Cosmic Hitchhikers Appreciation Society

Good morning (once again - don’t expect it to last), CHASgardians!
Yep, it’s a barbecue this week - to celebrate the end of term and this lovely weather (that and we spend too much time inside ).  Location is the Physics Courtyard (go around and under the ramp at David Caro).  Time is 1pm.  Food supplies will be different (barbecuing dip just doesn’t work as well).
And my recommendation is… studying!  Yes, really.  Exams are coming, and you probably feel like locking yourself in your room and playing Diablo 3 (or is it just me?), but there are exams coming.  You can log back on when the servers actually start working.

I’m going to be talking about mornings until 12pm,
David
Figurehead Presi-Arthur.

Morning (well, it was when I sent the email version - be glad you’re getting a post in the first place; some poor children have to go without), MadaCHASgarians (yes, I checked what the real one is, and I don’t care because it means the pun doesn’t work)
Get excited - the email for tomorrow’s event has been sent a full 24 hours before the event itself!  This event, of course, was predicted by the Mayans as a warning of the coming apocalypse (Mayan apocalypse jokes are still hip, right?)
And tomorrow’s event is… a screening!  That’s right - let your legs recover from that hard lift party, and celebrate the return of pita bread!
We’ll be screening the TV series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tomorrow.  C2 Theatre, 1pm.  I’m going to assume you’ve heard of the book, if nothing else.  That’s all you need to know.  Come, eat our food, and sign our green sheet so we can make money and I can spend it!

Still morning (be quiet),
David
Figurehead Presi-Arthur (the Secretary, General Committee and virtually anyone on this mailing list reserve the right to overthrow me at any time)

Salutations, CHASparaguses (yes, I checked, it’s not CHASparagii).
Last week’s, uh, exciting AGM saw an, uh, exciting battle for the Presidency with, uh, exciting results (edit: the above sentence may be a slight fabrication).  Translation: You have a new President - me - and my first move as President is to do an actual CHAS Tumblr post!
It’s OK!  Don’t worry!  Please don’t flee the club in a stampede - that’d be kind of embarrassing.  Besides, our former leader now has the Secretary role, so he’ll make sure I don’t mess up that badly.  And I’ll probably forget about Tumblr as well in about a week, so…
Anyway, I’m not sure you’re that excited about that, so I’d better talk about this week’s meeting.  It will be… a lift party!
(Shocked silence).
Excited?  Good.  Don’t panic - there will still be food and consumable beverages, including apple juice.  And, of course, bottles of Lift (geddit?)
(Bored silence)
No one liked that one?  No one at all?  Fine…1pm, Union House second floor, in front of the lifts (because it’s less crowded than the ground floor.  And please don’t use the lift - you may get sick of it really quickly).
Please be on time - there’s a limit to how many people we can fit in a lift comfortably, and all the good food will go into whichever lift I happen to be in at the time.  And I promise to turn up on time as well.  Maybe.
[Insert extremely funny closing sentence here]
David
Presi-Arthur (yes, I have the title, and there is nothing you can do about it)
P.S.
Because my knowledge of obscure British comedy series is, uh, somewhat lacking, and our club is privileged enough to have an actual brony, I’m doing a troll recommendation this week.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  Watch it.  I know that those of you who haven’t have resisted this long because they don’t want to lose about 8 hours doing a My Little Pony marathon this close to exams, but you’ve been studying really hard.  You need the break.
Just remember: You will have to watch an episode eventually.  And the harder you resist, the more intense the bronification.

It is frighteningly nearing the completion of the year, and the pile of assessment looms ever so slightly more ominously with every coming hour, and even more with every going hour.But: Don’t panic! Picnic. Yes, that’s right, we are going to be holding a picnic. Well, not literally. Not all at the same time, at any rate. There’s too much of it.

But anyway - at 1pm tomorrow (Wednesday), meet us on South Lawn for a theoretically unrestricted gathering including food, drink, chocolate, and the possible game of Brockian Ultra-Cricket.

Any suggestions?

Prepare for milkshakes, denizens of CHAS. This Wednesday most likely in Graham Cornish B. Make wild concoctions. And drink them. But the Presi-arthur has banned vindaloo. No vindaloo. In the milkshakes at least.
He is bringing good starting ingredients for it at least, cookies and chocolate included.

We apologize for the lack of milkshakes, viewings instead at eZone theatre this week. Lack of milkshakes shall be made up for with future milkshakes.

Final week for the semester, turn up on Tuesday 24th, 1-2pm to the Physics Courtyard for a Towel (yester)day barbeque. Towels optional, but amusing.

Hey, we’re actually doing things and NOT just watching shows this time. Join us in Joe Nap B, 1-2pm for some Improvisational Comedy. Think Whose Line Is It Anyway? or Theatresports style nonsense. Even just come for teh lulz. Literally.

And we have facebook. Or…a new one if there was a pre-existing. But it wasn’t found when I searched, nor did anyone think there was an old one. Still, go join it and stuff. This saves me looking for you.

This thing :: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CHAS/#!/pages/CHAS/

Yes, it looks kinda sad at the moment. Go make it happy while I work on it slowly.

Come see Paul this Friday, the 22nd. Tickets are $5, payable there. Starts 12:45pm, but please try and turn up 15-20 minutes early so we buy the right number of tickets. We will be at Hoyts Melbourne Central, with a bright yellow banner.

Join us on Tuesday from 1-2 in the Middle Theatrette of the Babel building for two episodes of Father Ted: “Tentacles of Doom” and “A Song for Europe”.

Our Annual General Meeting will occur this Tuesday from 1-2pm in Joe Napolitano A, on the second floor of Union House. There will be pizza.

(via reclaimthenight)

Join us last Tuesday for two episodes of this fantastic show.

(Source: forevertrustinwh0weare)