Park Voting Thing

Winter Park. Assuming there is snow by finals (there should be) we will do Winter Park.

Finals last from Jan 26th - Jan 28th. Each day we get released at about 11:15 (varies by school). We have no school on Jan 29th (a friday).

We can do winter park on Jan 28th after finals
OR
We can do winter park on Jan 29th (any time)

Vote. Now. Or else I'll pick randomly and nobody has any right to complain.

-Jessica-

PS. To: APUSH class. Go respond to my blog post on the APUSH website. I wanna debate this!!

Tuba's Idea

Tuba is planning a winter gettogether. I am posting for him because he can't get on the computer.
Date: Between 12/21 & 12/23.
Time: Sometime after 12:00 - 4/5pm
Place: Hines Park.
Bring: Your own sled.
Activity: Sledding, etc.
Transport: Get a ride
RSVP: Contact Tuba by phone, email, IM, or brick through his window and tell him what day is better for you.

End of post.

Big Schedule w/ Imp. PS.

Hey Everyone! Well, fall park was great. Now I have a general schedule update for y'all.

I just got off the phone with Tuba about future events. I don't want to plan too far ahead-that doesn't work-but I do want to try to make the events fair - as in, a balance between what everybody likes to do. Tuba has something he wants to plan during Xmas break and winter park is, of course, a must. Here is what I think our schedule will be:
1) Ltag: late Nov. MAY BE CANCELLED (see comment)
2) Tuba's thing: late Dec/early Jan - talk to him.
3) Winter Park: Jan. after finals - 28th or 29th

Since both Winter Park & Tuba's Thing are outdoors (tuba will update you in a couple of days), SOME OF YOU may wish to plan something else between the two. If so, fine, but, personally, I like it how it is. To help everyone, here is what I know of when people are not free:
1) Me/Hungry - youth group: Sun. before 3.
2) Tuba: Sat. bad during the day.
3) Gabe: Mornings bad - wrestling.
4) Dan: Bowling @ some point. Fri? (edit this dan, pls).
5) Gen: 2:30-3:30 on school days (extra activity probs).
6) Stephany: Any time.

I suggest referring to this for a gen. idea of what's going on if you wish to plan something or change something or give feedback on something. FEEDBACK WANTED!
-Jessica-
PS. Imp. Business: From here on out don't bother IMing me for group stuff - I'm not online much. Use email or phone. ALSO: I check my email in the morning & around 8/9:00 or bedtime(if i'm home late) so keep that in mind. If you call me, I'll pick up if I'm home; if not, I might not get the message until the next afternoon.

The Park [Fall] V6 - Final

What: Park (its about time!)
Day/Time/Place: Tues, 11/3. 9 - 1 @ the usual park.
Bring: Lunch, Water, Backpack - you must carry what you bring! Shoes. Sweatshirt. Sports stuff. DHM. Wtvr.
Don't Bring: Baseball bats. Really, DONT.
People: Me, Hungry, Burke, Dan (eggs), Martin (eggs), Tuba (eggs), Gabe (crosscountry).
Transport: Get a ride or bike - if you bring it in the woods we WILL go off trail so...
Weather: Rain = cancel. Forecast: 42 deg., & partly cloudy. Note: It's supposed to rain Mon. night so it will probably be muddy. Do not be unprepared.
Business: First thing @ business tree...then FUN!!!!
-Jessica-

Bowling 10/31

What: Bowling At MerriBowl
When: Halloween from 1 - 3ish (the more people, the longer this will take, obviously)
Who: Dan, Jessica, Hungry, Tuba, Martin, Burke, Gabe
Why: Because business needs to be done.
Cost: 3.69 per game, 2.99 for shoes. This is a lot more than I thought. Luckily I have some free game thingies (maybe even enough for everyone to pay off one game).
Chaperone: Mom
Other: I was thinking two or three games, depending on how much we wanna play

Oct. 8th - This is it whether I like it or not.

