yeah so I coulda gotten a better angle, but isn't Hobbes adorable?!?! That's Joe off to the right, he's got an account, but isn't a regular (how cliquey do I sound?!?) But he's really cool and I'm glad he came out to hang with us!

"I'm at fucking Paisley Park! I'm at fucking Paisley Park!" (repeat while nodding your head to make it look like she's bouncing in this pic....she was!)

Oh!

I got to go to Let It Be wreckas and they pulled out "The Crate" for me and I got to spend time basking in the glow of a "Let's Work" 12" in really good shape and a coupla freaky, acetatey lookin' things for the eponymous 1979 album.

superspaceboy said:

it was NOT my bag! It was THEIR bag.

RipHer2Shreds said:

that Anx, we can't take him ANYWHERE!

Anxiety said:

I love that crate. It used to have more stuff. But then our friend Tony who works there gave some goodies to Violett at her last bday. I'm still jealous!

Great pictures! I really wish I could've done more than just the Uptown meet up, but that alone was really quite lovely!

EskomoKisses said:

He's kinda cute, but he also smells like dead fish and jellybeans most of the time so that cancels it out.

endorphin74 said:

I can't help it if I like to sit on certain things.

I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy reading this thread. Sounds like everybody had a wonderful time, and I am sorry that I had to miss out.

I love this pic.

What Anxiety is thinking in this shot: "Damn, I'm a sexy bitch. Watch what I'm gonna do to this pole, muthafuckas."

EskomoKisses said:

LOL! So I call Gretch's cell Saturday afternoon. She announced I was on the phone and it sounded like a Beatles concert in that car. All those screams Made me feel so special

I'm so bummed that I missed this but there will be other opportunities

PhotoShopping at it's best

EskomoKisses said:

SUCH a cute picture!!!!












though there's that damn pink bag again!

I still owe you all something by the way. Don't worry, it should be there this week.

EskomoKisses said:

omg! I can't stop laughing! The bag!

Carrie &

Anxy said:

it was really just a plain ole grocery type bag in the pic, but I thought the Torrid bag suited things better I tried so hard to take the bag out altogether, but that grate just won't work with me

I looooove the midnight sepia effect on this though
[Edited 10/25/04 18:25pm]

alright, I'm gonna try and put some thoughts together now!

a bunch o' Favorite moments:

Thursday
-the spontaneous gathering around the table to see what was happening on the Org when Matt started up his lap top

-Denny and Andy (our roommate) scratching their heads in confusion and looking scared as we rehashed Org history like PollyWoggles, Org Mardi Gras and so on...

-the kitty pile in the back of CarrieMpls' car on the way downtown

-realizing that I had given Matt and Tackam tips about which straight stripper bar in the area was the best. (why do I know this?!?)

Friday
-finding the Org House (I'll post the pic as soon as I get it back!)

-mods on a train

-Org reunion around "the Prince crate" at Let It Be (TOFKA woke us ALL up again)

-Lovemachine and RaspberryWoman surprising us at the KittyCat Klub (I know you told me you were goin but I got cornfused)

-Muse napping AT the KittyCat

-PHOTO BOOTHS!!!!!

-Meeting MinniG at the Triple Rock

-AfterBar 1..it was all about Hydration and Intoxication

Saturdayp
-Trying to eat Pizza at Davanni's and carry on a conversation when all I really wanted to do was lay down in a dark room and die

-Walking into Calhoun Square with CarrieMpls and Eskomo and Vi with a box o tshirts, laminates, CDs and 'prince masks'- I realized we were crazy at that moment

-Hobbes arriving at the Uptown

-RipHer2Shreds sitting at the "kids table"

-owoooahhh! at the Uptown

-Anxiety arriving and the bar cheered

-Watching us slowly come back to life with the help of A LOT of liquor at the 90s

-Me tryina get all yo crazy asses to SHUT UP on the sidewalk so I could make an announcement and give out some First Ave comps

-Insanity outside First Ave, photos bein snapped, fingers pointing, cheers, hugs and so much more

- Anxiety holding a beer that was almost as big as he was at First Ave

-The group foto IN First Ave ("everyone on your knees!")

-AfterBar 2 featuring the Muse show

-chatting up TOFKA and FunkMistress in my study (i'm sitting their right now girls)

-Matt playing my records cos and keeping us entertained cos I was too drunk to focus on changing the records (We ALL thank you for this Matt!)

-Tackam refusing to leave my house and Mpls

-MinnieG and Vi drinking WILD TURKEY at my house

-HICKORY DICKORY DOCK!!!!!

Sunday
-yummy breakfsat buffet (Once again people, I LOVE beans!!!!)

