Here’s our policy about meeting other MBers offline:
- MuseBlog’s administrators do not encourage you to do it.
- We won’t help you plan to do it.
- If you insist on holding a real-world meeting, your parents must plan it and supervise it.
- To assure us that they are involved, your parents should e-mail us at gapa @ musefanpage.com. We will help them exchange e-mail addresses, and they can take it from there.
- Any details about meetings (exact time and place, what you’ll be wearing, etc.) must stay off the blog. Please don’t try to post them. We won’t let you.
- After a Kokonvention, we will post photographs of Kokonvening MBers with parental permission.
- That’s all we will do.
Your friends,
The GAPAs
“We’re paranoid so you don’t have to be.”
Oohyay! Thank you, GAPAs, for giving us a thread to discuss this on other than SoCalKoKon! Now we can start promoting the Boston kokon!
*promotpromotpromote* If you live in MA or near the Boston area, come to the Boston kokonvention on June 12! We have five MBers so far, and maybe if we collect a few more, one of the GAPAs could come! Wouldn’t that be cool!?!?
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Okay, I’m reposting what I put on the SoCalKoKon thread:
My mom sent in her e-mail and she said it was recieved. She also said the GAPAs told her to tell me to remind everybody else going to the Kokon in NYC who hasn’t already sent in their e-mail to send it ASAP.
So who’s up for an NC Kokon?
What are Kokonventions? Please fill me in here someone! I’m always missing things!
Nice motto.
4- Kokonventions are when Musers get together somewhere (like a museum) to meet each other. Sometimes a GAPA comes, but the kokons are arranged by parents. There’s a kokon on June 12th in Boston that I’m going to.
Hmm, is it coincidental that this thread was created the day I kokonvened with Purple Panda and Taiwan Hippo Fan?
Anyways, I’ll probably be sending some pics after I get back home in a few days.
Yes, I think it is very coincidental. I have some good pictures of our Kokopelli signs; perhaps I’ll send one in.
The 12th? Shoot, would it be after 2:30? I have school. That’s a Friday, right?
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You still have school on the 12th? Man, I considered myself unlucky for having school over on June 5th, but…
We have it well into June’s 20s, although that’s mostly just Exams.
Yes, it would, but your parents need to email before we can plan anything.
People in NH/ME have school way into the 20s… I consider myself lucky that my last day is the 12th.
8- It will be well after school, the but the parents are talking times right now, I’m not really sure when… have your parents e-mail the GAPAs if you want to be a part of it. They’ll send my parents your parents’ emails and then we can work something out from there.
My last day is also the 12th. Plus I have a trip after that.
California kokon, anyone? I know me, CTN, and R101 would probably come, so anyone else who came would get to meet three new people! Anyone up for it?
Me, maybe? North CA?
Ugh, I get our the 23rd!! *pouts*
I’m so excited for the Boston kokon!!!
Is anyone near Cleveland? I know of one other MBer around there, but a Kokon won’t be fun with only two.
Anyone live near [snip!] CT? I live [snip!] from there.
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No, but I have cousins in Connecticut.
Okay.
I’ll be away…
Besides, I really doubt this is such a safe idea. And no, a parent is not reading over my shoulder.
7-Wow, really? Cool!
Kokonventioneers Emmatheduck, Purple Panda, and Taiwan Hippo Fan.
Terrifying. Absolutly terrifying.
Emmatheduck, you look nothing like I imagined!
Cats Meow, IBCF – When?
Well, anyone in Minnesota? *asked for the six billionth time* *sigh*
Me!
19- Me! And Me! And Alice! And DuckyFlutePlayer, since en apparently lives in Oregon, too! We could have a, you know, Pacific Northwest Kokon!
Sorry, I’m hyper because my mom gave me a cup of tea with caffiene to keep me awake working on my project. My delicate, un-caffiene-contanimated system reacts way over-the-top when the drug gets in the bloodstream.
20- I know someone who lives in Minnesota… I don’t think that counts. Her name’s Stephanie.
Caffeine is an addictive drug. Join me! Free the oppressed and enslaved! Unchain your mind! Dump out that cup!
-A
Um, I’m not addicted to coffee, or tea, or any caffinated drink.
Does anyone live in Singapore? If so, could we meet sometime? Alternatively, I’m coming to the US for the summer and I’ll be in California and Michigan (I hope that’s not TOO specific).
10- Yeah! I’ll be there sometime in the summer in both Northern and Sounthern CA- I don’t really know when.
10: Me and Rainbowstar may both be able to come, depending. We had a Kokon in December. Twas fun.
16-
Whoa. That is freaky. Emmatheduck looks about thirty, and THF looks like my aunt….
C’mon, people! Anyone else for the Boston kokon? Pleeeeaase? Bookworm? Cliff Eagle? Brendan? Anyone else I don’t know about? Guys (CE+Bookworm+Brendan), I thought you were all excited about this, and when we start planning you all disappear!
I would, Armada, I really would… I don’t think I’ll be able to get down there.
I’m in Vermont, and my parents aren’t too keen on traveling. Or, come to think of it, meeting people from the internet. Although I am sixteen – they might cut me a break.
/gradster(1)/ – Secretary of Bureaucracy of the ASAP
25- I don’t really live near Boston.
25.1- Aww. Hmph. Maybe you can persuade them that you need to get out more. And tell them that it’s pretty safe, we’re meeting in a public place with lots of people around….
26- Where do you live near? I want to say CT for some reason, but I don’t know if that’s correct or not…
It is CT. I posted that.
Okay, everybody for NYC who’s sent in their e-mail sign off.
I have! My mom gave permission for both Kokons in her first email.
Who lives in Oregon?
See post 21.
So, this is our Boston Kokon list.
COMING:
-Me
-Mah homegirl Sequoia
-Armada
-Rosequartz
MAYBE:
-gradster
-Cliff Eagle
-Bookworm
-Brendan
Am I missing anyone? This is all I can think of… Come on, guys in the maybe category! It would be educational if nothing else to meet some of the male species on this endeavor…
Electros is most likely coming, we have his email address, but he may not want to anymore.
I will be out of town on that day, unfortunately. I’ll definitely be with yall in spirit though.
Have a great time and be sure to take pictures.
Aww! Phooey! Sorry to hear that. Yeh, we’ll take pictures, unless all of us forget to bring cameras….
Now, if only I can convince my mom……..
C-PM and Kokopelli52. Sorry, but your comments got out of sequence because they were replies to a comment that was retrozapped. I hope that you won’t mind too much that we deleted your replies, but fixing the error requires a very tedious process which seemed unnecessary considering the original comment no longer existed.
I’m just glad that nobody’s misunderstanding me anymore.
32- It’s okay. I was responding to a comment that apparently doesn’t exist anyway. What does retrozapped mean? I’ll also be in Pensylvania sometime this summer…
30- I’m honored to be your homegirl.
Isn’t this, er, dangerous???
Minimally, which is why the GAPAs don’t endorse Kokons. All specific details are kept off the blog and in emails between parents of bloggers, so the chances of internet stalkers finding Kokonventioneers is extremely low. Parents have to be present at Kokonventions, as well.
Summer mini-kokon! I’m ever so excited.
35- It’s not that dangerous. We have our parents with us.
Hm?
Meow’s coming down to [where I live] for a few days in July.
34- You should be, homeskillet.
35- Not really. The parentals are there the whole time, and though it may be considered obtuse by most, I seriously doubt there is anyone dangerous on MB.
27.1- ‘Kay. Oh, well.
30.1- I think he’s coming…. but I agree, it would be nice to have more boys. Electros probably wouldn’t be too thrilled about being in an all-girl crowd.
RoseQuartz, I’m so sorry, but I think we’re not going to be able to see each other before the official kokon. My parents have decided that this trip is also a good opportunity to go shopping and breed our bunny (don’t ask, please don’t ask), and at this point it’s either not have extra time with you or not bring electros. So I’m really sorry, but I don’t think it’s going to work… We might figure something out and be able to fit in a half-hour or something, but I figured I’d better tell you now instead of just before the kokon.
37 – yeah, but isn’t it better to be safe than sorry? Sorry about that… everyone on the Chatterbox knows I’m too paranoid.
This is why we insist that parents make the arrangements and that planning details stay off the blog. We also stay alert to any signs that someone may not be who en seems. There are no perfect guarantees of course. We’d have to find a different universe for that.
Hey, I know how you feel! I’m paranoid too, and I’m sorry guys, but I really can’t meet anyone I meet on the internet…I’m sure there are good people on here, but with screen names, avatars, etc. you can get the “wrong impression” really easily. Sorry to be the party pooper. And I’m not trying to say this is a bad idea for the rest of you, I’m just way too paranoid for my own good……
Phew… I’m not alone.
39.1 – wouldn’t it be nice if there was a universe where stalking others just for fun didn’t exist? Of course, then I’d find something else to freak out about.
Yes, is there anyone who lives in Minnesota??? (who I don’t know off the blog) because I know somebody said we have an insanely high concentration of MBers here and if it is true that we do, we should kokonvene.
Apparently Kokonilly lives in Minnesota because she asked the same question in post 20. But maybe you know her off the blog.
39) No-one is forcing you to have a kokon. Or to be on this thread, for that matter. Read the top of the page.
I know that. I’m sorry if I sounded mean, but I’m just, um, surprised.
40.1- Kokonilly introduced MARF to the ‘Blog, I believe. So…yeah.
Okay, Oregonians, I will try really hard to convince my mom (though this will take a lot of convincing) that this sort of thing is perfectly safe.
CPM- Yeah! I was actually referring to a Spokane-area ko-kon, as 3 musers including me all live in that area, but we definitely have to have a big ko-kon this summer!
39- It definitely is better, but honestly; I highly doubt there is anyone remotely creepy on MB. (Other than, say, Beavo…
)
Ooh, me! I’m creepy! *plays weird music*
Anyone in the Philadelphia area?
45) You forgot me. Remember, I’m from a foreign country. I might be a terrorist
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47- Oh, yes, absolutely. I’m so threatened and scared you might upset my little white country.
Wait. Help. I lost my towel, I’m missing a major piece here. There’s a Kokon in Boston?! Well then! Who’s coming, when is it? I’m in the CT/Mass area and my grandparents are in Concord so it won’t be too difficult to persuade my mom…
49- Oh, yay! Another possible kokon go-er!!! The Boston kokon is on June 12th, but you need to get your parents to email the GAPAs for more info. MissSwann, Armada, RoseQuartz, myself, and possibly electros are coming. (I hope I didn’t forget anyone!)
49- Comecomecomecome! Yay!
How do you think that I should explainthis to my mom? I don’t think that it would go over well with her if I said something like “Mom, I want to meet up with these people that I met a couple weeks ago on this online thing”.
52- It helps if you tell her about MB and how great and safe it is a few days (or weeks) before you tell her that you want to have a kokon. My parents knew about MB and its safety policy since the beginning, so I didn’t have any problems with kokonvening.
52- I was just thinking the same thing…”Hey mom! Yeah, I met these really cool friends online, and they want to meet up! Can I go?”
It sounds like the perfect situation for those corny videos that they show us in elementary school.
Cinamoon- Oh, yeah. I forgot about that.
I was really excited when my dad actually brought up the subject of meeting MuseBloggers. I guess he is that sort of person. My mom…not so much, but I don’t think she would explicitly forbid me to go when my dad’s on my side. He’s won plenty of “Kyra’s freedoms” arguments with her. He was the one who allowed me to ride the city bus in eigth grade and who got me a DS. Thanks, dad! He’s also teaching me to drive. *is filled with gratitude for dad*
Main point- When? I’m free the entire month of August and the entire week three weeks from now.
