SPX ROLL CALL!
*Jumps up* COLLEEN! PRESENT! or maybe it should be COLLEEN! FUTURE! or perhaps COLLEEN! SMELLS LIKE CRABS!
Who's going to be there? We shall arm-wrestle! Like friends do! I'll even bring socks for you to wear on your arms. Arms are for socks! Eerr...about the arm wrestling. It's just a fall back greeting style. I would normally offer my usual high-fives but Ms. Marianne can't get time off from her mean bosses so I feel I must retire the high-fives for this show. I would like to kick her bosses in the shins, but I fear my foot may slip a little higher.
Oh well, I'll have to invent a new way to greet people. Are friendly head-butts cool nowadays? Also! Is it head-butts or head-bunts or head-shoulders-knees-and-I'M-GONNA-HIT-YOU-IN-THE-FAAAACCE. (There has been a general lack of sleep in my diet. Does it show?) I should just start working on a handshake NOW. I'll let you guys know how it turns out. I used to have a secret one with Mr. Chris Moreno, but that one took about four minutes to execute and involved pretending to be cut in half by a chainsaw. Awesome handshake, but I'm not sure I can fall to the ground and writhe my last imaginary breaths every time I meet someone.
About the crabs...to make me even sadder, not only can't Ms M go, but Ms K can't as well. One of the best parts of every SPX has always been driving down in Klio's car with Marianne (and Anya once) singing Pat Benatar best-of's as loud as possible. Unfortunately Ms. K couldn't get a table this year, which sucks on so many levels since her comics are amazing.
Now I'm without a ride, which is cool. I'm no stranger to mass transit. I'm more of a stranger to what those pedals on the car floor do. The Chinatown bus is fine with me, which always gives me fond memories of the first time I rode it when I sat next to a man with a bucket of Live crabs in his lap, treking his little legged buddies to Boston (I like to think they were patriotic crabs. And that they all came home with washington monument keychains and little novelty Lincoln top hats on.)
Speaking of comics and presidents and crabs with novelty hats on: I AM NOMINATED FOR THE NEW FRIENDS OF LULU NY PRESIDENT. I AM THE ONLY NOMINEE! I WILL WIN! UNLESS YOU SUBMIT A WRITE IN VOTE FOR "TINY CRAB WITH COSTUME HAT ON" in which case I will cry, but gladly work in TINY CRAB's presidential cabinet if he, and his tiny hat, will have me.
ANYWAYS...BACK TO SPX...
If one of you happens to have a car and are heading out of NY OR are heading THROUGH NY and wouldn't mind giving me a lift I would be super appreciative! I pay for tolls! I buy gas! I can control my gas if we eat fast food! (One of the benefits of jumping rope all the time is I have super human clenchin' skills now!)
Anyone? Anyone? I can even meet you where you are leaving from, even if it is along a train route upstate or something.
Also, my co-worker Gina is going and needs a room to crash in. We currently have seven of us in our hotel room...which I think may not be completely ideal for her since most are guys. If someone needs someone else to help split room cost let me know and I'll pass along word to her.
As for what I'll be wearing this convention. I'm done with fake moustaches. Beards are in now. That and attacking your friends while they are dressed as breakfast foods. Annie makes a pretty pancake. HAPPY (belated) LUMBERJACK DAY EVERYBODY!
EDIT! Yes, Boston and Washington D.C. are the same city when I write posts at 2 in the morning.
Who's going to be there? We shall arm-wrestle! Like friends do! I'll even bring socks for you to wear on your arms. Arms are for socks! Eerr...about the arm wrestling. It's just a fall back greeting style. I would normally offer my usual high-fives but Ms. Marianne can't get time off from her mean bosses so I feel I must retire the high-fives for this show. I would like to kick her bosses in the shins, but I fear my foot may slip a little higher.
Oh well, I'll have to invent a new way to greet people. Are friendly head-butts cool nowadays? Also! Is it head-butts or head-bunts or head-shoulders-knees-and-I'M-GONNA-HIT-YOU-IN-THE-FAAAACCE. (There has been a general lack of sleep in my diet. Does it show?) I should just start working on a handshake NOW. I'll let you guys know how it turns out. I used to have a secret one with Mr. Chris Moreno, but that one took about four minutes to execute and involved pretending to be cut in half by a chainsaw. Awesome handshake, but I'm not sure I can fall to the ground and writhe my last imaginary breaths every time I meet someone.
About the crabs...to make me even sadder, not only can't Ms M go, but Ms K can't as well. One of the best parts of every SPX has always been driving down in Klio's car with Marianne (and Anya once) singing Pat Benatar best-of's as loud as possible. Unfortunately Ms. K couldn't get a table this year, which sucks on so many levels since her comics are amazing.
Now I'm without a ride, which is cool. I'm no stranger to mass transit. I'm more of a stranger to what those pedals on the car floor do. The Chinatown bus is fine with me, which always gives me fond memories of the first time I rode it when I sat next to a man with a bucket of Live crabs in his lap, treking his little legged buddies to Boston (I like to think they were patriotic crabs. And that they all came home with washington monument keychains and little novelty Lincoln top hats on.)
Speaking of comics and presidents and crabs with novelty hats on: I AM NOMINATED FOR THE NEW FRIENDS OF LULU NY PRESIDENT. I AM THE ONLY NOMINEE! I WILL WIN! UNLESS YOU SUBMIT A WRITE IN VOTE FOR "TINY CRAB WITH COSTUME HAT ON" in which case I will cry, but gladly work in TINY CRAB's presidential cabinet if he, and his tiny hat, will have me.
ANYWAYS...BACK TO SPX...
If one of you happens to have a car and are heading out of NY OR are heading THROUGH NY and wouldn't mind giving me a lift I would be super appreciative! I pay for tolls! I buy gas! I can control my gas if we eat fast food! (One of the benefits of jumping rope all the time is I have super human clenchin' skills now!)
Anyone? Anyone? I can even meet you where you are leaving from, even if it is along a train route upstate or something.
Also, my co-worker Gina is going and needs a room to crash in. We currently have seven of us in our hotel room...which I think may not be completely ideal for her since most are guys. If someone needs someone else to help split room cost let me know and I'll pass along word to her.
As for what I'll be wearing this convention. I'm done with fake moustaches. Beards are in now. That and attacking your friends while they are dressed as breakfast foods. Annie makes a pretty pancake. HAPPY (belated) LUMBERJACK DAY EVERYBODY!
EDIT! Yes, Boston and Washington D.C. are the same city when I write posts at 2 in the morning.