There’s been a call for a mini-Kokonvention in D.C. in the last week of June. If you’re available and interested, have your parents e-mail the Administrators at gapa @ musefanpage .com .
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Well, hello!
I’m thinking Friday or Saturday afternoon. What say you?
Well, what say your parents? I haven’t heard from them.
Cat’s Meow is coming to town in the last week of June. No overlap, I suppose?
And we haven’t heard from locals such as Red-tailed HAWK and Beavo and their parents.
Clearly, we’ve got some communicating and organizing to do. Mostly by e-mail, please, and from parents. We don’t want to post any plans here for the whole world to scrutinize.
Okay. *calls dad* He says he has work to do. Then he’ll decide.
And by Friday or Saturday afternoon I mean this Friday or Saturday afternoon. As in tomorrow.
My parents would think it was a totally weird idea to go…even though I’m in the area…
He said no. He thought it was weird too.
Actually, he said we weren’t “mobile” enough. That stinks. Well, actually it only stinks of someone else goes. If nobody goes, then I’m not missing anything. *feels better*
Now he’s saying if there’s a definite time and place, maybe we can go.
He needs to make up his mind.
I can’t come. I’m in MA.
(8) My standard offer for Musers in town on weekends is Saturday brunch or lunch at the National Press Club, on the corner of 14th and G Streets, two blocks from the White House (Metro stop: Metro Center or McPherson Square). The grill room there is informal, but it’s also pretty dead on weekends. It opens at 11.
Alternatively, we could have lunch at Ella’s Wood Fired Pizza, 901 F Street, NW (Metro Center or Gallery Place Metro stops). The pizza is excellent, as last year’s August Kokonventioneers can confirm.
During the week, I’m happy to give quick tours of Science magazine — but they may have to be very quick, as I get pretty busy sometimes.
i can’t go.
but can anyone go HERE? I mean, come on, if ppl can go to DC, why cant ppl go to CA?
Okay. Thanks, Mr. Coontz!
We can’t go at lunch. How about afternoon? Say, 4:00?
That’s manageable. Let’s see what other MBers can do.
Okay. I’m getting very excited!!!
No. It’s a definite no.
My family is available pretty much any day. The only things we have definitively scheduled are going to see a soccer game, and I can’t remember what day/time that is.
(16) Too bad. Well, it was nice of him to consider it.
18 – Yeah, I guess it was. But I’m still sad.
Hmm. *begs parents*
“We’ll see.” *hopes*
It’s a slight possibility!
Aw. I think I’m going to be gone on the last week of June.
*dangit*
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21 –
I wish I could go!!! *mourns* Ah well. I suppose that’s okay. I’ll live.
How about a Chicago one *hopes* *calls mom* she said maybe, prolly no
What week is this? next week or the week after?
I wish I could make it (I am free that week), but I highly doubt that it’s going to work out for me because the current gas prices would make a KY to DC road trip quite expensive.
26 – Week after, I believe.
I’m leaving for D.C. TOMORROW! At 5am! WOOT!
(28) Good luck, Cat’s Meow! Have fun!
29 – Thanks!
28- Bye!
Wait, if Cat’s Meow is getting here tomorrow, how is it next week?
Anyway, if it’s tomorrow, I don’t think I can come. Something tells me I can’t just go to D. C. tomorrow. Argh! I was frustrated when I missed the Spokane Kokonvention, and now Meow is coming HERE and I can’t come.
Will you be in D. C. the whole time? How long are you here, actually? I think going to D. C. is part of the problem for me.
Red-tailed HAWK
Cat’s Meow and her family are going to be here for almost two weeks.
33-Oh! Sorry, I was confused. So a day next week would be good for a kokonvention? If so, I likely could come. Hopefully. This sounds more promising now! Yay!!
Ack! I have to go to bed. Goodnight Robert! Goodnight everyone!
Red-tailed HAWK
Well, I’ve missed it. And my family’s going away next week. Ah well.
Awww, I can’t go. There should be one near MA or NH. In that area-ish location.
28 – Bon voyage!
It’s a shame my relatives who live near DC are coming here this weekend. If only we had gone to see them instead, I could have made it to a kokon! Oh well.
My mom said she will “put me on a bus,” but she won’t do anything else. Yay sleeping in trees!
*sigh*
Argh, I’m so frustrated. Some MBers live kind nearish to me (I’m pretty sure), I wish I could make it. But my mom says “We can only go one place each summer,” and we’re going to Cincinnati and Tennessee.
