# Michigan Pre-Dopefest: Ann Arbor \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340 "2011-05-18T16:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/61 "2011-06-10T16:15:51Z")
What the– I start a thread and don’t drop in for a couple weeks, and everyone just starts making _plans?!_ I shall be there! At first the weekend started to look bleak, but anytime after 4:00 on Sun will be perfect. Can’t wait to hang with you guys again. After this, I’ll start a new thread for a time when we can hold one over at my place… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/62 "2011-06-10T16:23:16Z")
(psssst… hey **Gfactor** , or **samclem** … can you change the thread title to read something like “Michigan Pre-Dopefest: Ann Arbor”?) And yes… what time? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/63 "2011-06-10T23:17:35Z")
We shall be there at 7:00. Alas, without bells on because **LOUNE** still hasn’t returned our bells from the last time. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/64 "2011-06-11T19:31:23Z")
7 PM tomorrow at Connor O’Neil’s. Olives has spoken. If anyone wants a ride, post here or shoot me a PM. We’ll figure out a way to get you there and back at a decent time. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/65 "2011-06-12T23:52:16Z")
First pic of the night: [Flickr](http://m.flickr.com/photos/84825008@N00/5826092115/) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/66 "2011-06-13T00:11:24Z")
DAMMIT!! I’m sorry I can’t make it tonight… a freelance gig reared it’s ugly head yesterday, with a deadline by tomorrow. I miss you guy, have fun! (looks like you are!) I’m BUMMED! ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/67 "2011-06-13T00:59:44Z")
Darn. I got distracted and never noticed this thread. I might have been able to go. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/68 "2011-06-13T02:24:49Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > First pic of the night: [Flickr](http://m.flickr.com/photos/84825008@N00/5826092115/) Hey, thanks! Could you give us usernames around the table, left to right? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/69 "2011-06-13T03:15:11Z")
Gonzomax Queen Tonya Tonya hubby LOUNE Tracyfish Olives march OlM hubby ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/70 "2011-06-13T14:33:44Z")
Much obliged! Wish I’d been able to make it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/71 "2011-06-13T14:50:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Much obliged! Wish I’d been able to make it. Yeah, to anyone lurking, we’re not horrible people. Well, maybe\*\* Queen Tonya\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/72 "2011-06-13T16:00:54Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Yeah, to anyone lurking, we’re not horrible people. Well, maybe\*\* Queen Tonya\*\*. It was safe from evil. We had a moderator keeping us from doing bad things. He only threatened us with banning 4 or 5 times. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/73 "2011-06-13T19:33:40Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Yeah, to anyone lurking, we’re not horrible people. Well, maybe\*\* Queen Tonya\*\*. Wonderful to see you and the ever-patient **Tracyfish** , as always. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/74 "2011-06-13T21:00:58Z")
I’m so jealous. ☹ I ended up working straight to 5am while you guys were being awesome. Bummed I missed you, Olives & Dom! I was gonna wear the very shirt I wore to my first Dopefest, too. I’ll save it for when I can finally get you guys out here next month… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/75 "2011-06-13T21:03:38Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > Wonderful to see you and the ever-patient **Tracyfish** , as always. 😃 I meant to give you back that cool pop-up Stephen King book you lent me, _The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon._ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/76 "2011-06-13T21:10:56Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It was safe from evil. We had a moderator keeping us from doing bad things. He only threatened us with banning 4 or 5 times. I had **Gfactor** over my place one night to hang and enjoy an episode of _Lost._ I ate all the kettle chips he brought that night… I was disappointed he didn’t ban me the next day. C’mon, **G,** at least an honorary banning? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/77 "2011-06-14T03:17:46Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I’m so jealous. ☹ I ended up working straight to 5am while you guys were being awesome. Bummed I missed you, Olives & Dom! > > I was gonna wear the very shirt I wore to my first Dopefest, too. I’ll save it for when I can finally get you guys out here next month… 🆒 Man, that’s a lot of work for my wolf picture. I appreciate the effort and look forward to seeing it, in all its wolfy splendor. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/78 "2011-06-14T06:13:30Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Man, that’s a lot of work for my wolf picture. I appreciate the effort and look forward to seeing it, in all its wolfy splendor. The sketch was merely a rough draft. Because I suffer for my art, by missing the mini-dopefest (and after several fits of violent weeping\*), I was finally able to capture the soul of of your [totem animal](http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/velvet-wolf-donovan-keene.jpg) onto the lustrous black velvet. It’s going to look just lovely over your mantle. And you owe me $3,500. \*of which the tears I was able to collect, I mixed into the cadmium yellow paint to imbue doleful emotion into its eyes. Obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/79 "2011-06-14T12:13:56Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > First pic of the night: [Flickr](http://m.flickr.com/photos/84825008@N00/5826092115/) Dude, this pic looks amazing. I specifically remember it was dim and there was no flash (which is why my eyes aren’t closed.) Did you do that with your phone? Droid is definitely taking the lead vs. iPhone… You guys, I had the absolute best time. Thank you so much for agreeing to meet with me. **cmyk** , you are dead to me. (Just kidding.) When we come back to Michigan in August, hopefully you can actually make it to that one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340/80 "2011-06-14T13:31:51Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > The sketch was merely a rough draft. Because I suffer for my art, by missing the mini-dopefest (and after several fits of violent weeping\*), I was finally able to capture the soul of of your [totem animal](http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/velvet-wolf-donovan-keene.jpg) onto the lustrous black velvet. > > It’s going to look just lovely over your mantle. > > And you owe me $3,500. > \*of which the tears I was able to collect, I mixed into the cadmium yellow paint to imbue doleful emotion into its eyes. Obviously. Facebook [post](http://cheezburger.com/View/4860632832)to help explain this exchange. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340.md?page=5)