Couple of options:


I have a full size sleeper in the couch, plus the chaise side is also long enough to sleep someone else.

Then there's a queen sized air mattress.

You're coming the furthest... take your pick.

We'll do the math when I get there, I suppose. You got room for one more? She's like a female Baraka.

We should be able to make it work. I have the confirmed guest body count as 2 right now.

Lirpa if you're still thinking of coming please get back to me ASAP.. i'm going to go with who can confirm.

So Plan, go ahead and bring your person, just let me know as soon as they are bona fide.


oh. and side note. I've met the male baraka and he's a cool cat so this should be a fun one!

Lirpa is a total flake. I talked to her last week and she wasn't sure. New job and stuff.

And I'm on it. I PMed you about this new and amazing person. Lemme know 'bout that.

All the money I'm saving on a hotel room is going to booze and party games. Yeehaw!

I'm going to need Jazz's and Smeth's addresses so I can place the camouflaged bear traps.

EDIT: Damn, you're fast.

even faster than you think, lol.

What does mean?

*looks at gaping hole where his left kidney used to be*

Sonuvabitch!

is this new bird by any chance the chick you were talking about in the 'hi how are you, heres a picture of me naked" thread?

cos if it is, im there

Don't you have a cave to spelunk or something? Drunken debauchery doesn't seem to be your bag, brah.

Total flake, ha! I started a new job and I needed to see which week I would be sent to cincinnati for training. Turns out, it's not until my 7th or 8th week, so all is good for that weekend.

*folds hands*

My plan is working out better than expected.

*readies the organ-harvesting tools*

...

Seems like we've got a full house. And here's the roster.

On site and oiled up for naked Twister:

Amonkie
Spinelust
Plan9
Non-TFP Girl
PurpleLirpa
PurpleLirpa's Manchild

To be hunted down and skinned alive:

The_Jazz
SecretMethod70
Onodrim

...

Are you excited? I'm excited.

Pick up your liver and follow me!

You forgot Ono!

My bad. Roster updated with additional person that needs to be skinned alive.

It currently looks like I'll only be available for one full day if I'm lucky and maybe a night or two after 9. I'll be in the general area though, so we'll at least make it at some point to meet everyone :)

Pfft.

You act like I don't have the ability and inclination to find you.

I will find you. And I will make you take a picture with me.

Gang signs optional.

It looks like Saturday night is the night we'll have the most number of people in town since Lirpa plans to come up saturday and leave sunday.

So I would say if there's limited time lets plan on at least 1 game night for the saturday night?

I'm all for keeping the fun going... I don't really have a big list of anything I personally need to host but I would say bring what you'd like to have to snack/drink. I'll take care of having plates, utensils, etc. I should have enough pillows, blankets, and sheets to get everybody squared away.




If we do have to make a grocery run... we don't have too far to go at all.

Oh, there will be Pictionary and/or Cranium on Saturday night. I'll need to buy said games and supplies at the nearest shop that has them. Target, maybe? I'm also thinking bowling would be a great idea. Group activity where we can get gently inebriated while knocking over pins and doing ridiculous victory dances. The pistol range was also mentioned. I owe Spinelust another trip and I'd be glad to show anybody interested that guns don't kill people, mustaches do. Grocery/alcohol run will be first priority. After that I'll set up a RDP, ready an LP/OP team and prep my wooby for extreme toe-curling action in my hide site. I should have my noon-to-4 AM sleep schedule down by then so it won't matter how late we stay up. My liver, however, is pretty weak and may betray me. I'm going to need to make sure to carry cab fare or have somebody else drive me around after I've had my 2.25 beers.

I'm buying 9er's 3rd and 4th beers.

Cranium and Pictionary will both be procured before you arrive.. Have no fear. Yay for Target giftcards!

Games on hand count will be:

Chicago Bears Style Yahtzee
Twister
Apples to Apples
Pictionary
Cranium
Poker chips
Zombie Fluxx
Regular Playing Cards
Bunko

Jazz... you'll be buying him the King of the Midwest Beers...only the best... PBR... right? :p

Alrighty another update.

