Photos
Theme
Bring clothes, lights, cameras, etc that look good in Ultraviolet or Infrared
Directions
Gift Toss
I'm currently looking for possible bands, djs etc.
Early arrivals
If it is a bit of a drive for you, and you want to make a day of it,
there are a lot of things to do in the area. It's a short walk from my
house to Fall Creek park, if you like hiking. It's about 10 miles to
the beach. There are a lot of fun, challenging hills for bicycling,
and a plethora of wonderful wineries in the area if you enjoy wine
tasting.
Ride Sharing
Help
I'd really appreciate volunteers to "run" the party when it's going on,
so that I can just kick back and "go to" the party.
Dance
Getting to/parking at FNB
Dance Floor
Other events that evening
Unfortunately roots has been discontinued, so it is no longer a conflict.
Links to info about parties gone by.
More, some redundant, details to be edited later
Astute readers will recognize the date as being coincident with my
0x30th birthday (30H for the hardware folks and 110000 for people who
can only count to one). It's not a birthday party per se, as much as
my birthday is an excuse to have a party.
Events:
Help
Mad Science
Life has been the far side of hectic for me lately, and I haven't had
much time to plan things out, and it's still several weeks away. So
just about anything I mention in this missive is subject to change, or
being rendered unrecognizable as it gets battered by the cruel
clue-by-four of reality.
I will try to post current information on the webpage:
http://red4est.com/revel08/
If you think that you may come, and want to be notified by email of
important details and changes, send me an email, either to my personal
account, or the alias I set up for the party: revel8r@red4est.com
BYOMS
Dancing
Guests are not required, or even expected to dance. I've had people
not show up at parties before because "it's a dance party and I don't
dance". That is silly, this is a mad scientist party where dance music
will be played. You don't have to be mad, a scientist, a dancer, or a
musician to show up. You aren't even required to have fun, but if you
don't you may be severely ridiculed, so that others can have fun at
your expense.
Directions and Parking
Who will be there
Children
Who to Bring
What to Bring
Good food, and creative food are appreciated. If many people express
interest, I can fire up the milk shake press and we can make
milkshakes, in which case, icecream, milk and yummy things to put in
milkshakes are appreciated.
Food and Drink
I will likely be making a pot of chilli, likely vegan and relatively
mild, along with meat and octane boost
http://red4est.com/lrc/octaneboost.html to spice it up for those who
indulge in meat and/or capsascin.
Crash Space
The road between the parking area and my house can be a bit dark, so
its advisable to bring a flashlight. Also note that sometimes poison
oak grows near to the trail, so a light can also help avoid that as
well.
If you can offer rides to and from the party, please let me know.
Various permutations of the invitation are at:
Photos Kam Kashani took with my Pentax
Photos I took with my IR FZ20
The theme is Mad Science, help us put the mental in experimental
After years of telling people how to get here with "You'll know you missed it
when you get to the bridge" I wrote up a detailed set of directions that work
quite well, if you follow them. In the Santa Cruz mountains every house looks
different, so they end up all being the same. You can't see the addresses,
so they don't do you any good. Follow the link below for my directions:
--link deleted--
If you already know how to get here, please park in the pullout South of my house,
and please don't block the neighbor's cars.
There will be the traditional gift toss. Bring gifts for the guests of honor to
throw to the gathered throngs below.
People are welcome to show up early.
If you do you may be fed,
or put to work,
or both.
If you need a ride, or can offer one, let me know, and I'll put people together
I can also use help, probably over labor day weekend,
getting the Family Estate ready for the party, maybe rebuild the dance floor.
Let me know if/when you can help
There will be dancing, but you don't have to dance to have fun.
If you want to learn some easy basic dancing, I have arranged to teach a free
introduction to blues dance class at
Friday Night Blues
7-8 PM 5 Sept 2008
Unfortunately, FNB afterwards won't also be free, but I hope you can stay for the
regular lessons and the dance. We'll probably go out for a bite to eat during the
intermediate class from 9-10
The brain learning
The goals
The butt learning
Please let me know if you plan to attend, and what your level of
dance, or blues dancing experience is. It would be particularly
appreciated if experienced dancers showed up. I'll be primarily
focusing on posture, leading, following and connection, and the
exercises may
be helpful, or at least fun to all levels of dancers.
