Hoboy. Okay, when I was planning MJ's ninety-ninth birthday party a year ago, the prospect of planning his one hundredth was a foreign, far away concept. But it's here and while it probably won't be as big as last year's, I figured I'd do the necessary organizational post. But before I start rambling under cuts... this party is celebrating Marijuana's one hundredth birthday, Tommy's first birthday, and the one year anniversary of Marijuana/Heroin's relationship. Everyone is invited to the party, although there is a short list of people who will get a bit of a wary look from the mortals at the door, like Eris and 'Nitsa because of the violence factor and... well, any of MJ/Heroin's exes because of the awkward factor.
So, yes, every immortal is invited and there will be free food, coffee, booze, drugs, etc, plus musical entertainment that I still have to poke Vari about. XD
Okay, so this is quiiite a huge warehouse MJ owns and, really, he owns it solely for these parties. Most of the fun stuff from last year is back and that includes:
- the stage at one end - the vodka river going around three sides of the warehouse (also now with added deeper corner so that the people taking the curly tube slide down from the roof have somewhere awesome to land) - jungle-gym-in-the-air (think one of those outdoor rope courses) is back and with even better safety nets - 'bungee jumping' from the roof is also back, although it's not reallllly bungee jumping, as the warehouse is only four or five floors high - the centre of the warehouse is pretty much the same as last year; a mix of couches and coffee tables with piles of free drugs, plus manned bars (one booze bar, one coffee bar) in the middle of all that - kick ass sound system that will be playing mostly classic rock for the entire night, except for when the bands Heroin booked perform and when MJ/Classic/Hippie give their performance - while MJ won't use it, there is a mattress room down one of the warehouse corridors. Um, have fun? - in the basement, there's a ball room, the one that Speed and MJ had so much fun playing in last year XD It's generally what you'd see in a McDonalds PlayPlace, only a bit bigger.
New stuff includes: - the aforementioned coffee bar, which will most likely be manned by Cam when he's not running around making sure the sound system works and nervously supervising his bungee jump. MJ figures since Coffee is coming, he might as well make his cousin's substance readily available! - Tommy (the Marijuana Party) will be manning a table where he'll be accepting donations to NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) in lieu of birthday presents. I'll be posting a comment thread for this table and numerous people are welcome to tag and interact with him. Come on, he's a cute wittle new god with powerful parents, I'm sure someone wants to interact with him!
And that brings me to my next point... birthday presents. MJ is notoriously hard to buy for, seeing as he owns a head shop and has practically everything he could want in relation to his susbstance. However, he says that gifts aren't really necessary but if your characters do want to get him something and you're stumped, feel free to IM/PM/comment me and I'll flood you with thinkgeek.com links. My characters freaking love that site. XD
And onto my more specific rambles!
In no specific order, really, but just indulge me while I make sure that I'll be super busy on the twentieth. My characters up for play are Marijuana, Glibt, and GHB, and NPCs up for play are Tommy, Cam, Wes, Matt, and Bryn.
Vari: MJ would like to drag Heroin up to the roof around 4PM and stay there with him past 4:20. He has a gift for his husband and would just generally like to spend his most powerful moment of the year with Heroin. Also, although I know you're busy, some Media interaction, whether it be Media/MJ, Media/Glibt, or Media/Tommy, would be awesome.
Tess: GHB/'Nitsa, yes, yes! And post GHB/'Nitsa, some MJ/'Nitsa would be awesome. And if Morphine makes an appearance, MJ can try to not seem as high as he is and be all polite and formal. I'm up for any and all combinations, just let me know if you'd like me to start any of them.
Cassie: If Speed wants to come, MJ wants to hug him and play in the ball room again! Also, Matt would probably pounce for hugs and want to drag Speed off into a corner while Wes looks on all jealous-like.
Tess/Cassie: Hokay, the MJ/Classic/Hippie performance. Cassie... Tess and I thought their set list could be: Comfortably Numb (Floyd), Triad (Jefferson Airplane) and Revolution (Beatles). I had an idea about how to organize it; I could start a general performance thread and cover Comfortably Numb like Tess covered Under Pressure last year, and perhaps Cassie/Hippie could cover Triad, and Tess/Classic could cover Revolution? Whatever works for you guys!
Kendra: Like Vari, I know you're hugely busy and we can totally wait until after Tuesday to do any of this, but you just know that Glibt will be dragging Mark to this party. It's Tommy's first birthday, after all, and won't Mark want to see if MJ is being all responsible and not letting their son drink? *grins* So, anyway, some Mark/Glibt/Tommy(/MJ?) would be great. And if Cocaine shows up... well, I'm going to be selfish and say that I really, really, really want Cam to meet him. He'd drool. And be tempted to grovel all "I'm not worthy!"-like before MJ or another NPC swoops in and rescues him. Let me know and I can start us up a thread or threads for whenever you've got the time!
Lena: Cam/Mischa, y/y? Either before or after the potential Coke/Cam, I'm good with anything!
Shay: GHB/Dylan ftw. Let me know if you'd like me to start or if you'd rather set it up. Same goes for the Eris/MJ we've got planned. MJ is already a tad anxious about what her gift is going to be. XD
Sid: MJ would like some buddy-buddy cousin time with Coffee, plz! Also, I have an MJ NPC who practically lives on coffee (he's a mostly recovered coke/crack fiend and takes his uppers where he can get them these days) and would love to meet the personification of coffee. I can start us up a comment thread for any combination of the three of them, just let me know!
Bette: If you're still around, MJ would love to go roll around in the dirt with Shrooms!
MJ would also like to interact with practically every member of his family, so just because I left a Drug off the list doesn't mean I don't want to thread with them! I probably left someone out but since even typing this list made my mind a bit fuzzy, I'm going to leave it at that.
Like last year, feel free to interact amongst yourselves in the comments and, as per usual, if you want to thread with any of mine, just stick their name in the comment subject and they'll appear.
'Kay, enough babbling. Back to your regularly scheduled hijinks!