Hi all,

Sorry if you get this more than once, I figured this was the best way to
cover alot of ground quickly.

On June the 23rd, a Friday, there is a worldwide campaign called
SerenityNow/EqualityNow, where groups of Browncoats have/are organising
special screenings of the Serenity movie, with all profits going to Joss
Whedon's favourite charity, EqualityNow. www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

I am in the process of trying to organise a screening in Auckland and there
are some others trying to organise another screening in Wellington.

What we need to know is how many people we would get showing up to such a
screening, so we can give this data to the movie theatre people, and to
possible sponsors who might donate money for the venue hire, the cause etc.

If you would be interested in such a screening on June the 23rd, could you
email me off list please, including where you are. (ie The Cookie Monster,
Auckland)

Also, there is a newly formed Browncoats_nz yahoogroup fan group if people
are keen to join up. Just send an email to
browncoats_nz-subscribe@yahoogroups.com if you are interested.

Please feel free to forward this onto any others who might be interested.

Karen
a NZ Browncoat

I believe we have most of season 1 and possibly season 2 as well, I'll have
to check. You can borrow them if you want to "view" them :) They are in
digital/computer format though.

Karen


> OMG, you guys managed to find a copy of Forever Knight.  Where?  iI
> must find a copy of it.
>
> Kat

Oops, make that The Dark Crystal, not the Labyrinth...

> and tonight's hot chocolate movie is supposed to be Ju-on:The Grudge (the
> japanese version) but I haven't found* it yet, so we have The Labyrinth as
a
> second choice (plus Cannibal Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death :)

OMG, you guys managed to find a copy of Forever Knight.  Where?  iI
must find a copy of it.

Kat

On 6/4/06, Menolly <menolly@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Weather isn't looking too nice atm, and Shannon and I have new games we have
> bought so we are thinking board games for this afternoon, starting 3pmish.
> BYO board games you have/want to share, we have heaps of space for playing
> multiple games, if we get heaps of people....
>
> and tonight's hot chocolate movie is supposed to be Ju-on:The Grudge (the
> japanese version) but I haven't found* it yet, so we have The Labyrinth as a
> second choice (plus Cannibal Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death :) and a
> bunch of others we haven't watched yet) so whoever is here at 6:30pm will
> get to vote on what we will watch, after the second part of the
> ForeverKnight episode we watched last week (yup, more cheesey vampires).
>
> All are welcome to attend. Venue: The Secret Lair (Our place on the corner
> of Mt Eden rd/Symond st/ New North Rd, find House of Travel-purple
> wall-white door-light switch(doorbell))
>
> Karen
> *can't be bothered looking/finding cause some of us aren't in the mood for
> weird/scary atm
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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>
>
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>
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Hi all,

Weather isn't looking too nice atm, and Shannon and I have new games we have
bought so we are thinking board games for this afternoon, starting 3pmish.
BYO board games you have/want to share, we have heaps of space for playing
multiple games, if we get heaps of people....

and tonight's hot chocolate movie is supposed to be Ju-on:The Grudge (the
japanese version) but I haven't found* it yet, so we have The Labyrinth as a
second choice (plus Cannibal Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death :) and a
bunch of others we haven't watched yet) so whoever is here at 6:30pm will
get to vote on what we will watch, after the second part of the
ForeverKnight episode we watched last week (yup, more cheesey vampires).

All are welcome to attend. Venue: The Secret Lair (Our place on the corner
of Mt Eden rd/Symond st/ New North Rd, find House of Travel-purple
wall-white door-light switch(doorbell))

Karen
*can't be bothered looking/finding cause some of us aren't in the mood for
weird/scary atm

Who could be at the Uni SRC on Wednesday, round 1pm, to represent Kaos, so
we can get re-afiliated? I need 1 person who will stand up, say "Hi, Kaos is
a club that does daft things, and we would like to get re-afiliated", take
about 2 mins... and then there is a yes/no vote, so the more Kaos people we
can get there to vote yes, would be good... I think it's 1pm, but I'll
confirm that tomorrow.


