Well, ready may be a slight exaggeration so far as our old schoolhouse goes. To tell the whole truth there were a slew of repairs and improvements I wanted to make to the property in preparation for HuSistock that simply haven't happened, for want of time and especially money.

Thus those of you who come will be treated to the ragged glory that is our lives, unadulterated by cosmetic brush-ups. Those who come to be our guests will note the pioneer charm we attempt to bear in mind while filling our bath-tub from boiling kettles, because our high-tech laser-powered hot water system is...resting. Witness our stained carpets and marvel at our variously MacGyvered machines. Indeed, there are a couple of parts of the schoolhouse that bear an uncomfortable similarity to Tyler Durden's house, especially when it rains.

Never the less, our relationship from the start has been founded on a certain amount of shameless mutual disclosure. I read your diaries, you read mine -- it would be silly to suffer pangs of vanity now. You'll see how we live, and some of you will come away shaking your heads. No doubt, no doubt!

But what this schoolhouse has is yours to share, come July 1st through the 4th. It's called HuSistock, and it will surely be among the rockin'est events this Scooposphere has ever known.

As has been mentioned before, you should bring a tent. (A tent with a fly, should it rain.) You should at the very least have your own sleeping bag, should you care to sleep out under the stars.

The scale of the amenities will largely be determined by you. There is a PayPal button on the HuSistock page for donating funds for the event. If folks contribute very little, we shall be eating curd-dogs and saltines. If folks contribute more, we can have a pig roast and caviar fights. You see how it works. See Littlestar's last diary for more on the topic of eats.

In the unlikely event that donations exceed costs, all remaining funds would be donated to Hulver for the maintenance of our favourite site. Long live the cow!

If you are able to bring fireworks, do so. We will be buying many, but there's no such thing as too many. We will be explodermerating stuff every night, with especial pyrotechnic celebrations Independence Day and Canada Day.

The Go Kart championship will be around $15 a head, depending on how many of us there are racing. We can't reserve until we have hard numbers, which brings up the next thing: hard numbers. Below is a list of names of people who have said, at one point or another, that they'd likely be turning up for HuSistock. No doubt some mentions were missed...I am an imprecise book-keeper. Please read this list. If you are not on this list but think you should be, e-mail Littlestar. If you are on this list erroneously or have since changed your plans, e-mail Littlestar. My apologies if your nick has been miscapitalized or otherwise misrendered. List follows:

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606
alprazolam
ana
aphrael
Atreides
Breaker
BunnyVomit
By The Grace Of God
CountSpatula
Driusan
Emissary
gazbo
Gedvondur
georgeha
Greener
illsorted
janra
Jave27
kpaul
LilFlightTest
LinDze
LoppEar
MichaelCrawford
MillMan
misslake
Molasses
moonvine
MostlyHarmless
Nick
ni
Phil the Canuck
Rizzo
rusty
SpaceJack
Toxicfur
webwench
[redacted]

Littlestar's diary mentions some of the available activities. Myself I am a very lazy man, so I expect to do a lot of sitting around, drinking beers and just idly shooting the shit with interesting people.

I would also like to note that we have been donated a wireless router, to improve net access for visiting HuShi'ites. Because the donator wishes to remain anonymous, I have to chosen to assign the credit arbitrarily to rmg. So everyone be sure to give a big "thank you" to him for his generous support.

If you have allergies, please note: the old schoolhouse is home to six cats and two dogs. We also eat peanuts.

If you play an instrument, bring it. If you have music you'd like people to hear, burn it.

We look forward to meeting you.