OH MY GOSH SCHOOL ENDS THREE WEEKS FROM NOW!!!
I’m done.
(54) TFATF42: That’s a good setup for a “corny video” smiley story:
*later*
Oops… I forgot that I posted there…But thats a pretty good idea.
Come, Eragon, come!!!!! ‘Twill be much fun…
My mom still says she didn’t recieve any e-mails.
Don’t expect one from me.
Addresses, that is, not e-mails directly to her.
56- Niiice! A classic SSSS, always ending with an army of HPBs.
*pies*
How long does it take to plan a kokon? I could go to a Chicago or Indianapolis(like that’s going to happen!)kokon.
There’re probably a few MBers in Chicago… How long it takes depends. The biggest thing is everyone getting their parents to email the GAPAs, without that you can plan all you like but the kokon’ll never happen. Ask your parents.
*waves arms* That’s me! The (apparently) only MBer around here!
Okay. I got the parental units to agree to at least giving my email over. They’re emailing tonight.
62- YESSS!!!!!!! Comecomecome, Bookworm! I so want to meet you (you sound a bit like someone I know)….
Whoa. I sound stalkerish. Sorry, Bookworm. I’m not scary, really.
Yes, you are.
No, I’m not.
Yes, you are.
GAPAs, have you gotten Bookworm’s parents’ email address yet, and/or sent it out? Because we’re getting a little tight on time here, and my parents say they haven’t gotten it….
Cat’s Meow and IBCF, would you like to have a kokon sometime this summer?
This isn’t really a request for a Kokon, but something that could be a Kokon, if we play our cards right. I’m going to Johns Hopkins University summer camp, and I’m wondering if anyone else is. If someone else is, I’ll tell what course I have.
I wanted to last year, but it was too expensive…
Same here (I’d have to pay for a plane ticket as well). But I doubt that It would work anyway, since your parents have to be present.
56) HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, man.
. The email is gapas @ Museblog.com without the spaces, right?
I would like to kokon in Boston, but last time my mom tried to email the GAPAs it bounced.
Not quite. It’s gapa @ musefanpage.com.
Yayy, we got your email!!
So did we! Awesome!
Y’know, we should probably start planning identification, even if only for one person that the others can group around… I mean, the kokon’s in less than a week, for gods’ sake.
I’m going to wear my MB signature T-shirt.
Sounds good (though we should really keep the ID off the blog). I think I’m going to wear….but ask your mom to email the other people.
OK, will do. You may not get an email for awhile though, because my grandfather is coming today and stays till Wed. morning…
It would be much simpler if the Kokonventioneers could just email each other, though. GAPAs, is that allowable? Would that work?
They won’t let us, but we can exchange emails at the kokon and plan future kokonventions that way.
Good idea! I wonder if IM screennames are allowable… *is stalker*
I don’t have an IM account.
I mean, my parents will let me have one, I just never got around to getting it. I could get one, though…. *stalks back*
*is replying to own comment because the replies ran out*
Hehe, our parents SHOULD worry about stalkers. Us.
And if you did get an account, further Kokons would get a lot simpler. And faster.
Maybe I will, then. At some point.
Oh. I think that’s the one she used. Thanks!
65- I might be able to. Where would it take place?
Who would come to Chicago or Indy?
I mightmightmightmightmight be able to go to some Kokon. (Boston, maybe?) I live in CT, but it might be hard to convince my parents. (I’m 11, so…)
Comecomecome! First tell your parents about MB, what a great, safe place it is, read them the safety policy, and the next day ask if you can come to the kokon. They’ll probably be more open to the idea that way.
I’ll try.
69- Maybe in [Snip! Please read the post at the top of the page. –Admin.]
Boston kokoners, do you know if the Science Museum has a cafeteria? We’re thinking about bringing pies…. Also, which issues of Muse are people bringing for the obligatory kokoners-reading-Muse photo, and does the museum have wifi? (I’m going to bring my laptop so we can connect with MB.)
Yes, it does. I’m not going, but I go there at least once a month. The food isn’t very good, though.
‘Kay, thanks. No, I’m going to bring pies. And why aren’t you coming?
Come!
Our family isn’t too good at eating out, especially not in cafeterias, so we’re bringing a dinner. We’re going to “Pirates!” at the Huntington after the Kokon. It starts at 8… we were either going to eat in the car or at the caf. Are you planning to bring something to eat in the cafeteria? Because we probably won’t do it if we’re the only ones.
No, we’re not bringing stuff after all.
Fiddler is an occasional frequenter of cities, where Kokonventions are more apt to take place than in her backyard.
Places on my list of go there regularly or am planning to go sometime in the relatively near future are as follows:
Washington DC (obviously, I live about an hour away)
Williamsburg, VA (volunteer activities and history nut haunt)
Chicago (passing through on my way to my grandparents) near
Milwaukee or Madison WI (the town they’re in is actually kind of small, though Robert used to live near there.)
Boston (sometime we’re planning on going..)
Montreal (but I’ll be alone-ish.)
Oswego, NY (again, I’ll be alone-ish. On a ship with a bunch of people, who are not related and know not about MB.)
Meh. Watch me be snipped.
I… don’t know which issue I’ll bring. Maybe the most recent one?
How do I get my signature on the MB signature t-shirt, by the way? Is it automatically added?
Okay. I think I’ll bring a really old one, from ’06 or something….I dunno. Maybe I’ll bring the November ’08 one.
No, every year there’s a new signature shirt, and every MBer who sends their signature in to the GAPAs (either by email or regular mail) gets it put on the shirt. So you won’t be on the ’08 signature shirt, but if you make a signature and send it in when the GAPAs post a ‘signatures now being collected’ announcement, you’ll get your sig on this year’s shirt.
I could bring my first ever Muse-By-Subscription, which was the one with the girl standing in front of the Buddha statue, or something like that.
Hey, I think that was my first issue too! I was thinking of bringing that one too, but I guess I could bring the 10th anniversary one.
Jan. 09 was my first. *is newbie* So I guess i’m bringing that one.
High Five! It wasn’t my first ever Muse, just the first I subscribed to. I’ve read a bunch of old ones my friends got at a yard sale- why someone was selling Muse, I will never know.
My first Muse was the pencil one. If I can go to the Boston Kokon, I’ll bring that.
That’s the mirror neurons one. *compulsive memorizor*
76:That was your first issue, too? I kinda got it as a symbol of my muserhood, actually, since I’d already read it at the library.
sftdp
20: I’ll be in Minnesota in a week and a half. unfortunately, its visiting my grandparents in the middle of nowhere. Not very kokon usefull.
I dunno which issue I’ll bring……my first was October (?) 2008 so I guess I’ll pick my favorite one.
I’m so excited!!!!! 3 days ’till Friday!!!!!!!!!!
Robert, did you by any chance receive any of the NYC kokon emails? My mom gave permission in the first email.
And by the way, Kai, Vendy– I’M GOING TO BROADWAY!!!!!!
We haven’t heard much from the New Yorkers yet.
OK. We haven’t gotten anything from them/you about the NYC kokon as of yet, so I was just checking to make sure there weren’t any mishaps with the sending.
My mom said she sent in her e-mail.
Um…I’m going to New York for two weeks during the end of July, although I’m not sure if that counts. And I don’t know if my mom would agree (I’m young, ok? I’m turning eleven at the end of August!)
BUT, I am going to see Wicked and Billy Elliot, so a Kokon-glance-hello might be possible there…or in Central Park. I don’t know much yet about dates, so I’ll keep you guys posted.
I’m going in August, so that wouldn’t work. but I’m seeing Billy Elliot too!!!!
Actually…RoseQuartz, WHY are you going? I’m part of the Broadway Artist’s Alliance. And I…am going from the last week of July to the first week of August.
Graduation present. And I have a wedding in NYC. We’re arriving August 7th.
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(80, 81.1) RoseQuartz: I’ve checked, and I can’t find any e-mail from your mother. Could she send it again, please? Thanks.
I think it was the very first email, the one where she gave permission for the Boston kokon. April 4th, I think. It said “…permission to attend and/or help plan the Kokon in Boston in June and the one in NYC in August.” That’s a direct quote.
So maybe that’s why you couldn’t find it.
Found and forwarded. That makes two sets of parents: yours and KaiYves’s.
Okay, good.
Kokon tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! *spazzes from excitment*
Hey, Boston people! What are everyone’s plans for dinner? We might bring something to eat in the cafeteria.
RoseQuartz-I’m going July 28th to Billy Elliot. Are you going the first Tuesday in August? If so, maybe we could meet up. How old are you, by the way?
-puts Sequoia in a straitjacket- No spazzing allowed here, dearie. Auntie M (Percy Jackson joke-my name really starts with a M!) is here to stop you from doing that. Be a statue, or I’ll sit on you!
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And I’m 14.
I sent the email…
Wait, what? We didn’t get anything. Are you coming? Wait, what?
If you are coming [More snippage.]
Meh, watch me get snipped. [Yup. –Admin.]
Wait, what? Are you coming to the kokon today?
Yes, possibly. I now have the info from the email. What’s the snippage, though?
Yay! That’s great. Hope to see you there. (We’re leaving now–we have a 2-hour drive to get there, and my parents have other stuff to do in Boston)
(89) Bookworm:
We received e-mail, ostensibly from your mother, and forwarded it to MB parents organizing the Boston Kokon. If the message actually came from you, then we will be most annoyed. Otherwise, not.
We didn’t get the email….maybe we just weren’t on the email list for some reason. If so, could someone who was on the list (or if nobody got it, one of the GAPAs) please email Bookworm’s parents about the where and when of the kokon? ‘Cuz we’re running out of time to plan (read: have no time whatsoever left), and it would be nice if Bookworm could come.
I’ll forward everything we have.
Annoyed? But why?
We’d be annoyed if MBers were posing as their parents, that’s all.
No, my mom sent it.
RoseQuartz-Give me a minute. I’m leaving New York on…I don’t know, I’ll find out later.
My parents wouldn’t likely let me go to a Kokon (see:
Hey mom! Yeah, I met these really cool friends online, and they want to meet up while we’re in New York! Can I go?
I don’t think so, Mira. It’s too dangerous.
But it’s MuseBlog and it’s so awesome and I’ll be veryvery careful and–
I said NO.), unless we just HAPPENED to meet up somewhere by pure chance (or it seemed like it to the parents, at least).
…Are you thinking what I’m thinking? -looks devious-
We shouldn’t talk about this here, though…I’m not sure what I could do with my email, maybe set up a MuseBlog folder.
Boston Kokonventioneers: I’ve forwarded everything I could find to everybody I could think of. Hope it does the trick.
Have fun! We wish we could be there.
Okay, Oregonians and everyone who could go to an Oregon Kokon. I am going to show this thread to my mom and explain the concept to her. Hope it works. *crosses fingers*
There was a Kokon today, correct? How’d it go, and shall we be seeing any pictures?
Who else is in the NC area besides Rebecca and myself?
We haven’t heard a peep from Boston. I don’t know what that means, but I hope it turned out better than the Smiley Story.
Eh-he. I feel special.
I did bring my computer, but it was too heavy to carry around, so I left it in the car.
And yes, we all survived. There were a couple HPBs hanging around, but we evaded them.
