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Albany UNY Gathering '09 The results, and whys, and memories.
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Oh yeah, and the Boob train.. Poor DSL. LOL
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omfg! Yes! Poor DSL. Just laying there all exhausted while a group of girls feel each other up. 😀
Oh, and how about me pwning you, Cindy. ^^
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OMFG!
And Yager bombs out at the back of the truck like being in High School again.
What's The Hype?
I don't know what all this hype is about? By the end of the weekend, several horrifying events have taken place. Here are just a few reasons why this weekend left me deeply wounded:
HDS: Ended up bloody and bruised. (My Bad)
Homer: Ended up blinded (My Bad)
K-Dawg: Wasn't black... (Left me shocked and disappointed.)
Homer: Was raped out of a hotel window (Made me feel helpless!)
K-DAWG: Raped Homer out of a hotel window (Driving me to buy an anal chastity belt from the "Shop Erotic" television store for self-defense.)
Baldy + Sasaxrah: Both hoisted into the air and spun against their will...ish (My bad, but separate spin times.)
Impaler: Was left with an unforgivable West Virginia red mark on his forehead. (Cassie's bad.)
Crystal Light: OMG, where do I begin? To say was she was pwned is like saying Israeli Military are decent combatants....
No, Israel PWNED Egypt during the "Six Day War", and Myriads PWNED Crystal Light in ways that may have changed her religion. I know it did Frankfurter's. She was destroyed, devastated, obliterated, annihilated, broken, shattered, slain, massacred, ripped to shreds, brutalized, defeated, conquered, submissified....
It's like nothing I've quite seen before, and sadly, there were 1...2...3...4...5!!! Yes, 5 witnesses to this Crystal Light Apocalypse, and I for one will have nightmares of seeing this poor girl savagely dissected to such an extent that she was convulsing on her OWN for 30 minutes. Such devastation that her own close friend and lifelong bear was heard whispering and pointing "You're Dead To Me".... yes, and it left me dead inside.
The Steelers won their game, and I won my match, but Crystal Light.... Oh you didn't just lose, love. You were PWNED to the 10th Degree. Myriads won, many guests may have felt like winners, but Crystal Light was delivered back to her friends as a big steaming pile of JoPuddle, by which we had no other course of action but to pour her puddleness into a big cup of fail.
Oh you don't believe me... Fine. Then let this be the last point I make.
Crystal was so pwnedx10 that when I turned to her with a upwards head nod and said "Sup," she could not even form that simplest greeting. In fact after several tries we down graded to "S'p" which is "Sup" but with out the U for those too PWNED to say "Sup."
Okay... this apparently was still too exhausting for the battered and oh...my...God...BEATEN Crystal, that we went one natural downgrade further to a serpent greeting... You guessed it. All Sweet Little Puddely CL had to do was say "S" or "Ss" just to confirm that she was still in her own head, that the Hiroshima of Tickling did not force her soul from her body prematurely. Alas... she could not even muster up the strength to hiss at those she once called friends.
Indeed by the end of an hour AFTER the Pearl Harbor on CL's soul... and hour of her recovering, we finally got a head nod. Or at least Slacker and Mistress Aura convinced me at the time that it was a head nod. I am however, and in reflection, convinced that it was but another uncontrollable jerk, or what I called a Ticklegasm Aftershock. Yet we accepted the head jerk as recover and carried our puddle of pwned in our cup of fail out for some fresh air and cancer sticks. Myriads... I salute you, Picasso of Pwnership, you who sat there with a twitching blonde helpless on your lap as if you were Professor Xavier, tickling her with but only your mind... an Obi Wan Kenobi using the Force to bring her body into convulsion with *only* the Force. You go on my wall of heroes. Yes, you, sir, are a Pwner in every sense of the word!
Lastly--Frankfurter: He lost his Mom that day. We will keep you posted on his adoption process, as information becomes available.
SUMMARY: FAIL! I have no idea what all the hype is about and you should all be glad I have not contacted the FBI or CIA to investigate the violence and bloodshed that takes place at these cult-like gatherings!
