Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Geek Night at Kyle's
Last Saturday night, Kyle hosted his first Geek Night in his new house and it was a smashing success. It was attended by Jesse, Josh, Me, Darrell, Donna, Harris, Liz, DTag, Melissa, Zach and assorted others.
There were games, TV, food and PINBALL! Kyle has a fantastic pinball machine in his den. It really was the hit of the gathering!
I'm not quite sure how or why it happened but at sometime, it became all about the feet..
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But that is great lead in to the shoes. Late last week, I received the Mermaid shoes. I ordered them back in June and was beginning to get a little worried about them. I knew Donna was going to Geek Night so I brought hers with me. I could not wait to see someone wearing them. They are 5 1/2 inch clear heels with what looks like water and goldfish in the 2 inch clear toe platform. What do ya think???
I LOVE them!
The rest of the evening was spent watching Dr. Horrible, socializing and playing games - Catch Phrase, Cranium and Apples to Apples. Unfortunately, Zach ended up on our team. I say unfortunately because Zach is good at these games and really enjoys playing them. On the other hand, his team mates were either tipsy or missing. At the least the one that bailed got a date out of it.
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And a good time was had by all!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Steve Vitale's Birthday and Wontkins
This past Sunday, we celebrated Steve's birthday. It was a grand time. We met at the Vitale abode around 3pm. As with most geek get-togethers, there was much socializing followed by a around of 'check-out the cool, new costume stuff'. Back on Liz's birthday, Steve had surprised her with the beginnings of her Ghostbuster costume. Well, now the proton pack had arrived so Liz modeled it for us.
We watched the Dr. Horrible DVD. Not the normal DVD but the 'musical commentary'. Yeah, we really are that geeky. Next it was time for Steve to open gifts. There was the round of cards; my scrapbook card and deTag's always-so-awesomely-creative card. Liz saved hers for last. It was worth the wait. She had made him a Wontkins puppet! It looked fantastic!
For some background on this little muppet recreation, check out the Muppet Wiki and for more info on Liz and all her puppets, check out her website Puppetoons.
Wontkins was the hit of the party.
..and here is a vintage video of Wilkins and Wontkins in action.
