Like Studio 54 for Tots
Saturday, August 30, 2008 The following post has been sponsored by the BusyDad in 09 Calendar Coalition. With less than 2 voting days remaining, I'm still in the race. Thanks to all who voted for me, and mega thanks to those who have campaigned for me on their own blogs. The latest pimpage comes from a couple of bloggers whom I did not even know prior to the contest. Crazy cool, that. They deserve to be outed here:
Lisa from Sunny Spring Bliss explains why she thinks I should be one of the lucky 12. She's quite the foodie, which means she obviously has good taste.
Burn from Burned, Broken, But Still Awesome posted quite a compelling call to action on his blog. He thinks humor and an unspecified je ne sais quoi make me hot. Ain't nothing wrong with that. I'll be the first to admit that I get way more attention from boys than girls.
And of course, there's one more campaign ad:
If that doesn't win your vote, I have nothing left.
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And now back to our scheduled programming...
A few months ago, Fury and I attended the birthday party of d Wife's favorite kid in the world besides Fury. Remember this kid from our Disneyworld trip? His name is Jack. I don't think anyone will ever forget that party. It wasn't the fact that they rented out a cool children's museum. It wasn't that fact that the food was superb (tenderloin at a birthday party?). It wasn't even the fact that the caterers snuck Newcastle into the facility just for me.
It was the trough. Filled to the rim. With sugar.
I got your Bouncing Powder right here.
Remember that last scene from Scarface?
Is that pure Jamaican laced with Cinnamon? Move over, kiddos!
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Reader Comments (23)
Sugar. Trough? Like for reals? Do those parents hate all the other parents? I dont get it. HAHA
At my next party, I'm going to fill a trough with all different kinds of booze filled shot glasses. That'll trump that sugar trough.
(That last pic kinda explains your je ne sais quoi.)(I'll leave it at that.)(Hi d mom!)(Sorry Jim heh)
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[BusyDad] I hope you're not talking about SBJ's 8th b-day party! I mean, I'd like it, but that's me...
Ok, you gotta stop rolling out the fabulous calls for votes - people are going to start saying "Barack who?".
And what's up with the birthday party with the sugar trough, tenderloin, and Newcastle? Are you friends with Hollywood types and you didn't tell us?
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[BusyDad] I could just say yes and bask in perceived coolness, couldn't I? hmmm
I am starting to feel like a superdelegate. I respect your appeal for votes, but I need wooing! bribery! swag!
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[BusyDad] Ummm... a calendar hopefully?
I am in the process of organising my kids birthday parties. Dude. A trough of sugar? That will get me kicked of the PTA. Hang on. I already have.
Bring on the sugar baby!
And lookin hawt in that clip.
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[BusyDad] Haha I was thinking about joining and getting kicked out of the PTA this year too. How was it?
FAO Schwartz, eh? Tip for the future - aim lower. Like um, Brooklyn.
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[BusyDad] I used that already to get him to eat his vegetables. I needed an A game bribe.
Dude, I already voted for you! So now I can hate on you for being able to stuff the trough. I gained a couple of pounds just looking at that shot!
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[BusyDad] You don't see my gut in those pictures. That's on purpose...
Hi, came over from Burned, Broken, But Still Awesome...
Did anyone else get The Talking Heads immediately stuck in their head after seeing all that sugar?
"O--h, O--h, she's my neighbour
Fill my cup, I'll bet you baby
She could fill it up
She put the sugar on my tongue
she's gonna gimme gimme gimme some"...No? Just me? Good chat.
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[BusyDad] Probably everyone who read this comment. Now I have to find that song so it goes OUT of my head.
A trough filled with sugar.
Sugar!
I think one of my teeth just fell out of its socket. I can't even begin to imagine the pandemonium of toddlers feeding on a sugar-filled trough. Wait no, I can. Toddlers = electrons. Party Venue = Ultra Large Particle Accelerator Chamber. Sugar = smashing of electrons to simulate the Big Bang. LOL
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[BusyDad] Let me just say the parents were thankful that there was an outdoor play area, with bikes and a track - a mini reactor if you will.
