1st Annual AS Convention - Rough Recollections of Ridiculous Rhetoric and Ribs

[EmperorChaos]

Right-o. Well, that's enough alliteration for the moment.

As I near the 92nd hour, I've much to consider.

First of all... the computer is not a safe place for me. I began this thread with the intention of chronicling the events as they occurred to the best of my ability.

It would seem, however, the sitting down in this chair in a room with a comfortable air temperature and no loud metal music blaring with wakeful qualities is taking its toll on our dear adventurer.

To be honest, as I sit here now I've had nearly eight or so Doze-Offs. They don't last long... never more than a few seconds.. Enough time to buy a jug of milks.

And that brings me to my next subject... Okay... What the hell am I talking about "a jug of milks" for? (Yeah, plural).

That was an example of doze-off typing. The body is still active as is the mind thus allowing relatively error-free typing as far as spelling and grammar go. However, perplexing though it may be, cognitive function can be impaired rather badly during these periods.

And so it is right now. That soft chair, the mechanically-driven breeze of the fan. The only problem is that I am going to be currently unable to act the fool... err, wait, correct myself because I sacrificed the dogs

GOODBYE. Type your stories here. I'm not insane... or anything. I just happen.

Well... I might be a little nuts right now. I've been rocking back and forth in this chair telling my cat to stop doing nothing.

I also took on crusades, bitches, what diy ou do?

Dozed off a bit. Damn cat making rumblings... I would love the tutelage of people who don't lseepDon't

-=-=- I think I can fix humps... Look, I'm gone. Now I am crazy. I'll b e back n afew hou shoited

I have to go because I am talking to myself and greeting non-existent next to me.

Everyone should know that the use of any of the above symbols.... man.... my brain finally stopped working. DON'T USE THIS ANYWHERE. COPYRIGHT AND ALL THAT. Not that just saying that matters.... actually, you look like an asshole to me when you're like Blah blah blah my poems and finally copyright and the bottom.

Asshole.

Long story short.... I fell asleep just now, err, well, probably an hour ago. I woke up realizing I'd managed to make a few more nonsensical lines of these alphabets together.

Then I decided to tell you all that I have to go and pass away quietly. I'll be in my bed for eternity if anyone needs me.... chips and salsa in the back.... And as always, thank you for shopping at ...text missing...


(And there you have it. Further text that I am in fact completely insane and/or a robot, but rather good at Jeopardy. Until repairs are complete, this is ...quick look around at something random to use as a nam.e... Sony Holiday.)

Meow.

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Oh and you others that I talked to, were you not figments of my deranged mind's eye, are free to talk amongst yourselves.... but continue to smile and wave at the other campers as I did. They are the only people in all of KOA I wanted to think I was sane. *click*

[Zanahoria_Picante]

Er....

Wow.

I like how 99% of that had (seemingly :ponder:) absolutely nothing to do with what happened at the convention. *Chortles* Well done, EC.

No doubt, the peripheral cats assail you even as I type this. I hope your body's "You've been awake ridiculously long!" failsafe kicks in soon, for your sake. :wink:

*Returns to exercising meter*

[EmperorChaos]

Thank you Zippy.

It all has nothing to do with the convention because that thing never happened. I imagined everything during my long hiatus from sleep... except for a strange puppy named Marley that required comfort during a storm....

Anyway, like I said... I need to get off the computer to really chronicle everything... and I kinda just passed out in front of the monitor for who knows how long.... it could be tomorrow already!!!

I'mma go write some things on that archaic tool called, err, umm, aha! Paper.!

CHEERIOS (has a good chance of lowering your cholesterol I'm told.)

[psychoDiablo]

Er....

Wow.

I like how 99% of that had (seemingly :ponder:) absolutely nothing to do with what happened at the convention. *Chortles* Well done, EC.


i can tell you what happened.


They all arrived at the lodge and greeted one another.
They all sat down inside and looked at each other.
No one had anything to talk about until they all pulled out their laptops and logged into AlmostSmart.

[Jenn and tonic]

Hahahaha, Matt, you're my favorite.

[EmperorChaos]

i can tell you what happened.


They all arrived at the lodge and greeted one another.
They all sat down inside and looked at each other.
No one had anything to talk about until they all pulled out their laptops and logged into AlmostSmart.

Hardy har har! Actually, we could only get one laptop online at a time... probably because I never bothered to set it up otherwise. I did try, or at least look into, breaking into the camp system...but there was no easy avenue...

You weren't far off though. No one had anything to talk about because I spoke constantly.

Hahahaha, Matt, you're my favorite.

Yeah, he's a character all right. He's a funny asshole laugh machine, that one.


-=-=-=-=-

Hello all.

Well, haven't slept yet... but shit keeps happening that releases adrenaline. I'd explain further but it's a personal matter and all.

My apologies for the first post. I started it and started nodding off halfway through....

I would like to say though... to all those who met me...

SORRY!!

Yes, I was a bit of a nut. Yes, I made you all chuckle with my antics (you all missed me dancing during the rain storm when you went to the Hard Rock Cafe).

I was in that state because well... I was nervous and all about meeting so many new people. My anxiety results in this type of defense mechanism I've always had where I try to make everything I say something hilarious. You must all realize by now that only about 1 out of 50 things I say is actually funny.... but that's why I don't shut up... get more laughs that way.

Props to all who came out. I had a great time. If I made fun of you, it means I thought you were cool and could take it... so that means everyone. The only person that really got off easy was Psylo. He's too good a fellow to just randomly gibe at....

Me: "I hate the next person that walks through that door."
Psylo (walking into the lodge): "Hey."
Me: "Aww, man, he's the cool one."
Psylo: "Huh?"
Me: "I have to hate you now."

Not word for word, but something like that.

Stories anyone? I hear that Sa`alyg made his own fishing apparatus. Good man. Those of us capable of that level of ingenuity are a cut above the rest.

It goes as such: I was intrigued by a tangle of fishing line left behind by some angler or perhaps a fishing line weaving spider... There was this tree that by all accounts already resembled a pole facing the river. I tied the line to it and then walked along the bank looking for anything that could be used to build my masterwork fishing contraption. I'd have taken less time about it really but I was also looking for fossils! Yay!

I got a few abandoned molluscs shells that I could tie to the line. Some type of small tree gourd also made a nice weight. There was a bit of litter along the river edge. That just won't do, I thought. Then realized I could make a nice bobber out of a 20oz soda bottle. The hook was most difficult. Sa`alyg fashioned a nice one out of some glass. I believe he shaped it by banging it with rock just right! Those people on the other side of the river must have thought we were a tribe of some kind. I found a hook that worked for me because it easily could be tied to the end of the line... some kind of shell or something with two nice J-shaped sharp edges! With all my fixin's (and the help of a knife-wield feller name'a Kinsey) I finished my invention.

Uhh... bait. A bunch of damn large ants scurried about but those bitches are hard to catch amongst thousands of small stones. Finally, I manage to impale one. I begin swinging my line underhanded and clockwise from my right side and at the right moment I released it where it sailed through the air and abruptly ran out of line...

Should have seen that one coming. I also think my impaled ant fell off in flight or during wind-up. At any rate, Kinsey was tired of watching these two idiots trying to make fishing gear and was pressing us to leave. So I left my tree-pole where it was firmly rooted in the ground with its line being dragged by the current to wherever and my bobber telling me where it was. Sa`alyg says we never caught anything. I am not the least bit surprised but believe I could have caught somethin' if only I had suitable bate and a longer line.

Good times.

There was also an incident involving a makeshit diviner's rod I was using backwards apparently (still found the water, I did) and a rather large tree/branch (maybe 14ft at first) I was swinging about like a madman. It broke easily and I slowly fashioned my staff to a more workable (but still bent and too wide) 8-9ft. I know little of Gun Shu really having only mildly self-taught myself from some flash videos... but I seem to have the bow stance down okay... and my own stance too... it's the twirl the staff while standing straight up 'round the back forward thrust reverse, parry and side to side attack stance.

Yay. I miss that staff, though it'd have broke if I tried to do any kind of "smash" techniques. I did challenge Kinsey to a fight. He'd have lost with that small knife of his. My range was superior.... and I'd have forward thrust and hit him bluntly in the face to reverse sweeping attack and knock him down.

Sha-blam!

[psychoDiablo]

Me: "I hate the next person that walks through that door."
Psylo (walking into the lodge): "Hey."
Me: "Aww, man, he's the cool one."
Psylo: "Huh?"
Me: "I have to hate you now."



ha, talk about a funny asshole laughing machine... that's probably the funniest thing you've ever said, aside from the time you said, "*acts like a fat person...Eats doritos.*"

[EmperorChaos]

I am certain all who attended this convention are well-aware of my hatred towards fatties....

If they don't already know then... yes, I hate fat people.

Also... I believe at one point I loudly announced to everyone that they hated me because I was fat. This was not to provoke anything other than awareness that weightism is okay. I hate those bags of bones vomiting everywhere as much as the gelatinous sacks digesting anything that comes within 5 meters of their gaping halitosis-stricken mouths.

You know the reason there are more fat people than anorexics though right? Those silly skinny teens that see nothing but a fat ass in the mirror make excellent aperitifs! Mmm-mmm, just like human-flavored Fritos!

[hai Jay]

i'm gonna have a shitload of stuff to upload to youtube. or at least some.

it was cool. we were the last to arrive. jason did nothing but talk the ENTIRE time. even while everyone else was asleep. Matt and Dana did their own thing, and Jason didn't really do a lot with the group, except some things he claims to have done friday night after everyone else slept.

friday we searched first thing for a place to get high because bryan didn't want us blowin up the lodge or anything like that. we go try to find a wet spot to hang out, and all we find is this cool ass deserted lot with ramps down to the water. but it's snakey as hell. we blaze up and head back to the lodge.

bryan's crew and andrew go off swimming somewhere for a little while in the meantime, and then when we get back i think they went and got burgers and hotdogs, but since the grill was out of propane or whatever i ended up cooking them in a skillet that was missing the handle.

anyways, so we smoked and stuff but i passed out when everyone -i thought-had left-other than the people already passed out.

saturday we all (except, of course, jason, matt, and dana,) go and like get turned around then head to a fake beach then i think get turned around again before going out to the water. it was a really cool park, and the shore was these big flat rocks that stepped down into the water before dropping off. i got video of the guys in the water, but not sure if i caught any of the flips.

then we all we back and got baked before all of us except kinsey and of course dana and matt and jason, go to the hard rock cafe. there's like a few blocks taped off for some stupid soul festival, and it's starting to rain. we have to walk a few blocks to the cafe, and once we get there it's great. we have a blast, or at least i think we all did. the guys got some pics of eric clapton's guitar and some other stuff.

then we headed back, got some liqour, start to drink, they roll a fat blunt, then a joint of just andrew's awesome shit, and we all get so stoned we pass out. i think. i asked everyone if they passed out and they said yea.

i wasn't sure what to make of most the people most of the time. even though i've talked to everyone online, i still kept getting things confused. matt especially just did his own thing, but it was mostly just matt and dana trying to find places to drink (or so it seemed). anyways, jason sat in the lodge most of the time, besides stepping out to smoke. he tinkered around with my laptop and hadn't figured it out, so it took it home with him when they left last night. it poured all last night and today in nashville.

