Sign-Up Time For Chez Nico II: The BYODA!

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 10:15 AM PDT

Chez Nico II: The BYODA Extravaganza!!!
Saturday, July 15th from 1:00pm until "last pitch" (at Nico's house in Berkeley)

Chez Nico II is on Saturday, July 15th, revolving around the 4:05pm game at Boston. This one is the BYODA, which stands for "Bring Your Own Dead Animal". It's a barbecue-based event, with much socializing and laughter (although the two are not allowed at the same time), for which you are actually welcome to bring anything from a brutally murdered innocent animal to a dead vegetable, dead soy product, or even just a deceased beverage if you prefer. We'll gather around 1:00pm, and all confirmed guests will have the specific details confirmed by group email.

To get on the official guest list, please send an email to me at nico@lmi.net, with "Chez Nico II" in the subject heading, in the next few days, so I can confirm the head count, multiply by 2, and accurately estimate the number of nostrils.

Last year's BYODA was a blast--Poochini, Cindi, and I hope to see you on July 15th if you can make it! Please feel free to use this diary for any questions or comments; also, a couple "recommends" would be helpful to keep the diary visible for a few days...

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Can I bring Yoda?

Woo hoo!!

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jun 30, 2006 10:19 AM PDT reply actions

Only if you yodel:

Woo-ah-woo-hoo-hoo!

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

<yodels>

Oh great, now everyone is looking at me weirdly here at work....not that they don't usually, but still....

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jun 30, 2006 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, c'mon, to yodel loudly

right in the middle of the trial--not very becoming for a district attorney now, is it?

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm not the DA

I'm da judge. :)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jun 30, 2006 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

What was that sound?

The defense attorney filing a motion for appeal, based on "judge's insanity"?

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions

He is Green, you know

Nico is only trying to be consisent. I just want to know (miss Piggy as well) if Kermit is also going to be there.

"I've been accused of using too many words...I suppose that's like accusing Mozart of using too many notes." Bill King

by Gerard on Jun 30, 2006 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Look for me in the RF

bleachers in Fenway for that game. I'll be the guy in the A's hat getting beaten up by Red Sox Fans.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Jun 30, 2006 10:44 AM PDT reply actions

"hmm...

why are those Sox fans stomping that A's cap on the floor?"

Shouldn't you be spending more time with The Wife? What's all this posting about?

by Apricot on Jun 30, 2006 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Honeymoon to follow

(preferably after baseball season). For now we're back at school, so all this posting is me making the cutting edge discoveries that will make this world a better place.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Jun 30, 2006 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

You're going to figure out how

to stop Crosby from swinging at breaking pitches off the plate?!?!

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Jun 30, 2006 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions

are you going sunday too?

cause I just booked my hotel 2 hours ago! I said F it just go! and now I have to work a corner to try and get enough money to get a ticket but dammit I'll be there!

by AndreafromNJ on Jun 30, 2006 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions

Nope.

I can barely afford one game a year...and I'd do no good working a street corner.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Jun 30, 2006 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't know about that

A little makeup, a nice dress ... Dave Stewart would hit that.

Knucklehead over there is second or third in the league in home runs. - BB

by andeux on Jun 30, 2006 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

And a slide-rule... please, please, a slide-rule

Bobby does NOT need to see my synaptic vomit. ~ cirquegirl14

by Poppy on Jun 30, 2006 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Hawt.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Jun 30, 2006 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Aww, c'mon

$125 bleacher seats aren't reasonable?! Are they serious with these numbers - I'm still in negotiations ( read: I cry and beg and the "broker" threatens to hang up)good thing I didn't have REAL work to do today. . . uhh . . .

by AndreafromNJ on Jun 30, 2006 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions

i plan

to be at that red sox game as well... i'll beat up all those bleacher creatures for ya. or at least shoot them a stern "teacher look" to get them to behave.

i also plan to be at the rest of that series. but no tickets yet. ohhh boston

"One time I climbed a fence to get a baseball that had been run over by a lawn mower. I thought it was beautiful" *Scott

by MisplacedOakFan on Jun 30, 2006 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Before we head up (or east

for some of you) we should planning on powwowing at the game- or at a bar thereafter

by AndreafromNJ on Jun 30, 2006 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Can we bring live animals

and deadify them there?

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Jun 30, 2006 11:30 AM PDT reply actions

BBQ at Ozzie's house!

Bobby does NOT need to see my synaptic vomit. ~ cirquegirl14

by Poppy on Jun 30, 2006 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Nothing tastes better

than a chicken whose head you've bitten off with your very own teeth.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Jun 30, 2006 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

LMAO

Not the Ozzie I meant, but that works, too!

Bobby does NOT need to see my synaptic vomit. ~ cirquegirl14

by Poppy on Jun 30, 2006 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Gleek.

Day to day

by oblique on Jun 30, 2006 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Will Jose be there too?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jun 30, 2006 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions

As long as you promise

to be careful about deadifying the correct animal; otherwise, Poochini will get verrrrrry nervous.

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

We wouldn't want that

Too much adrenaline ruins the taste of the meat. It's better to take him him by surprise.

Knucklehead over there is second or third in the league in home runs. - BB

by andeux on Jun 30, 2006 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions

How? By having

Jay Payton take the first pitch?

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions

alright, that settles it

I am definitely not showing up.

Don't make me bring the Scrabble board to the locker room. I will bring it. -- Jonathan Papelbon @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 30, 2006 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Why should this

Chez Nico be any different?

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Whoops! My mistake

I thought this was the diary for Shea Hillenbrand II.

