The first Nerd Night is happening tonight. Well, I write “tonight” but I guess that depends on when you are reading this. Is it Monday, September 27, 2004, where you are? Then the event is tonight. If it's already Tuesday, then the event was yesterday.
Hmm, perhaps it's much later, and you're reading my blog archives. If so, hello, thanks for clicking on that link on that other blog site or for finding me on Google (speaking of which, ahem: FREE XXX NAKED PICTURES OF ZOE BALL—there, that's should bump up my traffic nicely). Anyway, thanks for visiting the site, and by the way you missed a really cool event, sucka.
Or maybe it's hundreds of years from now and you're reading this as part of your first year university survey course on the Life and Writing of Carrington Vanston. (Hey, I'm not a total egotist: I admit the possibility that it'll be an elective.) If so, you probably know all about the event from my diary, you big snoop, so go write your damn essay and leave me and my realtime readers alone.
But for those of you who aren't futuristic giant-brained hyperuniversity students, Nerd Night is a (hopefully monthly) evening of board and card games organized by my pal Erin (of Who Gives A Shirt? fame).
I think it's a great idea: gathering people at a restaurant to eat food and play games. Fun shall abound, I'm sure. I love games—board, card, parlor, you name it—but opportunities to play are unfortunately few. I'm really looking forward to this.
If you are in or around Toronto, the invitation to Nerd Night is open. Erin's got a web page up describing the location and some of the games that will be available. She is keen on something called Settlers of Catan, but as soon as I read the words "manage resources" I'm in snoozeville. However, games like Kill Doctor Lucky, Lunch Money, and 221B Baker Street are ones I've never played but which look very appealing.
Come out and play.
