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Carli probably isn't going to play, so I'll take the whole slot.
Or Kevin, you and I could run a 3-hr super tag if you're up for it 😀 (9:30-12:30)

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too bad they won't be that fresh anymore at the party 😉

They'll be fresh enough  8)

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not really a movie, but started watching the battlestar galactica tv show with the hubs.. we're just on season 1 but I like it! nerd out!

Highly recommend it…was the best show on TV at one point.  Also suggest the current prequel series called Caprica on SyFy now.

Carli and I just blazed through BSG in the past couple months. Great stuff; it seems to place #1 on many “Best of Sci Fi TV Series” lists.

This looks fucking awesome but I don't think I have enough geeks to play it with here in Chicago
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=18

Here's what Tim Buckley from Ctrl+Alt+Del had to say about it… makes it sound pretty appealing… now if I could only get a crowd togeather 🙂

It plays out just like the show, full of paranoia, danger, drama and deceit. At the beginning of the game, everyone draws a loyalty card, which you keep hidden. Everyone is assumed human, but some of your fellow players could be cylon. Additionally, during a “sleeper phase” halfway through the game, someone who thought they were human could suddenly find out they're a cylon.

The cylons work secretly from within the fleet to prevent the humans from reaching their goal, which is reaching Kobol (future expansions to the board game deal with the story later in the series). The humans have a number of reserves (fuel, morale, population, food etc), and if any of them reaches zero before you make your final jump to Kobol, the humans lose.

Most events in the game take place through voting, which are done by playing cards face-down into a pile. A vote may need X points of certain colors to pass, while any other color detracts from the votes.

Cylons can also choose to reveal themselves, (and go out with a bang before waking up on the resurrection ship) which opens up an entirely different playstyle for them since they are now openly working against the humans.

The game is incredibly challenging for the humans. It captures the incredibly dire feel the show had as the humans are dogged by cylons at every jump, and constantly facing additional problems within the fleet. If you liked the show, and if you think you can get 3-6 people together for a few hours of fun, I'd highly recommend this board game. I had a lot of fun with it, and I'm already looking forward to playing it again.

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Mmmmm, fresh CDs just arrived today specifically for this 😀

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Workshop schedule

12:00-1pm    Kevin::                  Earthdance forum
1:00-2pm    Sparklediamonds::  Food preservation and harvesting seeds
2:00-3pm    Eric::                    Tapestry workshop/discussion
3:00-3:30pm Julie::                  Yoga session
3:30-4:20pm ???                      Potluck meet-n-geek
4:20-6pm    Nick::                    Production/music workshop
4:20-6pm    ???                      Flow workshops   

Any opposition?

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fyi- Cinder expects a quarter oz to be part of his “booking fee”

Who is providing this?

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Yah, I am already hitting him up for transporting some gear.

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Word, you guys are frickin awesome.
I'll get in touch with both of you.

My current ride may still pan out… we'll see 🙂

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… the loss of koru, as she must work… 🙁
               

I am very much hoping that this doesn't also result in the loss of Energon and all of our deco 🙁

You see… we only own one car between the two of us and Carli is going to need that car to get to and from work on Saturday and Sunday. I thought I had a ride worked out but that individual is now having car trouble and isn't sure if the car will be fixed in time. I've also not had too much success trying to find a rental car on such short notice without getting screwed on the price… not many places will rent to you without a credit card and a lot of cars are booked already for the holiday weekend.

If anyone is available to give me (and some deco too, if possible) a ride please let me know. (reply to this thread or send me a private forum message)
I am now living in Arlington Heights.

Thanks!!!

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Outersect
http://www.outersect.net/

Appears to be a one man chill act from Cali. Carli and I have been listening to his latest album a lot recently and it's pretty good. Groovy psychedelic Indian stuff.

If he's cheap I'd love to hear him play.

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Next time we use paypal, I'm gonna set up an account with a different email address and have an auto reply to let people know tickets are will call.

If possible set up the PayPal so that people are paying to “The Chilluminati” or something like that. I had a few people who were a bit sketchy about sending money to “Ascension”

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Carli and I each bought one t-shirt and one hoodie at the crew price.
Either Jay or Shawnodese (can't remember which) got one hoodie at crew price.

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parus, uzi fucking kills late night 3-4am interfuze was one of best sets, ummm thinking

The only thing Uzi killed at Gemini 2009 was my buzz on Friday night. It's the only time I've seen him play so maybe he was just having an off night. Still, it was pretty bad… pretty much all trainwrecks.

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I'll need to figure a way to put this into words before I can write up a full review:

LOL
Epic

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Wowza, wtg christian

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