Oh Great! A Party!

Yes, into our second week of the run of our play, we all in desperate need of a party. Okay, maybe we didn’t need this party, but it was certainly appreciated. And Chris, the actor playing the somewhat villainous De Guiche in Cyrano, and his wife Val, graciously volunteered their lovely home for the our cast party.

I also picked this auspicious occasion to break out the new digital camera. But it’s a rather complicated little device, so one of the few pictures I managed to snap was of me in the bathroom, attempting to figure out how the aforementioned digital camera operates. About the time I had an idea of how to work the thing, we’d had passed that sacred barrier in ritualistic beer consumption, where it becomes impolite to take photos of said individuals, who have consumed unspecified amounts of the aforementioned beer. Besides, the deck was very dark and I still didn’t know how to work the flash.

As the evening wore on, I found that I was indeed in the company of like-minded, science fiction-slash-fantasy geeks, as conversation shifted from Red Dwarf, to Star Trek to arrive with a flourish to the subject of Dungeon and Dragons. But regrettably Dr. Who was completely ignored during the course of the evening, an egregious omission, for which I’d now like to express my deepest apologies.

In some small compensation, there was also extensive discussion around The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Plan 9 From Outer Space, the details of which must remain classified for now, due to reasons I’m not at liberty to mention in mixed company. (Sorry.) In any case, it seems I have yet to ascend to the lofty heights of Ultimate Nerdiness, because I’ve never actually played Dungeons and Dragons, or D&D, as it’s referred to in the such circles. But in my defense I have attended at least a couple of midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, though not in costume.

Damn! In my failure to don the appropriate attire, to be in the company of that fetching Transvestite of Transylvania, I find the mantle of Ultimate Nerdiness, still eludes me after all.

However, we had a very nice time and grew mellow with the onset of moon and stars. Chris and Val’s deck and yard made for a lovely spot with a little pond and lots of brush and tall trees. In the dark, their large soft shadows, were hemmed by a magical sea of fireflies floating about their branches. And with their special charms of light and flight, these dainty creatures, can transform any plain yard in the ordinary world of mortals, into some far distant, enchanted realm of fairies and dreams.

Yes, our ordinary world of mortals could certainly use more fireflies.