Don't make me bring the Scrabble board to the locker room. I will bring it. -- Jonathan Papelbon @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 30, 2006 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions

not in front of Poochini, I'll bet

by OaklandSi on Jun 30, 2006 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Poochini especially enjoys

monkeykabobs. Don't ask me how I know this.

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions

You mean

chattering kabobs of unproductivity?

Knucklehead over there is second or third in the league in home runs. - BB

by andeux on Jun 30, 2006 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Hopefully not

"neutering" ones.

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions

am I unclutch, too?

He's an intelligent man to talk to, but he smells like rat urine @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 30, 2006 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions

no grit

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 1, 2006 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions

That's good

Gritless meat tastes better BBQ'd.

(Mmmm, primate, the other white meat.)

"I don't want to 'Wear It.' It doesn't match my shoes." --Jennifer

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 1, 2006 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Will you pick me up

at the airport this time? And not leave your phone off too.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Jun 30, 2006 11:43 AM PDT reply actions

No problem, AlaskaA--

just stand in the terminal wearing only a pink nightie and a "If you were a real man you'd beat me up right now" sign on your back, and I'll make sure to be there, right on time.

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll be there at Game Time:

Which means...Ummm...Cocktails???

Cheers!!!

While taint is everywhere and baseball is certainly no different, it's important that it be treated with open attention-Devo

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 30, 2006 2:24 PM PDT reply actions

Leftover tail

And for beverage: backwash.

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't talk about Alyssa Milano like that!

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Jun 30, 2006 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions

As luck would have it...

...I'll be in the Bay Area just after Chez Nico II, but I'll be leaving just before the AN Day at the Coliseum.

Rats!

Bad Bud Selig ideas of the last decade: accepting steroids, contraction, interleague play. We've abandoned the first two. Let's ditch the third.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2006 3:46 PM PDT reply actions

Rats are permitted,

and can be especially delicious if you char the tail ever so slightly.

Sorry you can't make it! :-(

by Nico on Jun 30, 2006 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions

I think I need to be there!

Hey man, I have pictures of you and Andy from that one game. I BET YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WAS TAKING PICTURES.

"The rain soaked patrons reveled in thier victory and the shortest man on the field stood taller than Randy Johnson." - Saint

by Melody on Jul 1, 2006 1:20 AM PDT reply actions

You BETTAH be there!

Email me if you're coming so I know to add you to my group emails. And you bettah!

by Nico on Jul 1, 2006 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh yeah...

The e-mail I used last year no longer exists :[ I really do want to go, I had a blast last year! I may have to work though but I can probably get out of it, as usual.

"The rain soaked patrons reveled in thier victory and the shortest man on the field stood taller than Randy Johnson." - Saint

by Melody on Jul 1, 2006 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

It sounds like you have

a cold coming on in 14 days. You need to take care of yourself: work is out of the question, but I suggest sitting and relaxing, with a strict diet of bloodied carcass and Pepsi. With this "wellness regimen," you should recover quickly.

I like Cindi. A.She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jul 1, 2006 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Melody you better be there!!

Count me in, plus a dead animal to be named later.

by high street on Jul 1, 2006 4:07 PM PDT reply actions

Woo hoo!

The early returns are running heavily in favor of the ladies. Ladies and dead animals--a winning combination!

I like Cindi. A.She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jul 1, 2006 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I should add that

ladies and dead animals are very different, in that I can only get dates with the latter.

I like Cindi. A.She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jul 1, 2006 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions

lol!

by high street on Jul 1, 2006 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions

high street, and others,

make sure that if you're planning to come that you don't just post here--make sure also to email me. That way, you'll get on my "group email" list and I can keep accurate track of the number planning to attend.

Gracias!

I like Cindi. A.She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jul 1, 2006 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions

HI HIGH

Yeah, if you're going to be there then I better damn well show up as well!

Nice seeing you last night :D

"The rain soaked patrons reveled in thier victory and the shortest man on the field stood taller than Randy Johnson." - Saint

by Melody on Jul 2, 2006 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm on the fence...

Not sure yet. I assume there's no room for game-time decisions?

Stephen Colbert: "Kids who look up to athletes become athletes themselves."
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.

by JLaff on Jul 2, 2006 10:13 AM PDT reply actions

As long as it's not

overly crowded, I have no problem with last-minute RSVPs. The only issue about #s is for watching the game itself--there's plenty of room for backyard bludgeoned-animal fare.

Since (based on the first 3 events) I usually get about 15 RSVPs and can probably squeeze in up to 20, it should be fine. The sooner I know, the better--but most importantly, come if you can!

I like Cindi. A.She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jul 2, 2006 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions

I'll think it over some more

And I can probably let you know within a week, if that's not too late. I'll be coming via BART most likely.

Stephen Colbert: "Kids who look up to athletes become athletes themselves."
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.

by JLaff on Jul 2, 2006 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Cool, lemme know--

Arranging a pickup from BART should be no problem, if that helps. Heck, I'll volunteer gigglingone right now!

I like Cindi. A.She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jul 2, 2006 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions

lol

Thanks for volunteering me! ;) Yes, I can provide rides from BART. :)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 2, 2006 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Awesome

And thank you for providing such a service!

Stephen Colbert: "Kids who look up to athletes become athletes themselves."
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.

by JLaff on Jul 2, 2006 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Nico

I'm set to arrive on the 11th (hello again AN from internet/hash cafe (jk) in Amsterdam).. I'm not sure if i'll be in tip top shape, which means i can't decide right now. What are the conditions?

July 11th... My.....Space?

by ohad on Jul 2, 2006 12:41 PM PDT reply actions