blathercon_locale REAListic optimIST portland, oregon seems like a good location with an excellent and free downtown public transportation system, beautiful downtown, and a plethora of nearby activities, including oceanic beaches, mountains, hot springs, old growth forest, and all manner of city pleasures. it's on the west coast (blather time zone). 031118 ... x is this also, by chance, where you live? 031118 ... Lemon_Soda This is a great idea. I propose a cheap motel willing to work on a co-sponsor deal. Get a slice off of the room fee and maybe a continental breakfast. We'll need a list with whose coming for sure to give the hotel for both the number of rooms and whose in them. We'll also finangal a few small meeting rooms from the hotel for panel discussion, movies, snacking, games, interactive social mixers(club night, disco, roller derby, mongolian football, whatever) and sightseeing/outside entertainment. Name tags required i.e. HELLO, My name is Lemon_Soda. 21 and up activities including coffee house discussions, dinner, walk-abouts, or a booze cruise/happy hour. I personnally would pay my own hotel room just for the opertunity(sp?) to speak to some of you face to face. I think we'd have a real good time and some real discussion(all types). I can understand if age or obligation might prevent some from attending, and for that I am disappointed, but surely we can get a good crowd if we plan well and get alot of involvement. Portland sounds fine to me. Anything I can do to help? 031118 ... REAListic optimIST :) thanks lemon soda right now we just need to see how many are coming. once we know how many, then we know how big this is gonna be, then we know how to properly plan it. i'll give a few more weeks for people to tentatively confirm desire to attend. 031119 ... stork daddy the only thing in oregon is lesbians and salmon. 031119 ... Fishy Fingers damn, i'm either a highly nutricious fish or a rug muncher.....think i'll go with lesbian 031119 ... x apparently i'm not worth answering. thanks. 031119 ... Maybe yes it is 'X'. R.O.'s history researcher 031119 ... REAListic optimIST oops sorry, x, i didn't know that wasn't a rhetorical question, sorry. i had posted before that i live in oregon, but i suppose i can't expect you to have read everything i've ever written. hehe. yep, i'm an Oregonian, which, of course, makes it easier for me to organize a trip for the 'skites to said "sister" city. 031119 ... grindmath yeah, uh just a thought what about those of us that live on the east coast? (i KNOW i'm not the only one) i mean i'd love a road trip out west and all. and i'm planning on taking a motorcycle trip down route 66 this summer. but that and other expenses leaves precious little coin for hotel rooms in oregon. why not something in new york? philly? nj even is a possibility. that would definitly be eaisier for people who wanted to visit from overseas (in the off chance that someone from overseas would actually WANT to come over here) or, more realisticaly some place in central usa? just a thought. 031119 ... grindmath don't get me wrong portland, oregon sounds like a beautiful place to vistit (even more excited about this than the family trip to, gasp: west virginia. (no offense to those actually from west virginia)) ok, just kidding. i know where going for the people where gonna meet, not the place its at. and i'd have to get time off of work (from a job i don't even have yet) and i'd need to save money wherever i could. but i'd like to go. is anyone from around here going? (georgiamarylandnewjerseynewyorkpennsilvaniadelawareect..) 031119 ... misstree one, someone said at a previous point that the blather_gods might be willing/able to attend if it's west coast, possibly central usa, and two, i give realistic_optimist total props for being willing to step up and put this together, if i were him i shore wouldn't want to try to do it somewhere across the country to boot. just my two cents, not worth a whole lot. 031119 ... girl_jane Dallas and Sage are in California correct? If it were west coast, I think it'd make sense to have it there. But thinking about both coasts, I think central US would make sense too. And yes-BIG thanks to those putting this together!!!! 031119 ... misstree is getting verrrryyyy sleeepyyy blather_convention is where EECP said that (s)he'd be able to bring the gods if it was in that area. yeppers. 