Conference turris::womannotes-v3

    Well, I have a dress rehearsal at 7 in Arlington, but what is life if
    you don't take chances?  (*8  I've *gotta* meet Carla!  I'll be there.
    
    E Grace

    I should be by at some point, maybe not five, but hopefully shortly
    thereafter.
    
    Been waitin' to meet this one for a while!
    

    Wild horses couldn't keep me away.
    
    Ray

    
    Three of my favorite people!
    
    YIPPPEEEEEE!
    

    I really shouldn't be spending all this time at the Rusty Scupper --
    but I will.
    
    						Ann B.

    Carla and I have been threatening to meet each other over a scotch or
    three for awhile.  I plan to be there!

    I plan to be there too.
    
    Lorna
    

    Me too!
    
    Sheri
    

    	Working up the road a ways does have its advantages!  Count me
    in too!

    	amy

        Me too!  Welcome to New England, Carla.
        
        Dan

    Most definitely! Wouldn't miss it!
    
    D!

    Two in one week? Geez.  Well, I can definitely make it to this
    one.
    
    --bonnie

    
    
    I just found out I'm in a Workshop in Acton Wednesday thru Friday.
    
    That means I might stop by at both the Wednesday one and this one (I
    suffer from total memory loss when I don't have my calendar with
    me...and today I left it at home...)
    
    kath

    Yep! Carla is one person I'd like to meet.  I'll be there.
    
    -Mary

    I wondered why I had'nt seen you around for a while.
    
    Jim...
    

    
    But I haven't left yet, Jim.
    
    7 more days ...
    

    
    	Meet Carla?  I wouldn't miss it!  =)  She sent me the neatest
    	postcard once...
    
    	I have plans for later in the evening but could stop by for
    	a short time.
    
    	JJ
    

    It is most likely that I will be there.
    
    Laura
    

    Lorna, could you bring the womannotes photo album?  I have a picture or
    two I'd like to put in.....and if others do also that'd be neat!
    
    -Jody
    

    Okay, I'll bring it on Friday night.  I don't have it with me today so
    I won't have it tonight, though.
    
    Lorna
    

    After the party Wednesday, no excuses I'll be there.

    Allison

Party reminder, and a few details:

Happy hour with Carla starts at 5:00 Friday (tomorrow) at the Rusty
Scupper and goes till whenever.

We'll meet upstairs in the lounge in one of the corners. The
Rusty Scupper is expecting us and will save some tables for us (though
we will lose them if somebody's not there by 5:30). No worry there!
If in doubt which group is the right one, ask someone at the Scupper where
the Blazek/Digital party is.

Drinks and appetizers will have a 15% gratuity added on to the price.

Directions follow the form feed. If anyone wants to improve them, feel free!

See you tomorrow!

Kathy


The Rusty Scupper is located in the Nagog Woods Shopping center
on Route 2A/119 in Acton. The Nagog Woods Shopping center is
directly across the road from a good-sized body of water. There's a
stop light at the entrance to the shopping center, and the Scupper is
in a separate building located to the right of the main body of shops.

From 495 North or South: Take the 119 south (or east, perhaps) exit
off 495. Follow 119 though Littleton. Once you get out of Littleton,
Nagog Woods and the Rusty Scupper are on the left (at the stop light).

Coming from the east on Route 2: At the Concord rotary, get on Route 2A/119.
There's a light at the intersection of Routes 2A/119 and 27; continue
on Route 2A/119. The shopping center and the Rusty Scupper are on the
right at the next stop light.

Coming from the west on Route 2: From Route 2, take 495 north; then take
the Route 119 south (or east, perhaps) exit off 495. Follow 119
though Littleton. Once you get out of Littleton, Nagog Woods
and the Rusty Scupper are on the left (at the stop light).

From Maynard: Take Route 27 North to Route 119/2A. Turn left
onto 119/2A, heading west. The Rusty Scupper is on the right at the
stop light.

    
    	Does anyone know what time Carla will be there?
    
