Post #158917 by vintagegirl on Sat, May 14, 2005 4:37 PM

Good grief! Almost a week passes and I'm just now getting to post about Oasis 5. That's mainly because as soon as i got back I was hit by some crazy flu bug and I'm still recovering (I've pretty much lost my voice at this point from the subseqent laryngitis).

Anyway, I think this was the best time Atomic Cocktail and I have had (aside from encountering the "blond nazi" also known as "Ilsa-She-Wolf of the SS") HUGE thanks to Otto for still coming through (as if he wouldn't) despite all the crap I'm sure he had to deal with concerning the change of management. And Crazy Al and and crew for the AMAZING stage. All the volunteers for their selfless service. And all the great old friends and new folks for playing nice and having a great time.

Thanks to Dr. Z for his fabulous idea of the mini-crawl. Thanks to those who came to our little tasting of "the" Atomic Cocktail. While our hosting may have paled in comparison to the lavish presentation of Pup (I truly regret missing that one.) or the mass (great tasting) quantities of Kick the Reverb, it was still very fun and gives us even more ideas for next time.

It was also great to have Sven back in our midst and enjoyed seeing him bring back a little education to Oasis.

Got into HumuHumu's Release to the Wild a little late, but still found a couple of gems nonetheless. Thanks, Michele!

And thanks to my sweetie, Atomic Cocktail, for his help in "soiling" me for Friday night's costume contest. I still need to edit my photos and will post them as soon as I do.

We didn't have to leave as early as usual on Sunday and the Baxdogs lent us the hospitality of their room after having to check out of ours. Thanks Bax and Sara! By the way, congrats to Bax for his newfound health and fitness regime. (I'm really proud of you, big guy!) I think by this time next year he might be running for Mr. Universe or something. (Or he will at least beat the pants off of any of us in a race.)

Well, here's to hoping that there's a next year!

Someone at Oasis (their first time) said they didn't know if Oasis was as much a celebration of Tiki culture or could it be more an event of Internet culture? I thought that was an interesting observation.

[ Edited by: vintagegirl on 2005-05-14 17:03 ]