New Year's Eve.
 

We're on.

Fire?

Top of Old Smokey?

In five....four....three.....two....?

Drugs.

Now I can't stop thinking of them.

The verge?

To something?

This is worse for me than the lunch songs.

Carry on! I'm actually interested in NYE plans this year, since I can actually take some time to celebrate.

Ooooh!!! Do tell. :D

The usual for us...

Scaring people at Disneyland, lines to nowhere (that beautiful utility closet in NOS is such a fun place to play that game), looking for beer cans in the water at IaSW, seeing where the paper hats wind up in different attractions, passing out from utter, fun exhaustion :D

God forbid you make other plans! ;)

Will there be bacon? :D

Only if you know Disney Trivia

No.




Sausage.

hmmm...

I'm certain this is the year that the Y2K bug will finally kick in so I'm going to go to bed early so I can wake up in Armageddon with plenty of energy.

I'll bring the back-up bacon this time.

:D

Why the announcement now? Just curious. But, um, summer's barely over. Is this an attempt to Augtoberize September??


Besides, it's like announcing the sun will rise, isn't it?

For what it's worth, this party will likely be "Last Stop" for my 11.5 year tour of California.

I will definitely be there.

I'll be at the park but I MUST swing by after... I will try...

Hmmmmmm......
:cool:

I predict an insane amount of bacon this year.

It was bacon trivia. A FEW GOOD MEN!

Considering that 8 of us consumed 4 pounds of bacon on the last day of Camp Swank, we're gonna need a caseload...

We'll bring a pack of bacon also.

And, then we'll actually be low on sausage. ;)

For the first time ever there will be a cover charge to the NYE party.

Every person must bring a package of bacon. ;)


Or um make that a Costco size package of bacon.

Damn, you stole my line!

:p

High school called. They want to know if we can buy them alcohol. ;)

I just ordered my PJ's. now I have to think of a theme to go with them. ;)

We have to accessorize now? I thought an ability to sleep on the floor and a love of bacon were all we were required to bring.

(j/k... I know it's de rigeur to show up in one's snuggly best)

What if my snuggly best is naked?

Then you can sleep with NM and That Guy.

LoT: our straight men are gayer than your straight men...

At this moment, I'll refrain from taking a bow...

Hmm.... my swank pajamas were stolen from me last spring.

I'd have to get new ones.

Hmm.....

I'm thinking I will wear a nice white lace teddy...

How could I forget Kevy? NM, That Guy, CM and Kevy. That's one sexy group.

Note to self: Go to Costco. Pick up bacon and beverages alcohol.

I'm not, I've just confirmed. :(

If you need PJ's, might find some here suitable for the swanking of the century

Or better yet, here.

Fredericks is much better. VS doesn't exactly cater to the DD set. ;)

This would be your worst nightmare, truly. :eek: Speaking for myself.

However, I can envision a few ensembles on you, Kevy.

I got this year's PJs from VS. So, no one better copy me or I won't let you in. ;)

Unless your PJ's are fuzzy and have Chip & Dale on them, no worries.

Uh oh. We better compare notes.

Kevin, you scare me.

Heh - my PJs have been discontinued...

I suggest you birthday spacesuit then. I've been giving that some thought, because I still haven't been able to find something appropriate. Bah.

Nah - everyone's seen me in that

What I meant to say, is the PJ's I got are no longer stocked;)

Damn, I hope Santa brings me some PJ's!!! :(

Oh, I dunno about that. But if all else fails ... do they wear red longjohns in Space? They tend to present pajama stocking to your best advantage. :cheers:

I special ordered my pajamas from NASA.

Yeah, but GD, do you REALLY need a catheter in your jammies?

GD going to be wearing Depends.

Astronauts don't wear Depends, do th-

...oh yeah :evil:

Well, we DO only have one bathroom.

One more item to add to the astronaut survival kit...

New Year's Eve.
 

I for one have new jammies pink cheetah ones from Victoria's Secret but will be at the park all day and night. I for one want to sleep when i get home not stay up all night and all morning long. Plus it is our anniversary of our first date so i want to celebrate that alone.

It might be more romantic if you spent it with CM ;)

Plus the bushes out back.

Heather and I wish all of you lucky party-goers a wonderful New Year's!

We're hanging at a rental house called "La Casa Rosita" here in Joshua Tree, and look forward to seeing you all in January.

Here's a photo of both of us (I had to balance my camera on a wobbly post):


Here's a better one of Heather, the dogs, and the house:


And finally, one of a joshua tree, lest anyone think we're staying in some random desert retreat:

Oooh, i love Joshua Tree. I want to arrange a swanking there in early Spring.

Meanwhile, despite mousepod's earnest admonitions, I'm completely in love with San Francisco, and would not be averse to having the new year find me living there by the time it's no longer new.

Our NYE show was cancelled due to low ticket sales! So it's another New Year's home with pizza and movies.