What: Vgames
Where: Dan's house.
When: 10/8, 1pm-5pm.
Who: I have no idea right now. Come if you can.
Transport: Get your own please.
Conference: You may get there about 15 min. early if necessary.
Band: Eat/wtvr before you get to Dan's house.
Chem: Call me immediately.
Business: Before Vgames. I claim the right to a fair trial and an attorny and for the jury to listen while I say my piece.
Anything else: If you have a problem, call me.
Park: November if I get adequate interest.
-Jessica-

THE PARK IS CANCELED

The park is hereby canceled until further notice. Why:
1) 2 hrs is not enough (& thats what it ends up being)
2) Everybody wants to come at different times -> Fail.
3) Merribowl messes up the ENTIRE THING. In the future, please do not change stuff drastically like that. I do not appreciate working hard on a plan and then having everyone run off to do something else without telling me until the last minute. If y'all would have told me when I (ahem) asked for Oct. ideas I wouldn't have put all that effort into the park. I would have either planned bowling (its not like I hate bowling) or nothing. This was a mess and I do not appreciate having no organization and nobody knowing what they're doing the day beforehand. Now i get to cancel the entire event and sit waiting for people to contact me when I should be biking or doing MACP or something equally fun/useful. I'm not liking this. I was gonna stay at the park by myself for awhile (which is fine if I get a decent time @ park w/ friends), except that now we're not gonna be there for hardly any time so theres no point. This is out of control.
4) There's a fair chance of rain anyway and I'm just done dealing with problems up to and including rain.
5) I'm gonna talk to Dan about whether to implement the rain day Vgame plan or not. I don't like this, but it's necessary.
6) I will post again with details about whatever the heck we're doing once I find out. Y'all might want to check this late tonight.
7) I'm aiming for a park in Nov - either the 3rd or during Thanksgiving break as a replacement. If this happens, I am setting the day and IF YOU DON'T WANT TO COME FOR THE WHOLE THING DONT EXPECT ME TO CHANGE IT. I will work around band though, of course. This wont happen if I don't get enough interest, but it would be nice to have a fall park.
8) I know this is really long and I'm sorry but I wanted everything to be crystal clear.
-A very irritated Jessica who is still waiting to find out whats going on-

Oct. 8th Voting RESULTS

Hi Everyone:
The results are in from the voting for 10/8:
4 votes for Vgames VS 0 votes for Ltag and two nonvoters (gabe and dan)
VGAMES WINS BY A LANDSLIDE
3 votes for Park VS 3 votes for Minigolf. TIE.
However, Gabe's vote likely wont count cuz he likely cant come. See previous post's comments for details.
Also, I didn't vote. You all know I will vote park. Sorry.
WE WILL BE DOING PARK OR VGAMES (assuming dan plans his own suggestion - i sure aint planning vgames).

I will be planning the final info presently.
-Jessica-
PS. The next thing I plan that is in good weather will be minigolf - just remind me cuz I'll probably forget.
PPS. PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS

Oct. 8th Final Voting

OK, thanks to all of you that commented or had me comment for you. We've got two options: fall park or minigolf. Please vote. If you do not vote you are not allowed to complain if we do something you don't like.

If it rains the two options are Vgames @ Dan's or Ltag. Please vote on this too.

So post or comment or contact me with whether you'd rather do park or minigolf, and if you'd rather do Vgames or Ltag if it rains. The deadline for voting is FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th. After that I'll plan it and call/talk to everyone.

-Jessica-

PS. I know this is a different format than usual and requires more work on y'alls part. Sorry about that, but too bad.

October 8th

Hey y'all,
We have no school Oct. 8th. What should the group do? Please put suggestions in a comment. If you cant comment for some reason contact me by my normal email or phone. DONT HIT THE REPLY BUTTON (ahem, Burke). I WILL NOT GET THE MESSAGE FOR MANY MONTHS.

I'll post what we're going to do later once I've heard from you people.

-Jessica-

PS. Who can go to the lockin?

