blathercon REAListic optimIST i, of course, would attend. i'll also organize it, and if there are a lot of potential attendees, i will organize a committee to help me organize it. however, i digress. please just sign below if you think you could make it out here in the summer of 2004, perhaps late june, or the second week of july? 031118 ... Death of a Rose i should be able to attend, dependant upon where and when. let me know Real ist 031118 ... Death of a Rose although this has been attempted before, without much success. just ask dafremen. but i'm still in. what type of venue are you thinking of? camping, motel, haunted house? and what timeline? two days, week, 2 weeks? Proofreading does work....hmmm... 031118 ... misstree i will be there, even if it means escaping being chained in someone's basement. more than happy to help with any organizational doodies, too, if you'll do the footwork. though i may have to bring bodyguards. luckily, i have a few extra laying about. 031118 ... x where is "out here"? 031118 ... Death of a Rose portland, i'm there. i'll start saving now. 031118 ... . portland orgegon. as opposed to maine. yep. 031118 ... girl_jane If you had it in July or even early August, I could come depending on my funds of the time. If you had it in June, I wouldn't be able to go because of some *required* theatre courses here at school that run through June 28. Also, folks from around my area (you know who you are) if you want to go I'd be willing to put the road trip miles on my car. Then we could take turns driving (all day-all night), split the cost of gas, and just take showers in truck stops. That all means...SAVING MONEY! Just a question, what happened to having in CA? 031118 ... REAListic optimIST i was thinking perhaps a four day weekend, friday through monday. july would almost guarantee good weather. i will also be checking for local events to perhaps coincide with a cool weekend one. i am thinking that trying to find a cheap motel which would give us convention rates would be the optimal way to do this. if i do it that way, however, i will likely require hotel funds to be sent early so we can secure the rooms. i am, of course, open to suggestions, cuz this is your BLATHERCON. mostly, i am going from experience of cons i have attended (namely, NiNcon, Convergence, and Quakecon). thank you misstree for your willingness to help organize. keep the rsvp's coming. 031118 ... misstree i got a hostess_of_the_apocalypse rep to keep up, darlin', and i don't keep it by sitting on me arse. as official big toe (i now dub thee), you gotta tell me where/how i can help, and holler at me if i get outta hand. and i know there's a lot of lurkers out there that may not neccesarily want to reveal themselves; if you send an email to misstree@chaosmagic.com, i'll make sure you're included in the count, and if you wish i can email you any pertinent info as it comes into existence. 031118 ... Death of a Rose well, if you like i could find the accomodations part of it... that is if you want to relinquish locale and ale.... 031118 ... Death of a Rose well, i'm kinda scared to reveal where I'm from, seeing as Mr. E. will likely send some goth body guards to fuck me up and bury me....(hehe)... love ya darlin... but if anyone from alberta or bc wants to attend this festival of blue let me know and we can arrange things. 031118 ... misstree what kind of activities would people like to see? in my ten seconds of contemplation i've come up with some form of open mike thing (dunno if y'all would want a competition or just a kinda get up there and do it dealie), and possibly maybe if we ply them with whatever bribe happens to work, trying to get dallas and sage to do a panel type thing. 031118 ... REAListic optimIST well i've got no ale, and am unsure what you mean by relinquish location. i have heard several people ask for several different locations. perhaps there is a more popular one than portland? if so, let the attendees discuss this in BLATHERCON_LOCALE. i appreciate your willingness to help, as well, doar. i'm sure that coming to a concensus can be as much work as organizing this, so let's try to be as constructive as possible, as people seem to be doing so far. i'm sure that this can be a splendiferous experience for all. 031118 ... Death of a Rose will do Real. just let me know if i can be of any help. and portland is just fine by myself and all my other little personalities running around here. 031119 ... Death of a Rose oh, and this is just a thought, maybe once we've determined the exact amount of people (plus/mius due to unforeseen circumstances), that the actual details be distributed by e-mail directly and not blathed here on blue; anyways, just a thought. 031119 ... misstree i set up a mailing list (blathercon@yahoogroups.com), everything is open to the general public except member list, which is moderators only (that whole anonymity thing we all cherish so). blathercon-subscribe@yahoogroups.com will sign you up. 031119 ... Doar i was thinking more of trying to keep the seriously disturbed about turning this into a b-slasher flick, but thats just my overactive optimism showing through.... 