PS... SRSLY! THANK YOU MISTRESS AURA FOR BRINGING ME!!! I am with Slacker, one of the best weekends EVER, I had so much fun making soooo many new friends. Thank you Myriads, Ray, and Tracy for allowing Mistress Aura to bring her humble husband as a guest. Mr. Legacy was honored to be one of your guinea pigs, and I only pray that with all the bloodshed that I left in my own wake, I will be allowed at your next get together. These things are not what I thought, and barely fetish based. It's family, love, and being together in ways that just seem natural and almost utopian. Thank you for sharing your family and your weekend with me. It made for a wonderful 26th Birthday.
Luvs, Luvs,
"The Bunny Man"
Mr. Legacy
I don't know what all this hype is about? By the end of the weekend, several horrifying events have taken place. Here are just a few reasons why this weekend left me deeply wounded:
HDS: Ended up bloody and bruised. (My Bad)
Homer: Ended up blinded (My Bad)
K-Dawg: Wasn't black... (Left me shocked and disappointed.)
Homer: Was raped out of a hotel window (Made me feel helpless!)
K-DAWG: Raped Homer out of a hotel window (Driving me to buy an anal chastity belt from the "Shop Erotic" television store for self-defense.)
Baldy + Sasaxrah: Both hoisted into the air and spun against their will...ish (My bad, but separate spin times.)
Impaler: Was left with an unforgivable West Virginia red mark on his forehead. (Cassie's bad.)
Crystal Light: OMG, where do I begin? To say was she was pwned is like saying Israeli Military are decent combatants....
No, Israel PWNED Egypt during the "Six Day War", and Myriads PWNED Crystal Light in ways that may have changed her religion. I know it did Frankfurter's. She was destroyed, devastated, obliterated, annihilated, broken, shattered, slain, massacred, ripped to shreds, brutalized, defeated, conquered, submissified....
It's like nothing I've quite seen before, and sadly, there were 1...2...3...4...5!!! Yes, 5 witnesses to this Crystal Light Apocalypse, and I for one will have nightmares of seeing this poor girl savagely dissected to such an extent that she was convulsing on her OWN for 30 minutes. Such devastation that her own close friend and lifelong bear was heard whispering and pointing "You're Dead To Me".... yes, and it left me dead inside.
The Steelers won their game, and I won my match, but Crystal Light.... Oh you didn't just lose, love. You were PWNED to the 10th Degree. Myriads won, many guests may have felt like winners, but Crystal Light was delivered back to her friends as a big steaming pile of JoPuddle, by which we had no other course of action but to pour her puddleness into a big cup of fail.
Oh you don't believe me... Fine. Then let this be the last point I make.
Crystal was so pwnedx10 that when I turned to her with a upwards head nod and said "Sup," she could not even form that simplest greeting. In fact after several tries we down graded to "S'p" which is "Sup" but with out the U for those too PWNED to say "Sup."
Okay... this apparently was still too exhausting for the battered and oh...my...God...BEATEN Crystal, that we went one natural downgrade further to a serpent greeting... You guessed it. All Sweet Little Puddely CL had to do was say "S" or "Ss" just to confirm that she was still in her own head, that the Hiroshima of Tickling did not force her soul from her body prematurely. Alas... she could not even muster up the strength to hiss at those she once called friends.
Indeed by the end of an hour AFTER the Pearl Harbor on CL's soul... and hour of her recovering, we finally got a head nod. Or at least Slacker and Mistress Aura convinced me at the time that it was a head nod. I am however, and in reflection, convinced that it was but another uncontrollable jerk, or what I called a Ticklegasm Aftershock. Yet we accepted the head jerk as recover and carried our puddle of pwned in our cup of fail out for some fresh air and cancer sticks. Myriads... I salute you, Picasso of Pwnership, you who sat there with a twitching blonde helpless on your lap as if you were Professor Xavier, tickling her with but only your mind... an Obi Wan Kenobi using the Force to bring her body into convulsion with *only* the Force. You go on my wall of heroes. Yes, you, sir, are a Pwner in every sense of the word!
