Aloha Means Goodbye, GC.
 

What:
Going Away party for GC

When:
Saturday, November 15th 7:00 pm

Theme:
Tiki (duh)

Where:
Chris and Lisa's House of Many Cats

Details:
Wear your best Hawaiian finery, eat Hawaiian BBQ, Drink Tropical Drinks and get Lei'd.

RSVP in poll.

:( my cheese and me are way beyond sad.
Dammit, I have a NJ friend here arriving on the 13th and out the following week. Of all weeks for her to come and visit!

I will never swank again......:(

I shall be there.

I think the party should be the first entry in GC's fabulous blog about his new life :)

I will provide the surf's up Ocean, because that's how much I will be crying towards the end.

I think ISM should bring a eucalalie and play the farewell song...

Bill and I will be there!

I think I may have a Hawaiian shirt

Ukulele

Thanks for the spelling correction, and I'm certainly short enough for the moniker "tiny tim"

Not sure i can make it. Depends on my work schedule. Of course i either open or close that day. If i open then we will be there. If i close have a closing shift then i won't be able to come. But if i can't come then have a nice time regardless. I will have my own saying goodbye er so long for now never goodbye for good party on Halloween with him.

I will be in MA staff meetings, but I hope you have a grand old time! Perhaps I can say Aloha and bon voyage on Friday. :cheers:

eh, that's what I got off the internet. I'll go whip myself for the mistake.

Wouldn't miss it for the world.

I'll be there with the Swanie's in tow. Hey I'm their ride so they're coming they just don't know it yet.

I'll request the time off and see what happens...I sure don't want to miss saying goodbye (aloha) to GC!

I'm very excited.
:) <----big smile

Will.Be.There.



(psst, Doc - do you have an amazon wishlist?)

Stoat & I will be there via Skype. We wouldn't miss THIS bash for the world.

...can you get Lei'd via Skype?

I wonder what tiki cocktail I can make with cognac...

My wish is for you both to be present.
If anything, I should be asking you two that question. I owe you guys for taking me in.
:)

What?! I had no idea that GC is leaving:( I'm so out of the loop.

If thats the weekend of Mouseadventure, I'm so there!!

I wouldn't miss it.

There. So there.

The Commodore looooves bon voyages!

What? The Commodore isn't the one pulling away from the shore? Fine. The Commodore grudgingly accepts your invitation to the worst bon voyage ever.

I am going to do everything in my power to make it!!

Count me in

I am there -- we're gonna have to have an All About Eve-off you know. Fasten your seatbelts. ;)

I can't believe there will not be a screening of The Women!

Of course, we'll be there! :)

I can create one for myself and you can buy me stuff if you like - I won't object!

I would like to make an announcement of sorts.

Although I am completely flattered and all, no gifts please. The party is for all of us to get together and have a good time. I have quite a bit of stuff I need to either pack, donate or sell at this point and shouldn't add to the pile I have already. I don't want to sound ungrateful, fake or anything like that. But I sincerely appreciate the thought. The only thing I request is that we truly try and make the Skype thing work. It was such a hit last NYE.
:)

I can't wait to see everyone in their Aloha wear!

I would like to make an announcement of sorts.

Y'all can be me stuff if you want.

Thank you

His lips are moving, but he ain't coming in.....

-The Confused Antipodean.

I think I need a bigger house! ;)

I will definitely try to make it! I'll be in town for MA! :D

OOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!

It's MA Weekend.


D'oh.

Pssst. Gift Cards would be the way to go. They don't have Target in HI but on0line ordering is possible as is the same from Amazon.




(They do have Walmart but I would NEVER suggest anyone go to that vile place - even for GC).

Thanks NA, I was wondering if Target was on the Islands.

I will try to be there for skype, if I can't manage to get rid of my NJ friend! I really do not want to miss this! if it has to be by skype, so be it.

I GET TO GO!!!

I finally get to try for Swankness!

Make sure all your shots are up-to-date

Ummm... With a kid like The Boy, do you really think I would let them lapse?

I get to go also! Is this a Wolfette friendly kind of party?

The nice thing about the online community, is that when someone moves from one state to another, they can still be a part of our community here on LoT!

It sucks for those that visit in person of course.

Best of luck in your move, GC! May it go well for you!

And Chris, you better shore up the walls of that house before the party. And Lisa- find a safe place for all the critters! ;)

I'll be here in AZ that day moving to my new place. I wish I could be there to meet GC before saying goodbye to him!

