Jiggity-jig.

[thehefner]

Back.

The arrival is bittersweet, timed with something deeply upsetting waiting for me at home. I'll just say it's pet-related and leave it at that for now. So I'm gonna be a bit of a wreck for the next couple days, but like I say, it's bittersweet because it's really, really good to be home. I can't wait to meet up with everyone, particularly the Rudes at THE SPANISH TRAGEDY. Hope y'all don't mind if I commandeer the cast party for my own homecoming purposes. Really, seeing folks is exactly what I need right now.

And, of course, there will be stories. Oh yes, there will be stories.

More later. Now, I need absinthe. It's a moral imperative.

Comments

[fragmentedsky.livejournal.com]

Welcome home.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Glad to be back! We must hang and discuss comics!

[fragmentedsky.livejournal.com]

We must. You were missed, and any distraction is good distraction. Probably for very similar reasons as to why you want Absinthe.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

If your recent post is any indication, then yes. Cat rather than dog, but yes. Especially as of tomorrow, any distraction will be a good distraction. Dinner, movie, or maybe best of all, hijack Carlen's Wii.

[scampster4.livejournal.com]

Hey, Carlen is all for that. Abby was supposed to come over here in prep for tomorrow's festivities anyways. You two call me if there are hugs/video games needed. Also, Carlen has to note that she now has a PS3 as well. So. Good plan. I've been told I'm very distracting.

And welcome home, dude.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

That may be exactly what I need. I'll let you/her know later in the afternoon. Thankya.

[recalcitranttoy.livejournal.com]

Yes, welcome home and very sorry about the pet issue

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Thankya on both counts.

[darkestnova.livejournal.com]

Glad you made it. We were afraid we were going to have to go mount a rescue if them Georgia boys took a likin' to your purty mouth.

Come back in this direction if you want to get petted and fed!

We...don't have absinthe. Almost got some yesterday, but we decided on the moonshine instead.

Best wishes!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I decided, hm, maybe driving through the DELIVERANCE woods at night and then finding a place to sleep in the car wouldn't be such a hot idea.

Man, if I had the time, I so would. Keep our mad plan in mind, if'n you're still up for it once you've had time to get sane. I don't trust that certificate in your icon.

You chose moonshine... over absinthe? Oh my dear sweet girl, fail.

[darkestnova.livejournal.com]

It was a financial decision. $75 absinthe...$10 jug of corn liquor...I'm too cheap to have done it any other way. Besides, it reminds me of my grandfather. But I've declared that I want the absinthe for my birthday. That and the really good scotch. Got any plans for October?

And don't worry, I don't plan to go any more sane than I already am. I like reality at just this distance from--it took me this long to look at your icon, and now I want to take a flying leap at you.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

If the goal is pure drunkenness, who am I to say otherwise? Besides, if you've never had absinthe (have you?), chances are good that you'd hate it, as half the people I know hate it upon tasting. If you do get it and hate it, happily will I take it off your hands. But please, please keep the corn liquor. My god.

As for October, I was planning on either being in L.A. or road-tripping back to DC via the North, so either way, I dunno if I'd be able to make it to Tuscaloosa again. However, if you're still insane over the summer, we may have to pull a makeshift party in Indianapolis or Vancouver or wherever.

[bitemetechie.livejournal.com]

She's from the south, what more do we expect from her? I went along with it because I was curious about proper rotgut.

I am not curious anymore. In fact, I may swear off curiosity from here out.

But she's right, you would be petted and fed. You know you want to come back. Admit it, darlin', you've missed us since the very moment you set foot out the door. Can you really go until May without seeing us? Reeeeally?

(And for the record, to allay any lingering fears that we'll pull out: the mad plan is not all that mad, not by our standards. We're absolutely on board. You officially have a pair of sexy, sexy henchgirls. There should be costumes...or at the very least, domino masks.)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

We'll have to edjumacate her with our elitist snobbery ways.

More to the point, will you both be able to go so long without seeing ME? Weeeeeee have the EXORCIST steeeeeeps...!

[bitemetechie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure Captain can go that long. Admittedly, I'm the one who's been moping the most.

