you give 80's rock a bad name.

I couldn't help but post these. I suppose that whenever you get a bunch of writers together, pretty much anything they type is going to be entertaining, but I maintain that my own little UNO family consistently goes above and beyond the call of hilarious. Here are a few choice quotes from a very long Facebook message thread concerning the plans for the MFA Prom, an annual tradition in our program that is basically an excuse to hang out and drink beer in costume, as opposed to our usual habit of hanging out and drinking beer in regular clothes.

Enjoy.

JAMIE
Hey everyone,

It appears that prom preparations have not yet been started. I know we're all busy (I may not have hair at the end of this semester), but the fact is: PROM CANNOT DIE. So I propose we all get together somewhere that serves cheap alcohol and start talking about forming some kind of prom committee. Unless anyone has objections, I'll try to secure the lounge for the last weekend in April, Saturday the 25th, today unless I hear from any of you about that being a bad weekend...

DANNY
I'm in, kiddo. I think that weekend works. I suggest a LOST theme, where everyone comes as a famous writer now stranded on a desert island. That's right.

NIKKI
I guess I'll toss in my two cents. May 1st is fine and I can meet up to help organize after Mardi Gras also.

And I think Danny's theme idea kicks ass. Let's do it.

APRIL
Oh, I may be the lone dissenter but I think Danny's Lost theme is the lamest thing I have ever heard of. Hugs chocolate bear!

DANNY
April, I think your face is the lamest thing ever. So, that would make my idea second. To your face.

JESSE
Oh, snap! You just got served!

JAMIE
Jesse suggested a goth theme, which would be hilarious, especially if it's 1987 Bauhaus goth. You know, pre-beer-bloat Robert Smith. But that could also be redundant--how much black can we all really wear?

NICK
let's have a beyond thunderdome theme. two enter, one leave. except we'll call it beyond thundernoun or something. and we'll have people duke it out, like danny and april, in some kind of awesome fashion.

DANNY
nice! (btw, I will in no way fight April. She will destroy me.)

NICK
we could also have a theme that somehow encompasses the inevitable war of the future between robots and humanity, and some of us could come as robots and some of us as the last bastion of the human spirit.

JAMIE
The consensus seems to be that Jazzfest weekends don't really work well for anyone. Which only leaves May 8th, a date that also seemed like it didn't work well for numerous people. If Jazzfest is going to lead to a prom with lackluster attendance, we should probably avoid it. What's prom without A LOT of drunk people in bad costumes?

DANNY
I am going to be at Jazzfest, for sure, and I don't mind skipping out for setup and prom. I vote May 2. LOVE-FEST!

JESSE
Here is why May 2nd sucks: Bon Jovi, live at Jazzfest. May 1st, we miss Tony Bennett and Bonnie Raitt. I'm just sayin.

KELCY
I've got the answer. A Jazz Fest themed prom on May 2nd and everyone shows up sunburnt, drunk, and half-clothed in straw hats and aviators still singing Bon Jovi songs...

NICK
i vote for the date in may, the 1st or the 2nd, whichever it is.

i will sing bon jovi in my skivvies for anyone that is upset they will miss a few middle aged jersey dudes singing all of their new, shitty ass songs about how it feels like summertime and how great making memories can be.

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In other news, a real post will come...eventually. Probably after Mardi Gras. But only because there is so much awesomeness going on right now! Especially with the community house...God keeps confirming to me in about a hundred different ways that this is something He wants to happen and that He's already setting up the building blocks to do. Which makes following His lead pretty flippin' enjoyable.

Until next time, happy Mardi Gras to all and lessez le bon temps rouler!

Nikki