Lastly--Frankfurter: He lost his Mom that day. We will keep you posted on his adoption process, as information becomes available.
SUMMARY: FAIL! I have no idea what all the hype is about and you should all be glad I have not contacted the FBI or CIA to investigate the violence and bloodshed that takes place at these cult-like gatherings!
PS... SRSLY! THANK YOU MISTRESS AURA FOR BRINGING ME!!! I am with Slacker, one of the best weekends EVER, I had so much fun making soooo many new friends. Thank you Myriads, Ray, and Tracy for allowing Mistress Aura to bring her humble husband as a guest. Mr. Legacy was honored to be one of your guinea pigs, and I only pray that with all the bloodshed that I left in my own wake, I will be allowed at your next get together. These things are not what I thought, and barely fetish based. It's family, love, and being together in ways that just seem natural and almost utopian. Thank you for sharing your family and your weekend with me. It made for a wonderful 26th Birthday.
Luvs, Luvs,
"The Bunny Man"
Mr. Legacy
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Just stop lookin' at my ear.
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All you need to know in life is, it's all about "The Lean".
BWHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH!
That is still funny.
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We must not forget me launching Dave off the bed.
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And his subsequent banning from the room for not being able to do his job.
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Wow, thats a tremendous relief ! I live and work in the Metroland area and never heard of a gathering there in quite awhile.
I'm so glad it was just a non-invite and I wasn't slipping.
I know gatherings have invite lists,so how does one get on it ?
Is there a certain level you must obtain, is there a dues, TMF application or does it help to PM more often to gain this information ?
I went to a NEST once, but never could understand these private gatherings and how they worked.
I'm just really curious.
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As Ray has said, it was experimental to see if they (being Ray, Tracy and Myriads) could pull off a Super Bowl Gathering. They were worried about it failing miserably and preferred to keep it to a minimum of guests basically so as not to be totally embarrased forum-wide.
However, it seems unanimous that it was a smashing success and therefore will become an annual thing. It was never meant to slight or otherwise exclude anyone and will most likely become an open invite, though the final word comes down from the 3 I mentioned above. Contact Ray and he can better explain it.
Understand as much as someone may take it out of context, it was what it was. As Ray mentioned, he just grabbed a small to medium group of his close friends together as guinea pigs. Do not try to put definition on "close". That doesn't mean "closest" or "has been to 4+ gatherings" or anything else. Don't try to read in to what is not there. 3 people that have never hosted a gathering and wanted to try, invited a few close friends that have been to gatherings before for a test run, knowing that in a worst case scenario, that it the whole thing fall flat on it's face, and it all went wrong with all kinds of problems, every one of them would have had no problem with it at all and made something fun out of watching the Superbowl together. This was explained to me when it was being organized. I was told "you will be flying in from 2000 miles away and this is a trial run kind of thing" and my response was "I'd make a funeral fun, so I'm in". Had I not been asked I would be applauding for them right now for it.
They should be patted on the back for a job well done and now are planning an event that will be a yearly gathering to bridge the gap from the end of the previous year and NEST. Every gathering that is a success should be lauded happily whether it be private or public. I'm stoked at every new gathering that pops up whether I'm invited or not, whether I can actually go or not. I want the whole community to keep growing larger and better. So again, thank you and congrats on a successful event to all who put it together.
They should be patted on the back for a job well done and now are planning an event that will be a yearly gathering to bridge the gap from the end of the previous year and NEST. Every gathering that is a success should be lauded happily whether it be private or public. I'm stoked at every new gathering that pops up whether I'm invited or not, whether I can actually go or not. I want the whole community to keep growing larger and better. So again, thank you and congrats on a successful event to all who put it together.
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KRA-DO you sick sumbitch'!!!
You took the words right out of my ass!
You took the words right out of my ass!
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This past weekend was an emotional roller coaster for me, but ya'll made it more than bearable 🙂 I had so much fun meeting new people, and catching up with old friends 🙂
My favorite moments/quotes:
Jay singing the Candyman song - I could listen to that story 100 times and it would still be hilarous
Imfailer to Lee: "Can I have one hand to give her the finger?" LMAO
Olive Garden with Jay, Dave, Sur-ah, Cindy, Bill & Michael
Jay: "Who's this *****?"