Who would be willing to do the talking thing, as I'll be at work :(

Karen

Hi all,

Not sure if you spotted in my huge calender email, but this Sunday from
3:30pm onwards I'm hosting a Book Swap afternoon at my place. Bring along
any books you are sick of/have no room for/don't want but aren't sure what
to do with... and swap them for some others that might be more appealing.

We have a large pile of books here already, that people can pick over/add
to/borrow...

And there will be afternoon tea.

And last time there was an impromptual discussion about authors, and books
we had liked/disliked etc... so come armed with some names of books you have
read recently.

And then stay for Hot Chocolate + movie... this week we are watching the
pilot for "Dead Like Me", starting at 6:30pm, and then the movie Howls
Moving Castle (the english dubbed version - which I thoroughly recommend)

Karen
(I've been rummaging through the withdrawn books at work and have acumulated
another pile of random hardcovered scifi/fantasy stuff that people can pick
over)

Hi all,

Because it is the end of First Semester, and Zara's birthday, I'm organising
a killing round for all day Friday the 2nd of June (next week).

Killing round will be like that last full day one we did, register with me
in the LCR after 8:30am, you will have 3 lives, all weapons will be paper
swords or blow-up swords etc. No water pistols. If you have a weapon you are
not sure about, please show me or Q beforehand. I'll have my pile of weapons
available for borrowing.

Anyone wearing a Kaos badge or Kaos tshirt will be fair-game... so if you
are planning NOT to be in the killing round, please don't wear your badge in
an obvious place.

If you kill someone, the kill must be registered with me in the LCR asap.
Kill/no-kill areas as described in the Manifesto.

Killing Round will finish at 4:30pm, winner will be announced and rewarded
at the Masqued Party which starts after 7:30pm at the Secret Lair...

Karen

Here are the photo's from John's
farewell/flatwarming/birthday/graduation/5th of May party we had.

These are John's ones:
http://pics.livejournal.com/flyingreptile/gallery/00015ekd

And these are Lucy's ones:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/llaheira/album?.dir=6651scd&.src=ph&store=&prodid=\
&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

When I eventually get mine organised, I'll post where mine are too.

Karen

I have just received 3 spare large 25th Anniversary Kaos tshirts, black,
which I ordered back in Jan. They are $25 each if anyone wants to buy one.
Let me know, first in first served...

Karen

After the vampire movie marathon, a bunch of us went to the CR gothy gig.
And some of their photo's are up on their site...

http://www.circadian-rhythms.org/2006-04-16/Juraj/13.jpg


The next CR gig is on Sat the 6th of May. I'll be heading there after the
vampire larp. 2 live bands, and 2 other performers... plus alot of dj
goodness :)

http://www.circadian-rhythms.org/this_month.html

Some friends of mine put together an art exhibition called "The New Black",
Gothic Art for the
21st Century at the Artstation, 1 Ponsonby Road. I plan to go along on
Thursday (20th), before it finishes, just to have a perve, and if anyone
else wants to come along, please feel free to come along and meet me there
at 1pm and then we could go for hot chocolate/coffee afterwards.

If people are interested, we could go to a couple of other exhibition places
on Ponsonby rd/K-rd and make an afternoon of appreciating art...

Karen


> I lost the email about what's happening with the exhibition. What's the
plan?

I lost the email about what's happening with the exhibition. What's the plan?

> Ok, this was posted to the big Kaos party list, so there aren't any
clashes
> with it. It's the whole weekend party. Are there any Aucklanders
interested
> in travelling down to Chch to attend the party?

Photos of the 2005 48-hour party can be found at http://sloth.geek.nz/
050701_index.html

[Long post, sorry]
Yesterday at the picnic we got talking about future parties/events and
themes we want to have.

There are a couple of traditional Kaos events that the other groups do, that
we could start up here. I'd like peoples feedback on whether people want to
do them, and when would be a good time to do them. And I'd like to set a
couple of events as Auckland traditions, so they can happen every year
around the same time, so we can advertise them to the wider NZ Kaos folks
incase people want to travel here to attend.

Up until now we've been hosting party/gatherings at The Secret Lair every
couple of weeks, and we are still happy to do that. Do we want to keep this
habit of something every couple of weeks? And if we do, we need to start
working on the rest of the year now. Or do we want to have just one themed
event a month during Uni time, and leave spaces for people to add things
each year, so some things are set, and some are purely on a case-by-case
basis?

