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The Best Exchange Eva!

March 31, 2004 by Tommy·0 Comments

Another month, another exchange. (Although that ratio is a lot lower this year.)

I’ve made many decisions in my now 28 years of life. Some have brought me great amounts of happiness, such as buying this house. Others…well, there’s a reason why I’m called SnoopyKiss. (Also realizing that a Variable Life Insurance Policy is not a worthwile investment for a Gen-X’er was another poor decision.) However, one of them will go down in my mental history books as being the wisest of them all. Staying in Denver those two extra days.

It wasn’t a quiet exchange. In fact, with all of the hundreds of pictures I took, you’d think that hardly danced a song. But I did. Mmm…Amber blues.

The Denver Exchange is a meeting of some of the best Lindyhoppers in the entire country. And not only are they good dancers…but they’re HOT!

So, why were those two extra days so great? Where else would I have gotten to compete in a cage dance competition, lindybomb the techno club upstairs with some sessy, sessy blues dancing downstairs, and have three women commandeer my camera to make a home video of “Why Tommy should move to Denver.”

And no, you can’t see the video.
And yes, it’s good to be the King.

Oh yeah. I got to pick out fetish wear for hotties.

—SnoopyKiss contemplates moving to Denver. But will they still respect me in the morning?

P.S. A few more shoutouts:

Kat, Jen and Amanda: God bless you and your fine arse slapping!

Kathy!!!!: Without you, I probably would have skipped out.

Fat Lindy (Lindy Gras)

February 20, 2004 by Tommy·0 Comments

I wish I had more to say about Lindy Gras right now, but it’s pretty late in the night (or early in the morning) and after postponing this post for so long, the vivid memories of dances and follows are quickly being replaced with Perl code.

One speciality of this Exchange was that Heather and Lee got their Exchange cherry’s popped. I think they enjoyed themselves.

The invitation for the 2nd Annual Food and Spirits party just went out, and I’m amped! I plan on this being a bit more subdued than the last one, but still a good time with great people that know how to cook. Or at least know how to pick out great spirits.

–SnoopyKiss hates breakups.

I’m Popular!

January 28, 2004 by Tommy·0 Comments

I went through my site stats today and found something amazing.
I had 140K+ hits to my site last year. January’s not even over and I’m almost at 10K hits, with 1100+ hits just today!

You love me! You really do love me! Or at least my pics…

–SnoopyKiss feels validated. But not like a parking ticket.

Okie Smakka!

January 27, 2004 by Tommy·0 Comments

Another weekend, another party.

This time, it was a bit more personal focused, than an all out, Crazy Go Nutz time. Some Okies thought that they could actually dance better than us, so by some miracle, they were actually able to follow directions and make it down to Dallas for the 2nd SmackDown.

There were some pre-dance activities which involved me showing off my “mad shuffleboard skillz”, and Heather (#6; Double-Three; C; Casey; < Insert Personalized designation here >) schooling everyone in pool. And I don’t mean: Winning. I mean: Slack jawwed Okie still has 4 solids on the table as she sinks the 8 and gloats. It was like all out Pool-sodomy.

Afterwards, there was a major good time at Party Central (Chez Falgout) involving some damn fine blues dancing and music, an interesting game of “I Never”, and a visitation from the local Police at 5AM.

–SnoopyKiss thinks it’s time to give in and buy a professional steam cleaner.

Happy w00t Year!

January 12, 2004 by Tommy·0 Comments

Last year, I resolved to: “Not make any New Years Resolutions.” I’m not sure if I either totally succeeded, or completely failed. So, this year, I decided to put some effort into this. About 2 minutes later, I sneezed and the feeling went away.

Due to a number of fortunate events in my life, I have found myself evolving and breaking out into those areas I have, for so long, ignored and passed over: Being a Normal Human Being.

Cooking: My first experience in this arena actually happened on New Years Eve Eve, where I completely surprised myself and Angelica with my ability to make a really good flank steak. These directions were provided in the new steak knives I got for X-mas.

Spending X-mas with the family: I didn’t tell my family I was going to Louisiana tuntil the last minute because the drive there makes me regretful of ever leaving Europe where one can drive 30 mph over whatever speed you think might be appropriate. God Bless Lee and his desire for adventure to spend X-mas with a bunch of coonasses. I also got to take a few cool pictures too!

Work on the house: I’ve LOOKED at new wallpaper. That should could for something.

Trying new dishes: From my new diet, I’ve been eating Oats long enough to know that they won’t kill me. Maybe asparagus won’t either.

I’m also really happy to say that I have fully recovered from the parties. I think I’ve apologize to everyone who deserved it too. 🙂

I miss not having a life.

December 15, 2003 by Tommy·0 Comments

So many great games out there. So little time to play. Lee tells me about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and how great it is, how I should play it; however, I’m pretty sure that I’ll never finish it.

On Saturday, tho, the Heavens and the Earth will collide in an EPIC moral battle beyond all expectations. No-Pants Santa’s gonna be there.

–SnoopyKiss wants somebody to love. Don’t you want somebody to love?

That’s me in the closet.

December 11, 2003 by Tommy·0 Comments

Too many things have happened since I’ve last posted for me to describe in any great length, so here’s the 5 minute ramblings:

Most of the Falgout Family came into town to visit. I even got Charles, my nephew, to come out dancing. I never knew I could have so much fun pimping out my own nephew for dancing. 🙂

Had Thanksgiving dinner with my family…at IHOP…at 9AM before they left for Cut Off.

Got stuffed into a closet. *snicker*

After two weeks of no returned calls from Brooke, finally heard from her on Thanksgiving day. We talked about what happened and how I didn’t hear from her in such a long while. She promised to call me…a few days later: still haven’t heard back from her.

I’m STOKED about the Naughty or Nice party coming up on the 20th. It’s just less than 2 weeks away and I’ve already got 40+ people confirmed. There’s gonna be prizes, a DJ, a Blues room and a visit from No-Pants Santa!

I finally took a non-Lindy Exchange trip! Goddess Kathy found me cheap-ass tickets to Denver which I could not pass up, so packed up some warm clothing and jumped my butt over to Colorado. It’s there that I met a whole bunch of Yehoodites I’d talked to before and most amazingly, Jen Hohnstein! Some might have heard my “First Kiss” story (aka, “Tommy, I’m so drunk I can’t find your mouth.”), well Jen was an instigator of that immortal night. After her Freshman year of Tulane, she dropped off the face of the Earth and I ran across her while dancing in Boulder! I even got to play with myself!

I got a new girlfriend. Long brown hair and blue eyes. I know that they care; because, it shows in my call log. His name’s Rob. 🙂 Sorry Christine, but I found him first! He knows how to make me do “Man Swivles.” (Just kidding mom!)

My Strong Bad CD came in…and I’m so glad the Cheat’s not dead.

What’s one to do when you’ve been living in your house for over 2 years and a package comes for the previous owners that got shipped back due to a Custom’s failure?