SUGAR? PURE SUGAR?
Wow.
And that video is so stinking cute! Love it!
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[BusyDad] Thanks Natalie :) YES, it was filled with the good stuff. Laced with cinnamon. My favorite.
That video totally cracked me up!
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[BusyDad] Then Fury did his job :)
Sugar and shovels!!?? Was there at least a sleepover so all those sucrose-wired kids could be corraled in one place. Ping, ping, ping.
(good luck in the voting, you got my vote!)
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[BusyDad] Nope - but at least there was beer so the parents could deal!
OK - just to clarify, so people don't think I'm completely nuts to offer a vat of sugar to kids at a party: the sugar trough concept turned out a bit differently than imagined. Before the kids (and Jim) attacked it, here's what the idea was: the cinnamon sugar was supposed to be "sand" with toy bugs and worms hidden in it. The birthday cakes were on platforms in the trough, after the cakes were removed, the kids could dig for the bugs to take home.
Obviously, we didn't think this one through so well :)
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[BusyDad] That is what I called serendipity. Those caterers rocked!
You are going to win b/c you are the hottest!!!
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[BusyDad] I'm lovin the confidence, SAM! Thanks! (and woo hoo, I did make it!)
*shaking head* no comment. I did my share, gimme the purple hat.
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[d Bro] I will gladly photoshop one on you for your services.
OMG! You are setting such a grand example for your offspring. Insert shovel in mouth. That doesn't work well around the lady friends.
Anyhow... blog pirate here.. 'bout to break into my own blog with BREAKING NEWS... busydad makes the cut.. and it might be this video I'm about to steal that helped ya!
BYE!!
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[BusyDad] Wait. I thought the ability to shovel sugar was hot. Oh well, at least I didn't put it on the video. Pirate away, Angie! Thanks!
That's the most unsanitarily awesome thing I've ever seen.
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[BusyDad] Isn't sugar a preservative? Doesn't that mean it kills germs? No, probably doesn't. What am I doing debating germs with a trained doctor??
I once snorted an entire pixie stick. Right before I regained vision in my left eye, I'm pretty sure I saw god.
That is the best birthday party EVER.
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[BusyDad] If only the missionaries had pixie stix...
Just wanted to drop over and extend my congratulations, MR HOT BLOGGER CALENDAR GUY!!!!! Now, if you don't get Fury in on this photo shoot, I think you're making a big mistake. You gotta reward the kind of dedication to your campaign that kid showed. :)
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[BusyDad] Thank you thank you! I totally would, but a couple things. His fakie isn't good enough to get him into the festivities and I'm sure he'd rather use the plane ticket money on well-deserved Legos (we have to pay our own way to get there). Maybe I'll put his pic on a popsicle stick.
So I have decided that you have lapsed into a sugar and New Castle induced coma. When you eventually wake up congrats on being crowned hot blogger! I hope they aren't too expensive because I am going to have to buy one so I can show everyone that my vote totally counted!
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[BusyDad] Thank you Karen! And it totally did, of course. Go democracy!
Nice. Can't forget about the beer. :)
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[BusyDad] Never. I decide how long to stay at kiddie parties based upon the availability of beer.
I LOVE it. Crack for kids. That is hysterical that the kids didn't follow the game plan so well..
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[BusyDad] When there's sugar involved, anarchy ensues.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I just saw the results over at HBC. Wonder what month you'll get? :)
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[BusyDad] Thanks Marge! I requested July (my birthday). But really, as long as I'm on there, I'll take anything.
That video alone is worth at least a couple of million votes. At least. Good luck with the calendar and coming off the sugar high. Looks like a delicious trip.
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[BusyDad] Thanks Mrs Kitty! Turns out I only needed a couple hundred (or close to it).