Alright, So Who Else...
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rents [/i]
[B]Odd-Reigh, I for one am very grateful for you doing this. I know I don't have the skills or patience to do any of this, but I'm very glad somebody does. For now, count me in. I'll send you an email with a bit more info and suggestions later. Thanks a lot! [/B][/QUOTE]
Cool. 
I'm looking forward to your ideas... I'm kind of flying blind with this whole thing, but i'm currently unemployed and have a loooooooot of free time on my hands, so it's nice to have something that requires lists, note-taking, and other embarrassingly type-a behaviour.
Plus - I just think it'd be cool 'n' shit. 
[b]I room with Oddreigh.[/b]
Yeah! Party in Will and Audrey's room!!! Bring your own pudding mix!!!!
Yes! You must be there!! The mass fit of "spontaneous" choking at the strip club won't be the same without you!
(Oh, and don't worry about not getting back to me yet - remember, I don't wig over things like that.)
debacle is a verb
from what i've heard of the book, at readings and such, it is going to be some crazy stuff. unfortunately, i think some of the things are essays about things he has done, but which are now closed. like the crazy porn theatre(if it was open i would vote for the screening to be there).
i need that like i need teeth in my asshole.
Anyone want to split on a plane flight with me from England? I have a very comfy lap for a 10 hour flight 
In all seriousness, you really should do this, I can imagine it being a real laugh (unfortunately I can only imagine as I couldn't afford to travel to Portland...
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You should all reinact things from the book. Blatantly choking in a restaurant, sketch some birds in a strip club, build something from rock (and obviously bring some Portland rock back), have a fight in the car park with a guy you've just met, shoot yourself in the face (or not...) hi-jack a plane...okay, being silly now!
Rob
When did the future stop being a promise and become a threat?
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Odd-Reigh [/i]
[B]As far as dates, I'm proposing August 8th through the 11th. That's a Friday through Monday, before schools will be starting up [/B][/QUOTE]
8/8's my birthday! if i go, will you all bring presents? wait, i'll only go if everyone brings me presents!!
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by vennuth [/i]
[B]You should all reinact things from the book. Blatantly choking in a restaurant, sketch some birds in a strip club, build something from rock (and obviously bring some Portland rock back), have a fight in the car park with a guy you've just met, shoot yourself in the face (or not...) hi-jack a plane...okay, being silly now![/B][/QUOTE]
Hehehe... I do like the thought of re-enacting moments from his books... though I'd prefer to keep them on the legal side if possible. (Vacations can be expensive enough without budgeting for bail money! )
[b]8/8's my birthday! if i go, will you all bring presents? wait, i'll only go if everyone brings me presents!![/b]
Edward Norton's is the following Monday. =D
I know this because it's also mine.
And Patrick Swayze's.
debacle is a verb
I know it's incredibly unlikely (damn near impossible with all the releases coming out), but this is just the giddy little girl in me squealing with anticipation. What if we met Chuck on the trip? Even if it were only for five minutes, I think it would be the coolest thing ever. Don't go nuts and tell me that it's not going to happen. I realize that. Just thought I'd share my little daydream with you folks.
Actually, I was having happy daydreams about that myself.
Maybe if Diary comes out in early August, he'll be touring at that time, and what better place to start the tour than his home town???
Also - potential bad news:
What little information I have at the moment has made it very clear that arranging a screening will not be cheap, and unless I can get in touch with a theater and convince them to book it themselves for a public screening, I don't know that it'll be possible unless a lot of us are ACTUALLY going to be there and are willing to pony up for the costs involved in advance.
Like I've been saying - I'm more than willing to do the leg work on this, but I need to know that enough people are serious about showing up to make anything extra cool (like the screening) happen.
That email, once again, is [email]fugitives@sbcglobal.net[/email]
debacle is a verb
Jesus. This is the weirdist thread I have ever read. You went from a mass meeting in Oregon, to swords, to kidnapping people, to mass orgies while choking, to stip clubs, to swords, to fake families, to a mass meeting in Oregon. I would go, if I wasn't 13. ARG! I don't wish I was older, i just wish you guys did all this fun stuff in the Bay-Area! Oh well. I just hope Chuck fans have this much zest and fun loving attrubuits when I turn 18. Oh well.
Well, being that I live in Sacramento, I feel your pain about wanting the cool stuff to be closer.
However, I think this should be said-
"cool stuff" happens because people make it happen.
Last summer I was bummed that he wasn't coming within an 80 mile radius of my home, so I found a way to see him in San Francisco.
I thought it would be swank to hit Portland with other "cult members", so I'm trying to make that happen.
Going places will almost always be a requirement for the really cool stuff. (It has for me, anyway.)
Right now, being thirteen is your biggest problem...and nothing will fix that but time.
debacle is a verb
I'll go. I'm going to be there anyway helping my aunt move. So, it'll be cool. As long as my Aunt and Uncle can come, too.
p.s. I tried to e-mail the e-mail you gave us and did not get a reply. just thought i'd let you know, not trying to put you down or anything.
"Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is"
-Peggy Lee
My girlfriend and I are planning on taking a trip after the book comes out (whenever we have the money)...probably sometime in august, I'd assume. A Writer's Cult meetup would be great.
Plus, it'd be in Chuck's hometown. Maybe he'd feel inclined to drop by and spy on us.
[SIZE="1"]"A person's life story is equal to what they have plus what they want most in the world, minus what they're actually willing to sacrifice for it." -- Craig Clevenger, [i]The Contortionist's Handbook[/i]
"You motherfucker. What kind of communist drinks mochas with whipped cream?" -- Will Christopher Baer, [i]Hell's Half Acre[/i]
"You're right. Cunts are indestructible." -- Bukowski
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ChiChi [/i]
[B]I'll go. I'm going to be there anyway helping my aunt move. So, it'll be cool. As long as my Aunt and Uncle can come, too.[/b]
Far as I'm concerned, everyone is welcome as long as they're into it and willing to be cool with everyone else.
no, i understand - thing is, i'm in phoenix at the moment (i.e, not at home) and my computer access is kind of sporadic. once I get home, I'll be without my computer for a bit because of repairs, so it'll be even less common untill I get it back.
for the days leading up to this trip, i was online surprisingly little time because there was a lot to get done, but once i am home, and have my machine back, i will be returning every email sent my way.
So.. I will respond to it, but probably not for a few weeks, in which time I will be spendiing much time loking into Portland in general and trying to get a theater to screen Fight lub. It'll have to be a public showing (sorry guys) because doing it privately would cost a small fortune, and as of yet, I don't have any indication that enough people would be going to make gathering the money for such an event ahead of time possible.
Okay, I'm a little tipsy, and very tired (less than ten hours of sleep since I woke up Sunday!), so I am going to bed, I mean the couch.
Hee!! and Love!!
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I'll be there, I'm going to request thse days off tomorrow just so I don't forget. I suggest "Fugitives and Refugees" be the featured book in July for the book club, I will officially nominate it although we'll probably all read it anyway.
I'd be willing to donate money towards a fight club screening, keep me posted on this Odds.
strapped down and made to see
I think making a palahniuk book a featured book in the book club is sort of redundant. we have entire forums dedicated to his work all year round.
[SIZE="1"]"A person's life story is equal to what they have plus what they want most in the world, minus what they're actually willing to sacrifice for it." -- Craig Clevenger, [i]The Contortionist's Handbook[/i]
"You motherfucker. What kind of communist drinks mochas with whipped cream?" -- Will Christopher Baer, [i]Hell's Half Acre[/i]
"You're right. Cunts are indestructible." -- Bukowski
[URL=http://www.pgraph.com]Parallelogramophonograph[/URL] - the most unwieldy name in Austin improv[/SIZE]
Just a heads up -
I apologize to everyone whose emails I haven't answered yet. My computer has started acting up again and is acting even less reliable than before. I'm getting a new hard drive put in in about a week so after that - i'll be grooving once again.
Still working on some stuff and am looking into a couple of "don't want to jinx it"s. Fun fun fun!
debacle is a verb
Odd-Reigh, I apologize cause a while ago I said I'd get you some info about P-town and never did. Have no fear though, for I shall do so soon enough. In the mean time, I'd suggest the Portland Mercury website for anything regarding movie theaters for possible screenings or something like that. Once the book actually comes out there'll be a few more things to take into consideration, but for now, I think the Mercury is a good start. Until I have more shit to send you, I bid adieu.
a gathering? Well hell, I live in Portland. PARTY AT MY HOUSE! umm.... yeah, not really. Not unless you want to be tortured by suburban jewish people.....
Mother Superior: "Would sir care for a starter? Some garlic bread perhaps?"
Renton: "No, thank you. I'll proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please."
There's just never enough room for all the quotes that seem necessary.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MyTeenageRiot [/i]
[B]a gathering? Well hell, I live in Portland. PARTY AT MY HOUSE! umm.... yeah, not really. Not unless you want to be tortured by suburban jewish people..... [/B][/QUOTE]
D0od, suburban jewish people rock!
damn straight suburban jews rock!
Mother Superior: "Would sir care for a starter? Some garlic bread perhaps?"
Renton: "No, thank you. I'll proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please."
There's just never enough room for all the quotes that seem necessary.
Well, I guess this didn't really work out, did it? Bummer. That's what we get for planning so damn far in advance.
Chuck has never come anywhere near my hometown... or state for that matter. NC NEEDS CHUCKY P!!
And after reading F & R, I badly want to go to Portland. Very badly.
So do I, its a cheap place to live, and even if the stuff Chuck writes about has vaporized, i'm sure Its still interesting, or at least copacetic to re-invention, like SF but cheaper.
Hmm, can't wait to figure out how to get to oregon
That's one helluva road trip!
We're the culture that cried wolf.