Dave: "That's my sister!"
"The monkey is FINE!!" -13 LMAO ILY!! IFD!!! P.S. Thanks for making our bed LOL
"We should tell everyone it's cause Jay turned me gay..." -Michael's take on how to explain our break up 😛
"Why does this room smell like ass?" -Slackerbitch
"What's that smell?" -13
"Mike...you smell like an old man's attic" -Jay
^all quotes by people coming into our hotel room, after Michael had been farting in it for the last 2 hours
"I'm not troubled youth you old son of a bitch!" -Me 😀 to Morgan <3 LOL
"I kissed the pizza boy!" -Jhoti
"I love mediocre pizza." -Sur-ah <333
Killing 3 people and injuring 14 swinging Gin around and around when we 1st got to the hotel <333 IFD!!
Cassi: "We were jumping up and down, looking like retards in the wrong
hotel."
Me: "Yeah, but Gin is jumping up and down, looking like a retard in the lobby of the RIGHT hotel."
The ENTIRE ride up - terrorizing Slacker from the back seat - ILY CASSI!!!
"Which one of you is bouncing....oh my god it's both of them." -Michael, when we were about 5 minutes away from the hotel 😀 referring to Cassi and me
And now...my ILY's
Baldy - It was awesome seeing you again babe You and Sur-ah are too cute. I want more munches dammit!!! Every day!! You give the best cuddles ever xoxo
Sur-ah - It was awesome to see you having so much fun!! I'm so so happy that you came. Seeing you two weekends in a row is totally gonna spoil me though. Don't be surprised if I'm at your door this Friday with a plate of taco dip and sad puppy-dog eyes LOL
Jay - Shut the fuck up. ILY
Jojo - Dammit woman!!! I'm thinking that at NEST, we should just tie ourselves together and force ourselves to interact
Gin - 13!! IFD!! Talk shit get hit!! This animal is bullshit!! You seriously light up every room you walk into. ILY so hardcore
Cassi - Holy fucking adorable!! I loved riding with you and terrorizing Slackerbitch Getting to know you better was so much fun!! Anytime you wanna ride somewhere with us you haz open invitation
Imfailer - Wow...ler all weekend huh? Gonna pwn IFD huh? I know I wasn't around alot but...I didn't see anything of the sort going on ILY - even if you are all jaw
Lee & Amanda - Thank you so much for letting me watch ya'll shoot your videos It was alot of fun and very interesting! Cassi and Gin said my expressions during the spanking video were priceless Amanda, I cracked up when, after all the yelling and wimpering during the 1st video, you said to Bella "I can take more spanking." LOL Ya'll are seriously awesome, and it was so awesome to see you again!
DVNC & Penny - I didn't get to spend more than a few minutes with you guys - but it was great to see you again Dave - I love your sense of humor - you always make me laugh Hope to see ya'll at NEST!!
Bella - Mama B!!! I was so happy to see you and I loved chatting with you Saturday night. You always answer all my questions so patiently I totally adore you - can you have another party please? Like, maybe tomorrow?
Jhoti - It was nice to actually get to talk to you a little more this time!! I'm so happy you decided to jump into our community after Bella's party, and become more active You're the shit baby
Jeff - Another person I barely got to talk to! Regardless, it was awesome to meet you and get to chat with you at least a *little* You give the awesomest hugs We have to make some time to hang out at NEST fo sho xoxo
JPie - I didn't get to chat with you much, but I think it's awesome that you decided to man up and come to the gathering right after your surgery! That's dedication baby It was good to see you, and don't forget to get yourself a corset!!
Classy - It was great that I got to chat with you more in Albany than I did in Ohio. It was awesome getting to know you - you're outrageously sweet & I love your sense of humor xoxo
Myr - It was totally awesome meeting and getting to know you! I loved hearing about all the interesting stuff you had to talk about Saturday night Hopefully we can find more time to chat and get to know eachother! I hope that you had fun!