Laser Tag! V4

Hi Everyone:
Well, I'm back to planning stuff - kind of. I don't feel like planning anything new until I talk to everybody though, so I'm gonna kick off the school year with an old favorite...good ol' Ltag. RSVP as soon as you can - I'm contacting everybody last minute here!
When: Wed. 9/9/09. 7:0pm-9:30pm. The 2nd day of school.
Where: The usual.
Cost: $7 per game. 2 or 3 games. Do the math.
Chaperone: None.
Business: Unfortunately I think it's time for this again. We need to discuss some things as a group. PLEASE cooperate...If you cooperate it won't take as long.
People: Me, Dan, Tuba, Hungry, Burke, Martin, Stephany, Gabe.
See y'all,
-Jessica-

Murray Lake

Get together. Organized by yours truly, Tuba.
Time: This Wednesday. Parents drop off at my house at 1, if you don't know how to get there call me and i'll tell you if you dunno my phone number ask Dan or Jess your parents come at 6.30 and pick your butts up at my house.
What to Bring: Swimsuit unless you want to go au natural wich is NOT cool, towel (no wet peoples in our car!) and yeah sunscreen too would be cool no crisped people allowed.
People coming so far: Jessica Tuba (me), Kruppa, Gabe
Single Person who has neglected to respond (big surprise!)
Burke
Dan can't come because of last minute vacation. Again. :(
So please contact me as soon as possible.

Summer Park...V3. Again.

Hi Everyone:
I have officially decided that we are jinxed when it comes to the park. But, being perpetually obstinate, I am going to keep trying until it actually works. So here's the new information:
When: July 20th. Monday. 11am-4pm.
Where: The usual park.
To bring: Lunch (disposable). Water bottles labeled w/ initials.
Not to bring: Anything not mentioned above. Remember, I am providing ONE backpack that the entire group will switch off carrying for half hour segments. So don't bring a backpack.
Transport: Get a ride, bike, hire a DHM. Whatever.
People: Me, Hungry, Dan, Martin, Burke, Gabe, Tuba.
Weather: Now they're saying mostly sunny w/ 10% chance of rain. Hm...If it does rain on the 20th (our luck), we automatically reschedule for the 21st. If it rains the 21st too, we reschedule for the 22nd. Etc.
Note: For more details, scroll down to my original post about a summer park.
-Jessica-
PS. Martin is bringing a spear. I don't know what that means and he wont tell me. Whatever.
PPS. The days we arent at the park, we're doing E. See Dans post.

Life of e

This is Dan
What: Video shoot of Life Of Pi except it will be called "Life of e" (explanation is below)
Where: My house
When: 21st-24 from 1-5. come as many days as you want; Jessica, you should come as many as possible. Sorry Klovski, I know this is when you are on vacation, but it's the best time to do this
Who: Anyone in the group who's read Life of Pi.
Why: Because it's fun
More info coming soon.
Also call me if you want to come. Don't Just Show up.
I got most props for Life of e: A canoe for a lifeboat, many stuffed animals, etc.

Anyway

It's life of e. e is a mathmatical number just like pi. It is represented by the formula
e = lim (n --> +infinity) (n + 1/n) ^n.
Now that probably doesn't mean anything to you guys so I'll just tell you it's 2.718281828... and it's irrational. Anyway, his name will be e.

park rescheduled AGAIN! NOOOOO

Hi Everyone:
THE PARK HAS BEEN CANCELED (again) DUE TO RAIN! I have no idea when I'm going to reschedule, so keep an eye on the blog and I'll let you know the info when I get it. In the meantime, I'll do another event thingy on the 19th to replace the park.
When: Friday the 19th from 1:00pm-4:00pm
Where: My house.
Who: Whoever can.
Okay, I'll post again when I get the info,
-Jessica-

