Us as we flee from the Ice Storm. ROAD TRIP!
First night in Nashville, visiting Elvis and Eric:
Check out Gary the next night as he tried very hard to be disappointed in the Presidential suite, including:
...the Presidential bed:
...the Presidential flat screen:
...the Presidential bar:
... the Presidential shower:
...the Presidential hot tub:
...and the Presdiential dining room:
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And if you want proof that this was the Presidential Suite, check out this photo:
Yes. If you note, the upper right tells me I'm on CNN Headline News, yet I was watching Sean Hannity on FOX. I spent a good three minutes trying to figure out why I kept menuing to CNN but I kept seeing FOX. Then, of course, I realized, it's the Presidential Suite. So I had dirty dirty defiant sex just to spite George W. Bush.
Then as we embarked, the band had a nice surprise for everyone:
Notice how everyone else looks great and hot and I am upping the chin count to three? This is what happens when I am surrounded by real-life rock stars and I try to act cool and not smile.
And yeah, you would think if they want to express to passengers how important it is for everyone on a floor to meet in one area if there is a fire, they could do a better job than this graphic:
That graphic says to me "Families wait here to be attacked by random strangers."
Lovely shots of stringrays and the beach:
So you may say, where are the photos of concerts? Well, here you go, this is the Guster - sorry, Trippin Balls concert that had me laughing:
Right before the BNL drummer kills the big yellow chicken:
Somehow I had enough wits to take a photo at the second Vanity Project concert:
You know how on every vacation, usually right before the end, you have that vacation realization moment? This was mine:
That's my giant head on the right, and I'm lounging on a deckchair, listening to Guster playing on the other side of that blue pole, rocking back and forth with the waves.
Oh, and this is everyone naked:
And this is just us:
Disappointed Gary makes me laugh and laugh. I love that he looks like a cut-out just propped up around different parts of the suite. HA.
What's wrong with the left arm of the little girl in that warning sign? Is it broken and, like, in a sling? And I love that the little boy is shaped like Spongebob.
Finally, you are TOTALLY showing some pixellated cleavage, which, by the way, is going to be the name of my next new band.
Pixellated Cleavage in '07!
Posted by: Catherine | January 23, 2007 at 02:59 AM
These pictures are awesome.
How come some look like they're from the past? All fuzzy and old-timey. Meanwhile, Gary pointing and looking down, all so so fantastic.
Posted by: melati | January 23, 2007 at 01:17 PM
Catherine - And don't forget their cover band, Pixellated Camisoles.
Melati - "Gary pointing an looking down" - do you mean in the naked photo? I think I can even see his eyes squinched up really hard so he doesn't see anything.
His parents are still on him about being naked. "God CAN STILL SEE YOU in the middle of the ocean!"
Posted by: TheQueen | January 23, 2007 at 02:20 PM
This was so funny. You sure crammed a lot of fun into this post. The cut-out Gary poster, the All Fox Television Feed, the assembly poster, the naked mob. In the dining room photo, is that Weird Al Yankovic on the telly?
Posted by: TasterSpoon | January 23, 2007 at 08:15 PM
No, that was some movie that involved an evil clown with a rainbow wig. Shudder.
Posted by: TheQueen | January 23, 2007 at 08:44 PM
Looks like you had hella fun!
Posted by: KC | January 25, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Your husband is so cute for a conservative. He really needs to come to the dark side...
Posted by: Brenda | January 31, 2007 at 12:58 AM
I am embarrassed to say that I don't remember meeting you and yet you clearly know who I am. Unless that isn't your copy of the picture? But how would that make sense?
Posted by: Rena | March 04, 2007 at 01:43 PM
Hah! It is my copy, Rena, and I met you TWICE. Once at the launch party, you in your baRENAked ladies t-shirt, and at the elevator. There were several of us and we dicussed our pubic hairstyles, and how uplifted arms will give you perky boobs.
I'm sure you are confused by the photos: most photos posted here are from long ago or go through a careful quality control process to make me appear unnaturally thin.
Posted by: TheQueen | March 04, 2007 at 02:01 PM
See how well perky boob works? Andrea, the girl next to me in the photo, is 19 and her boobs don't look a whole lot higher than mine. At 19 I passed the pencil test. Now I fail the dictionary test.
As for not recognizing you, it's probably the photo thing. Gary looks familiar, but the only recent photo of you on here (not counting naked photo, because really, who looks at faces?) is the embarkation photo, which I doubt is a good representation of you. I don't remember seeing anyone on the cruise not smiling. Post a picture of you smiling and I'll probably recognize you immediately.
By the way, I followed the link from the S&D board and I'm bookmarking you then going back to read from the beginning. I am really enjoying your blog.
Posted by: Rena | March 04, 2007 at 02:11 PM
Hmmm ... I delude myslef that the About photo is a good photo of me, but given that my Mom has said "That is such a good photo of you" makes me think it's unrecognizably good.
How about ...
http://mocklog.typepad.com/queen_mediocretia/2007/01/an_unretouched_.html
...well, expect I cheated and cropped off my double chin. Maybe...
http://mocklog.typepad.com/queen_mediocretia/2006/11/why_i_hate_hall.html
(Plus, I just asked Gary and he remembers you. Bear in mind, you are a STAR in OUR minds. Front row center! No wonder you don't remember little old us.)
(And at the elevator I complimented you on your message board comment regarding the "uncover charge" for the naked photo. Then now that I think of it it was Yay4BNL I had the pubic conversation with. Don't remember? Still? Sigh. That's okay... )
Posted by: TheQueen | March 04, 2007 at 03:02 PM
Oh, yes. NOW I remember you! (I have a situational memory. I don't remember faces or locations, but reminders about conversations or events will almost always trigger my memory) I was very flattered by the "uncover charge" compliment and I remember thinking how smart and astute you were. No one else got that joke. You started the pubic hair conversation with Yay4BNL, but I jumped in because I'm an attention slut.
I was genuinely surprised that people recognized me so easily. I always forget that other people recognize faces better than I do. It was startling when strangers would come up to me and say "You're so brave!", but the one that really made me blush was when Steve autographed my copy of the photo with "Nice to see you, Rena. Really".
Posted by: Rena | March 04, 2007 at 04:02 PM
I snort in amusement! That is priceless.
Posted by: TheQueen | March 05, 2007 at 11:15 AM
I have been reading archives since CasaChristy recently linked you and when I saw mentions of a cruise I became filled with trepidation. And yes, it's true. You're some of the damned lucky ones who went on The Cruise. I seethe with jealousy. I would say I hope it was wonderful, but there's no way it could have been anything other.
Posted by: rev_matt_y | March 28, 2007 at 03:18 PM
rev matt: I'm another fan of the Queen, and thought I'd let you know that it's not too late to get in on the next BNL cruise.
Posted by: Melissa | March 28, 2007 at 06:31 PM
rev_matt - What Melissa says is true! I understand many rooms are still available.
http://www.ShipsnDip.com
Posted by: TheQueen | March 28, 2007 at 09:53 PM