a Chapel Hill Pitt Stop bonfire gathering query, or several...

[short bus president]

Your host and hostess wish to inquire as to about how many people may be cruising by this way, and about what sort of gathering we should be planning. Will we all be drunk? Nekkid? Giving Will big wet sloppy full-on mouth kisses to be recorded on camera and posted to DU for posterity? Do we need to confiscate keys, or can you weirdos be trusted? How many maps and sets of directions will we need to bring with us to University? How many people will get lost, and end up at the neighbors' houses, with their livers removed, and enjoyed with fava beans and chianti? Is there anybody out there whose tender flesh the mosquitos find tastier than mine? Can you people be trusted with fire? Are any of you allergic to dogs? Who's bringing the chips, dips, chains and whips?

Details, ya know? We must make plans.

[short bus president]

1. Eh-HEM...

*tap-tap-tap*...;)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. I thought this soriee was canc'd due to the hurricane?

are you planning another one?

[short bus president]

4. no-sir-E

we are ON for Friday, assuming anyone desires to show up. If nobody does, we will simply go to the Will Pitt show, where I will rush the stage and deliver his sloppy wet full-on mouth kiss in front of a live audience.

[MattNC]

3. oh...

how I long to be in Chapel Hill right now - one of the great cities in this country

[supernova]

5. I'm a definite pyro

so you can count me in.... :D Let me know if I can bring anything.

I do need to find out where on campus this building is.

[WilliamPitt]

6. Definitely drunk, maybe nekkid

Certainly there.

:)

[supernova]

7. Nekkid bonfire dancin'

woo hoo!!! :D

[VelmaD]

9. Woohoo...sombody make sure...

I get pics of the drunken, maybe nekkid debauchery. :evilgrin:

Still don't know if I'm more jealous that you're getting to see short bus or he's getting to see you. :-)

[dolo amber]

8. I'll be there

Possibly drunk, most assuredly (for the good of all concerned) NOT nekkid, but I will bring the virgins for the sacrifice. ;)

[supernova]

10. Kick

for SBP. Hey where are all the NC DUers? I KNOW you're out there!

[mikita]

12. I wish I could get to happy chill....

but I will catch Will at the Boone stop!

Enjoy !!

Mikita

:toast: :hi:

[supernova]

13. Hey Mikita!

are you at Appalachian? :hi:

[supernova]

11. Kick

:dem:

[short bus president]

14. thanks Supe!

for the kickaging.

And I share your questions... where is the nclib family? Where is DarkPhenyx? This is looking to be quite the, er, small and intimate gathering thus far...

And THANK YOU for asking about stuff that might be brought. There are several items that would be of use. Numero Uno, if we're gonna be outside, would be the bug spray. Skeeters, ya know? There's also the issue of things to sit on outdoors. Everyone will assuredly bring their own ass, but something upon which to plant said ass would probably be a good thing. The house is new, and the INSIDE is not even fully furnished yet, much less the outside.

There's also the BYOB issue, which I truly hate to do as a host, but as a dirt-ass PO host, I'm afraid I must. At some point, depending on the time and the interest level, we may be able to take up a collection and have someone (raising hand) make an Allen & Son's run for some quality pig, or to the MVF store for some frozen cow juice, or come up with some other food arrangment. There is no delivery of food out here, unless you count the roadkill.

I will aim to keep this hyah thread kicked for a bit today, to hopefully wrangle additional attendees into showing themselves. If not, we'll have the 4 or so of us nekkid around the bonfire, and we'll STILL post the pics in the Lounge to make everyone else jealous. ;-)

[supernova]

17. There was a possum on Cornwallis Rd yesterday

Already butchered and everything. Will that do? ;-)

Bug spray - Got it! Deep Woods OFF! I never go out without it just b/c of all the ticks.

Chairs - I got a couple of those folding camping chairs, so someone can use one of mine.

BOYB - I'd be willing a couple of six packs of beers/cider.

Allen&Son - MMmm MMMM good. How late do they stay open?

*Checks over shoulder* Yes, I can confirm my ass is genuinely covered. :D

[short bus president]

19. you bring the Oppossum, and we'll get the squirrels fresh off the

tree here. And dolo amber is convinced that there is a baby sasquatch living in the woods next to the monster with the hook hand and the spiders the size of volkswagons, so maybe we can grill that sucker up, too. Never had me no sasquatch, befoe...