I might be able to come, I dunno. My parents are both fans of Muse, MuseBlog, Musers, and just about anything relating to our little piece of the world-real or virtual. They’d probably drag me to one if I didn’t want to go!! (Not like that’s the case, but you know what I mean….)
Anyway, more particulars, and I might be able to get there…..
By the way, I’m not local to the DC area now?
I’ll be in DC on the Thursday the 26th for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, would that be a good time and/or place to get together?
Did you get my mom’s message, Robert?
Red-tailed HAWK
(42) Yes, got it.
(41) I have to work on Thursday but could be available for dinner at night.
43~ Okay, maybe. What about any other MBers? Would that be a good time?
43-OK, just making sure…
43-44–Thursday doesn’t work for us. I don’t know how other people feel, but I feel dinner wouldn’t be the best way to spend time together, at least not just that. I’m thinking it would be a very expensive way to spend a short space of time, during which we might be more focused on eating.
I don’t think my parents would drive me into D. C. for dinner. Saturday the 28th is best for us. Something like the Folklife festival would be a nice way to spend time together, I think. There are lots of things we can do, I’m sure. I’m not saying we couldn’t eat, I’m saying just eating (especially dinner with traffic, etc…) wouldn’t in my mind be a good way to spend time together.
What do other people think? MF, would it be possible for you to do the Folklife Festival on Saturday instead of Thursday?
I’m hoping we can find a time and place that works for everybody, including Robert. It would be cruel to have a Kokonvention here without him!!
Please say what you think of my suggestions/opinions!
Red-tailed HAWK
38 – Not a bad idea, actually, since I can’t drive…but then again, the buses that come through here are seriously unreliable, so I’d probably get stranded somewhere scary on the way there.
39 – Are there any MBers besides me who are near or in Tennessee? I wonder if we could arrange a southern Kokon.
Is this an annual thing? I doubt I can make it this year, but next summer my family will probably vacation near DC, so I could definitely come then! Yay.
The Folklife Festival is great fun, and you’ll find plenty to explore there. I have to work on Thursday but could come down to say hi after work, or possibly briefly during a long lunch break.
45~ I’m going to be busy on Saturday, so Thursday really is the only time, sorry HAWK.
47~ (forgive the double post, the others weren’t up when i hit submit) Would that be too hard for you to manage though? We don’t want to make it harder for you it’s not as though it’ll be the last time we got to DC.
We’ll just have to see I guess.
Fiddler, will you (plural) be able to stick around for dinner after the festival? You’re bound to be hungry, and Ella’s Wood Fired Pizza is the wung’s buttons.
48-Ouch. I’m sorry too.
Since Saturday is also best for Robert for more than just dinner, what if we have the full kokonvention (Folklife festival, etc…) on Saturday the 28th? As much as I’d like to see you, MF, a MBer coming from Washington state is a rare occurrence and I do want to come to some sort of kokonvention to meet Cat’s Meow. So, would you mind if we had a kokonvention without you on Saturday? Robert seems to be offering to have dinner with you on Thursday, and I can’t come for that.
This is a sad and confusing situation.
Red-tailed HAWK
There are still a few local MBers whom we haven’t heard from yet.
52-Really? That’s interesting, I didn’t know there were any others…
Red-tailed HAWK
I had a sad dream last night. I was at a Kokon, and we awere all supposed to write a paper on Muse, but I hadn’t done mine, my dad had, and it sucked. It was like a competition, and you weren’t allowed to do MB anymore if you lost. And I remember Sweet Menelope being very mean and braggy that she had won, which made me cry… I think I’m stressed about something.
51~ There are a few other options, too…..I’ll send an email, so it’s not all on blog. If it works out then we can notify the GAPAs.
54- Aw.
Last night I dreamed that Beavo lived down the street, and I went over to his house, and there were a bunch of Musers, but I can’t remember who. And I do believe we had to defeat some evil creature, or maybe it just had the atmosphere of there being an evil creature. We were watching a scary movie, I think… And we had pizza. 
*sigh* I wish Beavo really lived down the street….
54 – Aaah! I would get depressed if I had that dream.
56 – That sounds fun! I wish we all lived closer together. It’s so frustrating to know that there are Musers in all these other states, but not mine! Or at least, not any that are on the blog that I know of.
57- I know there are Musers in my state, in my town even, but I never see them. I really wish MA was real.
Arg. Are there ever any conventions in Wisconsin?
hi! i live in CT is that close enough to Washington DC? I just came here, so would anyone mind filling me in on the plans?