the campsite was really cool though. brad and his brother dan and friend kinsey brought a tent, but i think dan slept in it the first night, then the rest of the time and the rest of the people just fell asleep where ever they passed out. matt and i got the back room, which had the full bed or double bed or whatever. there was a futon and two bunks. it didn't seem crowded at all, and especially not after jason's caravan left.

things were pretty mellow. except for jason. and me. i had a good time, but i was freakin wired most of the time or something.

i didn't speak to matt. i spoke some to dana. jason got on her nerves a lot. and everyone else's. jason got Pwned a few times. he threatened to ban people, and talked about how boring it is being a mod. we just hung out and talked and smoked and stuff. it was cool.

it was a lot of fun. that's the only way i can put it.
andrew was pretty cool. he was really quiet and in the background it seemed like. but then again jason stole the limelight the entire weekend he was there. it was cool though. he's really freaking funny. he just needed to SLEEP. dan was really cool, and brad was freakin cool. kinsey seemed kind of quiet, but then again, jason talked constantly.

i wanted us to all do something as a group, so i was glad most everyone wanted to go to hard rock. i did get pissed off first thing when i got to the lodge, because first thing when i got there two folks pulled me to the side and made me feel like i was going to be on suicide watch around the booze. i'm neither out of control or an alcoholic.

dana did brad's hair before we went out last night, and he got some of my super sexy shine stuff.

byran was really cool. the lodge was cool as shit.
everyone seemed to like the dog, which was good, because i was really hating having to take her and people have to deal with a puppy, but i don't think most people minded. but then again, we were at a camp ground.

right now both my legs are swollen from all the b.s. walking last night. i wore flip-flops and my pants started getting wet then heavy then more wet. i should have worn tennis shoes and shorts. i saw a woman actually walking in her bare feet because it was raining so hard.

i saw a few homeless people, which was kind of scary. what was even scarier was the random groups of late teen-early twenties people we saw.

my legs are both really swollen though. i have horrible feet and knee and ankle problems, and was the tail of the group the entire time which sucked.

anyways, after i left brad sent me a text and a pic showing a spider web he made 'in a forest in Nashville' out of fishing line.

andrew left us a really cool goodbye note when he left sometime this morning/last night when we were all asleep. they were gonna throw it away, so me being the sentimental whatever kept it. oh yea, i also found a shirt that belonged to matt, and jason, i started to keep those sandals just for shits and giggles. i also tried to get brad and the rest of the guys to take them, but something about you and your dad already having worn them, plus them being soaking wet, made no one want them. well, no one other than marley. she found one and chewed on it.

i got a few voice recordings of you, too. i'll have them up in a min.

[EmperorChaos]

I didn't read any of that yet because it's all kinds of long and anyone who would speak that much at one time is not worth messing with.

But if I recall correctly I didn't say a word.

I didn't "say" a word.

I believe I articulately asseverated everything I said for approximately forever.

I still haven't slept. I'm not really talking anymore because I'm typing. Occasionally, I turn my head and say "huh?" or "hi" as if there were something there. Overall... I am amazed at the clarity with which I've come to terms with. There was a time (see first post) where I was lost lost lost.

Oh and I see somethin' 'bout sandals. The only time I ever wore those sandals was to the river. I waded about in it for a spell probably weakening them to some degree before utterly destroying them climbing over rocks in search of what was to be found (fossils or whatver). They are meaningless to me. The end. If you bury them though, they may grow into something though. A sandalwood tree, perhaps?

I'll read it more later and explain why everything you said is either right or wrong or needs more embellishment because I am awesome.

Once again, never said a word.

[Demonica]

I'm assuming that you guys were smashed/hammered/stoned/ whatever you want to call it 3/4 of the time you were there. I bet that makes for so interesting stories.

I've read what you've all said. Did any of you leave the lodge for more than a few hours at a time? lawl ... next year's going to be fun. I won't be attending if there are drugs. My kiddo will get into everything. I don't want her getting contact high at the age of one.

[hai Jay]

ok, so here is the first video. feel free to continue checking out my youtube. more videos coming immediately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPe3P_i6V8Y

excuse the drama. i don't know how to edit.

[hai Jay]

ok so i've got all the videos uploaded. there is one where i kind of stalk jason and harrass him for not shutting up and leaving the rest of us alone, i've got one of the majority of us down at the water. it was a lot of fun.

we didn't stay at the lodge a ton of the time. we'd go do something, meet back up and kind of wait around for the others, decide on somewhere else to go, or just whatever. it was a lot of fun.

[Gerbil 01]

Looks like I missed a good time...:bored::sleep:

[Demonica]

There's plenty to do in Nashville ... Couped up in a lodge isn't exactly my idea of fun.

[EmperorChaos]

I'm assuming that you guys were smashed/hammered/stoned/ whatever you want to call it 3/4 of the time you were there. I bet that makes for so interesting stories.

Sarcasm? Don't you dare insult the intelligence of me or anyone else who was there just because you're a self-righteous teetotaller.

Maybe you weren't being as sarcastic as I think but I can't stand when people look down on others for substances they enjoy!

Any straightedgers got beef with a former drug abuser and current alcoholic? Yeah, I didn't think so... Aicutyu.

-=-=-=-

On an entirely different note... my time is over again my friends. Now you are all aware of the effects of sleep deprivation... and of a professional demonstrating it. I'll admit I talked a hell of a lot more than normal but it is because there wasn't anything else to divert my attention.

Next time bring a strategy game and I'll shut the hell up and conquer the world...
Or get Dana to make sure I shut up. She's pretty good at ordering me about...


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Just over 104 hours. Not too tired but I realize the time has come. I'mma watch some Adult Swim for a bit and go into the best sleep over 4 days without can buy.

Seriously, my REM periods are so rapid I sometimes travel through time... betcha can't do that with your 24 hour day!


Good night everyone!

I had a great time!

-=-=-=-

Ahem. I do not really exist. There was no Jason there.

[psychoDiablo]

Lol @ jasmine laughing at jason. who let the dogs out?


did none of you bring videogames?

[EmperorChaos]

Dammit. HEY NAYSAYERS!

Jasmine is not the official chronicler of the entire adventure that was the convention.

Nor am I, for that matter, as I primarily stayed *around* the lodge because I didn't have money to go have fun NASH-fucking-VILLE. Let me tell you how excited I was to be in the country music capital of the world. Maybe if it was the 1950s, I'd actually care. But today's Nashville is shit.

If I knew where Hank III lived, I'd have found him and we'd have recorded the best cowpunk album of all time.

But I'm not going to list everything that I did that Jasmine wasn't there for yet. Hell, she went to sleep. I got lost driving in the city. Drunk no less. Just like every other hillbilly around there I imagine.

Oh and the bar we went to kicks your waterpark's ass. Information on the fishing rod construction tomorrow.

WARNING: IGNORE THE FIRST POST.

That's called hallucinating from sleep-deprivation and if I hadn't been online I'd have been drawing or writing or sleep-typing... as you can see... "Jugs of milk" "Sacrificing dogs" "Crusades?" WHAT THE FUCK?

The sleeping mind has countless numbers of dreams. It would appear that a few images from within my more-or-less unconscious mind escaped via my magical typing fingers which stay on the home keys usually...

I was trying to stop my cat from doing nothing and tutelage? Maybe you all would have learned something after all.

Anyroad... twelve hours later. I am capable of thinking, typing, drinking a Pepsi, and all other manners of nonsense. 104 hours and growing with an indeterminate amount of sleep (estimating 45 minutes to an hour based on when it was posted and when I got back from the gas station with cigarettes.)

A Near-Slumber Night's Dream, perhaps? No, that was lame. Bye!

STAY OUT OF MY HEAD. =P


(See, technically, at this point I could probably stretch my "day" even longer. Unfortunately I need to be responsible or something and get sleep so I can get work so I can go to a place that isn't Nashville and do fun things that Nashville doesn't have. HA!)

[hai Jay]

oh my god i am so fucking tired today.

and no, don't just take my story as the way things went. like i said, jason and his crew did their own thing after i crashed out. but jason, you didn't have money to do half the shit we did. well, any of it except hard rock cafe. but you didn't have to order anything when you went.

it was a freaking blast though. and PD, go figure i was baked when i took those videos, and thought i'd harrass jason with the camera phone since he had just gotten through being a jackass and trying to be smarter than everyone else.

jason, you DID have something to occupy your mind, though. you had my laptop to fix.

and monica, we didn't just sit at the lodge. most of the video is at the lodge because i took most of it all at the same time. i can't see you guys having fun with everyone else because everyone there either smoked or drank or both. it was pretty mellow, i guess.

but i'd like to see what other people have to say.
i don't think andrew will post for awhile because his computer isn't running, i don't think.
brad and dan and kinsey, i think, were leaving sometime late last night or early this morning, and i guess bryan won't be far behind since check out is this morning, in a few hours.

and jason, nashville didn't suck.
my feet are swollen still, and when i took my socks and shoes off last night it looked like i'd been wearing decompression socks. my ankles and up into my calves and down my feet were all swollen and just aching. it was all that walking through the rain in those damn flip flops and stupid pants with it pouring down rain. but it was all worth the fun.

or maybe i'm overly enthused about it because i've never done anything else like that in my life. i mean i've taken myself and friends to the beach, and been to d.c., but it wasn't ever anything like this.

it was a lot of fun. even just hanging out in the lodge not doing a lot. just kind of getting to know each other was great.

but anyways, it was a blast, and i doubt there will be another 'convention' quite like this one.

[Demonica]

Sarcasm? Don't you dare insult the intelligence of me or anyone else who was there just because you're a self-righteous teetotaller.

Maybe you weren't being as sarcastic as I think but I can't stand when people look down on others for substances they enjoy!

Any straightedgers got beef with a former drug abuser and current alcoholic? Yeah, I didn't think so... Aicutyu.



uhh, I was definitely joking. I wasn't trying to insult ANYONE'S intelligence! Fuck you! Enjoy your substances. I could give two shits less about what you do in your spare time. It's none of my fucking business. Right, Jason, I'm a "teetotaller" because I'm being responsible. Has every motherfucker here forgotten that I have a baby or is that irrelevant? I don't know what's brought on this new "fuck Monica" attitude that everyone is sporting, but it's getting really fucking old. I didn't expect that from you, Jason! I expect that from someone like Jasmine who makes it a hobby to put me down, but you? That was really unexpected. It's basically like you're calling me closed-minded person because I don't get into drugs. FYI Jason, it hits close to home. My dad is a crack head. He does every drug known to man. It's sad to watch because not only that, my fifteen-year-old sister lights 'em up with him. He's an alcoholic. He comes up with some philosophical bullshit like it's "medicinal" and without it he would die. All of my child support money went to drugs. I was left with nothing. If that makes me a "
teetotaller", then so be it.


So, if any of you want to say that you would die without drugs, then you're pathetic.

On topic:

Has anyone decided where next year's AS convention is going to be?