-visiting the sculpture gardens with Muse and Anx

-revisiting "the Prince Crate" at Let It Be with Anx

-showing Anx around some pretty Mpls spots by the Mississppi River

-NOT drinking Sunday nite (Anx, my liver and brain thank you for making a sober plan that nite!)



I could prolly do this all nite. I guess it shows how much fun I had since this rambling post is just "some" of my favorite moments

to everyone

I'm totally copying someone else's idea, so I'll start with that person first:

FunkMistress: It was so fabuloose to see you again, luv! I wish you and Ivy coulda stayed an extra night, but I'm just glad you made it out. We're going to have to hold an Apples Kotero squeal-alike at the front door of 1st Avenue next time around.

CarrieMpls: Team America: Fuck yeah! I'm soooo totally digging on the official Invasion SWAG CD - what a perfect idea. I really appreciate you carting us around on Sunday and for showing up for brekkies this morning and for all the mipple-tabulous goodness you provided in between.

Handclapsfingasnapz: HOLY CRAP, I MET DANSA!!! My next trip out there, we simply MUST spend some serious bonding time together. I think yer, like, brilliant and stuff.

endorphin74: Yumpin' yiminy, what can I say? You made everyone feel so comfy this weekend, and I've gotta say you and the Denster were quite the gracious hosts, always taking care to keep me all nice and hopped up on caffeine. Certain people ya feel that regardless of how ya met them, it seems inevitable that you hadda run across them in your life - I think yer definitely one of those people...one of those rare people with whom I never run out of stuff to talk about and one of those folks who I'm always discovering I have all kindsa stuff in common with. Whee!


TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs: And if Endo's my Org brother, then you're my sister. I wish we had more time to run around and I TOTALLY wish I coulda made the Paisley Park run with you all, but I was on critical fabulousness overload as it was and my head probably would have exploded like a pinata overstuffed with coffee nips if I'd gotten anywhere near Paisley last weekend. And I'm REALLY happy you and FM got to have some quality time, and I am damned impressed that you two got the big ass Coronas at 1st Avenue.

violett: When i got back to work today, I tried to get a can of soda from the vending machine and my quarter got stuck and I involuntarily screamed "FUCK A BUTT!!!" and then I realized that I was at work and probably shouldn't be shouting such things. I'm not sure why I'm telling you this, other than some of the things that just casually fall off your tongue crack my shit up, and the fact that you're such a vibetastic, easygoing person makes it all even funnier. It was such a megablast to see you this weekend, and I was very very happy you were able to make the movie and the brekkies.

paisleypark4: Where'd you go?! I recognized you as soon as I saw ya, then we were all whisked off into 90s madness and next thing I knew, no PP4! Next time I come out, you gotta hang out longer...or better yet, come out to Chicago sometime.

RipHer2Shreds: I feel like I saw ya for like .00005556 seconds and then it was bye-bye time. It was really cool putting a face with the name though, and I really hope we get to hang out more when I come out to visit next time.

HobbesLeCute: Hurry up and get that damn ID so we can ply you with big ass Coronas at 1st Avenue. To quote Michelle Pfeiffer in that Batman movie, "I want to be instrumental in your degredation."

EskomoKisses: You did such an AWESOME job with the laminates and t-shirts, holy moley. It wasn't enough that you were so amazingly organized with making sure everyone got their goodies, but the goodies themselves looked so professionally-done and faboo. ROCK!!! I had a great time bonding at the hungover Pepito's buffet (or as I called it later in the day in a confused, knackered daze, "that one yum place with the tortilla things we ate"), and I think there's something really suspicious going on with that pink bag. Why do I feel I haven't seen the last of that damn bag? It's like the Chucky of containers.

Muse2NOPharaoh: Sometimes you meet someone and you are more sure of them than you've ever been about anyone in your life. Something about their energy, their radiance, their aura, that just speaks loudly to you in ways that are undeniable and solid and true. And meeting you, I can tell you without a shred of doubt in my aching little mind....that YOU ARE SO SO SO BANNED. You're like so banned that I can't even really grasp how banned you are. It's kind of gross how banned you are. I am seriously going to cut out and decorate your very own red velvet letter "B" that you will have to wear at all such future events, because you are officially the Hester Prynne of the Org! And you will have to like it! THAT'S HOW DAMN BANNED YOU ARE!!! Other than that, oh my God, it was a trip and a half meeting you. I hope you're feeling better soon, and I hope the stuff that was hanging between your legs clears up.

minneapolisgenius: Meeting you was great - I feel like we didn't get to chat nearly as much as we shoulda, which I guess is kinda the tough things about amazing weekends like this - it's like I was saying over the weekend: I wanted to sit with every single person and just chat and chat and chat, but I only had two skimpy little days to cram in as much as I could. I don't think I did too badly, but we will definitely have to have more quality time.

tackam: I think we barely got to chat at all, but I could tell you have a really good vibe and I was really happy you and Matt were able to come out. Even though we didn't really hang out together at the post-1st Avenue party showcase, I thought your whole quandary with the color of the living room was a hoot!

matt: It was so completely totally freaking amazing to meet you and Deja. I was hoping that the three of us would be able to find the time to hatch an insidious plot, but I guess we just had to settle for a lot of laughing and partying and fun. Even though you and Tackam live way out there, I hope to hang out with you both again sooner than later. You know, there's always the Prince night parties at the end of the month at Berlin.

