You guys are sooo going to hate this. I am temporarily reviving this. Since I'm not jumping yet...I was thinking about Rantoul, again...
* Thanks to Michael (WFFC) for picking me up at the airport, giving me a tour of the grounds and introducing me to friends and people whom I'd be working with (some of whom I knew already ~ Lew & Ed...lol!) All, including Eric (Phree), Chango, Lew, Ed, etc., were very cool to be around & worked hard at their jobs!
* Loved meeting & hanging w/Melissa (Misslmperfect), my roomie, & getting my first of many huge and heartfelt hugs from her...before ever getting to the convention... Thank you so much for driving me around on the golf carts when I was taking ground pics & driving me in your car from our hotel room to the convention every day! Cool deal, girl...
*The first day, Melissa and I were in the golf cart taking pics, and we stopped when Katie called out my name. Suddenly, the golf cart was surrounded by DZ.commers! They came out of nowhere...and were all suddenly in the same place at once...very freaky...and funny as hell...
* Sunny, Arthur (Viking), Ed (Cajones), Katie, Alana, Lisa (Mouth), Jef (Cocheese) gave me some of the first & best truly warm & heartfelt hugs...and the list of amazing hugs warmth received from others kept going...and going
* Adored meeting and hanging out with the mostly Sebastian crew! Wendy (BendyWendy) is a wonderful and very beautiful lady. I so LOVED hanging w/ her, as well as, hanging out w/ my new friend Mike (Todd) and his cool, little group of friends Dave (Brown ~ first person to lift me on top of the bar), Scott (Meeker ~ not from Sebastian?) and many others whom I forget names of, but they were VERY cool...gave me rides, had lunch/dinner w/, partied w/, etc.
* Kudos to Frankenass, who showed me his scars (among other things...ooops...) right away when asked to by Dave B., which I found to be quite interesting! He was a very cool & fun guy to hang w/...hope to meet up w/ him, again!
* Thanks to Scott (LouDiamond) for giving me my one and only Hellfish tattoo in a respectable place...you do have a strong tongue, though...
Hey, he also picked me up (literally) and slung me over his shoulders at one point to speed up the walking...wth Scott? When, oh when will the drunk pics be posted? (nervous laughter)
* Had tons of fun, although didn't spend much time w/ Jef (Cocheese) He did supply a golfcart (a couple of times), walkie-talkie, friendship & checked up on me to make sure that I was doing ok! He was quite a nice guy...thanks again, Jef!
* Was awesome seeing old DZ.com friends...Sangiro, Alana, Betsy, Katie, Chuckie (Skymonkeyone), LouD, Sunny, Billvon, Amy, Tammi (Carbonezone), Diablopilot, GFD, Trent, Mouth, Dagimp, Nightjumper, Chasingbluesky, Clay (freeflir29), Heather (hmatousek), Viking, Lewmonst, Cajones, Sunnydee123 & BF, Bettina (BKdice), Jmfreefly, Bytch, Airmail, Wingnut, etc.
* & was awesome meeting new friends Vallerina, BendyWendy, Misslmperfect, Streaker, Fast, Phreezone, Daizey, RevJim, Chrissay, Cocheese, EricaH, Kris, bch7773, Bolas, Eener, Indyz, Zeemax, Ivanrockon, Kelel01, Kramer, Mirochristie, Moodyskydiver, RoadRash, Aprilcat, Weegegirl, WFFC and MANY friends who don't post...you know who you are (if you are lurking!)
* Some DZ.commers I would have liked to have spent more quality time with...HH, Val, Erica, Clay, Betsy, Heather, Alana, Bettina, Wendy, Sunny and many, many others...
* Enjoyed finding out that no flash is required & a happy smile can also easily acquire tons of Mardi Gras beads...as well as, cajun hats, hawaiin leis, hellfish stickers, jello shots, coctails, rides, food, good company, forever friends...and tons of fun!
* Airspeed guys & Eliana always make me feel happy & at home whenever I see them! Thank you for the love...the warm hugs, kisses & chats. I even spent a little while hanging w/ a couple of them who were sick & had grounded themselves...we watched the jumping & fun from inside their van...poor guys!
* Don Kirlin turned out to be a very cool guy! He always offered to give rides in his golf cart whenever he ran into me on the grounds & wasn't above coming over & chatting me up at night, along w/ the rest of the Rantoul gang! Cool guy ~ thank you, Don, for throwing a fun party!!!
* HH is the man! If it wasn't for him...I would never have felt as happy and welcome as I did. I loved being around HH's happy energy & admire him so much... Furthermore, my respect for him has absolutely nothing to do w/ this website! Love ya, HH ~ my cane is waiting for you...