[GoddessDivine]

^i think it will be in Colorado. Also props to you for not falling into the drug world it is easier to get involved when you see family members doing that shit, I have a few people in my family that were/are hard into drugs. Growing up and seeing it made me not want to do it.

back on topic though: It just seems like I did my own thing. If I got bored, instead of moping around the lodge and arguing with jason more, i went out to a bar, found a kickass band and had a great time.

Also as i had said a million times I could find no bathing suit top that would fit or at least cover most of me so i did not go to the lake/water park. I even made matt and jason spend the first 2 hours of our trip at the mall looking through stores for a swim suit. Had i found a swim suit i would have went.

Did everyone forget to mention Jason getting Matt and myself lost in downtown Nashville at 3-4 in the morning? There was violence on the streets, but I was passed out in the back and missed most of it.

It was fun but I think next years will be better as there hopefully will be tons of people there.

Jason did talk far too much and most of my time around him was spent saying shut the fuck up jason. Things would have been better had he slept on the trip.

[Jenn and tonic]

This thread is exactly why I will never go to any AS convention.

[MudPuppet]

Jason's sleep deprived ramblings remind me a little of the thread where Dean tried to stay up for an entire straight week, or whatever.

[EmperorChaos]

it was cool. we were the last to arrive. jason did nothing but talk the ENTIRE time. even while everyone else was asleep. Matt and Dana did their own thing, and Jason didn't really do a lot with the group, except some things he claims to have done friday night after everyone else slept.

Excellent use of hyperbole. I spoke a lot indeed. However, there was never a period of time when "everyone else was asleep" unless you and Matt were the only two people who can be classified as everyone?

When I finally type up my sober recollection of the events... well, it'll be better written.

friday we searched first thing for a place to get high because bryan didn't want us blowin up the lodge or anything like that. we go try to find a wet spot to hang out, and all we find is this cool ass deserted lot with ramps down to the water. but it's snakey as hell. we blaze up and head back to the lodge.
Nice set of priorities. First thing I did was map out the campground, unintentionally of course. I walked the perimeter of the damn thing looking for Matt and Dana who drove off to find the lodge themselves. This was the earliest sign of Matt being a little whiny bitch.

"Snakey?" And if you're referring to the river with the eroded cliff on the other side, that was an excellent place for exploration.

anyways, so we smoked and stuff but i passed out when everyone -i thought-had left-other than the people already passed out.
Lots of smoking. Yay.

I left. We went to this awesome rock'n'roll bar... I talked to some bassist and told him I'll see him in Charleston (I won't.)

Dana bought me a shot of the strongest drink the Houses had to offer and two beers. Transporting the shot and a beer to the table, I was dismayed upon retrieving second beer to find Matt in the process of taking my shot.

Thus began a series of acts that would eventually cause me to realize... well, my personal affairs are none of your concerns. But it was also the start of the activity that occurred whilst you slept.

saturday we all (except, of course, jason, matt, and dana,) go and like get turned around then head to a fake beach then i think get turned around again before going out to the water. it was a really cool park, and the shore was these big flat rocks that stepped down into the water before dropping off. i got video of the guys in the water, but not sure if i caught any of the flips.
Dana and I cleaned up the mess from the night before while you all went out at that point. I'm glad you took the dog because I probably would have lost it or scared it away...

But anyway...

I loathe the beach or anything like one because they are everywhere around here. Remember, I live on the coast? I'm choked with sand and seagulls.

If there'd been a mountain nearby or someone knew of a cave, oh yes, I'd have explored it.

What's interesting is is the lapses in time between the activities you all did. I could fill the gaps but what would be the point... most of it entails smoking pot and the like.

You did miss my gun shu though. A bamboo pole would have worked better but that big ass branch I used as a staff was cool too... just kinda weak.


then we all we back and got baked before all of us except kinsey and of course dana and matt and jason, go to the hard rock cafe.
More chronic... heck, I used to smoke pot as much as you all... but everyone just wants to hang around and not look at each other or think... or when there is a thought it's like something I thought of in 1996 or something... not bashing any of you... only my own hatred for a drug I used to love. If Andrew's stuff was all that good, I probably should have smoked some... I generally dislike schwag as a general rule... Gimme that glistening green stuff yeah!

While you were all gone, I pretty much found out that we were going to be leaving about 3-5 hours earlier than planned which was like 12 hours earlier than planned before the trip. I intended on staying the whole time and getting sleep at some point. Dana had school work and my formery whiny bitch of a friend was unhappy because he's lost all ability to have social skills after years of only being able to express his feelings through blocks of text without paragraphs or punctuation.

We also did have to leave when we did in order to avoid a bad storm. Matt's car has no air compressor and if the windows are up during a bad storm the windshield fogs and cannot be defogged. I used that internet to plan the perfect time to leave to avoid all weather anomalies.... then there was some dumb ass detour that made me want to demolish all the dams in Tenneesee and flood Georgia (not that I hate Georgia but then maybe the two states would go to war with one another).

then we headed back, got some liqour, start to drink, they roll a fat blunt, then a joint of just andrew's awesome shit, and we all get so stoned we pass out. i think. i asked everyone if they passed out and they said yea.
See that's when I planned to sleep too... I wanted another night of heavy drinking so I could just pass out wherever I needed to... the bed, a chair, the floor, outside. It matters not where one falls upon death... (metaphorical death).

i wasn't sure what to make of most the people most of the time. even though i've talked to everyone online, i still kept getting things confused. matt especially just did his own thing, but it was mostly just matt and dana trying to find places to drink (or so it seemed). anyways, jason sat in the lodge most of the time, besides stepping out to smoke. he tinkered around with my laptop and hadn't figured it out, so it took it home with him when they left last night. it poured all last night and today in nashville.
Matt = asocial most of the time.
Dana = probably just being nice enough to hang out with him.
Jason = built a fucking fishing rod from materials scavenged along a river. /= sat in the lodge.

In case you didn't notice... I stand up a lot... So.... let's be specific here. I may have spent a lot of time in the lodge... but I wasn't sitting. I was standing, walking around, "holding the floor" if you will... hahaha....

And the problem with your laptop looks to be one that is both software and hardware related. I'll look into it more later but right now it will rest (if that's okay.)

And seeing as how much it rained as I had expected, I am glad we left when we did... though I wished to have stayed longer.

it didn't seem crowded at all, and especially not after jason's caravan left.
Are you calling me fat?

things were pretty mellow. except for jason. and me. i had a good time, but i was freakin wired most of the time or something.
Jasmine, you set yourself up for jokes all the time. I had a blast ribbing on you. "What?" as well as a classic line from The Big Lebowski: "So you have no frame of reference here Jasmine? You're like a child that wanders into a movie."

i didn't speak to matt.
Let's hope no one does.


i spoke some to dana. jason got on her nerves a lot.
She loves it though. Ain't that right Danasaur? Or... what was it... "I just noticed your name is 'a nad' backwards." *muses* "Just one?" *laughter* and then onto Beavis and Butthead conversation.

and everyone else's.
Or so you think.


jason got Pwned a few times.
When was I pawned? How much did someone get for me?

Oh, you were using stupid netspeak... I see.

Yes, a few times someone got me with something good. I'd either say "well played" or something along those lines... or completely give up after 3-5 seconds had gone by and I hadn't come up with a quip.

he threatened to ban people, and talked about how boring it is being a mod. we just hung out and talked and smoked and stuff. it was cool.
Yeah, I was going on about how the highlight of it sometimes is to find a newly registered spambot in the process of making its first post.

GOTCHA YOU BASTARD.

But I had fun.

it was a lot of fun. that's the only way i can put it.
andrew was pretty cool. he was really quiet and in the background it seemed like.
Andrew was researching us for a new story I believe. At least, that's what I'm going with.

Nah, he somehow managed to sleep at the corner of the lodge on the floor in a sleeping back next to the door. That was impressive.

but then again jason stole the limelight the entire weekend he was there. it was cool though. he's really freaking funny. he just needed to SLEEP.
I didn't steal the limelight lady. I brought it. And yes, I am glad that many of you now realize that I am much funnier in person than online. Text takes away from the vocal stylings of a natural jester such as myself.

Also, we left Saturday. Someone else must have been lighting limes on Sunday! Who was it?

"Sleep is for the weak."
-Jason Sabback

And I swear if anyone says someone else said that before me they are a fucking liar. That's my goddamn quote and philosophy on life. I wish I never got tired and never had to sleep. I HATE SLEEP.

Since I am awaky now... I can say I've had five hours of sleep in 116 hours. If I stay up another 14 hours today without napping or going back to sleep... this will be the second time I can say I've been awake EXPONENTIALLY longer than the amount of sleep I've had.
130 - 5 = 125
125^(1/3) = 5

Yay. Also, kinda pissed to see there isn't superscript for 1/3. How else can I show I'm taking the cubed root without using a logarithm. And that's not fun either. log12(38) <-- No one knows what that means.

dan was really cool, and brad was freakin cool. kinsey seemed kind of quiet, but then again, jason talked constantly.
Kinsey actually wasn't that quiet. The feller had a good bit of stories to tell. He was one of the few people I'd shut up and listen to for a minute or so... and he can say his ABCs backwards faster than I can. He also caught some of my obscure references so uh, yeah, he wins.

Oh and Brad is also cool because he and I would survive in the wilderness while you would all perish. We could construct fishing apparati. I hadn't even gotten started on hunting equipment. Oh yeah!

i wanted us to all do something as a group, so i was glad most everyone wanted to go to hard rock. i did get pissed off first thing when i got to the lodge, because first thing when i got there two folks pulled me to the side and made me feel like i was going to be on suicide watch around the booze. i'm neither out of control or an alcoholic.
*ahem*

I don't much care for activities. Not traditional ones. I'd have preferred if we had found a nice trail somewhere where you kids could blaze your grasses or whatever and I could look for wildlife and/or fossils. But many of you would probably get bored or the munchies and want to leave while I had yet to complete my explorations. I might have been able to find something edible in nature for ya but it'd have been soft and sweet and not crunchy like the stoners like...

Those peas along the river's edge are gonna taste good come late summer/early fall!

dana did brad's hair before we went out last night, and he got some of my super sexy shine stuff.
If I'd still had long hair, mine would have been the best there. Flowing in the wind with lustre and balance. I'd roar at the heavens like a lion!

byran was really cool. the lodge was cool as shit.
everyone seemed to like the dog, which was good, because i was really hating having to take her and people have to deal with a puppy, but i don't think most people minded. but then again, we were at a camp ground.
You are kind of overusing cool as an adjective.

Anyway, I didn't much care for the dog most of the time because I don't much like dags.

But every so often... I'd look at Marley as if to say "That'll do, pig."

Oh and we had to comfort her during the first storm while you were at Hard Rock Cafe.

right now both my legs are swollen from all the b.s. walking last night. i wore flip-flops and my pants started getting wet then heavy then more wet. i should have worn tennis shoes and shorts. i saw a woman actually walking in her bare feet because it was raining so hard.
Yeah. I got A LOT of exercise out there. I mean... I don't normally walk around anywhere unless it is somewhere I've never been. Hit every place at that mall except one wing. Mapped out the perimeter of the campground. And went as far along the river's edge as I could (over some rocks and what-not) without going near another part of the edge that I was sure was a den of snakes. A nearby snakeskin supported my suspicion.

i saw a few homeless people, which was kind of scary. what was even scarier was the random groups of late teen-early twenties people we saw.
Homeless people are scary? Well... you are from Cullman. Oh well.

