The Love Show!

In an effort to make Game Night (TM) sound more appealing to Melissa's workies (who regularly host Wii-lympics and Wii-B-Q events), this invite was sent out a month in advance to announce the first-ever Wii-stock! Anna suggested the Guitar Hero echo on the righthand side, which I thought was very nice. What went down at this massive night, with a record tentative guest list of 16 freakin' people?


People came and went in shifts, but there were plenty of gamers around for the busting out of the promised Wii. Here, Melissa and Taylor show how cute they are when snuggled up on couches. It's a pretty familiar sight for anyone who went to college with us.


Steph got her Wii on, daring to go STRAPLESS. Crazy chick. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured. Murray makes his first of many photo appearance of the evening. It's become a bit of a running gag that my buddy appears in so many shots.

Murray Count: 1


Though Miller's glaring awkwardly at nothing in particular, more coverage of the gals on the couch. Murray's featured, once again...probably why I decided to snap a shot, anyway.

Murray Count: 2


Wit looks on as Joe prepares himself mentally, emotionally and spiritually for another frame of Wii Sports Bowling.


Josh eats the HELL outta' some 'za. The planned pizza establishment for the evening was closed, so we gluten-friendly partygoers enjoyed some Vito's pies. Pretty good, really. Josh, however, is eating his own special blend. Mmm...cheesy.


Mur's checking either Joe or Wit out. Either way...DING!

Murray Count: 3


Murray was way into sitting on the laps of those actually needing to stand up and bowl. Those of us not playing were ignored.

Murray Count: 4


The results from the second game of our Wii Sports Bowling Tournament...I won the first by a few pins, and Taylor dominated the second with her Southpaw Skillz (TM). She was Luigi. I was Mii.


When Wit can mock you for your sad, sad bowling score, you know it was a bad game. Here, he shames Josh.


Josh/Lasty is terribly ashamed, as he should be. Joe is looking at him with intense disdain, as he should be.


The final bowl-off of the Mini-Tournament pitted Taylor against me. She lost a bit of her lefty magic in our game, and I came out the winner. A good sport, she posed with me for a hot victory pic. I am the Sheriff of Bowling (TM).


Proud of my achievement, Murray hopped up to share his joy with the always-beaming Anna...who had arrived post-work to join in the Wii-stock fun!

Murray Count: 5


Bungee Buddies victory pose, featuring Joe and Josh! Sexytime!


As Anna scrambled to get a shot of that pose, I hopped around to get the ass-shot of their pose. Sorry, ladies...they're taken. By each other.


To prove we didn't just fake all this gaming, video was shot of Steph and me playing Bungee Buddies. Murray does make an appearance.

Murray Count: 6


Here's our victory pose! She's loud in that Wii-mote, man. My ears were decimated! A rock scream that would later fit in well when Guitar Hero II became the video game of choice...


A Josh and Anna victory pose, complete with Wit leering in the background. Hee hee.


Hey, Guitar Hero II time! As Wit and Steph rock the casbah, some fellow gamers embark on a game of Pirates! over at Game Central (TM). For more on that, check Joe's Game Table-centric entry, here!


Hey, Paula's here! She joined the fine, feathered friends for some swashbuckling on the high seas. And pizza. Arr.


Anna's famous Magic Schoolbus dessert treat! She's gamely - and adorably - serving them up after a re-chill in the fridge.


Taylor + Me + Rock = WICKED-HOT PHOTO OP!


The customary shot of Bailey. It was taken from between Josh's legs, upside-down. I totally didn't know that was the point and flipped it for this entry. Pretend it's upside-down. There will be NO Bailey Appearance Count.


Post-rock, Taylor and I stand back-to-back, our axes still smokin' from the blazing heat generated by our sweet, gamin' action.


How many weathergirls do you have at your nerdy gaming parties? Yeah, because I had TWO. Eat that. Forecast: HOT!


Yo ho ho. Josh be carefully navigatin' the murky, brown waters.


Josh can't stop the rock, and you can't stop his hair. Dig that machine gun bunny shirt! Straight outta' Wizard World. That's right, kids. Wizard World.


Wit and Tanzi gabbed it up hard in the kitchen for a while. Those two, always getting into mischief!


Molyneaux and Tony, rocking together?! Iiiiit happened!


It also happened from another angle!


Brogan unleashes her inner Rock Goddess during a duet with Paula.


Shadowy darkness engulfs the gaming going on behind them, as if the entire world has ceased to exist outside of the rock with which they are now one. (THAT'S poetry, folks. No charge.)


See how into it they are? And look at idiot me, watching like a goon. Brogan is SO buying this game. You can tell. Paula did after a Game Night (TM), and so will B. And it shall rock.


The afterglow of a song well-slaughtered. Ol' P & B...if only Josh were around to add a "J." Molyneaux's lady Bekah chilled out and enjoyed the show for a while...grabbing the axe once or twice, herself.


Damn, they kept a-rockin'! Can't stop it.


Homegirls be IN IT. This is Wii-stock, fool. Respect.


I so wasn't taking these, by the way. But their concert was well-covered, clearly. Here's an intense solo shot of P-$.


And a solo of Brogie. Note me doing that dorky fake-strumming I always do while other people are playing GH.


I left this one in because Tanzi and MaryEllen are looking on with great admiration at the specatcle of rockitude in the background.


Brogan should change her autograph card photo to this shot. It's awesome. Coffee had been deployed by this time, as mugs are showing up in photos. That was probably Taymil's, but she and Melissa had retired to the bedroom by this time. Poor, sleepy cute girls.


Wit and I jumped in for a few songs, next. As he prepared to head out for the night, we fired-up "Freebird."


Asses.


LOOK at that shot. We are GODS.


The sneer is hilarious.


Getting more and more intense as the massive guitar bit continues...would we make it through?


Co-op "Freebird" is tough, man. Look at the determination, though! That's precisely why we DID finish the ultimate rock anthem, in a truly epic close to Wit's night.


Murray was getting really tired and confused at all the activity by this time.

Murray Count: 7

I cut out three bad attempted shots of Murray, here. Two of the back/side of his fluffy head, one of Paula's arm and knee as she stooped to pet him.

Murray Count: 10


The night closed around 3:30AM as it often does, with a game of Joe's lovingly handcrafted card-based masterpiece, Talespin.


In the end, Anna won with a brilliant series of moves started off by a shocking attack using the much-maligned "Auto Aviator" card. 7's prevailed, and so did she! I swear, I had nothing to do with her win, either.

This was a successful and surprisingly fluid Game Night (TM), considering all the people slated to make appearances. A bunch of Melissa's workies couldn't make it, but the two who did were high-quality additions.

My workies were many and the gaming was fierce and fun.

Wii-stock 2007? Recognize.

Murray Percentage: 10/51 shots shown or mentioned