PalacePrincess

thanks so much for all the tips, people! definitely some things to think about. please feel free to keep the ideas and experiences coming! love the game ideas too. any other favourites? anything stag & doe related that really worked? or didn't? there's a particular community centre the bride & groom have in mind -- fortunately it should be a fairly inexpensive one. i'm planning to check into that this week.

I am the maid of honour in a wedding that's taking place this August. It's going to be a fairly traditional wedding, but the bride & groom will be throwing in some of their own touches. The bride's parents are definitely leaning more towards the traditional side of things, so I want to make sure I am fulfilling my duties appropriately. Not to mention, the bride is one of my best friends in the universe (and has been since I was 6), so I want to make sure I do an excellent maid of honouring job. So, while I've been to stag & does, I've never been the boss of one. I'm curious about exactly how these things work, or are supposed to work. Who is traditionally supposed to organize this? How involved are the bride and groom? I'm assuming ticket sales will cover things eventually, but who pays for the initial cost of things -- hall rental deposit, booze, other rentals, etc. What exactly is involved with putting one of these together? (Liquor license? Is some sort of gambling license required, etc.?) I'm hoping some of you will share your own stag & doe experiences with me. If you've had one, how was it put together? If you were a bride/groom, were you involved in it? If you've helped throw one, what did you need to do to pull it together? Any tips or experiences are appreciated!!!

you're awesome at life! hope you have a GREAT birthday!

merry day of being born!

happy birthday, karin, you beautiful sexy box basher! i miss you!!! hope you have a super duper day.

this is a beautiful book, one of my all time favourites. yeah, there's drugs...but he's pretty much associated with drugs period, and not in a good way. it doesn't really glorify them. it's also onsale at amazon right now, though i don't know if you'll get it before christmas at this point. http://www.amazon.ca/Heavier-Than-Heaven-Biography-Cobain/dp/0786884029/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198165075&sr=8-1

happy birthday, mooose! hope it's a fantastic weekend!

dear fuckface client i cannot stand, interrupting our telephone conversation to suddenly ask me if i am a "peeler" and then tell me you bet i would be very good at it and you hear they make lots of money is not going to entice me to drop everything i am doing to complete the rush project you have just requested. it is just going to make me shove it to the bottom of the pile, while i go and tell the internet what a stupid pig you are. oh, and by the way, i'd probably be more inclined to half-politely fake-laugh at your STUPID, COMPLETELY UNFUNNY lame-o attempts at jokes, if the only time you shut up wasn't just while you wait expectantly for the uproarious applause and laughter you feel your comedic gems SO deserve. i bet you spend a lot of time talking to yourself in front of the mirror. i can't imagine you will ever find a human audience more captive. or that can stand you. at all. i'm going out to get some fresh air now. and i'm going to walk really, really slowly on the way back in. ~PalacePrincess

you're totally going to tease your hair & wear tight jeans, right?

HOLY CRAP!!!! congratulations!

ahahahahahahaha oh my god, you rule

Just because you CAN say something, doesn't mean you should. For example, I think you're a fuÇking douchebag, but it doesn't mean I have to say that. Sorry if that's harsh man, but it's the facts. (Oh, and by the way, it's "it's" as in "it is", and "that's", as in "that is". Not "its" and "thats". Just FYI. You know, just helping you out. You wouldn't want people to think you are a moron or anything. Might take some of the credence away from your overall dickheadedness. I mean, you can be an asshole, but at least people can't accuse you of being a stupid asshole who wouldn't know how to use an apostrophe if it shot him in the face.) See? Just because I can say that, doesn't mean I should. Karin, I'm sorry about your friend. And I'm sorry for bitching up your thread.

ahahahaha! that show sounds like it ruled, qqc! i'm glad you went. PICTURES?!?!?!?!

happy birthday, scottieking! drink beer!

smear yourself in icing & lick it off like a cat. happy day of being born, cary!

nooooooo!! that's so sad. i loved the urban peasant, my sister & i used to have SO much fun watching it together back in high school. he was always slopping everything all over & he ALWAYS had a glass of wine to drink along with whatever he was cooking. the little sit down to eat the meal section at the end was always so exciting. he seemed like such a nice, jolly man. he was like the mr. dressup of cooking shows. aw, i'm sad he's gone. i didn't realize he was that old either. it sounds like he had a great life though, i'm glad his last years were so enjoyable-sounding. i always thought his food looked great! i loved how he could make such tasty-looking things by just slopping a bunch of everyday stuff together. i actually tried one of his recipes once, some biscuits he made with sour cream laying around in the fridge & they were fricken delicious! ahh, james barber, how you spilled & slopped & knocked things over & charmed your way right into our hearts with that great smile. i hope someone cherished every last bite of that soup.

ha sorry, i just came back to update that. i just got too excited. friends? awesome sound? homo rainbow? all in the same fricken show?! plus the rest?!?!?! mandy, i want to hear this one! it's the Northhampton, MA, 11/27

THEY PLAYED IT! THEY PLAYED IT! THEY PLAYED IT! holy fuck. this might be the most out there and ohmygod setlist yet. AWESOME SOUND!?!??!?!?!?!?! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGGO!!! love ya bunches & bunches!

happy birthday swifty, you scrappy little fellow! hope to see you soon!

HAPPY VALENTIMES DAY!

holy shit, they killed it in santa cruz ********************************* Dont Shit Where You Eat Spinal Menengitis Now I'm Freaking Out Bananas And Blow Learning To Love Take Me Away Gabrielle Freedom Of 76 Don't Get 2 Close Object Even If You Don't Woman And Man Mutilated Lips Buckingham Green Your Party Beacon Light My Own Bare Hands Tear For Eddie Spirit Walker Stallion Pt.3 Mollusk Back To Basom Superstar (Carpenters) Ocean Man Waving My Dick In The Wind > p.a. malfunction Stroker Ace Touch My Tooter Puerto Rican Power Did You See Me Shamemaker Fiesta E: Squelch The Weasel Birthday Boy Tender Situation Roses Are Free

NEWRIDER IS IN COLLEGE?!?!?!?!?!?! well that's it, i'm packing my ice skates for my next trip to hell. congratulations, aaron!!! i'm so proud of you! and here you laughed when i told you you had all that potential. go get 'em, tiger!!!

Songs by guys with high whiney voices 1. Janes Addiction - Summertime Rolls 2. Canned Heat - Goin' Up The Country 3. Jacko - Billie Jean 4. The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love

happy birthday, tash! i hope it's fantasmical!