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[morbid79]

No mixed signals there!

[20 jazz funk greats]

none whatsoever!

[ruyi]

Please have it in Chicago.

[Slick]

Man I love passive-suggestive conversations with people from the internet you don't know.
I actually took my soup and pitas five houses down the road to a friend's house where they had also just made soup and sangria. That worked out fairly well.

This is on-topic because I will try to make a bunch of pita sandwiches for people in Toronto. Or we could even cook pitas!
I think there should be a cooking event! Who else likes to cook? What can we cook?
Pretty much all my social gatherings are based around cooking these days.
Like, I'll cook with or without someone else, then we do whatever else.
I can't remember the last time I had a night out without baking first.


P.S. There is now, in this thread, enough information to narrow down where I live to one of eleven houses. If I tell you that my friend lives on the other side of the street from me, and that you can't go five houses down the road in the other direction on my side of the street, that should be sufficient information to determine my house down to one of six.

[Boro_Bandito]

My sister who is about to graduate from NYU is home and she made sangria tonight, coincidence? I think probably

[Patrick]

In Chicago.

I will fight anyone that thinks otherwise.

I will fight you, Liz.

In D.C.

[mooface]

WHY IS EVERYONE ARGUING ABOUT WHERE TO GO FOR THE NEXT CON WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN GET THIS CON RIGHT

AND IT HASN'T EVEN HAPPENED YET

[calenlass]

By square, what exactly did you mean, Tommy?


...

[tania]

i'd rather go to chicago than dc, i think, but both locations should be fine and dandy for me

[Patrick]

WHY IS EVERYONE ARGUING ABOUT WHERE TO GO FOR THE NEXT CON WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN GET THIS CON RIGHT

Perhaps so that the next one is slightly less of a clusterfuck?

Just a thought.

[morbid79]

Year long planning time won't help; people will still bail. 

[valley_parade]

ITT: Mike pulls out of Tronnocon at the last second, holes himself up in his apartment for the weekend.

[0bsessions]

Perhaps so that the next one is slightly less of a clusterfuck?

Just a thought.

Mike's right. That really won't help. In case you've forgotten, this meet has been planned for close to a year now. To be honest, I think the long term planning and grand scope of it is what caused the most damage. Rachel and I booked the room back in January, a full five months in advance. Apparently, that was too early for some people to commit. Shit comes up suddenly and plans change, especially at the age of many folks on this forum.

Honestly, the primary conclusion I've drawn from this recent fiasco is that this forum may be too diverse for this to ever work on such a grand scale. We have a very distinct group of folks who are used to being on their own and managing their money in advance. Those same people cannot make sudden and immediate large scale plans as they have other responsibilities and obligations. This group directly conflicts with the younger, less stable crowd. This crowd needs to do things more on the spur of the moment, because they either lack the foresight to properly manage things or they simply have a more chaotic lifestyle due to less predictable routines such as school and reliance upon others, though with less responsibility, their routine is more easily shuffled. Then there's the folks who are lurking anywhere in the middle and the unpredictabilities of life and emergencies.

All that is to say essentially: I'm jaded and next time I'm just getting my own room and letting everyone else sort their shit out themselves. Less organized? Totally. But significantly easier to manage.

[0bsessions]

I'm not saying the whole event has been a fiasco, just the hostel idea. It seemed like a great idea at the onset, but in retrospect, it was not a wise decision. It was an idea that was kind of doomed to failure due to there being a necessity of about fourteen people all coming through on their end of the bargain. All told, it worked out a lot better than it had any business working out, but that still wasn't good enough. Unfortunately, due to the alleged popularity of that particular place, we HAD to book it that far in advance to get the space to ourselves.

[Patrick]

I'm not saying Tronno's doomed to total failure, it's just that it appears to have been stuck under the semi-success, semi-"learning experience" category.

[morbid79]

ITT: Mike pulls out of Tronnocon at the last second, holes himself up in his apartment for the weekend.

Townhouse, not apartment.  And I'm pretty sure Grace would beat me up if I tried to blow everybody off.  I mean, I used to be such a nice guy, and I should try to pretend I am not a cynical sadistic bastard who got screwed over and resents the world for it. 

[valley_parade]

ITT: Mike pulls out of Tronnocon at the last second, holes himself up in his apartment for the weekend.

Townhouse, not apartment.  And I'm pretty sure Grace would beat me up if I tried to blow everybody off.  I mean, I used to be such a nice guy, and I should try to pretend I am not a cynical sadistic bastard who got screwed over and resents the world for it. 

Well that and I'll need somewhere to play my show, seeing that I'm likely back in again.

[valley_parade]

Hooray pilsner! He posted the list of IDs I need, and I definitely have them.

(Tommy you realize I will berate you about Leeds and their failure in the FA Ladies Cup, correct?)