This year I've pledged NOT to go out at midnight, wander the Pearl and get depressed.

Happy New Year, all. I'm at Epcot, playing my goofy Dr. Allbright character and pimping Kodak digital cameras until one a.m. This is how I've seen in the new year for the third time in a row. I guess it's a tradition! I'll be thinking about you.

flippyshark

I have ...two more hours to pick three photos to enter into the national parks competition. I have it narrowed down to 10. Who wants to help me make the final cut?

Post 'em?

Oooh! I have an hour or so to burn...

uploading to photobucket is very slow. photos will be posted shortly...

I am celebrating my 10 year sobriety anniversary...

Congratulations!

We're eating dinner, and will be blasting off of here in about 30 minutes.

Happy New Year everyone! :)

You could pretend it is NYE 1987, wait until it is midnight, wander the Pearl and get mugged.

My mom and I were just talking the other day about how much that area has changed in the last 25 years. I had a very educational experience somewhere around the corner of 10th and Davis in about 1984. Formative for me but I was very surprised last week that I mentioned it and my mom remembered it as well (nothing too horrible, just some sex stuff in posters plastered on a building).

1 hour left to submit!

Beautiful!

I'd say submit some of the phallic ones, but presumably you'd like to win this contest so maybe you'd better play it safe with the later ones ;)

I guess I'd better get my butt in gear here and get the car loaded so I can get out of here... but my doggy keeps hurring at me :(

I vote 1, 7 and 10

Thanks, y'all. The final entries were 1, 6, and 7, with #1 the clear favorite.

Of course, the whole point in entering was to thwart my brother's attempts to win. ;)

And that's how I spent my New Year's Eve - locked in sibling rivalry.

Happy NY New Year!

Fweeeee!

One of my friends brought over food from his mom, killer black-eyed peas and collard greens. I'll be wandering down the street to a suitable spot to watch the Space Needle spew in a little while.

my pajamas got food poisoning.

food of the gods!

its been forever since I had good collards.

I sat at home, read, played with the rats, watched the fishies and texted with The Boy. At midnight I went out and calmed down the Dog.

Happy New Year everyone!

I blasted off last night (though not with the swankers blasting off a little further south of here) and overall, at least in my neighborhood, it was a pretty quiet evening.

Like several others, I enjoyed the New Year with a plate brimming with bacon, no better way to start than that!

I wanna wish everyone here a Happy New Year! Had a blast at Disneyland and rang in the new year between the Castle, the Matterhorn and Ariel's Enterance. :)

The park was jammed, lines for (for example) for Turkey Legs over at the Frontieerland station across from the Mark Twain dock had a line that almost got to the Shooting Gallery. Over in NOS, the Bread Bowl next to Pirates - the line was over the bridge heading towards Tarzan's Tree HOuse. The line for Pirates at one time was along the raised area in front of Cafe Orleans to Haunted Mansion and back several times. :)

No Holiday Fireworks and at Midnight one pop went off because the wind was extreme. There was no doubt early on that they would cancel them.

Last ride of 2007 was Space Mtn and a 1/3 ride around on the Train. First ride was (as tradition indicates) Dumbo. About ten min. after midnight the crowd evaporated. It was a ghost town, so we enjoyed a few rides before the park closed at 2am.

I didn't hear if the gates were closed at all, but my friends Nic and Robin (Gwyren & Hippie) went to DCA at 2pm for lunch and got back into the park with no issues. Also, by the 3pm Parade, the area in front of the castle was already filled with blankets and people sitting. Around 9am when I arrived, there was maybe a dozen around the hub.

Dinner was at Cafe Orleans and it was one of the best meals there. Everything was very fresh and thankfully we had a reservation. Or so I thought, apparently acording to the CM, disney dining is been having serious issues with reservations recently, so they were awesome enough to "keep" my reservation when they were turning away dozens of groups.

Happy New Year everyone!!

I anti-heart Disney Dining.

New Year's Eve.
 

I have to say best new years ever...i don't know where i had the energy to last beyond the day but until we arrived home at almost 4am almost 24 hours later than when i awoke lmao...i purposely subconsciously ordered my starbucks in the am wrong but anyhow (maybe it was the drink that did it) lmao..i dunno but i was extra hyper...Mark you made New Years Eve the best lmao..i don't think i laughed so hard ever. Poor CM though sicker than sick and i felt bad especially riding Small World Holiday with him getting sick over the side of the boat. :(

Dinner at Cafe Orleans the best i've had and i would definitely eat there again. :) Glad they made good even though they "lost" the reservation...Disney Dining at it's best. They weren't taking walk ups only those who reservations.

The park was absolutely packed. Never went outside so don't know if they closed the gates but when we left there was a sign by the front saying "Due to the parks being extremely crowded to make sure you have a handstamp and ticket to reenter." But once midnight happened everyone seemed to leave the park thus leaving it nearly desserted to ride some rides.

