Capital Recap Part II: "Rollsey, the Techno Clown!"
Part II was delayed due to lack of pictures. Unfortunately I still haven't acquired the pictures but check my myspace (http://www.myspace.com/maxbridge) just in case they happen to finally pop up.
Nobody was feeling good the next morning. It takes a special combination of mixed drinks to make you feel as if you've crawled out of Charles Bukowski's mouth, and the night before was exactly that combination. After much head shaking and low guttural grunts it was decided that I would go with Mike and Julie to Georgetown to help Julie find a nice dress for their party. Nicole went on her surly way to help Katie and the rest set up the party and foosball table. Georgetown, like the rest of DC was humid as hell and my poor mountain sensibilities were not handling it so well. We eventually went to Benneton and Mike and I did the tried and true man-thing of sitting on uncomfortable benches waiting for Julie to get changed. "So....Max... Julie's trying to get something nice...there isn't going to be any mud-pit wrestling or anything like that at the party right?" "Oh, if only it was that simple Mike." Eventually Julie found a nice dress that we all genuinely liked so we headed back to the place.
I donned my tuxedo tshirt, smoking jacket, and shriner fez and we were off to Katies with pug in tow. Katie lives in a nice part of DC. The roads are such a clusterfuck that I couldn't tell you the address for the life of me but soon enough we arrived at her door and went into the spacious backyard. There was a huge gas grill, big inflatible palm trees and parrots and to top it all off a nice little bar and a pinata! Mike's sister Caroline made this awesome cake, which kind of reminded me of King Candy's Crown from Candyland. Having never made a cake like that before she certainly did an amazing job. After we had burgers it was time to bust open the pinata and the champagne. Mike finally managed to bust the poor pinata open and it showered chocolate and condoms all over the yard. After a brief toast we tucked into the champagne and the party started to kick into gear. Someone had bought a bunch of rope glo-sticks. Not too many people were interested in them so I took it upon myself to make a suit out of them. When new people came to the party I had a bevy of replies ready including "Hi there, I'm going TO THE MOON" "Why yes, I am from the Internet" and eventually as the night wore on I became known as "Rollsey, The Techno Clown!" That night was another debauched evening of drunken foolishness, but some of the highlights included: Inflatible parrot-fights with Andrew, a very interesting talk with mike's sister's husband, pointing out to some underage college kids just who the party was for in the first place, Andrew making love to the front lawn after the Cavs won the basketball game, meeting a designer for Bethesda entertainment (he designed some of the monsters in the Oblivion expansion), Enjoying some impromptu riverdancing from Susy, perusing Modern Drunkard magazine, and a VERY intense game of flip-cup. Around 3ish the party was starting to hit us so Mike, Julie, and I piled into Andrew's car along with some other guy who's name escapes me at the moment and we rolled back to their place. Nicole had stayed behind, so Sydney the dog was glad to see that she had a couch buddy again for a second night in a row.
Next update: "Capital Recap Part III: Shadow Dancing"
Nobody was feeling good the next morning. It takes a special combination of mixed drinks to make you feel as if you've crawled out of Charles Bukowski's mouth, and the night before was exactly that combination. After much head shaking and low guttural grunts it was decided that I would go with Mike and Julie to Georgetown to help Julie find a nice dress for their party. Nicole went on her surly way to help Katie and the rest set up the party and foosball table. Georgetown, like the rest of DC was humid as hell and my poor mountain sensibilities were not handling it so well. We eventually went to Benneton and Mike and I did the tried and true man-thing of sitting on uncomfortable benches waiting for Julie to get changed. "So....Max... Julie's trying to get something nice...there isn't going to be any mud-pit wrestling or anything like that at the party right?" "Oh, if only it was that simple Mike." Eventually Julie found a nice dress that we all genuinely liked so we headed back to the place.
I donned my tuxedo tshirt, smoking jacket, and shriner fez and we were off to Katies with pug in tow. Katie lives in a nice part of DC. The roads are such a clusterfuck that I couldn't tell you the address for the life of me but soon enough we arrived at her door and went into the spacious backyard. There was a huge gas grill, big inflatible palm trees and parrots and to top it all off a nice little bar and a pinata! Mike's sister Caroline made this awesome cake, which kind of reminded me of King Candy's Crown from Candyland. Having never made a cake like that before she certainly did an amazing job. After we had burgers it was time to bust open the pinata and the champagne. Mike finally managed to bust the poor pinata open and it showered chocolate and condoms all over the yard. After a brief toast we tucked into the champagne and the party started to kick into gear. Someone had bought a bunch of rope glo-sticks. Not too many people were interested in them so I took it upon myself to make a suit out of them. When new people came to the party I had a bevy of replies ready including "Hi there, I'm going TO THE MOON" "Why yes, I am from the Internet" and eventually as the night wore on I became known as "Rollsey, The Techno Clown!" That night was another debauched evening of drunken foolishness, but some of the highlights included: Inflatible parrot-fights with Andrew, a very interesting talk with mike's sister's husband, pointing out to some underage college kids just who the party was for in the first place, Andrew making love to the front lawn after the Cavs won the basketball game, meeting a designer for Bethesda entertainment (he designed some of the monsters in the Oblivion expansion), Enjoying some impromptu riverdancing from Susy, perusing Modern Drunkard magazine, and a VERY intense game of flip-cup. Around 3ish the party was starting to hit us so Mike, Julie, and I piled into Andrew's car along with some other guy who's name escapes me at the moment and we rolled back to their place. Nicole had stayed behind, so Sydney the dog was glad to see that she had a couch buddy again for a second night in a row.
Next update: "Capital Recap Part III: Shadow Dancing"