Summer Park! :) - V6

Hi Everyone: (Check back for updates!)
I've been working on a park which, as y'all know, is the one get-together I really put effort into. This park is going to be different than usual though. We're doing a park exploration. Ask me for details. Here's the info:
What: Park. See above.
When: Thursday, June 11th. 11:30-4:00. We'll enter the woods @ 11:45. If you can't get there by 11:45 TELL ME BEFOREHAND.
Where: Same park as usual.
Chaperone: None.
To Bring: You definitely need to bring bottled water for yourself, clothes/shoes that can get dirty, and food. I suggest two bottles of H2O. LABEL THE WATER BOTTLE WITH YOUR INITIALS! I will bring a backpack that everyone will switch off carrying - we'll carry it in shifts. I will also provide a compass and a basic map.
Not to Bring: Don't bring a bunch of stuff you don't need unless you want to carry it around for four hours. That includes school stuff. Either drop your school stuff off home, leave it in the car, or don't bring any to school (hello? finals?)
Food: Bring a bag lunch - everything MUST be disposable. No containers, icepacks, or lunchboxes
Transport: Get a ride. I suggest carpooling or biking directly from school.
People: Me, Hungry, Dan, Martin, Gabe, Burke, Tuba. That's ALL.
Weather: Hopefully there will be good weather. If not, I will probably be rescheduling for Friday the 19th.
-Jessica-
P.S. This is THE LAST thing I am planning until next school year, minus a euchre thing(IP). Y'all are on your own, though I will help micromanage stuff if you want.

May Stuff - The Official Movie Info! V8

Hi Everyone:
What: X-Men Origins - Wolverine. A movie.
When: 5/29/09. AMC 20 changed their showtimes as of LAST NIGHT (ugh eggs) so now the time is messed up. It starts at 6:10pm. Get there as early as dinner will allow (although following the 30 minute rule is no longer a requirement). You MUST be able to get there at least by 6:00. Once two people are there, one person will go find seats while the other person waits for everyone else to get there. Meet by the ticket booth in the lobby.
Cost: $10.00 per ticket.
Movie Info: 1 hr, 47 min. PG-13.
People: Me, Hungry, Gabe, Dan, Burke, Tuba, Martin.
Transportation: If you need a ride, contact Kristi.

-Jessica-

Stuff2

Hi everyone: Forget the weird box.net thing. Just forget it. Apparently you have to make an account or whatever and that's just stupid. Here's the new plan: If you want a copy of the brainstorm list (AKA if you're planning on ... planning ... something), please email me. DO NOT hit the reply button - send the email to my regular email.
Alright: The brainstorm list is a list of all the plan ideas I can think of (I'm sick of doing laser tag and Vgames over and over...And although I'd be quite happy to go to the park every couple of days, I'm sure most people don't feel that way). It includes several things that we haven't done before that I've heard about other people doing. It also includes some large scale projects. IF you want it and decide to plan one of the things that we've never talked about doing before, PLEASE talk to the group about it first - some of the ideas I'm not sure about. I'm not even sure if I'd like all of them. Or you can request the file (even if you don't want to plan anything) and then send me/tell me a list of whatever activities you DON'T want to do.

Thank y'all. And again, ignore the box.net thing. Sorry about that.
-Jessica-
PS. I probably won't be planning anything for a little while. Because I won't be home much until the last weekend in May. That weekend I was thinking about planning something, but I'd really rather take a break for a while. I have other things I'd like to micromanage.

Awesome Bloing Gloing V2

I was bored in computer math and created a Visual Basic program that displays Boing Gloing bouncing very fast.

Email me if you want it.

What I did is I put it on the scheduled tasks so that when my mom logged on, it showed up. It was awesome! Here's how to do this

For XP:

Enter the user profile you want it to run in
Click Start
Go to Control Panel
Select Scheduled Tasks
Double Click Add Scheduled Task
Click OK to go to the next screen
Click the Browse Button
Find the BG exe and click on it and hit Open
Choose the option "When I log in"
Ignore the password stuff and hit next
Check the checkbox "Open advanced properties when I hit finish"
Click Finish
If you get an error, that's OK. Click OK.
The advanced properties window opens.
Check the checkbox "Run only if I'm logged on"
Hit OK
Log off and log on to see if it works

To remove the task

Open Scheduled Tasks again
Right click on the BG task
Click delete on the pop up menu

Most of you guys have XP. If you have Vista, email me and I'll tell you how to do it

To stop Bloing Gloing once he starts!!!