Mils - Once again, we didn't really get a chance to talk, but the little bit that we chit-chatted, you seemed super nice I hope you had fun, and I'm sure I'll be seeing you again
Danimal & Tracy - It was great meeting you guys! Ya'll seem like a ton of fun, and I really hope we get to spend more time hanging out next time we see eachother I swear 4 days just isn't enough
Ray & Tracy - It was amazing to meet you two!! You guys were so sweet and welcoming Ya'll are so friendly - it was a huge pleasure getting to know you a little bit
Cindy, Aura & Bill - Seriously, ya'll CRACK me up. I never met a family with a crazier, awesomer, funnier dynamic than you guys Aura, it was awesome to see you again! Cindy, I'm so glad to finally meet you You're super sweet, and thanks so much for your input Saturday night Bill, you are one scary motherfucker - stay away from me LOL j/k You seriously fit right in!! It was totally awesome getting to know you, and if you don't start posting, I'm seriously gonna bodyslam you next time I see you. Be afraid *flex*
HDS - Holy-freaking-adorable. Srsly, it was so awesome meeting you We didn't really get to talk that much, but you seem super sweet, and we totally need to keep in touch xoxox
Slackerbitch - The Berks County Caravan would not have been complete without you and your cranky ass self I'm glad that your first gathering was fun, and (I'll never admit it again) but I'm glad your Steelers won for ya Anytime you wanna ride with us, you're MORE than welcome xoxo
Morgan & Christina - Srsly..1/2 hour? Come on now - we're tards if we don't get together ASAP. You guys are awesome to just shoot the shit with Oh, and Morgan, you're an old son of a bitch
My favorite moments/quotes:
Jay singing the Candyman song - I could listen to that story 100 times and it would still be hilarous
Imfailer to Lee: "Can I have one hand to give her the finger?" LMAO
Olive Garden with Jay, Dave, Sur-ah, Cindy, Bill & Michael
Jay: "Who's this *****?"
Dave: "That's my sister!"
"The monkey is FINE!!" -13 LMAO ILY!! IFD!!! P.S. Thanks for making our bed LOL
"We should tell everyone it's cause Jay turned me gay..." -Michael's take on how to explain our break up 😛
"Why does this room smell like ass?" -Slackerbitch
"What's that smell?" -13
"Mike...you smell like an old man's attic" -Jay
^all quotes by people coming into our hotel room, after Michael had been farting in it for the last 2 hours
"I'm not troubled youth you old son of a bitch!" -Me 😀 to Morgan <3 LOL
"I kissed the pizza boy!" -Jhoti
"I love mediocre pizza." -Sur-ah <333
Killing 3 people and injuring 14 swinging Gin around and around when we 1st got to the hotel <333 IFD!!
Cassi: "We were jumping up and down, looking like retards in the wrong
hotel."
Me: "Yeah, but Gin is jumping up and down, looking like a retard in the lobby of the RIGHT hotel."
The ENTIRE ride up - terrorizing Slacker from the back seat - ILY CASSI!!!
"Which one of you is bouncing....oh my god it's both of them." -Michael, when we were about 5 minutes away from the hotel 😀 referring to Cassi and me
And now...my ILY's
Baldy - It was awesome seeing you again babe You and Sur-ah are too cute. I want more munches dammit!!! Every day!! You give the best cuddles ever xoxo
Sur-ah - It was awesome to see you having so much fun!! I'm so so happy that you came. Seeing you two weekends in a row is totally gonna spoil me though. Don't be surprised if I'm at your door this Friday with a plate of taco dip and sad puppy-dog eyes LOL
Jay - Shut the fuck up. ILY
Jojo - Dammit woman!!! I'm thinking that at NEST, we should just tie ourselves together and force ourselves to interact
Gin - 13!! IFD!! Talk shit get hit!! This animal is bullshit!! You seriously light up every room you walk into. ILY so hardcore
Cassi - Holy fucking adorable!! I loved riding with you and terrorizing Slackerbitch Getting to know you better was so much fun!! Anytime you wanna ride somewhere with us you haz open invitation
Imfailer - Wow...ler all weekend huh? Gonna pwn IFD huh? I know I wasn't around alot but...I didn't see anything of the sort going on ILY - even if you are all jaw
Lee & Amanda - Thank you so much for letting me watch ya'll shoot your videos It was alot of fun and very interesting! Cassi and Gin said my expressions during the spanking video were priceless Amanda, I cracked up when, after all the yelling and wimpering during the 1st video, you said to Bella "I can take more spanking." LOL Ya'll are seriously awesome, and it was so awesome to see you again!