95 – Oh dear. I hope so as well. Although which of the Kokonventioneers would be the bunnies?
We survived, but SudoRandom went into bunny mode at one point.
Wait….when? Was I there then?
He’s a liar. He hates me because I wouldn’t let him steal my soul.
Taking pictures of you is NOT stealing your soul!
And you didn’t duck when the adults took pictures….
I have to admit, though, the pic of MS, me, and you against the greenscreen was pretty funny. We have to share pictures!
When Bookworm does it, it is. When the adults do it, they always give me my soul back afterwards. Bookworm sold his soul for a book, so there’s no telling what he’d do with mine.
And the picture has to be of my face.
Since when has Bookworm sold his soul? And I would gave given you your soul back if you’d asked!
*have given
You didn’t hear him? He kept on talking about it, but then I teased him whenever he asked me about my personal info by telling him I sold it. What book was it, Bookworm?
Oh, boy. Apparently the conversation I half-paid attention to at dinner was even weirder than I thought.
No, I didn’t hear you. I was busy talking about saner things.
Are there any pictures of the Kokonvention yesterday that are going to be posted?
94~ There’s a college in NC that I like the looks of. But I don’t know of any other musers there. (I’m MD)
Undoubtedly.
MissSwann sent hers in, and I send mine in. I’m sure eveyone else has/will soon.
Did you/she send in the one of you in front of the sequoia? Because I have that one, if you didn’t…. MS’s is probably better, because you were looking at her, not me, but mine is at least there.
I have the ones reading Muse and the ones at the dinner table. I also have a couple on my phone, which I’m going to TRY to transfer to the computer and send.
And I have the videos, but the format probably wouldn’t post on the blog, so I’ll email them to you guys if I can actually get them off my phone.
What format are they? We might be able to convert.
Uh, hmm. I have absolutely no idea…
They aren’t very good videos, either. I think Bookworm might have a better one.
I’ve got a couple videos, but they’re really short (30 seconds each), kind of bad quality, and a bit pointless. Shall I send them in anyway?
Heh, mine are pointless too. Just send them in anyway, the GAPAs can decide.
And can you cc us? I cc’d you guys when I sent mine last night. And I’m about to get some more off of my cell phone camera. Plus the videos. Which are even shorter than yours.
Yeah, sure. I was going to CC all you guys when I sent my pictures in yesterday, but there was a bunch of confusion there and it didn’t work out. I’ll send them to everyone eventually.
EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN OR NEAR NYC, OR WILL BE THERE ON AUGUST 8th! Can you come to a Kokon????
Er, Vendaval? Could you work on getting that email sent so we can start planning? Same goes for anyone else who can attend.
[Keep details off the blog, please! –Admin.] (If you get permission… *coughAvalonGirlcough*)
A Chicago kokon would be good. It would be even better if there were a…never mind. Before June 16.
Wait, why didn’t you let me post the place? I have before.
And may I be allowed to say that I’m going to a Broadway show hat weekend, so if someone else is going, we could meet before and go together?
Our principles (spelled out above) don’t change, although we may not be 100% consistent in applying them. This thread is not for enabling MBers to arrange off-the-blog meetings. As far as we are concerned, only their parents may do that, and we will happily put MBers’ parents in touch with one another.
Please stop trying to wiggle through wormholes. It’s unbecoming for a vertebrate.
*sings*
    O-o-o-o-h, I’m a vertebrate, and I’m okay
    I work all night and I blog all day…
Wait, something’s not quite right there…
Chorus: She’s a vertebrate and she’s okay
She works all night and she blogs all day…
I wish I had an avatar just like my momma’s…
Erm, what?
I delete posts, I edit them, then I just cut them out.
I wish I were a gapa, just like my old mama.
Didn’t the original song use “papa”, not “mama”? “I wish I’d been a girlie / Just like my dear papa!” Besides, Rebecca’s the one singing it, so she’s already a GAPA, and I doubt either of her parents have avatars.
Okay. I wish I weren’t a gapa.
It was definitely mama.
I am absolutely incapable of saying “I wish I weren’t a GAPA.” Piggy is correct about “papa.” I’m sure my mother never had an avatar. She was, however a devoted Monty Python fan. I seriously doubt Dad has an avatar anywhere.
I wish I was a generation 1er?
No, to long, and you were.
“On wednesdays I go to the H&H, and have buttered scones and tea.”
What if a MBer is over 18?
Then said MBer can reveal en’s name.
Haha. Parental permission/contact would not be required then, I’m assuming.
We haven’t discussed that possibility. I suppose we’d put you in touch with the other MBers’ parents.
98-I’m going to ask my mom if I’m allowed to when we go up-read as ‘I’ll spring it on my mom when we get up there’, will ya?
Honestly, I really want to go! If I do come (and that’s a big IF) I’ll probably bring the Feb. 2007 Muse, or the front and back cover of the Nov/Dec. 2008 Muse.
100- What show?
Billy Elliot.
Any Tennesseans here? I’m within two hrs of Nashville. Is that un-specific enough, GAPAs?
Also, I’ll be in [snip] next week.
[No space-time coordinates, please. If your parents e-mail us, we’ll forward their message to other MB parents in the area, but that’s all. Our helpfulness does not extend to real-world meetings. —Admin.][See comment 114, below.][Moved from Romance and Relationships thread]
crazyquotescollector~ Baltimore is doable, like I said on the R&R thread. Do you have any ideas of where to meet other than the inner harbor of Ft. McHenry? I’m open to ideas, though it’d have to be August or September at earliest.
If the discussion becomes one whit more specific, the Administrators will start snipping.
*sharpens shears*
104 – Well, North Carolina and Tennessee are next-door states. According to Mapquest, I’m about eight hours away from Nashville, so if we met in between that could be doable.
107~ Yessir! Sorry. Not trying to be overly geographically revealing. That said…..if we plan something, d’you want to come?
Okay, I’ll leave now…picking on the GAPAs probably isn’t the best move I can make. 
*hands over virtual choklit bribes*
ok. I’d have to check it against my parents in the first place anyway.
SFTDP, but one of my very good friends recently moved to NC! She used to live in SC, her dad got a new job in Georgia I think, then he got transfered to NC after a year (they couldn’t sell the SC house…….) So yeah. Maybe I could convince my parental units to let us have a kokon next time we visit her family!
That would be great!
And Meg is homeschooled and just moved last winter (you know, my friend that lives in NC?) and apparently all the kids in her neighborhood thinks that she’s a freak of some sort……..I think she started doing tennis, but I do know that she’s not having much luck making friends. Unless, of course, she’s suddenly become popular in her neighborhood and didn’t bother to tell me. She’s 13 in August, and lives nearish Raleigh I think. So maybe I could introduce you guys *feels sorry for Megsie because she had to leave her “boyfriend” behind in SC* *remembers that en is planning to “marry Robert Patterson* *gives up*
Now I don’t even remember why I-oh nevermind.
I’d be glad to meet her. I don’t live too terribly far from Raleigh.
That’d be pretty cool! The other day (ok, I admit it, a month or two ago) she sent me an email saying that she liked Muse, and I was like, “WHAT!?” then I read some more and I finally figured out that there’s a rock band called Muse too. It was odd……….
Well, you should persuade her to try reading the magazine.
I don’t get the mag either, btw. I’m planning to steal some issues off of my friend Ty.
Next week, I’m going to a Suzuki Piano Institute! It’ll be the first ever that the pianists weren’t subdued by the violinists………..
*silently curses self for being only MuseBlogger in or around eastern Nebraska*
(105) f&h:
Sorry, we oversnipped. MBers are allowed to talk generally about their travels.
fireandhemlock1996 is going to be in Washington, D.C., next week.
(Incidentally, I work in D.C. and would be happy to meet any MB families passing through town.)
Next time I’m in the area, I’ll be sure to look you up, Robert. Granted, it’s highly unlikely that I’ll be going to D.C. again, but still.
My family goes to D.C. every MLK weekend (with the exception of this past year). We spend a couple of days visiting with my dad’s old college friends and their families, but sometimes we hang around for a while afterward.
Thanks, Robert. We’re leaving Saturday, the piano camp starts monday, ends on THursday, and then we’re going to use the rest of the week to sightsee. It’ll be my first ever trip to DC! And my first year at GWSPI, too!
Hey GAPAs, do any of you play instruments? (totally unrelated, no?)
And Robert, do you know what GWSPI stands for? Ahh, I’m not sure if I have enough clothes for the trip……….hehe!
Midnight Fiddler- Hmm, I don’t really know. Aquariums are nice… I’m trying to be as unspecific as possible, so yeah. The Philadelphia Zoo is fun, so is the Franklin Institute. Ever been there?
June 21st, Chicago. Who is remotely near?
Sigh…. maybe next summer…
Another SoCal Kokon would be nice. Who lives in this fine region?
Yes, this fine region, where it can drizzle in June and be blistering in December?
I’m going to ask my mom what everyone’s told her when she gets home today.
Erm… not much… judging by what we’ve gotten.
Okay. Today I will ask permission.*crosses fingers* Wish me luck!
I wish you luck.
Tomorrow Meow’s entire family comes to stay HERE (in my hometown, not my house) until the 3rd! I’m SO EXCITED! Last year we kept planning to have one here but it didn’t work out, because of IBCF’s grades and Meow’s DC trips, and now, over a year after we first met, we’re having another kokon! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’ll take lots and lots of pictures and send them in, but only the ambiguous ones that don’t reveal my location. Sorry, no famous landmarks for you!
Have fun, everybody! We look forward to regular status reports during the event and a full account later.
121.1- Oh yes, definitely.
That’s great, Alice! Enjoy yourselves.
114: I went to D.C. in March! I didn’t see you though Robert. Actually, I probably wouldn’t have recognized you if I did.
How do kokonventions work, exactly?
Basically, you have your parents email the GAPAs telling them that you have permission to do a kokon. When other bloggers’ parents email them too, the GAPAs give all the parents each other’s email addresses, and then they can plan a kokon. Does that help?
Will ANYONE be in or near NYC on Aug. 8th???
No for me, unfortunately. But will anyone be in Boston on Labor Day week?
Yes, but I don’t know if I can come.
I’ll be in Boston. But I don’t know if my parents would approve of a KoKon.
Oh, great! We’d love to have you come. Here’s Armada’s Generic Advice To Kokoners Whose Parents May Not Approve: If your parents don’t know about MB, then tell them about it, its great safety policies, ect. a few days before bringing up kokonvening. If they do know about MB, tell them about kokonvening and its safety policy a few days before asking if you can have a kokon. In your case, you should also tell them that SudoRandom had a kokon and didn’t get kidnapped or anything.
(Yup, he did, if you didn’t know this already. I was one of the kokoners. See pictures here.)
I told them that. I think they’re softening. I’m pretty sure they would let me go.
I’m afraid I won’t be able to come. My parents (Well, mainly my Dad, my Mom’s convinced it’s ok) are skeptical about it, and my Dad has what I call “internet paranoia” which is basically thinking that everyone on the internet is evil and out to extort/ harm/ kidnap you, except people you know in real life.
Your father is right to be cautious. Kokonventions make us nervous, too, and we’ll say again (and again and again) that we don’t encourage them.
We do enjoy hearing from MB parents, however. Instead of telling your parents about us, why don’t you give them our e-mail address (gapa @ musefanpage . com) and let them communicate with us directly? We’ll gladly answer their questions about the blog and even, if they like, give them the e-mail addresses of the parents of every kid who has ever Kokonvened. How’s that for transparency?
