:: JungFroid's Public Journal ::

:: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 ::

How To Throw Together a Surprise Party In 2 Hours

Praxis' way: delegate all the work to everyone else.

Get relatives in on it. Celebrants ALWAYS trust their family. :P

Don't rely entirely on text/sms messaging. Things got hairy there for awhile, when sms was tardy. Like, 8 hours off kind of tardy. Thank god thepinklamb called when they got there to give us a heads up for starlightgloom's surprise dinner ^___^

However! if you have reliable text/sms messaging, and the network's pretty quick to get the messages to and fro... make like you're just checking your phone, get quick w/ your texting, and voila

DO NOT give your phone to the celebrant to hold.

And so, b/c you're not relying on text/sms, you'll have to use the phone for planning while in the presence of the celebrant. Be careful not to use words that would tip off the celebrant to the surprise. Example: Planner 1: "...so, give us about 5 minutes, then head on over." Planner 2(in presence of celebrant): "5? You found 5 links for drivers? Hmm. I think I better take a look at those links. Mind if I come over? I can be there in about 10 minutes."

Stall, stall, stall.

You must be a good, bold-faced liar. Example: If you're not one of the designated celebrant distractors, attempt to make legit plans w/ the celebrant at the time of the surprise, who of course will be unavailable. This will throw them off the scent of the surprise plans. Embellish it by making alternate plans later and pout that you can't spend their birthday with them because of their selfish boyfriend.

And finally, make sure it's all last minute planning anyway, cuz if it actually comes together, it'll be a big surprise to the celebrant as well as to the planners...

:: JungFroid :: 9/10/2002 05:23:00 PM [+] ::
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