And, er... what exactly is yer ass covered with? ;-)

[Mandate My Ass]

21. spiders the size of volkswagons??!!

Tryin' to give me a heart attack or something? Don't even suggest such things since I now have an image seared in my brain which will assuredly visit me in my dreams tonight. :spank:

[supernova]

22. Yes,

there's a couple living in my bedroom window right now. I don't know what they are, but GOD THEY'RE BIG!!! :scared:

[Mandate My Ass]

23. I'd just move out!

Call in the marines, I think it's too late for exterminators and you appear to be outnumbered. :scared:

I'm glad I didn't know about these vile creatures when I visited NC last month!

[short bus president]

24. Yes, Miss Lewinski...

I am ALL ABOUT the dream visitation of the beach hotties. But I HAD hoped it would be less with the creepy crawly and more with the steamy midnight fever sweats. Hmph.

;-)

[Mandate My Ass]

25. You'd only be more alluring

if that's possible, with eight appendages to wrap sinuously around a willing woman.

Hmph yourself, stranger. :*

[cmd]

15. Please invite AWD

If he comes the Steelers will win the Super Bowl.

[supernova]

16. SNERK!

is AWD close by or willing to travel? I've never heard him mention where he is.

[short bus president]

18. I thought AWD was in the Ohio area.

A MERE 6 or so hours, right? Hell, I accidentally strayed into Ohio on my way to Ashland, KY several weeks ago. It's a scenic drive here from there, too, except for having to pay for the privilege of using the friggin' INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM in West Gawddamned Virgina (now officially "the Asshat state" for making me pay interstate tolls :mad: ).

And OF COURSE AWD is invited. EVERYONE'S invited. This includes the Virginny-area folks, too - Underpants and Catpower and the guy with the Mitsu spyder who honked and waved at me South of Richmond when he saw the DU sticker. And the Scurrilinians - you rabble are invited, as well. Undisclosed, Chessy... y'all come on up, hyah? How often do you get to hang out with a famous author, and yer fellow DUers, and play drunkenly with FIRE?!?

[short bus president]

20. kick

HELLOOOOOOOOOOO Triangle DUers...

[nclib]

26. Love to come.

Will be needing directions like how to get to UNC and which building will Will be speaking in and where would this particular building be and where is the parking and what time does this all begin and will there be huge neon signs pointing the way?

Oh and I can bring some munchies and beer too.

[WilliamPitt]

27. Kick

[supernova]

28. Looks like you've

arrived within our fair borders, Will. :D

[short bus president]

32. Map of the relevant portion of UNC campus

Manning Building is sorta between "The Pit(t)" and Playmaker's Theatre. Not that anyone who is not a tarhole will find this information meaningful...

The other big difficulty is gonna be parking. I do not believe there is sufficient parking around Playmaker's to accomodate much of a crowd. And it may be a faculty-only lot, anyway. Best bet may be to park in one of the pay lots off Franklin St. and hoof it to the Old Well, at which you can ask anyone where Manning Building is. And for information's sake, Franklin St. runs parallel to Cameron Ave., and if this map was another 2 inches tall, would be visible running along the top of the screen. Hope this is SOME help, anyway.

[nclib]

35. This map is a great help.

Thanks.

The only time I've been to UNC was for concerts and my brother's graduation which was a long time ago. + I wasn't paying attention.

I did some looking around and the event is set to begin at 7 in room 209. Is that correct?

[short bus president]

37. yus - 7p, 209 Manning Bldg.

Dolo Amber and I will aim to be there early, waiting on the front steps and smoking, like good North Carolinians. ;-)

Also, from the map, it looks like there is some parking to be had around Bynum Hall - IIRC that is an admin. bldg. Maybe there will not be the requisite Chapel Hill parking nightmare. We can hope, anyway.

Also, I will print up some directions out to the house in the woods - we may be best off to all just wait for Will to finish his yakkin' and meet up in the parking lot there. This place is NOT easy to find from written directions, or even a map, if I had one. And smoke signals will not be possible until I get here to light the "fahr."

If anyone has any suggestions on this, I'm all ears. Supe - where you at?

[WilliamPitt]

38. WRONG

I just found out that they have moved the talk to a larger room across from Manning. There will be people at Manning directing folks to the new place.

