The Evening After - Red Dwarf 25 Hours

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At 1.30 pm, we could bear it no longer. Emily grabbed her silver pants and I applied my sticky H. With the TV going on no earlier than 5.30pm, it was a very early stage to be getting ready. But with two gorgeous costumes just sitting on my bed doing nothing - we couldn't resist it.

We made tiny cakes in full costume. Emily skated around as Cat, calling 'lady cats' in between drawing writing icing fish on her cakes. I staggered around in 4 inch stiletto heels, occaisionally whipping Emily when she wasn't expecting it. My cakes had Hs on, though I'm very bad with writing icing so it was hard to tell.

At 5.15pm we wandered up onto the lane to wait for the Davids to arrive. David Mcghee (David) was aiming to arrive earlier than David Pilgrim (Dave), because he wasn't arriving in his costume. Not owning any red women's clothes of his own, we would have to construct his Kristine Kochanski outfit when he arrived. I had already got out some lovely gold stiletto heels, black leggings and a red top with a deep v neck. I also had a sports bra filled with kitchen paper.

David's mum drove him up to our front gate. Emily was slumped on the ground in her spangly silver pants, unfastening her roller blades. I leaned against the gate post brandishing my holowhip. How was I to know that David hadn't told his mother the party was fancy dress? She did look rather startled when I ran up to her son, twirled in my underwear and gave him a playful flick with my whip. Still, she knows what parties are like at my house. I doubt she was entirely surprised.

It was 5.30pm. David's makeup was done, and we'd all posed for some photos. Series 1 was humming in the DVD player, but all we were watching was the menu. Dave had not arrived. As the clock crept towards 6pm, Emily phoned Dave. He was just setting off. We met him on the lane, all three of us crossdressing. I was actually cross cross dressing, just to make things even more confusing. Unfortunately, my ear to nose chain was refusing to stick and I'd had to take it off.

Dave arrived, smeared in curry with his hat pulled down over his eyes and a gaping hole in the back of his pants. We attached his hair, made from cut up and plaited tights, and then we were ready to take our final photos.



Emily as Cat: "This is mine, this is mine, all of this is mine. Except for that bit. I don't want that bit."





Ooooowwwwwwww!



Such a pretty lady :D David Mcghee as Kristine Kochanski



David walks so well in heels - and he's definately got woman's hips.



+ What fantastic boobs!



Dave Pilgrim as Dave Lister. The easiest and most comfortable costume by a mile, although the curry stains smelt a bit.



Check out the fake hair and the hole in the pants. It's details like that that really make a costume good.



*lick* - Me, as Rimmer as he appeared in Demons and Angels. I had to take my ear to nose chain off as it lost it's sticky, but I kept the rest of the costume for ages.



H on crooked & not giving a shit - posing as Evil Rimmer.



Group photos. Look out for 2 pairs of unwearable heels, 1 pair of rollerblades, a holowhip (pencil + blue cord + foil, lawl), handcuffs, curry stains, fake breasts and crossdressing.

6.15, and we were finally ready to start. The Red Dwarf flew slowly across the screen, and our journey began. It was a journey that would leave us 3 of us sleep deprived, 2 of us hungover and 1 of us severely embarrassed. Somehow, I managed to fall into all 3 catagories.

We watched series 1, quoting lines occaisionally. I felt a bit of a newbie to it all, as everyone else seemed to know every line before it was spoken. I've got an excuse though - I saw my first Red Dwarf episode about 6 weeks ago. At some point in this series, there was pizza. We also ate all the little cakes.

It was 9.15, and as series 2 started we started the alcohol. Neither of the Davids drunk enough, and soon me and Emily were quite drunk. Our conversation was quite varied. Emily decided I should have a tattoo of bees coming out of my anus. She also announced her undying love for Ewan Mcgregor.

I am a horribly honest drunk. I don't just mean that I don't lie when drunk. I mean, I say the first thing that comes into my head. I always mean it, but I don't usually mean it to be heard by my friends. I argued a little with Emily about bees, and also mentioned that Agent Smith is fucking gorgeous. Which he is - disagree with me and I'll bite you.

And then....

Then I embarrassed myself. Rather a lot. I mentioned my great love of holograms. One hologram in particular. I then realised just what I'd admitted to, and hid under a blanket. I'd have stayed there all night, but I wanted to watch Red Dwarf, damnit. At that point I was too drunk to care all that much anyway.

I fell asleep during Queeg, and didn't wake up until the end of Backwards. 2 and a bit episodes, for anyone who doesn't know their 'Dwarf. I was very sad to have missed Tongue Tied, the amazing song at the beginning of Parallel Universe, but I was glad to wake up in time for the rest of Series 3, there's still 5 episodes after Backwards and they're all great. This would have been around 12.45, I guess. I then made it as far as Timeslides (still Series 3) before falling asleep again and not waking up until the end of Camille (first of Series 4). Emily fell asleep in Queeg, like I did, and didn't wake up until Series 6. I got to watch all of Series 5, apart from a quick doze during Quarantine (which is my favourite, but I've seeen it a million times). But I did see Holoship (drunk enough to make a few more embarrasing comments), Terrorform, Back to Reality, Demons and Angels (my episode :D), and the Inquisitor. Lots of good episodes there. And I someone managed to keep my stupid mouth shut during Terrorform - I think the vodka was wearing off.

Series 6 started around 9am, and everyone was awake for it. We chatted about our favourite episodes, and the other 3 teased me excessively. I will never drink again... until next time anyway!

Some highlights of day 2 were watching Blue, an excellent episode best enjoyed in a group. Series 8, which I didn't much like the first time I saw it but seeing it without the high expectations I'd had the first time, I found I enjoyed the illogical aspect of it's humour. There are definately some classic Red Dwarf scenes in it, especially in Cassandra and Only the Good. The 'Have a fantastic period' is amazing. However, Series 7 is less good on second viewing. It definately suffers from lack of Rimmer + the addition of whiny Kochanski. But it was still definately enjoyable.

I have to finish off now, as it's time for bed. After series 8 was finished, David got out of the remains of his costume and we all went down the garden to play with the goats until Emily and Dave got picked up. Around 20 mins later David's mum arrived to take him away (and we showed her the photos and explained why I'd been dressed like a cheap hooker the day before). And then I wrote this blog.

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