DVNC & Penny - I didn't get to spend more than a few minutes with you guys - but it was great to see you again Dave - I love your sense of humor - you always make me laugh Hope to see ya'll at NEST!!
Bella - Mama B!!! I was so happy to see you and I loved chatting with you Saturday night. You always answer all my questions so patiently I totally adore you - can you have another party please? Like, maybe tomorrow?
Jhoti - It was nice to actually get to talk to you a little more this time!! I'm so happy you decided to jump into our community after Bella's party, and become more active You're the shit baby
Jeff - Another person I barely got to talk to! Regardless, it was awesome to meet you and get to chat with you at least a *little* You give the awesomest hugs We have to make some time to hang out at NEST fo sho xoxo
JPie - I didn't get to chat with you much, but I think it's awesome that you decided to man up and come to the gathering right after your surgery! That's dedication baby It was good to see you, and don't forget to get yourself a corset!!
Classy - It was great that I got to chat with you more in Albany than I did in Ohio. It was awesome getting to know you - you're outrageously sweet & I love your sense of humor xoxo
Myr - It was totally awesome meeting and getting to know you! I loved hearing about all the interesting stuff you had to talk about Saturday night Hopefully we can find more time to chat and get to know eachother! I hope that you had fun!
Mils - Once again, we didn't really get a chance to talk, but the little bit that we chit-chatted, you seemed super nice I hope you had fun, and I'm sure I'll be seeing you again
Danimal & Tracy - It was great meeting you guys! Ya'll seem like a ton of fun, and I really hope we get to spend more time hanging out next time we see eachother I swear 4 days just isn't enough
Ray & Tracy - It was amazing to meet you two!! You guys were so sweet and welcoming Ya'll are so friendly - it was a huge pleasure getting to know you a little bit
Cindy, Aura & Bill - Seriously, ya'll CRACK me up. I never met a family with a crazier, awesomer, funnier dynamic than you guys Aura, it was awesome to see you again! Cindy, I'm so glad to finally meet you You're super sweet, and thanks so much for your input Saturday night Bill, you are one scary motherfucker - stay away from me LOL j/k You seriously fit right in!! It was totally awesome getting to know you, and if you don't start posting, I'm seriously gonna bodyslam you next time I see you. Be afraid *flex*
HDS - Holy-freaking-adorable. Srsly, it was so awesome meeting you We didn't really get to talk that much, but you seem super sweet, and we totally need to keep in touch xoxox
Slackerbitch - The Berks County Caravan would not have been complete without you and your cranky ass self I'm glad that your first gathering was fun, and (I'll never admit it again) but I'm glad your Steelers won for ya Anytime you wanna ride with us, you're MORE than welcome xoxo
Morgan & Christina - Srsly..1/2 hour? Come on now - we're tards if we don't get together ASAP. You guys are awesome to just shoot the shit with Oh, and Morgan, you're an old son of a bitch
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Understand as much as someone may take it out of context, it was what it was. As Ray mentioned, he just grabbed a small to medium group of his close friends together as guinea pigs. Do not try to put definition on "close". That doesn't mean "closest" or "has been to 4+ gatherings" or anything else. Don't try to read in to what is not there. 3 people that have never hosted a gathering and wanted to try, invited a few close friends that have been to gatherings before for a test run, knowing that in a worst case scenario, that it the whole thing fall flat on it's face, and it all went wrong with all kinds of problems, every one of them would have had no problem with it at all and made something fun out of watching the Superbowl together. This was explained to me when it was being organized. I was told "you will be flying in from 2000 miles away and this is a trial run kind of thing" and my response was "I'd make a funeral fun, so I'm in". Had I not been asked I would be applauding for them right now for it.
