Sleep is for the weak!

[squeequeg]

...and I am so weak...

Helped out with Williams Trivia this weekend. (For those who don't know about it and are too busy to follow the link, it's a huge contest run twice a year that attracts students, alumni, and innocent bystanders. It also runs from midnight Friday to eight o'clock Saturday morning.) I've helped to run Trivia in the past -- the prize for winning the contest is that you have to run it next time --but this time was a little different. Because I was volunteering to help out the running team, I could excuse myself from any big responsibility or from cat-herding duty, something that I'd always stressed about before. As it turned out, there was a surfeit of cat-herders, including sanj and ltlbird, the latter of whom seemed to go into organizational overdrive.

Highlights of the contest:
- The intro was based on the introduction to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was excellent, and ellen_fremedon read it perfectly. I'm hoping there's an mp3 of it out there somewhere.
- Feeling the caffeine start to kick in and as a result of said caffeine performing impromptu dance routines. When you swear off caffeine for a while, even a little of it goes far. Wheeeeeee!
- Scaring freshmen. But in a good way.
- A certain hirsute individual showing up outta nowhere and absolutely dominating the phones all night.
- Hearing about one of the skits (action bonuses) that was performed around three-ish. I'll never be able to read about Engorgement Charms in the same way again...
- Getting a call from thomascantor while I was working phones.
- Grooving to some of the good music that was played in the course of the contest, and cringing at other music. I don't remember hearing William Shatner, but there's a distinct possibility he was out there.
- Deciding that the entire phone staff was going to find ppaladin and kill him for his damn team name.

And then, of course, there are the things you only say in the context of Trivia:
"No, think orifices."
"The general consensus in the room is that you're a putz."
"How can they get 'homosexual necrophilia' straight off the bat but not know 'Put Down the Duckie'?"
"League of Nations? Is that a new band?"
"No, not leg hair."
"Obi-Wan never told you what happened to Deine Mutter."
"Uh...okay, the artist's first name is what the penitent man does before God." "Uh...Neil?" "Got it."
"I have to hang up on you now because everyone is laughing at me."

Comments

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Yay Trivia! It was so totally fun pinch-hitting for Deine Mutter with you. :-)

Also, those truffles you brought me? are totally amazing.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

I had a blast. I don't think I'll want to run again for a while, but it was great.

The truffles were from a shop in Watertown, but I believe they're actually Ghyslain (http://www.ghyslain.com/) chocolates. I find Ghyslain really cool because it's a Belgian chocolatier...in rural Indiana. There's very little that could make me move back there...but Ghyslain might be enough.

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

Ah, more reasons I should have gone to Williams.

[ltlbird.livejournal.com]

No need to go to Williams to enjoy Trivia. Over the years, many, many people not affiliated with the college have become addicted tot he contest. And now that technology has made playing from a distance feasible, just about anyone anywhere can play.

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[cmprince.livejournal.com]

I saw this article and thought you might enjoy it. It's not stealth, but space is pretty cool too.

Re: unrelated

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Muffins! In! Spaaaaace!