Balto the Meet: May 28 to June 5, 2013

[MattP]

Balto: The true story of an American hero

Taking place from May 28th to June 5th

Here is a list of things we will be doing:

• 1) Baltimore Aquarium
  2) Gay bar
  3) Mafia f2f
  4) Board games
  5) DC trip maybe
  6) Drinking "games" if you are "21 or older"
  7) TheTrollie will perform really good magic tricks
  8) Pole dancing lessons by Grimm
  9) Other stuff

Transportation

• 1) Amtrak: Amtrak will take you to Baltimore Penn Station, which is about 10 mins car ride from our apartment. The code for the Amtrak stop is BAL. We can pick you up or it's a $7 taxi to our apartment.
  
  2) Plane: BWI Airport is about 25 minutes from our apartment, and we can pick you up.
  
  3) Car: You can PM me for an address to my apartment. There is free parking about 3 blocks from our apartment so it should be no big deal to drive.

In:

MattP (host) 100%
TheTrollie (host) 100%
Konowa 100% (commuting)
Reck 100%
Grimmjow 100%
Uberninja 100%
Kise 100%
gorckat 100% (coming just for evenings)
Maestro 100%
Quadz 100% (weekend)
Glork 100% (weekend)
Singersigner 100% (weekend)
AngryPidgeon 100%
Iecerint 100%
CDB 100%
BBmolla 100%
ActionDan 100%
Channeldelibird 100%
Drippinggoofball 100%
Mina 100%
Faraday 100%
Patrick 100%
Fate 100%
Nuwen 100%
Amrun 100%
Minineko 100%
Cogito Ergo Scum 100%

Maybe:

Gammagooey 95%
Kuribo 95% (at least stopping in for a day)
Axxle 90% (for weekend)
Guy_Named_Riggs 90% (just a day or two)
Kison
Ythan
Plum
Bitmap
Chesskid
MoS
Brandi
Kise
Ether
Katsuki
Majiffy
Pirate Mollie
Chamber

[MattP]

Will do sir

[MattP]

Baltimore meet will be cool.

May 17-19 should have lacrosse (May 18- men's quarterfinals at UMD for people able to make the trip), and all dates might have O's baseball for sports minded folks.

No room in my basement, but I'll help scout locations and such.

Thanks

May 17-19 would also be best for me since it's the day after finals end so I will be free and ready to get wasted.

[MattP]

K methinks it'll be May 24-26 anyway because now that I think about it I will NOT want to be setting up for this as I approach finals and I will probs want a week off.

[MattP]

Put me as a "Probably."

NC caravan?

Is there any form of transport between baltimore and NC cheaper than amtrak?

[MattP]

We can only choose one option.

It's prob gonna be the 24-26 anyway

[MattP]

Gonna be so many meets next year, lol...I probably can't afford to take the vacation for this since I'm taking a week off for MoS-Faire in June/July. If it was one of the earlier dates I might be able to pull it off...put me at 10%.

Where will your meet be?

[MattP]

Bump

[MattP]

2013 will be the Balkanization of Scummeets.

Yeah, but Baltimore is the best for the following activities:

Interactive games: Getting stabbed
Good theater: Watching others get stabbed
Critical thinking skills improvement: Choosing between giving up your iPhone or getting stabbed

[MattP]

"God do I hate Baltimore."

Don't we all.

Oh! We can also go to the aquarium, which is like world-renowned.

[MattP]

Updated the OP with maybes and ins. If I missed you it's cuz your post wasn't clear enough about your /in status, or you're trollololcrypto

[MattP]

"God do I hate Baltimore."

Don't we all.

Oh! We can also go to the aquarium, which is like world-renowned.

The Baltimore Museum of Industry is, imho, vastly underrated and a lots of fun for getting into the origins of modern technology.

Also, I can show you where all the cotton candy fluff landed, and probably still is, from my daughter's b-day ~7 years ago

A solid day could be had hitting the Aquarium, lunch in Fells Point or Fed Hill, the BMI, maybe even AVAM (American Visionary Arts Museum) and then an indie film up at the Charles Theatre.

I like this guy. We'll keep him.

Damn, I have to get out of the Hopkins Bubble

[MattP]

I feel like the sub-title of this meet should simply be "How To Not Get Stabbed"

Lots of stabbing, definitely lots of stabbing

[MattP]

Also, I feel the need to design a mafia game themed after The Wire now...very few town roles. =P

I've never seen it before, but I've heard it has like nothing to do with Hopkins, which I thought it was all about.

