welcome one and all to yet another HENNIFER-BRAND(tM) infofile.

with additions and changes by the ever so charming warpus the apache

in the tradition of the very successful joint and swap(tM) irc activities, comesa third, ultimate idea.  yes, if you can read (?!) you've guessed by now..

THE BLENDER!!!!!!!!!

quickly!  before time runs out, this how a blender(tM) event will be run:

1 - everyone will gather in the #blender channel.

2 - at precisely 7:30pm EST (and warpus, and ONLY warpus will be the judge of
when that is:) warpus, the host of this event will explain how the blender
works.

2 - each person will come up with ONE idea.  it can be in one of three
categories:  thing (ie. horse), action (ie. fishing), and place (ie. white
house).

do not give us three ideas.  we get really mad when that
happens.  also, do NOT try to talk to us as we're gathering
words.  we will promptly ignore you :)

3 - everyone will submit their ONE idea to the organizer, who will make a
list.  this organizer currently is warpus, but hennifer comes over to his
house to help out because he's such a nice guy.

4 - the organizer will randomly pick THREE of the ideas.  these ideas will
be relayed to everyone in #blender.

5 - everyone goes off to draw.  hell, you could even write a poem (lit guys =)),but the catch is that it has to be about the THREE ideas.  all of them.
in our example then, everyone would create a masterpiece involving a horse
fishing at the white house.

6 - after the alotted amount of time (7:30pm - 10:00pm), everyone returns and
hands in their work.  it doesn't matter what form the work is, what board
(or whatever) its for, everything is collected.

7 - once thats done, the organizer picks the winner, slaps on an infofile,
changes the last diz, and out comes the blender(tm) pack.  right?  WRONG!
a new feature to the blender(tm) is the hall of fame.  each week's winner
is on that highly respected list, and that is also where the group
standings appear.  the group the artist of the week is in gets a point,
and that is updated weekly as well.

8 - the pack is then put on cdrom.com, where it can be downloaded by hordes
of eager blendeners, blender supporters, fans, fanatics, and communists.

hopefully you get an idea of the fun involved here.  but along with that,
blender(tM) has numerous advantages over the other irc events.

INFINITE PLAYERS - yes, this means never having to turn eager blendeners away.

PREFAB INSPIRATION - for those of you that can't think of anything to draw, hereother people will do most of the work for you!

ORIGINALITY - finally something other to draw than breasts =)  just imagine a
pack with 20 different interpretations of a horse fishing!!

NO QUALITY CONTROL - it doesn't matter how well you do, how silly or serious youare, because you won't be messing up anyone's work except
your own =)

EASY TO RUN - no messy file exchanges + no hard-to-enforce rules = a smooth-
running operation with no annoying delays.

COOL ORGANIZERS - yes, finally a compo that is ran by really cool people. :)

people seem to be confused as to who does what during these blenders.  well...

hennifer is the one who thought of the blender
warpus is the one who runs blender
hennifer is the one who comes over the warpus' house and helps him run blender
rust, iceage, cheeze and grind king are some of the people who have also helped out but never did come to my house.  that's because i live far, far away.

(if i forgot anyone email me and i'll include you next time)

i also have to give cheeze credit for coming up with the joint.  AND running
it and the swap.  we beware you cheeze! :)

as i don't have irc, i have authorized miss warpus to run this event.  she can
pick whoever she likes to help her, and hopefully i can get internet soon and
join in on the fun, JUST LIKE YOU SHOULD!!!!! [whack]

the 12th blender(tM) will be held:

sunday, february 9th
7:30pm - 10:00pm (est)
#blender

please join us. - hennifer& warpus