Weekend Recap!

Whew, this weekend wore me out! Here’s a rundown:

Friday morning: Woke up at 6AM, which sucked ass. Picked up Draven, and drove to the 98 Rock radio station for our appearance on the Mickey, Amelia, and Spiegel morning show. Really enjoyed talking to the hosts – we had a good rapport and they seemed genuinely interested in the book. You can listen to a portion of the interview at http://thejoint.98online.com/_Leonard-Kinsey/audio/922286/13306.html

Friday evening: Arrived at Atomic Books at about 6:30PM and started prepping for the event, which began at 7PM. Drank a bunch of beer, the last of which foamed up and spilled all over my crotch 30 seconds before I was supposed to go on. Undeterred, I wrapped a flannel around my waist, and Draven and I stepped out from backstage to a packed house! We had a great time reading the “Newmeyer Banned for Life” and “Timeshare Horror Story” segments, narrating the “Image Works: Now and Then” video, signing books and glossies (Draven still has some left – hit her up on her website if you want to buy one!), and talking to a bunch of cool people (including the infamous El Tigre!!!). Afterwards a few of us went to Rocket to Venus, ate some amazing food, and ran into John Waters, which was awesome since he’s been one of my idols since middle school.

Thanks a ton to Atomic Books and the “Smile, Hon” crew for putting together what turned out to be a really fun and memorable evening! Here’s a video recap, shot by Pentakis:

Saturday night: Headed over to the Hunt Valley Marriot and met up with Jeff Heimbuch, MiceAge columnist and co-author of the upcoming Rolly Crump bio. Jeff, his girlfriend Martina, and a bunch of their crazy friends entertained me with lots of drinking, readings from their upcoming books, and general shenanigans. One of the highlights of the evening was when Jeff stopped halfway through one of his readings to take a piss, only to pass out halfway to the bathroom. We found him laying in the middle of the hallway. That’s some Dark Side of Disney shit right there!

His friend Susan was kind enough to take a picture of us together:

Sunday: Woke up hungover @ 2PM. Popped 3 ibuprofen, drank some coffee, started feeling better, and spent the rest of the day editing the Atomic Books video. Neglected the warnings on the ibuprofen bottle and drank more beer. Switched to Gin and Tonics. Drunkenly rendered the video, went back to bed, and thus ended a pretty epic weekend!