[MattP]

Also, I feel the need to design a mafia game themed after The Wire now...very few town roles. =P

I've never seen it before, but I've heard it has like nothing to do with Hopkins, which I thought it was all about.

Why would someone make a TV show about Hopkins? o.O

Because it's known as the most cutthroat college, and I heard that the wire just fed that stereotype

[MattP]

LAX is lacrosse, bro.

Fastest game on two feet and fastest growing youth sport in America.

ADD: And the Hopkins men's team has like 43 or 44 straight tourney appearances and a load of championships.

And I'm the only 3rd year student that hasn't been to s single game

[MattP]

Matt- the women's games are free! Granted, women's is a different game from men's (like baseball is to softball), but just as good once you learn the differences. You have no excuse!

I'm not into sports, is that an excuse?

[MattP]

There will be cookies and amruns available for all attendees

[MattP]

Iecerint if we are going to get married you'll have to change to an /in

[MattP]

Ok sounds good

[MattP]

Well if you're not gonna be in MD then no

We can talk about this with our faces

[MattP]

THIS IS OFFICIALLY HAPPENING

NO BULLSHITTERY

MAINLY WHAT PUT ME OVER THE EDGE IS RECKS AWESOME MEET SO YEAH

PLEASE IT WILL PROBABLY BE A WEEK LONG FROM END OF MAY TO BEGINNING OF JUNE

[MattP]

/maybe

Bring Chesskid and Elli too!

[MattP]

It's going to be may 25 to June 1 officially, we decided to change it to a week

[MattP]

After following the Reckoning thread, I'm excited for this.

Question: Would people be up for a day trip to DC?

There can be a day we go to DC, no problem

Also we will inevitably go to a gay club because it was so awesome at Reckoning.

We will be compiling a list of options for things to do around the area

[MattP]

Matt I can't stop thinking about your soup.

Thanks P:

There will be lots of cooking too of course

[MattP]

goddamn

/wantsfood

DOES THIS MEAN /IN???

[MattP]

OP is updated with pertinent info tyvm

[MattP]

may 25 to June 1 officially

well if thats the case cant do it sir nope :'(

wtf tim you're killin me

[MattP]

We have a risk board already

Also we are getting Dominion and Seven Wonders, prob Shadow Hunters

[MattP]

To punish you I'm going to vote in the poll even though I'm not attending

phooey you

Blame TheTrollie

[MattP]

Trollie legitimately thought that potatoes were chicken eggs

[MattP]

if I can

Permission granted

[MattP]

What's the cover for the gay bar btw

idk we'll let you know after we find a gay bar

[MattP]

We live like 5 blocks from ghettoland, and Hopkins security drives around the area 24/7 so it's p safe. I walk around by myself a lot but you're especially safe if there's more than one of you outside at night

And dw, the last time I was into sports enough to drag people to a game was never

[MattP]

MAY 28TH TO JUNE 5TH FINALIZED

[MattP]

I just don't know when my internship would start so I have to make sure this doesn't leak too far into June :S

[MattP]

June 5 isn't like a CLEAR CUT deadline, Idk when I will be going to my internship but I will prob be here til like the 7th or 8th idk so for people that dont have to rely on buying a ticket or somethin they may be able to stay a few extra days should they have to get there late, I'll know for sure my summer plans in April

[MattP]

I know this poll is anon but I'd just like to point out that the only dick to vote yea was Trollie uhhhhmmmm so no sex tonight LOL

[MattP]

what have i done

[MattP]

omg why the fuck everyone cool going.

uuuuhhhh just come wtf

[MattP]

#ikeacoucheslol

[MattP]

Just bring a fresh change of socks

[MattP]

I think Matt just doesn't like germs.

STALKER

[MattP]

Should I bring my laptop if I go?

Ummmmmmmmmm NO!

Amtrak will take you to Baltimore Penn Station, which is about 10 mins car ride from our apartment. The code for the Amtrak stop is BAL. We can pick you up or it's a $7 taxi to our apartment.

Omg it's $11 atm
When will the dates be finalized?

It's been finalized! Dates are in the title

[MattP]

Nah jk bring ur laptop

[MattP]

I'll bring a pole for dancing. Can I bolt it to your floor and ceiling? I'll bring a power drill and a stud detector.

uhmmm no computers allowed!!!