YES! I so want you to come to this, Enceladus! (Whoa. Don’t show your dad this post, or there’s no way he’ll let you come. But COME!)
When I grow up and have kids I’ll be internet paranoid too, probably, and they’ll be upset at me. Oh well. I’m paranoid about just about everything.
Maybe if someone brought up a kokon in my area I’d look into it more, but I don’t think I’d feel safe doing it, or suggesting one, sorry. I’m sure all of them are safe and everything.
Yeah, tell your parents that the GAPAs are so paranoid about personal info that there would really be no point in stalking somebody here, especially when the internet offers so many better sites.
Kokon: I think I can go! SQUEE!
Besides me?
I’m in the Catskills then. Aug. 8th is my 11th birthday.
I’m always near NYC! (So is Daisy*Chain)
So send your e-mails!
[Fishy, don’t you dare send my email without permission!!]
Actually, I won’t be here on August 8th. I’m going away to Russia for two weeks to visit my grandparents, and I won’t be back till the 15th. (I’m leaving this Saturday…)
[I wouldn’t dare! *grins*]
You and you’re Russian heritage… Oh yeah, well I’m Russian too! *wishes he was bilingual*
[Heh-heh.]
*is smug* *not really*
And me!
I’n in Manhattan right now. I mean, I’m not going to Kokon, but a glance between two Musers would be nice…any takers?
126-I’ll be busy then, but I WILL be in New York City on August 8th, although I might be far too busy. And I forgot to bring my old Muse, so no Kokon-no Kokon even if I did bring it, I’m too young.
Meh, it’s OK if you don’t have a Muse. Do you think your mom might let you Kokon? If so, KaiYves and I were thinking of Kokonvening [Sorry, RQ, that was indeed a specific time and place. –Admin.]
I don’t understand. During planning for the Boston kokon, we mentioned several times that it was at the MoS, and also mentioned a specific date and even a time frame. I’ve mentioned the place where the potential NYC Kokon is before, too, and I never mentioned a time. Why was that snipped? It’s a huge museum!
Please reread the top of this thread. And notice all the snippage among the comments. Right now I’m extremely busy at work and can’t explain further.
To the long-ago comment number thirty: What are the Boston details? Date, et cetera.
-A
You’re way too late. That happened on June 12th. You know, the thread where you said how “cute” we all were?
128.1-I’m interested, true, but I’m not sure. [Snipped. Please read the rules at the top of this thread.]
~AvalonGirl
Oh wow…I’m not even planning to Kokon. I don’t think I’d be allowed, I’m not even 11 yet…I just wanted to tell her something. Oh well. I’ll ask my mom about it, okay GAPAs?
Okay, so NYC August 8th. My mom still hasn’t gotten any e-mails. Are we on or what?
I have no idea….
I feel like I ask this about often, but I’ve still got about a month left until school starts and don’t have much to do during a lot of that time, so… anyone in the NC area who’d like to Kokonvene in August?
What weekend would the Boston Kokon be? (I hope it’s a weekend.)
I think Armada mentioned Labor Day week…
Is there anybody that lives on Northeast Oregon?
I take that as a no.
Please, my mom’s bugging me about NYC.
I don’t know! It doesn’t seem like it would be much of a Kokon with two people, would it?
It’s been done before. And if both of you would have a good time, then…
I really want to meet you guys at the museum!
Can’t go. Sorry!
So far, KaiYves’s mom is the only parent we’ve heard from about the possible New York City Kokon. Anyone else remotely interested had better speak up soon; August 8 is just around the corner.
What if a GAPA could make it? Would that make others more or less likely to attend? (Hypothetically speaking, that is.) We have been known to frequent that part of the world from time to time…
That would definitely make it more fun…. could you?
And Fishy, PLEASE say you can come. I’m going to keep pestering you until your mom gets that email in or you say you can’t come.
Awww, you really want me to come? Well, I can always make an attempt, but once my dad hears of it, he’ll probably crush my chances.
TFATF42: If your Dad sends his e-mail address to gapa @ musefanpage.com, we’ll add him to the e-mailing list of Kokonvention parents. Then he can communicate with them.
Well, I think that any plot that I come up with to get m parents to bring me, would take longer than I have. It’s already August(Blog-ust) 2nd! Maybe next time.
Meh, you’ve got a week. Try! P*ease!
I’m telling you… My parents would NOT give in to some thing so quickly. Plus, I have to wait until I get home. Right now, with everyone watching (the computer is in the middle of the open-roomed house…), it would be uncomfortable, and she would probably say, “You should just show me when we get home.” There is a .01% chance of both of them agreeing to go to NYC to meet some people I met online(in a week!). The other 99.99% is a very long lecture about stalkers. Maybe if Daisy*Chain could go… But I know that she can’t. But if next time she can go, then that would raise my chances.
Hmm. Well, this is the only time in the foreseeable future that I’m going to NYC, so maybe we could Kokon somewhere else?
Possibly… But I do live in New York…
Whaaaaaaat? You can come to New York but not to Boston? That is so unfair!
My parents, who are the GREATEST IN THE WORLD when it comes to kokonvening, have said that if I wanted to, I might be able to go to the NYC kokon. If a GAPA is coming, that’s a definite attraction. We’ll see how this plays out.
OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!! Really? YAY!!
Maybe, yes. They said I could if I wanted to. The only thing that might be a problem is that we have a possible capoeira workshop that weekend, but I think it’s not happening. It’s a loooonng drive, but I guess it’ll be worth it. I’ll get my parents to email.
So, what’s our plan so far? Do we have a plan so far?
Nevermind. The capoeira workshop is happening. I can’t come.
Maybe next year?…
So send your e-mail!
Hey! We would both like to come to the Boston Kokon, but…
SudoRandom: I have potential plans for that week, so as close to the beginning or end of the week as possible would be great.
Emoticon: I might be in Arizona, but if possible I would like to go.
My back-to-school picnic is that Thursday, but I technically don’t have to go.
Maybe the Saturday before Labor Day? Is that a specific time?
Hmm…I think that’s good for us. I’ll have to check with the parents.
Any would-be or will-be Kokonventioneers had better start learning the Kokon Song.
Meh, I don’t know the tune…. *sigh*
The Ballad of John and Yoko? Huh. I thought I was going to be able to describe it, but now I forget. Oh well, here’s what I have;
Going to the great KokonVENtion,
Musers from all over the place,
The man with the pie,
Says “I won’t ask you why,
You’ve got pantone 219 on your face!”
Cake, you know it ain’t easy,
you know how wild it can be,
the way things are going,
They’re gonna bunnify me.
Cake. I forgot the second verse.
I was just kidding. Nobody has to learn it. But you can find it all here:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1646#comment-288926
I love tunes to different lyrics. My dad’s full of them.
I guessed.
So, have we decided for the Saturday before Labor Day?
I’m working on it, Robert!
RS and I don’t have many pictures. We’re sorry, but we’ll send in the ones we have.
Ooh, that would be good!
I think I can come to the Boston Kokon! I’ll [get the parentals to] send the email!
Enceladus, please say you can come! Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!
SFTDP
My mom sent the email!
I shall send pictures of the boat Rainbowstar didn’t want and gave to me. On my windowsill, nyaa.
I’ll send pictures of:
Me rock climbing
Me doing archery
Me and another girl capsizing a boat
Me and Zinc doing Kokon signs
KaiYves: We’ve received email from your mom saying that she can’t drive you and is going to ask if your dad can, then nothing else after that. Do you have an update? Are you coming? Because we’re reserving places in special exhibits tomorrow morning, and we have four free tickets and only three of us…. so if you’re coming, we have to know so we can reserve your spot.
Yes, I am coming.
Helllllo? Boston Kokon? Anyone? Armarmalade? Rq? Enceladus? Pseudonym? Bookworm? MissSwann? Sequoia? Electros? Clap it up for the Boston Kokon! C’mooooooooon! Let’s chant! Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston! Yaaaaaay!
Seriously. A one person Kokon is BORING. I should know. I’m having one right now.
Hey, I’m here…what’s our plan? Saturday before Labor Day in Boston, do we have a place yet? We could do the Museum of Science again…our family has a membership, and if we all met up outside we could take some of you in with us for a discount…that’s my parents’ suggestion, anyway.
Wait…RQ’s coming to this kokon? I’m sorry, I haven’t been keeping up with this too well…
Have you seen Bookworm since the kokon? Has anyone seen Bookworm since the kokon? Because I haven’t heard from him at all since then. I mean, it’s been almost two months…I’m getting kind of worried.
Piggy? I have a question. Has Bookworm moved in your chess game recently?
MoS is fun, and suitably geeky. My family has a membership, and I’m sure Enceladus’s does too, maybe Pseudonym’s, I don’t know. I emailed Bookworm, I’ll see what he writes back.
Rq? Are you going?
Not in ages.
Look, Sudo, I can’t come, so just stop including me in your posts. *is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,very, very, very, very angry at Dad*
Awwww! You can’t come?
Aaw. Boo. I was looking forward to meeting you. Now I have to stick with people I know. BOOORRING!
SFTDP
I just got an email from Bookworm, he’s fine, just busy.
Oh, good. I think maybe I got his email wrong or something…
Now it’s time to talk about The Kokonvention That Never Happened: The Portland Kokonvention! We have a month left, guys!
Where’s Portland again?
Oregon.
or Maine.
Or Mars. Portland is the name of one of the houses in Pigfarts.
-A
Was it? I missed that.
I just completely made that up. Random location that popped into my head: Mars. What else is on Mars? Pigfarts!
1+1=3.
-A
Oh……
and here I thought 1+1=11. My bad.
If it’s Portland, Oregon, there’s a slight chance I might be able to go.
GAPAs, please check your email!
Hm, so it looks like there was little notice (Thanks for responding, Ducky!) for my announcement. So I ask everyone, I mean EVERYONE who lives in either Oregon or Washington to reply to this post. Is there a possibility for you, in the near future, to attend a Kokonvention in Portland?
There is a very slight possibility that I will be able to go.
Yes.
The most likely circumstance under which I would be able to go wuold be if either off my parents had another reason to drive 4 hours to Portland other than a Kokon. I’ll try asking my mom, though I’m not sure if I’d be able to go.
GAPAs, I sent in some boat pics! They’re purty! Please post them; I sent them in in early August!
It would be nice if, this winter break, the SoCal MBers got together. But more of them, please! I don’t mind Kokonvening with Rainbowstar (not at all, she’s quite nice and bloggerly really), but I think we both wan to meet some others (and I know you’re out there, I know where you live…).
And there are already tentative plans that if there’s another Kokon, I could sleep over at her house! *sparkle*
Boat pics? I don’t remember anything like that.
Popsicle stick boat. RS made it, didn’t want it, so I took it.
Maybe they bounced. I’ll send the email again… *plods off*
Did you get it? Cause I sent some stuff.
I’m jealous of all of the MBers who have had kokons! Does anyone live in the TN area or the SC area? (I visit SC about once a year)
North Carolina. It’s reasonably close.
IS THERE ANYONE IN NORTH CAROLINA? Please?
I have a friend in NC, maybe when I visit her I could try to convince my parents to let me get together with you for a little bit, so that I wouldn’t have to spend the entire time pretending that RPattz and Twilight are awesome in order to avoid being strangled.
Yeah, I think we talked about this on a previous thread. Please do let me know when you’re coming to the area!