There was some nonsense at 4:30 in the morning Downtown Nashville. Someone was trying to fight someone else. That looked cool... it'd have been nice to watch.

Anyway what was scary about a group of random people the same age as your group of random people?

andrew left us a really cool goodbye note when he left sometime this morning/last night when we were all asleep. they were gonna throw it away, so me being the sentimental whatever kept it. oh yea, i also found a shirt that belonged to matt, and jason, i started to keep those sandals just for shits and giggles. i also tried to get brad and the rest of the guys to take them, but something about you and your dad already having worn them, plus them being soaking wet, made no one want them. well, no one other than marley. she found one and chewed on it.
Cool.... I didn't want them anymore. I destroyed them... that was the only time I wore them as they were hand-me-downs from my dad two days earlier.

What shirt of Matt's do you have? If it says "Between the Buried and Me" on it, he might want it back. That was the first shirt they made... well, first line of shirts.

But I don't really care about him anymore.

i got a few voice recordings of you, too. i'll have them up in a min.
If my voice recorder had worked.... goddammmit.... I could have recorded everyone without their knowledge. Or positioned it to pick up a roomful of conversation. Or just had something else to talk to that didn't care if I was rambling.

Kinda like I am now... I'm done here.

[GoddessDivine]

I hate being made out to be this big drinker. I thought everyone was going to get drunk and smoke etc and hangout, so when it didnt happen it took it upon myself to go out and have a good time. Also i had been to Nashville before and didn't feel like going to do the tourist thing.

brad,kinsey, and dan were really nice and fun to be around, tried talking to andrew but not much luck. Enjoyed my time with Brian greatly--he is a really good guy. Thanks so much for inviting us to come.

On the ride back to Charleston we got pulled over by a state trooper. Matt looked crazy after driving 8 hours, Jason didn't even acknowledge the cop as he was fiddling with something, and i was sleeping in the back seat--face mask on and ear plugs in. had matt not woke me up i would have slept through the whole thing.

also i want to clarification as to what the quote "it didn't seem crowded at all, and especially not after jason's caravan left." is supposed to mean? Matt sat on the bunk bed most of the night and days we were there. I usually sat outside if i was at the lodge or on the couch, and jason well, jason was everywhere all at the same time.

[EmperorChaos]

I was hoping the pig would say something to me so I could start a series of lies that would make it seem like we otherwise always wear our seatbelts.

Matt says I can't lie well. He knows me. The cop doesn't. I also speak well, build rapport with the person I am talking to.

It's the difference between a small sale in retail and a big one.

Sales Scenario 1:
"Hey I'd like a camera."
"Here ya go. $100, please."

Sales Scenario 2 (italics=embellishment/lie, bold=rapport building):
"Hey I'd like a camera."
"We've a fine selection. What would you be photographing?"
"Well, I know a lot of sexy girls that pass out topless."
"Ahh, yes! You're doing the world a great service by exploiting women."
"Thank you. I take pride in my work."
"Well, let me show you some other items that will help you get a better shot..."

Cop Scenario 1:
"Hey. You bad. Not wear belt. Save life. Have license?
"Yeah, hold up. Here it is... and my insurance. And my registration."
"Gimme. Be back. You stay."
*returns*
"Here ticket. You pay fine. Wear seatbelt. Go now."

Yeah, for the record I hate police. The only time I've ever called the police (aside from being required to by work) was to get a report so that I could get insurance money when my car was broken into.

Cop Scenario 2 (or what I would have done were I driving... and probably not sleep-deprived but even maybe if I was it wouldn't matter.):
"Good morning. May I see your license and registration please?"
"Of course." *removes license from wallet and presents it to officer, begins "looking" for registration in glove box*
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
*returns attention to the officer* "Not really. Had I done something wrong?"
"Well, I saw neither one of you was wearing a seatbelt."
"Just bad luck I guess. My friend here had removed his to get his contact case and solution out. We've been driving 10 hours tonight and are exhausted, you see. Anyway, he unbuckled his to reach into his bag on the floor. I had just taken mine off when exiting the interstate because my car needs refueling and I require well," *smiles* "just the opposite."

I'd have said something like that. Notice I never got my registration. It could still be in the glovebox. Who knows. He can ask for it again if he wants. The chances are much better when you talk to them and not make it such a business transaction that they'll let you go. Be polite and say something he can relate to. I am sure he's had to take a piss really bad before. Something like that would make it more likely he'd let you move along and as long as you beeline to the bathroom... what's the problem?

I think of situations like this all the time. I think of what I'll say before a situation presents itself. I haven't had a traffic ticket in 8 years. And I was once pulled over in city known for notoriously mean-tempered cops while under the influence of wine. Luckily, one of the cops grew up near the neighborhood I did. We talked about fishing in a nearby pond while I allowed the other to search my car. I was issued a warning.

I know that is completely off the topic of the whole convention thing... but I am sure (of the many things I said while there) that I made it clear to everyone that I'd be more than willing to confront any authority figure who came for whatever reason.

Anyway...I've got be driftin' along.

[Clamps]

Dana is not a heavy drinker. However, she's also not the kind of person that is just going to sit around and do nothing when she just traveled 8 hours to have a good time.

If she was going out to find other entertainment that should say something .....

[foxyphoenix]

Has anyone decided where next year's AS convention is going to be?

^i think it will be in Colorado.


Indeed it will be. Probably in the Centennial/Aurora vicinity.

[EmperorChaos]

I plan on sleeping at that one.

I'm always going to rest and nap now.

The recovery period sucks....

[hai Jay]

uhh, I was definitely joking. I wasn't trying to insult ANYONE'S intelligence! Fuck you! Enjoy your substances. I could give two shits less about what you do in your spare time. It's none of my fucking business. Right, Jason, I'm a "teetotaller" because I'm being responsible. Has every motherfucker here forgotten that I have a baby or is that irrelevant? I don't know what's brought on this new "fuck Monica" attitude that everyone is sporting, but it's getting really fucking old. I didn't expect that from you, Jason! I expect that from someone like Jasmine who makes it a hobby to put me down, but you? That was really unexpected. It's basically like you're calling me closed-minded person because I don't get into drugs. FYI Jason, it hits close to home. My dad is a crack head. He does every drug known to man. It's sad to watch because not only that, my fifteen-year-old sister lights 'em up with him. He's an alcoholic. He comes up with some philosophical bullshit like it's "medicinal" and without it he would die. All of my child support money went to drugs. I was left with nothing. If that makes me a "
teetotaller", then so be it.


So, if any of you want to say that you would die without drugs, then you're pathetic.

On topic:

Has anyone decided where next year's AS convention is going to be?
you just proved why people treat you the way 'i' treat you.
and we've been talking for the longest, and the next convention is going to be in aurora. i don't recall anyone saying they would die without drugs.

[sa'alyg]

Back from the trip now. Kinsey almost got in a fight with a kid he reclaimed his lost sneak-a-toke from and I nearly had to help because the kid brought reinforcements. We would have torn their world apart, but Kinsey decided(wisely) to handle the matter in a civil way. Namely by telling the kid to apologize and admit that he was lying about who was the real owner of the pipe. Also, the kid called him a bitch and Kinsey doesn't like that at all. It got his legs shaking and he was starting to get tunnel vision, at which point I backed away and tried to warn his future opponent of the peril he might find himself in should he make a wrong decision in their upcoming exchange. Luckily, I also got to calm my large friend down.

You all missed out on a great night of video games and drinking when Bryan, myself, Kinsey, and my brother hit up Dave & Busters. I feel bad about how much money he spent on us, but he's really nice and told us not to worry about it. Still, I'm going to pay you back, Bryan. It's going to be a surprise and you'll enjoy it. I just hope you've forgotten about this when the large, perforated box arrives on your doorstep.

If this convention is anything to base next year's upon, we're going to have a blast.

Also, I hope Andrew and Bryan don't think anything ill of me for all the apparently disturbing comments I made regarding small children and animals.

[hai Jay]

i never heard any small animal comments. i had a small animal.

[sa'alyg]

You probably should feel lucky about missing what I said in their company. ;D

[hai Jay]

no. now i want to know.

and did you figure out what was wrong with your laptop?

[sa'alyg]

The connection between my computer and the screen is somehow disabled, yet still capable of relaying information. It's just too dim for me to see well. I can make out shapes and understand what they are, but the glare of even a dim light in darkness is enough to make it unreadable. But it's nothing my new friend can't fix. Well, newly found older friend...

[hai Jay]

jason?

[GoddessDivine]

^he said older and jason is about as old as it gets

i also want to know what was said about small animals and such

[hai Jay]

so that's yes?

also, the video of jason got 5 stars. i wonder who voted, since it only had one vote. i thought that was great though.

[Demonica]

you just proved why people treat you the way 'i' treat you.
and we've been talking for the longest, and the next convention is going to be in aurora. i don't recall anyone saying they would die without drugs.

how did i prove it? because I have a belief system? Since when is that a crime?

What are drugs good for anyway? Someone explain that to me, because there is obviously <----- (sarcasm, Jason) something I don't know.

[GoddessDivine]

so that's yes?

also, the video of jason got 5 stars. i wonder who voted, since it only had one vote. i thought that was great though.

he probably voted for himself...you know how he is :rolleyes:

[sa'alyg]

I'll vote on it, as well. But I was actually referring to the man who provides my family with the Internet, who just so happens to be looking for an apprentice and I'm at the top of his list. I have the feeling that my computer skills will greatly increase in coming months.

Small animals and children can sometimes be seen by me as pests and nuisances that must be exterminated and when I vocalize these feelings, some people find them to be distasteful yet still humorous and some people find them to inappropriate and scornful on all levels. Bryan and Andrew fell into the former group, but that may have just been to lighten the mood up after such dark thoughts came from my mouth. An example would be when some small girls came to our swimming area and I said they'd look good as my lampshade and that I wanted to tackle and then swim with them to the bottom of the lake. Also, as we passed churches, I made a comment about constructing a Calvary Hill with dogs crucified on them. I also described how to reposition their bodies to accurately represent Jesus and the two criminals who accompanied him in that famous work of fiction.

[hai Jay]

hey! i wanted us to all go to a nice southern baptist church together.

[hai Jay]

i didn't even think about that. him and his stupid moustache...
he probably voted for himself...you know how he is :rolleyes:

[GoddessDivine]

i am sorry i missed that sa'alyg

[hai Jay]

brad, she's lying. i can FEEL it.

[GoddessDivine]

lol you feel incorrectly young padawan apprentice. You have much to learn about reading other peoples feelings...

and wtf is up with everyone calling me a liar? i already had someone else tell me that today on this forum

[hai Jay]

i thought you were talking about the dogs. i'm not calling you a liar.

[GoddessDivine]

i was referring to the extermination of small children...A Modest Proposal anyone??

[hai Jay]

i love the chitlins.

[sa'alyg]

i am sorry i missed that sa'alyg
<3

S'all right.