I must admit i loved riding Dumbo after midnight being the first ride of 08. :) Nice tradition. :) Here's to great friends and a wonderful husband. :)

Still in jammies and will be for the rest of the day. :)

Well, we went to Disneyland the 30th, was so interested in all of the things being set up for the next day...not in our plans, though.

What is the deal with the turkey legs? Is it because they are inexpensive? I saw families eating them, every member. I just don't get it. Are they that good? :confused:

Last night we had some errands to run, people to visit. The Hubster made a delicious salad and porterhouse steaks...just as I was getting into my salad {filled with my favorites, avocado, tomato, mushroom, yummy!} I had a coughing attack! It totally freaked me out, I thought I was not going to be able to stop and catch my breath!! :confused:

After a while I was able to eat, watched my soap, 'Two and a Half Men', then fell asleep. I made sure the kids would wake us up before midnight and we toasted the new year with sparkling cider.

Funny, the Hubster was getting perturbed with me, 'Where are my fireworks???' {he had bought them back on the fourth in Bishop and was looking forward to setting them off....} I told him where they should be, they weren't. Well....it turns out while we were out of town the boys set off the whole freakin' pack in the court!!! Hubster was pissed but I thought it was funny. I said 'If that is the worse thing he has done, it isn't so bad.' Typical thing for kids to do, right? :D

I enjoyed hearing everyones stories, some like mine, some I wish I'd had the energy to have be like mine.

Happy New Year!!

Outer Space Party New Years was the funnest of the bunch. Or was it just the most recent? Either way, I can't remember ever laughing so hard and so often at one of these shindigs. So many people had their Wit-o-Meters set to stun.

Skype guests from Down Under, attending the party for hours, wandering around and mingling like any other guests, and providing tons of fun through both well-prepared and spontaneous props & costumes was a definite yet slightly bittersweet highlight. I sure miss those boys, but what a wonderful way for them to share the night with us!

The one a.m. trou drop tradition was in perfect form. Party favors, decor, theme drinks, and embroidered souvenirs were top-notch gifts from the host, hostess and a certain drunk seemstress queen.

P.J.'s and SpaceSuits were glorious and bountiful. But, where o' where will I next get to wear my white vinyl staight-jacket space cadet uniform? If I never get another chance, I'm glad this was the night! A terrific and splendifitacular New Years Eve and New Years Day.



But, finally, I've.Had.Enough.Bacon.

New Year's Eve.
 

Sorry to have missed the party sounded like fun but tradition still stands with us. Once again i feel like just been hit by a truck but then again i was nonstop from early am til 24 hours later...lmao Mark love your trip report :)

Happy New Year everyone!!

I did the family thing last night. Tim & I hung out with his family in San Jose. We put the kids down around 8pm and then played games, drank beer & watched movies. Fun times!!!

Great party. Just got back an hour or so ago. I wish I could remember some of the things that were said last night - I know there was at least one Gay Days-worthy quote.

We slept in later than we ever have - what, till 11?

And bacon was had. :cool:

I was on Skype, but it didn't look like anyone was online last night. Sorry I missed it. :( I did have bacon today.

Wonderful party. Plenty of bacon and I even slept rather well if not long enough despite kitty mayhem taking place just steps away from my sleeping bag. I loved sitting outside watching the fire and listening to fiery discussions. It was good to see everyone, including our friends within the computer screen. Many thanks to our swanky hosts!

We loved being there !! Everyone looked so drun.. er, Festive !!! :D

...and congrats to the Commodore on 10 years !! *hug*

Oh, and did you know that we took screen captures of all the "Cleavage accidents" ???

Ya' got your time zones crossed. 22 years.

10 (TEN) pounds of bacon were consumed. I'm tired and about to start on my annual archeology dig. Thurston is beyond spoiled now. We're down to 2 couples left besides Chris and I.

Oh, who didn't take their pillowcase home?

I am sorry that I missed the shin-dig. I truly hope to be part of the festivities soon.
Sounds likey'all had a blast.

I hear Brokeback Chernabog stole my hat. Hmph.
Just kidding. Thanks for grabbing that for me, J. :)

I had a great time. I feel so lucky to know such great, wonderful, crazy people.

The night was... juicy.
:D


Thank you to Lisa and Chris for throwing a wonderful party yet again.

Holy crap, the party continues to be fun and different each year, even while accumulating traditions.

I don't think we can ever cap the obscene amount of bacon consumed. Bacon hors d'overs the night before, both wrapped around items and simply laid out, with the candied bacon (thanks Ms. Drunken Seamstress!) being the winner hands down. Then morning, with plate after plate of various bacon types being thrown on outdoor griddles by Kevy and € and delivered around, until I swear every pore of my body was filled with greasy goodness. I won't be able to look at the stuff for a while yet.