At the bottom of this email is a breakdown of the Uni year using Week
Headings. I've taken these straight out of the Uni AUSA Student Diary. I've
then popped in some of the events that people have already stuck a date on,
and some suggestions. Please have a look, and then email your
ideas/suggestions to the list. If you have a birthday coming up, and want to
have a party, please add that too. We can have Kaos parties at other peoples
places apart from The Secret Lair (hint, hint). Also, if you want to have a
birthday party, but have no venue, we could use The Secret Lair to host
it... but we need to know you want to have one :)

All this will help us put together a generic calendar for Auckland Kaos for
the rest of this year, and for the new Dictator and Politbureau for 2007.

Ideas, thoughts, suggestions....

Karen
Dictator



Here's the Uni year, the weeks and when things have been/already
planned/could go.
________________________________________________________
Semester One
Week 1
- Orientation Week -  First Party*
Week 2
Week 3
(Ides of March 14th + St Patricks Day 17th) -  Toga Party*
Week 4
Week 5
- "Mad as a March Hare" Alice in Wonderland Party
Week 6
Week 7
(Easter) -   Kaos Picnic
Mid Semester Break Week 1
Mid Semester Break Week 2
Week 8
- John's Farewell Party - Friday 5th of May, The Secret Lair.
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
- Zara's Birthday - Masquerade/Mask Party - Friday 2nd June
Exams and Study Leave Week 1
- Chch Kaos 48 Hr Party 9th June to 11th June
Exams and Study Leave Week 2
Exams and Study Leave Week 3
Inter-semester Break Week 1
Inter-semester Break Week 2
Inter-semester Break Week 3

Semester Two
Week 1 - Re-Orientation Week
- Vanya and Jacks birthdays - Horror theme party - Saturday 22nd July
Week 2
Week 3
- The Dictator's Birthday, Dungeons and Dragons party* - Friday 4th August
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Mid Semester Break Week 1
Mid Semester Break Week 2
Week 7
Week 8
- (Talk like a pirate day Tues Sept 19th)
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
(the only Friday the 13th* during term time is this week) - we could do a
Vampire* party?
Week 12
Exams and Study Leave Week 1
Exams and Study Leave Week 2 -
(Halloween is on the Tuesday night) so could have a late Halloween party on
the 3rd of November combined with Mila's birthday - possible party? Or have
it earlier.
Exams and Study Leave Week 3
- Last Party* Saturday 11th November, The Secret Lair. (Where the new
Dictator is announced)

* Traditional Parties, I'd like to keep them around here but open to
negotiations.
______________________________________________________________

Themes suggested for parties we haven't picked a time for:
Angels and Demons
"Alien Ball" (costumes from anything scifi/fantasy/cult from movies or tv)
Perversion Party
Auckland's 48hr party (Maybe in the August MidSemester break?)
Slumber party
Pirates vs Ninjas (could be week of Talk like a pirate day/Sept or when
Pirates of the Caribbean2 comes out - 6th July approx - Inter-semester Break
Week 2)

Ok, this was posted to the big Kaos party list, so there aren't any clashes
with it. It's the whole weekend party. Are there any Aucklanders interested
in travelling down to Chch to attend the party? Let me know as there are
people who have offered billeting if you need somewhere to crash.

Karen
Dictator


From:    hamish@...
What:    The 48 Hour Party
Date:    09-06-2006, Friday the 9th of June to Sunday 11th June.
Where:   CHCH: The Y
Contact: Trond, Paula, Hamish
Notes:

Come one, Come all, it's the event you're all waiting for!

It's the 48 Hour Party!

Featuring:
Party!
Drinking!
Punch!
Party!
Dancing!
A Battle against foreign (or native) sorts!
Party!
Survivor:Bunker Prizegiving!
Boardgames!
Passing Out!
Party!


(The management regrets to inform that due to excessive use of exclaimation
marks in this post, the 48 Hour Party will not be punctuated.)

John McCabe-Dansted is heading to Aussie to do his PhD, so we are hosting a
farewell party for him at The Secret Lair, Friday the 5th of May.