[MattP]

I think we get pinned on the 28th of Jan (4 months prior to meet)

[MattP]

Any of ya ever been to sip & bite? And, how good? It's supposedly a staples of bmore.

We only order grubhub

[MattP]

Idk they gave us a 15 dollar coupon because a restaurant we ordered from had closed for the night w/o them knowing

That was p awesome

[MattP]

We have 3 full beds and 2 queens, and 4 air mattresses w/ two being queens

So thats 13 spots on its own but we can afford for more spaces should it be needed

[MattP]

why the fuck do you have so many beds

Well

I have my double

My roommate who doesnt live here has a queen

I have a pull out couch that turns into a double (maybe a queen I don't really know actually I think it is a queen so add another space)

I have two air mattresses at my home which I can bring, one's a queen and one's a double

Oliver has a queen bed

Oliver has a pull out couch that actually also turns into a queen lol woops

He has two air mattresses

[MattP]

Is Trollie going to bring his bed to your place for the meet? 0.o

We have different apts in the same building lol

[MattP]

Oliver legit has hook ups to everything

It's infuriatingly awesome

[MattP]

Oliver INSISTED on "Balto the meet"

Take it up with him

[MattP]

get it b/c theyre gay

[MattP]

This joke appeals to me because as a young, male, homosexual I identify with the source of humour and can appreciate it in the form of light-hearted jokery - ActionDan 146

[MattP]

Iecerint post a picture WTF

[MattP]

Yeah I hate it when people use my name on site

[MattP]

hey Matt

My username is MATTP

Calling me Matt is creepy as fuck on a forum

[MattP]

Trollie and I will discuss how it would work. We can always have people get 2 rooms for 8 people at motel 6 and then have people cycle every 2 days to the hotel rooms to water down individual costs. That would cost $40 per person (20 per day) and would open up another 8 sleeping situations, allowing 23 spots (not including Trollie and I).

We also have carpet space. If needed we can search around for more mattresses to borrow from people.

We'll make it work

We ask if people are 100% coming to say so, even if they've already /inned, so that we can start preparing now

[MattP]

100%

Minineko & I can stay at the Motel the whole time and we can have two people share the second bed and pay the other half of the cost. There's also carpet space I suppose!

And we can always air-mattress-hunt

These are just our mattresses we included, we have lots of mattress connections in the black market

[MattP]

I think my mom has an air-mattress I could borrow. Will update when I have facts.

Yeah, a "bring your own mattress if you have one" idea would be beautiful

[MattP]

These are just our mattresses we included, we have lots of mattress connections in the black market

That is so skeezy!

As a property manager, the first thing I think of when I hear of a mattress swap is...bed bugs.

I doubt our friends have bed bug problems, nor do I believe there is such a thing as air mattress bed bugs

[MattP]

My yuppie MoCo standards are too prestigious for that. I require clean linen and a fresh turn of the pillow every day.

There's a patch of weeds outside of our apartment with your name on it

[MattP]

I guess put Mollie and myself down as maybe.

Wait this has to happen

[MattP]

Not everyone is an all day every day /in, are they?

I'm local, so I'm expecting to be around for a couple evenings of hang out.

^ This, unless I'm demanded for more time than that.

I'll probably need you for VCs who am I kidding

<3 You'll be staying a few nights to go on late night campus adventures whether ya like it or not

[MattP]

Woo!

[MattP]

Why do you feel bad?

Prob because you wont be there

Unless "audiowhoring" means you will be there but will be talking to them the entire time, in which case your lingo is funny

[MattP]

Hokay just keep me updated

Also happy 10 days until birthday!

[MattP]

Did anyone confirm going to this meet because of the Ravens?

oh shit just to clarify we live in baltimore ohio

[MattP]

It would solve the bed situation

But yea ok it's MD guys

[MattP]

And then they see that Baltimore, Ohio really is a real place and end up completely screwed.