    	There's a chance I won't be able to make it at all, unfortunately,
    	but if I can I still have to leave by 6:00 and I'd like to make
    	sure she's there before I leave!  Also, if I go, I'll be bringing
    	a non =wn= noter with me who wants to meet Carla...hope that's
    	ok!
    
    	JJ
    

>    	Does anyone know what time Carla will be there?

I'm pretty sure she plans to be there at 5:00.

>    	                            Also, if I go, I'll be bringing
>    	a non =wn= noter with me who wants to meet Carla...hope that's
>    	ok!

That's fine! (I'm bringing someone who's not a womannoter either. She's
not even a DECCIE.)

See you tonight.

Kathy

    
    	Thanks Kathy but alas it looks like it won't do me
    	much good.  The 'change of plans' happened and I thus
    	cannot make it this evening.
    
    	Carla, if you're reading this, I'm really sorry I don't
    	get the chance to meet you!  I hope everyone else has
    	a wonderful evening and please someone give Carla a hug
    	for me.
    
    	JJ
    

        >>                    and please someone give Carla a hug
    	>>for me.
    
    Oh, well, *okaaaayyyy*, if you insist!
    
    (*8
    
    E Grace
    

    
    	Thanks E Grace....I appreciate the sacrifice.  =)  ;)
    
    	JJ
    

    Welllll, ya knoooooow...*this* time.  Just don't ask *too* often!
    
    
    (*8
    
    
    E Grace

WAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! I'm not going to make it!!!!

Carla, I was so looking forward to meeting you . . . drat.  

--bonnie

    
    
    	re: E Grace
    
    	I shall keep that in line and promise to do my best not
    	to step over my bounds!  =)
    
    	again...thanks.  And Carla, I hope you enjoyed your stay
    	in MA!
    
    	Take care..
    
    	JJ
    

    Carla got well hugged. it was a lovely gathering, tho E Grace
    surprised a few people. ;-)
    
    Bonnie

    
    
    
    Who, *me*?!
    
    E Grace

    It was indeed a pleasure to finally meet Carla.... and E Grace too!
    
    You both give *excellent* hugs.

    Sorry I missed the Rusty Scupper party but I did enjoy meeting 
    Carla at Campus and I really enjoyed the "surprise" hug ;-)
    
    Laurie_who_gets_totally_wild_and_crazy_at_Campus_epscially_when_fury_eyes_
    is_playing

    
    
    I wish I could have made it to Campus, but the waterpipe in my basement
    decided to burst.  
    
    ;-(
    
    kath

    
Kathy Maxham - *Many* thanks for inspiring and inviting me.  Catie 
  Curtis was a marvel.  Additional thanks for having me singled out
  at the concert (AHEM!).  It was nice meeting Joanne, too.

Justine Sullivan - Finally, finally, finally.  Squeeze!  You're even
  better than I'd imagined.

Dale Hall - I look forward to seeing you perform next time, with or
  without the dual violas.

Jody Bobbitt - A proposal, a massage, poetry, untied strings, and I
  even sat at your feet.  Wow.  Spirits soar, sister.

Diana Carroll - What can I say?  The wine, the women, the soothing
  sounds.  Discarded clothes, dancing, marathon conversations (yeah,
  that's the ticket), tooling around MA at all hours, shaved heads at 
  Campus ("I'm sorry, I just had to touch you" -- it worked for me,
  maybe you ought to try it), thanks so much for everything.

Christine Quiriy - How fantastic it was to hear your name right as I
  arrived.  Hope you weren't offended by what I said you looked like.
  I swear it is the highest compliment known to me.  You're beautiful.

Dan D'Eramo - The sole familiar face initially.  You literally saved
  me from escaping back down the staircase.  Thanks for the rescue!
    
Dorian Kottler - And here I'd expected a six foot Amazon warrior.  I
  am so pleased that you set aside everything so I could finally meet
  you after all this time.  What an energizing experience.