All welcome.

Any time after 7pm.

BYO drinks etc.

No Theme!

Some crash space available, please book ahead so you aren't sleeping on the
hallway floor :)

Karen

Thursday 20th April, day expedition to "The New Black", Gothic Art for the
21st Century art exhibition at Artstation, 1 Ponsonby Road, Auckland. Meet
there 1pm and go for hot chocolate/coffee afterwards.

Sat 22nd April, Jason's Farewell party, 7pm onwards, 123 St Johns Road
Meadowbank.

Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues 22 to 25th April St George's camp, SCA event.
http://www.ildhafn.sca.org/stgeorgecampaign.htm for more info.

Sunday 23rd Hot Chocolate and Farscape (last episodes of Season 1) at The
Secret Lair, 6:30pm start.

Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May Road Trip to Wellington for Armageddon.
2 vans going atm. $50 for van ticket. Email Karen off list for more info.

Sat 29th April Elektrode. A dj'd Dark/Cyber/Industrial/EBM/Noise gig. 10pm
till 5am, $10, R18, Ibiza Nightclub, upstairs 253 K'Rd.

Friday 5th May PARTY!!! at The Secret Lair. Farewell for John, 7pm onwards,
BYO drinks, some crash space - book ahead :) No theme!

Saturday 6th May AU-Medieval Guild Pot-Luck Medieval Feast. During the day?
More details to come.

Saturday 6th May. LARP. Rowena's Seattle Masquerade Game. 6:30pm, Uni.

Saturday 13th May. LARP. OWBN Masquerade Game. 7pm, Western Districts fast
draw club.

Hi all,

Another of the Secret Lair's flatmates is moving, so we are looking for
another replacement.

Room is one of the single rooms (the one Cameron is in atm). It's an empty
rectangle room, comes with nothing in it. There is a wardrobe outside in the
hallway which can be part of the room if necessary. Big enough for a double
bed, desk and drawers.

$120 per week which includes power, phone, water, internet. All you pay
extra is for your own food and tollcalls. No bond needed.

Room comes available 23rd/24th of April.

Must be able to cope with Sunday invasions of hot chocolate drinkers,
fortnightly party/drinkies with various costume themes, roleplayers, Kaos
agents, medievalists, goths etc.

Non-smoker, and no illegal substances either, thanks.

Email me off list if you want to come view the room.

Karen

That's Jason, the tall balding gamer geek, for those who have been to the
Kaos parties at my place this year. He has said all are welcome.

Karen

> > "Admiral" JCJ Farley

> Time has REALLY flown over the last few weeks!
>
> For those of you who don't know yet I am off to England on the 28th of
this
> month.  I spend a couple of days in London before heading off for a 28 day
> tour of Europe with Contiki.  Thereafter I will be living and working in
> Great Britan for not less than 2 years.
>
> At this point I expect to be returning sometime in 2010-2012.
>
> Now I know that certain individuals are already planning a celebration for
> the evening of the 28th for when you are finally rid of me but I would
quite
> like to see everybody one last time on the 22nd for a farewell party.
>
> So...
>
> Come one, come all to the last party at 123 St Johns Road Meadowbank.
>
> Kickoff from 7pm, bring along anyone else who isn't on this list but who I
> might want to see again one last time.
>
> Food and some drinks will be provided but if you want to get trollied (as
I
> will be) or like the hard stuff then you should bring additional alcohol.
>
> I look forward to seeing you all here.
>
>
>
> "Admiral" JCJ Farley
>
> ps. if anybody wants to forward this message to annother group which I am
> not on who might be interested then please feel free.

Tomorrow is Playbody bunny stunt. 1-2pm, I'm playing the Hephner, we need more
playmates. The stunt does involve pillows, and beating the shit out of me with
pillows.

Meet maybe 12:30 at the Alcove, we'll stay there till 10 past 1, then do the
stunt.

So, anyone who want to come, bring pillows/cushions, bunny ears if you have any,
Karen has spare I do believe. The more the merrier

Please don't forget the big bunny hunt tomorrow!!! 2 pm ish in the
lower common room!!!