The Tang Punch was an effortless way to get trashed and I believe that led to the glib tone of the evening. (quick apology - I think I got a bit in abusive drunk mode for a while there - sorry if I was a downer on anyone, I didn't mean it!) The Lashes had everyone in tears with their antics, and a visit to the Drunken Seamstress's room was always amusing. The backyard firepit was a wonderful new twist (thanks to DP and FP) and no one spilled anything on NA's outfit - a first!

We got a little sad when Erica left, though meeting her guy was a treat. Some stayed and some left and some even returned for breakfast gloriousness. As usual, amazing food from amazing cooks! There was the usual snoring and cat antics through the night. I did get awoken by what felt like a punch in the head with brass knuckles only to find myself truly bleeding from a startled Calliope to the face. One hell of a WTF moment. In happy news, I did not kill the cat and accepted her apologies.

We "watched" fabulous films - 2001, Fantastic Planet, Barbarella, Earth Girls are Easy, the Women on the Moon. We actually shushed and saw CQ in it's entirety - I adore that film, and it includes a NYE celebration! Couldn't be better.

What else...NirvanaMan's stolen pants and vandalized recovery, MaryPoppins via webcam, the wiggly Thurston attack on lindyhop that never ended, being filmed while taking a shower....yeah, that about wraps it up.

I've got my keepsake space toys and personalized pillowcase to remember this evening forever. You two sure do know how to put on a party, and everyone else sure knows how to attend one. :cheers:

Hahaha, cleavage accidents may have been caught on the internet ... but oh the avatar possibilities (according to a devlish MBC) for the shots €uro and Not Afraid will find on their bathroom camera of various and sundry Penis Pokers poked by the penises of their guests.

:eek:

Well, it's 10:12 and the party is over. Thurston is exhausted and spoiled. The cats are reclaiming their domain and I'm not moving from the couch until I crawl into bed.

I have to give a great big nod in GusGus's direction, because without her, I couldn't have pulled of making custom themed pillowcases for everyone. I had made a total of one pillow case in my life when I called Susan with my crazy idea. She not only encourage me, but offered to help in a BIG way. We spent 2 full days in our "sweat shop" bent over our sewing machines or cutting devices. And, it was blast! When she suggested bring her brand new machine over to embroider names on the pillow cases, it was the absolute best bit of perfection added to the mix. Thank you!!!.

This party has become such a group effort, while we host, plan a decorate we have additions and help from everyone. FP and DP's perfect-fit fireplace, CP's homemaker magic with today's meal, KB's help with grilling even bringing a second grill (not to mention yummy Chili), Chernie's Flaming Suzette Spectatular the, yet again, didn't burn down the kitchen, and what would be an eveny without some LOVE (brownies) from SM.


I don't know what the HELL we're going to do next year. :eek:

What fun! I love you all, even if you weren't with us in actuality. Happy New Year!

Oh, so far I have found a camera. Any claim?

Happy New Year Everyone - I love the previous recaps, the only thing I can possibly add is thanks for indulging my Tang experiments - of course now it seems I have 20 more bottles of liquor than I started out with yesterday.

I'm so glad I opted to take tomorrow off, to clean, recover, and restore our house to normal.

I think I will pass on bacon for awhile though

However, Bill did manage to spill champagne on Her dresser!

That. :D

I think you just found next year's theme, "LoT goes to HELL!" :evil:

What a fabulous time, what a fun bunch of folks. Thanks, ConeMeinkes, for having us all to your home, once again. Thanks, Cherny (best roommate, evar), for the lemon meringue crunch birthday pie! And what a treat to get to observe my anniversary across the international date line, with the Lashies! 'Bye, Erica. Tell your boyfriend's shoes to stop looking at me. I'm sure you'll be back for a visit, soon.

The Commodore just wants to add that he had a great time circling the rings around Uranus. Toot!

Ohh! I'll claim it. Just zip up all the files on it and email them to me! :D

Sounds like it was a totally fabulous was to ring Saturn and fly to Pluto for the New Year. 2008 is off to a great start! (For me, too)

Will any documentary evidence be posted?

Let's put it this way. There was still plenty of fun to be had when I arrived - and that wasn't until the next morning. Any party that can still be enjoyable 15 hours into it is obviously one hell of a party. :)

Glad I at least got a chance to see some of you!

That is probably Marla's.

Of you and zapp, which is "various" and which is "sundry"? ;)








And no I didn't look

I feel like I was run over by a Mac truck, but I am happy.


This may have to be my first two cup of coffee day in a while.

Truth be told, there was a photo there that was an astounding and alarming specimen, and zapp laid claim to it. I was astounded because even I was surprisingly impressed with something I rightly should have been very familiar with.