(I admit this only because she's standing over my shoulder and lying outright would make her smack me.)

Besides, Captain has work and couldn't accompany me. Last I checked, Quiz and Query are a package deal. If I went alone, I'd have to be the Harley, 'cause she's the only character I share any similarities with. Don't make me be the Harley!

[darkestnova.livejournal.com]

Psht, smegheads, the both of ya. One of us knows good wine, you know. The other won't touch the stuff unless it's pink. I'm not saying which is which.

Besides, Ops, you are the Harley. Otherwise my being Ivy wouldn't make much since. Though as Quiz and Query, we'd both be getting some...and I do loves me some Riddler...

Meh, call yourself Catwoman and be done with it. You know you want to prance around in leather with a whip.

(Think we've got the man's attention yet?)

[bitemetechie.livejournal.com]

Hey, hey, hey, pink is a perfectly acceptable flavor. It's one of the tastiest colors, I'll have you know, right up there with red and blue.

Your being Ivy makes perfect sense, you don't likey ze boyzes for more than three days at a time...so I guess that does, in fact, make me the Harley by default. God damn it.

And hey, did we ever actually decide to share him, Quiz? 'Cause if we didn't come to an official agreement, then I'm gonna have to go all Amok Time on your ass. Then again, I might do that anyway. You know me: jealous type.

(I love the fact that we're pretty much having this conversation for his benefit, since we can just, you know, turn to each other and speak. I also love the fact that we're in essence whispering conspiratorially to each other in plain view. Like the parentheses make these little notes invisible to boy-eyes.)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Really, that's the thing I absolutely love about you two: I can just sit back and watch things like this unfold. It's quite delightful.

[bitemetechie.livejournal.com]

Soon enough, we'll be bickering/bantering back and forth too, you know. It's just a matter of finding that seemingly elusive old-married-couple rhythm and falling into it. It'll happen. Then Captain will tease us even more.

[darkestnova.livejournal.com]

Pink is not a flavor.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

What about purple? Purple's a fruit!

[darkestnova.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose plum is a fruit. Mmm, plum wine.

I yelled at Mr. Rogers as a child...or maybe it was someone on Sesame Street...anyway, he was giving clues for the word "orange," and he said, "It's the only color that's also a fruit. Oh, come on, have you ever heard of a purple?" And I yelled at the TV, "Plum, you stupid!" And I shook my plum crayon threateningly. I was three. I miss my off-brand crayons.

[bitemetechie.livejournal.com]

You...you missed the reference. For goodness sake, he practically gift wrapped it for you with a thematically relevant icon and everything!

...

I just don't know you anymore, Captain.

Also, ick plum wine. Never again.

[tazira.livejournal.com]

Welcome home! Good to have you back. I'm sorry for pet-related sadness. Have you gotten your hands on the Obama Spiderman comic? If so, I'm going to have to grill you for details...

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I have not gotten the actual physical comic, as I have not been to a comic store for a few weeks. However! You can read the whole thing here:

http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6987878.html

Welcome back, man...

[american-arcane.livejournal.com]

Will definitely catch you sometime soon... probably the end of show cast party (if not sooner) or something if all goes according to plan.

Glad to have you back in town for a bit.

Re: Welcome back, man...

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Grand! We absolutely must. If nothing else, I'll see you there hopefully, but keep me posted if you have any mad/brilliant ideas!

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

Welcome back.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Glad to be back. I reckon I'll be seeing you at the cast party? If not sooner?

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

If someone tells me when the aforementioned cast party is, most definitely. I like the idea of "sooner", too.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

As do I. What's this week look like for you? I'm pretty open right now and am just formulating stuff.

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

I normally work until 5-6ish. On Thursdays I have a standing commitment (rehearsal for my dance troupe). This Friday we're thinking of seeing the Spanish. Other than that, my schedule is open-like.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Mmmmaybe tomorrow evening, then? Dinner, perhaps? Or just hanging out at your place or something. Whereabouts are you? I'm in the Bethesda area.

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

I'm in Columbia. And either of those sound good, so why don't you come over here, and we'll figure it out as we go. Directions will be e-mailed.