RL Los Angeles Homecoming Party?

[fh_jackass]

Would anyone be interested if I were to host a party on Homecoming night at my place in L.A.? (I'm in Sherman Oaks.) We could drink spiked punch, watch John Hughes movies and geek out on our laptops.

If that's something you might want to do, comment here and let me know. (And if you don't have a laptop, but are interested, let me know. I have a spare, mostly-reliable laptop I could loan out, and there's space for a couple of towers & monitors.)

Comments

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Damn. I moved from the San Bernardino area to Michigan about a month and a half ago, or I would've been in.

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

Totally not trying to sound creepy, but ooooh, whereabouts in Michigan? I grew up on the western shore (but live in NYC now for school.)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Haha, Ann Arbor. Just moved here for school myself.

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

Oh, A2's nice. Crowded, but nice. UofM, I'm going to guess?

I, uh, went to State for a year. Before transferring. :D But everyone in my family is a huge UofM fan. (I could've cared less about the football teams, what with being a music major and all.)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Eastern, actually...mostly for the teaching program. I'm a secondary-ed major.

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

Ah! Neat! (sorry, I tend to forget that there are other schools in that area besides the Big Two.) Good luck with that; education's such a difficult and under-appreciated field.

You say you moved from California- I hope you packed sweaters. Mid-Michigan can get nasty in the winter.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've heard. I'm still getting over the presence of seasons.

It's been raining for almost two days straight here, and I'm marveling at the fact that people are actually outside, and what's more, can still function. I'm used to Californians who freak out when anything vaguely resembling precipitation hits, and act as though water from the sky is the sign of an apocalypse.

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

Ahh, Michigan, where one can get heatstroke and frostbite in the same week. :D

Haha, just wait til it snows. It generally takes several inches of ice and at least three feet of snow to keep us in (and even then, you get the stragglers who have to venture out because the SCHOOLS NEVER CLOSE OMG.)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

No school closures? Damn it! My high school closed once in California, and that was because there was a huge fire about a mile away from it. And even then, we still had to go to school the first day of the fire, with ash falling all around.

I was looking forward to the famed 'snow days,' even if I am way too old to enjoy them to the fullest, most childish extent.

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

Mmm, it depends. I mean, if doors were iced shut and even if they could open, they'd be blocked with snow? Yeah, then then'd close. Colleges are worse than high schools- we did have several snow days then- but I can only think of one day when any of the colleges closed, and that was during a big blizzard.

Like I said, it all depends though. And I hope I'm not scaring you- we haven't had any really bad winters lately, but it does get cold, and it tends to rain a lot through October and November.

The changing colors are worth it all, though. I really miss Michigan autumns.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I was prepared for this. I was born here and lived here until I was five, so I have some vague memories of the weather. But I followed that with ten years in San Diego, and three about fifty miles southeast of LA, so I'm used to slightly warmer temperatures.

And I've heard great things about the fall. The colors have already started changing, and so far everyone thinks I'm a freak for being like, "Pretty! Look!" Of course, I've also been pointing out all the geese, which is something else I'm not used to.

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

Ah, so you're something of a transplanted Michigander. :D

I've heard that about California- a friend of mine lives in the northern part, and mentioned that a rainshower can be the top story of evening news.

Aww, I *still* say that when the colors change. It's just so pretty, how can you not stop and look? And you'll be seeing more and more of the geese in the coming months, not to mention deer. If you drive at all, keep a very close eye out for 'em. Hunting season opens in about a week, and they'll be running all over the place.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I've seriously watched the news where they're like, "Tonight: Dangerous flooding in Ventura? We have startling footage!" And they show some shots of relatively light rain.

Ooh! Deer! I have a chipmunk that lives outside my building, which is awesome, and I think I saw a badger the other day. It's odd, seeing woodland creatures that aren't robots.

[master-of-fear.livejournal.com]

Man, if you were on the other side of the continent, I'd be there in no time XD

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am SO there. (Of course, I plan on having a major plot go down, so I'm freaking INSANE, but we all knew that.)

[fh_jackass]

Yay!

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

Cool! (of course we'll have to fight over the shared laptop... ;-)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

If you lived in the area of Delaware, I'd totally be there.

[sonofaparrotman.livejournal.com]

So, how 'bout something in the Philly/B'more/DC corridor, then? I bet there's enough of us who'd want to do something . . .

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

I totally would.

[sonofaparrotman.livejournal.com]

Right. Shall we have a post for that, then?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

Sure, why not?

[sonofaparrotman.livejournal.com]

And DONE. (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh_ooc/109833.html)

Now just to wait and find out exactly how not alone we are. 8)

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

damn i wont be in L.A. until the 14th of October and I will be booked solid. *sighs* damn that would have been freaking fun too.

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

If you lived in the UK (ideally in the Sheffield area) I'd have been there! Have fun

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

I'm in Burbank, so it's not that far from me.

Tempting . . . sadly I don't have a computer of any portability.

[fh_jackass]

Hm. Well, I'll put you down as a "maybe" and we'll see if we can scrounge up a spare. :)

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

My god, if you were in Phoenix I would be all over that like Lee on Crichton white on rice. Damn my Arizonayness!

[defiantlyyours.livejournal.com]

Yay! Two RPing Phoenicians!

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Four if you count Beka-Mun and DeathBinky-mun. Where in Phoenix are you? If you don't mind me asking of course.

[death-n-binky.livejournal.com]

He damn well better count the Death_n_Binky mun! Mmm... Phoenix. I'm living right next to PV mall myself. :)

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Dude. I have met a total of like six people online from Arizona in my entire existence and now there are three other just in FH alone. This rocks. I'm down on 7th st & Glendale myself, just a little bit from Chirs-Town/Spectrum.

[death-n-binky.livejournal.com]

We should rally the forces some weekend/evening and partake in geeky-revelry of some various and sundry sort. My aparment, now that its finally mostly clean, is always open for such events and troublemaking.

*grins* I also think its amusing how many people know the mun journal for DEATH for no reason other than I keep posting as the wrong person.

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

That is an incredibly awesome idea (For some reason I type "behaviour" there). The Arizona people should totally find a way to organize a get-together. I can... make lists. Damn my lack of money/transportation/apartment room.

I'd so be up for helping organize though, I'm good at that.

[flinkmeister.livejournal.com]

Metro Phoenix. Downtown-ish.

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Rock on! I'm at 7th st and Glendale, right smack dab in the middle of bus lines.

[death-n-binky.livejournal.com]

Have car, will transport. Think of me as the FandomHigh Phoenix private taxi service.

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Oh. Such massive amounts of love.

Should I make a post summoning the Phoenixish people for planning?

[flinkmeister.livejournal.com]

Sure. Why not?

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Two shakes.

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Done. (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh_ooc/109316.html#cutid1)

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

Organize away. (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh_ooc/109316.html#cutid1)

[can_be_more]

I'm in Long Beach and am totally up for it, but am laptopless.

[fh_jackass]

Ok, I'm going to see if I can beg/borrow/steal some more computers. (Maybe my roommate will let me bring hers downstairs - though she's not a geek, so it might be hard to explain why. :) )

[can_be_more]

*g* If it comes to it, I have an iMac that's portable enough. I'll have to check into Airport for wireless connection, because I know it shows up in the Apple menu but I don't know if I actually have the software...