[hai Jay]

dana, DO NOT trust him. Trust me, DON'T trust him.

[GoddessDivine]

lol ohhh i got a little heart

[hai Jay]

i've got a big heart. beat that.

[GoddessDivine]

mine is broken :(

[hai Jay]

i know how to sew, and use glue and tape. i can mend it. if it needs to be welded though you're just S.O.L.

[Clamps]

Dana is not a lesbian so there will be no need to have a female mending her heart.

[hai Jay]

well that's too bad for you then.

[Clamps]

Um.. I'm not quiet sure what that is supposed to mean.. Is that your attempt at an insult?? If that was what you were trying to do my suggestion is that you stop smoking pot because it seems to me that you are actually becoming more stupid with every post you make on this forum.

[hai Jay]

i own this forum. now get off it before i shoot you for trespassing.

also, i thought dana could take care of herself, so why are you interfering? she liked the comment because she repped me for it.

[Clamps]

And let the bi-polar games with Jasmine begin. Taken the meds today girly?? Me thinks not

[hai Jay]

no, because i take them when i go to bed. but thanks for keeping tabs on my well-being as well as dana's.

[GoddessDivine]

leave out of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Clamps]

Oh you know you love the drama.. what is that laughter I hear on my phone.. who could that be.. hmmm

[hai Jay]

i know, dana. that's what i'm trying to say. she wants us both BAD.

[GoddessDivine]

must be your bi-polar self laughing in your ears clamps

[hai Jay]

echo echo.

[GoddessDivine]

are you ever going to change that what thing

[Clamps]

What the fuck are you talking about now Jasmine? I want you haha now that is the funniest fucking thing I think I've heard .. ever.

And Dana I"m not bi-polar.. Perhaps it's the devil that sits on my shoulder that I happen to be hearing on my phone.

[GoddessDivine]

no that is just me

[hai Jay]

i did change it, but it got changed back again. it's pointless. did you know jason stole my points while on my laptop? but then donated those back plus more.

is he still sleeping, do you know?

[GoddessDivine]

i believe he is

[hai Jay]

that is what i need to be doing. he said you had to write three papers, which i thought was insane. how did that go? and what kinds of papers?

[Clamps]

Jasmine, do you have a Jason obsession? It seems to me that you really, really do have an unhealthy attraction toward him. I mean after all you did video tape yourself stalking him and continued to do so even after he asked you to stop. I mean who really cares if he's sleeping.. Perhaps you should call him on his cell phone instead of asking Dana where he is because last time I checked she's not his fucking keeper.

[GoddessDivine]

that is what i need to be doing. he said you had to write three papers, which i thought was insane. how did that go? and what kinds of papers?

revise an english paper, and write a 8 page paper for western civ

[Clamps]

revise an english paper, and write a 8 page paper for western civ


Perhaps you should be doing that instead of being on AS and talking to me on the phone?? muahaha

[hai Jay]

revise an english paper, and write a 8 page paper for western civ

wow. i've never had to write a term paper for western civ. what's the topic?

[GoddessDivine]

middle ages, rise of christianity, feudalism, etc etc

[Clamps]

wow. i've never had to write a term paper for western civ. what's the topic?

Well lets narrow this down..

Hmm Western Civ= western civilization..again I beg you to stop smoking yourself stupid

[hai Jay]

but i'm sure it was more specific than "here's a paper on all of western civ". I mean the course itself is broken down into two classes. western civ 1 and western civ 2.

that's why i didn't ask you. will you stop speaking for dana now?

she said the middle ages. it could have been about the romans, Mesopotamia or anything. a certain city, a specific ruler, an invention. anything.

[DreamsL0ST]

you guys are ridiculous. this thread started not being about the topic and it ends not being about the topic. i just thought this "convention" was kind of weird. I mean people drove through many states to all come hang out yet when we got there no one really had anything to say. For the most part i thought everyone was cool, i just dont know why the majority of the people didn't have anything to say. you guys talk on the forum like every day but when you all come together to hang out there is not much talking. i apologize if i came off as quiet or withdrawn to those who didn't know who i was. i was just waiting for a conversation and aside from a few i had with some of you guys, it was pretty lame. I also apologize if i was really drunk when i got back on friday night/saturday morning, i generally don't drink but decided before i even got there i would get drunk because thats a pretty good way to have fun and hang out with people you have never met, but you guys were too cool to drink at least while i was there. and screw you andrew, we bought beer because you said you didnt drink liquor and you are too good for the beer. i would like to thank everyone who allowed me to smoke with them. i thank brian for paying for the place. i thank the people who made jason shut the fuck up but wonder why they waited 24 hours to do it. I blame Jason for the lack of conversation since he can always be counted on to talk, but decided the entire trip he would be talking, for the most part, about nonsense. i just think you guys should have played circle of death. we could have all gotten drunk and taken over the fucking camp ground and used the r.v.s to rule with an iron fist. but no you guys wanted to be akward and continually go to bodies of water. but i had fun one way or the other and hope none of you hate me now because i brought jason into your real world life.

[GoddessDivine]

damn damn damn thats all i have to say

also i had wished a few other people came. i know they would have started the party up

[psychoDiablo]

lol i cant believe you guys didnt drink

[GoddessDivine]

^uummmmm. I did drink, hence everyone saying i was constantly looking for a place to drink. pay attention matt

[Clamps]

you guys are ridiculous. this thread started not being about the topic and it ends not being about the topic. i just thought this "convention" was kind of weird. I mean people drove through many states to all come hang out yet when we got there no one really had anything to say. For the most part i thought everyone was cool, i just dont know why the majority of the people didn't have anything to say. you guys talk on the forum like every day but when you all come together to hang out there is not much talking. i apologize if i came off as quiet or withdrawn to those who didn't know who i was. i was just waiting for a conversation and aside from a few i had with some of you guys, it was pretty lame. I also apologize if i was really drunk when i got back on friday night/saturday morning, i generally don't drink but decided before i even got there i would get drunk because thats a pretty good way to have fun and hang out with people you have never met, but you guys were too cool to drink at least while i was there. and screw you andrew, we bought beer because you said you didnt drink liquor and you are too good for the beer. i would like to thank everyone who allowed me to smoke with them. i thank brian for paying for the place. i thank the people who made jason shut the fuck up but wonder why they waited 24 hours to do it. I blame Jason for the lack of conversation since he can always be counted on to talk, but decided the entire trip he would be talking, for the most part, about nonsense. i just think you guys should have played circle of death. we could have all gotten drunk and taken over the fucking camp ground and used the r.v.s to rule with an iron fist. but no you guys wanted to be akward and continually go to bodies of water. but i had fun one way or the other and hope none of you hate me now because i brought jason into your real world life.

HAHAHAHA... Matt you rock :) After talking with D on the phone I am totally glad I didn't come. I mean seriously who wants to drive 8 hours and just hang out in a cabin and walk to a lake.. I live by 3 beaches.. who the hell wants to go to a lake. Anyways, D is trying to talk me into going to Colorado .. and Unless I can get Dan (boyfriend) to come with me as well.. odds are I wont. I'm not going to pay good money to sit around and twiddle my thumbs.

I do feel bad for those who had to endure Jason.. god I don't know how ya'll were in a car with him for that long.

[GoddessDivine]

don't you want to meet PD though and maybe David-

[psychoDiablo]

i and everyone else knows you were drinking Dana...the statement didnt apply to you lady.

[Clamps]

don't you want to meet PD though and maybe David-


Perhaps.. It really depends on what other things there are to do in CO. I mean if I'm going to be in some ho bunk town siting around with a bunch of stoners then I'm going to stay home.

I mean I did my stoner stuff back in the day and I"m over it, so the idea of hanging out with a bunch of potheads and listening to them say "man" "dude" "awesome" "dude" isn't my idea of a good time. however, if there are some good bars with some good bands then you know I'm totally going to be there.

The question is can these people handle me and you at the same time... drunk??

[GoddessDivine]

never, at least not if we are drinking

[Clamps]

I wonder if there would be a good Irish pub

[GoddessDivine]

we could make any bar irish

[psychoDiablo]

did all of you even go anywhere together? or was it like scooby and the gang. split up 3 and 2 go that way?

[GoddessDivine]

scooby like

[pitcairnpete]

Should have just bought a small portable marquee and a few kegs and spirits and played bar wars for a bit.

Get to london next you naughties.

[GoddessDivine]

gladly

[EmperorChaos]

Back from the trip now. Kinsey almost got in a fight with a kid he reclaimed his lost sneak-a-toke from and I nearly had to help because the kid brought reinforcements. We would have torn their world apart, but Kinsey decided(wisely) to handle the matter in a civil way. Namely by telling the kid to apologize and admit that he was lying about who was the real owner of the pipe. Also, the kid called him a bitch and Kinsey doesn't like that at all. It got his legs shaking and he was starting to get tunnel vision, at which point I backed away and tried to warn his future opponent of the peril he might find himself in should he make a wrong decision in their upcoming exchange. Luckily, I also got to calm my large friend down.

Had I been there, there'd have been a fight. Kinsey and I would destroy a muthafucka. He with his little knife and me with a massive tree or some other such nonsense.

Also, I hope Andrew and Bryan don't think anything ill of me for all the apparently disturbing comments I made regarding small children and animals.

I am sure they were funny.

he probably voted for himself...you know how he is :rolleyes:

Actually, I didn't. All I did was leave a comment.

HAHAHAHA... Matt you rock :) After talking with D on the phone I am totally glad I didn't come. I mean seriously who wants to drive 8 hours and just hang out in a cabin and walk to a lake.. I live by 3 beaches.. who the hell wants to go to a lake. Anyways, D is trying to talk me into going to Colorado .. and Unless I can get Dan (boyfriend) to come with me as well.. odds are I wont. I'm not going to pay good money to sit around and twiddle my thumbs.

You know... you are a (would-be insult pre-moderated).

Lakes (and rivers) are cooler than beaches. Beaches suck. Lakes (and most rivers) are freshwater. Beaches are salt.

Don't compare the two. It's spurious to do so.

I do feel bad for those who had to endure Jason.. god I don't know how ya'll were in a car with him for that long.

You just decided out of nowhere to hate me for no reason when I never did anything to offend you. Or maybe it's because Dana and I are friends and you greedily want her all to yourself. Whatever the case, I would appreciate it if you were to stay out of this thread since I'd like it primarily for the people who attended to recount their time spent.

The last two pages or so were primarily you and Jasmine back-and-forthing. I'll admit that usually she makes posts that could be avoided if she'd only read what came previously, but in the case of asking the topic of a broad subject, your response was a bit much.

[David-]

to be honest, if I go next year.. considering how much it would cost me (a LOT if its in summer time), I think things would need to be more interesting/exciting/thrilling/spilling/whatever, just so I can justify spending thousands to come (I'll probably see my cousin first over there anyway though). Also, maybe longer than just 2 days?