031119 ... jane i'm in new york & i'll be going [to answer grindmath] 031119 ... x I'm in the bay area of Northern California, as are 3 other blatherskites that I am aware of. Portland is a feasible but lengthy road trip in a dying car. If it was definitely happening I would do my best to find a way there. I think it would make the most sense to take a blathercon_attendees_location poll to find out where everyone is and then come up with somewhere reasonable. However, the most central locale would probably be somewhere that none of us actually live, which would make planning hard. nevertheless, i think it's a worthwhile if cluttery endeavor: blathercon_attendees_location 031119 ... nocturnal there's about a 0.00002% chance that I would go regardless (mainly because I don't know anyone around here anymore) but I still highly recommend new_orleans. it's been suggested more than once, it's fairly central, everyone always wants to go there, it's pretty cheap, and damn near anyone can go out and party regardless of age if you know where to go. tons of stuff to do night and day (it's not all bourbon street and disgusting drunken behavior despite popular opinion). yeah, I just thought I'd try to help y'all out. location and activities should be key in this plan and new_orleans has it all. 031119 ... nomme i added myself to blathercon_attendees_location i guess bc.ca might confuse some though,.. so for clarification that's BC Canada. if blathercon is on the west coast i'd be more likely to attend than if it were to be somewhere more central or east,.. but i'm not sure my vote counts for much anyway considering my attendance seems a little far-fetched at this point,..i'm usually broke and don't drive and rarely travel. but nonetheless i think this is all a great plan and if i can...and that is a very big if...i'll be there, and that's a threat. 031120 ... Dafremen I think that since RO is saving on travel expenses, he should let us erect a tent city in his yard. 031120 ... Dafremen Oh...and will Chunk 666 be invited? I have GOT to ride one of those Tall bikes!! see also: you_pick_your_heroes_ill_pick_mine 031120 ... Death of a Rose ok....people....people....this has all been discussed and rediscussed before.... i do have a suggestion, if anyone is willing to entertain it. yes there is impossibilities to everyone who wants to attend, to attend (if you get my meaning), so how about this, two simultaneous blathercons on both the east and west coast. just a thought. of course the eastern blatherskites would have some work to do. 031120 ... fook me with barbed wire shite....that should read.. there are impossibilites 031120 ... Dafremen I don't care what you say DOAR, I'm showing up at RO's house with a tent. East coast, west coast, blathercon or no, look out Portland..here I come. Better get this thing organized if it's going to happen, otherwise it's gunna be a long camp out waiting for it to arrive. (And yes, I'm serious and YES, I have smores fixins and Ramen enough to make it happen.) 031120 ... Death of a Rose better move and change your name REAL, you've got a tent packing daffy coming your way. something wicked this way comes 031120 ... REAListic optimIST i don't have a yard. i live in an apartment complex. i suppose i could tie a rope around your feet and dangle you from my balcony... 031120 ... Dafremen ahA! So you have a balcony! No use denying it now. (stows the 4 man and pulls out the pup tent.) Electrical hookups? (Packs lightbulb adapter jack, just in case.) 031120 ... girl_jane I'll be the first to speak up against the two blathercons at the same time. I'd be in the middle, and I'd have a really, really, really hard time chosing which one to go to. 031120 ... daf West Coast..better weather! 031120 ... jane ooh and if they were at different times i could figure out how to go to both 031120 ... notme euroblathercon for the europeans? or ukblathercon? or something similar for other places and people who can't/won't be attending the northamericanblathercon/s i could see a blatherconcanada happening someday as well maybe? or blatherconaustralia? blatherconsomewhereinasia? antarctica? africa? blatherconsouthamerica? am i forgetting anywhere special? 031120 ... misstree but if you had limited resources and/or other events that summer and couldn't make two blathercons, it would still split the total volume of skites we could get in one place. and i approve of a euroblathe, especially if you do it in, oh, say, fall sometime, as an opportunity for me to travel may be erupting about then. *plotplotplot* 031120 ... Little Lost Riding Hood Hmmmm, Euroblathe sounds excellent - I feel left out all the way over here! Think i am the only Englander....? 031121 ... Death of a Rose jesus, mary and the humourous donkey what have i started? okay, forget i mentioned anything about two blathercons, i take it all back. i'm still going to portland. nuff said. 031121 ... misstree okay, here's my two cents and official declaration all wrapped up into one. realistic_optimist has stood up and said, "yeah, we need to get all these people in one place at one time, and if i don't do it, nobody else will." he's committing himself to putting this thing together, and he's doing it in portland, because it's damn near impossible to plan something somewhere else. if ya don't like it, host the next one. if ya *really* don't like it, take over the reigns on this one, but be completely aware that this isn't like planning a birthday party--this is going to take a lot of work and dedication and organization and personal fire, and will prolly give r_o a few grey hairs before it all comes to fruitition. if you're not down for sleepless nights and grey hairs and thankless frustration, then crab about the second job you picked up to cover the extra travel cost rather than wanting blathercon to move closer. (if you're reading any negativity in any of this, you're missing the playful grin and fondly gruff demeanor. 