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Well, we have been planning this party for a number of weeks now ever since I tried to organize a ten year reunion dinner last month.
Let me start from the beginning. SLWD gave me a call last month and I suggested that we should have some sort of reunion since it's been ten years since graduation. So I e-mailed the usual suspects to gauge their reaction.
The response was mediocre. There weren't too many people interested in getting together and everyone was too "busy". Then DeeL gave me this brilliant idea: Since it was Stonaday's birthday soon, why not have a surprise birthday party for him, and use the reunion dinner as a ruse?
Brilliant! I thought that was a great idea, so I asked what kind of ideas DeeL had in store for the party. That's when he told me that it was my idea for the reunion so I should be the one planning it.
<- looks shocked.
I see, so this is how you're going to play it huh? *rubs chin* Indeed..
I recalled that DeeL's birthday was around the same time as Stonaday's so since he did suggest that a surprise birthday was in order, why not have a surprise birthday party for both birthday boys?!?
So the idea was hatched, and the plan took form. All I needed were people who I could trust to carry out this plan, and to keep this secret..
The first person I contacted was HKL. He agreed to the plan, and began to look into recruiting a few good operatives. OMok was the next likely candidate, and I sequestered his help. KH was next on the list, and the spies on DeeL's side were in place. HKL concentrated on Stonaday's half and brought JK on board. His connections allowed us to cull the informant SC from Stonaday's camp, and we were able to consolidate our forces.
After a short hiatus due to other commitments (like me buying a new car), we got back together the week before to hammer out the final details. JK was able to convince JH and eventually DM to come back to town. This gave the reunion party more importance and gave the two surpriseees less reason not to come out.
Now DM's birthday was also in the same chronological vicinity, so having a triple surprise was an idea..
The we had word that Stonaday was organizing his own birthday party the night after this one, and many of those who had agreed to come on his side began to cancel..
But it was already too close to the reunion date, so we could only continue on with the plan. Dinner, and party at DeeL's place. So I made reservations at the restaurant and headed downtown..