I was trying to keep that on the DL so Quadz wouldn't yell at me more WTF Axxle

[MattP]

SHIT now I'm screwed T.T

[MattP]

Trollie and I will discuss how many people can be staying in our house at a given night and set each night's limit to that number. It will probably be 20, and I really doubt we will have more than maybe one or two nights with that many people given the current conditionals of people inning to the meet. We'll set up a google doc, and first 20 to sign for each day are given priority for sleeping space, with anyone else having to get hotel/motel space. I would be willing to chaperone people to hotels even at night since I don't really drink so that won't be a problem, and if I do drink there are taxis everywhere so nbd

I think it'll work out fine. But yes, we should get a google doc up ASAP and secure air mattresses now

[MattP]

Woo! So excited so far for this meet

[MattP]

Gosh, makes me want to jump to 100% just so that I can reserve floor-space. :X:X

THEN 100 IN

[MattP]

Then you can a tentative-yes-bed-that-will-be-granted-to-someone-else-should-that-happen sir

[MattP]

I prefer couch space. Can I claim couch space?

All of your couches transform into beds. No couch for you or anyone for that matter

[MattP]

our couches***

[MattP]

I'm a maybe, something I hadn't said previously. But I'd want consistent living quarters, and having to go to a motel for the night kind of ruins the experience imo. This means I'm probably out if things stay as they are currently. But I understand.

Ok

As I said we'll have a signup for days within the next week

It won't be a "you only can sign up for X days" thing, it will be the first 20 people that are /in to this get dibs for days and then it's first come first serve. I'm sure there will be less popular days based off of current interest so I really think we won't get over 20 any specific day except for MAYBE the weekend

[MattP]

Here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

If you're a maybe for space reservation PLEASE state so. It's ok that you call space when you're not 100% positive, but I will be expecting a definite answer for space reservation by March 20th so that people can plan accordingly if spaces open up

That means you can tentatively reserve sleeping room until March 20th and if you back out of space after then I'll be kind of peeved that you held a space from someone else that could have had it and bought tickets / travel costs for cheaper if they had known a space would be open then.

[MattP]

Feel free to fill up past 20, but keep in mind sleeping space will not be guaranteed.

[MattP]

FIXD

[MattP]

AD, you did it wrong but I edited it for you. Just put your name under the days you're in

[MattP]

Roger

[MattP]

At this point I'm not worried about housing. If there is any issue it would just be on day, and we can transport people to a motel6 for maybe 20 dollars for that night. I really don't think it will be an issue.

[MattP]

tmi

[MattP]

Please keep in mind that for days we are cooking it will run around maybe 10 bucks a day for food. We can eat out too obviously, but just expect a full day to be about 10 bucks and we will have things like peanut butter, jelly, bread, etc etc available all the time and then make something for dinner every night. We don't cook meat (other than fish), and I'd prefer if in the apartments meat wasn't cooked (aka I really would prefer if burgers weren't a thing) just because I can't really handle the smell but of course you can get fast food and stuff, which is within walking distance, if you want that. There's also grubhub and stuff.

I'll tell you guys what I told UN:

• no beaches anywhere within like an hour drive so that's prob not gonna happen. We also dont have a pool
  The rooms are large, we have 2 apartments. In total we have 2 large living rooms, 2 kitchens, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. There is also a basement that's gigantic with a pretty shitty gym. We have plenty of outlets, we also have two laundry/storage rooms (1 in each of our apartments) where you can do laundry if you wanna and keep your stuff. We also have two storage cages in the basement if people wanna keep stuff down there. Oliver's apartment is pretty much set up to be a light show (multiple LED lights, a fog machine, a strobe light, a bubble machine, black lights, etc) and a large speaker system and we use spotify through it so dw about bringing music, you can just add to the playlist. We can't always be loud but we can have parties some nights, prob on weekends mostly since a lot of families live in the building.
  
  I'll probably cook a lot b/c I like to but we'll prob chip in. I'd expect to be spending on AVERAGE 5 to 10 bucks a day on food depending on what we're doing. We can also eat at the inner harbor / go to the aquarium, etc. For transport we have a car for days when less people are here but there is a lot of free public transport throughout bmore as well. We may go to DC one night to go to a club. Or maybe one in Bmore idk yet.