Absolutely. I would love to see the Wolfpack fam there.
:)
Thanks!
:)
Good luck on the move.
I'm sure I will be around lots even after the move.
We'll get a chance sometime.
:)

I'm not sure if i can go or not dedpends on my work schedule as always Saturdays are almost impossible for me if i end up closing shift. As it is i was in HOT water asking for the 3 days off for Halloween and if it wasn't for Erik's 30th birthday party i would have worked Saturday so.

As it is Brad i hope i get one more chance to say goodbye. If i miss the party you and i can go to lunch or something maybe before you leave possibly. I'd like to just one last bye kinda thing. It was great having you at Haunt and at my parents house even though i was spending it babysitting my nephew most of the time.

Reminder: Next Saturday. If you need my address, PM me or Chris.

I can't wait to see everyone there.
It's going to be a blast!
:)

Of Course! I've got laptop connectivity in the living room.

I don't know your address. But i do know how to get there.

I wish I could be there, but also wish you were not leaving, GC. But I am happy for you at the same time, if that makes any sense at all.

Wow, proposition 8 passes and this guy moves out of state. That's one principled 'mo.

May (likely) be there late. Of course, with this LoT, it'll probably still be going on. :)

(Gotta work)

Any last minute takers, please do the poll. I need to order food.

I work till 10:30, if the party will still be going on, I will arrive at some point after that.

I will be there, but I need to leave around 10:00pm. :(

Don't worry the party will still be going. But you'll miss SM.
No worries. But you'll miss Morrigoon.

:D

Just curious, will this be the fourth or the fifth going-away party for Gemini Cricket??

:p

I will probably not be there. In anticipation for this chance, I've said my goodbyes to GC and ensured a safe visit to HI in the future.

I don't believe that Susan has voted yes (I have no way of checking, but I know she hasn't logged in for a while), so you need to add her to the count.

I voted yes, but will probably be bringing another.

Stoat will be up the coast, but I will be in Skype attendance. Make sure there's Cheesy-mite scrolls. Fanx.

Bill and I will be there!

Yay yay yay yay!
:)

Same thing with Ken. He hardly logs in anymore.

COme on, guys, we all know that Frodo Potter & Gus Gus are really sock puppets, don't we ?

My! I always suspected that.

...One knows.

Oh, and I will be in attendance at your fine soiree also, young Cricket.

Excellent. Do flighty nannies wear muumuus? I wouldn't recommend it...
:D

Since I live halfway across the country I obviously can't be there. On the bright side for me, as long as GC doesn't abandon LoT, it'll be the same as always.

Still, I wish you a fantastic Bon Voyage and best wishes on the start of a wonderful adventure. I hope someday I am privileged enough to meet you in person. :)

I'm out, unfortunately. Hopefully I can catch up with you before you leave.

Matt and i will show up "fashionably late" considering i work til 7pm in the west valley Woodland Hills then rush home, change and rush over as soon as we can get there. Wouldn't miss saying goodbye to GC.

I made cookies and will be making fudge either tonight or tomorrow.

Since finances are tight, this is what I do for people I wuv.

OK, this is the RSVP list as it stands as of this morning: Let me know if anything on here is incorrect.

BarTopDancer, (1)
belleh5, (1)
Bornieo: Fully Loaded, (1)
Cadaverous Pallor, (1)
Chernabog, + BJ (2)
CoasterMatt (1)
Disneyphile + FP (2)
Eliza Hodgkins 1812, (1)
Gemini Cricket, (1)
Ghoulish Delight,(1)
Gn2Dlnd, (1)
innerSpaceman,(1)
Isaac, (1)
JWBear, + Bill (2)
Kevy Baby, + GG (2)
lashbear, Yeah RIGHT! (0)
lindyhop, (1)
LSPoorEeyorick, + Tom (2)
madmonkeygirl, (1)
Mary Poppins, NOT WELCOME! (0)
Morrigoon, (1)
mousepod, + H (2)
Mousey Girl, (1)
NirvanaMan, (1)
Not Afraid, (1)
Prudence, + R (2)
SzczerbiakManiac,(1)
wolfy999, + Pack (3)
€uroMeinke (1)

That's 36. Snug little house we'll be having. ;)

Should be
JWBear (1)
second class citizen (1)

To answer your question NA, there will be a BJ at your house on Saturday.