Ugh, but he ... for whatever bizarre reason ... did not like that photo and deleted it. He replaced it with another, imo, less alarming picture of his distinct manhood. But I don't know which page he ended up using, so I can't say who is various and who is sundry.


sorry.

Good morning LoT! Coffee is good. Works won't be too bad. Thurston is still cute. Chris got a parking ticket. Penis Poky Pics should be interesting on big ass HDTV. And. Fu<k that a sh!t load of alcohol. (Aren't parties supposed to deplete one's supply?)

I still feel run-over by a party train. ;)

My photos and short video clips of the evening will be uploaded by tomorrow.

Some Things I'll never forget:

• The most awesome pillowcases ever
• The juiciness of NM's pants
• The shock I received by scrolling through the infamous Penis Pokey camera
• Tang + alcohol = damn yummy and very toxic
• Bacon candy
• Strawberry ice creamy goodness
• Having our Aussie guys there (albeit via technology)
• Lashbear's red sequined frock and LoT "thong"
• Some movies that really tripped me out with interesting dreams (I blame the toxic Tang)
• The variety of PJs
• Taking over the bathroom to film CP taking a shower while she lusted over some body wash ;)

I can't think of a better opener for 2008. It's already off to a great start. :)

The one thing I really got out of this party is how much I love hot moms. ;)

Thanks to the Conemonkeys for giving up two days of sanity and sleep to put on this awesome party (and thanks to everyone who helped with and ate my late nite strawberry suzette snack -- nummmmmmy! And nobody burned off their eyebrows!!!) And thanks to Susan who stayed for hours in the sweatshop room making awesome embroidered pillow cases :)

Oh hey NA, are you gonna put the penis pics up on the web? ;) lol... (no, none of them are mine, I just took some pics of me in GC's Brokeback Hat, which I would love to put on my myspace).

I just love how I remembered to keep my underpants on this time, and nobody else did. :D

New Year's Eve.
 

ok sounds like a fun party was had time was had at the party. Ok gross leave the pics out of the net lmao...i really sorry when you're married you're not supposed to be doing things like that...just disgusting. sorry my opinion there...but to each their own...

I totally think it should be an avatar theme. :evil:

Holy hell - did my husband drop everything? Now I really need to make a priority to check out my photos...

Ok, who remembers me showing up at 4am????

I do. And you wouldn't stay. :(

Quit fantasizing Cherny!

Yeah, we remember that you wouldn't stick around, even though we begged and cajoled and otherwise attempted to coerce you :)

Aww, I just wanted to see how drunk everyone was. I guess NOT that drunk because you remembered me coming in. We'll have to fix that next year with more booze. I would have stayed but I was exhausted from already being up for almost 24 hours, my alergies were toast from the wind - I just wanted my bed and pillow. :)

I left just before Bornieo purportedly got there, and when I returned in the a.m. just as everyone was waking up ... he was not there either.


His presence at the Space Party is disbelieved by this Cadet.




Oh, and my pokey picture is, if I recall correctly, the Hot Dog. Heheh.



(Also, I think the alcohol supply is depleted only at parties where everyone doesn't drink Punch Bowl Tang Cocktail before midnight, and champagne after midnight. ;) )

LOL no no, I meant in the penis pokey! Everyone kept their underwear on in the middle of the street. I find it amusing how that little tradition still feels all random and spontaneous each time it is done. Man, it was cold out there for my fellas. :)

We had the extra added bonus of an audience (besides fellow LoTers).

I wonder if Juicy was hungover this morning...

I have this strong desire to leave work right now and go back to Long Beach to take a nap with Thurston. :D

I tried to get Ken to play along with that, but he refused, probably from being traumatized when I showed him the pics. Heh. :evil:

I'm just wondering if Juicy was hung. Alas, there's no pokey evidence.

Wow, I can just imagine how that conversation went.

T: "Hey honey, would you like to look at your friend's dicks through a hole?"

K: "Oh why yes, I've always been curious."

hahah no way!!! That's more like Ism's response.

K: (real response) : "WTF???" :D

Well, I didn't tell him what he'd be looking at and the response was finally, "Gah!!!" with his hand over the screen. :evil:

^^ hehe you are evil. I was close though in my actual response! "Gah!" is just "WTF!" in "Gah!" form :P

I also wanted to thank our GusGus for keeping us all in stitches and working real hard, too.
:)

One needs a copy of those, thank you.

I think I left it...

Again, photographic evidence needed for international scrutiny. :evil:

GusGus is the best best!


And are you telling me that only gay guys are curious about what their friends' dicks look like??! I'm not buying that.



By the way, I noticed there were no pokey shots of the swanker who has taken to referring to himself as The Girthy One.


No money where that mouth is. :rolleyes:

Actually, some of those pictures could be an alarm to international security as evidence of WMD's. ;)

I can't speak for all straight people, but I can say that I have exactly zero interest and curiosity in such. I'm barely interested enough to know what mine looks like (phenomenally average, I expect).

