[Cancer, Repost]
[cancer] JayWake is today
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:
Today, 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,
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.
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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Wish I could be there to help you celebrate!
May you be well-roasted, Jay. By the way, you “touched me inappropriatedly” by exposing me to so much reality. So there.
Stay awake, Jay, and enjoy the celebration!
Wish I could be there. Have a good wake!
Have a great time!
I wish I could attend. It sounds like more fun than my mother’s funeral where my brother and I played Rock-Paper-Scissors during the service.
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Pity we knew each other so late in life.
Have a fantastic time!!!
Hope you have a great time!
Have sent an email, re: purchasing a shirt.
Have the best pre-mortem wake ever.
Be sure to invite all the neighbours. That way if it goes long into the night loudly, they’ll be there having fun, too. Hugs!
Have a wonderful life celebration!!!!
Have a blast! Please mention Bulgaria, ’82-’84!
Wish I could be there, Jay. All joy to you.
I request lots of photos to be posted…. afterwards of course.
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I had planned on going to JayWake today. But life got in my way. Jay’s funeral should be a ripping good time! http://t.co/j3IlxJX9RK
Have fun! And ditto on the pics.
Have fun, Jay. I’ll raise a glass to you over here.
My glass is raised as well.
Ours also.
Sorry to be missing it!
Wish I could be there, and there could be direct video streaming.
If someone doesn’t walk away horribly offended I will be disappointed. Irreverence FTW.
I’ll raise a distant glass!
Wish I could be there. In your honor I shall toast a slice of bread. I won’t eat it, but I’ll toast it. And raise a glass of something wonderful. I’ll drink that;-)
Wish we could be there Jay Lake! We are setting out for dim sum, and will toast you with our tea cups at Yank Sing!
Wish I could come, but have a good wake and a lot of fun.