So, if the lame-ass thing that how you spend New Year's Eve influences the rest of the year is true, I'm in for another year of knitting, watching MST3K, and eating Kettle Korn, and you know what? I'm fine with that.
Dennis is off on another writing adventure, so I hung out with Ryan and Jon and Sarah the Hussy and special guest star Leigh last night, and commented on the really weird pecs on Miles O'Keefe in Cave Dwellers. We also watched the strange ripples in Ryan's belly since the baby in there really wanted to see the funny pecs, too and wouldn't stop moving around. We made a lot of Alien jokes which were unoriginal but amused us anyway. He's supposed to get out in another eight weeks or so, at which point he will figure out that his aunts (genetic and otherwise) are kind of goofy.
I threw a baby shower for Ryan and Jon on Friday night, and I think it was one of my better parties. I invited a lot of people, so I borrowed the hall at St. Ned's, and spent most of Friday decorating it, with help from Ryan's parents. I was going for a Dr. Seuss theme, so I used lots of bright colors and swirly things and furry fabric and goofy centrepieces made out of cheap Cat in the Hat hats with glittery branches in them. Leigh's cake didn't work because it was so humid the poured sugar infrastructure wouldn't hold together. It was supposed to be a big strand of DNA, but we ended up just eating the very tasty cake in a concept-free way.
The shower was co-ed, so we didn't do any games or have a long enforced present-opening exhibition. They opened presents as people arrived and then we put them on a table so people could swing by and be amused by the Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner onesie and the other cute widdle things. We had a craft, of course, which involved fabric markers and a pile of white onesies, and the baby is going to be very stylish in his clever little shirts. Sarah did a great Katamari one that says Roll and Grow Bigger.
The only other activity was making a bead strand; it's something we do at St. Ned's showers. There's a bowl of beads that gets passed around and everyone takes one and strings it on a strand while saying a wish or prayer or whatever for the new family. Then it gets turned into a necklace that the mom can take into the delivery room to be reminded of all the good wishes. I need to finish knotting it.
I made a monster hoodie for the baby, which turned out really cute, although it will be way cuter when it contains an actual baby.
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