jonmc and pips getting married in Las Vegas.

September 11, 2006 9:48 AM

Vegas Meetup: jonmc and pips are getting married!! Saturday 9/23, 9:30 p.m. at the Graceland Chapel. After the ceremony, we're all gonna party at the Carnival Court Flair Bar until the break of dawn. Please join us!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero to MetaFilter gatherings at 9:48 AM (80 comments total)

The Las Vegas meetup Wiki, with updated cast of characters in attendance.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:59 AM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

My husband and I got married at that chapel a few years ago. Congrats and have fun! Will Elvis be in attendance? We ended up with an old Elvis, not the young Elvis featured on the website, but he was still a blast.
posted by schnee at 10:04 AM on September 11, 2006

Hells yes, Elvis will be in attendance!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:06 AM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

Awesome, congrats! No way that I can make it to LV, but just pretend all of us distant Mefites are there.
posted by Kickstart70 at 10:06 AM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations, Pips and Jon! You will be the living, loving definition, par excellence and sheer cool, of the HMC*.

*Happily married couples, whether gay or not, are the new Rock. Of course, the new Rock takes a while getting used to, but it IS old and it DOES rock and you WILL get the hang of it, believe me!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 10:13 AM on September 11, 2006

I've purchased a stellar rockabilly shirt for the occasion and I've been practicing my lip curl. We're both very excited. We purchased our rings at a place in the diamond district called (no joke) The Futurama Diamond Exchange. I expected the salesman to tell to bite his shiny metal ass, but he was actually a very nice Israeli gentleman. I'm kind of stoked that many of the guests are going to be people I only know as pixels. Seems kind of appropriate somehow.

And yes, Elvis will be there. We get three songs of our choice.
posted by jonmc at 10:15 AM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations!
posted by OmieWise at 10:19 AM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations and felicitations!
posted by sugarfish at 10:26 AM on September 11, 2006

W00t.
posted by gsteff at 10:31 AM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations and best wishes, jonmc & pips!
posted by Elsa at 10:35 AM on September 11, 2006

I won't be able to get to Vegas but I had to add my congrats to jonmc and pips!
posted by LeeJay at 10:36 AM on September 11, 2006

Congrats, jon & pips! You two seem to have been great/best friends forever, and in my opinion you, jon, appear to have been happiest when you're with pips. Good on ya both!
posted by five fresh fish at 11:27 AM on September 11, 2006

Muy mucho felicitations to jonmc & pips!
posted by deborah at 11:50 AM on September 11, 2006

Congrats :)
posted by TheDonF at 11:56 AM on September 11, 2006

Man, this looks (from the guest list) like it's going to be the MeFi Event of the Year! I wish I could be there, but I'll be thinking of you and awaiting the pictures with glee. I said it in the other thread, but I'll say it here too: congratulations, jonmc!
posted by languagehat at 12:09 PM on September 11, 2006

Hey! Congratulations you crazy kids! NortonDC and I will be getting ready to eat our 1-year frozen anniversary cake on that day!
posted by onlyconnect at 12:18 PM on September 11, 2006

oh, and we'll make sure to do mucho shoutouts. Preferably in light bulbs.
posted by jonmc at 12:20 PM on September 11, 2006

Or in sequins on showgirls.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:27 PM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

Or in cocaine on a hooker's back.

And congrats as well!
posted by Cyrano at 12:31 PM on September 11, 2006

Are occhiblu and ikkyu2 married? Or just travelling buddies? (Just curious; I had no idea this place had so many couples)
posted by SeizeTheDay at 12:34 PM on September 11, 2006

Are occhiblu and ikkyu2 married? Or just travelling buddies?

Are those our only options?
posted by occhiblu at 12:40 PM on September 11, 2006

SiezeTheDay: actually, half the site is married to the other half. you just haven't met your spouse yet.
posted by jonmc at 12:42 PM on September 11, 2006

Heh...well, occhiblu, before I step into a deeper pile of steaming dung, let me retract the question to something more safe: Do ya'll know each other in real life?

jon, something tells me my abrasiveness has scared off 95% of the already limited female population here. I'm definitely not counting on MeFi to help me find a date, given how cold I come across here.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 12:48 PM on September 11, 2006

Heh...well, occhiblu, before I step into a deeper pile of steaming dung, let me retract the question to something more safe: Do ya'll know each other in real life?

