RE: DRINKING
I can't speak for anyone else, but personally? I'm not some punk high school or college kid that needs to drink to prove anything. It's just a tasty social thing. Whatevs.
Corey's gonna be out cold on the floor, though. Just sayin'.
Anyway...
RE: STUFFAGE
I'm leaning pretty heavily toward hanging out in New Brunswick (New Jersey, not Canada!) that evening. I have a couple places in mind. Gonna walk over on my lunch break (I work up here

) and ask around. There are also a few local bars and the
Grease Trucks for super-late-night eatings. There's also an
NJ Transit station right here for easy commuting (though not all expresses stop here, so pay attention to the schedules). There are also several parking decks on a couple of the streets here (on-street parking is kinda like NYC where you can if you find a spot, but good luck... parking decks are available and relatively cheap).
For the record, no, we're not recording anything at this get-together. Maybe someone will take pictures, but that's it.
I would
***REALLY APPRECIATE*** some more solid confirmations/non-confirmations from people on whether or not you're coming now that you've got a date (
Saturday, December 5th) and a (probable) location (
New Brunswick, NJ). I'll compile another updated list in this thread when you let me know.
EDIT: Just ran down to
Sapporo and talked with the manager. Sounds like we'd easily be accommodated. There's no "party room" or anything like that, but it's pretty spacious. There's a full bar at the front of the place, there's a sushi bar in the back alongside tons of regular dinner tables, and there's also a separated hibachi room. I even got some coupons to share

. There's also a 10% coupon for dinner on their site if you click "Fun" and go through the steps. I'm figuring most of us will be doing the bar and sushi stuffage, though if you want to sit at a table for dinner, go for it! Like I said, there are plenty of other bars and restaurants along the main drag, too.
IMPORTANT EDIT 2: I don't know if I need to make this clear, but... uhh... everyone's responsible for their own eatings or drinkings or whatever. I'm just organizing where to have this thing. I'm not paying for you

.