Wednesday, August 17, 2005
JRP's Stag In Calgary!
I have decided to break my usual 3 topic form for a blog post. I think that my best friend's stag party is deserving of it's very own section! I think there will be enough information to fill an entire blog. Just imagine if I could remember everything that actually happened that night! ;)
Saturday morning we dropped John off with Danphy. The boys were going paint balling in Cochrane. Heath has a torn MCL / ACL so no paint ball for him. We went shopping and tooled around Calgary for a while. I picked up a few things I needed to get and we killed some time. Everyone was heading back to Danphy's for the BBQ. We had some burgers and a keg to get through. It was a show and go party, and about 16 in total for the Stag. It was great to see some friends from Saskatoon, John's family, friends from work. It was a crowd for all parts of John's life. It was the makings of a great night.
Apparently the paint ball was a blast. Jaman had a huge red welt very visible on his head. It looked ouch. John had to run the gauntlet, he said his body just collapsed and the rest of the crew had their way with him. Sudzy didn't appreciate getting shot in the nuts by Curtis ... but we laughed at him anyways. It was an accident ... so says the man.
So we were all well fed, well thirsted, and entertained (*wink wink to the boys on that one*). Kudos to Danphy, Scott, and Curtis for organizing and leading the charge for the bachelor party! The party machine mobile picked us up and it was off to the Yardhouse. We had shirts made with a _GREAT_ picture of Johnny P. on the front. People were really digging the shirts at the bar. We had a bunch of drinks, sang a little song at the Yardhouse and it was already time to go again. There was an old style Texas showdown on the buss between Danphy and Alexis ... "No chicks on the bus ... but you can stay if you take your shirt off!". na na naaaaaaa na ... na na naaaaaaaa na .... hey hey hey ... good by! The next stop was the Mynt admist the wrestle mania that occurred on the bus. This is where the night really starts to get crazy. There were a few stagettes at the Mynt already, and when our crew showed up it got pretty insane. The rounds of shooters started coming out. We consumed an extreme amount of alcohol, danced with the ladies and hung with the boys. It was right before we left that I realized I did not have my cell phone anymore. I was worried.
Kristy the bus driver helped me find my phone on the bus when no one was there. She is a life saver. We were chillin on the bus and all of a sudden there were hot girls there too. Whomever managed that ... well done. As Scott said to me "All these girls that just got on the bus just bit off _way_ more than they can chew!". I would agree with that statement for one group as we really didn't see them after we got to the Whiskey. But the other group of girls I spent some time with. I promised them I would write about them and as promised :
Jesma : Jesma was one of the first girls I was talking too. Jesma is a rather unique name and we discussed that for some time. Apparently it is "James ... just all mixed up". Jesma is a geomatic engineer? The girls knew each other from school in Kingston (?) and they were just out for a girls nite reunion. Jesma and I were cutting it up on the dance floor, and she seems to be all about the hip hop and fiddy cent. Gorgeous, super smart (geomatic engineer remember?), funny and easy going. Plus the cool name is a bonus.
Rhonda : Rhonda and I got along absolutely fantastic. Of course we did ... we are both computer geeks. It turns out she is an Oracle DBA for Nexen. She works in UNIX all day long. I was in shock! It's not often I run into a girl uber geek ... who knows UNIX to boot!. Her favorite command is the "kill" command. Kill -9 Kill -9 she said. People just don't understand that you don't _kill_ the user ... you kill the process! Lets just say the we got ignored a few times when we got into the techy stuff. The groups eyes just rolled and we happily ignored them back. She is apparently quitting soon and moving to Italy. She's been taking Italian for 4 years and is heading over to find the next adventure in her life. I'd say that night was an adventure ... only here second time drinking so they tell me? Sexy DBAs are _awesome_!
Eleanor : Eleanor is a sexy sweet girl who flew in from L.A. Thank goodness for that because the night would have been incomplete without her there. I told here that her name is very elegant. And elegant is the word for Eleanor. It turns out she works for a record company in L.A. She is the "Director Of New Media". I personally think that is a SUPER COOL THING! How often do I get the chance to meet someone like that. James seemed to think she was pretty cool too. She was only in town for the weekend, and I think she may have moved her flight to later on Sunday (Saturday was a good time). She is a true blue Canadian though. She's been missing her poutine down in the states that's for sure! I promised here I would write about the night, and Eleanor is too awesome a girl to not follow through on your word.
