cgoldfish birthday planning

[jwgh]

Carrie's birthday this year is Friday September 9. I imagine she'll be posting a couple of public announcements closer to the date, but I wanted to do a little private planning. (This is posted so that Carrie can't read it.)

The overall plan is simple enough: Friday evening there will be a party in the courtyard of Carrie's apartment building (this is where the pie party was earlier this year). Do we want to do something special, and if so what? christychristy suggested that it would be neat if attendees could bring bits and pieces to make a (decorative) robot for Carrie's apartment. This seems awesome but might be tricky to put into practice. Does anyone have any thoughts? (One possibility, also thought of by Christy, is to get a little mannequin from the mannequin store, cover it in papier mache, and then paint it or attach items to it.)

The following day, Saturday, September 10 the plan is to go mini-golfing, probably in the afternoon. Carrie's favorite mini golf place is in Attleboro someplace; she couldn't remember its name but that will be figured out by the day itself.

Feel free to tell other people about this, and I'll see you around.

Comments

[donutgirl.livejournal.com]

ooh, how exciting! Building one big robot sounds incredibly cool, but maybe a bit difficult logistically? We'd have to decide on a scale and a style and what-not... wouldn't want a giant robot with a little tiny arm.

Maybe everyone should just bring something robot themed? I know that's less awesome, but easier to organize.

the mannequin idea is cool too!

[christychristy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know it would be hard to organize... but I just got all excited about the idea. If we started with an inflatable mannequin and gave folks the dimensions of the mannequin... well, it might work ok. We'd have to accept (and enjoy) the lack of control over the results. Robot items would be fun too and easier... I agree.

[jwgh]

I think that the robot assembled at the event is pretty exciting. I think I'll try to order something along the lines of one of the mannequins tomorrow and hopefully when it arrives I can cover it in papier mache and take pictures of it so people can see what its dimensions are and stuff. And if it doesn't work out, hey, who couldn't use a spare inflatable mannequin?

The torso seems like the way to go, except that ideally robot would have a head. I will ponder this more tomorrow after I have had more sleep.

[christychristy.livejournal.com]

Torso is probably the way to go. I feel confident that we can come up with a head. Styrofoam covered in paper mache at least. I can help with the paper mache-ing if you need it and am happy to split costs, etc.

[jwgh]

Thanks! You are awesome.

[christychristy.livejournal.com]

:)

[jwgh]

OK, I ordered it this morning ... theoretically it should arrive early next week, at which point I'll take pictures and try to figure out what to do next.