's alllll good. :) so, in short, it's gonna be in portland, tough ta tas if you don't like it. but i still say there better be a euroblathercon for me to visit in fall. ;P 031121 ... p2 i know it's all been decided already and that i'm not likely to go to anyway but some food for thought for future blathercons vegas cheap airfare cheap hotels cheap food there's a reason it's the convention capital of the world i'd say get one of the most expensive rooms with a jacuzzi and everything and have everyone bring sleeping bags and split the cost blathercon_tally counts 19 people the *most* expensive room in the bellagio at 775 a night comes out to about 40 a person (not including tax) be sure not to admit everyone's staying there though they supposedly limit it to 4 a room just claim they're all friends coming to hangout in the room or something anyway just a thought 031121 ... Deaht of a Rose thanx p2....that was good advice. something that we can explore, like you said, at a future blathercon (assuming of course we have a successful, inaugural first one) 031121 ... Death of Spelling shite, death, death, death, 031121 ... Dafremen He did mention cheap hookers cheap drugs and cheap booze too right? (Just trying to get baby_satan to pop out and commit to this thing.) 031122 ... minnesota_chris any place which has a big big house we can all camp out in? is feeling cheap 031122 ... Death of a Rose i believe i would snore so badly someone would smother me with a pillow just to shut my nasal passages up! so i for one would like to spare potential blatherconites that prison term. 031122 ... Dafremen the sound of snoring always lulls me to sleep. (Why dad bought me the very expensive and hard to locate snoring hermit crabs one birthday) 031122 ... Death of a Rose hey brah. you still going to camp out on Reals' balcony? and yeah, pops had some of those little curiousities running around at night in our house. 031122 ... unhinged another good option for later dates since i completely missed the boat on this argument --- milwaukee 1) three blatherskites already live in the area so it would be easier to organize among more people. 2) it's kind of centrally located from east/west/southeast coasts. 3) i'm a wretchedly poor grad student who is already doing a good job of running up her credit card bill. yeah and 4) according to plenty of people, i'm a selfish bitch. hahaha, you should have seen the looks on their faces...uuummm, right. i'm slightly insane right now. stupid fucking fuckers. blah. i think i need to go to sleep. 031122 ... Bespeckled Portland sounds fine to me. I live in California during the summer, so if the convention is then, I can probably make it hassle-free. 031122 ... bandersnatch i think that portland would be a great place to go for blathercon. ill be there...assuming i get the time off from my job (which i just interviewed for yesterday). 031122 ... misstree see BLATHERCON_ANNOUNCEMENTS 031122 ... sylphide eek! It certainly would be wonderful to meet all u blatherskites, not mentioning any favourites here, but you're all so marvellously interesting on so many different levels. I'd just sit in contentment, taking you all in, in awe. Such a shame i'm in Sydney & it's so far away from you all (and travelling is s0 not financially viable unless I find a job between now and then wrestling crocs and being a tv-host) otherwise I'd pack my pet koala, find the roo a babysitter and be there with bells on! 031123 ... splinken whoa. i'll entertain fantasies of going, wherever it might be. 031123 ... Death of a Rose scroll up splinken, also let me know your e-mail addy. we are trying to get some webcams lined up for those of locality restrictions, sylphide. 031123 ... sylphide soudsn like a plan! 031123 ... falling_alone philly? nods...philly it is! lol...i have no moneys *sigh* and portland is so far away...i can drive to philly (well others can drive *me*) and philly is closer to others on the east coast right in the middle. PERFECT! and u can have it in portland also...2 conventions then PHILLY! yay and portland... yes i am noting that this will most likely be ignored... 031124 ... Mandijabster no becky...pat is in portland. see...pat....portland...pat in portland! plus showing up and having a sleep over at his house would be fun. i wanna go to portalnd dammit! 031126 ... bumped . 031127 ... bumped . 031128 ... misstree see blathercon_announcements for VOTING info. 031208 ... realistic optimist blathercon_questionaire 040114 ... sore ass . 040211 ... sore ass . 040211 ... realistic optimist updates in blathercon !! 040306 ... blue_star I'm going to be in Chile this semester if any of our South American friends would like to have a blathercon-ita with me! 040714 ... where is splinken where the hell has splinken gone??? i need u splinken! respond! 050218 what's it to you? who go blather from