Are there any mid-Florida MBers, like Orlando? I’m likely going up to my grandparents for Christmas, in Las Vegas, so are there any MBers there?
153.1-Not even close; I’m in Florida…I’m heading up to NYC once again at the end of August, but only for a few days, because I’m going to the Annie auditions.
Oh, and I just checked out the SoCalKoKon thread, and it doesn’t make me feel quite so young. At the most, of those Kokonventioneers, there’s a one-to-two-year age gap between our ages! Yeah! -dances around-
Here’s an idea for a sort-of-Kokon involving Club Penguin.
First, some background information about Club Penguin. It’s a website where you (represented by a cartoon penguin) can waddle around a virtual world and do stuff like play games, chat with other players, and buy furniture and clothes. Here’s the Wikipedia article:
http:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Penguin
So, the idea is: Everyone who has a CP account can “meet” there at a certain time and place. Virtual Kokon!
GAPAs, would we be allowed to post specifics of time and place on-blog, since we aren’t really meeting each other? (CP blocks personal information.)
[References to other possibilities for online contacts snipped. –Admin.]
No. We don’t help MBers meet one another on other websites, either.
My brother had a CP, but he’s moved on to Lord of The Rings Online.
Anybody live in New Hampshire/Massachusetts?
Me, and a bunch of other people! And we’re having a kokon in Boston/western Mass on the 5th!
WHOA. HOLD THE PHONE. Boston kokon, the 5th? I wasn’t notified… why??? And who’s we??? I’m so there!!!!!!!! Email me, woman!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought I told you! But yes, there is a maybe-Boston-slash-maybe-western Mass kokon on the 5th. And I might be sleeping over at Armada’s!
Yes, I wanted to talk to you about that. My parents are wondering if you do want to sleep over, and if so, come the day before or stay till the day after? (We should probably discuss details over email, but I just wanted to get that out there.)
Oh, and by the way, all
BostonWestern Mass kokoners, my parents suggested that “after” the kokon, everyone who wanted to could come over to our house and we could have a bonfire. Does that sound good to anyone?If I can come, I’d probably stay till the day after.
Is there an actual plan for the Boston Kokon? Have anybody’s parents emailed the GAPAs? I haven’t asked my parents yet, so I’m not sure if I can go.
I think it’s in Western Mass. now. I’ll make SudoRandom email you the details, since I don’t have your email and the GAPAs might snip them.
Meh. It seems no one else lives in Illinois, in the Chicagoish area. Hellooo? Anyone?
Another SoCal Kokon over winter break?
SoCal MBers:
Me
Rainbow
CTN
R101
AthenianPsycho
Axa
Anyone else? Did I get something wrong? *chew*
I have a question for the GAPAs. Supposing that there is a Kokon that I am within driving distance of. Is there any way I can come to it without having one or more of my parents there? Because if I ask my parents to come with me, they will say: “You’re twenty years old, you should be able to do these things yourself.”
In a case like that, I think the best thing to do is to put you in touch with the younger kids’ parents, so they will know you are coming and can get a sense of what you’re like.
Sounds good. Thanks.
Wow. I never thought of that.
In two years, I’ll be legally able to do whatever I want. In this context, anyway. Actually, even in one, I bet my parents would be more likely to let me.
Hey guys – who wants to meet gradster1 the fourth-year?
-A
Oh, I’ve thought of that. Lots of times. Not that I’ve ever been anywhere near a Kokon, but chances are, if I were ever near one, it would be while I’m at college, with no parents to fly out to chaperone. ((too expensive, obviously))
I can honestly say that for some reason I just have never thought about anything like that. It completely… passed my mind, I think is the idiom.
(I’m not good with idioms.)
SLIPPED. There we go. It slipped my mind.
-A
Probably because you are not 18 or older, and thus have not thought about it. I having been 18+ for…goodness, a year and a half, ahve htought of it.
I figure once I hit seventeen… I’ll be fine. No more troubles. Old enough to be slightly responsible – but young enough to be watched over.
-A
So: NC Kokon?
I’m pretty sure my parents would be okay with the idea (I mentioned it once in passing and my mom thought it sounded like a fun idea).
I guess we’d need to figure out where/when. Ideas?
My parents would more then likely be opposed to the idea. *winces* But maybe I could twist their arm. Of course, my mother would insist on coming. It should be somewhere fairly close by to everyone. Maybe the art museum? Or the zoo? Or… somewhere?
My parents would want to come too, probably. Work on getting yours to agree to it, okay?
I don’t know which art museum or zoo you’re referring to. You’re going to need to name a city there. Anywhere in the Triangle is reasonably accessible for me.
I asked my mom if I could come and she said yes.
My mom will be coming along with me, of course. 
I think I’d be able to come any time as long as it isn’t November. And if it’s in the Triangle, that would be reasonably accessible for me, too. The zoo in Asheboro would also be within a reasonable drive.
It might be a good idea to have your mother e-mail us (gapa at musefanpage.com) so we can put her in touch with other parents as the planning progresses.
Excellent!
I’ve got marching band season through the end of October, and if November doesn’t work for you, perhaps the beginning of December would be best?
GAPAs, should I have my mother email you as well?
Yes, please do.
As for me, anywhere in the Triangle or Triad area would be easily accessible. Since I’m in the museum biz, I get regular newsletters about upcoming exhibits and such, so I can check to see if anything especially Muserly is on the horizon.
Awesome! You mean at the art museum or someplace like that? I just asked my Mom and she isn’t totally opposed immediately. That’s a good sign.
I absolutely can’t do it in October, because I’m absolutely crazy. November… maybe.
Hooray! That is a good sign.
My October is absolutely crazy too (a bunch of big projects due, plus marching band practice, plus a competition almost every Saturday and a game almost every Friday, plus my little sister’s bat mitzvah). Koppar said that November is out, so how does December look for you?
Hey GAPAs, did you get my dad’s email?
Yes, we did. Haven’t heard from any other North Carolinians though.
A question… Do an MBer’s parents always have to come to a kokon (assuming en is younger than 18)?
(163) Insane: Some MBers have come with another MBer’s parent or parents, but all the relevant parents have to be in touch with one another and agree that it’s okay.
Does anyone live in Connecticut??
(that should catch your attention)
Hey all you Boston Kokoners! Listen up! If you see this in the recent comments bar, CLICK IT!
So, a bunch of museums in Boston are doing free admission. Sound like a good oppertunity for a Kokon? Come on, please? ((Enceladus, I know you can’t, but I’m begging you anyway. PLEASE COME!))
*wants*
Hmm… If it’s on a weekend, I’m on the Blog pretty much all day. So I can be there virtually with you. If you bring a laptop. And if the GAPAs make a thread for “virtual Boston Kokonventioners” That way, Piggy could “come”.(If the GAPAs would be so kind to moderate alot.)
((You said that if it was only two or three people, you might be able to come? We live the closest, what If it was just us? (Sorry, other Kokoners, I just figured it’s such short notice you might not be able anyway…)))
If it was all people who’d gone before, my Dad might loosen up.
Has there ever been an incident in MuseBlog History?
By “incident” do you mean a case of stalking or off-the-blog harassment? None that we know of.
Yes, I mean that.
Oh, and just for a test, I searched “Prussiania” and it came up with a lot of information about you. I didn’t read it, I just saw R. Coontz mentioned on all the pages.
Yes! Show him the pics of us! That’s what I was thinking!
I don’t know if that will work. I’ve told him about the pictures, and he expressed doubt. I really don’t think that I can kokon, unless AM does, then I’ll be able to convince him.
Unless AM does? AM? Who’s AM? I’ll probably realize right after I post this, but…
Ambystola Macalaum. On & Off blog friend. I introduced him to MB. I keep having to yell at him at lunch to post.
Oh! Bring him along! I didn’t realize that he lived in MA! *glee at kokon coming together*
I meant if he goes with out me, I can show my dad that you’re not all stalker spies.
I can (probably) come…if it doesn’t conflict with soccer.
Anybody from Tennesee or Mississippi because my mom said she could maybe host a kokon?
1. Where do you live? I’m a Nashville-area gal.
2. How old are you? I’m pretty sure my parents would be ok if you were close to my age… but otherwise no idea really.
I don’t want to sound like a stalker, but I believe you are both the same age. (7th grade right?)
47/48- *bursts out laughing*
‘Twas but the honest truth.
Attention everyone who could go to a (short) Portland (Oregon) Kokon on November 14th (which is probably no one), that’s where I’m going to be!
Does anyone wish to have a Kokon/Mini-Kokon over winter break in the Detorit or metro-Detroit area? I would be willing to host, at a public place! We have a great art museum!
As SudoRandom said, the Harry Potter exhibit at the MoS would be a good Massachusetts Kokon opportunity…(sorry if that was too specific…)
And also, a new thread might be nice. This one’s a little full.
I agree. I would like to come. A new thread would suffice.
All righty, SoCal kokonveners! It’s November! Winter break is coming up!
I am busy on December 28th. I have an orthodontist appointment. XD. It’s gonna hurt like crap. So no anniversery kokon of last year’s.
Oh well. Sometime before that would be good, so I’m not griping and moaning about my po’ li’l mouth. *rubs mandibles* (Why yes, we are studying the human body is science, why do you ask?)
Reposting the list of SoCalians:
Me (Zinc)
Rainbow
CTN
R101
AthenianPsycho
Axa
Hibiscus
Tangerine
Anyone else? Please do tell.
You’re getting braces? I’m getting them in January … T_T
Already have braces. Got em in fourth grade.
Kokopelli52, Rainbow and I are SoCalians. Loreena? Where are you?
So that IS you I saw in the SoCal Kokon picture. *cries*
New thread? 420 comments already…
Then we can all start advertising our new kokons!
This thread is dead-ish. California Kokon, anyone?
174- Bay Area?
yessss!!!!
Kokonilly and I had a discussion about a Kokonvention in the Twin Cities this weekend. If anyone would possibly be able to come could they respond quickly please?
(GAPAs- I will send in my mom’s email adress if anyone that I don’t know personally off the blog plans on attending)
Minnesotan MBers, declare yourselves!
A Minnesota/Twin Cities Kokon is in the making, but it is supposed to be this weekend, so any interest has to be communicated quickly.
I don’t know if there are any other Minnesotan MBers, though… I think MARFwarrior, Goldendoodle, and I are the only ones, though I may be wrong.
Minnesota people who would like to attend a Kokonvention come look at this!!!!
Yay, Kokons. Another Massachusetts one for my first….?
Anyone out here in the Chicago area? Anyone?
Kiwimuncher! Koppar! How are things looking for an NC Kokon?
Oh my. I feel bad now. I never responded. Erm… I’m not sure about the Kokon. I wish I had gotten away from my insane school to come back on here before Christmas break. *head desk* Honestly, my mother is usually slow on things like this. She wasn’t totally opposed the first time I said something to her, but I’m not sure if she wasn’t just agreeing with me so that I would stop bugging her. I will talk to her and maybe get her to email the gapas.
If I could ever come, I’d bring AM. *wish*
My dad does trust the GAPAs, enough to say he’d make a donation if he could.
Comecomecomecomecomecomecomecome?
Pleeease?
I’d offer to let your dad talk to me in order to prove we aren’t stalkers, except that would decrease our chances, and since I’d be the one he’d be talking to, it might be more of a hindrance than a help.
But seriously, come. Bring AM.
And tell your dad that he can come along and meet everyone before we head off into the museum or whatever, if you think that will help.
