I'm very tired, so this is all there'll be for the minute...

Thanks to Sam for doing the vast majority of the organising. It really wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for all the work that she put in. Also George and Michael for sorting out the music and finding the DJ, and Katie for her part on the raffle.

And thanks to everyone who went too

Claire and I had a fantastic weekend!

Thanks to Sam, Katie, Rally and Ethan for organising the t-party!

Great to see lots of old and a couple of new faces!

Katie - You are the best! Thanks for helping with the corset....I know you loved it!
Kat - You're funny when you're drunk!
Spike - You are so funny! You make us all look normal in your spiderman outfit! Better luck never time climbing lamp posts!
PoF - Great to see you again...hows your blow-up girl/boy friend?
Milky - Thanks for making Claire feel 'welcome'!
Rally - Great catching up...Claire said sorry she didn't get a chance to chat to you much.

To everyone else whose name I haven't mentioned, thanks for chatting to me...nice to see you all again! See you in a year! (just kidding - katie would kill me)

To start, thank you a huge amount of Sam and Rich for sorting the hotel and booking the venue. Thank you to George and Rally for sorting the music, i know how much of a nightmare it was, and thanks G for being my sexy assistant when i was doing the raffle

As every year, i had an amazing time at the party, and on the friday, and today, just hanging out in the pub.

The Highs: All of the party was a high, you know how much i love you guys...and finding cheap stuff in derby town centre! And getting to dress hot ladies And being SR'd by Alex, Yvie and Wale!

The Lows: There werent that many this year, just when people were sad, when i was stressed that something would go wrong, and having idiotic arguments with a complete loud mouthed moron.

The People:

Mandy, Little Kat + Claire: Thank you so much for sharing with me, i had a blast of a time, Kat you are insane when drunk and i loved getting to know Claire better...not that we saw her much And thanks for driving!

My boys: You know who you are, and you know that you make my meets worth while.

Yvonne: Enjoy Jack

T: Have you got your bag?

Hubbie: It was nice of you to shave to match

Most of you...i loved seeing you.

Im too tired to think anymore.

I do think that some things that happened at the party ruined it, but it was nothing to do with the organisers

And thanks to those you came out with me on the saturday night because i didnt wanna stop dancing!

Next year can we make it a week long party??

(Edited by KaTiEStar 13/03/2005 20:53)

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by KaTiEStar

Next year can we make it a week long party??

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Yes please!!

First of thanks to Sam for all her hard work organising things.

I had a really great weekend seeing people I haven't seen for ages, meeting new people and doing a lot of drinking and dancing.

Will probably post more tomorrow when I'm more awake .

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by KaTiEStar
T: Have you got your bag?

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Thank you so much to everyone who came along this weekend.

Even before I got there on Friday, the text from KT saying they were having problems with their hotel door (not their fault thankfully!) had me right in the moment, and I have to admit seeing the crowbarred after effect was something

Managed to arrive about 6pm, took the bags to the room and walked out of my hotel room and someone was skipping in the corridor (no prizes for guessing it was Spike )

Hugs to the peeps at dinner on Friday night in Old Orleans (yes I know I kept saying New Orleans ) and all the waiting about (I was certainly starving by the main course!) - but the company was brilliant

The party seemed to shoot by so quickly in the end. Big thanks to KT who had asked to help with the raffle tickets (and I wasn't going to argue with those boobs!) and to Phil for being such a sweetie.

Thank you to Ethan and Rally for helping with the dj and the packing up, it was really good of you

Last night was the funniest in a long while, sorry for getting Spike started on potatoes and crisps though

There were some very funny and naughty bits over both days, so I'm guessing everyone had their own share of fun Certainly I've survived on less than 10 hours sleep in 2 nights.

Was nice to see Tony, Pooks, Amy, Julz arrive on the day Great also to meet Idiosynthetic, Clare, Jude, Gaz

Missed saying goodbye to a lot of people this morning Sorry that I had to leave early, so I didn't get a chance to talk to peeps for feedback. Feel free to post here or email me separately, anything is helpful.

Derby turned out to be a pretty resourceful place and I believe everyone found things that they wanted to including Friday kareoke, and shopping trips on Saturday. I certainly wish I'd had more time to do things over the weekend.

I didn't get a chance to talk properly with everyone which I wish I could turn back and redo. Having post-party blues me thinks.

