So far I have been to all of the "Major" Two Towers Parties, and a few of the smaller ones. The first real one, which began a trend for every 6 months, was the "1996/1996 New Years Eve" Party. Here is a bit about each of them 1996/1997 New Years Eve, Albuquerque, NM -> Scottsdale, AZ. Here was the first real party that I heard of with lots of people from all sorts of places. Aule, who had been going on a trip to the East, was on his way back and was going to arrive in time for New Years. I decided that it would be cool to talk Canther into coming down, and we could have a small party at my house for New Years. Alatar, who also lived in Albquerque, came over too. We had fun staying up all night, and the next day we decided (Aule, myself and Canther) to go to Phoenix to visit a group of "fine fellows" who lived there. Canther and I drove out together, and we got a little sleep that night. We arrived in Phoenix, and after waiting like 2 hours inside of a Target, we found out that everyone else was waiting out in the parking lot. :P Well, this was the first of many times that I met Fitz (ill have some embarassing pics/stories about him later). I also met Popovod, Mornen, Things, and Pepper there. All of us went out to Chili's, had fun, watched the "highlander", and stayed up all night playing games and stuff. It wasnt quite the party that took place other places, but it was still really fun to meet everyone. And here it was decided that a party should be held in California over the summer, since i was moving out there for College (which never actually happened, but the party sure did.) Probably the most memorable was the drive home though. 6 hours of sleep the last 3 days wasnt a very friendly factor for driving home. Canther went to sleep and I drove semi conscious back to Albquerque, while every hour waking up Canther to tell him that miniature golf nazguls were attacking the car. He wasnt too impressed. Summer of 1997, San Francisco, CA. Theres too many stories to really fit in here, but ill try to tell a few. Aule hosted this party, ill put up a few choice pics from it soon. From the guests i can remember, there was: *CANTHER*,Aule, Mandos, Manwe, Lily, Ulmo, Rathmar (me), Fitz, Mornen, Popovod, Flandaur, Kelthang, Elthor, Derex, Hanzu, Jimryl, Klouse,Meri, Jingles, Osse, Astrakan, Navaar, Ezekiel, Aelfwine :P, Elentari,Wanderer, Fenris, Phractal, and a few other people im sure. Among many events which transpired, Astrakan falling into a flower bed, Popovod and me having the "Great Drinking Contest I", and the homeless person's rejection of my jellybeans in San Fran. Ill go into detail on these at another time.. but it lasted about 4-5 days and was lots of fun. By the way, I beat Popovod in convincing fashon, who had some zany stories of his own, wandering about plastered beyond belief, making out with trees and such. New Years Eve, 1997/1998, Topeka, Kansas Oh, the even worse stories which sprung from this week. The most memorable night (at least for me, since its one of the few i can even remember) was the wacky escapades of New Years Eve. It all started at 11am when I started drinking some of the Captain Morgans over a game of Trivial Pursuit (as depicted below). Basically, in short, many of us began partying rather early, and the party didnt stop until about 6:30am when Kelthang and I had "The Great Drinking Contest II". This, which I barely won, resulted in Kelthang's puking all over himself, and the following day he was unconscious. I didnt puke until the next day, and then... boy did i puke. But before I passed out about half an hour after the contest, I "supposedly" went around, licking and biting people's shoes, claiming i was a horsey, extremely loudly. This party lasted about 8 days, and was 8 days of constant partying. January something, 1998, Las Cruces, NM This was a smaller party, consisting of myself, Zekk, Gully, Popovod, Mornen and Fjant. It lasted only a weekend, and basically had one night of partying, which resulted in Popovod peeing next to my door, Mornen puking on my bed, and Fjant spiking our beers with vodka. Fun Stuff, eh? I was cleaning for a few days after that one. Cinco De Mayo, 1998, Las Cruces, NM/Juarez, Mexico Well, many stories have leaked out from this one, but ill start you at the beginning. The first day started out with me and Gully going to the airport to get Gilgoroth. We brought him home with us and went out to eat at Chili's. When we returned, Gully went to her room to study for finals, and Gil and i basically hung out a bit, drank a little beer, and gil went to sleep (after we talked on the phone to uinen and aurora. gil had been up way too long) the next day, Canther, Elena, and Kelthang arrived around noon. We went and ate at the cafeteria, and Kel had some rancid meat. That night Elena convinced us how "Yukon Jack" would make us real men. So, we drank some more. I tried to drink a 40oz of mickeys after drinking various other liquors.. in 40 seconds. Well, that didnt fare as well. after about 30 oz's i got really sick and threw up. Then i came back and finished the bottle and went back to partying. That night, "apparently" kel logged on and called Aule "rudydawg" and was nuked. We werent really sure if he would be reinstated.. The next day was the big day. after lounging around and living with hangovers.. we went on the big trek. the trip to mexico. We