I could only bring AM if his parents agree, and his dad is more paranoid than mine. I think that he will be ok, as long as it’s during a week we have little to do, and with people who’ve have already gone before.
Wait, is there a Kokon being organized?
Possibly. If so, people that live in/near MA (in no particular order):
Enceladus
Ambystoma Maculatum (sp?)
RoseQuartz
gradster1
Armada
MissSwann
Princess_Magnolia
SudoRandom
Pseudonym
Sequoia (hasn’t been around for a while, though)
Bookworm (also hasn’t been around for a while)
Silver_Leopard, I think
electros
Jock (although he never posts either, he’d probably come if I went)
I think there are a few more.
I also think that Peary and KaiYves (and apparently Fishy and probably Daisy*Chain, according to earlier in this thread) live somewhere in NY, don’t know if they could come.
I can probably come! When/where ware you thinking about?
SFTDP You forgot Keiffer, by the way.
Did I? Foolish me. I don’t know where it would be, maybe the science museum again. Depends on where’s best for people. The upside to the science museum is that there’s the Potter exhibit, although that costs a bit more money.
That sounds good. I think the Harry Potter exhibit ends soon, though.
By the way, Keiffer can come probably.
Yeah, I’ll have my parent s email the GAPAs.
It ends February 28.
WHEN AND WHERE AND HOW COULD I GET THERE??
180 – That’d be great.
179- My mom just sent the e-mail.
GAPAs, please check your inbox.
Wait a sec…so is Zinc the Sorceress from Massachusetts? *utter confusion*
No, Zinc’s from California…. why?
GAPAs, my parents are a bit confused by the whole ‘kokonvention’ thing, and I was wondering maybe if I could email you their email? I’ve already explained to them as best I could and showed them this thread, but they’re still a bit foggy on the whole subject.
If you don’t want me to do that, I can just try to convince them that we’re all not complete maniacs, and that if we meet up, we won’t plant a lot of flowers…
If you agree, I’ll warn them first so that when they receive an email from “THE GAPAs” they won’t be utterly confused and what not.
Sorry, this was longer than I thought it would turn out.
They could email us directly with any questions they have.
Okay. Thanks. The parental units
will be forced tomight email you. *hopes*181.1.2.1) Oh, that sounds fun! But I don’t think I can persuade my parents to drive me all the way to MA….
NY KOKON?
YES NY KOKON
We need more people. FISHY DAISY GET OVER HERE
Ah, I’ll just tell them on Gaia or something… *sigh*
I’m going to be in Portland at some point in the next two months- kokon, anyone?
SFTDP And don’t be scared away by my avatar. I’m
totallymostly harmless.peary- I’d love to, but unfortunately my obsession with meeting Enceladus is driving me insane. Don’t believe me? Just now I went to the grocery store. Someone was there that matched Enc’s description of himself almost exactly, in my mind, at least, and as I was wearing my MB sweatshirt, I followed him around the store inconspicuously and made sure he saw the front of my sweatshirt.
I’d delete this post because I sound like a serious stalker, but I’m secretly hoping it was Enc, he’ll post about it, and we’ll both agree to go back immediately and meet in the jello section.
Sudo. Something’s wrong with you. Seriously.Flaming. I’ll just go email you and tell you that.Oh, I’ve already planned what I’m going to say if I can go. I’ll ask my parents.
SFTDP
“So, you don’t know when, you don’t know where.
We’re also listening to Jeopardy.”
So, nothing about possibility of stalkers! Better that last time. /bad memories.
Well, obviously. We need documentation of the exact moment that the first two linked minds in centuries meet. They will also, conveniently enough, be photo evidence of the very beginning of a new world order…
I think that a few seconds after we meet, the new world order will have already arrived.
In that case, I might not live long enough to see the pictures……
Wait- linked minds?
I’m missing something, here. *looks questioningly at SiR and Mr. Moon*
Oh, we’re so alike that we must be the same person in two bodies.
Hey, hang on a minute……Speller73 and I already have dibs on being the same person in two bodies. No thieving of the idea, now.
We’re The Spelluna.
Too late.
Yep… Don’t anger the Spelluna. We’re a vengeance demon. Or maybe a goddess.
Hm. Well, the Sudoladus definitely isn’t a goddess, so I’d say we haven’t stolen your idea.
As I said, too late.
Hm. Sudoladus rolls off the tongue a bit more. Accent on the Do.
Goddess, definitely a goddess. Just not an insane (well, not homicidal insane, anyway) evil one…..
Don’t you dare copy our idea!
For if you do, you will face our wrath!!!!!
((That was supposed to be
))
Hey, wait, GAPAs? Could you do me a huge favor? Zap my “for if you do…..” and “((That was supposed to be…..” posts? Thanks so much!!!!!!!
I’m doing something different.
For the consequences will be beyond your wildest imaginings. Mwahahahahahahahaha!
How dare you laugh at us, foolish mortal!
Okay….
By the way, your gravatars are giving me a headache. I recognize users by their gravatars as much as their names. -_- I keep double-taking.
And so it came to pass that while a new world order began, thousands of miles(okay, okay, it’s probably not that far, but whatever) away, the HPB forces were amassing.
s look the same to you. 
You don’t need to know what I look like. All
I haven’t been to the grocery store recently. Sorry.
It would be flamablamablous if I did know you in RL. There was one person I thought might be you, who AM knows, but has said it isn’t you. But mayhaps the person you saw was that person! He does look like me, but slightly shorter. And his hair is like mine.
And my hair is flamablamablousAnd my hair is a bit less that shoulder length.YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! / over exitedness
My parents said that depending on the date and if it’s in the Boston area, I can go!!!!!!!!!!
*dies of happiness*
*decides that was a bad idea and comes back*
Sudo, you will need to come. And anyone else who lives in MA.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! YAY!
*spins in circles* *also dies of happiness*
When is good? If we do it in the winter, Armada can’t come, but maybe sometime in March? I sent myself an email with futureme that will arrive around that time, I think, and it reprimands me if I haven’t kokoned with you yet.
You say your hair is almost shoulder length? And you’re part Asian, right? I feel like you said that somewhere… Do you wear glasses? If so, I think I know exactly what you look like.
Presumably it would be on a weekend. It could be on a school day if it was when some people were out of school, but that seems too far away.
Yeah, I doubt you know what I look like.
However, I’ve visited old Kokon threads to find you.
If it’s in March, it’s the 6th or 13th that would work for us.
ATTENTION ALL MUSEBLOGGERS THAT LIVE NEAR MASSACHUSETTS AND ARE INTERESTED IN A KOKON: WE ARE PLANNING ONE. IF YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE THINGS WE MENTION, GET OVER HERE AND TELL US.
Cool. My mom says the 6th works for us, as long as it’s after 2. Are we thinking the Science Museum again?
Teehee, I’m so excited about this finally happening, even my cat is getting annoyed. I was telling her (again) about how I’m going to kokon with you, and she tried to put her paw on my mouth and yawned right in my face. (That’s what it looked like, anyway.) I get it, Frances, I get it.
My parents sent the email!
*screams* *but not really because my dad is on the phone*
Oh, actually, both dates are good.
Now that we know the possible dates, mom says she might email!
Next time I see Rq, I’ll notify her… And if Armada comes back in time, we’ll tell her.
13th sounds good. This might get zapped…
Yeah, we have History Day stuff to do all day on the 6th.
SFTDP – I mean Keiffer, Pseudo, and I.
Oh, we do? *checks* Oh, yeah!
The 13th sounds good. My mom’s going to email Pseudo’s and P_M mom to see what “Kokonvening” is and whether Encaladus is dangerous or not. Stuff like that. Then she’s going to email the GAPAs.
Tell her that Enceladus is actually me wearing a skinsuit and stilts.
Yeah, like that’s going to help any. Seriously though, I think she’s talking to Pseudo’s mom right now, so it shouldn’t be long. Unless Pseudo’s mom is right in the middle of one of her exploits into two year-old lalaland.
*laughs* Please don’t tell her that. Then she won’t go because nobody wants there to be two of you. Or of us. Or of me.
*imagines what world would be like if there was two of both of us*
*shudders*
*imagines also*
*shudders also*
*thinks we should stop clogging up the thread with our pointlessness*
By the way, the DARTS reunion is on the same day as competitions for History Day, too.
Yeah, which means we can’t go.
[MuseBlogger’s name snipped here]
Since we haven’t emailed in a while, I would like to tell you important news HERE!
Kay, so y’know AnimeCon? Well, guess what??
Justine is cosplaying L, so you can cosplay Near!
YEYYYY~
Aaa! GAPAs, can you please snip my name?
Sorry Zinc, but I don’t think I can go to AnimeCon.
Oh, sorry, Rainbow. i just really into the habit of calling you by your name… sorry.
Darn.
Urgh. I just reread this whole thread from top to bottom and would like to clarify something:
I do not live in what most people consider SoCal. However, I do live in the state of California. So, me at a SoCal kokon would be possible, if A. People’s idea of “South” changed”, or it just wasn’t too far south of B. It were during some break. Some break that isn’t too close to now.
And I really, really, really want to go to a Kokon someday, but I’m not sure if it’s ever going to happen
Me too. I’m trying to convince my mom that she absolutely needs to go to America and take me with her in the near future… But I’ve talked to her about MB and I’m fairly sure she would let me kokon- if we end up in the USA.
That would be so cool!
Hello. Silver Lining is much too tired to read all of those Enceladus-obsessed posts above her, and she is also not sure how exactly a Kokonvention works, but she REALLY REALLY does want to come to this one! She did not come last year because she still considered herself a ‘phyte and was nervous about meeting people she barely knew. Silver Lining plans on posing the question to her parents soon. Stay tuned for further developments…
Also, may I bring a friend, who is a lurker, with me, granted her parents also agree (which I’m betting they won’t)? She is very nice and always asks for updates about you guys.
Have your parents email the GAPAs. Then, details will be worked by email.
Hm, we seem to be thinking on the same brainwave.
SL, the date is looking like March 13th, (can I say that?) especially if you want to meet Pseudonym and Keiffer. Just telling you in case that effects your parents’ decisions.
We’d love to have her!
What part of how kokons work do you not understand? Basically, you convince your parents to email the GAPAs saying they give their permission for you to come, and then the GAPAs put your parents in touch with the other parents, and the parents plan when and where it happens.
Ok, thanks. That part about contacting other parents was the part I didn’t understand. I really want to ask my mom right now, but she and my dad are talking with Debbie The Realtor Lady, who is trying to figure out how much our house is worth. I’m trying to figure out how to say it.
“Hey, Mama?”
“Yes?”
“Have I ever told you about how MuseBloggers sometimes meet each other offline if they all live in the same state or whatever?”
“Um, yes/no (depending on whether I have told her or not).”
“Well, right now some MBers are planning one in Massachusetts. May I go? *proceeds to explain all details*”
And then hopefully she’ll talk to my dad and I will be able to come!!!!! Yay.
Oops. I just got yelled at because I was jumping up and down and saying, “Yay!” and they were unable to hear Debbie The Realtor Lady clearly.
Avatars = confusion.
Major confusion….
So, I’m compiling a list of MBers who want to come:
SudoRandom
Keiffer
Princess_Magnolia
Pseudonym
Silver Lining
Enceladus.
Any other takers? (I’m hoping at the MoS in Boston)
I just realized that most of the people coming are Beatles fans. Anybody want to bring a CD player, and Beatles songs?
MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME!!!!! Please! I can bring my iPod, and I have a very small speaker that is portable. I think it would work nicely. (I have over 200 Beatles songs on my iPod, last time I checked.)
192.1.1– Okay, March 13th. That will probably work. I’m leaving on the 19th to go to my cousin’s wedding. *really wants Debbie The Realtor Lady to leave right now*
I think 200 hundred Beatles songs might be just enough.
I can bring a supply of Muses, I have lots.
I have lots too. And I think 20,000 Beatle songs should definitely be enough.
20,000?!?! Please tell me that’s a typo, Sudo!!
Oh, my! Debbie The Realtor Lady just left, I believe!!! I’ll go ask my mommy right now!!! *screams*
I was teasing Enceladus about a typo he had made. Read his post again.
I seriously doubt that the Beatles, as awesome as they were, produced twenty thousand songs.
What typo?
You wrote, “200 hundred Beatles songs” by accident. You needn’t worry, I didn’t notice that either until now.
I was hoping MoS too, but if that doesn’t work for some people…
I’ve also been contacting MBers from the first kokon.
My dad has 447 Beatles songs on his Itunes (20.9 hours exactly). I can have him burn me a few hundred CDs.
My mom finally emailed Pseudo’s mom, and Pseudo’s mom told her that the last kokon was really nice, and not totally evil. So I think mom’s going to email the GAPAs soon. Maybe today. YAY!
I CAN GO! I CAN GO! I CAN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs in circles* *screams a lot*
*ducks in anticipation for the barrage of posts to follow*
WOOOOOOOO!!
Yayness. *gives choklit to Silver Lining’s parents*
I CAN GO! EXCEPT MY MOM STILL HAS TO EMAIL THE GAPAS!
*is insanely happy that Silver Lining can go*
My said friend (whom I’ve posted with as the Beautacious Kate) is going to ask her mom about it, too. Does she also need to contact the GAPAs?By the way, my mom is planning on chaperoning.
I think her mom still needs to contact them, but you can carpool.
GAPAs, my mom sent the email!
So far, we’ve heard from the parents of the following Massachusetts MBers: Enceladus, Pseudonym, and Silver Lining. We assume that SudoRandom’s mother is on board. Anyone else who is interested, please have your parents send e-mail to us at our new Kokon account, thegapas@gmail.com.
Oh, cool. I’ll have my mom email sometime today!
What should my mom say? Just, like, “Hey this is Keiffer’s mom, and I’d like to get in touch with the other parents that want to go to the Kokon?”
That works.
Okay. She’ll do it within the our.
When are you going to give parents the email addresses of all attending?
I do hope you’re talking to Lady B, not me.
-Keiffer Lining.
Enceladus: We’ve done it for all that we know about. We haven’t heard from Keiffer’s mother yet, though. We’re also not sure whether RoseQuartz plans to be involved in this one, but our e-mail address for her parents appears to be out of date.
My mom just sent the email. Like, literally, forty-two seconds ago. The subject is “Kokon.”
I know! My mom told me. I screamed. If I were with you, I’d grab your shoulders and start hopping up and down while shrieking. Then you’d probably slap me or something.
27 days…
–Silver Keiffer
Ah, I didn’t know.
I can’t come, no. I have school and it’s absolutely impossible for me to get to Boston at that time.
Really? I thought Mom emailed you with a new one a while ago, but maybe not. Is the one you have something at school dot net or something at earthlink dot net?
An Earthlink address is all we have.
Okay. I’ll email you the new address, for future reference.
I’d slap you, then you’d slap me back, and then I’d join in with the hopping up and down while shrieking.
-Keiffer Lining
SFTDP That was supposed to be a reply to Silver Keiffer.
SFTTP if this is, but my mom is asking me whose parent is whose, and I don’t know other than Pseudonym’s mom. What do I tell her?! Whadda’ I do?!
Ummm, you can tell her that my mom’s name is Cathy…? (that will probably be snipped, oh well.) Do you need the first names of parents or MBers? For the latter you can search around on Muser Profiles, Part Four. Enc and Sudo both posted stuff there pertaining to their first names… *feels like a stalker*
(that’s me. 
is you, of course)
Thanks, that helps a lot, actually.
Anything for my sister…
–Silver Keiffer (ohemGeorge 26 days!)
When you say “OhemGeorge” do you mean “Oh my George Harrison”?
Of course, what else would we mean?
My mom’s name is Maria.
Yep. It’s all good with the names now, ‘cuz the GAPAs made a list.
It’s possible that I might be able to go to the Boston Kokon, though that possibility is bordering on very unlikely. My mom was wondering if there might be a Kokon closer to Connecticut any time soon.
Darn it, am I the only MBer who lives in Pennsylvania??
You live in Pennsylvania??
Yeah. Do you?
I live not too far from the Philadelphia area, but I don’t live in PA.
My grandfather lives near Philadelphia, but in NJ, so I”m around there on occasion.
Don’t know, but I’m almost certainly the only active MBer that lives in Texas.
Anyway, I think my family’s planning on taking a trip up through TN, to Philadelphia. It would be awesome if I could stop in TN and Kokon with Fireh and then come up to Philadelphia and Kokon with you, but a) I don’t know where in PA you are, and b) I really don’t know at all what my parents would think of me meeting random people I met online.
Yeah… This subject has been thoroughly canvassed before, but I can just imagine this…
Me: Hey, Mom, Dad, while we’re on this vacation, can I meet with these awesome people I met on MuseBlog?
My parents: Uh… I think I’m gonna have to say absolutely positively not
Me: I promise they’re not creepy! Well, maybe except for Beavo, and I have some doubts about Enceladus and SudoRandom and then Bookgirl_Me is from another country and is therefore a terrorist, and…
My parents: *are not reassured*
Me: But I’m not meeting any of those! The only person in those areas are girl about my age! And both of them are newer to MuseBlog, so I don’t know them as well! And I’m sure they’re fine!
My parents: Right. Um… Well… We’ve got this trip pretty thoroughly planned, maybe next time…
Me: But I’ve asked, and none of them live anywhere near us!
My parents: O_o
Wait, I live in MA.
Did the KoKon thing already happen? Hope it hasn’t. So…
Greetings, friends! Attention to all to people attending the Boston Kokon!!!!! I am currently making a playlist on my iPod for the event, and I need to know what you guys’s favourite songs are (besides The Beatles; I’m including nearly all of the ones I have). I’m willing to buy a couple more, too, so tell me!
“Number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine number nine” Gah! *goes to change song*
When exactly is it? I really doubt on such short notice I’ll be able to (not to mention the fact that my parents have no idea what a ‘Museblog’ is), but it’s worth a try.
-A
Beetles and I are probably coming.
207.1 – It’s on March 13.
207 – Silver Lining, I like Owl City….
208 – Awesome!
Silver Lining, I’m sure I’ll like anything you bring.
Gradster- It was going to be on the 13th, but Armada just showed up on Gmail (sorry, those of you that don’t like off-blog references- She’s been away from the internet all winter) and said she’ll be back on the 17th. If we postponed it one week, she could come (she reallyreally wants to), but that means it would be on the 20th. I’m fine with that, I just don’t know if other people can’t come. I’ll get my mom to email about it.
I can’t go on the 20th. At all. Sorry.
210 – I’ d like it if the date were changed, because Spark is on the 13th. I’m not sure when else I can come, though.
No, you can’t come on the 20th. You’re performing the piece I wrote then.
*rips to shreds for forgetting me*
*pieces self back together*
Oh, sorry.
What other days are possible that everyone can come?
Look, I think the 13th is the best. Yes, Armada won’t be there, but lots of planning is in effect.
I have to agree with Enc; a lot of planning has already gone into it. I’d really like to meet Armada, but my cousin’s getting married on the 20th, and my mom has already switched other plans around to make the 13th work.
That’s fine. Armada will understand, I told her we’d try but it was mostly planned. Armada has already gone, and you all can’t, so 13th is good.
*agrees* My mom kind of freaked when I told her about Armada for some reason. I think she has subconsciously realized that we’re trying to take over the world.
XD
Really?
And Errata- that would be cool. But please don’t say that to your parents-they’d never let you.
I know Loreena and I aren’t the only ones that live in ‘Southern’ California. Is it possible to do something about that fact?
Don’t Zinc and Rainbow live in SoCal…?
Ja, we do. Orange County.
Even though that’s, let see, about seven or eight hours away from where we are. (San Jose)…
Well, still…
Hmmm… I wonder… if we can get just four people together, then that’s not bad…
If we can, anyways…
*dreams*
Silver Keiffer, RE, songs: I can bring some good AC/DC and Queen songs.
AC/DC? AC/DC?! AC/DC?!!!!
I really don’t like AC/DC, suffice to say. One of my friend’s dad enjoys torturing my friends and I with it. Pwease don’t bring it.
Sure, no problem. I’ll just bring 48 hours or so worth of Beatles songs. Or some other stuff.
*wipes forehead*
Good. Yay. *claps* 12 more days, 12 more days, 12 more days, I cannot wait 12 more days… *headdesk*
Does anybody have a CD player that might possibly fit in the pocket of my cargo pants, because I had to burn the songs onto CDs? I would have downloaded them if I had an iPod, but I don’t.
I do have speakers that fit into cargo pants pockets, but they’re only for an iPod.
Both of which I’m bringing, by the way.
I’ll attempt to disconnect my alarm clock/cd player and stuff it inside my nice Pwt Pwns bag.
Okay. That works! Does it run on batteries, though?
I’ll bring Coldplay albums, if that’s okay…
That sounds fab, Beetles! Cake it, I just was about to call you Armada again.
She had the same avatar a long time ago; I don’t know why I still associate it with her…
Yay! Coldplay! I ♥ Coldplay.
We’re playing Coldplay in band! And the orchestra’s playing Beatles!
Should I bring CD’s or an iPod?
Sure, feel free!
Just don’t bring anything that isn’t prepared to implode along with all of us!!Would it be possible to, after the parents exchange emails and such, arrange it so that two MBers go to the same summer camp (as a way of Kokonvening)?
After we put parents in touch with one another, they’re free to Kokonvene any way they like. We are just the genies of the blog.
COLDPLAY FANS!!! *Hugs everyone who likes Coldplay* So excited!
Wait, are you coming?
Of course I am! You didn’t know that? Pay close attention. XD
Right, who else is coming that I don’t know about?
I know:
Princess Magnolia
SudoRandom
Pseudonym
Keiffer
Silver Lining
AM
Beetles.
That sounds correct. I cannot wait!!!!!!
You forgot Atan’tsyal. She’s coming. Wait, didn’t she just say that? *is confused*
Just to warn you guys, I know Beetles and AM in real life. So don’t be surprised that we know each other. (I introduced them to MB.)
Is Beetles really hippie-ish? If not, I apologize for the RRS thing.
Uh… I wouldn’t say so. He’s almost like a miniature version of me, in personality. Except he looks more like AM. But, that’s because he’s AM’s little brother. *hugs Beetles*
Of course I’m not.
Sorry. So how old are you, I thought you were around 15? I guess not.
*giggles* He’s 10, I think. I’m 13, so is AM.
Wah. I’m twelve. *feels young* *not really*
Me too!I’m fourteen. Fail.I’m 13!
Just recently *shudder* teenager-ified.
Yay! I’m not going to be the youngest!!! *Hops around*
Hello MA kokonveners! So, I can’t bring my CD player, because I realized that it has to be plugged in, but if anybody has a CD player that runs on batteries, I could still bring the CDs. (That is, if your parental units will let you bring it.)
