Sunday, May 6, 2007

Follow Up On The SoM Night

I had WAY too much fondue.

It was a wonderful time... great dinner, nice to be with some people I have known for ages, some I've known for a little while, and a few brand new ones. And the weather was cold, so it was the perfect night for a fondue. But I should have stopped a long time before I did.

I made it through most of the movie okay. How do you solve a problem like Maria, I am 16 going on 17, the puppet show, the drapes, wondering how old the baroness was... I was fine with all of that. But when the Nazis came into the picture, all that cheese started to get to me. I don't think I slept, but I did stretch out and rest my eyes a bit, which made the remainder of the movie even more pleasant. And, thanks to a kind friend on the way home, I had Christina Aguillera's "I Am Beautiful" to compete with "Do Re Mi" for the remainder of the night. How perfect!

Oh, and I had a friend ask this morning what costume I ended up going with. In the end, I choose the "guy who good-natured-ly mocks out Julie Andrews movies but is happy to be with friends and eating fondue". And it worked out well - I was able to stay in character all night.

Four sleeps until the Eurovision semi-finals!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a good time. I always had a problem combining Nazi's with singing... they just don't seem to add up.

Anyways, I have to admit my North-American-ness here--what's Eurovision?

Darryl said...

It's a competition of the worst pop music you'll ever here, decided by international telephone vote, and ridiculed by everyone who watches. It's wonderful. I wrote about it in another post, so if you just search on Eurovision in the search box at the top, you'll get the whole story...

AEP&J said...

Our song is awful this year - which is good - Vote Scooch!
Nothing more embarassing than an entry that takes it seriously, and these guys certainly don't do that..

Aaron said...

I have to admit, when I first read your post I thought you were referring to Nazis as “cheese.” Then I realized you meant the fondue. Then I figured you were probably being witty and meant both at once, and so I salute you.

Sorry I couldn't join you guys, but a gut full of fondue didn't seem a good way to run a race.

Maybe next time...

Darryl said...

A&E, do you know if it's being broadcast in English? Do the Swiss stations do it as bi-canal?

And Aaron, I will take full credit for being half as witty as you thought... I was all about the fondue, man.

And while I'm confessing, I hadn't finished much of AD when you sent me the email about missing the marathon, and I think I only got about 25% of the references you made. As I saw the rest, it made more sense, though.