There are lots of parks around, a cool wooded area we can go through one night, we have campus to do shit in obviously. Plenty of stuff to do

[MattP]

Heh

No but rly, there is this awesome path that goes to this bridge and I go a lot with friends at night, despite it being Bmore yadayada unsafe, but if there are a group of people you're fine

WE CAN DO WHATEVER

[MattP]

Bahahaha

Bring meat if you would like, just pls dont cook burgers n shit and make my apartment smell like a meat central cuz I had roommates last year that had a "burger friday" and I would leave my apartment those days

[MattP]

Ok, real question, who the fuck would bring meat anyway to a meet

[MattP]

We can also have people cook meat in Oliver's apartment I GUESS

[MattP]

I'm pesca

[MattP]

Yea I eat fish

Oliver can tolerate meat smells so his kitchen can be used for that

[MattP]

yo remember that time rockfish were illegal to smoke? times are so damn progressive

[MattP]

So Uber is trying to convince me to go to this. If I can get the time off ^^

Sounds good

[MattP]

Take the 730ish one AP

[MattP]

Take the 730ish one AP

What time/day are most people coming in? This meet starts on Tuesday which is a little awkward (why not go weekend to weekend?) so Im thinking about maybe making this a 3 leg trip and flying to Los Angeles first to visit some people and then going LAX-BWI. If I did that, I'd probably end up getting in on a 4:10PM arrival flight on Wednesday, 29th. Would that be doable? Could someone pick me up at that time? Im not sure that the schedule looks like on the Balto end, trying to work this out. Let me know! Thanks.

We can pick you up any time preferably between 1PM and 8PM, with a standard deviation of "chance we will be disappointed to pick you up" outside of that range of plus or minus 2 hours, obviously it being an empirical mound.

[MattP]

I scheduled my flights.

Going from PHX to BWI. Depart 8:20AM and arrive at

5:00PM (Baltimore time) on Wednesday, the 29th.

Returning BWI to SFO. Depart

3:55PM (Balt time)

and arrive at 8:20PM on

Tuesday, the 4th.

Sorry Dan : (. I can only take so much time off work.

So put me down as

100%

and shiver in your scum pants.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

Excited to have ya

[MattP]

I will make sure we do shit don't you worry

[MattP]

Baltimore zoo is embarrassing, I am not disgracing our guests with that kuribo

[MattP]

Majiffy what percent chance yer comin

[MattP]

dude we r the goonies lets make our own story out of this

[MattP]

And that was an exciting message from your Captain Oliver

Please stay tuned for more informative updates

[MattP]

I love the movie Grind, lol

me, Majiffy, and pirate mollie are gonna pitch a tent in the backyard and

hotbox

and watch Grind

can i say that in this thread? lol

and by backyard you mean alley where people mug you, right?

[MattP]

Hooray, I just realized GNR is coming

Also, Matt, update the OP with that badass graphic I made you

you shouldve done that yerself when you were an admin for a hot second

now I have to do a poor mans work >.>

[MattP]

(he never actually had admin powers)

Yea yea

[MattP]

My event has turned into an awkward sexual conversation

Ill be back in a few weeks to see if there are any important updates

[MattP]

...shouldn't you be the one posting these important updates...?

That would be like me posting car advertisements in the middle of a pornography video

Nty

[MattP]

*feels ashamed for not knowing any of the locations Konowa referred to other than 95*

[MattP]

Reference Matt: Route 32 is by Columbia, ~non traffic 15 minute drive. Pratt Street is where all the white people drink. Make sense?

I've drawn a mental picture thx

[MattP]

Hey guys as our first icebreaker can you all PM me compliments about everyone on the /in list and /maybe list and over the next month I'm gonna anonymously post them on this thread [:

[MattP]

Nothing sexual please!!!!

[MattP]

u can now find even more creative ways of making sexual things seem nonsexual >.>;;;;;;;;;

[MattP]

Guys we need to ice break

[MattP]

I'm going to try to come to this if I can and there's room. Will crunch some numbers and ask work and let you know more concretely in the next couple of days, hopefully.

yes come

[MattP]

Plz CDB

hey Matt uh will you still have sleeping space?

yea considering no day is packed it will be fine.

[MattP]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... maVE#gid=0

Reminder to sign up for days you are STAYING IN THE APARTMENTS OVERNIGHT

[MattP]

Please keep in mind there are four more guaranteed sleeping spots for the 1st of June and only 5 for the 31st and the 2nd

[MattP]

I should be there at least one or two of the days! just booked my tix

[MattP]

If you have an air mattress or any sleeping device and intend to bring it with you, or can bring it with enough bullying from me, please inform me ASAP. We of course will find them for all peeps at the meet that sign up on the doc, but it will make our jobs easier

[MattP]

P.S. for those who weren't aware I live, practically up the street from Mr. P

oshit sure wanna come now and help me study for statistics ;;;)))))))))):PPPP)P:)

[MattP]

I actually was gonna ask him if he wanted to go an a (nonsexual) ADVENTURE through the woods with me and my roommate

Then I toned it down a notch

[MattP]

This would obv be near loyola, I don't wanna get killed

[MattP]

if any1 in the area ever wants to go on a forest adventure pls let me know

i live for forests

[MattP]

if any1 in the area ever wants to go on a forest adventure pls let me know

i live for forests

nature walks are fun.

but only if there's running water

well of course

[MattP]

That's dumb

DGB, I like you a lot, I would love to meet you, this is a meet run by me. Fuck anyone that disagrees, it's not their meet and they can find somewhere else to go if they have an issue..