OHEMGEORGEALMOSTTWOMOREDAYS!!!!!
ALMOSTONEMOREDAYOHMGEORGE
GAPAs, where can I find the lyrics to the Kokonvention song to the tune of “The Ballad of John and Yoko”?
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1646#comment-288926
IT’S TODAY!!!!!!!
Beetles and I are bringing our Ipod.
I’m bringing some muses.
I’m bringing my hat, and unfortunately I can’t find my sunglasses, (it’s all Keiffer and Pseudonym’s fault, if you want someone to blame) so I’m going to bring something else. *mysterious*
Oh, and now my aunt and my (much) younger cousin are coming. They probably won’t hang out with us…
I’m going to wear, hopefully, my dad’s fuzzy Eskimo hat… thing. Unless he decides to wear it. Ooh, and some muses, and something else. *is also mysterious*
Have fun everyone! Send in tons of pictures ASAP and give us reports by the second. (Just kidding, just kidding. But we do want reports!) Don’t let the HPBs kidnap you. And I guess that’s about all.
Ok, I know this is late for Kokon planning, but I just figured out the schedule myself.
Anyway.
This week, my sisters violin group is going on a three day tour, Thurs-Sat.
Wednesday/Thurs: Atlanta, Georgia
Friday: Greenville, SC
Saturday: Gatlinburg, TN.
I know that there’s probably no one who could kokon these days/places, but I’m just putting it here in case.
Okay, so I’m probably going up to Philadelphia, through Tennessee, and LBK and Starr are in or close to Philadelphia, and Fireh and Mas0n are in Tennessee, correct?
And Starr says she doesn’t think her parents would agree, LBK hasn’t expressed an opinion, Fireh’s parents are supportive, Mas0n’s parents are unknown, and Mas0n has not yet been included in the planning to any great extent.
So what part of Tennessee are you in, Fireh? We’ll be passing through (And staying in for a few days) the upper/central/Nashville area.
We live pretty close to Nashville.
If your parents agree to a kokon, I think the Parthenon would be a flammy kokon site. (is that too much information, dear GAPAs?)
Have you asked your parents about it? *crosses fingers*
I’ll tell AlpacaLips that a MuseBlogger will be coming through the area!
SFTDP, but I just brought the subject up to my mother.
She says she is behind this idea 100%!
Now I just need to ask AlpacaLips.
Also. When will you be in this area? *hopes that it won’t clash with any dates that we will be out of town*
And I think mas0n lives in…. Alabama? Not TN though.
Haven’t brought it up to my parents yet. I’m slightly scared of doing so, to be honest. I usually am.
Like when I was small (Maybe eight or ten) I wanted a mouse, so I started saving up my money, and figured I’d ask my parents when I had enough.
Some years and way way more than enough money later, my sister and my best friend finally gave me the mice.
But anyway, slightly relevant digressions aside, I’ll start working up nerve to ask. I’ll preface it with a discussion or two about how MB is really cool, because you can know literally everyone on here fairly well, etc.
I think we’ll be through there sometime in June. We’re getting the floors redone, so we decided to take a trip during that time.
And the Parthenon’s sounds flammy.
I actually did talk to my parents, but unfortunately they’re not too agreeable. They looked at the site, they agreed that you guys all seem to be good people and they like the moderation system, but they’re still not on board about meeting in person – yet. Sorry!
I seriously wish I could though!
Still, I told them that I thought you would be in Philadelphia, but I didn’t know when. I don’t know if we can do this on blog, but could you approximately say when you’ll be up here? That might help since even though we’re near Philly, it’s still a bit of a hike. We could easily get there in a day, but it’s not like we’re directly in Philly, if you know what I mean. (sorry, had to be sort of subtle there so I don’t know if it makes any sense)
Speaking as somebody who has gone to several Kokons in the past, did you point out to your parents that they can be with you at all times? Even if your fellow Kokonventioneers were really creepy stalkers or something, which is extremely unlikely, surely no harm would come to you if you were with your parents.
So many MuseBloggers live in Washington now.
*remembers back to the first West Coast Kokon*
And, there haven’t ever been any incidents before.
*runs in circles screaming “WEST COAST KOKON!” because I live in Oregon and really really REALLY want to have a kokon*
It feels like there really are quite a lot of us in Washington/Oregon now. We need a mass Kokon someday.
Northwest mass Kokon = win.
:'( We live on opposite coasts… I want to meet your duckies!!!
I wish I could meet you, too.
Where in Philadelphia?
I love my mom.
We’re going to a music camp in Chicago this summer. My mom wants to know if there are any MBers near Chicago.
And she hopes that if Errata comes through the area, her parents will agree to a kokon and that it won’t overlap with any times we will be out of town.
That is why I love my mom.
MBers near Chicago? No problem! Why, the very first Kokonvention took place there.
I’m near Chicago. This summer might be difficult, though, since I’m going to be at camp or college visiting most of the summer. And my school starts really early…
I know that there used to be a lot of Chicago area MBers… Not sure how many are still active.
Jadey is in chicago and i can’t go visit her this summer to see neil gaiman and modest mouse because i will be in michigan :'(
i am very very sad about this
I’m not sure if we’re going through there or not. It’s been discussed, but I’m not sure what the plan is, and I might be going to Costa Rica on a mission trip, and Mom wants my sister to go to India on another mission trip…
On the other hand, we’re getting our floors redone, and it’d be easier to go on a trip during that time, but Mom’s been talking about what we’d do if we were still living in this house during that time…
I don’t know. I’ll tell you as soon as I have a decision as to whether we’re going, and I’ll ask my parents as soon afterwards as possible. They’ll probably say no, this sounds like something I’d say no to if my daughter just randomly came up to me and asked about this. I don’t know if I’d be talked out of my position when she assured me that it was all very safe.
Hm. Wonder if it would be better to approach them one at a time. Probably not.
Okay then.
*crosses fingers*
I can visit this summer and stay at a cousin’s house, after all, it’s only a train ride away!
HEY! Are any of the Boston area MBers interested in a kokon at the Science Museum and/or MIT next Wednesday? Details can be discussed in emails, I’m pretty sure we’re all somewhat connected now… (Do you need to snip that, GAPAs? I have the emails of people I’ve kokoned with, and SR has the emails of every other Boston-area MBer he’s kokoned with, which is…..everybody….)
Depends on the time. But my mom has a conference, and she won’t be home, and my dad might not be totally cooperative, and it’s a school night…
But a weekend could be good.
Um, I don’t know… I forgot to tell my mom about that…
228 – this is unrelated, but does being called “Army” annoy you? Oh my gosh, I JUST remembered that was an actual word. FAIL.
Anyway, I have sewing lessons on Wednesday, and I was late yesterday, so I don’t know…
* laughs * Maggie called me “Charbroiled”.
Because you asked me what a funny nickname for Charlie was, like “Sudzy”.
Maybe… I have a painting class that afternoon, but I might be able to come.
Maybe… My parents aren’t sure.
Are there any MuseBloggers living in the DC area? I’m not sure about this, but I’m going down there for History Day, so I could maybe meet you if my teacher wouldn’t mind. I know we’re going to a museum, and it would be nice to see you there…I don’t know, I’ll figure something out. Anyway, if you are there, please reply to this post.
Okay, so if I said that I’m going to America (New Jersey, New York and CT) this summer and that it’s very likely that my parents would let me kokon, who could come? I know RQ is somewhere in New York but she hasn’t been on in forever.
She’s got school or something. I’ve talked with her, but only briefly. /shrug
I’m going up to New York City for two weeks this summer (last week of July, first week of August); so if anyone’s interested in meeting up…
There is a small chance that Princes_Magnolia and I might be able to come. It depends on where (Connecticut would probably be okay, New Jersey and New York probably not) and when.
I will! That would be amazing.
Maybe maybe Connecticut. That would be exceedingly clammy.
Fee, flammy, not clammy. Stupid autocorrect…
Aarg! That fee should be a grr. Sorry.
Well, you know Sudo, it might be clammy too.
I might be able to come. ((AKA: Tag along with Maggie and Nym. XD))
Hahahahahahahahaha.
But it’s true. I would prolly tag along with you guys, and it might be clammy!
Is anyone going to be in Maine this June? I’m going there for a summer camp. Look out for a short-haired blonde wearing an HPB cap!
I could end up in Maine, maybe. When?
You have blonde hair?
Not a big deal, I just never pictured you with that.
Yes, I do. Dirty blonde, actually. And it’s very short, down to my shoulders.
Um, I’m in Maine at the moment… On vacation with my family.
Mmm, possibly.
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Anyone in North Carolina or Florida?
Florida here!
Are you going to be near Dustin FL on the 4th of July?
Is that an owl in your avatar?
Nope. It’s a kitten in a coffee mug.
It looks like an owl. I’ll bet somewhere there’s a picture of an owl in a coffee mug.
Owls do look like cats. (It’s not surprising: they’re both nocturnal predators.) Once when I was in graduate school, I was biking home from a lab after midnight when I saw what I thought was a cat sitting on the ground in the quad. As I rode past, it rose into the air with slow, silent wingbeats and flew away. It was like something in a dream.
Wow. I can see it now…
It looks like an OWL. There were no pictures of owls in teacups that I could find, so I am declaring that kitteh an owl from now on.
I will be in Chicago from July 3rd to July 10th or 11th. Anyone in the area?
Oh, I wish.
233- I live near chicago, but I’m not sure I’m free that week.
Actually wait hmm… no nevermind, it’s the week after I’m seeing Modest Mouse at the Pitchfork Music Festival in chicago.
Is anyone going to the Detroit Maker’s Fair (July 30th, I think)?
“Makers’ Fair”? A sandworm convention?
(Sorry — obscure Dune allusion.)
*laughs* No, Make is a DIY/electronics magazine that my family is obsessed with. The Maker’s Fair is an electronics geek convention…and it’s being held in the Henry Ford museum (squeee!).
Cool! I wish I could go…
I’ve recently become (re) obsessed with Saul Griffith, keep an eye out?
i’m gonna be chilling in cleveland this weekend with grant and then heading up to see fern! super excited.
Wow, you’re a regular one-woman traveling kokonvention.
haha i actually don’t travel very far away! people just gravitate towards me
well i guess grant was living in cleveland before i was in columbus, but let’s just pretend it was my magnetism that brought him there.
Also it’s sort of ridiculous that grant and i have never kokonvened before, seeing as how we’ve had like eight bajillion chances over almost five years. so i’m excited
Okay, so is anyone going to be in Pennsylvania ((North East, PA, I guess. If that’s okay to say.)) between June 26th, and July 10th? Or possibly June 26th, and July 17th?
nope. might be in pittsburgh around then for a bit though.
*plots* That is pretty far away from Lake Erie, I guess.
did you mean northWESTern PA? that’s the bit that’s by lake erie
oh wait, it’s a -city.- yeah that’s way far away
Will anyone be near discovery place?
The one in Charlotte, NC?
Thought that was the only one. Can we meet at a new thread?
Hello? We need a new thread.
Patience, grasshopper!
Thank you, Piggy.
The beneficent GAPAs have every intention of granting Pie girl’s request. We may not be fast, but we’re very, well, you know, slow.
The hello was for getting people to see the Charlotte Kokon. The we need a new thread was because my previous post wasn’t clear. To me.
Oregon kokon, anyone? I’m in the northeastern area, but Portland would be an okay location, as long as it’s at the right time.