From 101 take the 9th street exit
3 blocks up, turn right on Folsom
1 block up, turn right on 8th
1/2 block down, turn left on Heron
Mr. S. leather is on the corner
Parking in that area is suprisingly easy for SF, I've never had to
park more than a couple blocks away. Don't block driveways on Heron,
they will tow, especially the cab company.
There is usually parking on Harrison between the alley and 8th.
My dance floor
has been repaired and expanded.
If you're going to PEERS note that there
is a nearly perfect mesh of themes. After waltzing in your steampunk
clothes, come down to Felton and blues dance as a retro mad scientist.
Gift Toss
I do plan on having the traditional birthday gift toss. Guests are
encouraged to bring a small gift. Wrapped or not, or if you're
expedient (which is a nice word for lazy) you can wrap it in easily
recyclable aluminum foil, but please, make that clean aluminum
foil. Using saran wrap is also easy, but somewhat less effective. All
of the gifts are put in a tub and at the appointed time, or times
(likely 10PM and maybe another later one) the guests will gather below
the balcony and those with birthdays in the close temporal vicinity,
will project the gifts on parabolic paths towards the waiting
throngs. That's right, you give us gifts to throw at you.
Water balloons, raw eggs and glassware may be amusing, but are
considered somewhat uncool in this context.
Bonny Knees
If there is interest, we could have a bonny knees contest. It is a
competition to see which guy has the best legs. The contestents are
usually in shorts, or kilts. The judges are blindfolded.
The one gift that I'm asking for, is help with the party. It could be
help repairing the dance floor and other preparations (likely the
weekend before, aka Labor Day weekend), offering others rides to and
from the party, and most especially people who can "run" the party
while it's going on, so I can just enjoy it.
As mentioned above, the theme of this party is Mad Science. You may
come dressed appropriate to the theme. You can wear or bring things
that glow or photograph well in black light. If you go to PEERS before
coming to it, with the well matched themes, you will likely already be
appropriately dressed.
You can bring your own mad science experiments, though it may be
advisable to consult with me before hand so that there is a good place
to set it up.
Like at many of my parties, I intend to provide the opportunity for
dancing. If a large number of people say that they will be showing up
and hope to dance, I will attempt to repair the dancefloor in my
backyard. If not, then there are still wooden floors in the living
room, the dining room and the garage.
Speaking of music, sources of dance music are greatly appreciated,
particularly djs and musicians.
If you don't have directions, send an email to ask and I'll send you a
link to my extensive, detailed, online directions. If you do know your
way to the family estate, I ask that able bodied individuals park at
the pullout 100m south of the Family Estate to leave the driveway open
for the less able bodied, and those unloading large or heavy objects.
Who will be at the party? Due to my many and varied interests, I have
a very eclectic social circle. There will be geeks, dancers, racers,
martial artists, musicians and all of the above. Hence the nexus book:
http://red4est.com/party/nexus.html which was started at a birthday
party about ten years ago.
While children are not banned from the party, the house is somewhere
between "not child friendly" and "downright child surly". It is
between a highway and a cliff. Many of my toys are fragile, others are
sharp and dangerous, and while getting drunk is by no means the point
of this party, there will be many mad scientists wandering around in
varying states of madness and sobriety. Troublesome children, of any
age, and those who brought them, will be dealt with severely.
Who can you bring? See above. Both about the the diversity of people
expected, and misbehaving children.
What should you bring? Food and drink are always welcome. I encourage
people to bring a small amount of something wonderful, rather than a large
amount of something less than wonderful. I have a fair amount of cheap
booze that was brought to previous soirees and pretty much ignored.
Note, one of my peculiarities is that I don't eat chocolate. Feel free
to bring chocolate for yourself and the other guests, but if you're
goal is to bring a special treat for me, then chocolate won't be it.
Crash space can be provided for those unwilling, unsafe or unable to
get home. While some bedding is available, it's advisable for you to
bring some if you're likely to need it.
red4est:
http://red4est.com/revel08/
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27373165676