Slog - Comments on Slog Happy: Special "Let's Embarrass the Fuck Out of Ourselves" Edition! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu This month's Slog Happy is a very special edition of Slog Happy. First, instead of being this Thursday (the 2nd Thursday of the month), we're moving it to a Wednesday night in order to accommodate those folks who can never make it out on a Thursday night. You're welcome! But that's not all--this month's Slog Happy is going to be the Slog Happy of Shame, inspired by (but not officially affiliated with) the local Salon of Shame* readings where people bravely get on stage and read the terrible poetry/stories/letters from their awkward adolescent years. It will, no doubt, be hilarious... Copyright 2008 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:30:21 -0800 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:24:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Carollani Uh... is anyone else's calendar giving them a cannot compute signal? Wednesday is not the 18th.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201889 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:34:32 -0800 Comment by boxofbirds oh, this is gonna be good.

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201891 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:36:28 -0800 Comment by Megan Seling @1 Yeah, that was my typo. It's Wednesday the 19th.

]]> Megan Seling http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201892 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:37:28 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago Since it is likely that I will already be embarrassing the fuck out of myself for Aislinn and Monique's Strangercrombie item, I would have to pass even if I was going to be in Seattle.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201894 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201894 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:37:59 -0800 Comment by Lara I may be the one person alive that didn't write that much embarassing shit in my awkward teen years. Due to my freak magnetism, I did however, receive a lot of painfully penned poetry and letters from others; is that fair game or just mean?

]]> Lara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201895 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:42:01 -0800 Comment by Abby Oh Lord. I'm going to have to dig through my archives, there's got to be something good in there...

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201896 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:42:06 -0800 Comment by Carollani I'm totally going through my journals this week.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201897 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:43:06 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Ugh. I dunno. Ugh.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201899 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201899 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:46:40 -0800 Comment by Original Monique I am in. I have a trunk full of shit to look through this weekend...

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201901 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201901 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:48:14 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Oh lord, I really hope that my mother hasn't trashed all of my middle school "poetry" yet. I'll go searching this weekend.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201908 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:54:06 -0800 Comment by Just wondering Isn't just showing up at Slog Happy embarrassment enough?

]]> Just wondering http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201911 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201911 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:54:43 -0800 Comment by boxofbirds @11

yes

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201912 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:55:37 -0800 Comment by Hernandez And Megan, when you say "booze" are you talking just beer/wine, or a full bar? I think (and I'm sure I'm not alone on this) that getting up and sharing that night will require at least a few shots of whiskey.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201913 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:56:07 -0800 Comment by Greg I think I have the perfect thing to read, if I can find it at my parents' house. (Sweet Jesus, it's terrible.) I'm glad that the event is next Wednesday rather than tomorrow.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201917 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:01:21 -0800 Comment by leek Yeah, I'm with you, Lara. I always attracted the, uh, expressive types. I asked one guy in high school to stop calling me and then a month later he handed me a binder. Every day he hadn't been able to call he had written me a letter and then collected all 30 to hand over.

Unfortunately I think it would definitely be mean to share them...

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201920 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:03:13 -0800 Comment by Abby Oh, God. My folders of writing from high school (transferred from computer to computer, for some reason) are color-coded and named after Smashing Pumpkins songs. I was worse than I remembered. I'm terrified to go back and actually read them...

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201930 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:10:10 -0800 Comment by J Do we buy tickets ahead of time like the regular salon of shame shows?

]]> J http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201931 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:10:29 -0800 Comment by Megan Seling @17 Nope, Slog Happy is always and will always be completely free. So just show up next Wednesday. Doors open at 6 pm.

]]> Megan Seling http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201936 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201936 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:13:29 -0800 Comment by Megan Seling @13 They serve beer, wine, and spirits in the lobby. Hooray!

]]> Megan Seling http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201940 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:15:57 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago You guys could always have another edition of this where people read old love letters. There's a great recurring show in Chicago called Letters/X that basically does this with breakup/love letters.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201949 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:19:43 -0800 Comment by COMTE Have fun. I'll be at my weekly guitar lesson that night.

Besides, I threw out all that embarrassing, self-indulgent crap years ago...

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201956 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201956 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:23:29 -0800 Comment by elenchos That's my Baby Club night.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201957 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:23:31 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @22: I KNEW you were in a Baby Club.

Oh man. What about livejournal entries, are those acceptable?

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201974 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1201974 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:39:37 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn Dear Diary,

Why did I never bother to write in you.

Ambivalently,
Woodrow

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202003 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:50:11 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Clubbing babies is considered an organized activity? o.0

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202069 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:26:07 -0800 Comment by Joh I already have mine picked out.

@5: thankfully I learned to read and write long after I won your heart.

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202099 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202099 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:49:30 -0800 Comment by Jessica Oh god. The possibilites in this for me are endless. Looks like I'm reliving the shame!

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202112 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:03:03 -0800 Comment by AudreyK I am so there.

]]> AudreyK http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202145 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_happy_special_lets_embarrass_the_fu#c1202145 Housekeeping Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:24:41 -0800