TestFest 2007: July 13-15 - Planning Thread

[thecreeper]

ok me and jesse worked things out.

he's going to come.

[testtubebaby]

really bad (or good , depending on how much you like me) news from my mother today...

i got a jury summons for when i get back. any takers on what the date of my appearance is?

yea, so needless to say i was fairly pissed. i have to go in on the 13th at 10 am, stay there for as long as they might need me that day, and if i am selected for jury duty i will have to be there first thing bright and early on the monday as well. so this will seriously limit my time there to like... oh, about a day and a few hours. not really worth it, for me. i was really looking forward to it... especially meeting justin, tristan, jonah, and zach in person.

lame.

[GT2000]

Cry more. I had jury duty on my birthday back in 2003, the same day I bought my first car.. or had scheduled to take delivery at least..

Do what I did, go in to the courthouse dressed like a bum and give short/blunt answers when they ask you and the other jurors questions, needless to say, your visit will be quite short stayed.

[thecreeper]

Originally Posted by testtubebaby

really bad (or good , depending on how much you like me) news from my mother today...

i got a jury summons for when i get back. any takers on what the date of my appearance is?

yea, so needless to say i was fairly pissed. i have to go in on the 13th at 10 am, stay there for as long as they might need me that day, and if i am selected for jury duty i will have to be there first thing bright and early on the monday as well. so this will seriously limit my time there to like... oh, about a day and a few hours. not really worth it, for me. i was really looking forward to it... especially meeting justin, tristan, jonah, and zach in person.

lame.

bah!

either do what donnie says or don't go. you can claim you were out of the country and didnt know about it. seriously, it would be pretty hard for them to argue that you had to be there anyway. thats a pretty solid excuse, especially if you tell them you have piles and piles of mail you have had to go through upon returning home.

[heX]

Originally Posted by thecreeper

bah!

either do what donnie says or don't go. you can claim you were out of the country and didnt know about it. seriously, it would be pretty hard for them to argue that you had to be there anyway. thats a pretty solid excuse, especially if you tell them you have piles and piles of mail you have had to go through upon returning home.

ive had jury duty twice. both times i just didnt show. eventally i had to call some number about it. i basically just said "whawt?", and that was the end of it.

[thecreeper]

see, hex doesnt do it and you shouldnt either.

[testtubebaby]

well, under normal circumstances those would all be fine ideas... however, right now i am in the process of being granted residency for florida so i can get my masters. i've already been accepted, but i think that fucking something like this up might not sit well with people wanting to grant a person who has been out of the country for a year residency.

sorry guys.

[Cid]

Well that's cool. Just makes me feel better about not going.

[thecreeper]

i'm displeased.

[thecreeper]

ok very important announcement, as this will decide whether or not testfest happens or not:

Optimus will not be able to be there for Saturday or Sunday. He works in a hospital and his request for time off was not accepted and/or changed. He can be there for all of Friday and Sat morning.

This leaves us half in, half out as far as attendance. I absolutely need to know some definites from people as to if they are coming in order for this to happen right now.

Jesse told me recently he can definitely come.
Tristan has told me he is coming, but I haven't followed up.
I'm pretty sure Raub will be there, I still need to talk to our friend and sometimes poster Art, but its likely he could come as well.
Donnie is still confirmed as far as I know.
Stormy I'm still not sure is coming, the same with Zell and Subsy.

I need to get definites out of the questionable people, or i dont know that we can do this. a lot of financial liability will fall on me with fewer people, and i dont want this to crumble last minute for me.

anyone who is going please confirm if you can make it or not for sure.

[malta]

I can go. If it doesn't happen theres always next time.

[GT2000]

That's a bummer, Anya and I are definitely going to be there, I've already paid the deposit for my room, and as far as I know her friend from R.I. and her hubby have paid their deposit for their room, she hasn't seen her friend, or any of her friends from back home in a while, so it's just more of a reason why we are definitely going to make it barring anything major.

Need to find my confirmation email again so I can double check the stuff, we will be there.. "sylin' profilin', in a black corvette...", ok, so it's an alloy ford fusion.. fuck it, whatever.

[Jesse]

Hmm, and even though I just got a job, I don't think I'll be getting my first paycheck til the 15th, because they pay semi-monthly. But I'm gonna try to find some freelance Flash stuff to get some extra cash until then.

[thecreeper]

i'm not sure what to do about this.

i really feel bad that donnie is already financially committed, but i would go anyway if i could just get a few more people to say yes.

my biggest worry right now is that i'm simply going to be spending too much money to make sure 4 or 5 people have a good time.

[malta]

My best friend just landed a dj slot opening for freaky flow (www.djfreakyflow.com, http://www.myspace.com/freakyflow), a big drum n bass dj from toronto. It's on the 14 and its only his second gig, so there's no way I wouldn't be there for him.

Sorry. Next time you want to do this I'll definitely try and make time for it.

[raublekick]

so at this point the only people "definitely" going are creeper, jesse, myself, and donnie / bride of donnie. seeing as how donnie is getting his own room, that leaves 3 of us to get a room for ourselves, which i cannot really afford / do not really want to spend money on.

i feel bad that donnie kind of got conned into a vacation that he might not have taken otherwise, but i think it would be best to call this off...

[thecreeper]

i feel really guilty about this. but i don't want to do this with no support.

donnie, if you want some cash for the room, i can give you some. I apologize for how this has bottomed out. I tried up till this past weekend to make it happen, but i've just run out of supporters this time around. optimus canceled the room a couple weeks ago and never even told me, and it would cost way too much for me to do this by this myself.

I hope we can re-plan something later this year.

fuck. i'm not happy about this at all. i'm really disappointed.

[Cid]

Well Donnie and his wife can have a nice vacation with their friends...which is kind of what it looked like they wanted anyway, and the rest of us can do it another time. It'll be OK man...we've gone this long, we'll make it happen.

[heX]

Originally Posted by Cid

Well Donnie and his wife can have a nice vacation with their friends...which is kind of what it looked like they wanted anyway, and the rest of us can do it another time. It'll be OK man...we've gone this long, we'll make it happen.

i blame cid for it falling apart

[Torre82]

Originally Posted by Liss

Bunny, Jesse's right, we were never old enough to do anything like this before. I still lived with my mom in your "glory days"...I can see it now..."No, seriously mom, it's okay, they're just my internet friends, not rapists and con artists.

Originally Posted by thecreeper

it's not just wishful thinking this time.

Originally Posted by Torre82

Hmm. I smell compromises in the air. I think the plans are crumbly like various brands of blue cheese!

Sooo... this one time I posted something.. and it was true. Oh wait.. it's the text right above me! ^^^

But noone else saw the crumbly.

:walks away shaking my head: People dont see the obvious, huh.