Sharon Walker - Great haircut!  Wish we could have discussed dynamics
  of potato addiction a bit more.  Maybe at the =wn= party in June?

Jim Mackin - I heard a rumor you were there.  Is this true?
    
Ann Broomhead - It seemed too loud when we met, but that didn't
  diminish the thrill.
    
Kathy Gallup - After all these years I didn't know you enjoyed being 
  slapped like that.  What a wench!  I'm glad you came.

Amy Goldman - You radiate!  That haircut is stunning.  I'm sorry you
  couldn't join us at Campus Sunday night, it was truly scandalous.
  Next time, Amy Goldwoman, we'll kidnap you.

Sheri Smaller - Thanks for offering me a place to stay, even though I
  ended up not needing it.  Again, it was so great to finally meet you.

Kelly Ireland - Thanks for Harvard Square, Maine, the book I left in
  your turbo car, and your effort.  See you in February.

Lorna St Hilaire - I had to do *something* to touch those tiny hands!
  Next time, let's hideout in a bathroom and talk, OK?

E Grace Noonan - Bulging belly or no, you give amazing hugs and you're
  invigorating to watch.  What a nibblesome neck you have.  Macho Hug
  Slut, indeed.

Jay Pitard - You made me use my brain at a time I was barely able to
  breathe, but I'll forgive you anyway.  Thanks for the approach.

Kim (?) - You were the first person to introduce herself to me and I'm
  sorry I don't remember your last name.

Sandy Ciccolini - It was excellent Chardonnay.  I'm sorry you left
  before I emerged from my initial shocked haze.  Next time you won't
  get away so easily.

Laura Ervin - Ms. Roots & Wings, we barely talked.  I hope to sometime
  in the future.

Dan Kalikow - Business?  I only travel for pleasure!  Thanks for being
  there.

Ray Davis - KKK took my baby away, hey ho let's go!  You're on for the 
  Laphroaig and Ferron tapes.  (Yo, Liesl, you never said he was *this*
  attractive!)

Linda Belliveau - We didn't talk much but it's comforting to be able to
  put a face to the name.  It was also good to see you at Catie's show.

Erik De Briae - "Funky and sexy", eh?  I think I'll keep you around, my
  friend.  After months of missing each other, at last.  Zing!

Allison Parent - Don't forget your summer swimsuit promise!

Jacqui Gardner - Thanks for coming and for bringing along Hugh.  It was
  wonderful to meet you, you're someone I've admired tremendously for a
  long, long time.

Kristy Gleason - What hugs, what a smile!  A true joy to finally meet 
  you.  I could've hugged you for hours.  Oh wait, I did, didn't I?

Nancy Bittle - They were right!

Mary Maling - A sincere pleasure, I have admired your notes and your
  perspective and you were just as cool in person.

Ken Mattsson - You are too cute to exist.  And talented too, or so
  I hear.  A deep pleasure to meet you.

Huge, encompassing, sincere thanks to *everyone*!

If there's anyone I've forgotten, a thousand apologies.  I'm honored to 
be part of this community.  Next time, Bonnie Randall and JJ Morrissey, 
I hope to meet you too!

Carla
    

Well, Carla, you know more womannoters than I do, and I live
here!!!

Were all you people in .37 at the Scupper????

Kathy

    
    This was my first wn gathering and Carla sure did a lot better 
    job of remembering everyone than I would have!!
    
    Sue

    
    Kathy, they were all there.  I met Laurie Angelo too, on the 
    Campus dance floor, via kamikaze hugging (you looked like you
    were ready to deck me, Laurie, until I introduced myself), and 
    I think that covers it.
    
    Sue, I'm sorry, I don't remember meeting you ... overload!
    
    Carla
    

    re.40
    
    >>    Sue, I'm sorry, I don't remember meeting you ... overload!
    
    You didn't ... I was the one on overload and when D! pointed you
    out I knew you wouldn't miss meeting one *more* person ...so I didn't
    go over to you.  
    