Until next time

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by Samphirette
Having post-party blues me thinks.

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Right there with you at the moment. Normally a day-off would be bliss, but having returned, sorted out the house, sorted out the washing and re-packed for my working week in Scotland, I'm finding myself sitting in an empty house wondering what I should do with myself...

Congrats and hearty thanks to Sam and Rich for their collective efforts in making the party a success (even if you feared that it wouldn't be at certain times leading up to it). Sure the hall could well have benefitted from a few extra bodies. But, hey, those who where there embibed and enjoyed - and that's what counts

Thanks also to Ethan and Rally for organising the night's musical entertainment.

Hello's to my Alton Towers partner's-in-crime Big Fil (I shall be referred to as Litte Phil from this point onwards) Mark and Yvonne who all witnessed the fact that a 6'2", slightly-overweight, grey, balding, 30-something can scream like and 8 year-old girl! But who would have thought that we could have arrived at 10:30 and ridden all of the major rides (Oblivion twice) by 2 o'clock!?

Special thanks to Y for press-ganging us into riding the water rapids (despite it being just a little bit nippy!) and somehow escaping with a few wet spots on her jeans when the boys all got wet arses and then subjecting me (with all of the grace of a rugby prop forward) to that dance-machine-thing! Though I guess having had to subject yourself to me burbling for the journeys to and from Derby, I probably still got off lightly.

Somehow the weekend flew by even quicker than prevous parties, so I don't think I got to chat to as many people as I would have liked to. Though I still managed to have a hour of pure geek chat with Fil in the Harvester as we sutffed our faces before the party and some quality motorbike talk with Rally (Remember to let me know about the race calendar and I'll try to get to the likes of Brands, Snetterton and Rockingham - if they feature).

Big hugs to my Essex girls, who I didn't get to see much of over the weekend.

Other names come to mind (Teresa, Kat, POF, JayJay, Wale, Pooks, Milky, CJL, Mandy) that were more often than not, just a passing "Hi, nice to see you" - though I do remember a conversation about Jazz clubs in Edinburgh with CJL and embarrasingly as I'm flying up there tomorrow, I can't remember any of the places he recommended.

'Till next year, guys 'n gals....

Woo, what a weekend!
First of all a huge thanks to Sam and Rich for organising it, and also all the people who helped with the party itself. I had a very good time!

Thanks to Katie Manda and Claire for being my room buddies, even though there was a distinct lack of Claire, but at least I could nab her pillow whilst she was away

Had a great time going to the karaoke bar on the Friday night, and finding Forbidden Planet International whilst shopping on Saturday, I'm so broke now! But yay I now have lots of cool stuff.

Great to see people again, Spike you always make me laugh with your magic and spider man antics! Milky for being my karaoke buddy, shame that my microphone wasn't on otherwise we would've rocked the house! Vicki for being lovely as always...just everyone really! I would list everyone, but I'm sure to leave people out and that would just offend. Some people I didn't get to see much though, which made me sad.

Safe to say, I love you all, I had a greaty great weekend, and I hope everyone had a good a time as me!



(Edited by Miss Corrupt 14/03/2005 20:31)

Thanks to Sam and to everyone else that contributed to everyone having a good time.

You know you were there, you know I saw you or even spoke to you. Good to see you all again, some of you more recently than others, must change that and see some of you more often.

Thanks to everyone who made the weekend a great time.

I'm still tired and achey, but I will post soon. Oh yes... I will post soon...

Well, thats Vicki off on the train back home
Been a cool few days but alas its no more.

Was great to see various faces again. The venue was OK, but needed alot more people as we did tend to rattle around.

Thanks anyway to those who organised it, Sam, Rich and others

There were some good memories, even though it was one of the more calmer meets.

Off to catch up on some work from last week

Has anyone got any pics uploaded yet?

Spike promised he'd do his but he lied.

I have one that mandy took.

And mine are too rude to upload.

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by KaTiEStar
And mine are too rude to upload.

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Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It!

My camera died a hideous death, so I'm piccie-less

RIP my camera

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by Taz
My camera died a hideous death, so I'm piccie-less

RIP my camera

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And the batteries

The batteries were dead due to me leaving the stupid thing on for a week.
The camera died due to excessive alkyhol consumption

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by Ethan
(quotes)
Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It! Do It!

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Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!