(Yeah yeah, that one was too easy) ;)

We've also got some people in town that will be in the Disneyland area. I don'tknow how many of these folks have transportation (Swanie, Steph, etc). If any of the Disneyland-bound people would like to attend, is there someone they could catch a ride with?

I'll try to phone in, it's the best I can do (and on the positive side, I won't take up valuable real estate)

:( I can't be IRL there.

You can sit up here in the sad but glad bay area wishing we could hug him goodbye with Missy and me...but I have faith that this new job is going to be so incredible he'll be able to afford a trip back to the mainland every once in a while and meantime we'll get to hear about his travels.

You're so right!

If they're also up for an early morning of going to the LA protest, we'll be happy to bring up to 2 other people. :)

We can offer rides from Anaheim to LB and back.

Since our meetings seem to allow me to be there, and GD and CP have nicely offered a ride, it looks like I will be able to make it after all.

Yeah! I get to put all sorts of names and faces together!!

I will be there, on the couch, ordering people around. ;) No Hukilau for me.

Impossible!

Ah, but remember that some of us are unable to exist in the same place at the same time, so it won't be 36 simultaneously :)

(I'll miss ya, SM!)

The "other" is quiet... and cute too!

I will be hanging in the outside garden, so hopefully there will be others there too. Breathing inside might be a short-term experience for me with 10 cats and a dog.

Yay! Party party party!
I can't wait to see everyone on Saturday!
I'm getting over my cold and should be 100% on Sat.
:)

Ok, I added you to my skype contact list.

I can't make it, no sitter. I just downloaded Skype. My skype name is GREENTIKI64. I will be logging on around 8pm.

Have fun!:cheers:

OK, you've been added.

With the winds and the smoke in the air, it's really going to feel like an end of the world party tonight.

It's pretty smoky smelling here and the sunlight has that weird quality that I always find really creepy. At least we're located in an area that is pretty safe fire-wise. However, maybe I won't be lighting the Tiki Torches tonight.

With all the Skype activity, I might hold off attending until about 9pm PTO or whatever it's called. This will ensure best use of bandwidth to maximise transmission. Nothing worse than a conversation that sounds like:

"A.. ..oha ....em... .C...ket ......ame ....ing.... ....but I'd love to ...... you .....time."

Does anyone have MouseyGirl's phone number? She's heading down for the party but the 5 is closed. I fear she only has my old 714 number.

She called me a while ago and I gave her your number. She said she wasn't sure about making down because of the fires. I will PM you her number.

Also, I am not sure about us due to the fire near us. While I am sure we will be okay, I may want to stay close to home for a while. We'll play it by ear.

I tried. :( my cheese is sad :(

Be there soon... just downloading Skype onto the new laptop..... :rolleyes:

Lisa - it says you're unavailable.... :(

This is me waiting:

I've reminded them about you two. Hopefully they'll be on soon.

Thank you, Alex.

I hope my Beer lasts out....

Have downloaded Skype. KevyandGus is the name. Now what do I do?

Wheeee Skype is fun !

So sorry that the Wolfpack didn't show up.....but have sent hugs and love via text.

Lisa needs to get a wireless hotspot in the back yard. :D

...and can't wait for DP's New Year Extravaganza. Which is like Organza, but with more extravins.

I had such a great time at the party.
I'll post more tomorrow... or later on today. ;)
Thanks you guys! It was lots of fun!
:) :) :)

:)

:)

A few highlights of the party:

Cheeseman has musical pants.
The neverending macaroni salad defied the laws of physics (or gastronomy).
It snowed in the back garden.

:)

Here are the pics I took last night:
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0Party%202008/
I had such a fun time.
Kinda dragging today, but hey it was worth it.
:)

Those are awesome Brad! It looks like an awesome party!

Thanks for posting pictures!!! Sorry I didn't log on to skype last night. I was having 2 year old issues.


:cheers:

It was a blast. I'm so glad that my manager let me go home an hour early. She rocks. Damn smoke though. Dragging today and glad i'm inside with a/c on. So glad i was able to make it. :)

Like I said I really tried. The litteral turning point for me was when I saw the port-a-potties set up on the side of 126.

They were there for traffic. 9 miles before Filmore there is a traffic light with an am/pm. I think it is Piru. I was trying to figure out if the traffic was going to be like that all the way, or if it was caused by that signal.

Later, in Castaic, I talked to a couple of truckers and they said it would have been like that the entire way and 101 was not any better. I thought that if I could make it to Filmore I would be able to take 23 to 118, but I couldn't handle it. At the rate we were going it would have been at least another hour to go the 9 miles remaining.