031119 ... lemon_Soda I'm in 031119 ... Doar another idea, and i actually think this is a good one, how about a couple of comp systems set up so that some of our locale challenged blatherskites can join in on the fun and festivities from the comfort of their chairs and homes? ie; user24, stork daddy, etc.... and venues, i'd like to do a little exploring the first day, maybe a tour by m'man REAL. what ya'll think? 031119 ... Doar maybe even some webcams or something of the like? 031119 ... misstree indeed, i was thinking of webcams and microphones, especially for panels. the proper software would need to be found, but i think that the gamer voice thing that r_o uses for quake (am i correct?) might work, so that 'skites with microphones on their end can pipe up as well. it would involve either having persons haul out their systems, finding a facility that has them for use, or possibly even renting one? (dunno if that's a possibility, but if it's not, it should be.) brainstorming has produced the following scribbled list, some suggested by others: panel topics? dj/dancing? feast? badges? pub night (for the older 'skites)? webcam/mics? performance? musicians? other forms of entertainment? 031119 ... seventeen If I have the $$, i will go... I probably will, seeing as I had already planned on going to portland this summer to czech it out. I might move there. 031119 ... u24 signed up to yer mailing list. I'm sure I could rustle up a webcamy type thing :) 031119 ... REAListic optimIST ok, first and foremost, you guys ROCK. the ideas are already rolling, (i have several of my own) and it's already getting to the point where we need to put a lid on it, so we can keep some of these festivities a surprise. this leads me to the need to form a blather committee. anyone interested in doing the actual footwork for this con, basically volunteering your precious time to make this thing run smoothly, please let me know. i know people have said they can help, but please let me know here if you are in for the long haul, or would rather lend a hand here and there (both types are needed and appreciated, of course). i think a panel of 3-4 outside of myself would be splendid, and we can run a pretty large con with that number of volunteers. 031119 ... REAListic optimIST of course this committee would only be in charge of organizing the activities. EVERYONE is welcome to submit ideas and help to make this the best blathercon ever and try to make it difficult to outdo in the future.) i just wanted to make sure that was clear. 031119 ... Freak Im in! Maybe we should find out where a majority of blatherskites live and find somewhere in the middle of this damn country to meet...find out who lives in the middle and see if they could find a good place to have it?! Just an idea. 031119 ... misstree is grinning and rubbing her hands a good you could try to scrape me off, but you know how much i enjoy this sh-t from amityville, ya got me for the long haul but i reserve the right to get drunk at night. 031119 ... Dafremen I'm in. I'll make the wife let me stay out late. Someone's going to have to make sure I get to bed at a reasonable hour or she won't let me go though. And I won't have much spending cash, like..less than a hundred bucks, so I'll have to crash in the park or something. Is that cool in Oregon? (Can I bwing Mistah Bwanky?) 031119 ... girl_jane I like freak's idea of having it in some sort of central location...but I'm in the midwest so of course I'm bias. The other idea for location-where the highest concentration of blatherskites are-is good too. This would cut down on a lot of travel cost for the majority of the people. 031119 ... REAListic optimIST people people, please discuss the location in BLATHER_LOCALE hehe there is a whole blathe dedicated to that discussion. if people are going to have a hard time affording a downtown hotel, let me know and i will try to help you find cheap and affordable accomodations. 031119 ... REAListic optimIST oops that's BLATHERCON_LOCALE hehe 031119 ... jane i would find a way to come no matter what 031119 ... karl the weed motherfucker!!! i wanna go but theres no way in hell itll happen. besides youd all be sorry if i went :) 031120 ... p2 i considered going because i'm sure there are more than 10_blatherskites_i_would_love_to_meet as well as 10_blatherskites_i_would_love_to_eat however i came back to my senses when i realized 1) i'm trying to save money 2) i hate traveling 3) i'm not good at being social 4) i have no conversational skills 5) i'm a wallflower so if i just send a pic could someone just staple it to the wall cuz that's pretty much what i'd do if i went 031120 ... misstree i could staple your pic to a stuffed animal and carry it around with me, if ya like. i might hijack this idea and run with it for some other machinations, but this is where i start getting sneaky so there's surprises. *sneak sneak* *sneak sneak* 031120 ... nom hmm p2 i am having a lot of those same thoughts 031120 ... Death of a Rose hey REAL, i'm deviously in. (hehe) just let me know what legwork you need done. 031120 ... Death of a Rose oh....and i have a full tank and money to buy more...so yes...i could commit time and effort. and if you want me as a committee member just let me know. 031120 ... misstree committee people will tenatively be the moderators for the mail list (yahoogroups, look it up, i know you're all interaolwebnet.com literate). doar, ya gotta sign up for that before i can moderate ya. for everyone else, signing up for the list may be the best way of getting an official head count going, and there's always the option of turning off delivery if you don't want to hear the discussions. 