She's his keeper. If left to wander the streets alone, ikkyu2 gets into mischeif. Motel fires, unliscensed autopsies, seducing wealthy widows, that kind of thing.
posted by jonmc at 12:50 PM on September 11, 2006

Do ya'll know each other in real life?

I don't know about the rest of you, but I would NOT share a hotel room with someone I had not met first in real life.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:52 PM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

Motel fires, unliscensed autopsies, seducing wealthy widows

Often in the same afternoon! I have seen it, with my own eyes.

Also, being that I sadly cannot make it to Vegas for the wedding (although a little devilish voice inside me keeps saying "road trip! road trip! screw your deadlines!"), I would just like to go on the record as saying that I would like my shoutout in the form of cocaine on hooker's back, as cyrano suggests.
posted by scody at 12:56 PM on September 11, 2006

Road trip! Road trip! You'll be on deadlines until you're dead!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:03 PM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

I would like my shoutout in the form of cocaine on hooker's back,

wouldja settle for Cremora on stynxno's elbow?
posted by jonmc at 1:06 PM on September 11, 2006

Hooker's back, Stynxno's elbow, same thing.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:08 PM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

my elbow has to pay the rent somehow.
posted by Stynxno at 1:11 PM on September 11, 2006

most of the money goes to your pimp's knuckle, stynx, everybody knows that.
posted by jonmc at 1:13 PM on September 11, 2006

Wow, congratulations Jon!
posted by nicwolff at 1:18 PM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations jonmc. You've long been, for this longtime lurker, among my favourite mefites, and I wish you all the best.
posted by Flashman at 1:53 PM on September 11, 2006

Congrats Jon! I'd make the drive, but I'll be in Canada for another wedding. (crap!)
posted by eyeballkid at 2:04 PM on September 11, 2006

Mazel Tov.
posted by fixedgear at 2:04 PM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations!
posted by Afroblanco at 2:17 PM on September 11, 2006

have a good one.
posted by the cuban at 2:18 PM on September 11, 2006

Best wishes.
posted by Cranberry at 2:20 PM on September 11, 2006

Congrats you guys! And if you pass a roulette table, put a sawbuck on 6 for me.
posted by CunningLinguist at 2:35 PM on September 11, 2006

Wishing you both every joy.

What three songs will you pick?
posted by ottereroticist at 2:47 PM on September 11, 2006

Last I heard, it was One Night, All Shook Up, and Teddy Bear.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 3:28 PM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

CL, you're on, baby.
posted by jonmc at 3:41 PM on September 11, 2006

I've already w00ted on the other site but let me go on record here as well-

congratulations, felicitations, and etcetera......cheers!
posted by konolia at 3:53 PM on September 11, 2006

Aw, you crazy kids. All the best.
posted by jokeefe at 4:00 PM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations, you two! You'll finally be able to have sex!
posted by Gamblor at 4:10 PM on September 11, 2006

aw...thats really nice , have a good one eh ?

*fuller details would be nice*

y'know , flowers n that.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:12 PM on September 11, 2006

I give it six months.
posted by ColdChef at 4:13 PM on September 11, 2006

well, Reno is near Vegas....
posted by jonmc at 4:15 PM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations, you bastards.

I expect you all to drink one two many lots for me.
posted by scrump at 4:15 PM on September 11, 2006

Mazel Tov!!!! : >
posted by amberglow at 4:26 PM on September 11, 2006

Try to make it to the Double Down Saloon. They have a jukebox that I think jonmc will appreciate.
posted by liam at 4:31 PM on September 11, 2006

This is awesome, y'all... it's like the reception's already started. Now, somebody dance with my Aunt Rita. (Careful, she pinches.)
posted by pips at 4:35 PM on September 11, 2006

AILF
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:55 PM on September 11, 2006

Congrats!! :D Sorry I won't be able to make it out to Vegas, you will need to have a second reception back here in the City or something.
posted by cyrusdogstar at 5:01 PM on September 11, 2006