I do.

I even locked him in and he STILL got out!

And, of course, Thurston who was once again traumatized by a bunch of mini-corndogs (thank you Erica's J for that line!).

Yes, but he had NO problem trying to grab my boobs in the hallway! ;)

Hehehe. I made the cover. :p

Didn't Fab already fill us in on that one ? :evil:

It sounds like we missed the best part of the party! :eek:

So far, I've found a baby blue jacket, a green sweatshirt (Marla) a Camera (Marla who seems to move in just a bit more easy NYE ;)) and a sword.

Is the baby blue jacket an actual jacket, or a nike hooded sweatshirt? :P

OH and NA I was meaning to ask you, where are your photos kept online? I wanted to download the one of me a loooooong time ago at the hotel with the suggestive sword. :)

Can we use the pokey pictures as avatars, or does that violate the swank T-and-C's??

As much as I would love them to be used as avatars, I'm not sure that would be a good idea for people perusing the LoT from work.

I'm not sure those pics can EVER be shown on line (at least here) - except the ones of Cherney in the cute hat.

My .Mac account is here.

BTW, the suggestive sword is part of the permanent collection of the Nuclear Muffin Test Kitchen- viewings are available on request.

I have avatars and sigs turned off, so it is fine by me.

Haha I love those pics with the Sword of McDestiny.

So y'all really thought that hat looked cute huh? What did the pics look like? Perhaps I should steal it from GC's hottie roommate. :evil:

Baby blue jacket is mine, too.
:)

Visible GC morse code mojo

Hey Mousepod, ever heard of a Gorillapod? I swear by mine, and no wobbly balancing on a post!

Great photos, nonetheless! :snap:

Yeah. I have one. Heather actually bought one for me a couple of years ago. It was on the living room table - unpacked - when we left for Joshua Tree.

I agree - it's a great little tripod.

Why am I not surprised that you know everything cool before I do? :D

Wow, I find this post rather interesting, though this isn't exactly the thread for such a heady topic. It's especially intriguing in light of a) you weren't even there and b) as a result you have your facts wrong. If you would like to discuss this further, perhaps you could start your own thread to back up calling someone disgusting with something more than "sorry my opinion there"?

Like I said around the fire when you revealed you had taken photos - if it's not hard, who cares?

I can tell you all it's true. I'm the way too honest one, remember? ;)

Eh, you're biased. We need photographic proof. :p




(Plus, I didn't recognized zapp's when it was photographed. In his case, even more impressive than I'd come to maybe take for granted.)

Sounds like everyone had a blast.....bacon and all!

10 frickin' pounds of bacon.

Do we know if that was an accurate count though? Does that include the evening bacon? I don't know how much Susan provided, but I brought a pound of bacon already cooked (a package is a pound, right?), and she brought either as much or MORE...

10 lbs....not that much, if you had 20 people eating it or more.

Now if there was only 5 of you, that might be a little too much bacon!

The count is accurate.

Did anybody get a count of how many of us were at the party?

26 was the number of pillow cases given out.

Ya ya ya :p ;)

Great time! Sounds like I missed bunches of fun.

Whoever suggested LoT goes to Hell next year as the theme has something there... I think I still have my 'get out of hell free' card that the Devil gave me.

I love the idea of a Hell Theme for next year (if there is a next year).


I hate that we assumed you'd all be waking up at the regular time, and so stopped at the store for more bacon before coming back for breakfast (to make sure we'd have some if all the bacon were already eaten).


Um, let's just say there were no trivia contests for bacon scraps this year ... and we never remotely approached the sausage we also got at the store in the morning. Heheh.




(plenty of sausage in those pokey pictures though) ;)

But how many of us weren’t there for the morning bacon orgy?

Oooo! Great idea! (Just don’t play Little Nicky please. That movie is so bad it makes kittens cry.)

I have the perfect shirt for next year! Woohoo!

Uh oh... too many pounds. I only made a pound of bacon, half sugared, half normal.

Uh Oh... we're getting to the stage of planning as full year in advance. This is too much pressure.

OK then, it was only nine pounds.

Still a helluva lot of bacon.

Or any tapes with Richard Simmons in them, that would be my own personal hell.

Now, I wonder if a candy can be made from red-hots and bacon. :evil:

If they have Hot Tamale candies, I'm soooo there!

And, the plans are being made by people who aren't even throwing the party ;)

Sounds like things got crazayy after we left!

We had a great time, and J thought you guys were great. I was particularly impressed with how friendly Aleister got with him. He seemed to bring out the love bug in our favorite fluffy-tailed friend.

