What a wonderful and splendid party

Initially today was kind of blah at first but I have to say come time 7:15-7:30 it really started to pick up.

So ironically I woke up at about noon today (its ironic because that's the time I was born and went downstairs to check my cell phone, emails, facebook and so forth. Found out I had 2 miss calls one from my mom and the other from work. Wasn't too surprised to see the work one and found out that supposedly my timesheets for last week weren't submitted. So the second thing I do...boot up my work computer and get it sorted out. One has to admit that its kind of annoying that the first/second thing you have to do is work related but I didn't let is phase me too much. From there I spent most of the day sorting out the remainder of the task that needed to be done before guest arrived.

I probably spent too much time contemplating over and devising the overall set-up. There was one miscalculation relating to how many people can effectively sit at the 'awesome/epic table'. The most it can hold is about 7-8 people however there was a definitely possibility of 14-16 people being present at any point in time ( I believe the max was 13-14 but it was something I was keeping in mind. So after several measurements and coming to reality on things three tables definitely had to be used (awesome/epic table, my old computer desk and an extra folding table my dad had). The wasted time was trying to get the kitchen table in there and figuring out any last minute tweaks. There was a neat idea I had of hosting a computer in the other room to run old emulators but that fell through when I realized the extra Hard Drive had was installed with Linux and I have minimal knowledge running duel monitors in Linux. So I gave up on that idea and downloaded "Kirby Super Star" (which didn't get played but I might give it a go tomorrow.

After all those configurations were made I had about an hour or two of chill time so I decided to give Elder Scrolls 4 : Oblivion ago. I realized Bethesda makes really buggy games but then I saw the S2 logo and realized that there would be some quick easy bugs real quick. No more than I had played 30 minutes in that I found that when stealth around enemies (i.e: walking) it increases your stealth stat. So from there I rebound my 'w' key to '-' on the keypad and put something heavy (i.e: wallet or wood glue) on it to keep walking into a wall. The stats currently at 75+, it would be higher but there's a prompt that displays every 25ish levels or so. At that point I let it go into 'auto-pilot' and started to load sheets into the washer and attending to other task.

Around this time my dad came back and gave me his gifts...speaking of gits I got a couple of neat ones. My mom gave me 50 bucks (which I used to purchase consumables), dad gave me a $30 gift card to food lion, and Sarah Watson and her bf gave me a harmonica... overall pretty awesome gifts. I've been looking for something new to learn and well the Harmonica seems like the right direction to go in. The money I plan to spend on friends no real reason to spend any of it on myself. My dad departed around 6ish or so and at that point John was on his way over.

John arrived at 6:30 and I got his opinion on number of pizzas. I was thinking 4 to 6 and he agreed with me on 6 so that's what we rolled with. After the order was placed I put a sign on the door informing I might be late (which wasn't necessary as no one really came on time) and we made our way to Wal-Mart and Lil C's. John was harassed a bit by the bell but we were able to gather the necessary materials. At one point we found two Raspberry White Tea with different package but almost the same product information. The only difference was the sodium intact but calories, portion size, carbohydrates all the same. I believe sugar was slight different but otherwise same product. John went with the lower sodium sugar choice I grabbed a Moutain Dew and laundry sheets and we made our way to Lil C's. The total was a bit much when I heard it but completely expected. With a back seat full of pizzas we made our way back.

Upon returning we set-up the pizzas and started to consume which about 10-15 minutes from chilling in the kitchen Sarah and her bf Adam showed up. It was really good to see them again and lead them into the house. Pizza was offered and consumption and talking of animals ensued amongst other things. They were unaware Lil C's did stuff crust pizza but was pleased by the overall taste. There's definitely people out there that don't know about it primarily because Lil C's doesn't really advertise about it (sense their most popular for there $5 hot and ready) that and along with the fact that you gotta wait for it to cook before picking them up. After some time I realized that maybe some activity's need to be done to kill time so I suggested we make pilgramage to the board game room. Once again (I believe) they were impressed by the set-up but we sat down (Sarah grabbed some chips and dips) and we started to play Fluxx.

The initially round was quick however the following round was taking sometime and not to mention people were starting to show up as we were playing through it (two guest, even got through a game of boggle). I suggested we stop early and begin a game of "Eat Poop You Cat". The moment I began to describe the game Dean instantly knew what I was talking about (which was good cause I wanted to make sure I got the rules right). The basic objective was to write a sentence the past it to the next person which they would draw a picture. Once the picture is drawn then its passed again so the next person can write a sentence about what they think the picture is and so forth. Overall the game was a huge hit and went off really well. We got about 3 rounds in before a couple guest had to depart.

During these periods I got to try out one of the guest cupcakes with Marshmellow roses. After eating just one I had to give the guest a few as well. They equally thought they were delicious and gave the individual the well earned praise. At this point the Harmonica gift was up and it looked all sorts of pretty, really couldn't argue with how cool and well done it looked. After that gift but what else.... cake of course. 3 tier layed cake with 2 layers of chocolate...probably the main reason I'm up and writing this without any issues...chocolate keeps me awake/hyper yay! Cake consumption lead to game suggestion the primarily ones were Left Center Right and Mafia... Left Center Right was the selection. A good bit of rolling and stealing ensued but unfortunately Mo and his crew had to depart due to a personal issue which occured.

In all honesty it the thoughts that counts, even the people that didn't make I really did appreciate them give me their respective happy birthday and keeping me in their thoughts over the course of the day. Overall it was quite good couldn't ask for me. While the departure of some did even out the group and made it a bit small its the impression in time which they left in history and in my own and others memorys that count (please see pants cannon for details).

This left us with about 6 people for Left Center Right which went on for quite sometime until Mina eventually crushed us all with 9 chips left. From here there was a small break and I took the time to clean up garbage before proceeding to Catan as Sean had never played it before. Around this time Tyler had called and eventually showed up cleaning up a good majority of the food left over (which I was thankful for as I did not want the responsibility co consume that much). However before the game started two guest had to leave which left us with about 5 people for Catan...and 2 hours of madness which ensued.

Surprisingly I wasn't paying all that much attention (between harmonica practice and text messaging) and found myself constantly in the lead and winning...it was weird. Eventually I did win when people started trading me to help me win to get it over with (rofl). Tyler was close but unfortunately there was some favoritism. Ways were parted soon after and I found myself smiling at the remains of which was probably one of the top 5 birthdays I've had in quite some time.

Still fueled by the power of triple tier caked I spent the last hour or so cleaning up and putting furniture back in its place. Pretty much everything is back in its original order and I find myself typing the events of the evening.

Looking back at it I can't honestly express in words what good friends I have and the amount of entertainment/fun that occurred. Old friends along with new friends all in a central location with some cross communication. Everyone overall seemed quite happy and pleased with each game (well minus the one person that just doesn't like games I suppose) played and experienced. Big props have to go out to my dad for letting me use the place for the evening. I don't believe this would have been possible if I had been in my apartment due to the limitation of space and worrying about neighbors. Such a huge plus to have the spaciousness of a house to work with for gatherings such as these.

Well I'm slowly drawing to the conclusion of this post...there's not much left to do except wait for this sugar rush to wear off so I can sleep soon. I think I've found the best solution for this problem though...Honcast.

Good night everyone best of dreams and thanks again for the splendid times :D.