    Sue

    
    I also forgot to mention meeting Joyce Lamotte (hi Joyce!), and to
    thank Kathy Gallup for bringing the infamous Jonathan Ludgate with
    her.
    
    My Libra with Virgo rising is shining through in my desire not to
    forget anything.
    
    C.
    

    
    And Bonnie Reinke!  Geez, I'm sorry!  The rhubarb goddess.
    

< Kathy Gallup - After all these years I didn't know you enjoyed being 
<  slapped like that.  What a wench!  I'm glad you came.

Geez, Carla!!!  Isn't this a little PERSONAL to be putting into notes?!!

       Carol   :-D

    
    
    beat me, whip me, make me....<CENSORED>
    
    
    kath ;-)
    

    Kathy finally acknowledges that censor exists.

    
    Yes, I want to hear all the details behind Carla's notes...  
    
    It was so good to meet you, Carla!
    
    Is it June yet?!!
    
    Justine

        re .38, Were all you people in .37 at the Scupper????
        
        That was my reaction, too!  I was too shy to ask everyone
        who they were.
        
        But Carla, you left a moderator out of .37.  Oh oh.
        
        Dan

    
    	Carla,
    
    	Sorry I wasn't able to make it.  And I could have put so
    	many faces with the names!  sigh...
    
    	Next time for sure though....maybe we'll luck out and Buck's
    	Dumpster Bunnies will be playing a rare gig..... =)
    
    	JJ
    

    
    
    >Kathy finally acknowledges that censor exists.
    
    Not really.  The claim of censorship was branded on MEN in this
    conference.  I'd be the first to admit that Digital policy requires the
    censorship of some ideas....but men here?  No....I don't see it.
    
    (And I don't like the way you worded your comment either.....it seems
    very derogatory to me).
    
    kathy

    re .50,
    
    Sorry, Kathy, it was not meant to be derogatory to you.  It was meant to
    be, uh, a subtle joke.  Perhaps, I should have put in some :-)'s, but I
    think those things are overused and frivolous in notes.  Well, I guess
    if a joke is too subtle, it becomes a joke on myself.  Or maybe, I just
    have an odd sense of humor?
    
    Eugene

Hey Eugene, I got your joke. I'd thought it was funny. Really Kath, that's his
sense of humor, which I find amusing. :*) liesl

    the real question is - why are we discussing this in the "Carla" note? 
    Seems sort of blasph- er, I mean, discourteous of us.
    
    :-)
    
    D!

    
    re: .37 Well, Carla, damn... That makes me think about getting my head
    shaved.  (On second thought, I think I'll wait for summer. :-)  The 
    compliment was taken as you'd intended. 
    
    :-)
    
    Christine

    re .54 Summer is _not_ the time to shave your head. All that
    never-been-exposed skin is _extremely_ susceptible to sunburn.
    It hurts. Then it blisters. Then it peels. 
    
    How do I know this ? hehehehehehe - fond memories ;-)

    This occured to me (re: not shaving head in the summer.)  However, I
    can't do it in the winter, either!  I really want to do it before i go
    to Africa this summer, since that would save me the trouble of dealing
    with hair while I am there, but I imagine there is no surer way of
    being in severe constant pain than to shave one's head and then head
    down to the equator in Africa! :-)
    
    I'll do is someday, though.
    
    D!

Since I spend a lot of time in the Sierra during the summer, I've discovered
that I *have* to put sunscreen on my part, lest it blister. I would assume that
sunscreen works on other parts of the scalp as well - just buy more...

	-- Charles

P.S. "Which part?" yeah yeah yeah

Why would you want to shave your head? I remember one year I gave my ex a
hair cut which he decided was awful. He shaved his head and got a severe sunburn.
At the time he also had a Fu-manchu type mustash and the combination made him
look positively evil. At any rate, it was itchy and stubbly growing back in.
Maybe that's why he joined the Air Force that year, he figured it couldn't get
any worse. :*) liesl

    Why would I want to shave my head?
    