For the kind of money it will cost, basically, it should be like a hollywood movie.
I will get off the plane which I have just saved from a hijacking, then fight off a team of neo-nazis with the help of buddhist monks who just happen to be in the US. I will then cure cancer, but someone will die and I'll give a tear-jerker performance as I scream NOOOOO into the air and then to top it off I will of course get the girl. Lots of hollywood style explosions all through-out my visit and of course really thick southern accents like those in No Country for Old Men.
So what I'm saying is, maybe next time there could be more planning of things to do? Oh and swap out the weed for alcohol, it's a good ice breaker in moderation and stoned people are just all quiet and "thoughtful" and stuff, or really paranoid which is even worse.

[EmperorChaos]

Okay, but I'm the villain in the movie... The kind that is difficult to hate... you know... like Hannibal Lecter.

Yeah... I'm Anthony Hopkins.

I too would have liked more drinking and less pot-smoking. If I still smoked regularly, things would have been different...

[sa'alyg]

I don't often say this, but I would have preferred to drink more than on the last night. We had a lot of fun when everyone else left, though. I wish Jason's and Jasmine's groups didn't have to leave so early. Sunday afternoon, we went to the lake again, made a spiderweb out of fishing line(which likely caught a caveman who was fishing nearby), came back to the cabin for a few minutes, then left for Opry Mills Mall, which we only had time to explore for five minutes because on Sunday they close at 7PM. We found Dave and Buster's on the map, though, and thought it might be open, so we made our way over there and found out that yes, it was open. We ate some good food, ogled the hot waitresses and then went to play video games for a few hours. Bryan has very good hand-eye coordination. He navigated a maze with his finger and won the jackpot three times, I believe. The time expired more quickly as you made your way to the end of the maze so it was very difficult. We made our way back to the cabin somehow(extremely high and lost for a half an hour, it was great), but since we live in the Bible Belt, we couldn't buy any alcohol(being Sunday and all). So we got back and found 8 Miller Lites. This wasn't enough for even one person, but we split it up anyway and played Power Hour. Every minute on the minute, we took one shot of beer. It only lasted 20 minutes, though. We were smoking and Kinsey and I both took shots of Tussin, so everyone was sufficiently intoxicated. We shared stories and talked about obscure subjects which I've mostly forgotten and then we watched Adult Swim before everyone passed out. Monday morning was kind of shitty. We had to clean up and no one had pot. :/

Next year will certainly be better what with skiing and mountain climbing, hiking, swimming, playing all kinds of sports, cooking(oh, I can't wait!), and various arts and crafts. Will there be horseback riding? I thought Foxy mentioned something about that once. Anyway, David- and pcp, you'll have much more fun in '09 than we had this year. Not knocking Bryan or anyone else, it was just small, underfunded, and our plans were made very shortly after arrival. XD

[Clamps]

You know... you are a (would-be insult pre-moderated).

Lakes (and rivers) are cooler than beaches. Beaches suck. Lakes (and most rivers) are freshwater. Beaches are salt.

Don't compare the two. It's spurious to do so.

So, because I'm being honest about the fact that I'd be bored that makes me a bitch? Based on the video clips I've seen, comments from people here and speaking with some people on the phone.. I have come to the conclusion that it was a waste of time. YOu might have enjoyed yourself.. I wouldn't. I'm entitled to that oppinion.



You just decided out of nowhere to hate me for no reason when I never did anything to offend you. Or maybe it's because Dana and I are friends and you greedily want her all to yourself.

I didn't decide to hate you out of no where. Also, when I said how can you endure him for 8 hours in a car.. well I want to know :) You yourself posted in another thread that you have a tendency to annoy, so knowing that about yourself.. tell me how would an 8 hour car ride be with someone who claims they annoy?

As, for my friendship with Dana.. I've known her 10 years... I am by no means threatened by your presence or friendship with her. That is just laughable that you think you are taking up that much of her time or that you think you are that much of a threat to me. It would be a cold day in hell before you monopolized so much of her time that she wouldn't be able to hang out with any of her friends.. God you amuse me.


I stand firm by my comments that I think driving 8 hours to sit in a cabin to drink and smoke is a waste of time. I can drive 20 minutes to Dana's house and drink there.. She's in the country it'll be just like being in a cabin sans lake.

[GoddessDivine]

i would love to ride horses next year. i would love to play sports there too, get an AS volleyball game or kickball game going , it would be so much fun!!!!

ladies-gentlemen...please no more fighting over me. i know everyone loves me, i am so amazing and all, and wants all my time but please...lol

[foxyphoenix]

to be honest, if I go next year.. considering how much it would cost me (a LOT if its in summer time), I think things would need to be more interesting/exciting/thrilling/spilling/whatever, just so I can justify spending thousands to come (I'll probably see my cousin first over there anyway though). Also, maybe longer than just 2 days?

For the kind of money it will cost, basically, it should be like a hollywood movie.
I will get off the plane which I have just saved from a hijacking, then fight off a team of neo-nazis with the help of buddhist monks who just happen to be in the US. I will then cure cancer, but someone will die and I'll give a tear-jerker performance as I scream NOOOOO into the air and then to top it off I will of course get the girl. Lots of hollywood style explosions all through-out my visit and of course really thick southern accents like those in No Country for Old Men.
So what I'm saying is, maybe next time there could be more planning of things to do? Oh and swap out the weed for alcohol, it's a good ice breaker in moderation and stoned people are just all quiet and "thoughtful" and stuff, or really paranoid which is even worse.

...

Considering we have a year to plan it, I think next year's could be a lot... grander. I have the outdoorsy ins-and-outs around Denver, and I'll always be up for hiking, climbing, biking, horseback riding, etc. I don't know how much time people can take off of work, but I'd like it to be around a week or so... meh.



Next year will certainly be better what with skiing and mountain climbing, hiking, swimming, playing all kinds of sports, cooking(oh, I can't wait!), and various arts and crafts. Will there be horseback riding? I thought Foxy mentioned something about that once.

I worked at a horse ranch last summer... there are plenty of places around here to either "tail ride" or actually ride. Skiing in the summer is not so fun, but mountain climbing, hiking, impromptu footy games, etc, will be awesome.


i would love to ride horses next year. i would love to play sports there too, get an AS volleyball game or kickball game going , it would be so much fun!!!!
Me too. ^_^

[Clamps]

Horse back riding would be enjoyable :) I haven't ridden in years.

I must say as a fat chick that hiking isn't my thing :D but atleast I'm willing to admit it.

I wouldnt' mind hitting up a few bars or clubs to see some bands playing.

It would also be nice to maybe have atleast one or two planned evening outs with the group. Maybe catch a band playing and have a nice dinner.

I understand that at some point people are going to wander off on their own, but definitely here is to hoping that there is more things planned on a group level.

[psychoDiablo]

it's cool if people wander off on their own. i'd prefer though if everyone took off to one place together. be it a bar/club or hell even Best Buy.

[Clamps]

Maybe we can have a camp fire and sing Kumbah (spelling) and roast marshmellows :D


It's being held in Aurora, CO right??

[GoddessDivine]

^puking all over you.

i want to ride horses quite badly as that is the only thing i wanted for my birthday from the loser i was dating and guess what i got nothing, so yeah i want to ride horses.

I wonder how many people will show...and clamps I hope we fly CO seems too far away

[hai Jay]

matt and i will certainly be going. and brad, it sounds like you guys had lots and lots of fun. and everything you said about it being underfunded and all that was true.

next year will be totally different. i was able to gather most everyone together - well half of us - to go to hard rock cafe saturday night.
and yea, matt's right. as much as we talk on the forum, we should have had more to say in person. it was pretty quiet except for laughing and jason's nonsense, and others' nonsense.

it seems like all the guys had a good time. i wish we could have stayed longer and had more money.

i wonder how long next year's convention will last.
horses will be fun.

i think this year's convention wasn't even a rough draft for next year. it wasn't even an outline, really. or at most it was.

[Tsunami]

I'm glad everyone had fun. I do hope that the large convention next year will be much, much different, however. I would not have fit in at the gathering in Nashville, judging from what I've seen and read.

I'm looking forward to horseback riding and backpacking. I hope we can do that next year.

Shit, I have to get the wedding gift mailed out.

[EmperorChaos]

So, because I'm being honest about the fact that I'd be bored that makes me a bitch? Based on the video clips I've seen, comments from people here and speaking with some people on the phone.. I have come to the conclusion that it was a waste of time. YOu might have enjoyed yourself.. I wouldn't. I'm entitled to that oppinion.

I didn't call you a bitch. You filled in that blank yourself. Those video clips barely capture anything at all. It's like, Jasmine got high and decided to video everyone else high and the one time she's messing with me I'm in a bad mood because well, everyone is high.


I didn't decide to hate you out of no where. Also, when I said how can you endure him for 8 hours in a car.. well I want to know :) You yourself posted in another thread that you have a tendency to annoy, so knowing that about yourself.. tell me how would an 8 hour car ride be with someone who claims they annoy?

As, for my friendship with Dana.. I've known her 10 years... I am by no means threatened by your presence or friendship with her. That is just laughable that you think you are taking up that much of her time or that you think you are that much of a threat to me. It would be a cold day in hell before you monopolized so much of her time that she wouldn't be able to hang out with any of her friends.. God you amuse me.

Likewise, you amuse me sister. Who is putting words in whose mouth now? Go back and read my post again. I've never thought I was a threat to you.

You still don't have any valid reason for disliking me.


I stand firm by my comments that I think driving 8 hours to sit in a cabin to drink and smoke is a waste of time. I can drive 20 minutes to Dana's house and drink there.. She's in the country it'll be just like being in a cabin sans lake.

Yay for opinions then. Glad you couldn't/wouldn't make it.

i would love to ride horses next year. i would love to play sports there too, get an AS volleyball game or kickball game going , it would be so much fun!!!!

I hate horses. I hate running. But volleyball is cool... I can not move a lot in that one.

ladies-gentlemen...please no more fighting over me. i know everyone loves me, i am so amazing and all, and wants all my time but please...lol

I just can't stand not being around you! WAH! :biggrin:

I'm glad everyone had fun. I do hope that the large convention next year will be much, much different, however. I would not have fit in at the gathering in Nashville, judging from what I've seen and read.

You'd have fit in just fine. I'm tired of everyone thinking they wouldn't have had a good time. I needed a non-stoner there anyway.

[Clamps]

You still don't have any valid reason for disliking me.




Unless you are telling me Dana lied about what you said one night over at her house with Chris and Matt there.. then yes I do have a valid reason for disliking you.

Also, I find you annoying.. being in your presence makes me want to vomit. I find you to be narcissistic, pretentious, lazy, moocher, looser, lazy, and full of shit. All valid reasons to dislike someone.



As for the AS 09 convention.. How many people are definitely planning to make that trip??

[GoddessDivine]

damn it guys what ever happened to pming when it comes to personal shit, especially when my name is in it.

also jason i am not a stoner so you did have a non stoner there
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i would also like to know how many people plan to come to the 09 or at least want to

[EmperorChaos]

Also, I find you annoying.. being in your presence makes me want to vomit.

And I think you did that one time at Tommy Condons... remember?

I find you to be narcissistic, pretentious, lazy, moocher, looser, lazy, and full of shit. All valid reasons to dislike someone.

I am all those things you said except two:

I'm quite sure you're "looser" than me... and I'm not "full of shit" because I know what I'm talking about.

