yup, rereading the speech made me weepy again.

and I have pictures. (there are no pictues of me at the reception. so far ) Between tonight and tomorow I will be up loading them.

The NYCistas have finally landed! Many many thanks again to Drew & Kristin for a great weekend.

I'm home! Finally!

Still miss you all.

Yikes, that was a long road home.

Empress, I was particularly enamored of your sex-ay. I love your dress!

Thanks, Vortex! I borrowed it from a friend of mine who I pressured into buying it for the express purpose of being able to borrow it. Thankfully, it looks rockin' on both of us!!

You really looked fan-fucking-tastic in it. I'm probably still gushing because I'm thinking that it would look good on me too :) Where did you/she get it?

Macy's. It's a Jones New York dress, I think.

Macy's. It's a Jones New York dress, I think.

of course it is. no wonder I love it. I am JNY from head to toe today. well, jacket, shell, trousers.

And you would totally rock that dress. And it was SO COMFY. And had those neat bra strap holdy things in the straps of the dress.

Yes, the newlyweds were awful cute, but this has to be my favorite couple picture. [link] It was great to see Jon and FAQ wife. Also, adorable.

I am seriously blushing, Laura. You and Brendan are pretty darned cute yourselves.

So, my Pee-wee saga took an unexpected but wonderful turn. As I posted earlier, I left my tickets in Somerville, but after a surprisingly efficient call with Ticketmaster, they set me up with new tickets to be picked up at the Will Call window (those exorbitant service fees? My fault).

When we arrived at the theater, I asked a bouncer where the Will Call window was and he pointed me towards a makeshift desk with two people behind it. As I approached, I overheard the workers speaking to the few people in front of me. This was not for the Will-Calls, but was instead a place to get VIP wristbands for a Q&A with Paul Reubens after the show. I glanced down at the list of names in front of the workers and SAW MY NAME LISTED! OMGWTF!!!1!

I calmly gave them my name and asked if this was where I picked up my tickets. They pointed me towards the actual Will Call window, but told me to return with my tickets and they would then give me wristbands for the after-show event. And that's just what I did.

The show was great, and the Q&A, which lasted for well over an hour (nearly as long as the show itself) was fantastic. Reubens answered all the questions as himself, not as Pee-wee, and you really got a sense that he was being himself and not putting on an act. I wasn't as close to him as Scrappy said she was, but as there were only a couple hundred people in this "VIP" group, I was still pretty darned close.

But the question remained -- Why the hell was my name on the list? As best as I could tell, the after show Q&A was Reubens's way of making up for the fact that some people had been screwed over. Originally the show was supposed to take place late last year in a smaller venue. Shortly after tickets went on sale, it was moved to January to a bigger place. The thing was, some of the ticket buyers were from out of town and had already bought plane tickets, etc. If they wanted to see the show, they'd have to pay the airlines' rescheduling fees and possibly have other logistical hassles. In addition to this Q&A, they were also given first dibs on the new tickets when they went on sale. However, I was not one of those people! My only guess is that I "liked" or posted something on the Pee-wee Facebook fan page that got my name added.

The crazy thing is that had I not forgotten my tickets, I would not have needed to seek out the Will Call window and I'd have never known that I was on the VIP list. Sometimes, things just work out.