World on a Plate was a success Tuesday night, but it also managed to pretty well knock me on my ass for the rest of the week. I got behind in work for the first time this semester and was just plain exhausted most of the time. But it was worth it. After serving up all of our latkes and kugel we all pretty much collapsed onto the floor. I got to that point of drunken tiredness where you just start laughing and yelling and making sad camel noises as loud as you possibly can. I haven’t been to that point in a while.

Then post serving while others were cleaning up we had a small group drinking/bitching party which was awesome. It was so great to hang out with people in the rez that I never get to spend time with. We started off bitching about people who did nothing for World on a Plate and then moved on to hilarious dating stories and general events. Highlights of the night included the repeated use of the word “Bogina” to refer to the female genitalia, and the elevator makeout line “a lot can happen between the first and the fifteenth floor”, and the story about passing a kidney stone on Christmas eve at a Seventh Day Adventist mass, and how no one noticed she was screaming in pain because there were so many people screaming and crying and praising the Lord!

Twas an excellent night! And we made I think almost three thousand dollars to donate to the Stephen Lewis Aids foundation which is fabulous.

And I got my picture in the paper the next day along with six other people all in costume. My “Absolut Jew” shirt is right front and centre. The other shirts made included:

Tama’s front: Mad About Matzoh
Tama’s back: Kiss my knishe!

Jess’ front: Mazel Tov Bubelah!
Jess’ back: I’m not a Jew but I’m a big fan

My front: Absolut Jew
My back: Stop Kvetching!

Everyone loved them which made me feel good! So the night was a success! It just took me a damn long while to write about it!