MAGAZINE/CUPCAKE/CLOTHING SWAP,
BE-BOP SHIN DIG!
THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 23rd FROM 3PM TO 9PM
zine.intestines@gmail.com
Drop by anytime, bring a tasty dessert (or just eat ours), listen/share music and stories, recycle your old clothes and accessories while revamping your wardrobe at the same time!
All wrapped in one sugary pot luck poetry reading, Michelle's apartment is open for your mixed enjoyment for the first time ever. There will be games, stationary, cupcakes, and a clothing swap... all we need is you! To make things easier Michelle and Erica have brainstormed a loose itinerary for the working class guests invited with tough schedules or for anyone with prior engagements and/or people who don't want to commit for an entire Sunday. We understand and it is safe to say that you don't have to attend the entire duration of our party to have a good time. We have broken the gathering of kindred spirits and sugar tooth fairies up into different segments so that you can pick and choose whatever is best for you!
3:00 PM MEET & GREET (We figure that if we say the party starts at three, it is to be expected that almost everyone will stroll in fashionably late by four. That is why this hour will be dedicated to finishing touches and welcoming chit chat. Bring a treat and a story to help set-up with us!)
4:00 PM "GETTING TO KNOW YOU GUESSING GAME" (Everyone will probably still be stuffing their faces with sweet morsels at this point but we'll encourage you to temporarily put the fork down and fill out a quirky index card of personal queries so that you can reflect on your life as much as anyone can when forced to answer questions scrawled out in crayon. After everyone is finished the cards will be placed into some kind of top hat sort of thing and then like a raffle without a prize others will handpick and attempt to guess which questionnaire belongs to which guest.)
5:00 PM HOT POTATO! (I think everyone knows how to play this game; music starts, everyone sits in a circle, and a potato is passed around. When the music stops everyone will glare at the person last seen with the potato. HOT! Now that person is out of the game. Whoever is left as the last person in the circle wins. In this case we might not actually use a potato... and certainly not a hot one. We'll probably just pass around something like a rubber duck or a hair scrunchie. I don't have enough potato's to go around. Also the winner will receive a prize, but probably just a handmade stationary set... so don't get too excited.
6:00 PM CLOTHING SWAP!!!!!!!!! (This is totally going to be the highlight of the night and probably the time when everyone will show up. Bring a grocery bag of clothes/accessories that you can live without in exchange for some new and exciting articles! I'm not sure the best way to go about this, since I'm sure excitement will be filling the air to the point of humidity -- but I think we'll just have everyone dump their donated clothes onto my floor (it's clean) and then we'll all go raving mad and pick through whatever we can get our hands on.
P.S. As a bonus to the clothing swap... I think you should totally bring any unwanted magazines or books to trade. I for one love reading new books and cutting up old magazines.
7:30/8ish (If you still have the strength) ZINE READING/OPEN MIC (I really do have a microphone, but I'm sure no one will want to go near it other than my big mouth. Anyway at this time I'll bet our swingin' shin dig will be dying down a bit (unless it's totally soaring, in which case I would say forget the sensitive diary gab and let's party!) so I'd like to make it available for anyone to share stories and/or poetry they may have written or even just thought about. If you have the guts and the heart -- please come with something to share!
** Email or call me (Michelle) with any questions. My information is at the top of this page and I'm sure I wrote this letter out in a ridiculous manner, just ridiculous enough to confuse you. You probably think it's silly for me to plan this party hour by hour but I just want it to be a hit! And I want everyone to be able to pick and choose when they want to come over. For instance most people hate "Hot Potato!" but love free clothes. HOPE TO SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA!
-M
P.P.S. The picture attached is just a sample of how much real life fun you could have if you forget about the endless stresses of life and join the party!