I did some research on bowling lanes and realise that for the size of chicago.. we're actually pretty limited on bowling alleys that aren't OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive.

But I found Timber Lanes

Timber Lanes Bowling Alley

Which has lane rentals for $20/hr or $2.50-3 per game and $3 shoe rentals. I was thinking maybe we put in a reservation for either Friday night or Sunday night. Does this sound like a possibility? If there's a preference for one day over another let me know ASAP and I can call in to reserve a lane or 2. This place is old school... so manual scoring. If we'd rather have electric scoring another option would be Lucky Strike in downtown - lane rental is $45-65/hr, or single games at 6.95 plus $5 shoe rental.

On my agenda are a stop to Giordano's at some point on Saturday, and an Ann Sather Sunday morning. Mmm...pizza, cannolis, and cinnamon rolls. I am bringing Boggle, for sure. Probably some woodchuck, too.

Both can definitely be accomplished... especially if you want to take Ann Sather cinnamon rolls home with you, they have them boxed and ready to go.

I love cinnamon rolls. Mmm... so good and soft.

Yes, this will be a part of my master plan.

And now the game count is up one.. I have convinced a non-TFP friend that the board is a pretty cool place and she's interested in coming and giving TFP a test run based on how game night goes.

This could either be really awesome, or else I think she may be traumatized for life.

Two TFP-virgin females? Hope you have enough room for both pentagrams.

I think we all need to invest in these:

Lucha Libre Masks

especially for bowling and sitting in bars. 9er, you'll notice they also have adult-sized capes.

And thus, an idea was born.

WITH A CAPE! WITH A CAPE!

Oh this is now epic.

I was thinking about Misfits war paint and a leather loin cloth. I'll also be needing treatment for hypothermia.

This is a significantly warmer option.

...but not nearly as cool.

*rimshot*

You're going to seriously state that a loincloth and facepaint are cooler than a mask and cape? Did pai mei hijack your account?

I'm going to miss bowling, board games, loin cloths, cinnamon rolls AND Jazz in a motherfucking cape?!?! My face is going to be glued to the airplane window attempting to get a glance :lol:

Noods... any way to just delay your last leg home? I'd be willing to help with the ticket costs after you guys put up with me for an extra day in October.

9er - this idea is so cool that it made noodle say "motherfuckin'". Get on the trolley, boyo.

Isn't it utterly apparently that I'm so far off the bandwagon that I've been Pluto'd by my peer group?

United f'ed me over, I'm not swinging through Chicago on the way home any more (and that's an overnight on the 22nd), going through Dulles. The way there I have all of 40 minutes around 9 am-ish (ha! amish!) on the 16th. And I have to check in in SB by 5pm, urgh. United keeps cancelling flight patterns since they merged with Continental. I'm going through four airports each way. Nutty.

Bad timeframe for me, can't make it.
Entertaining a friend from California as she visits Cincinnati Children's hospital. Also, school is starting and I have a yearly review writeup due.
I hate it when life gets in the way of a perfectly good meetup.

Is seeing Blue Man Group still on the wishlist for the weekend?

If it is.. this is the site to watch:

Hot Tix - Half price ticket program offered by League of Chicago Theatres

I personally wouldn't go unless I could get the ticket from this site as the prices are $34.95 (50% savings off normal ticket prices). The site will most likely have the tickets up if there are any available for that weekend by Wed Jan 12.

Ok! Another option! Just talking to Spinelust about our mutual love of bourbon and Delilah's is a great place to hit (http://www.delilahschicago.com/)


PLUS!

On Sunday the 16th they are having a free Monster movie night.. from Roaring 1968, The Japanese film Destroy All Monsters starring none other than Godzilla himself. Plus bourbon and beer specials.

Also right up the road from Delilah's is Codys which is was the site of our TFP Chicago New Years Day meetup in 2010, and Jazz's favorite place in town.

Booze + Destroy All Monsters? Oh, its on. That sounds great.

And I'm wondering if anybody else wants to do BMG. Anybody?