims were not home, unfortunately, but A.N.D. had a party going next door so we were in a duelling-parties situation for a while. His party was playing horsehoes or lawn darts or something that involved everyone going "WHOOO!!" at fixed intervals. After a bit I had on Yenisei-Punk, the Yat-kha album with the long demo of kargyraam throat-singing on it, and I noticed Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel and his cousins popping their gimme-hat-topped heads over the fence to eye the weird people and see what was making that drony vacuu-m-cleaner noise. Eventually we drove them inside, using a combination of more Yat-Kha, Klaus Nomi, Oingo Boingo, and some nice Goth-industrial compilation CDs Gray had brought with him. Fortunately we didn't have to bring out the Captain Beefheart big guns.
People started leaving about 10:30 or 11:00, and the last left about 1:00. Mxo and I cleaned up as much as we could to save time the following day. I had a headache and tired muscles all Sunday but got things cleaned up outside, and spent the evening reading over project proposals for work. (I hate taking work home.)
I think everyone had a good time, and everyone who didn't show probably lost out. So nyeah.
But there's always next year: Saturday, August 15, 2004! Mark your calendars now!
To HungOver Saving the Universe to Show .. srry ..
However contrary to those in the know having a good chuckle at my expense .. I was only saving the universe until I was too uncoordinated to continue (good thing I don't own a car!) .. which was about 3am .. the remaining 3 hrs was spent with me bud's (me, myself and I - imagine that .. no one wants to play at 3am!) sitting at my com-pu-ter singing along with mp3's rather loudly (Loui fast asleep on the couch) .. I'm surprised he didn't get up and deck me (unlike the troll uncle that lives down below banging incessantly on the floor yelling at the walls)
So .. sorry I missed the PAR-TAY DUDE!
I'll be sure to keep the preceding Friday night's activities and pass-out time next year to around 3-4am (not 6:30am) .. so's I can come and play .. =)
Have a GREAT trip to BurningMan .. take lot's 'o pic's and bring some good war 'er LUV stories home .. which you can regale (debrief) D'vid and I with at our next sitting at the Inn of the Dragon and his buddy George on our usual night of debauchery.
PS .. the name of the friend you can't seem to remember is Michael (SARA, Architect Extraordinarie, and just an all round good fella) .. he's teaching at NAIT (Edmonchuck).. not SAIT (though next year it will BCIT).
Ciao Dude!
b und das gewaltig t
Re: To HungOver Saving the Universe to Show .. srry ..
Date: 2003-08-19 05:53 pm (UTC)Well, why shouldn't I have a good chuckle, especially at someone else's expense? You had a good 11 hours to sleep, sanitize, and show up - the Sergeant I knew could do all that and be fresh as a daisy in five or fewer! (of course, we are both long and well out of that game....)
And I thought Harold Troll's default setting was Banging and Yelling, so nothing new there. Keep it up, and you'll get him to pop a vein one day. Feed him bacon. And cheese, lots of cheese.
Yes, will debrief you about Burning Man when I get back. If I get back - you just might get a postcard from a millet farm in New Mexico where I've decided to spend the rest of my days with Muriel, my One True Goat.
I don't know why I have so much trouble remembering Michael and where he works. Some kind of weird mental burp.
Tuvan Independence Month
Date: 2003-08-19 10:33 pm (UTC)lieexcuse was quite thoughtful and intelligent for a change. And goats. We need goats. We should start raising them now. And real cumis, not the calpis-based ersatz. And we have to Bring Back Buzkashi (yes, two goats)! Brian, if you had some PR, half of Victoria would show up.Re: Tuvan Independence Month
Date: 2003-08-19 11:03 pm (UTC)I remember you writing something like this in that other journal I used to write, Mr. "Anonymous", if that is your real name....
Re: Tuvan Independence Month
Date: 2003-08-20 12:05 am (UTC)That Terrible Kula Kid
Re: Tuvan Independence Month
Date: 2003-08-20 04:08 pm (UTC)I knew it was you, you six-foot-six blintz. Just playing with you. You can't get a username here unless you get a code from someone else who uses this Livejournal thing (and I've already passed mine on) or pay to use it.
Anyway, glad you're reading this but it will make lunch hours more tedious - this is where I polish my routines.
Re: Tuvan Independence Month
Date: 2003-08-20 08:43 pm (UTC)