Reminds me of the trip back from Vegas Oct 2003 when there were horrible fires in Porter Ranch, San Bernadino (Big Bear) and i forget where else. The 15 south was closed outside of Barstow. There was only one road open the shortcut that goes to Mohave and that took us 11 hours to get home. I think we went 30 miles in 3 hours. I almost turned around and went back to Vegas for another night. We left Vegas early afternoon arriving home after midnight. Yup that long.

So sorry I missed it. I had a friend in town from FL and we spent all day at DL. Knowing out of town company was imminent I had said my goodbyes prior.

Looks like a blast and you will be missed GC!

No worries. We missed you but hey, all day at the park is all day at the park! Nice!
:)

A huge big, fat Mahalo Nui Loa to Chris and Lisa for having this shindig at their house. I appreciate it. I had a great time.

:)

Looks like it was a fun party. Bon voyage, GC.

Had a great time, of course. :) Sad about Brad leaving though.

Since Susan and I were not able to say our goodbyes, GC is not able to leave.

Yay! I vote with Kevy on this one. Except, I cannot selfishly deny him what will be an incredible opportunity.

I was so tired after walking all over SF on Saturday, I got home, fell on my bed and started snoring immediately and missed the party via skype. :(

Sounds entirely reasonable

Bon voyage, GC

Wishing great things for you

:cheers:

I'm glad everyone had a good time - especially Brad. The ash was amazing. As Lindyhop saud, it was snowing in my backyard. At one point EH brushed some ash off of me saying "Someone's house just fell on you". I swear my hard and porch were spotless before the party!

I managed to get "rid" of all of the mac salad - actually all of the leftovers - send baggies home with many. Poor GC got the rest - of everything. He'll be sick of Hawaiian food by the time he gets to Hawaii. ;)

Maybe he'll come back sooner! ;)

It was fabulous! We had a great time, but alas the garage cleaning ordeal left us a little wiped out so we had to dash early. My accomplice asked why we were having such a great time if GC is leaving. I said it was something like a wake, where we celebrate despite our sadness. The response: So, now Brad is dead to us? :evil:

I heart macaroni salad.

Hee hee.

I was thinking recently about my nomadic lifestyle and a quote from a song came to mind:
Mama Cass' "One Way Ticket"
How very true that is for me...
:)

Today, I will clean my kitchen floor. YIKES!

Oh why? It's nearly New Year and the inch or two of bacon fat....

Had a blast and thanks to my manager made it there earlier than anticipated. :) Yes selfish that we don't want Brad leaving but happy that he has this incredible opportunity of a lifetime and will definitely see him again in the future. It's not goodbye it's see you later.

Very sorry to have missed the party. Between the road closures and my asthma acting up from the fires, I had to change plans.

Bon voyage, Brad!

As I am sure many others did, I earlier received an Aloha text message from Brad.

He's officially gone.

:Snif:

Well, he's officially at the airport. His flight doesn't leave until 4:55, so we can still possibly kidnap him.

:(
Please do!

Bon Voyage Brad! Safe Flight! No turbulance allowed!

Get off the plane if the pilot identifies himself as Rex and makes a "joke" about it being his first flight.

Here's to you having a safe and enjoyable flight! :cheers:

Don't forget to get Lei'd as you disembark.....

Or if you see this logo on the plane:

I received a Bon Voyage text too. My cheese is officially sad :( and i agree get off the plane if any of the above are true.

Safe travels.

How long is the flight to Honolulu?

So, I spent the last few hours with Brad before I took him to the airport. I Picket him up at his Swanky Burbank home for a quick meal at IN&Out, which, apparently, is not available on the Island. :(

With a quick stop at the comic shop to pick up some reading material before I knew it we were at LAX and I was unloading GC and his crap. A fond "farewell" and he dissapeared into the terminal.

While driving away I thought for sure that the LoT Folk would've devised some plan to kidnap GC and keep him in CA. But with the amount of baggage he had with him, it would have been a real tough one.

It is not goodbye, though, but Aloha! which means "Until we meet again."

He's safe and sound in HI.

wish I was

He may be safe, but is he sound? (Are any of us?)

I don't hear him.

Glad to hear he made it and all is well.

Thanks for the well wishes, y'all. I appreciate them greatly.

Well, I'm here in Hawai'i.