Thanks everyone for making such a fantastic impression for the newcomer. I have no doubt there will be little hesitation on making a trip out for next year's NYE party. Maybe someone can drop us off at Long Beach Airport next year... ;)

Hell theme is easy to pull off too - lots of red lighting, fire in the fireplace, and we totally need to watch Forbidden Zone, because Danny Elfman as Satan is just beyond swank. :snap:

And, anyone who shows up dressed as Danny's version of Satan is an absolute swank god, IMHO. :snap:

How about if we dress up as any of the devil/death characters from Guitar Hero?

3.14" of pure sausage baby.

I did participate in the pictures but then lost my nerve and deleted it. It was pretty cool though.


What a fan-fukin-tastic party as always. Glad I did not fall victim to Chris's mystery concoctions this year. At least not to the extent I did last year. That allowed me to fully enjoy breakfast and the entirety of the afterglow party.

The decorations, goody bags and pillowcases were stellar. My stolen and vandalized pants, somewhat less so. The tradition that began with me stumbling into the street drunk with a glass of champagne has grown into a fantastic assembly that has gained notoriety (and an audience) so that is fulfilling and surprising.

A tip of the hat of course the Lisa and Chris who continue to exceed expectations. And a special ass-grab to GusGus for her drunken embroidery skills.

Oh and the hell idea is fab. It would give iSm an excuse to wear his coat again.

Man, that reminds me, I still need to pick a costume for Halloween 2008.

So, what are you all doing for Christmas this year?

;)

Once I heard who all had pokey'd their penises, I wasn't going near the thing without a condom.

"It's a Cindy and Alex Holiday", actually. Still trying to figure out how I'm going to manage the lights on that one :rolleyes:

Test results just came back. The book has all STDs. Even some they hadn't previously discovered.

That movie is total awesomeness, and dig about the costuming.

However, the idea of picking a theme this far out, and of US picking the theme, is downright unswanky. Leave it to the whiz kids in LB - it's their soiree, and it's not like they need any help in the theming dept!



iSm, I'm loving the avatar, especially since the background, pose, and lowish quality make it look like you're in an 80's music video. :snap: Mmmm patent leather...

I still have my lovely cuts that makeup just can't hide. I'm just really glad Lil Miss Claws Out didn't catch my eyeball.

Aww I don't think anyone is really planning next NYE: LoT Goes to Hell. Just brainstorming.

Though it is an even better idea for Halloween - which falls on a FRIDAY this year!

Ha! Speak for yourself! I just spent the entire day painting a whole wall mural to add to the decor! ;)

And here I thought you were busy driving us nuts with your commercial for Dove......

I've already got the white tux with tails- should I invite Richard, too? :)

No - he's a Dick

If that's not a blatant test balloon, I've never stood on Main Street waiting to see which way the wind is blowing!

Personally, I've always wanted a Poseidon Adventure themed new year's eve party.

Hey! You can dream up all of the hellish ideas you want to, but no one is going to know the theme until the Evites go out. So there.:p

You might end up with a fight over who gets to show up dressed as the Shelley Winters role.

I ate 3 pieces of bacon.

I doubt we'd make the party... but we'd be there for the morning after.

If there IS a morning after............



There's got to be!

There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on looking for the light

Oh can't you see the morning after?
It's waiting right outside the storm
Why don't we cross the bridge together
And find a place that's safe and warm?

It's not too late
We should be giving
Only with love can we climb
It's not too late
Not while we're living
Let's put our hands out in time

There's got to be a morning after
We're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow
And we'll escape the darkness
We won't be searching anymore

There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after...

Before or after WeHo ?

I'll upload my pics tomorrow. :D

Good. We have absolutely NO pictures (except for penis pokey ones).

You could always print the penis ones and make a coffee table book out of them. ;)

Hmm Hell halloween themed party you say. 30th birthday is like hell. I think we could make this work.

During.

Ahem, this IS the LoT we're talking about ?!?!?!

Agreed, I don't think the US should pick the theme. Leave it to AUS instead. I like the Poseidon Adventure. We can put a fishtank between us and the web-cam :D

...and you KNOW I'd turn up as Shelley Winters.....


and thank you for referring to us kids in LashBear as Whizz Kids.

That's it. I'm not inviting the Aussies to our party next year. They just want to take the damn thing over!

Let's have the next NYE party in Australia.
:)

Let's set the date for next years NYE party so the Lash's can have plenty of time to make arrangements to make it in person! ;)

How about December 31st?

lol:D

A bit cliche and a tad unoriginal, isn't it?

I'm busy that day.

They'll be expecting that...

OOOOOooooo..... Poseidon Adventure! I love that movie!!! We can glue all of Chris and Lisa's furniture to the ceiling! And dig a pit in their livingroom, fill it with water, and have a best Shelley Winters dying scene contest!

Sigh, alas I've already been to a Poseidon Adventure NYE Party.

It was aboard the Queen Mary - um I don't see how you could get more perfect than that. Especially since, after the midnight ballroom thing which was straight out of the movie ... we all snuck below decks to the bowels of the ship, and were exploring grimy, dark and scary environs full of catwalks and steam. Just like in the movie, we got our tuxes and gowns all filthy and torn. It could hardly have been more Poseidon Adventure if everything had been turned upside down.



