joe + julee's housewarming party

Joe + Julee had their housewarming party last night, and it was great. Although I broke the camera out late and missed half the guests and didn't even get a single shot of the house or Joe, Sandoval and I took a bunch of photos; go check them out - Sandoval took the cosmo one featured here. Joe + Julee's house is GORGEOUS, and they were the consummate hosts that you would expect. Excellent food, drinks, and company. And then the airhockey broke out. Then it was ON, baby!


Here is my synopsis of the evening:

Joe + Julee are gonna be winos
Seriously, they now have enough wine to need a friggin' wine cellar! (But only Chris & I brought RIDGE. And I only brought RIDGE because of his post over at p-man. Because I know less than nothing about wine. And they were playing a techno CD that was skipping in the wine cellar where I bought it, so I grabbed the first and only name I recognized and split.)

Joe wasn't lying.
Their grass really is the Egyptian cotton of grasses. I wanted to get naked and roll around on it. And I don't think I was the only one, either! We all took off our shoes and bunched our toes up in it to appreciate it's unparalleled softness. What kind of grass is it, Joe?
UPDATE: the grass is called sea isle 1.

Fire, Earthquakes, Mudslides, oh my!
These are Todd, Donna, and Claudia's reasons that I should never consider moving to California. It became a chant. I think they were trying to brainwash me.

LOST: one silver hoop earring
If anyone finds a silver hoop, let me know. I don't know how long I was without one earring - maybe I looked like I'm on the cutting edge of some hip new fashion trend. More likely: I looked like a dork. This loss is most unfortunate as I essentially have 2 pairs of earrings that I wear all the time. So now I'll be wearing the same pair every day.
UPDATE: Julee found it!

AIRHOCKEY!
Note to self: you are not as good at airhockey as you remember. :( But I must keep in mind that Julee has her own table, so that's why she dominated Jon, who in turn dominated me. Actually, that's not true - on one point, we both just watched the puck go into his goal. It was very funny. He didn't make a move to stop it. I think he was having an out-of-body experience. Only afterwards did the slow-mo "Nooooooooooo!!!!" come.

Claudia Bites
Not as in "she sucks!" - she actually BITES! I think I'll have bruises! She is also an encyclopedia of music and she sings - LOUDLY - at every opportunity. Her main selection for the evening was LyricsBorn "I'm Just Raw". Here's a sampling:

I'm smarter than you
I'm harder than you
I'm better than you
I'm just raw

I'm hotter than you
More popular than you
More clever than you
And goshdarn it, people like me

Rinse (as in swig), and repeat. And repeat. And repeat. But now that I've heard the song, I see why. It's in my head now too. Goshdarn it, people like me!

Joe does mean Simpson's impressions
I knew this, but he was at his finest last night. He does an incredible Barney, a terrific Moe, and a stellar Mr. Burns. But his impression of Homer doing an impression of Mr. Burns ("Exactly.") is dead-on. If you don't know why that's funny, you will never know why that's funny.

Quotes of the Night:

"What?!? It's just crack!" - Thanks to Jen for sharing that little gem. It is like a leatherman - a million uses, perfect in so many situations.

"The Re-Chickening" - I coined this phrase, thank you very much. It is used in reference to the Family Guy episode where Quagmire gets busted for peeping-tom-ing (?) and Peter Griffin fights that chicken again from the nuclear holocaust episode. The random fight goes on for about 5 minutes, all over town. This is the Re-Chickening.