031121 ... Doar mystique....i thought i had already signed up for said group. 031121 ... misstree didn't see ya on there, email me at misstree@chaosmagic.com and we can get this sorted out, tho it may take me a bit to get to my real email. 031121 ... p2 misstree if i were a stuffed animal what stuffed animal would i be? nom why would you send a pic of me? 031121 ... Bespeckled I've said this before, but I'll say it again: I'm definitely in. I suppose it just really depends on: 1) The locale (which I will discuss at BLATHERCON_LOCALE) 2) The cost 3) Whether or not anyone will talk to me when I get there!!!! 031122 ... Death of a Rose bespeckled....i don't think you could stand the amount of attention you would receive. 031122 ... dramatic bespeckled I hope you're right, DOAR. I hope you're right. 031122 ... REAListic optimIST i am sure you will be lavished with attention. you are quite a beautiful 'skite. you might need to borrow a spatula before the con is half over, i believe doar has the right of it. -- this blathercon is shaping up amazingly well and amazingly quickly! we will have a few surprises to reveal before too long, as we have much of the groundwork laid out already. thankyou misstree and death of a rose for your help in getting us to this point. this promises to be a very exciting event! 031122 ... Death of a Rose well bespeckled, real and me are fighting for attention rights at this very moment. 031122 ... misstree *walks out of the conference room, sweating profusely and looking haggard*... it's... alive!!! lots of good stuff plotted... at some point after thanksgiving will be a brainstorm on the yahoogroups chat thing, and we're asking everyone who might possibly go to sign up to the yahoogroup so that we can get a tally and get contact info... everything's confidential, and you can set it to not deliver messages... whew... good stuff, good stuff... 031122 ... Death of a Rose my pleasure m'man, see you tomorrow? waiting for the car to warm up. 031122 ... misstree if anyone knows anyone who's not so active any more, please pass word along, we need a head count asap. thankee :) 031122 ... misstree doh. and see BLATHERCON_ANNOUNCEMENTS for official info. 031122 ... bumped . 031127 ... Lemon_Soda I'm in. 031127 ... bumped . 031128 ... Hmm... !!!BLATHER!!!! 031202 ... eggman . 031231 ... realistic optimist can't wait to get goin on this next year! the next order of business will be to determine who wants to camp, and who wants a hotel. meanwhile, i thought it might be fun to start a discussion regarding blathercon_events. 031231 ... Nirvanic Blind okay, im sure im seriously late but this is kinda scary. i can't believe everyone's actually talking about getting together. well, i guess its probably okay for you people because you've probably known each other on here for a while. id probably develop some social anxiety because of the akwardness and then fade into the background a complete mess. no wait, thats what the old me would do. hey this is bad ass idea. im in. i will now go read the other blathercon announcements to make sure i know whats going on. 040101 ... realistic optimist blathercon_questionaire 040114 ... Death of a Rose okay people, I think I'm seeing a trend here. Unless someone actually makes some decisions about blathercon 2004, then the rest of you are lost and confused about whether or not you'll be able to attend. I for one will be travelling to portland no matter what (I've already threatened Mr. RO with that promise, I'm sure he'll be moving sometime soon. :-). So I'm going to give Mr. Real and Mr. E and Mr. White and Mr. Orange and Mr. Black........hmmmm....oops....got off on a tangent there.....where was I.... oh yeah.......give em a kick in the pants to get them going (you know you waaaant it!....hehe). But the rest of you must abide by the decisions made or forever remain tongueless (I know its an empty threat, but boogers to ya). Commitment people, that's all we ask. Let's make a actual convention, it can be done.....no....it must be done, and it will be. Whether it winds up being four blatherers gathered around a camp fire or 30 of us dancing far into the morning, time is counting down. Let's go RO, let's go! M to the I to the S to the S to the T to the R to the E to the E............yay Mr. E. . 040216 ... bandersnatch yes, yes someone to take charge. thank you. thank you. baaah! 