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I had a dinner party tonight; in a way it was my first, since other ones have been for special occasions, such as the latke party last Hanukkah. It was also a chocolate fondue party; this was the inspiration for my venture. We had to have a chocolate fondue party because I have a fondue pot, and it hadn't yet been used. And more to the point, elemy is visiting, and the last chocolate fondue party we had was following her barbeque at the end of our last year.

The following people were present: elemy, girlwithjournal, dangferret, sschmitt, leech, nenar, dizzyditz, and grimhild, and lordelessar showed up later. I didn't intentionally invite all lj people... really....

So for food, I made pasta and pasta sauce. And focaccia, of course, because I value my life. The pasta was inspired by elemy seeing my pasta machine and saying ooh, have you ever used it, and do you know how to make pasta, and can we make pasta? to all of which I replied yes. So pasta happened, and fortunately came out. That's a 2 for 2 record. :) I also provided cheese (both leftovers from lunch yesterday and a couple more we picked up today). And then there was the fondue. Which really worked awfully well, I love my fondue pot. It's pretty, besides. The fruits for dipping were strawberries, bananas, kiwis, raspberries, mango, white and yellow peaches, dried apricots.... I think that was it. Wine... we had a zinfandel from Buena Vista, a pinot blanc from Valley of the Moon (picked these two up yesterday), and a red that dangferret brought, which was called Athena and had a very cool label accordingly.

Meeting lordelessar was fun, since I've obviously heard a fair amount about him (and saying his name makes dizzyditz bounce and squeal, which is also amusing). And the vaguely separate groups fused quite nicely, what with role-playing and math and things being overlapping interests in some areas, and chocolate fondue being a great equalizer of mankind.

All in all, definitely a success, but I think I should find more plates.

Yay!

Cor blimey, I taste like Tea. I am a subtle flavour, quiet and polite, gentle, almost ambient. My presence in crowds will often go unnoticed. Best not to spill me on your clothes though, I can leave a nasty stain. What Flavour Are You?

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I'm happy. I made three new Fluxx cards that please me very much! I decided I wanted to make a Goal called "Bread and Circuses," which meant I had to make a Keeper that was "The Circus." But I didn't want it to be only for a single Goal, so I made a second Goal called "Cirque du Soleil." elemy said she wanted to make an Elephant Keeper, so I said she should do that, and make a Tiger as well, and then have a Goal called The Zoo that was comprised of those two, and another Goal called "Eye of the Tiger." ;)

And while I was buying the blank Fluxx cards to make my extras, I bought a Chrononauts set, and that's an immensely fun game, too. I love the Looney Labs. :)

Heh. :)

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