On the 21st of March 1998, a group of enthusiastic Australian Xenites gathered together under one...er....southern cross (well it was outdoors), donning leather, vinyl, fur, cloth or body paint, to feast on Greek delicacies, drink large amounts of alcoholic beverages and generally have a good time. In other words, I had a fancy dress Xena party!

Oh what fun we had. Making or finding our own costumes, planning activities, moving furniture, crafting prop weapons, cooking yummy food....and this was just getting READY for the party!!!

Then the guests started to arrive, so I put on the Xena Soundtrack 1 and turned up the stereo. (a few of the guests were real sick of it after the 10th repeat. Sorry guys, it was the only one I had!!! LOL!)

"Aghhh F**k! My boots are way too big" Quick SW, think. I know, wrap some left over leather strips arround em. Ah, that does the trick. Then Xena arrives, sans breastplate and sword (weapons and armour were my department). "Quick!", she cried, panic stricken, "The guest are arriving. Strap me up BOYO!". So I obliged, with the staple gun in hand, and she was fully fitted out in no time.

"Is Callisto ready?", I ask. We think so. Are here she is. Okay so Autolycus, Xena, Callisto....."Oh my gods! We look really good!!". And with our spirits high we, walk outside into the arena and welcome our guests. Suddenly we are propelled into our own mini Xenaverse and we forget about the real world...

"Oh my gods, there's Xena the exotic dancer. Hi there, you look great. Meeeouw! And here's Ares! Way kewl dude. Hercules, what's happin! How did you fit into those tight....eww!!...never mind. Nice hair too <snigger>. Its Bacchus and our local Baccai. Wow! Extreme make up guys! Hi Cellesta, nice candle, make sure you don't let it go out now...Hey its Hades looking dark and forboding. Nice cape! And who's this on your arm? Hey there Gabrielle! You...you...you look great! <pant> Here, I made this staff for you, hope ya like it..." (and oh boy did she like it <evil grin>...Well she did!!!<serious>)

"Yo, I'm seeing double here, its Julius Ceaser and Julius Ceaser...so who's the real one? Woah! Settle down guys, U can both be Caeser, okay. Hey, its Cupid, nice bondage gear, but what happened to your wings, they seem to have shrunk...is Aphrodite clipping em again? Now be careful with that bow and arrow of yours, you know what happened at the last big party we had <grin>. Its the twins! You're...you're...kinda vikings with glitter? What are you? Oh yeah, its the Disco Amazons!!! Allrighty! You guys are crazy, U know that! Oh beauty of beauties, its the lovely Helen of Troy. Let me have a look at you. Oh yes, wonderful outfit. Bummer about the city of yours, huh? Never mind, you're very welcome here. And finally its our local Hestian virgin <to side> You don't mind if I mention your a virgin, do you?.....okay?"

Phewww! Thats all of em. Now, there's just one thing missing.......

"GIVE ME A BEER!!!!"

So the party was under way. And it didn't take us long to get to the photos, we just could wait to get in front of the camera, after all the hard work we'd all put into our cossies. Somewhere in there, I started the live WebCamera, it was live for a hour. We ate, we drunk, we chatted, we laughed, we did all sorts of stuff we probably don't remember (and some stuff we wish we could forget, eh? <grin>). We had a great time....then we crashed (some harder than others, I heard <grin>) ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

- Soundwarrior.

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