Here We Are Now

My Dear Princess and Dear Fellow,

Left to right: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Kurt Cobain*, Amy Winehouse and Leonard Cohen.

It was Corrie's 30th birthday party today! She had organised a birthday party with the theme of "music artists". But there was some confusion because she mentioned it was for "90's babies".

So I assumed it was for 90's singers and bands. Hence: Kurt Cobain. I was also toying with the idea of Keith from The Prodigy but it was too late, Caro had ordered the wig.

Manda and Jefe were supposed to be Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison but then - for reasons I didn't follow - they became Cheech and Chong instead. Manda was not happy.

"People are going to think I'm Super Mario," she complained, playing with her dodgy moustache and fashioning a huge doobie out of paper towels. 

"Chill maaaaaaaaaaan," said Jefe, getting into character. 

The four of us had booked a hotel in the centre of Wellington for the occasion. Just in case it ran late and got messy. Mo rocked up as Leonard (complete with hat and cane) and then Ellie (Gwen Stefani) and Shenée (Laura Dern from Jurassic Park) turned up.

"Well, Jurassic Park is 90's," explained  Shenée. 

Oh never mind.

Ellie and Manda got to work on "Amy's" tattoos and did amazing work! (See the extras). For my part, I bought Amy some cigarettes which ended up being stolen and smoked by Jefe. 

At the party, Corrie looked BEAUTIFUL as Selina Quintanilla and we all had to have pictures with her. There was beer pong and a bar and a dance floor and....

"Edibles?" asked Corrie, handing out gummies.

She's so naughty. So a few beers and a couple of edibles later, I was quite happy. 

"You were VIBIN'," Caro said. 

I may have played Beer Pong** and danced to "The Thong Song" with Shenée. I may have given a speech for Corrie. 

And then it was midnight and time for Amy, Kurt, Tommy and Cheech to go back to our hotel. I put a Netflix true crime documentary on the tv and immediately fell asleep. 

With the lights out, it's less dangerous.

S.

* If he had lived and discovered he liked eating pies.
** Badly. But every time I sunk a ball I made sure to take a victory lap with lots of pointing and dancing. It wasn't in the least obnoxious.