59~ It’s still meshing. Up till now though we know that I might be able to see Robert at dinner on Thursday, and on Saturday there may be a larger gathering. I may attend the gathering on Sat. if I choose not to go somewhere else, but that still has to be determined. There is a definate possibility of my being there though.
So, if there are more people able to come on Sat. then HAWK and I, please do tell!
Okay, I just realized that my last post was messed up….it was addressed to post 60 and not 59, like I wrote…..sorry for the mix up.
to 59~ I come to WI every now and then to visit my grandparents, and will be there sometime in August, I think. If you are available then, we may be able to arrange something, there are some other Midwestern MBers that may be persuaded to come.
are there any MBers in or near CT? it might be fun to do the Wadsworth Anteneum and lunch…wherever. the wadsworth is the oldest museum in the US!
sorry- I have been corrected- the Wadsworth is the oldes ART museum. (this is what happens when parents look over your sholder) but my mom says if in is in northern ct I can go (depending on the time)
64- Would a day long excursion to NYC sometime this summer be possible? I’m within a good traveling distance to the City, and I know there are a few others. No GAPAs, but I’m very hopeful.
65- I live around 30 minutes away from NYC. Not that I would probably be able to go, though. Unless we met at the town library, and I forced my parents to go
64~ I’m planning on going to Mystic seaport sometime, hopefully this summer. Are you near there?
It looks as though I’ll be able to come on Saturday.
GAPAs, if I go with HAWK’s family, would I be allowed to come without my parents? You already know us in person, but would that break the Kokonvention rules about needing a parent to attend?
I would really like to come……but if it’s not okay I can understand.
I’m amazingly bored. I wanna go. But I can’t.
(68) That’s fine — I think you’ll be in good hands with the HAWKs. Will you want to go back to the Folk Life Festival? It’s hard to say right now, but it sounds as if there may be thunderstorms on Thursday.
Also, it would be really useful to hear from Cat’s Meow about now.
68+70-Yay! We can be flexible when it comes to what to do; If MF+family are still going to the folklife festival on Thursday, and so MF doesn’t want to do that again on Saturday, that’s understandable. It would be good to hear from Cat’s Meow. Since she is coming from far away, she might want to see particular things while she’s here. I hope she soon comes on the blog, as it would be good to decide on a time and place to meet on Saturday. Robert, is there a particular time you want to start the kokonvention? And, is there any other way of contacting Cat’s Meow?
Red-tailed HAWK
70/71~ I wouldn’t have any problem going to the Folk Life festival twice, or more than that, really. One year we went down for several days in a row….we get intense about museums and festivals like that.
Like I said, we get intense.
If I go on Saturday (which I probably will) then Thursday will probably just be spent visiting the festival, and not any mini-kokons.
Also, if I get to see the festival beforehand, I won’t annoy everyone by hanging around for ages at the different areas.
We left already!
All right, remaining Musers: Saturday it is, Folklife Festival, details to be arranged among parents by e-mail.
What about a Kokon in Chicago between July 20 and August 8? I’ll be there for CTD, and we can go out with a buddy.
Can’t make it to DC, but could you guys check out the NASA display at the Folklife Festival for me, please?
We’ll keep an eye out. What’s on display?
*runs in*
Kokopollihedron shirts on musery! Kokopollihedron shirts on musery!
*runs to next thread*
Anyone here?
77- I don’t know, but they mentioned it on their website.
I’m depressed. My dog died.
(81) I’m so sorry, MissSwann. Do you feel like telling us a little about your dog?
81 – Aww. That’s sad.
81-
*Gives Choklit*
81- *gives tons of chocolate* don’t be sad, I know how ya feel, I lost my other dog a few years ago… ok, it’s hard not to be sad. But do you want to tell us about him, or do you rather not?
81-OH NO!!!!!
That’s sooo sad. As Rebecca already asked, do you want to tell us about your dog? Can we do something for you? *Hands pie*
I am very excited about the Kokonvention!
Boy, that post made me sound bipolar. Or just crazy. *People nervously watch* No, really! I’m fine!
*ears elongate elegantly, whiskers appear* 
Red-tailed HAWK
86 –
Okay, you’re kinda freaking me out now… *backs nervously away*
81- My condolences.
81~ I’m really sorry. If there’s anything I can do (limited on the blog though we all are), please do tell me. For now though, I give you virtual hugs, choklit (or chocolate) and my sympathy.
86~ I’m excited too! See you tomorrow!
Although, the transformation you just underwent is a bit frightening….