[MattP]

Once again we are only guaranteeing 20 people space

Sign up if you want to sleep, after that we can't guarantee you'll have room in the apartments overnight.

[MattP]

Due to the current lower level of interest in week days, I'm making a change that I think will be a wise one

The first two days of the meet, May 28th and 29th I am capping it at 15 people (as opposed to 20). The last two days, being the 4th and 5th, I'm capping it at 17.

It will be a VERY hectic weekend since I assume we'll be full and then us = 22 people in two apartments. It'll obv be fun as fuck, but for the sake of my sanity I'd prefer a little bit of a weaning into that number at the beginning and a weaning out at the end.

This still leaves at least 3 available spots for all of those days. Attached is the document. Please reserve space if you want it before you lose it. If you're not on the list and someone doesn't drop please don't rely on sleeping space in the apartment, even if it's floor space.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... maVE#gid=0

Also, if someone wants to coordinate a weeklong game of mafia I'm in. I would not be willing to host.

[MattP]

I'm really looking forward to this. You can change me to Attending, since the only reason I wouldn't come at this point is if something major happens.

I'm 5-4 step ahead of you

[MattP]

Oh in case it's not clear the meet is going until the 5th, not through to the 6th. Oliver has to leave on the 5th and I'm ok with staying of course through the rest of the day while people wait for flights/boats out of Bmore but I'd like it if there was noone staying over that night. I gotta be in Chicago on the 8th so I'd like a little bit of leeway in case something goes terribly wrong

[MattP]

That would be awesome Mina

[MattP]

Nuwen/Fate, are you guys def in?!?!

[MattP]

Oh in case it's not clear the meet is going until the 5th, not through to the 6th. Oliver has to leave on the 5th and I'm ok with staying of course through the rest of the day while people wait for flights/boats out of Bmore but I'd like it if there was noone staying over that night. I gotta be in Chicago on the 8th so I'd like a little bit of leeway in case something goes terribly wrong

Does this mean that the "6/5/2013" column on the google doc is superfluous?

Oh yes technically for "sleeping arrangements" it is unnecessary

I am immediately changing said column to "cock"

[MattP]

coming with us

Wait so are you only staying during those days? Aka can I remove you from the other days?

[MattP]

In fact if anyone did buy a ticket to return home on the 6th can they PM me? I'll figure something out with them, my bad for being dumb

[MattP]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... maVE#gid=0

Updated. I deleted Reck and Grimm from days they're not gonna be there

There is now a waitlist for some days. It would be very nice if people could decide ASAP if they're coming if they're not certain so that people can plan based off of that. I'd hate for someone on the waitlist to not come and then there ends up being a spot.

[MattP]

1401 Bloomfield Ave, Baltimore, MD
(410) 646-1700 ‎
Motel 6

[MattP]

"As we went on to our own rooms I received a text about 15 minutes later from my buddy stating that there were blood stains in his bathtub, on the wall, on the sheets, and if you were to look at there door it looked as someone had shot the door twice with a gun."

If you want a different hotel let me know. I figured you guys are not usually around the Baltimore area so I wanted to have you experience the culture.

[MattP]

WE ARE CONSIDERING GOING TO SEE A SHOW AT CENTERSTAGE THEATER

IT WOULD BE CLYBORNE PARK

The show would be free for all involved, we have a shitton of free tickets. We don't know the date yet, or how many seats they can specifically hold for us on a given day.

Please PM me if you're interested and we'll try to figure out the best day.

[MattP]

I want this very clear and stated:

There is an ABSOLUTELY no drama policy at this meet.

I don't care what forum-related qualms people have had, we are all people that are coming to a crammed apartment to live together for a week and we would only do this if we expected it to be a worthwhile and enjoyable experience.