1. You must have another program open (Ex. Paint, Word, this internet site, anything) unless you are running Vista.
2. Press Alt-Tab.
3. Immediately after, press Alt-F4. (If you looked at this information between steps 2 and 3, you must restart step 2)
4. Bloing Gloing should disappear.

Julius Caesar - UPDATED

To everyone who's helping with the Caesar Project: There's been some scheduling problems we finally have the accurate info:
1st Rehearsal: Monday, April 27th. 6:30/7:00pm - 8:30pm.
2nd Rehearsal: Wednesday, April 29th. 2:30pm - 4:30pm. My mom will drive us from school, but get a ride home.
3rd Rehearsal: Thursday, April 30th. 6:3/7:00pm - 8:30pm.

1. All rehearsals are being held at MY HOUSE. If you need directions, email me.
2. Gabe is coming on Monday, so hopefully we can finish his section that day.
3. Don't forget your camera, props, and script.

Thanks everyone for helping out!

-Jessica-

PARKPARKPARK!! - V16 - FINAL

Well, we've done a summer, fall, and winter park right? So lets do a spring one!
When: WED. 4/15. 12:30pm-3:30pm.
Place: Same park as last time.
Chaperone: My mom.
What to bring: Sports stuff is encouraged but you don't have to bring any. There will be mud too. Deal with it.
Food: None provided. Martin says he'll bring 'treats' though, and won't take no for an answer. So yeah.
People: Me, Hungry, Gabe, Martin, Dan, Burke, Tuba
Weather: If the weather messes things up again...4/25?
Business: Hold it until we reach IIA Park Headquarters (the tree).
-Jessica-

VGames 3/29 v3

This is Dan. I'll try to do the subtitles like Jessica does:
What: Video gaming at my house
When: 1:00 to 5:00 on 3/29.
Who: Me, Jessica, Tuba, Franklin, Gabe, Burke. Green = coming. Hungry can't come. Franklin doesn't know, because of a big LA project (remember the 100 years into the future?) And Burke is 90% sure he can come.
Games: Super Smash Bros. BRAWL!!!! Tuba is bringing BRAWL!!!! There will be 2 Wii controllers (from Tuba) and 2 Gamecube controllers (from my sources). Also Star Wars Battlefront II, maybe I'll rent Call to Duty for PS2 if it's a four player shooter game, maybe other games. Also Chess, cards, computer and other board games are avaliable.
NO BUSINESS (unless it's urgent or something)!
What to bring: Bring your TI 84+s if you want. NO DARWIN AWARDS

Hungry: If you get this message, email me back (using my normal email, not the reply button).

Laser Tag - Final Edition

This is Jess with the final info. Look @ & post comments.
Date: 3/10/09. Tuesday. No school.
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm. The time change is optional. The laser tag won't actually start until 7:00, but if you can get there a half hour early (parents and dinner permitting), that's great. I will be there early for sure.
Chaperone: None.
Place: Zap Zone.
Cost: $4 per game. Three games. $12 total. Plus Vgames.
Transport: Get a ride.
People:
Going: Me, Dan, Hungry, Tuba, Gabe, Martin & friends
Not Going: Franklin (swimming), Burke (???)
Business: Make it short.
-Jessica-

Microsoft Office 2007 SUPER CONVERTER

Hey people! If you have Microsoft Office 2003 and are mad that you can't open 2007 files, go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displayLang=en
for a free download so that you can OPEN 2007 files with your old program, but not save them with the new features. The download is from Microsoft, so you can trust it. I've already done it and it's AWESOME

Dan

The Impossible Quiz!!!!

This is Dan

Jessica and I sometimes do the Impossible Quiz. HELP US!!!! When you have time, go online and play the Impossible Quiz. DO NOT go and get the answers off Google or YouTube. We are currently on question 70 something. More info will appear later.