got kind of lost on the way in, and ended up driving around residential parts of Juarez for way way too long. We ended up eating at a neighborhood restaurant and had the BEST meal i had that entire year. The five of us were totally stuffed, and had about 2 sodas each.. for 20 bucks. VERY good. we tipped the cook guy 5 bucks for being very cool and went off to find the parties. we cruised the streets of juarez for a while.. and went off on some strange road elena wanted to go on, which was not near any of the parties. eventually we wandered back to the party place and found a place called the 'kentucky' bar. there were like 40 people around 18-23 partying hard. Every other place ahd been DEAD. Kel and I went off to cruise the party scene to see if that was the only cool place, also we went and picked up some cuban cigars. After partying for about an hour, Kelthang and I were getting into the big partying group, which was really one big group apparently on a tour bus that went around and partied. As soon as we were talking to some of the really cool people (and the hot chicks), the group had to get back on the bus to go to their next destination.. at 10pm! Some of the people we were hanging out with us rebelled, but some Doogie Howser type punk was gonna play tattle tale, so they all left. And, after kel and i had 10 corona's and a few shots of tequila, we were bummed. After cruising the streets for another party, we were offered some cocaine and seemingly EVERY corner had a guy just standing there. it was really weird. Also, there was a cab guy everywhere too, wanting to take us to Pistol Petes or something, which seemed to vary in distance each time we asked. We ended up at the Yankee Club, and basically partied there for another 4 hours. Gil kind of.. heh.. well, had the hots for the waitress lady, so i had to do all sorts of translating. They didnt have corona at this bar, but they had dos equis. I have no idea how many of those we had. We met this dude, Jimmy. He was an oldish guy, but really cool. He spoke some english, and talked to Canther and Elena for awhile. He bought them some beers, too. I liked him, and since i was basically the best spanish speaker there, i had to translate for kelthang, since he didnt seem to understand that french and spanish are different languages. He didnt really understand a whole lot that night, after awhile. Kel and i smoked about 3 packs of cigarettes, for some reason we kept taking gil's. Well, after Gil tried to talk to this one whore, her pimp guy was trying to make kelthang buy him a beer so he didnt kick his ass. It was all confusing. Also, there was a guitarista there named Manny, who kelthang kept trying to sing and dance for him for 9 pesos (about a buck). I dont know if he ever really did it, but i bought manny a beer. The poor guy only wanted to play pool, and kel wanted him to dance. Then we met this other guy, who kel claims was named 'martin', but his name was Jaime. He was boring. He didnt want to talk, i think he lost his job or something. It was weird, the bar was empty until 2am, it totally filled up. then closed at 3am. While kel and i were smoking, a cockroach was on the bar, a small baby one. i smashed it and put it in the malboro wrapper. I turned my head and looked back and kel had a big grin on his face. I looked in the malboro wrapper. it was empty. i looked at gil and he was laughing his ass off. Kelthang ate a cockroach. a mexican cockroach. When we left the bar, we were approached by this guy. He took our picture, and Kel and i started to talk to him. He was telling us about how he was going to take over the southwestern united states and that we would be welcome in his country because he felt sorry for us. We got in the car and left. Canther stopped to get some gas, and i decided i needed to come in and help him. I walked over to the counter and banged my hands down on it 3 times and stared at the register guy. Canther paid and left, and dragged me with him. We got back to my dorm, and Kel started running towards the door. We ALL thought he would fall. He didnt, somehow. When we went inside, there was a bicycle chained to a tree. He got on it and started riding. Well, it was chained to a tree, and kelthang ended up breaking the chain. We went up to the second floor where my room was, and kel started running so he could fly off the rail.. elena had to grab him by his pants and yank him down so he didnt leap off to his death. The next day, canther and elena were leaving the following morning, so Kel and me and gil were the only ones drinking. Gil drank a good chunk of a bottle of stoliachnaya. Me him and kel started playing bond, and gil was running around in totally random directions. It was hilarious. Gil curled up and went to sleep when kel and i were looking the other direction. So ends the great mexican fiesta, relatively.
Above is a picture of me, Kelthang (the guy who is having the problem with keeping the beer from bottle-to-mouth) and Fjant (who beat the hell out of me in about 15 of those drink a warm beer as fast as you can contests. This is from the party in Kansas. Here's a list of the people who went there: Myself, Fitz, Fjant, Canther, Kelthang, Elena, Tirnor, Uinen, Miriel, Tirven, Eol, Ezekiel, Chewy, Azarael, Curuntar, and.. uhmm... i know a few more people. I just dont remember too much about that week......