I'm not having this meet to experience people being passively or openly aggressive with each other. Be cordial with everyone, no snide remarks, passive aggresive asides, or open insults to any other person or I will approach you and ask you to resolve the situation. If you are not willing to do that I will ask that you leave.

Please let this be fun for all involved and know that even if a situation is between you and someone else, is affects everyone else in the apartment. Be respectful.

I'm sorry I have to do this but I just want us all to be on the same level of understanding.

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Noone PMd me, you're all gonna be lovely lil squirts

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Ok hope you can come just keep me updated if not we will come down some time late summer hopefully

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Recks not that great but Brock pole dances like constantly which is fun during the day but gets frustrating after about 3am

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You're ok I guess

BLUSH

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Did he buy you a new house?

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Thats the best gif I've ever seen

And no, I'm not asking for anyone to prove me wrong ty

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/in mezzo soprano

pedit: wtf DGB

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Kuribo can you list your top 10 favorite gay bars and blubs in bmore for me?

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Kuribo can you list your top 10 favorite gay bars

Only 10? Kuribo could probably name 50 favorites.

I only need a few since I doubt we're going for more than one night

Kuribo, actually your four favorite gay bars and clubs would be fine ty, use your better judgment for tiebreakers

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Love karaoke, though much prefer the group karaoke rooms to karaoke bars, you get more turns and can get a lot sillier with group songs. Anything like that nearby?

I don't know if Kuribo would know about anything baltimore-related that doesn't involve cocks but I can ask him if he has any suggestions

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Oliver has a tv

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is there a daily itinerary setup yet?

No, I haven't been really around Oliver / finals, but we will be discussing it on the 12th when my first round of finals are through

Also, the itinerary won't be daily, per se. We will plan for specific things on certain days, like a gay bar, the theater trip, aquarium, etc. But a fair chunk of the stuff we do will be spontaneous.

Also, I'd like to say that if people could get on a sleeping schedule that they are asleep by 2am on weekdays and 3am on weekends that would be optimal. We have neighbors and there are going to be 20 of us, so I would like to be reasonable and not get a noise complaint. Also if we wake up at 3pm every day we will not really have time to do much. So just like mooove your sleeping schedule to a point where that is possible. If you're up after 2am on weekdays or 3am on weekends you of course can do whatever you want but we'll ask you go to the apartment basement (which is pretty cool and has couches and a (crappy) workout room so you can go there to play games and shit.

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And if there are people that are early sleepers that's the joy of having two apartments on separate floors as well, we can accomodate if some people want to be asleep earlier we can always move everyone to one apartment.

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Yes, as long as everyone's not drunk and screaming

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We have the game as well as the expansion pack, thanks to Reck for getting us addicted

Also RECK can you bring any games you like cuz we dont have many at all

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I'll just bring my Wii - how's that?

I think Oliver is asking that you break it in half over your knee and give us the part we're missing

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I haven't been a geek in maybe five years

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I'm lying in bed agonizing over the fact that I second guessed myself on a final today and changed an answer from the right choice to a wrong one thus losing 1.5 points out of 100

I don't know why I'm SO UPSET about this

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I JUST FEEL LIKE IT WAS A REALLY DUMB SECOND GUESS AND I AM JUST REALLY ANGRY WITH MYSELF FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF IT

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do you guys have a chess set?

thought I'd ask

I have a chess mat but no pieces

I usually just remember all of the positions

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That last part was a joke

Pls bring a board

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Lets just use human chess pieces

have elmo be the king on the opposing team so that you just have to stall the game long enough for him to flake

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I have some tea for the British people but if there are any specific flavors you guys like let me know

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strawberry passion tea

cdb loves that shit

Wow, would green tea do?

If people are interested and I can make it, I could bring my Turkish tea pot and Turkish tea for funsies?

Bring everything!

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Im drunk too lets all get drunk to celebrate 1 week til the meet

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Ok im on my second beer Im just gonna drink 4 cuz after that more comes out than goes in

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If 8 of us rented a van for the drive up and drive down, would it be terribly inconvenient that we didn't have our own cars during the meet?

sooo there is a LOT of transit in bmore that can get us like anywhere (to inner harbor, penn station, peabody, ETCETCETC) so we can get around it, and a lot of it is free

It would be sexy if we had it but there are easy ways around it. ONLY thing is getting people to the airport. There is free transit to and from penn station.

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I'm sure plenty of people will drive with extra car spots and stuff.