Short bus: I'm going to have my own car. :)

[Scampy]

40. Has it been moved to Carroll Hall?

I saw a letter in the DTH today that indicated it will be in 111 Carroll Hall.

Carroll Hall is kind of near the Carolina Inn, and real close to Memorial Hall.

There are a couple of good parking options nearby: McCauley St. parking lot, Nash Parking lot (behind Nash Hall on Pittsboro St.), and a few spaces behind Peabody Hall.

[DemoTex]

29. Hey! Hey! My Rosman Round Mountain bonfire catching on in the Triad?

None of us would have been doing bonfires a year ago. Remember the drought? Sorry I can't be there or in Asheville to meet Will. I'm back in Dallas for a few days. Bummer.

[supernova]

30. In honor of the Moon Pie thread

I think we should have Moon Pies at the Bonfire! LOL!

[short bus president]

31. So Supe...

you bringin' the moon, or the pie? ;-)

[WilliamPitt]

33. SHORT BUS

What are the logistics here? Am I just meeting you at my Chapel Hill gig and we go from there, or what?

[short bus president]

34. I do believe, Sir,

that your description is accurate. Finding the house is gonna be tough without some follow-the-leader going on. I live sorta out in the woods, behind a cow pasture and a pond or two. Supe know roughly where it is - it may be that we should all meet up at the MVF store and play follow-the-leader from there. A discussion of logistics is needed.

BTW - how long does your talk run? Are we talking 2 hours? 4 hours? An all-night vocal cord shredding marathon rant? Just trying to figure out how we're gonna work the babysitting thing here while the (supposed) adults are at UNC.

[WilliamPitt]

36. My understanding

is that I'll be talking for an hour, answering questions for a half hour, and then signing a few books (provided people actually want to buy any).

7pm-830pm: Talk and q&a
830-930ish: Book signing

So figure we're done at 9:30.

BY THE WAY: They moved the talk to a place across the street from Manning; it's bigger, I guess. People will be at Manning to point the way.

[short bus president]

39. We'll find you, I'm sure

it's the "y'all" finding the house in the woods I worry about. And we will all likely be parked in various places around Chapel Hill. I will do the mapquesting this afternoon and print up a few maps (as if THAT'S gonna help any). BTW - anyone who so desires, PM me for the street address, if you wish to do your own mapquesting.

[supernova]

41. Actually, meeting up at MVF

or some other common place after Will's talk would be a good idea. I'm sure we will be parked all over campus. I'm going over there later this afternoon to scout it out. That way SBP could light the way. It's not too far from there, AFAIR.

Will, this is your official Boonies call. LOL!

[short bus president]

42. OK, so I have only

provided the street addy for the mapquesting to the nclibs. Anyone else?

It occurs to me that finding the MVF store is only about 1 step less difficult than finding the house...

[supernova]

43. ME, ME, ME

Oh Oh, Oh, Mr Kotter! Pick me! Pick me!

Yes, I need direction/address too SB. LOL!

[short bus president]

44. I AM GETTING NO LOVE FROM MAPQUEST!!!

NO MAPS!

Anyone who wants to find yon after-thingie will need to PM me RIGHT QUICK-LIKE for the address, so you can mapquest for it - driving directions will get you here, but the LONG WAY. PLEASE PM me or Supe or someone to find out how to get hyah, OK? This is less easy than I thought it would be. Oy.

[supernova]

45. Thanks SBP! just got your PM

I wrote it down. You might be next to some friends of mine, also living at a no-name location. LOL!

Has anybody found out what bldg Will's talk has been moved to?

[WilliamPitt]

46. ANOTHER OPTION

I have a rental car. Mayhap someone who knows where he/she is going can ride with me, and I can take several others, too. ?

[supernova]

47. That would work too,

Perhaps we should all convene for a few minutes after your Q&A Will, to match up whose going out there and coordinate rides.

I'm going pick up the beer I mentioned up thread.

[nclib]

48. Can you type out the directions

of the way you want us to go and make copies?

I believe mapquest said it's about 11 miles their way. I take it there's a faster way?

[short bus president]

49. Sorry, I really can't

I have NO IDEA what the mileage is for any of this - only the road names.

I like Supe's idea to hang out a bit post Q&A and signing, and coordinate then. Somebody bring some paper and a writing utensil. We will then play follow-the-leader. Sorry no better direction ability. The mapquest way will get you here just as well, but it's a little roundabout, IMO.