Anxiety said:

I just had to quote this again!

I seriously started snorting I was laughing so hard at this.




ps, I wuv you kitty

Anxiety said:

I so seriously have tears streaming down my face I'm laughing so hard...

I miss Darin's kitchen/porch

EskomoKisses said:

I mss you (and everyone) being in my kitchen/ porch!!!

it feels lonely in my house now

"Vibetastic" is a great word for violett. What a cool chickie. I so wish I had more time to talk with you, lady.

Really, I expected to like everybody, but I didn't expect to be as utterly in awe of their fabulousness as I am, and I didn't expect to be as sad as I am about being so far away. . .really great people.

Darin, honey, SO with you about Davanni's. I know you and I were some grouchy bitches at that point. I was pretty much going, "tell me why I'm out of bed again? I don't care that the mall is called fucking Calhoun Square, I need to sleep." Thankfully, the evening redeemed the morning (or what still felt like morning at that point).

Anxiety said:

Aw, thanks. If it makes it any better, yours was the best quick "hi" and bye" I've ever had!

EskomoKisses said:

Oh my God I am laughing like the other night! I can't breath... I am alternating between coughing and laughing!

2 months was just too short to put aside $$$$, but what I have saved thus far is going towards the next. Org invasion Fund.

look at what happened while i was sans org all day!!!!

holy shit i have a lote to respond to and check out!

lemme git to it!

I am not ready to give my heart felt moments yet. A feeling of sadness washed over me as I finished the photos... I am so sad that its over...

I have laughed a good deal in life but that was the hardest and longest I have ever laughed in my life... I would wake up in pain.... and then do it again and then hold my ribs again.....

It is amazing that after 4 days I was so touched I decided NOT to say goodbye in some cases... and found it painful....

Beyond the silly and beyond the words.... something else happened there.... Something big...

DeactivatedMUSE said:

You're exactly where I am.

I think we scared TOFKA & FunkMistress away...

looking under the couch for them

jillybean said:

yes! you shoulda attended!!!

EskomoKisses said:

No, you didn't scare us away.

So much to say, so little time:

Vi: Thank you so much for your hospitality this weekend. You are a such a beautiful, wonderful soul AND you are the best dancer I have ever seen. HO-LY SHIT!

Endo: From the first moment I met you, I knew we would be friends. You are Denny are truly amazing people and I would have never thought I would meet two people so wonderful and so right for each other. Thank him two million times for putting up with us.

Carrie: I will never forget how sweet and kind you were and the CDs you made for us made me tear up. Thank you.

Hobbes: Oh My God! Just from the little bit of time we spent together, I wish you could have hung with us all day Saturday. You were cracking me the fuck up!

lovemachine: So we don't agree in P&R. You're still a sweetie. And a hot piece of ass to boot.

RipHer: I thought you said you were shy? There wasn't enough time to sit and talk with you like I wanted. You are an awesome guy. We should have made a trip to tha wrecka stow together.

Muse: The lady with the beautiful smile. I loved how you made everyone so comfortable and put me at ease and cracked my shit up all weekend. What beautiful memories we all have to remember those three days by because of you. Thank you.

Matt and Tack: It was all I could do from propositioning the two of you. Tack, you are a sexy, sexy bitch and you were exactly like you are on these boards and everything I thought you would be. You are realer than real and I think I love you.

Gretch: You are a ray of sunshine. Thank you so much for the trip to Paisley and to P's house. Thank you for the shirt, thank you for letting us impose, thank you for everything.

Deja: Oh My God!! You have no idea what it meant to FM and I to bask in your fabolousness Saturday. It meant more to me than you'll ever know.

Anxy: Everytime I see you, it's a complete joy. I love you, baby.

ThaMistress:


My favorite quotes:

Sexual chocolate

Psychic twin activate. Form of an ice dildo

Ribnick

My favorite moments:

Meeting tack and matt

Picking up Erin from the airport, seeing her for the first time in five months

Watching violett dance

Listening to the 12 inch of Sexy Dancer on vinyl for the very first time

The Prince display at Hard Rock Cafe

Lunch at Uptown

Having Muse say listening to me and FunkMistress was like being on one of our threads here

Meeting PP4 fine ass

Tack's corset

Hanging at Darin's

Being at the place were Purple Rain was filmed