Hello hello!
It's that time of year again! Novels are written and saved and immediately forgotten about. Fingers ache after a frantic month of typing. Eyeballs burn from staring at tiny scribbled words or blinking cursors for too long. And stomachs growl from a steady thirty days of junk food and coffee.
So we bring you the TGIO PARTY 2007! The TGIO Party (Thank Goodness It's Over) will take place this coming weekend, snow or shine, and we hope to see all of you there!
When: Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Where: Kelsey's Restaurant at South Keys (2206 Bank Street, Ottawa)
Details: We'll have two massive tables set up for us for a late-lunch/early-dinner party. If you plan to bus, it's a simple ride: just take the 97 to South Keys, hop off there and walk around the Walmart and you'll see the restaurant off to your left. There's plenty of parking for those of you who drive, too! We have the tables from 3:00 to about 5:00 (when they start to get super busy for dinner rush, hence us coming early).
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I cannot stress this enough: RSVP if you plan to attend! If you're not sure that you'll be making it, let us know that, too. The restaurant would like a more accurate head count closer to the date, just in case we have more people coming than I anticipated. You can reply directly to this email, or shoot one off to ottawa_on@nanowrimo.org. If you have any questions, please let us know!
A few other round-up things:
CONGRATULATIONS TO SANDRA! She won our MOST OFTEN AT THE WRITE-INS award (sorry, the title isn't very snappy, I'll come up with a better one before Saturday!), having come to more write-ins than even some of the MLs!
I still don't know who won the REGION WAR competitions... from the looks of it we TOTALLY DEFEATED Washington DC (my inner American weeps at this, but oh well :D!), but lost by a thin thin margin to Naperville. More details on that will be available on Saturday.
Finally, a reminder to all that even though November is over, the write-ins are not! Head on over to WriMoFusion (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wrimofusion), where you'll find information on the once-a-month gatherings here in the Ottawa area!
That's all for now, hope to see you all on Saturday!
Michelle (and Lee-Anne and Kay)
ottawa_on@nanowrimo.org
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Michelle (Aya)
ML for Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
ottawa_on @ nanowrimo.org
51,480 / 50,000
Dez 3, 2007 - 22 43
I'm sure you already know this, but I'll be there. If I can make it to all but one write-in, I'm sure I can make it to a restaurant that is a twenty minute walk from my apartment.
See you all there!
50,044 / 50,000
Dez 4, 2007 - 00 34
Yeah, I hope to be there... I'll just hop on the 97 after work... Just let me know in advance whose name the reservations will be under :)
L.
61,078 / 50,000
Dez 4, 2007 - 08 00
Count me in.
72,146 / 50,000
Dez 4, 2007 - 12 00
I'm planning to be there too.
And Phoenixfox, perhaps you signature should read something about sweaty men with lances fighting over the last piece of week old pie that has gone fuzzy ;)
61,078 / 50,000
Dez 4, 2007 - 15 50
Question: Will someone have printed lyrics for the Naperville song. If not, I will be slipping into Margaritaville.
53,637 / 50,000
Dez 5, 2007 - 07 29
I shall be there, hopefully with laryngitis. ;) Seriously, you do not want to hear me sing.
33,059 / 50,000
Dez 6, 2007 - 09 56
I will be there.
51,194 / 50,000
Dez 6, 2007 - 20 02
I was hoping to make it, but my daughter's Christmas Recital is at the same time as the TGIO, therefore, I will not be able to make it to the party this year.
It was a great November - write-ins especially!
See you all at the 2008 Kick-Off Pary in October ;)
... and others at the monthly write-ins between NaNo's.
7,745 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 00 12
Can do, almost definitely... *fingercrossing*
52,728 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 10 49
I've been trying to push things out of the way, but I won't be able to make it. Sorry. ;o(
May I mention, though, what a wonderful job our MLs did. Thank you guys for all the planning and organisation. And congrats to anyone who made their 50.000 and anyone who participated.
See on one of the intermediate lists or next year.
Anja
31,857 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 15 09
I'll be there. I am looking forward to celebrating with my fellow Nanoers.
See you all at 3 tomorrow.
50,011 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 15 14
I will try to make it. It would be quite nice to meet you all.
That being said, I can't promise, but to say I'll try.
:)
52,704 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 17 32
I'm afraid I won't be able to make it this year.
Hope everyone has fun! Enjoy the Naperville song. ;P
54,570 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 17 50
For those of you who are going, the reservation is under the name "Michelle", but just wander in and look for the long table pushed together. I have a feeling there won't be as many of us there as there were last year, though, but we'll probably be easy enough to spot.
30,201 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 19 03
I will definitely be there. Sorry for the late reply.
55,016 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 21 34
Unfortunately, I can't make it tomorrow. However, Diurnal_Lee can pass along an idea I had in regards to the song...
67,393 / 50,000
Dez 7, 2007 - 22 49
How I wish I could have made it! But I have the kids this weekend, and my daughter's got a lot of soccer already planned.
Thanks for the support and friendship from afar , and for letting me hang with you guys this year. Enjoy the party!!