[20 jazz funk greats]

Anna, you are coming to Tronnocon. I just decided for you. Also, for lunch today you will have soup. Please await further decisions made on your behalf.

hey, i am perfectly capable of making my own decisions. sometimes.
now, i must go and heat up some soup for lunch....uh because i'm sick and need it, not because you told me to...yeah.

[Something Witty]

Is shane back in is jon and rachel are out? I'm confused.

[valley_parade]

Me: In barring a place to sleep

Jon & Rachel: Out

[morbid79]

Me: In barring a place to sleep

I have this big cardboard box that you can use...

[valley_parade]

Does it come with a floor? A roof, perhaps?

[Lines]

Worse comes to worse, you can curl up on the foot of my bed. I promise not to shove you off.

I am still coming. This is a definite. I will be buying my bus tickets out to IN this week, as I'm heading up with Edith. This means my bed spot in the hostel will be open Sunday night for anyone who needs it, as we'd be leaving sometime after noon so she can work on Monday.

[valley_parade]

You are the BEST, and dibs on Sunday, as I'm leaving Monday.

[Patrick]

Sharing a bed, eh?

VEEP AND LINDS, SITTING IN A TREE

[Lines]

AND SMASHING GUITARS

[Ballard]

Some of my most romantic experiences have been destroying priceless vintage musical instruments..

[Liz]

I am still coming. This is a definite. I will be buying my bus tickets out to IN this week, as I'm heading up with Edith. This means my bed spot in the hostel will be open Sunday night for anyone who needs it, as we'd be leaving sometime after noon so she can work on Monday.

Okay, I don't want anyone to get their hopes up, but I'm considering going again. Where are you two going from in Indiana? It's only about $100-$125 for a bus ticket to the Chicago/South Bend area, and with the fact that I don't need a passport it's not as expensive as I originally thought. And maybe if I go there will be enough for another hostel room? I don't know how many are planning on sleeping on the floor at the moment. Otherwise I would be fine with the floor as well, if we want to pack more people into one room.

I'm not promising anything. But maybe. We'll see.

[valley_parade]

AND SMASHING GUITARS

I may be in love.

[Patrick]

You get anywhere near my Kay or my dad's and I will destroy you with a stare.

[Lines]

And I can stab your stare with GUITAR SHARDS.

(Man, I would not smash any guitar that is a good guitar. Think of it as more assisted suicide for dying guitars.)

[Ballard]

You get anywhere near my Kay or my dad's and I will destroy you with a stare.

So that leaves your SG wide open for destruction? Cool, you'll be seeing me at around noon tomorrow.

[Lines]

Uh, scratch the empty bed thing, I'll be needing it Sunday night. I can still share though.

[Barmymoo]

I may be in love.

Uh, scratch the empty bed thing, I'll be needing it Sunday night. I can still share though.

I feel Patrick may be onto something.

[Lines]

We're cramming 8-9 people (9 if Liz is coming) into 6 beds. You people and your dirty minds.

[Slick]

(Man, I would not smash any guitar that is a good guitar. Think of it as more assisted suicide for dying guitars.)

It's better to burn out than to fade away. All true rock and roll guitars agree.

[Barmymoo]

I'm just being mean because I'm jealous.

I want to go to Toronto to meet a load of people I don't really know and sleep on the floor of someone's room and spend a whole weekend with teh interwubs.

[Liz]

Man, I am seriously thinking maybe I can go.

Maybe.

God this is so confusing and hard to think about.

[valley_parade]

I'm leaving around 9:30 Sunday night.

(Linds, I can bring my 90% trashed Tiesco with the uber-warped neck and we can smash that.)

[Liz]

If I go I am totally bringing my recorder and toy keyboard for the rock-out session.

[Liz]

Shit. I will fix that.

[Liz]

I... uh...

I don't even know how to reply to that. Seriously.

[Patrick]

Think of it as more assisted suicide for dying guitars.

Kevorkian only just got paroled a year ago on good behavior.

[Dissy]

Think of it as more assisted suicide for dying guitars.

Kevorkian only just got paroled a year ago on good behavior.

And now he's planing to run for a senate seat.

[Patrick]

It helps to kill off the opposition first.

Bet that fucker Rove didn't think of that one.

[ackblom12]

I called just to confirm the Hostel info and the room I reserved has 3 singles and 3 doubles. I'm assuming doubles are Full Size.

[Lines]

Yes. If Liz is coming, though, we're going to go ahead and room in another room to give you guys more space.

[Liz]

So I went out with the intention to visit the bus station, but I got distracted at my sister's place.

I will go tomorrow, and talk to my parents about the trip on Friday, probably. And I will try and make a decision by this weekend.

[Liz]

Man, we would have enough for another hostel room, if everyone goes.