    Well, as for the trip to Africa, so I don't have to *worry* about my
    hair while I am there.  of course, it would work equally well to just
    cut it very short.
    
    In general, I want to shave my head because I find shaven heads
    incredibly sexy!  Slurp!  Forget stubble, though - if you shave your
    head you have to keep it clean and smooth.  If you do, it feels really
    neat.  (Right, Carla?)
    
    D!

    Get one of those wind-up shavers for your Africa trip. no
    muss or fuss, no worry about 110/220, batteries, blades.

    
    A statuesque, shaved, white woman with a byker jacket in Africa.
    You're sure to make headlines, D!
    
    Shorn scalps are most irresistable.  =8-)
    
    Carla
    

I know this is terribly old-fashioned of me . . . 

but what about a hat?

--bonnie

    >what about a hat ?
    
    Not revealing enough >;-)

    I'm with Bonnie,  hats are sexy too.  And if you think its old
    fashioned, what about that woman in "Incredible Lightness of Being".
    
    -Mary

        re .62,
        
>>    Shorn scalps are most irresistable.  =8-)
        
        Carla, a shorn scalp would be (8-) not =8-)
        
        Dan

    
    Indeed, but it isn't my shorn scalp that I'm unable to resist.
    (Terrible syntax.)
    
    C.
    

Oh, hats are fine, but 1) I loose them - I am constantly playing with them
and inevitably leave them somewhere, and 2) they tend to get blown off in the
wind.

Actually if I shave my head I will definitely have to get a hat. So hard
to find ones I like, though!

D!

    D!, did you see the article in the Globe yesterday about women shaving
    their heads? It was interesting.
    
    
    

There was an article about women shaving their heads?!?!

No, I didn't see it.  Where was it?

D!

    I think it was on the living page. Or actually, it could have been
    in the Sunday Globe. I honestly can't remember.
    
    Anyone else see the article?
    

    RE:  .69
    
>Actually if I shave my head I will definitely have to get a hat. So hard
>to find ones I like, though!
    
    I have the perfect hat for you!  It's a "Buffalo Bills, 1990 AFC
    Champs" cap.  Currently trendy and it makes a statement!
    

>    I have the perfect hat for you!  It's a "Buffalo Bills, 1990 AFC
>    Champs" cap.  Currently trendy and it makes a statement!

You have *got* to be kidding.  

Not on your *life*.

----

I was given a hat by the L&T Sig at DECUS that looked very good on me (I
think.)  Unfortunately, the hat was meant as a souvenir, not as a hat, and
so it is cheap and has already fallen apart.  I'd like to find a similar
style, but in a real hat.  It was white with a band around it, sort of
orindary hat like...I would think it would be easy to find but I haven't 
found one yet.

D!
 

    Hey!  I've got a Nostromo cap that I'll never wear.  You want it?
    (Or anyone else who'd like to be Ripley?)
    
    						Ann B.

    The article on women who shave their heads was in the Boston Globe
    yesterday.
    
    Bonnie

what's a nostromo hat?

I actually once found the perfect hat - but in the wrong size.  :-(  That's
the story of my life.

D!

    I think 'Nostromo' was the ship from 'Alien'. 

    .78 --
    	That's good.  I was having trouble picturing Joseph Conrad
    	in a hat.  I'm just hopelessly out of date...
    
    	Ron

    D! in a Buffalo Bills hat!
    
    
    heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee
    
    guffawchortlesnortgasp
    
    No, *really*, D!  I think it would look *lovely*!
    
    
    E Grace

    Cool adn stylish hats can be found in the men's and women's departments
    of Burberry's (Burbury's?  sheesh - now's a great time to brainfutz out
    on spelling huh?) at the corner of Newbury Street and mumble right near
    the public garden in Boston.  They're a bit pricey but it's upper-crust
    quality stuff.....
    
    And walking down Newbury street is so cool anyway, it's where you can
    walk past more eclectic people per square foot than anywhere other than
    NY city and parts of CA....
    
    
    -Jody