040216 ... bandersnatch there was no sarcasm intende din that blath. sorry if it came out that way 040216 ... realistic optimist it's been tough makin the phonecalls to teh parks with no phone service. but i should be done making arrangements this week. i got only two emails from people regarding what type of park they would like, and they wanted what would wind up working out best anyway. i will have a more detailed post about that later this week. mr.e and doar, please email me. i'd like to meet this week and hammer some stuff out. 040216 ... Nukemall typical......so fuckin typical........ I have no patience. 040219 ... Doar Together we fall, divided we stagger a bit. 040225 ... u24 http://www.newdream.net/~sage/dream/ 040228 ... methinx And so it is, the Blather_Gods have taken notice... 040228 ... realistic optimist yes, the blathercon is still rolling along! lack of phone or internet service is not enough to keep me from trying to get you wonderful people out from behind those monitors to frolic in pr0tland! ==CAMPING INFORMATION== for those who wish to camp, the cost is $16 per night, with an additional non-refundable $6 reservation fee tacked on. So, if you were to arrive July 23, then camp that friday night, saturday night, and sunday night, and leave on monday, the cost to camp would be $54 for the 3 nights per site. The sites must be reserved in advance, and so eventually, i will need to set a deadline and collect funds from those wishing to camp so i can ensure a tent site for all who wish one. ** if anyone needs hotel accommodations, please let me know so i can find something which suits your needs ** ~~ expect to receive emails soon with attatchments you will need to print, fill out, and mail back. if you don't have access to a printer and would rather i snailmail you stuff, just let me know ~~ and as always, if you have any questions or input, please do not hesitate to email me or even call. 040306 ... Mr. Marksman . 040329 ... silentbob if Sondra goes, i'll go 040329 ... realistic optimist you can call me sondra, if that helps. 040330 ... ambermoon i would really like to come. i have to get the ok from the hubby, but im sure he'll let me! so its july? and we'er camping? iv got the money where do i send it? 040330 ... Death of a Rose ship mr. optimist an e-mail and he'll supply you with the details. cheerio 040330 ... girl_jane Could I get the dates again? I am going to try my hardest to go. If I do go, Bobby will come. Bobby-would you be willing to split gas costs with me? Also, I'd like the dates because if I do come, my boyfriend wants to go to Portland too if the dates fit into his schedule. Would anyone mind a non-blatherskite coming along? 040330 ... realistic optimist girl_jane, it is all right if your boyfriend comes, as long as he won't impede events. He will need to sign the same waiver i am drafting and sending to attendees. amber, it's no problem, just a misunderstanding on my part. perhaps we shall meet at blathercon :) 040330 ... realistic optimist and to clarify / restate: blathercon will be held july 23-26 in portland, oregon. 040330 ... Death Ducking oooooo...impede just dribbles off the lips now. hehe 040330 ... silentbob . 040526 ... girl_jane Yeah-what's the word on this? 040526 ... Bespeckled As you probably assumed, I won't be going. I actually have a real reason, too. I'll be in Europe on those dates. P.S. Bobby, sorry for the mixed tape delay. I have it; will send. 040526 ... realistic optimist hiya folks! life has been crazy hectic lately, sorry for the lack of updates. i went from being jobless and broke to having three jobs and being broke. my internet is shut off, and so is my phone at the moment, but i will spend this weekend organizing my mass email campaign. i will be organizing transportation and sending out antilawsuit waivers (gotta love the necessity of that). anyway, if anyone has any questions or special needs, i've cleared out my yahoo account, and you can email me there until i am able to pay for my internet again. cydsid@yahoo.com 040527 ... realistic optimist ok, i've finished writing the blathercon_liability_waiver please print it out, sign it, and mail it to: Realistic Optimist 4812 se 28th ave #502 portland, OR 97202 i also have some new information regarding a bus route that goes sithin a couple miles of the campsite at which we will be staying, however, this bus is essentially a commuter route, and thus only runs on weekdays. for the rest of the event, we need to decide if we want to rent a van for a transportation shuttle between the campsite and portland or whether one of you would be willing to take that responsibility upon yourselves. i'm still trying to squeeze some pennies out a few sponsors to help support such necessities, whether it be gas money for one of you, or money for a rental. we are going to need another headcount soon to get a better idea of how many of you plan on attending blathercon, and by the end of the month, i will need those of you wishing to camp at champoeg to mail me a check so i can reserve a spot for you. if you have any questions or ideas, feel free to email me at the email provided here. 040606 ... . bump 040616 ... yummyC/seventeen i do wish i could go. i had already abandoned it--along with blather for the most part. I'm like the grown up stepdaughter that scarcely visits and anyway everyone is too busy with the new baby of the family to take notice. uhm....yes. but I am meeting Paste! in august, which is the most nervewracking thing ever. 040617 ... karl the weed haha i wish i could go! that would be great, but i dont think the idea of paying for a trip to meet a buch of people that ive met over the internet would appeal too much to my parents. not top mention id probably drive you all crazy... take LOTS of pictures! 