Yippee kay yay...

[luckycanuck]

"It used to be cool" night went very well.

I decided on Saturday morning that I would go as Officer John McClane from the Die Hard series.  There are very few characters that I could come as that have very short hair, but this one worked.  One theory that Die Hard was still cool and therefore my outfit was inappropriate was advanced, but I decided that it was still a valid idea because Die Hard was such a huge series that was so full of iconic action movie cliches that it can be mocked for its excesses even as it enjoys a mantle of retro coolness.  Plenty of things fall into similar categories.

I managed to get a workout in on Saturday afternoon.

YW: AMRAP 12 minutes - 5 80kg deadlifts, 15 hand release pushups (12 rounds +5 +3).  Finisher - 2 minutes for max situps (75), 2 minutes max 30kg tricep extentions (81), 2 minutes mac 30kg bicep curls (73).

I was really sore especially from all the pushups, but later on during the party I was called upon by MadAlex to do pushups as her way of explaining my inclination to spontaneously do pushups.  I did 50 in one set as they counted off, and later did some pushups on the sofa over the people who were sitting on it.  I don't know whose idea that was, but I was always going to take up that challenge.



My outfit turned out pretty well.


Note that I've even got bare feet at this point.  Just like in the movie.

We also recreated the scene where McClane puts down his gun after killing a guy to do the washing up.


This scene may have been cut from the version you saw.

Coffee Snob still came dressed as Agnetha from ABBA and she came with Scandinavian shortbread.  I'm so glad so many of my friends bake.



Cupcake Goddess also came as Cyndi Lauper in her goth phase.



MadAlex came as Britney Spears in her early years.


I'm not sure what I was doing in this shot.

The last time we had a housewarming Roxy was in a relationship and the rest of us were single.  Now I'm the only single one.  Helga is involved with the guy in the Mario outfit, and Alleluia has been with the guy photobombing this shot of me having a jelly shot (again, something that used ot be cool.)



Helga and MadAlex don't like him much, and in two weeks she will be moving to Cambodia.  He's going with her.  One of our mutual friends told me that someone has to intervene and tell her it's a bad idea.  I don't have especially strong feelings about him.  I've not warmed ot him like I have to Helga's guy.  (I've not warmed ot MadAlex's guy either who is sort of back with her after a breakup.)  But I really feel like it's not my place to say anything.  Alleluia is a grown woman and she can make her own decisions.  (Of course, Helga seems to question her ability to do so.)

People didn't stay as late as our last party, there weren't as many people (last time Roxy invited almost her whole program and this time she only invited about half of them.  By about 2:30am I was in bed.  I made it up the next morning with no hangover at all (Alleluia spent a lot of time over the toilet regretting the amount of alcohol she had consumed the night before.  I was absolutely exhausted though, and have not set foot off of the property all day.  I've also taken a couple of my prescription muscle relaxants and have been quite drowsy.  My neckstill has a stubborn crick and I've got a lot of soreness in the chest and core.

So today was spent mopping floors and loaning my car to Roxy as I was not going to be driving anywhere.  Chez Canuck is clean again.

Comments

[selfavowedgeek.livejournal.com]

Nice! Glad the party went over well. GREAT choice of costume, bub.

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

I only had to buy one thing... and then burn it.

[bakerypenguin.livejournal.com]

Costume looks absolutely AWESOME - well done!

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

Simple is good. The only drawback was that the kitchen had a scent of burnt cotton for a short while.

[yurusumaji.livejournal.com]

Alleluia's guy doesn't seem to understand the concept of "personal space".

The party looks fun, though! I think the John McClane get-up suits you. We actually just watched Red and Bruce Willis is such a good good guy who does bad things.

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

It was a good choice for me I think.

Alleluia's guy has been the subject of a fair amount of tension. There were tears on Satruday when one of her friends had a talk with her, and she left early on Sunday to get over her hangover at his place. Helga reckons he's very controlling.