Courtney : I fell in love with Courtney at the bar. Not the stalker kind of love ... the drunk smitten kind of love. She is a landscape designer who works for her dad in Edmonton. She is with BF which is too bad ... because she is the woman of my dreams. Totally sweet! Super Sexy! Smart, Easy Going. That seems to be the theme with all 4 of these close friends. Gee ... I wonder how lucky us guys were? We hit the jackpot with these ladies!!! Courtney also plays div 1 soccer, and was showing off her bruises ... which looked as ouch as Jaman's head from paint ball! She was very certain that her long trip back to Edmonton the next day would surely be interrupted while she was on the side of the road puking. Apparently this has happened before? It doesn't matter what she did ... nothing is knocking her off the pedestal.
By the end of the night this stag was completely de-railed. People were out of commission. Some managed to escape without telling anyone else. Some simply disappeared. Some exploded inside the bar, some outside, some both. We traveled to the Husky House (Gerry's) for some late night grub. Poutine was in order. We did have a few rowdy's ... high light's include : Danphy and Blair choking each other, Jaman arguing with the girls, Sudzy almost throwing a ketchup bottle at Curtis, Danphy climbing over the balcony and wandering around naked, Jaman braking the flower pot, people getting kicked out like 3 times. I've never seen an entire group's order canceled after it was in, and then kicked out ... but it happened to us!
A few of us sweet talked that staff with some coinage, and we stayed with the ladies. We got Eleanor's poutine ... We all got the grub, and now at 4:00 in the morning it was time to crash. After a whole weekend of like 3 hours sleep my body was shutting off. It has taken me until today to semi-recover from the best weekend I have had in many many years. As I said to John ... thank God you best friend only gets married once ... well 2-3 times tops ... cuz I don't think we would survive another one of your bachelor parties!
The next day was hangover central ... a group went to Joey Tomatoes ... we were the saddest looking crew you ever laid eyes on. Basically an embarrassment to all. We did not care however. Curtis apparently has some rather humorous 5 A.M. video. He injured himself while filming. After lunch John went to face the music with the new wife, the rest of us settled in for a day of poker, and cracking into the remaining keg. Some minor appearances from some crew, but after 9:00 on Sunday I had to shut it down. Heath made his flight, and he'll be back in 2 weeks for the wedding. I can't wait for that party.
Johnny P ... you are a good man! To Jesma, Rhonda, Eleanor & Courtney ... you are the most awesome girls ever! Jaman, Danphy, Scott ... best party in years. Heath ... buddy thanks for flyin in ... and to everyone else there ... see you in two weeks! ΒΆ 1:01:00 PM
Saturday morning we dropped John off with Danphy. The boys were going paint balling in Cochrane. Heath has a torn MCL / ACL so no paint ball for him. We went shopping and tooled around Calgary for a while. I picked up a few things I needed to get and we killed some time. Everyone was heading back to Danphy's for the BBQ. We had some burgers and a keg to get through. It was a show and go party, and about 16 in total for the Stag. It was great to see some friends from Saskatoon, John's family, friends from work. It was a crowd for all parts of John's life. It was the makings of a great night.
Apparently the paint ball was a blast. Jaman had a huge red welt very visible on his head. It looked ouch. John had to run the gauntlet, he said his body just collapsed and the rest of the crew had their way with him. Sudzy didn't appreciate getting shot in the nuts by Curtis ... but we laughed at him anyways. It was an accident ... so says the man.
So we were all well fed, well thirsted, and entertained (*wink wink to the boys on that one*). Kudos to Danphy, Scott, and Curtis for organizing and leading the charge for the bachelor party! The party machine mobile picked us up and it was off to the Yardhouse. We had shirts made with a _GREAT_ picture of Johnny P. on the front. People were really digging the shirts at the bar. We had a bunch of drinks, sang a little song at the Yardhouse and it was already time to go again. There was an old style Texas showdown on the buss between Danphy and Alexis ... "No chicks on the bus ... but you can stay if you take your shirt off!". na na naaaaaaa na ... na na naaaaaaaa na .... hey hey hey ... good by! The next stop was the Mynt admist the wrestle mania that occurred on the bus. This is where the night really starts to get crazy. There were a few stagettes at the Mynt already, and when our crew showed up it got pretty insane. The rounds of shooters started coming out. We consumed an extreme amount of alcohol, danced with the ladies and hung with the boys. It was right before we left that I realized I did not have my cell phone anymore. I was worried.