-=-=-

Now, I've said this before. This thread is for people who were at the convention. If you want to start planning '09's, do so in another thread.

damn it guys what ever happened to pming when it comes to personal shit, especially when my name is in it.

also jason i am not a stoner so you did have a non stoner there

Multi-quotes... I gotta not PM for them...

And yeah... that's why I never wanted you to leave.

[Clamps]

And I think you did that one time at Tommy Condons... remember?



I am all those things you said except two:

I'm quite sure you're "looser" than me... and I'm not "full of shit" because I know what I'm talking about.

-=-=-

Now, I've said this before. This thread is for people who were at the convention. If you want to start planning '09's, do so in another thread.

It was a typo you son of a bitch. I'm not a whore and I most definitly did not throw up at Tommy Condon's

And anyone at the age of 26 that doesn't have a job, lives and home with mommy and daddy is a loser, a mooch and FULL OF SHIT..

I hope to see your ass at Dana's house one night.. ... It'll take more than her, dan and matt to pull me off your fucking ass you piece of shit.

[EmperorChaos]

^Yeah, it would take a bulldozer or a crane or something.

[hai Jay]

i hate that i missed dave and busters and all that.

not everyone at the convention was a stoner. andrew only smoked a few times, didn't he? and bryan too. i smoked more than was necessary, smoked more than i ever do, and i think i smoked more than anyone else. not bragging, just saying. and i shouldn't have. idk.

it was pretty mellow there most of the time, i'd say. that doesn't mean it was boring. hell, we were all just getting good and comfortable and starting to have a good time, IMO.

[Jenn and tonic]

Let's keep the fighting out of the general forum, please. PM and/or IM if you'd like to continue your argument.

[Clamps]

I've already started pming his piece of shit ass..

one day you will all wake up and realize what a piece of shit he really is.

[hai Jay]

quit being so goddamn mean. we all know you absolutely despise jason. he's already basically told you to just stay out of the thread since you didn't go to the convention and have nothing to do but insult people who DID attend.

also, i think i have just now gotten caught up on sleep, after like a 6 hour power nap as soon as i came in from work. and i'll still be able to sleep some tonight...hopefully.

[psychoDiablo]

lol. get out and get lost! get out and get lost! get out and get lost!

[hai Jay]

they must me lost already to be posting in this thread about irrelevant things. that's what makes the threads so long and people don't want to search through so many pages to find the information they are looking for.

i've not smoked all day. i smoked too much over the weekend and it makes me so stupid. it makes me mindless. i can't concentrate, can't remember things.

i was so bored some of the time we were there i actually played computer games and got on almost smart and played in the arcade some. brad sketched in his sketch pad. jason worked on my laptop. we all just kind of hung out. the majority of us were broke. it was a bunch of poor kids getting together to hang out, and most of us had some kind of money from our parents, i do believe.

i never got to give anyone any gas money like i said, but i wasn't being a liar about helping folks out. jason and dana and matt just left too soon, and i believe brad was about to gather some money last minute. everyone made it home, and that's all that matters, i guess.

[GoddessDivine]

you guys should not be so mean to one another. can't we all get along and be happy??

also not poor and don't ask parents for money

i would feel weird asking some stranger to give me money anyway even for gas

[hai Jay]

i agree, although no one has be hateful to another in a little while. clamps had taken things to PM, and matt's jst being a dork. who else are you talking about? i feel like a hypocrite all the time because i jump around and act so different on here constantly. i'll do what clamps did, act how matt acts, post random nonsense, then be the opposite. it might have to do with the drugs.

but yes, i do definitely agree.

[GoddessDivine]

i am taking a little siesta from this forum, stress i do not like especially from 2 of my friends and i have to hear about it irl

[psychoDiablo]

alright, so we're gonna ban jasmine. i talked it over with the group and that's what we've decided.

[hai Jay]

i don't blame you and i'm sorry for that. it's horrible to be stuck in the middle of a feud when friends of yours absolutely despise each other. it's hard to stay neutral in those situations.

I was in one with demonica and mike's temporary (ex) girlfriend when he and monica were broken up. the other person was also my friend, and i got conflicting stories from both of them, and tried to stay neutral but ended up looking like a bad friend to both of them because I remained friends with both of them.

then i just stopped talking to them both. or they stopped talking to me. or it was mutual. i'm not even sure. i hate rejection from so-called friends.

[EmperorChaos]

I told Bryan not to give us money for the way back. I couldn't accept it from him at any rate.

Oh and I don't despise anyone. Clamps just has some aggression to get out and I'm allowing her to take it out on me.

[hai Jay]

did i say despise or are you talking to someone else? and i believe you. you've not said anything negative to her, to my knowledge. at least not in any threads. but then again you are a moderator and that would be contradictory to "what you stand for" (as a moderator).

people have such horrible ways of coping with things or dealing with anger, stress, and frustration. i never got completely comfortable at the convention, and somewhere in the back of my mind i was stressed about seeing my dad, since i haven't in over a year, and i was worried he'd be drinking which meant i'd not have anything to do with him anymore, like i had already told him.

that's one thing that frustrated me, especially the entire weekend. the fact that you and bryan felt the need to pull me aside as soon as i got there, pretty much right after i walked through the door and matt walked outside.

i'm not out of control and i don't get out of control. granted, i've had spells when i did, but my outlook on things has completely changed. but it's not either of your job to babysit me or monitor me or my alcohol and/or drug intake, should i choose to take drugs. it's also not matts, although he said i wouldn't do any of that for sure as long as he was there.

i'm my own keeper. you guys made me feel like i was on suicide watch, the way more than one comment was made over the period of the weekend, like when i wanted A drink, like maybe one drink, you guys were saying (and i don't remember which of you it was or if you both said ot together) that it probably wasn't a good idea that i do that.

That's why matt and I went and bought liqour for ourselves. that way no one could keep me from drinking or refuse to share.

you guys just really offended me. like you had special rules set aside for me to follow. i'm not an addict. i never have been. i'm not an alcoholic and i never have been. i felt like i was getting ready for a damn intervention. i didn't even have ONE whole freaking drink at hard rock. matt and i shared one. i had ONE drink at the cabin, even though we had plenty of alcohol to go around. yet your friends get totally wasted.

people said they were sure there'd be drama, and especially between you and i. i'm not trying to start drama, but you guys offended me extremely. looking at me like a parent trying to get onto a child without doing so in front of other people. but of course YOU guys knew i knew what you meant.

matt was pissed and ready to say something, had either of you spoken to me that way again. i am not a child, although there were underage drinkers there. no one said anything about that. and i didn't care myself. but if you guys wanted to be responsible for someone, it should have been them. or yourselves.

i don't need to be taken care of or monitored. i didn't then. it was just really hurtful. you guys don't know me at all. bryan doesn't and you don't know me anymore, apparently, jason.

[DreamsL0ST]

I told Bryan not to give us money for the way back.
That's lame since you told me he would give us gas money on your behalf.

[EmperorChaos]

That's lame since you told me he would give us gas money on your behalf.

Yeah and he was going to talk to you about that before we left. But you insisted on leaving way earlier than planned.

[hai Jay]

i love that you chose to ignore what i keep wanting to talk about. is it because you feel as uncomfortable being confronted about it as i did? and it's about the trip, and how i felt about the trip, so i don't want to take it to PM. i was somewhat humiliated when you two cornered me. i complied but felt like an idiot for doing so. it's one of the only times you were serious, jason. and it wasn't even something to be serious about.

i can't even imagine how long you guys talked about it and decided how to approach me about the subject. and did you guys have anything planned out, should i chose to drink? and did you take matt into consideration and how he would react?

[EmperorChaos]

Jasmine.... if you want a serious answer as to why I didn't want you drinking, refer to the last time I met you. The next time I see you I won't mind if you drink since you're obviously different than the first time I met you.

Now that has been explained away.

And I didn't care how others might react. You didn't know Matt when I first met you. I didn't want to be put through something so terrible as my 25th birthday. So can we drop it already? You can drink next time.

[hai Jay]

I'm completely aware (as far as what I remember) of my behavior last time.
But it wasn't your place. You both had no right at all to do that. And I don't appreciate you using that against me, since you're one of the few people I talked to since then about the things I've been through since then. I thought it was obvious that I'm not that way anymore.

And next time I don't care if you care or not. It's STILL not your place to begin with.

Your answer and rationale isn't good enough and wasn't to begin with. I don't know still just who the hell you think you are, and I'd like to know again just what you guys had intended to do, had I chosen to drink.

You didn't answer the majority of the questions I had for you.

[EmperorChaos]

Then send them to me via PM. I'm not going to make matters personal all over Almost Smart.

[DreamsL0ST]

Yeah and he was going to talk to you about that before we left. But you insisted on leaving way earlier than planned.
That doesn't make sense. Why would he talk to me about it if you already told him not to give you money? Unless you told him not to give you money after we were on the road, which I don't recall.

[EmperorChaos]

That doesn't make sense. Why would he talk to me about it if you already told him not to give you money? Unless you told him not to give you money after we were on the road, which I don't recall.

I told him I didn't feel right taking any of his money after he paid for so much. He said he would talk to you. We left before they got back. That's it.

[hai Jay]

Then send them to me via PM. I'm not going to make matters personal all over Almost Smart.

no, because it's only ok for you to humiliate me in private or give me looks in front of everyone that came to Nashville.

You PM me. And then answer my questions. All you have to do is go back to the post you chose to overlook several times, and the other posts you chose not to acknowledge.

[GoddessDivine]

^who cornered you? i had no idea they told you not to drink, i would have bitch slapped jason and handed you an cold one if you really wanted to drink, the more the merrier

[hai Jay]

that's exactly my point. and i can't remember which person said what to me, but not only did they tell me i shouldn't drink, they let me know they'd be watching to assure i did't drink.

it was jason and bryan. i don't know what bryan was thinking or who approached who on the subject, but it made me feel like shit. i felt like i was going to "get in trouble" the entire time if i wanted something alcoholic to drink. i took a drink of jason's whiskey and coke and i thought they were going to come unglued. i downed about half of it it just to piss them off, even though they shouldn't have been pissed off because it's my own right.

[Clamps]

Slightly off topic since I've read everything on here.. You bitch and moan when I make comments on the threads and say I need to take it to PM.. here is my suggestion.. Don't mention my name or anything about me if you don't want me to comment on the damn thread.

Jasmine.. you know nothing about nothing so don't claim to know anything about the situation

Jason.. I'm not just randomly taking aggression out on you..

Now.. again I repeat encase you missed it.. you don't want comments made off topic in a thread then stop bringing this shit up in public when it's already been discussed in PM.

[Demonica]

See Pm, bitch!

[GoddessDivine]

that's exactly my point. and i can't remember which person said what to me, but not only did they tell me i shouldn't drink, they let me know they'd be watching to assure i did't drink.

it was jason and bryan. i don't know what bryan was thinking or who approached who on the subject, but it made me feel like shit. i felt like i was going to "get in trouble" the entire time if i wanted something alcoholic to drink. i took a drink of jason's whiskey and coke and i thought they were going to come unglued. i downed about half of it it just to piss them off, even though they shouldn't have been pissed off because it's my own right.

bryan was probably manipulated and convinced by jason to tell you not to drink...jason is a manipulator or so he says

[psychoDiablo]

i have the right mind to send you all a PM. and none of you are going to like it.