Many congratulations to you!
posted by tristeza at 5:14 PM on September 11, 2006

alll riiiight! tell wayne newton i said hi!
posted by jason's_planet at 6:23 PM on September 11, 2006

Love me(fi) tender to both of ya. And jon, your pompa 'do had better match the shirt-shot dude's in a gravity-defying Johnny Bravoesque tower of power!
posted by rob511 at 6:25 PM on September 11, 2006

Congrats, you jaundiced scurvy old bastard.
posted by loquacious at 6:27 PM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations! Take lots of pictures!
posted by astruc at 7:41 PM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations! That's great to hear.
posted by stinkycheese at 7:44 PM on September 11, 2006

Much ♥ to jonmc and pips and to all who are lucky enuf to attend! May you enjoy each other's company forever! ♥ ♥ ♥
posted by Lynsey at 9:37 PM on September 11, 2006

Congratulations!
posted by mwhybark at 9:52 PM on September 11, 2006

Amen
posted by y2karl at 8:51 AM on September 12, 2006

Oh! How I wish I could be there!
posted by blasdelf at 10:09 AM on September 12, 2006

I didn't realize they sold plaid flannel tuxes.

Muchas Congratulaciones!
posted by pardonyou? at 10:10 AM on September 12, 2006

Congratulations y'all. You picked a good place to get hitched, I've been hitched there way back in the day and one of my best friends has as well. Elvis is very friendly (and the skinny version) and people definitely have a good time. Plus, if I remember correctly people can watch it live as it happens on the interweb. All my best wishes.
posted by lips at 11:14 AM on September 12, 2006

Per cent'anni! Elvis Love Me Chicken Tenders for everyone!
posted by octobersurprise at 11:28 AM on September 12, 2006

You better post another thread with a link to the webcam in a few weeks, I really want to see that.
posted by blasdelf at 2:55 PM on September 12, 2006

MAZEL TOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I am BITTERLY disappointed that I can't be there.
posted by brujita at 3:28 PM on September 12, 2006

Congrats to you both. Splendid stuff.
posted by blag at 3:32 PM on September 12, 2006

I've decided to go. Yeee haaww!
posted by orange swan at 10:42 AM on September 14, 2006

We might be coming too, if we can get the finances to work. w00t!
posted by onlyconnect at 7:44 AM on September 15, 2006

As of Sep. 15th, scarabic has announced he will attend.

Please come, onlyconnect!
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 9:46 AM on September 15, 2006

Congratulations!
posted by Vidiot at 2:24 PM on September 15, 2006

We've bought our plane tickets, reserved our hotel, and purchased cirque du soleil tickets for "O" to attend just before the wedding, so I think barring some sort of horrible juju we are going to attend! Woohoo!
posted by onlyconnect at 10:31 PM on September 18, 2006

Great!

May I add you both to the MeCha Wiki page on the meetup?

I'm sending you an invite right now to the mailing list we're using to organize last minute details (like exchanging contact information for when we're there).
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:52 PM on September 18, 2006

Hi! Thanks so much, EB! I think ThePinkSuperhero may have added NortonDC and me to the MeCha Wiki as "possibles," but you may move us to definites if you don't mind. I can't access the wiki for some reason. I will check my MeFi email for the mailing list invite, and I really appreciate being kept in the loop on the details!

We should be around Saturday morning through Monday night, and plan to be at the wedding and reception/meetup afterwards. Very psyched to be attending!
posted by onlyconnect at 11:39 PM on September 18, 2006

Cool. I'm updating the wiki now. Do you know where you'll be staying?

I sent the invite just after I posted that comment to the address in your profile. You haven't gotten it? Actually, as it's after midnight, I can manually add another ten addresses today. If you want, I can add the address in your profile, or you can email me (kmellis at kmellis dot com) an address you want to use.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:55 PM on September 18, 2006

Thanks, EB. I got the invite and am officially signed up to the group. And, we are staying at Bally's because it was cheap and central!
posted by onlyconnect at 12:02 AM on September 19, 2006

Just fyi, I am having some sort of weird issues with yahoo mail. Not sure what's up, but I'll try to get some help from NortonDC tonight.
posted by onlyconnect at 1:41 PM on September 19, 2006