Kristy the bus driver helped me find my phone on the bus when no one was there. She is a life saver. We were chillin on the bus and all of a sudden there were hot girls there too. Whomever managed that ... well done. As Scott said to me "All these girls that just got on the bus just bit off _way_ more than they can chew!". I would agree with that statement for one group as we really didn't see them after we got to the Whiskey. But the other group of girls I spent some time with. I promised them I would write about them and as promised :
Jesma : Jesma was one of the first girls I was talking too. Jesma is a rather unique name and we discussed that for some time. Apparently it is "James ... just all mixed up". Jesma is a geomatic engineer? The girls knew each other from school in Kingston (?) and they were just out for a girls nite reunion. Jesma and I were cutting it up on the dance floor, and she seems to be all about the hip hop and fiddy cent. Gorgeous, super smart (geomatic engineer remember?), funny and easy going. Plus the cool name is a bonus.
Rhonda : Rhonda and I got along absolutely fantastic. Of course we did ... we are both computer geeks. It turns out she is an Oracle DBA for Nexen. She works in UNIX all day long. I was in shock! It's not often I run into a girl uber geek ... who knows UNIX to boot!. Her favorite command is the "kill" command. Kill -9 Kill -9 she said. People just don't understand that you don't _kill_ the user ... you kill the process! Lets just say the we got ignored a few times when we got into the techy stuff. The groups eyes just rolled and we happily ignored them back. She is apparently quitting soon and moving to Italy. She's been taking Italian for 4 years and is heading over to find the next adventure in her life. I'd say that night was an adventure ... only here second time drinking so they tell me? Sexy DBAs are _awesome_!
Eleanor : Eleanor is a sexy sweet girl who flew in from L.A. Thank goodness for that because the night would have been incomplete without her there. I told here that her name is very elegant. And elegant is the word for Eleanor. It turns out she works for a record company in L.A. She is the "Director Of New Media". I personally think that is a SUPER COOL THING! How often do I get the chance to meet someone like that. James seemed to think she was pretty cool too. She was only in town for the weekend, and I think she may have moved her flight to later on Sunday (Saturday was a good time). She is a true blue Canadian though. She's been missing her poutine down in the states that's for sure! I promised here I would write about the night, and Eleanor is too awesome a girl to not follow through on your word.
Courtney : I fell in love with Courtney at the bar. Not the stalker kind of love ... the drunk smitten kind of love. She is a landscape designer who works for her dad in Edmonton. She is with BF which is too bad ... because she is the woman of my dreams. Totally sweet! Super Sexy! Smart, Easy Going. That seems to be the theme with all 4 of these close friends. Gee ... I wonder how lucky us guys were? We hit the jackpot with these ladies!!! Courtney also plays div 1 soccer, and was showing off her bruises ... which looked as ouch as Jaman's head from paint ball! She was very certain that her long trip back to Edmonton the next day would surely be interrupted while she was on the side of the road puking. Apparently this has happened before? It doesn't matter what she did ... nothing is knocking her off the pedestal.
By the end of the night this stag was completely de-railed. People were out of commission. Some managed to escape without telling anyone else. Some simply disappeared. Some exploded inside the bar, some outside, some both. We traveled to the Husky House (Gerry's) for some late night grub. Poutine was in order. We did have a few rowdy's ... high light's include : Danphy and Blair choking each other, Jaman arguing with the girls, Sudzy almost throwing a ketchup bottle at Curtis, Danphy climbing over the balcony and wandering around naked, Jaman braking the flower pot, people getting kicked out like 3 times. I've never seen an entire group's order canceled after it was in, and then kicked out ... but it happened to us!
A few of us sweet talked that staff with some coinage, and we stayed with the ladies. We got Eleanor's poutine ... We all got the grub, and now at 4:00 in the morning it was time to crash. After a whole weekend of like 3 hours sleep my body was shutting off. It has taken me until today to semi-recover from the best weekend I have had in many many years. As I said to John ... thank God you best friend only gets married once ... well 2-3 times tops ... cuz I don't think we would survive another one of your bachelor parties!
The next day was hangover central ... a group went to Joey Tomatoes ... we were the saddest looking crew you ever laid eyes on. Basically an embarrassment to all. We did not care however. Curtis apparently has some rather humorous 5 A.M. video. He injured himself while filming. After lunch John went to face the music with the new wife, the rest of us settled in for a day of poker, and cracking into the remaining keg. Some minor appearances from some crew, but after 9:00 on Sunday I had to shut it down. Heath made his flight, and he'll be back in 2 weeks for the wedding. I can't wait for that party.
Johnny P ... you are a good man! To Jesma, Rhonda, Eleanor & Courtney ... you are the most awesome girls ever! Jaman, Danphy, Scott ... best party in years. Heath ... buddy thanks for flyin in ... and to everyone else there ... see you in two weeks! ΒΆ 1:01:00 PM
