This happened a while ago.

Folks started arriving Monday afternoon for it. Everyone is so amped to work together.

Last night (Actually Tuesday) we nerded out with a classic game of Settlers of Catan.

I’m the gray pieces. We’ve taken to naming the settlements and cities we build. I’ve chosen the adult entertainment industry as my umbrella industry. The little settlements are “Girls Are Fun” – an actual highway stop jack shack in Atlanta.
Oh, by the way, I’ve been to Girls Are R Fun once.
It starts like all stories involving trips to a sketchy Atlanta Tug Club… A friend’s girlfriend saying, “C’mon guys, I dare ya…” So, unafraid to enter skank headquarters (skankquarters), me and my friend walk in. It was my role to say it was his bachelor party and it’s his last night as a single man, blah blah. Simple enough. Before my mouth opens I hear, “This is my friend Rene. He’s getting married tomorrow morning and I want to pay for his last night as a single man.”
Thanks.
It is at this point in the evening where I get totally shy and awkward. You see, they bring out 3 girls that I am allowed to choose from. Choose to do what? Why, to enter a room with me. I probably played eenie meenie miney mo to decide for all I know (I’m terrible at making decisions). The room was creepy at best. Upon entering the first thing I notice is the abundance of baby oils littering the place. When the door closes i see that the back side of the door has cheap newsprint paper with a menu written on it. Each job itemized by price and atop it all in big, bold letters the words “WE TOUCH.”
I think at that point I tried running away.
But running was not an option. I had to choose again…Between the leather bed, the leather couch, or the massage table. The massage table seemed the cleanest so that’s where I hoisted myself up to sit down. The time alone in the room was awkwardly spent talking to this gal with no shirt on while she caressed – no, that’s not the word – rubbed – still not quite right – MANHANDLED and PULLED AT her boobs. We talked about the show I was in and I left. All in all pretty surreal.
Back to Catan…I have named my cities TittyCatz. It’s not a real place; I just think that’s a great name for a strip club.

Festival kicked off last night and officially begins tonight with an improvised film project and cartoon. Yes the same cartoon that was once hailed as “a Christmas miracle.”