040708 ... minnesota_chris magic eight ball says unlikely. Too broke, too busy, no one to ride with. I'd only go if I could ride with girl_jane, silentbob, megan, or misstree (us midwestern geeks) 040710 ... realistic optimist -==WOOHOO==- blathercon is just around the corner! i still need confirmation emails and camping fees from some of you skiteroos! -==MUSIC==- don't hesitate to bring instruments, by the way. additionally, i have an electric bass/amp, a PA, 2 mics, a hand drum and a blues harmonica. -==CAMPING==- The campsite at Champoeg is really nice, i can't wait for Blathercon to take it over! i will be camping in boise, idaho for a week starting tomorrow, but i promise to plug back into the internet at the library when i get back to check emails and further coordinate with those who need it. -==Transportation==- hopefully the ride board will work for most of your wishing to carpool out here! If anyone who is driving can help transport people from the campsite, please let me know. -==RSVP==- please let me know ASAP if you are attending, and in what way i can be of assistance to you! says: help make BC2004 the best blathercon ever! 040710 ... realistic optimist hello, fellow skites! blathercon 2004 is almost upon us! have you mailed realistic optimist your campsite fee for champoeg? have you rsvp'ed? do you have words? [ blather ] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is your last chance to RSVP for blathercon! There won't be any spots reserved at the campsite for you if you don't let me know you want one in the next 48 hours. i need to know when you plan to arrive so i can help coordinate your arrival and safe passage to the campsite at champoeg. i'll repost the weblink to the campsite here: http://www.reserveamerica.com/jsp/commonpage.jsp?goto=/usa/or/cham/newindex.html also, please let me know what camping supplies you may already be bringing so i can plan based on what we do and do not already have. i've got most stuff covered, but it's always nice to know what we're working with! finally, i will post a phone number you may use to coordinate with me if emailing me at cydsid@yahoo.com or posting to blather doesn't quite work for you. of course i need to go all the way back to my apartment to find it (it's my roommate's cel phone number). i look forward to meeting all of you this coming weekend. please don't hesitate to let me know if i can accommodate you in any way. has mad love for y'all 040718 ... kookaburra you better take a ton of pictures! and mebbe leave an empty space in the middle so that i can paste my picture in there and pretend i was there too... 040718 ... realistic optimist yessireee!!! 040719 ... realistic optimist if'n y'all need to reach me in the coming days to coordinate travel or accommodations, you may reach me (as stated above) at cydsid@yahoo.com or if you need to reach me by phone, you may call my roommate at the following number, and leave a message for cyd: (503) 957-8202. 040720 ... estarocks why do we need 2 organize a meeting when we already know so much about eachother from simply blathering? u know, we should have a blather chatroom!!!! or we could have a blather email list or phone tree or something. 040720 ... black you know can you imagine as many people that are as super fucked up as half of these yahoos on this site all coming together in a camp ground all you'll need is Jason with a fucking machete and your horror movie will be complete. holy crap i can't wait to hear it on cnn when some social deviant (aren't we all) goes asshat ballistic on someone it's gonna be soooo black 040720 ... black oh and i almost forgot something else mean i was going to say don't forget to lie to mommy and daddy when they ask where youre going.. considering 90% of this site is angst-filled adolescents -- dont you dare say your going out IN THE WOODS with a bunch of STRANGERS from the INTERNET who probably are STARK FUCKING INSANE like meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehahahahahahah 040720 ... realistic optimist hrm. i'm guessing from your rhetoric that you don't plan to attend, black. if this is, in fact the case, perhaps you could blathe your venom in "antiblathercon" or somesuch, and leave this blathe for those actually interested in attending or obtaining information regarding the convention. ;p 040720 ... estarocks we should create a blather mailing_list. if you wish to post ur email, please go there. 