[sa'alyg]

This is so childish of all of you. I'm paying Bryan back for all of his help, whether he likes it or not and I've already begun paying my mother and Kinsey back.

I wish I hadn't smoked as much as I had, but it was all fun. I'm sorry if everyone else had a terrible time, but I did my best to make the situation enjoyable for me. I suppose y'all should have done the same. :/

[DreamsL0ST]

dude out of all of the people i met there i enjoyed you and your friends the most. Not only did you smoke me out but you guys fucking actually hung out and talked and i really appreciate that. Part of my problem, and the reason i left early was i didnt bring a blanket or a pillow and i fucking baked myself in the sun and couldn't stop sweating and yeah, it just sucked. The other, main reason I needed to leave was because I had no money. It costs almost 200 bucks for gas there and back and i quit my job like a week before and i just moved in to a new place and so yeah when i ran out of money it was hard for me to justify staying any longer. sorry dude.

[sa'alyg]

I left my job about two weeks before and had my friends and family been a bit less charitable, I wouldn't have made it. I greatly appreciate Bryan's willingness to pay for our fun and I can't say that enough. Thanks for the compliment. I actually thought we were sort of like bumps on a log, for the most part. I tried getting things up and going, but with so much weed being passed around, I was constantly distracted. XD

You should definitely come to the next one, though. There will be more socializing and hopefully a bit less drug use.(I would like a few nights of tripping/being stoned, though. :D)

Also, I did acid again last night. Just to let you all know. I wrestled Dan and fought a large, stray dog. I tried getting some sleep, but instead I wiggled in my bed for four hours while I was transported to various other worlds. Very fun trip, though I'd rather do it during the day.

[hai Jay]

i agree you guys were really cool.

sorry for being childish.

[hai Jay]

oh yea-Jason brought a whip with him.

[GoddessDivine]

^which leads to a funny story. before everyone got there bryan and i were sitting in the swing and jason was all like i am the whip master and he when to show off and whipped his whip around which knocked his drink off the handrail. you would think that would make him stop but no it just made him try harder

[DreamsL0ST]

didn't someone say like way earlier in this thread that someone had one of my shirts that i left at the cabin? what shirt is it?

[hai Jay]

you left a shirt with some kind of animated guys on it or something.

i didn't say anyone had it. i don't know what happened to it. i showed everyone then layed it on the bunkbed.

-edit-

ok now i'm about to have a panic attack because jason has my laptop. i got that as a graduation gift, and i let jason take it home with him.

[GoddessDivine]

^i would panic too. never give jason anything of worth. he probably pawned it

[hai Jay]

noooo. dana, are you serious?

[GoddessDivine]

absolutely

[sa'alyg]

didn't someone say like way earlier in this thread that someone had one of my shirts that i left at the cabin? what shirt is it?

We have one that says some band name on it, I think. I'll send it to you in the mail if you give me your address. Also, anthrax.

[hai Jay]

well that's just awesome.
fantastico.

[GoddessDivine]

lol idk what he is doing with it but i would call just to be sure

[psychoDiablo]

i would say you dont' want it back Jasm.

[hai Jay]

why would i say that? and jason does not answer my calls. he's back to not wanting to talk to me.

and matt, what's up with the way you spell my name? first you were just calling my jaws. i don't remember why.

then you say jazimen and jasm. ha. it is funny.

[GoddessDivine]

jason tends to not answer the phone on a regualr basis

[hai Jay]

oh ok. because i always feel like it's because he hates me.

[Clamps]

Why would he want to talk to you now... he already has your laptop

[hai Jay]

his desire to talk to me and him being in possession of my laptop are unrelated. he is not avoiding me now that he has attained it.

i do worry i will never see it again, even though he said he'd ship it back when he fixed it, which was a very nice thing to do. i don't think it was a front. i just don't want him to do anything spiteful post facto.

[EmperorChaos]

I've been asleep, bitches. I've been sleeping for days. DAYS.

Oh, and funny you should mention me not giving back your laptop...

Just funny... that's all.

Love your signature, Jasmine.

[hai Jay]

funny why? and do you want me to remove it?

[Tsunami]

He's amused that you quoted him.

Apparently he also thinks it's amusing to use the word "nigger".

[hai Jay]

and retard.

i don't know that he's amused or annoyed.

[my.dragons.lady]

Totally off topic and this discussion might fit better in another thread, but only a person affected by a word or phrase can truly grasp the impact of it.

Our family is very mixed and walking down most southern streets during the 60s and 70s with my biological sister drew negative commentary from most in passing. She was further attacked because she was so beautiful and being dark skinned was only the beginning of her problems. How dare someone be non-white and beautiful and smart. The way she was treated made me so ashamed to be pale and eternally grateful to be plain. People have called me an apologetic whitey without so much as being able to imagine the pain I felt for her and with her nearly everywhere we went together. Being in the middle leaves an entirely different set of scars that no one cares about.

However, while getting to know a few people willing to be friends on the sly and as long we didn't act like it publicly, we learned if a well intended person was informed that an act or word negatively affects a friend or peer, friendship or at least mutual respect might be sufficient to put a halt to it when that could be done. Our so called friends would treat us one way in public and we'd laugh about it later in private as if we'd played a trick on someone. But on both sides of this friendship we each knew that at that point and place in time, it couldn't be any other way because KKK were at our bus stops and wandered school hallways freely. Even now bigotry and racism never seem far away.

Many of us make similar considerations on lesser personal levels such as not drinking around an alcoholic or not smoking around a pregnant woman. Verbal courtesies are expected and practiced in every day communications and help the day move forward with as little friction as possible.

If a person really wants to insist they should be able to say anything without consequences or someone else taking it wrong or feeling deeply agitated, a quick exercise in telling a boss they don't know well to fuck off might instantly bring more functional perspective. It can be said, but in reality absolute tolerance of free speech does have its consequences.

But some people are natural agitators, like my older son and 2 out of 3 husbands. They just enjoy causing friction and don't get why it bothers anyone else, so they continue to rationalize it away. Neither Chris nor any of my husbands have been racists or bigots, but they agitate given the smallest opportunity and thoroughly enjoy being asswipes. I draw the lines for tolerance in our home since, as I keep reminding them, they seem to have no sensible limitations. If that sounds arrogant, so be it. I have my own ways of agitating :.)

Regarding what is considered a slur by most, albeit in varying degrees, true racists or bigots intend to inflict personal pain. It's up to each individual to take a stance and continue, or not, being deliberately obtuse to the double standard of "I can say it or do it but you can't". I'm with Al Sharpton on this matter.

There's another side to this subject as well. Insisting that saying or doing what you want should have no affect on others can only be appreciated by a limited audience. Someone once told me they had a Constitutional right to be heard, to which I responded you only have a Constitutional right to free speech. If you want to be heard, speak in a manner in which others are willing to hear you.

Then, since I'm beating this to death before I drop it, back to people who just want to use every opportunity to agitate for the fun of it, a gauge can be found in a Medgar Evers quote that states:

"When you hate, the only one that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the rest don't care."

Replacing that with another choice of acts or words also helps find perspective.

[EmperorChaos]

He's amused that you quoted him.

Apparently he also thinks it's amusing to use the word "nigger".

And kike, spic, chink, honky, cracker, whitey, chav, wop, towelhead, camel jockey, sand nigger, redskin, brownie, beaner, redneck, etc.

The list goes on. And those are just racial slurs based primarily on skin color. There are still dozens of other ways to describe a fat person, many of which I've been called derogatorily in association with "honky".

I have no respect for anyone who thinks or says "You can't call us niggers but we can call you cracker." So what if one word isn't as strong as the other? It doesn't matter if they're said, it matters how they are used.

I am sure someone has used the word "nigger" before, Nami, and it insulted you. But to think you or your race is the only one that has ever been insulted by words is ludicrous. What we need to do is not refrain ourselves from saying mere words (shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits, RIP Mr. Carlin) but get over the stupid hangups we have about them in the first place.

I have huge hang-ups about the word "nigger" in the first place. Would you like me to make a thread about it?

[1337]

Looks like I missed a good time...:bored::sleep:

No shit.

[psychoDiablo]

And kike, spic, chink, honky, cracker, whitey, chav, wop, towelhead, camel jockey, sand nigger, redskin, brownie, beaner, redneck, etc.



dont forget chink, chinker-blinkers, slant, slope, zip, zipperhead, jungle bunny, and gook!

[Jenn and tonic]

This thread is still going on?


Epic fail.

[GoddessDivine]

^apparently someone with a lot of money can change color, look at MJ who knows what race he is now

[hai Jay]

he cut off his nose and bleached his skin. that makes him a freak. it doesn't change the fact that he's african american. :tongue:

[GoddessDivine]

^thats just ignorant, just ignorant...he has a skin disease (trying to have best MJ voice here!)

[David-]

He is a magical elf boy from Neverland, he will never grow up and adults will never understand him! Btw what was this thread about again?

[hai Jay]

exactly. we've gotten way off track of the original thread topic. it's been talked to death, i guess.

that is, until andrew and bryan come on to post.

the guys think it's fun to be racist and get away with it by saying "it's just words".

and that's just ignorant is funny.

[GoddessDivine]

^when will bryan be back on

[hai Jay]

i don't know. i sent his mother a PM asking her. and andrew said his computer wasn't working, so i'm not sure when he'll be back.

we didn't do enough.

[my.dragons.lady]

Bryan's leaving Colorado tonight and should be in Las Vegas tomorrow night.

[psychoDiablo]

aw, my point-well-made post got deleted. probably some of the neccas around here. lmao

[GoddessDivine]

what is a necca????

[hai Jay]

it's not a word. so i have no idea.

[GoddessDivine]

some sort of crazy slang i think, that only people in ca say

[hai Jay]

or nicca like nigga?

[psychoDiablo]

it's necca.

[GoddessDivine]

yeah but what does it mean

[psylo_42]

Dreamslost - I found a shirt "Betweentheburriedandme", and i can mail it to you or ill get it back to you next year.

[GoddessDivine]

does anyone know the estimated date for next year. i know it is early to ask but even a rough estimate of the month perhaps

[psychoDiablo]

whens' Hamana's birthday? that's when.

[psylo_42]

I think it's supposed to be near someones birthday, in July again.

[DreamsL0ST]

Dreamslost - I found a shirt "Betweentheburriedandme", and i can mail it to you or ill get it back to you next year.
dude. i need this shirt. please mail it to me. ill send you my address in pm.

[foxyphoenix]

does anyone know the estimated date for next year. i know it is early to ask but even a rough estimate of the month perhaps

Circa July 18th of next year.

[EmperorChaos]

what is a necca????

You know... "What's good necca? What's really good?!" like Stinkmeaner says in the Boondocks.

I can do the voice better though.

Dreamslost - I found a shirt "Betweentheburriedandme", and i can mail it to you or ill get it back to you next year.

That's like the first version of that band's shirt ever made. Even I want him to have it back.

[GoddessDivine]

ahhhh when you put it in boondocks terms now i get it