We survived Leap Day!
… but only thanks to large quantities of grasshoppers (the drink).
All sorts of people made it to Anne’s place, despite the crazy weather. Randy and Sheryl came with the most amazing sushi cupcakes, inspired by our LJ conversation. Seriously awesome.
Anneliese came in with a fun new shirt, and was in hilariously rare form. Comedy gold, as they say. She brought these cool cornbread muffins with sausages inside!
Amy, Alex, Keira and Nancy arrived from Lansingtown, with the requisite T-rexing and hugs.
Alex, The Jeef and Alyx represented Ann Arbor, along with Hope (after her shift).
Chuck and Erica bounced in early, and went off to swing dance (fantastically, I’m sure) – we talked weddings and roasts. :)
Sara Beth and Kevin came from the east side, with crazy stories and good times.
Brendan and Mike were here – Brendan was the blendmaster, serving up green goodness to the lot of us.
And of course, Lucy, Anne, Brian and myself kept things hoppin’. There were Apples to Apples and a blaxploitation B-movie card game, and conversation could. not. be. stopped!
My phone died last night, sadly, (sorry aiela!) or I’d have pictures up by now. Don’t forget to send me your photos, folks!
Lucy and I were way too wiped to drive home, so now we’re having breakfast at Anne’s!
Thanks for celebrating leap day with us, folks!
EDIT:
I have pictures of the cupcakes on my LJ. Go look!
Edit: I forgot to say we had an awesome time. Thanks for inviting us. :)
It was whee fun. But wait, who jinxed the weather with the “There won’t be any snow.” comment? The drive home took twice as long as it should, yuck.
The FlufferNutter Flambe did NOT burn down the house, amazingly. Maybe next time!
Its okay – by the time I got home and got the kid off to her dad’s we were so exhausted we were in bed early. We’ll catch you guys next time :)
Ah, I wonder if that’s the same B-Movie Blaxploitation card game I have? I can’t remember its whacky title and I don’t have it in front of me, but if it’s the one I’m thinking of, I also have the “Swashbuckler film” and “Fantasy / D&D film” decks. They’re *awesome*.
That’s the one :)
Z-Man Games: B-Movie Card game!
Grave Robbers from Outer Space!
Grave Robbers II: Skippy’s Revenge!
Bell-Bottomed Badasses From the Mean Streets of Funk!
Bushwhackin’ Varmints Out of Sergio’s Butte!
The Scurvy Musketeers of the Spanish Main!
Berzerker Halflings from the Dungeon of Dragons!
Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom!
Kung Fu Samurai on Giant Robot Island!
A Skippy the Wonder Dog character is in each one. They’re all inter-compatible. And the mondo-huge deck you can achieve by combining all of them is truly, truly frightening…
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That’s the one(s)! I started buying them at Pandemonium in Cambridge, and now I pick one up every time I’m there. Having only tried to play with Bell-Bottomed Badasses, Scurvy Musketeers and Berzerker Halflings, I can totally see why a “full” deck would be a brain-splodey experience. Hmm…doing that might be worth throwing a party for someday…
Thanks!
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Yeah, the only game I know of that’s worse in terms of piling-it-on extreme over-the-top strangeness and hilarity would be when one of the SJG Men In Black pull out a complete Munchkin deck, with all the expansion packs and Munchkin Blender to boot. They had one of those out at U-Con this last fall, and I recall the ‘door’ deck reaching about 14″ tall. The ‘treasure’ deck was about 8″. And apparently the table of 10 went through about half of each before someone hit 10th level. Eeeeesh.
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Oh, something to add: MUST. HAVE. KUNGFU. DECK!!!
I was really really hoping to be well enough to attend. Alas, my body had other ideas. Sounds like a fabulous time was had by all. Yippee!
Are those fish-shaped candies on there? or fish-shaped ethyl benzene?
Heh, I’ll never tell.