040720 ... realistic optimist i really don't want to post my feelings. so i guess i'll just say it makes me less sad than my social experiment, but it does definitely make me sad to know, not that no one is in attendance to blathercon, but that only misstree actually let me know in a realistic sense if she was going to or was not going to attend. and when someone as flighty and hedonistically oriented as she is setting the bar for social grace, it's difficult not to be bitter. but unfortunately for this continued moodstate's persistance of being, and fortunately for something else, i can't hod a grudge unless i'ts something undeniably eee-vile. so damn you bastards, cuz i'm sure i'll be back as soon as i have internet again. tewdlez. 040724 ... Doar yo! dude, I tried shipping you e-mails and they all got returned "undeliverable". If you ever get your cell phone back, give me a ring, okay? 040724 ... newme bummer in the summer can't believe nobody is going really sorry i can't be there 040724 ... minnesota_chris that's too bad. It's hard to travel cross country, what with the economy and gas prices and all. I did say I was probably not coming. 040724 ... realistic optimist i kept posting my new email over and over. it's still cydsid@yahoo.com and all of my posts the past 45 days or so have been linked to that new email. all those posts about not being able to afford internet or cel phone are still valid. they don't pay me very much money to go around door to door begging for money to cleanup the environment and to fight the Bush administration's insanely irresponsible energy, air, and forest policies. (ie. rolling back all of the roadless conservation act protections for our national forests to force the governor of each state to petition ex timber lobbyists now in the bush administration in charge of our forests for every little protection they might want instead; rolling back the clean air act to install the unfortunately named clear skies act, which would take away the toxic categorization for the most toxic non radioactive substance we know of: mercury, and such policies comprising the worst environmental record for any presidential administration in the history of the united states.) anyway, no worries, doar. i guess my blathercon t-shirt will be even more of a rare item than i had predicted! 040724 ... O_A so did it ever actaully happen? 040726 ... czmember yes tell all the blathesque_gossip 040811 ... czmember (!!!!) 040811 ... Bonnie ? 040811 ... 1) my_water 040811 ... 2) three_funny_words 040811 ... 3) a_belly_full_of_monsters 040811 ... minnesota_chris does anyone want to come to my house, say, end of August like? 040812 ... . Sage, who (co?)-built Blather, was apparently quite interested and amused at the blathercon concept. We should send an invitation thataway... 041023 ... the bouncer bounce 050128 ... Doar no one was able to make this work. RO did do some incredibly hard work trying to facilitate this though. I felt quite bad for not being able to attend. :( 050719 ... LS Thanx for trying RO. maybe when I'm rich I can afford to fly you all out and put you up in a convention center. 050719 ... REAListic optimIST it was fun planning such an event. i was especially excited about the masquerade ball where everyone would dress up as either their blather name or their own favorite blathe. and visiting the biggest bookstore in the world was not as fun without all the 'skites. but i realized the week before the event that it was destined to be a lonely affair, so i didn't cancel my plans to go to reno that weekend. i was nicknamed reno suave from that trip because of how easily i wrapped reno around my finger, so i suppose i don't regret blathercon's failure that much. anyway, thanks LS and DOAR for the well wishes. 050719 ... meta meta 060223 ... jane i would still like this to happen sometime, while i'm still alive. 070504 ... u24 me too. and I promise that the next time someone wants to me meet me, I won't stand them up. 070504 ... purple_blatherskite_eater me meat! 070508 ... Bespeckled Reviving this. Maybe a little less formal this time. I'll be in SoCal between Dec. 23 - Jan. 1 of this year (2008). Who else will be? Let's do some blatherconning somewhere easy (like the beach, even though it will be freezing). 081216 ... jane wish i had known about this earlier. i might might might be able to come but i'm not sure i have the time/cash to get down there and get back. 081216 ... . I'm not holding my breath for blathercon Montana, but if it happens, let me know! 081216 ... ever dumbening event planner here are the numbers to aim to top: blathercon_vancouver and maximum_skiteage best of luck. i'd be there if i weren't total swamp-o-rama. cuz i gots so-cali peeps. 081216 ... jane e.d. if they ever have another we should carpoo(l) 081216 ... stork daddy I vote Oakland. 181128 ... unhinged (my brother lives in the east bay now. oakland sounds good to me) 181128 ... ever dumbening the cruise director lives in the mountains now, so come get mile high, or don't, cuz i'm grumpy and alone and fuck it. 181129 ... smurfus rex Don't tempt me...the East Coast sucks 181130 ... arwyn I wish I had the money to come see y'all. The midwest is sooooo dull. 181130 ... unhinged when does it stop snowing in the mountains? 181130 ... dafremen When? I'll tour my way there. Might need a bath by Oakland, though. 181202 ... Photophobe Is blathercon on this year or still cancelled because of covid? 221230 what's it to you? who go blather from