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Downers Grove Caribou Write-Ins
Edit on 1/17/2012
According to Joe (CorruptedFlame) in mid-Jan -- By the way, for anyone who's interested, we are moving the write-ins from Tuesdays at 6:30 to Sundays at 5:30.
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So Sapphire, catatone1 and I were thinking of doing weekly write-ins at the Caribou in downtown Downers Grove.
The write-ins will be on Tuesdays (since that seems to be the best night for having no conflicts with other write-ins), starting around 6:30 PM and going until 8:30 or so. For the write-in on the 8th, Sapphire and I won't be there as we'll be out of town, but catatone1 will be there. She says to look for the person with the violin case.
After that, I'll definitely be there starting at 6:30 (usually wearing a hat!), and Sapphire will be there around that time or a few minutes later. So anyone who wants to join us, feel free!
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I put the next two on the events page, and I'll put them in Google calendar soon (unless Tim beats me to it.)
http://naperwrimo.org/wiki/index.php?title=2011_Events
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Bumping this up to remind people about this write-in.
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Oh gosh, and of course Tuesday nights are the one night out of the week when I have things going on. D:
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We had originally talked about Thursdays but decided Tuesday was a better day. If you ever want to meet up at the Caribou for a Thursday gig, I'm sure Joe and myself would be happy to pop by for an impromptu write-in of sorts. :)
Not this next week though, this upcoming Thursday we're both gonna be in Vegas watching my parents get their vows renewed with Elvis! :D
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I might take you up on that offer one of these weeks. I miss Caribou. Have fun in Vegas!
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Yay! Finally one that doesn't conflict with my work schedule! I'll be there tomorrow at least. Look for a dull red leather jacket and a black&red tote bag with buttons on the front.
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sweet, I'm heading there after work because i work just a few blocks away on Tuesday evenings. I should get done at 7 tomorrow if I remember correctly and be there around 7:15 by the time I pack up and actually get out. I'll be the only person there with a green violin case and looking semi dressy. :)
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Here's me, as predicted, saying I'll show, and tomorrow, as predicted, chickening out at the last minute. Enjoy!
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No chickening-out allowed!
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Hey, someone should get a picture of the write-in so we can post it on the blog!
Especially would be neat to see the green violin case. :-)
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I'll probably be there. I live around the corner. Literally.
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Tuesday night. Also a night I have something going on . . .
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Guh... Something came up and I won't make it tonight, but I will be there next week.
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Chickening out, as predicted. Apologies. :(
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aw, you all chicked out! I'm here and will stick around for a while just in case anyone shows up!
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Next week Joe and Becky should be there. (And we do have a streak of write-ins going thanks to you!)
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My only defense is that I did -say- I was going to chicken out, so there's that...
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:(
Hopefully I won't have any reasons to ditch next week.
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My contractor stayed late fixing the floors. I apologize for missing.
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I actually was there . . . from 2:30 to 4:30.
I looking into getting out of my schedual conflict.
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As we get closer to Tuesday, I thought I'd bump this up a bit. :)
Joe and I will both be there Tuesday evening from around 6:30 to 8:30! Don't be afraid to come, we're friendly people and the Caribou is all snug and cozy. For anyone unsure of the location, it's directly south of the tracks in downtown Downers Grove. If you're at the crossing you can't miss it!
Hope to see a few folks there!
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I just added it to the Google Calendar. Hope you had fun in Vegas and came back ready to rip through to 50K.
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I will do my best to come - I have quite a bit of catching up to do!
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I got pictures at the 11/15 write-in, since Tim asked oh so nicely. =) Warning, the images are huge because I was too lazy to resize them after I got them off my phone. Also I can't figure out how to make links on the new site, since it doesn't seem like it supports the usual BBCode tags, so you'll have to copy and paste.
Sapphire and Pazuzu:
http://www.corruptedflame.com/images/nano1115/saphpaz.jpg
catatone1 taking a picture of me taking a picture of her:
http://www.corruptedflame.com/images/nano1115/catatone1.jpg
Me:
http://www.corruptedflame.com/images/nano1115/flame.jpg
Unfortunately, Kim and Ana were sitting too far away for me to get a picture that wasn't super blurry. =P And all the rest of the pictures were likewise very blurry. So these are the three you get.
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Hey, Joe,
Thanks very much for posting those pictures (the white mac cord makes it look like your shoelaces are untied and *very* long ;-) )! I also look forward to Paula's pics.
--Tim
P.S. <img src="URL-to-image-file" width="500"/>
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Also, we did one word war in collaboration with the Jabber chat! The winner at Downers Grove was Joe/Corrupted Flame with a devilish 666 words! Grats to everyone, I think the average word war wordcount (say that five times fast) ended up being around 400-500. Not shabby for only ten minutes!
Something we discovered: Order a Fall Latte and ask for it with hazelnut.
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Agreed! Those were delicious! However, the tiny little mug also added to the overall experience for me :)
Thanks for hosting a great Write-In!
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The tiny little mug was ADORABLE, but I'm also a sucker for miniature versions of bigger things.
And thanks for coming! There's one more this next Tuesday, same time. I know it's pretty close to Thanksgiving but if anyone's still in town and wants to buff up their wordcount, we'd love it if people could make it. :)
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Hear, hear! Even if I wasn't as productive as I could have been (lol tangential conversations about tattoos and video games), it was great to see familiar faces and meet a few new ones! :D I hope to see you all again next week!
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That reminds me, I forgot to ask. What server do you play on? Silvermoon here. :)
As an unrelated note to everyone, I might be stopping by Caribou tomorrow after work (around 7PM) to write for an hour or so. I find writing away from home (where all the distractions are!) to be a lot easier. I already write on my laptop down in the living room since all the video games are upstairs on my desktop computer, but it isn't enough!
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Feathermoon. :) I'll PM you my email address so we can be RealID friends, if you'd like. I don't get to play too much right now but hopefully that will change after classes end for the semester.
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I have a couple of pictures from the write in too, however I have not uploaded them to the computer yet. Too busy writing! I'll get them up somewhere soon.
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Oh man, writing from home tonight.
I went to Caribou, there were empty seats. I got my drink, turned around, and every single seat was full! :(
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Boo. It must be the cold. Everybody's gravitating toward hot beverages.
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I can't blame them though. The drink totally made the walk back to the parking lot all warm an' cozy. :3