Come on and Get Your Overdose

So, what's going on in August?

If you are coming with me from my apartment, I need you here by 7:30 tonight.

QXT TRIP! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27! YOU WANT TO BE THERE!

Getting ready for Christmakwanzahannukahmadanule...hereafter referred to by me as Xmas. Shopping is DONE. Wrapping is nowhere near started. Got prezzies from my godmother already; she takes very good care of me.

Bills are paid! And I'm not flat broke!

I hope the snow is not too bad. Jason's father invited me to come along to his company's holiday party, and I really want to go. How freaking awesome is it that his family likes me so much? Very awesome, that's how awesome.

Saw Mark from BitterX for probably the last time tonight. He's playing with them all weekend, but I can't make the far away shows. He's moving to San Diego in January. Their new bass player is technically very good, but he hasn't really bonded with the crowd yet. I bet we seem pretty intimidating. Rabid fans usually are.

Weight loss is on track. Not anywhere near where I intended to be at this point, but the disastrous spinout of a month ago has been corrected. I just have to maintain the slow and steady thing, and it'll be all good.

http://www.powhatan.org/

I'm probably going to go here next weekend, since Longwood Gardens isn't till the evening. I went when I was 12 for a school trip, but I never really learned why the reservation was there or who was on it.

There will be a Memorial Service for family and close friends on
>>> Saturday, March 22nd from approximately 12 noon until 6 PM at Knight's
>>> Rest Farm (Chet and Joan's farm). The special significance of this
>>> gathering is that Joan is keeping her promise to Chet that she would
>>> bring him home. Dress is casual – garb or mundane is fine. The casket
>>> will be present, and it will be closed. JOAN NEEDS: 1), a big, period
>>> pavilion to shade the casket, 2), at least 8 big, strong guys to unload
>>> the casket from the hearse at noon, and also to load it back onto the
>>> hearse around 6 (that’s ok if you can only make one time or the other).
>>> The sawhorses previously requested are no longer required. Also,
>>> Marklanders should bring their own folding chairs – Markland style is
>>> fine, and it would be much appreciated if people could bring something
>>> to eat – a covered dish, something to drink, etc. Joan would like the
>>> proceedings to be informal, so if you’d like, you could tell a tale,
>>> lead a prayer, recite a poem, sing a song, give a small eulogy – or
>>> simply bear witness to the ceremony as you honor Chet. If you would
>>> like to bring a small memento or make a small token, or write a letter,
>>> poem, or prayer, etc., Joan will be collecting them in a chest that
>>> Chet made, and burying it with him.
>>>
>>> The wake will be Monday, March 24th from 5 to 9 PM at Lee's Funeral
>>> Home in Mount Holly, NJ. The dress is casual – garb or mundane is fine.
>>> This wake is open casket. Joan would like these proceedings to be
>>> informal as well, so if you’d like, you could tell a tale, lead a
>>> prayer, recite a poem, sing a song, give a small eulogy – or simply
>>> bear witness to the ceremony. If you would like to bring a small
>>> memento or make a small token, or write a letter, poem, or prayer,
>>> etc., Joan will be collecting them at the wake as well.
>>>
>>> The funeral will be at 10 or 11 AM (they don’t know yet which) on
>>> Tuesday, March 25th at the Sacred Heart Church directly across the
>>> street from Lee’s Funeral Home. The dress is formal – court garb,
>>> armor, or formal mundane is preferred. The casket will be closed, and
>>> they will need as many big, strong guys as possible to serve as pall
>>> bearers and transport the casket. This is where the Markland Honor
>>> Guard will be present, along with the Naval Reserve Honor Guard to
>>> perform a flag folding ceremony and play Taps, the Sheriff’s Department
>>> Honor Guard, and the Naval Militia Honor Guard. The Markland Honor
>>> Guard may wear either armor or court garb, and weapons may be worn, but
>>> not displayed inside the church. Joan would like the ceremony to be
>>> documented, so anyone and everyone able to unobtrusively photograph or
>>> video the proceedings is implored to do so, and share your pictures
>>> with Joan. Immediately following the funeral, all those assembled are
>>> welcome to gather at the Sacred Heart cemetery, not far from the
>>> church. Displayed weapons are permitted at the gravesite. After the
>>> burial, people are welcome to gather at Knight’s Rest Farm for a little
>>> while. It would be very much appreciated if people could bring
>>> something to eat – a covered dish, something to drink, etc.
>>>
>>> For offers for help, further questions, etc. contact Jen and David Most
>>> at (215) 295-1776, or e-mail them, but please do not call past 10 PM.
>>>
>>> -MB
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