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[cancer|repost] JayWake, in which I host my own funeral
Tomorrow…
You are invited to my pre-mortem wake and roast, a somewhat morbid, deeply irreverent, but joyous celebration of me. This is a time for celebrating my life, loves, and dark, twisted sense of humor. Bring your stories (hysterical, at my expense), your tasteless jokes, and any and all expressions gleefully macabre. Come party with the man who has never passed up the chance to poke cancer in the eye and laugh about it.
Date/Time:
Saturday, July 27, 6:PM – ?
Location:
Holiday Inn Portland Airport
8439 NE Columbia Blvd
Portland, OR 97220
We are deeply grateful to the Cascade Writers’ Conference who is gifting us with the cancellation of their Saturday evening programming so that their members can attend JayWake. In addition, they have offered the unused space for our celebration. We are humbled by their generosity.
We are also deeply grateful to Tom Doherty and Tor Books for their very generous support of JayWake,
We are arranging for a group rate for out-of-town guests at the Holiday Inn. Please email tammyjoy6@gmail.com for information on the hotel.
Food and Libations:
There will be a buffet dinner for guests who RSVP. RSVP-ing tells us how many people to prepare for. Please email jaywakereg@gmail.com or reply to the Facebook event to RSVP. Donations will be accepted (but not required) to offset the cost of the meal.
Roast:
The Roast will begin at about 7:30. Be warned: the jokes and stories contained herein will not only push the boundaries of good taste, they will leapfrog over the boundaries blowing a raspberry. This is not a time to say how I touched your life. This is a time to say how I touched you inappropriately. Please contact jaywake.questions@gmail.com for information on being a scheduled speaker.
Sandra Tayler and the JayWake Book
The mighty @sandratayler is working on the Jay Wake Book. She’s looking for pictures, stories and other material about me. As Sandra says:
Our friend Jay has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and is hosting his own wake, Jay Wake, which Howard and I are attending. We know that other friends of Jay would love to be able to come, but can’t for a multitude of reasons. The Jay Wake Book is a project to let everyone participate in the celebration of Jay. I’ll be collecting stories, art, and photos of Jay to compile into the book. The first iteration of this book will be presented to Jay at Jay Wake. The second iteration will include stories and photos collected at Jay Wake. It will be made generally available either in electronic or print version.
Please contribute if you can.
Donations:
We will be accepting donations to offset the cost of the meal and event. Use the PayPal button below, or contact jaywake.questions@gmail.com if you’d like to donate in another way.
T-Shirts:
T-shirts with a black and white line art version of the art below, by Howard Tayler, will be available. Contact jaywake.questions@gmail.com if you’d like to order one.
Planning to Attend?
If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to jaywakereg@gmail.com or at the Facebook event.
Art © 2013 Howard Tayler. Reproduced with permission.
Questions? Email jaywake.questions@gmail.com.
This post is adapted from the JayWake page here.
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@jay_lake Wish I could have gone!
I wish I could be there! Laugh lots! Have fun!
Very sorry I had to cancel. Wish I could go, but life got in my way and I ran out of spoons.
You are going to have a very busy weekend with you Wake socialising. Knock ’em dead!
Er, I mean…
😉 <3
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Have a wonderful time! Looking forward to the wake report!
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Wish I could be there, Jay.
Forgive that I can’t make it. You should probably be relieved.
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I really wish I could make it, but the weekend work gods have conspired to keep me in town. Pax and joy, mon ami. Kom-tri-ya!
@pjf I do: http://t.co/lmqx1s1XSQ — it’d be great to see you again. We’re back from NZ and AU since meeting you at JayCon.
Enjoy it, Jay; sorry I can’t be there in person, so please be unspeakably rude to someone for me, if you would. 😛
I wish I could be there. I hope after all it’s very pre-mortem.
Hi, Jay. I will not be able to make it. But, given your good news of late, I am hoping to go to JayWake next year.
I wish we could go! Damnable uncooperative bank account… meanwhile, I also think that having a second annual wake next year would be a marvelous idea…because annual birthdays are so over and we need a new trend to keep ahead of the hipsters…(and because, y’know, your continued existence would be cooler than cool)
Hi, all. I’ve just come back from 2025 and I have to say that the 2023 JayWake was really the best one.
We’ll be there in spirit!
Me and a gazillion other friends will be joining you on the astral plane. More than the crowd at SD Comic-con, Fanime and NYE @ Power Exchange combined.
@tracyr426 @Autumn7811 I’m going to a (still living) friend’s wake this weekend. http://t.co/8zvwSVTp0J Naturally, our flight is delayed.
Let’s hope this is a premature wakification.