the not-so-surprise surprise!

this past saturday was jamie's birthday and to celebrate, we decided to throw jamie a party that wasn't really a surprise party, as he knew that we were doing something ... however, he didn't know the specifics ... that is, until an individual divulged the information to him on friday night.

::frowny face::

apparently, friday night, jamie went out and got completely polluted to the point that he wasn't able to talk without throwing up everywhere. it was very linda blair of him and i think at one point, he shoved a crucifix up his piche, shouting profanities. regardless ... come saturday morning, he wasn't feeling too hot and for some reason, threw the phone away when i asked him if he was hungry for "some greasy fried eggs and a glass of bacon fat." i don't get it.

all that aside, we decided to go ahead as planned and i met up with terri at tom's house at around 1:30/1:45 ... i was supposed to be there at 1, but i hit oriole's traffic and that screwed me up a bit. she and i hit the party store first ... we picked up a huge unicorn balloon, ala 'charlie the unicorn,' a pretty pink birthday princess balloon and finally a balloon that stated in simple terms ... "birthday's suck." truer words were never spoken. we also grabbed two bunches of balloons in the colors of the rainbow (pride, baby!) and some crepe paper (also in the colors of the rainbow), a birthday tiara and a pin that read: birthday girl. yay!

we then hit up the grocery store and bought the necessary supplies and then finally the liquor store to pick up essentials and finally we were ready to head back to the house and start decorating.

we wound the crepe paper around the columns separating tom's kitchen area and the living room area and hung a swath of crepe paper in an upside down rainbow between the columns ... it looked like the gay prom.

jamie arrived shortly after we finished decorating and the party began. jamie, of course, was swearing up and down he wasn't going to drink and started off with a bottle of water then later had a gin and tonic (i believe) which he nursed for-ev-er. meanwhile, everyone was clamoring to get jamie to do a shot which he readily refused until the 'slippery nipple' shots arrived and he was coerced into doing one.

quite a few people showed up and i was so happy to see everyone. i'll try and give a rundown of who came:

jamie (of course!)
tom (it's his house, afterall!)
myself (geoff)
terri
steven
paul
mrs.twink
the mr.
aaron
bob
bill
kristen
jackson
michael
doug (and their son, owen)
sherri
angela
leo
kristin
fisherman dave

i think i've forgotten someone, but i can't think of who it might be right now. it's monday morning ... i'm always slow on mondays.

we had an amazing time and i certainly hope jamie did too! i wish we could have done more for him as he deserves it. jamie does so much for so many people and he is an amazing guy and a friend to many (usually in the club when he's snogging half the attendees!)

i love you, jamie, and hope you had a great birthday!!