My flight was mellow. But I almost killed the guy sitting next to me. At every opportunity, he made some sort of noise or muttered to himself. It was quite annoying. He moved around a lot too. It was like sitting next to a tuna that was recently pulled from the ocean and placed on the seat to my left. The funniest bit was when he stood up as the plane was landing to look under people's seats for his lost shoe. The flight attendants made him sit. Then after we landed and were taxiing, he fell into the aisle as he tried to tie the laces of his recently recovered shoe.

After a late dinner at Zippy's with the parents, I met up with my little sis and had a couple of glasses of wine with her. She showed me her badge and gun. Oy. She's a cop for crying out loud. It's surreal.

The weather is supposed to be 83 degrees F later today.

I'm going to visit my grandma around lunch time. She seems to be hanging on and has started to eat on her own again. First time in about a year or so.

It took my mum exactly 1 hour before she started her preaching. Politely and firmly, I explained to her why I was not interested in Catholicism and would not like to discuss faith with her further. She said okay. We'll see how long that lasts. I vow to bite my tongue and not get into any heated debates with her further. We'll see how long that lasts.

A big Mahalo to our Bornieo for taking me to the airport. I'm halfway through the "Watchmen" graphic novel. I like it so far. It's severely lacking in comic relief though. I'm curious to see how they're going to do some of the effects in the film version.

Anyway, all is well so far. Like Gn2Dlnd does at the park, I'm going to make my rounds of the island and see what has changed.

Ttyl.

Brad

:)

He's really gone.... :(

Yes, but he's posting. We DID know Brad via the internet for a longer period of time than we had him in our clutches.

I guess I can unstick this thread now.

He's virtually here!

Happy Home, Brad!

*hugs*

He never really did leave us....now did he?

awww Brad glad to hear you made it safe and sound...lol about the guy next to you on the flight. Oh how i know all too well what that is like since i used to fly alot.

I wish the weather was that warm here. I'm hoping i can convince Matt to take a vacation to Hawaii with me but if not i will definitely come alone lol i miss the water, the crystal blue water and the bluest of blue sky and the warm weather and the soft sand. Our beaches don't compare here. I'm spoiled.

Glad to hear your grandma is doing a bit better. :) Good news. Have a shaved ice for me. :) I miss those.

We'll see who takes longer to go and visit you here or me there lol...

From my perspective, he hasn't gone anywhere.

Hope the new phase of life works out great for you Brad.

It's like a dog turning around in its bed before it settles down, "Wait, have I smelled that before? What the hell is that? There's that smell again! Wait, what the hell is that? OH, there's that smell, hey, I know that smell, I just smelled it! Guess I can lay down now.

Jeez, did that spider just fart?"

OK. Now you're there, I want a full scouting of the tourist spots for me, and a complete list of all the major amusement parks in HI.

There are no major amusement parks in Hawai'i (unless one was built in the last decade). There is a water park in Kapolei.

Okay, I thought Hawaii pretty much is an amusement park?

You apparently haven't been to Aina Haina. Not a lick of amusement in sight.

Lashbear, I forgot to mention: there is a Chuck E. Cheese in Aina Haina.

Nope, never been to Hawaii.
It's on my list of places to visit before retiring forever.

AFAIK, the closest they have to a theme park is the Polynesian Cultural Center. But I'd be hesitant to visit that right now... isn't it owned/run by the Mormons?

Yes it is, and it is closely affiliated with BYU-Hawaii.

As much as we may want to, we may not (at least for the foreseeable future) be going. Susan's uncle, whom we don't much care for, lives there. If we were to go, we would HAVE to stay with him and regardless of what we wanted to do, he would insist on being our tour guide.

Not if he doesn't know you're there :D

What SHE said!

I have been known to be within 3 blocks of 'family' and they be none the wiser!

And if you have any concerns that he might later, pop in on him unexpectedly the last day and say you simply couldn't NOT pop by to say hi since you were in the area, and would he consider having dinner with you before you leave?

Exactly lol sorry but i'd go to visit GC anyday regardless of family there. They wouldn't have to know you were there. Many times i've been close to family members when traveling and never said anything. They were none the wiser for not knowing lol...after all it is your vacation.

It would be hard to never talk about a trip to Hawaii. It is Susan's Mother's brother and Mom & bro are close. It isn't just him that we would have to "hide" from.
That would probably be worse than not telling him we were coming.

He didn't make it 'home' - home is here (in Southern California).

Welcome back to LoT GC!