So, alas, my personal vote remains for LoT Goes to Hell.


Le sigh.

If we do Poseidon, I want to be the guy who crashes through the stained glass ceiling.
:D

Apparently I need to see this film.

DON'T see the remake.

A PI-nis!

But at least the remake was better than the sequel to the original!

Hahaha, Visible Cleverness Mojo!

I know!!! I was gonna give NirvanaMan Small Penis Pity Mojo till I realized it was punny.

The best pic illustrating the sort of condition I was in for our annual open to close madness at Disneyland is this one, taken as I was passed out at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon.

I felt a little better afterwards, and after the countdown and screaming and other senselessness, we rode Dumbo

Shortly after that, we rode Small World Holiday, and I puked my guts halfway around the world. Sadly, no photos were taken, but I think many were scarred for life.

So I FINALLY uploaded my pictures. The full catalog can be found here:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...hearsalsnxmas/
But here are a few:

The LashPair "mingling" at the party as if they were actually in the Western Hemisphere





I find feathers so becoming on a man, don't you?



Drunken Seamstress!



You know it's a LoT party when...



Swanking the asylum look





Chernabog is flaming... oh, and I think he's lighting dessert on fire too



Because we live in California, we can sit around a firepit at 1 in the morning in our pajamas. Sorry Bitter East Coasters.



Cozy up with the cool cats

Great pics, Morri- I owes ya some mojo! :snap:

Amazing....Lisa has lipstick still looking great with PJ's on!

If anyone wants a set of those swirly Maleficent flannel PJs that I was wearing that night, DisneyOutlet has them on sale for $6.99:

http://disneyshopping.go.com/webapp/...tegoryId=14404

Oohhh... I like the ghostly picture

Thanks for posting them!!!

We were so ecstatic, we vanished

That kept happening to my socks, so I started using an ecstatic remover.

Well at least you got 'em in while it's still January.:p


But they're great, so worth the wait!

Great pics, thanks for sharing. So at what point did the Lashpair transform into a scary monster? I can still see Vegimite in the background so I assume it's them. Of course we know what assuming can bring too!

I finally uploaded mine. They tell a great story about a certain pair of pants...

Hahahaha, love the Pants Saga! It's Epic! (or something spelled similar)







(But, um, who's the seaman in the grope, er, group shot with the scowl and his pants on ... and wtf is his story?)

The lovechild of Popeye and Charles Nelson Reilly?

No... I've seen pictures of the Commodore.

Took long enough for someone to jump on that.

:)

That is an odd picture. I think the dark glasses kept, um, whoever that is, from realizing that pants had been re dropped for the photo-op.

The scowl and midnight shadow are none too flattering, though. And I'd say that this impostor, whoever he is, needs to get a better scarf.

No, we weren't drunk...

...But she was! ;)

Has GusGus ever signed up on LoT? Because if she hasn't, maybe she should switch her sn to DrunkenSeamstress. It does have a nice (permanent) ring to it, doesn't it?

And NM's to JuicyPants. :evil:

Oh Admins!...... :evil:

She signed up before you.

But she rarely posts. Bah.


Can i have a sockpuppet named "DrunkenSeamstress?"



(Thought I suppose "Juicy Pants" is a better name for a sockpuppet, huh?)

But she has a solid 0.12 Posts Per Day...

Either one of them would be awesome!

Note to self - do not open this thread at work even if the underpants are appropriately themed...

I <3 GusGus

MY SUSAN!

From which angle am I supposed to look at that emoticon?

Ok, now that everyone's finally getting around to posting their pictures ....



... where are the pokey pics??

They will likely not be posted here...

From what I hear, it's a heart on its side.
:)


<3

I think blueerica told me that.

Awwwwwwwww. So frickin' cute!
:)

Isaac Martin: Request:
Isaac Martin: my penis pokey pic, please
Isaac Martin: I want to update my facebook profile pic

Christian Meinke: I feel odd sending you a picture of your penis
Isaac Martin: You'll get used to it
Christian Meinke: LOL


(reprinted without permission)

I always thought it was a side-by-side double scoop ice cream cone.

ok if this <3 is a heart, what's this: >3 ???

A plunging neckline?

Must I post this from our FAQ on dirty Pictures?

thanks for explaining that!
For a minute there I thought maybe I needed shots.

Hey... I lurk sometimes!

I thought it was "balls on chin" but that prob just my sick mind...

Visible Juicy Pants MOJO. The pants down photo is also amazing. If you have more, I want to see them!!

Or just plain 'ol c0ck and balls. At least it wasn't pointed at GusGus.

Thats it. No more hanging out with Kevy, MBC, SacTown, Leo and NM!