BTW does anyone wanna drive with me? I'm in Lexington, KY. Would love to either pick someone else up or be picked up. I don't recall anyone else being in the way, though.

Also I am kinda post-drunk and/or drunk so /yay /partyjoinin.

IECERINT

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IECERINT IS THIS YOU PROPODING TO ME

I DO

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what have i gotten myself into im gonna vomit

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emerald and diamond ring, white gold pls [:

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Matthew P I am not buying you things you are picking me up in your car so that my drive is not boring FYI.

Im way to drunk to drive youre gonna have to come pick me up its baltimore

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Guys will you recommend some road trip songs for me to download prior to my 6 hour drive or whatever?

what genre

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Im too self conscious to share music now

im with amrun here

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AMRUN

WHERE THE FUCK HAE YOU BEEN

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OK ABOUT TIME FINE I FORGIVE U I LOVE U

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Yes, a LOT of people attending play magic

Bring your cards

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Yes quadz as long as you're happy

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It's useful to have some cash on you for when people chip in for things

Also noone is going to get mugged and even if you did that is actually a reason to keep 20 bucks on you so you dont get shanked

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Maybe 50 US dollars on you to be safe? You'll probably need 30 tops but it's better to overestimate I guess

It's easy to use a credit card at bars, you open a tab

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Are you from the Midwest by chance?

He's from the UK LOOK AT HIS LOCATION

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4 days zomg

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IF PEOPLE CAN BRING SHEETS, PILLOWS, SLEEPING BAGS, OR AIR MATTRESSES PM ME OR STATE HERE WHAT EXACTLY YOU CAN BRING

THANKS ILU

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Or blankets

Like anything would be awesome

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We have heat and air conditioning

So dw about that

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Baltimore is hot though lol

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As if I check the temperature or leave my house

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I'll bring my own blankets and pillow, but I had thought you were supplying all the rest.

If you don't have enough I suppose I could haul my sleeping bag.

We currently have nine beds and air mattresses (3 queens I believe, 2 fulls, 3 twins) so that's at worst 12 sleeping situations and we obviously need eight more not including sleeping bags which are a last resort. I'll e in Baltimore starting tomorrow night and will be asking around for spare ones and Oliver expects to get at least two before coming down so I think at minimum we will have 15 spots on beds but the last few are just being an issue. If someone traveling by car brings an air mattress it saves a lot of calling by me

At worst maestro said he has sleeping bags for the last few spots and we will just have to switch out over the weekend when we have over 15

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I'm not gonna get into the math of how i got 12 but it's basically that Oliver and I will share a bed and so will glork, singer and quad

So 12 not counting Oliver and I

Oh look that was the math

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Also me and Brock can share a bed

I was gonna say that but then I remembered that if I didn't you would say it so that I didnt have to waste time typing

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We now have 15 sleeping spaces out of the 20 needed for the weekend so we will try to get to 17 but we may have most people have one night of floor duty

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Hmm. My bus stop in Maryland is a lot further from Baltimore than I realized. (White Marsh Park & Ride.) Would someone be able to grab me from there? I'm supposed to arrive around 5 pm on Tuesday, although I'm not sure I trust Megabus to run on time.

Did anyone see this? I can try to get closer if it's too inconvenient, but I should really know soon.

Apparently maestro has this handled

Matt do you have a piano?

I just wanna play Mafia personally. Or Stratego.

Yes an electric piano

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My flight'll arrive at 16:10 on Tuesday. Are you doing pick-ups or will I need to get a taxi, Matt?

We're doing pickups but you're going to have to show some leg

People should PM me their phone number and I'll text them mine

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Someone just left a random mattress and stand on the floor on the main floor. I'm not sure what these means

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Thanks for making it less magical DGB

I don't think there's bed bugs in it because my apartment isn't like that but I guess I'll leave it

People are moving out because they're graduating I think someone just didn't know what to do with it

IM ON THE FENCE HERE

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Also my friend moving out just offered me a full sized mattress and a futon but they will take up so much room in the apartment

I guess we can take one and leave it in the apartment

If we take both that's 18 spots sans the questionable bed in the main floor of my building which would make it 20 spots

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Ok we have 18 definite sleeping spaces sans sleeping bags and can have 2 more easily if we want it but it's gonna be annoying to get the mattress to my apartment so I think we will just live with two people sleeping in sleeping bags on the weekend

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I think we have 20 spots