HO Unwinding
Hmm... Am I going to re-emerge like Lu Chen? I kinda thought that more of the same was coming when I watched finds like SQuAMAE get nullified by things like REAGENTS, but I think my rage was sublimated into focus. I made some ballsy moves to take the first three games, winning two by opening lines late and then bingoing from my setups, and winning the third with a well-timed phony. Then I suddenly found myself at Table 4 (much to the surprise of dugy1001) and bagging goldfishbw. I capped off a 9-1 second half with a win over vinylchances, movin from the bottom third (perhaps?) all the way to ninth. If only redessence had tied the last game with key_lime_guy. Ah well.

I loved the dance party. It was like I was 13 again and going to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah party seemingly every weekend, except that I was not as awkward on the floor. I danced my ass off, and, if it wasn't mentioned earlier, ORANGE-PANTED PELVIC THRUSTS! I was surpised, but happy, to be doing the Time Warp and getting my groove on. cheezchick was awesome on the floor, and lordiceman was pretty good too, but I think the revelation of the night was Paul Avrin, not sighing, but bringing a lot of energy to the party. Your eyes are not deceiving you. If you missed the dance party, Paul Avrin was dancing the night away.

Other highlights:
- My opponents. I think it made a world of difference that practically everyone I played was someone who I had talked to and/or spent time with before. I didn't really feel pressed at all, and I knew that regardless of what happened, a good time was to be had.
- dianagram gives good neck and shoulder rubs.
- A photo of spherulitic and me, cuddled up in the back seat of the Ubeikas' car, was snapped and sent to ididjonassalk.
- olaugh compared WHAT to APL. Actually, wouldn't it be funny if WHAT were actually written in APL?
- Congratulations in LJ comments and via E-mail. You all rock!
- Huggles! Lots and lots of huggles!

I want to send out my congratulations to eurobikermcdog and everyone else who finished ahead of me, and to thank our hostess extraordinaire for the weekend, kangarau. It was an awesome time.