November 13th, 2011
epic wishes / EOTD / 11-11-11 / partylove
“Oh…this is BINGO!” (“M-5?!” / “BiMgo?!”)
—Erik, 11/11/11, after we’d passed out Bingo cards and been playing a few rounds already…um, hello?
“…woman with kids or five parents?” “PARENTS?” “Parents!” “PARENTS?!” “PARROTS!”
—later on, 11/11/11…
“I wish you wouldn’t.”
—Michael J’s ‘wish’, 11/11/11
“I wish Jeff had a Christmas tree up in here right now.”
—Christie’s ‘wish’, 11/11/11…you got your wish, it is up now!
“Knowing is half the battle.”
—”Erik/Karate Kid/Rambo Face”, as he commanded I write it down, 11/11/11
time 10:22 PM feeling tired and warm and cozy wearing cool MN sweatshirt, flannel pants reading Running With Scissors music ummmm…Xmas music…and 1999 B*tch Mix ready for bed! or drawing? next draw! or bed?
I anticipate a LONG UPDATE AHEAD. Here are anchor links so you can skip to parts you wish to peruse (note, don’t expect this consideration for my readers to ever appear again):
Epic Wishes
EOTD 11-12-11
11-11-11 and partylove
bonus quotes
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*selected* EPIC WISHES from 11-11-11:
“I wish Jeff had a Christmas tree up in here right now.” -late addition (Christie)
“I wish Harry Potter was at this party and that he would shake my hand and call me ‘chum’ or even ‘bro'”
“I wish we didn’t have to play this inane game.” (“That’s totally JEFF!” -Erik and me)
“I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a six four Impala”
“I wish you wouldn’t.”
“I wish for a kitten.”
“I wish there were more binary games.”
enema/judge wish
“I wish Lexi would read this wish:
I wish I weighed more than my cousin Christie.” -a nod to my wish to weigh as much as my cousins in years past (note, I am almost sure I weigh more than them all now…I pack it in!)
“I wish I had a pilgrim statue too.” / “I wish jaundice jim would be on a rotating platform. Also a Disco Ball Please.” / “I wish I was carrying a large turkey and a basket of pumpkins.” -nods to Jaundice Jim, the centerpiece
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EOTD 11-12-11 (“now with 33% less eleventy!” -@pourmecoffee)
Woke up at 7am. Had gone to sleep a bit past 4am so this was a terrible development. Could not fall back asleep. Considered getting up. Finally fell back asleep at 8 then awoke for good at 10. No good but better than the alternative perhaps? Got up and stretched, then began the task of cleaning up. Not so bad but lots of cupcake crumbs and the smell of spiked cider (“potpourri!” -Jeff) hanging in the air. Oops. Intense cleanup ensued, should have stopped to eat but did not. Jeff vacuumed. We rehashed the party multiple times. Finally at 12ish I put a stop to it and made us eggs and toast. I enjoyed a white-canned Coke and a glass of OJ as well, along with two of the AMAZING Oreo truffles Christie had brought. Breakfast at 1pm. Yep.
The house was in order and we set out to get in some PHYSICAL ACTIVITY before a sleep trap overtook us. Jeff to the gym, me off on my bike in the warm warm day. 60+ degrees. Sneaky November. Glorious but slow ride to ‘secret’/’name-unknown’ beach and lake past Fort Snelling. I stopped at the beach and did some more stretching and then meditating. I had to take it easy since I was feeling pretty woozy on not enough sleep/coming-on cold/too much to drink. But that was OK. Lots of slow riding and stopping to Take It All In. Beautiful solitude.
Home and shower and start putting up Xmas stuff. Turn on the Gopher game and see them getting crushed by the Badgers. Could’ve been worse though. Lights in the windows. At this point I begin to feel rather ill = horrible sleep catching up with me. I throw in the towel and ask Jeff to go pick up dinner. Try to draw and fail. Too tired. Jeff brings dinner home which is incredible and Very Necessary. Devour dinner and watch shows on the iPad. I can’t even find it in myself to read. Eventually I pass out while Jeff watches MN/WI hockey game. UMN wins! F yeah. Jeff tells me to get in the real bed which I do, for a blessed 11(oooh!) hours of sleep.
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You didn’t think I’d let a momentous date like 11/11/11 escape without celebration, did you?
Jenny emailed me on Thursday to let me know Jack Burns was planning a hot dog party at work (since hot dogs look like 1s) to commemorate it, clearly Mr. Burns and I were meant to be friends. I also took note that it was corduroy day (the date which most resembles corduroy). I also appreciated the no fewer than 7 folks who texted/messaged/Facebooked me regarding the date. YOU KNOW ME.
(I also appreciate the Veterans. Just so we’re clear on that.)
(“TEAM AMERICA!” No, seriously though. I mean that.)
So to honor the date / most epic wish ever at 11:11 (timeout sidebar: yes I know it’s really 23:11 at 11:11 PM, but who would come to a party at 11:11 am? Jeff and I had a party alone then instead), I threw a little 11-11-11/Most Epic Wish Ever party. HUGE SUCCESS. I was so flattered by all who attended and willingly played Binary Bingo (YES!) and Fake Wishes (which ended up being way more hilarious than I ever intended!). And just hung out. It was pretty epic, really.
(“This was no bullshit party!” -Michael J. Yep!)
A good and happy time had by some people I love very much. I am very grateful. Even though I forgot the prosecco TOAST! I was occupied by distributing the cupcakes/candles, sorry. Anyway. THANK YOU ALL for attending and making it such a smashing success! I will never forget 11-11-11.
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“This was no bullshit party!” -Michael J.
“Do you hear the microwave going?” -me, to Christie…yeah, Jeff/Erik/Dan were warming up jambalaya (???)
“Oh no, my wish is much worse than all of these…” -Scott, to Jeff/Dan, sidebar
“You don’t have alarms set for 11:11?!?! Lexi, I’m not sure if you can belong to Apt 3.” -Alyssa
“Parents / parrots” as detailed above…this was Jeff/Dan
” ‘I don’t have to explain myself.’ ” -Jeff via Michael J (“Yeah, so you’d roll right out of the bar…” -more rolling talk!)
“Would you rather date a woman with a giant ear or a giant nose?” -Jeff “Giant nose…that ear will hear everything I say.” -Erik
“The freaks come out ’cause the freaks come out.” -Erik
“What does the Jamaican cookie monster say? Mon-mon-mon-mon-mon. I just made that joke up today.” -Erik
There were probably more. It was a stupendous night.
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And now, on to the holidays…yep. Merry Christmas?