Ah, I lie. It's never quick.

Had a b-day dinner yesterday, a day early. Today is the actual day, but that would conflict with the Royal Rumble.

Anyway, it was dinner at Kama, an Indian place downtown.

I think I mis-planned slightly. I was under the assumption they'd be able to seat a dozen or so people adequately for my purposes (family & Friends get-together). I didn't realize there'd be twice that many there.

Organizationally, it didn't quite work, with my friends at one table & family at the next. I should have seated people so they were near someone they didn't know. That would have worked better.

As it was, the buffet was good. No butter chicken, unfortunately, but that was okay. Mighty Mike Marano, Realms comics editor emeritus and strapping young man, and his charming ladyfriend ordered off the ala carte menu, as did redeem147. pyat ended up getting Buffet.

Actual dinner quote!

pyat: This potatoe dish is poorly cooked. Part of it is warm, part of it is cold!
thebitterguy: you took the cold salad portion and the warm portion and mixed them together.
pyat:D'oh!

Overall, things went wonderfully. I was spoiled by the generosity of my friends. Since the majority of eaters did go Buffet, I didn't even get to buy a few appetizer trays. Feh.

I did get a Cortana figure, which was a bit of a high point.

A few guests were unable to make it due to family duties and illness, so I wish them speedy recovery/fast maturity.

Post dinner Karaoke was held at XO Karaoke on Bloor West.

I navigated Snra, redeem147 and YHB to 593 Bloor W., where we had a couple of mildly disturbing minutes trying to figure out where everyone was. I called mr_weasel to ask where they were, and they said they were upstairs. Upstairs? I replied? But the Karaoke establishment is on the ground floor. Hmm. Send Mr. Z outside, and we'll meet him.

We jog outside, where YHB realizes that XO Karaoke is actually at 693 Bloor W. Whoops. We were at BMB Music studio.

Whoops.

A quick shuttle up a few blocks got us to XO Karaoke. Apparently they hadn't processed the booking properly. After a few minutes of requisite obeisance from the host, we got our room. Damn. Let me tell you, while the system was shockingly good ([geek joke] I think the Karaoke Machine was a Nippon Tech hardpoint![/geek joke]), the room was tiny. 6-10 people? Perhaps your willowy Chinamen, sir! A husky Canuck stalwart such as myself is made of bulkier stuf!

And it had a black light painting taking up one wall, and a black light to activate it. Which did wonders for the sheer amount of lint my sweater left on my t-shirt.

Creighton made it to Karaoke; I'd spent some of the evening concerned for his health after I realized that the fire we'd heard about on the radio was actually at his building, but a quick phone call rid me of that worry.

Today, then, is time spent w/ Snra. and the Royal Rumble at Creighton's. I'll take Stunt C*cks for viewing pleasure. God, I love that movie. Comedy about porn? Delightful.