They should be patted on the back for a job well done and now are planning an event that will be a yearly gathering to bridge the gap from the end of the previous year and NEST. Every gathering that is a success should be lauded happily whether it be private or public. I'm stoked at every new gathering that pops up whether I'm invited or not, whether I can actually go or not. I want the whole community to keep growing larger and better. So again, thank you and congrats on a successful event to all who put it together.
Couldn't have said it better
You're disgusting.
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I wouldn't worry too much about how invites worked for this event since the invite thing was only done as a trial run this year. But basically to give a little perspective one gets invited to a small party on the tmf the same way you get invited to a small party anywhere, by forging close friendships with those throwing the party.
I attended NEST last year as my first gathering. While I met a lot of great people that weekend, I certainly didn't get to know anyone so well that they would have thought to invite me to a small party if that was the extent of my interaction with them. But like everyone else that attended UNY we became close friends with the organizers over time. This is done by a lot of phone calls, instant messages, private messages, as well as additional face to face time. The people that attended this event were specifically invited because they are so close with the organizers that they knew we would support them regardless of how the event turned out. People that were not invited were not left out because they are less popular on the forum, but because the people that attended were those the organizers were most comfortable either failing or succeeding in front of.
Gathering that are open to all on the TMF, as UNY will be next year, are run differently. There is a registration process where that particular host will charge whatever registration fee is necessary to cover their costs and will screen people before they approved. Screening has nothing to do with popularity or post counts or who your friends are, but are about ensuring that the people who attend are respectful of others and are interested in socializing, meeting new people, and having fun. LeeAllure did a great interview about how the registration process for NEST works on the 01/19/09 episode of Don't Judge Me on TMF Radio (shameless plug). Check it out in the archives in the Radio discussion forum. For my NY munches screening takes into account making sure the group does not get too large, watching out for people I believe might not interact well with either the group generally or specific people. I'm never looking to turn anyway but I want to make sure the group is a manageable size and everyone that comes will be polite and respectful. Screening differs for all organizers.
Hope this helps answer your question.
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Aww...everything sounds like uber fun! I wish I could have come, but alas....school often gets in the way what with my recital in like 2ish weeks.
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Sounds like a blast was had by all! Good luck with future gatherings! 😀
Understand as much as someone may take it out of context, it was what it was. As Ray mentioned, he just grabbed a small to medium group of his close friends together as guinea pigs. Do not try to put definition on "close". That doesn't mean "closest" or "has been to 4+ gatherings" or anything else. Don't try to read in to what is not there. 3 people that have never hosted a gathering and wanted to try, invited a few close friends that have been to gatherings before for a test run, knowing that in a worst case scenario, that it the whole thing fall flat on it's face, and it all went wrong with all kinds of problems, every one of them would have had no problem with it at all and made something fun out of watching the Superbowl together. This was explained to me when it was being organized. I was told "you will be flying in from 2000 miles away and this is a trial run kind of thing" and my response was "I'd make a funeral fun, so I'm in". Had I not been asked I would be applauding for them right now for it.
They should be patted on the back for a job well done and now are planning an event that will be a yearly gathering to bridge the gap from the end of the previous year and NEST. Every gathering that is a success should be lauded happily whether it be private or public. I'm stoked at every new gathering that pops up whether I'm invited or not, whether I can actually go or not. I want the whole community to keep growing larger and better. So again, thank you and congrats on a successful event to all who put it together.
I too Krazy....I am just happy to get to any of these and hug away! If anyone knows Ray and Tracy like I do they these are the nicest best intentioned people I know...it was what it was...a trial run, and I thank them for opening up a new gathering for all of us in the future.
skippy, you are a sweetheart, it was great to see you again...and yes, some convinced me I can wear a corset without looking silly.
