Drunk Dialing

If you can't make it to Chicago, the consolation prize is a drunk dialing call from all the people who are there. The best part is that you have all kinds of drunken rants, off color jokes and tepid put downs on your voicemail that come in handy later on for blackmail and such (not that I would stoop to such shenanigans). Still, it's nice to know that even though your friends are 3 sheets to the wind, they still have the mental acumen to think about you at 2 am.