turns out i'm having a real, live hootenanny
Thursday, December 22 
Shawn rocks a pair of beer goggles during a past party.
OK, below are the party details I promised. I hate parties! So how is it that I’m getting so excited for this one?
I guess this gathering is just weird enough to work for me: a community of people, widely varying in age and interests, invited (and hopefully coming together) via the common thread of knowing way too much about me.
Heck yes!
So, once again, if you can, please come. Feel free to bring a significant other. If you live far away and can’t manage the airfare, rest assured that I’ll fill you in on all the details right here on January 2…Oh, and wish me luck. I'm an amateur.
Minor Catastrophes Hootenanny, First Annual
When: Tuesday, December 27, 7 p.m. -ish
(I go to bed around 10 p.m. Might push it to 10:30 if you come. Just sayin.’ )
Where: My house, in Bozeman, MT…If you think there’s even a remote chance that you might come and you’ve never been to my home before, please email me at megault-at-aol.com, and I will give you my address and directions.
Why: Because. (Duh.)
Bring: Hmm. Something? Nothing? Really, it’s up to you. We’ll have some nibbles, beer and wine, but if you’d like to bring a drink and/or something you enjoy cooking or eating, that would be swell.
END NOTE: I've never actually known what a hootenanny is, but have always liked how the word sounds. So friendly and communal, like some impromptu party on Hee Haw. So I just decided as I was writing this post to make my party a hootenanny.
Anyway, I finally looked it up after loving this word for all these years, and here's what the dictionary says:
hootenanny: n. An informal concert at which folk singers perform.
So I guess if you decide to attend, maybe you could possibly sing something? In a Hee Haw outfit? Otherwise my hootenanny will be a total flop.
Can you live with that?
PLEASE DO NOT SPOIL MY PARTY WITH YOUR NON-SINGING, HOOTENANNY-HATING WAYS.
Also, If you’re coming to the party and want to brush up on who’s who, some of the people expected to attend have been interviewed in my Your Turn blog posts, which I plan to fire up again in the New Year. In any case, you can scroll through those old posts by clicking here.
Reader Comments (15)
AWWW the boy looks so handsome. Have a great party, wish I could be there but maybe next year. Have a Merry Chirstmas .
A hootenanny, cool. If you get FaveAuntie to sing, make sure that it gets preserved and distributed to the rest of us.
If the neighbors call the Humane Society to report a female coyote being tortured while giving birth to a breech-presentation porcupine, it will be because I began to sing. But at least I'll be on key. Someone's key.
I mean, the neighbors HEARING, not seeing, this coyote. You know what I mean, right?
Are kids invited? or should we tie them up in the crawl space and leave them home? =) Either way is good with us. Can't wait to come to the shindig or rather hootenanny... but uh... my singin's right up there with NLwD! Just so you're warned.
I'm seriously conflicted here. On one hand, if I don't sing, you'll feel like this hootenanny of yours is a complete flop. On the other hand, if I DO sing, you (and likely the other guests) will be filled with soul-crushing despair. "What on earth was that?!" you'll say. "How was that allowed to happen?!" people will wonder. "My ears! Ye gods my ears!" people might say. Perhaps if I just stick close to the snacks...
Perhaps the fruit of the vine will provide the diminished self-consciousness required to really fulfill Megan's dreams of a singing party. Or perhaps we can offer Megan enough beverage to make her believe we all sang in seven-part harmony and even the neighbors came over to offer their compliments.
Actually, I'm starting to look forward to the singing part. As long as nobody suggests those horrible schmaltzy things about bells and snowmen and city lights and crap. Surely we can do better than that.
I do hope you have video and will post any singing. Sorry I can't be there. Have a very Merry Xmas and I'm looking forward to your next post.
OK, went back to read the comments in the other blog entry. Kids: optional, although they may not have as much fun as us, got it. Sorry I missed that earlier. Thanks!
Oh I am DEFINITELY singing. I do so love watching other people in pain. It is interesting that besides knowing Megan, the other thing we all seem to have in common is the belief that we sing badly.
Cool goggles! you look like a genius! -Sarah-
Can't wait to see anyone who can make it tomorrow! We have purchased both red and white cardboardeux, sure to lubricate the vocal chords for some interesting noise-making. Also, there is rumor of an interesting bacon concoction that is sure to steal the show (Google "bacon explosion").
Hope it was a Merry Christmas for all :)
Megan, you know I am a regular reader of this blog even though I rarely comment.
I would so love to be at the hootenanny tonight but alas it is a bit to far for me to get there from Eugene.
I hope you all have a wonderful time! I will be thinking of you.
I miss you so very much!
So bummed I've been away for so long. The last week of school before winter break is very hectic, then my computer died, then I got a new computer (a very cool, used MacBook I got off of craigslist. It rocks!), then the holidays, and now I'm finally catching up. I hope your party was a big success and though I'm miles away, I was retroactively there in spirit. :)
Happy New Year!
Ray: Awww, thanks for checking in! And Happy New Year to you and the whole family. Someday we'll make it out your way, and I imagine it'll be just like we saw you yesterday, despite the fact that somehow our oldest children have grown up on us :)
Becky: It would have been so fun to meet you in person! Thanks for being with us in spirit, though. I'm jealous about the used MacBook. I work on a Mac at work and a PC at home, and am always cursing the PC. Here's to an awesome New Year for you, and all of us!