Laser Tag Info - 10th Edition

This is Jess. Check back. Look @ & post comments. Eat eggs.
Date: 3/10/09. Tuesday. No school.
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm.
Chaperone: None.
Place: Zap Zone.
Cost: $4 per game. Three games. $12 total. Plus Vgames.
Transport: Get a ride.
People:
Going: Me, Dan, Hungry, Tuba, Gabe, Martin, Christian.
Not Going: Franklin (swimming), Burke (???)
Business: Make it short.
-Jessica-

Laser Tag & Other Stuff + Daniel's comments

Hi. This is Jessica. Due to certain recent events involving annoying phone calls from certain people (tell me if you don't know what I'm talking about), I'm feeling an amazing urge to go...zap... something. Whatever. As in, Zap Zone. So I looked up our days off in March.

We have March 10th off school. This is a Tuesday. That means $4 dollar game day. Cheap. Which is also cool. (If you've read this previously, the lock in thing is out. Once Dan told me what it was, I decided that it was a bad idea).

Feedback?

Oh yeah, and if I got positive feedback this would implement the thing I outlined in the community service packet I handed out/emailed. Please read it if you haven't yet. In other words, it'd be parent-drop-off-and-pick-up-no-chaperone-required. Which would allow Martin to come.

Dan writes:

I don't really want to do the lock-in because it costs a lot (i'm not sure how much, I heard $40+ and Jessica heard $20), and i'm not sure I would want to stay the whole time, and that doesn't factor in vgames and food, so that's a lot. But I think the tuesday we have off would be a good day to do lasertag.

oh my gosh I'm a genious

I just figured out something AMAZING

If you're viewing an indivigual post or its comments on this blog, click the title up at the top ("THE OFFICIAL IIA WEBSITE") to return to the main screen!!!!

Yes that is amazing. I learned something.

Powerpoints

This is Dan

I am making a new powerpoint. I don't know when it will come out. Just be patient. It's going to be hilarious.

I got a problem, however. When my computer died, :( the stupid computer mechanic put Microsoft Office 2003 Professional on the computer, but he didn't give us the disk. So now all the cool powerpoint components like built in sounds are unavaliable. And it likes to give me a lot of grief by putting up weird message boxes. It's very frustrating.

Another problem. I have NO IDEA what happened to that old powerpoint I was working on. It's not on the computer, it's not on any of my flash drives. Does anybody have it (probably Jessica if anybody)? It was called something like Demented Cartoon Movie 2. If you have it, please send it to me through Yahoo IM (it's too big to email)

The. Park.

[edited version.]
The park. This contains all necessary info. Please read this.
Date: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. This is the last day of finals. We have a 1/2 day.
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Place: The park. The same park as last time. Meet in the exact same part of the park as last time.
Chaperone: My mom.
Activities: Business, hiking, SNOW, etc.
What to wear: Snowpants, coats (wah), hats, gloves, boots, whatever else you think you need. Note: If you don't have that stuff you'll be very wet, very cold, and very unhappy. Trust me, this past Saturday I was living proof of that.
Transportation: Have a ride to and from the park. Or walk. Or hire a private jet. Whatever.
Cost: None.
Food: None provided.
(NEW) Facilities: This section has been deleted. Personally, I never wanted it in the first place.
Business: The two rules on the last park have been approved (see previous posting). Even if all the people that don't know about them yet vote no, the rules are still going through. Proposed time limit: Three minutes minimum. If a certain object of business is over three minutes and nobody objects fine, but if somebody objects.....Stop talking. What d'y'all think?
(NEW) Please have whatever business you want to discuss concise and ready to go so we can get it over with.
People:
Me: Going (duh).
Dan: Going.
Hungry: Going.
Tuba: Going.
Burke: I still don't know. I'm gonna try to call him tomorrow and yell @ him. If I can't (my mom seems to think we're going straight to see my grandparents after school and then straight to the park), then, Tuba, can we use your cell (if he doesn't show up)? I'd call tonight but I was working/studying until now - which is 10:23pm.
Gabe: Not going. Stupid wrestling.
Martin: Not invited - my mom wouldn't let me. I'll try again next time, promise.
Stephany: Not invited. I doubt she could go.

-Jessica-

UPDATE AS OF 1/21/09: If any of you happen to look @ this thing, let it be known that ALL BUSINESS needs to wait until we are IN THE WOODS!!! More details on why when we get IN THE WOODS.