Before the boring recap of my breakfast, this.

From beyond the great void, I return. The weekend blew up in a rather quick way, but there weren’t that many details so it will be easy to recap the whole thing. Friday I nerved through the award ceremony where I got my hands on my prize check. Is it wrong to keep your eyes on the prize? I don’t think so, especially given my lack of enthusiasm when thrust into a crowded situation like that, people breathing down your neck and watching you. And it’s not your performance, so it makes a difference. Give me half a second to bomb with my own material, fine, someone else’s’, I’m not having it. Went out for a few drinks after that which was fun. Saturday was prep time for the party that night. Not that I had much to prep except the music play list, so obviously that was easy. I can mix for a wide range of people while still slipping in the odd track here and there that hits my sweet spot. Did anyone notice the flaming audio of King Diamond belting out “Abigail?” I hope so. Besides that early Black Metal classic, there was the morose cover of “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” by Erasure. Truly, something for everyone. Anyway, the party was great. The theme was “Appreciate the Penguins” featuring fancy dress, and fancy drinks. The dress was slightly less than fancy, and the fancy drinks were condensed down to two main factions: an amazing, dazzling, stupendous punch that blew your mind to smithereens and then several bottles of champagne. There may have been more, but this is what counted, what I’m going to remember, and therefore all that matters. I had at least nine cups of punch. My brain was like a wet brick looking at it’s mortar sliding down the street in the rain. Great stuff. Sunday’s brunch was another highlight only because I’d been looking forward to it since Friday. Along the way I managed to watch a few movies, but I don’t feel like listing them. The up shot of everything was deciding to get my new Palm Pilot. I’m several layers of happy with this. Wi Fi, video playback, fits in my pocket. Lengths ahead of the older one.