Comments on: Thanksgiving jive turkey festival

Thanksgiving jive turkey festival

melissa may — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:19:23 -0800

Portland, OR MeFites: Far from home this Thanksgiving? Us too. Please attend our Orphan's Thanksgiving dinner/short film festival! When: Thanksgiving Day, 11/22, 5:00 pm. Where: Our house (me and sleepy pete). Who: So far, me and sleepy pete. Also cmonkey, cortex, and secretariat. Menu: Big damn turkey and tofurkey (aka "jive turkey"). You bring: A side and a short animation/movie to watch afterwards. (Can't cook? Bring hooch or something store-bought. No movies? Don't worry, we'll have plenty.) How to RSVP: Please memail (aka "milfmail") me with your interest and proposed side so we can avoid a turkey and 500-crescent roll dinner. I will send you more details. Disclaimer: We have 2 cats. They are extremely full of dander and friendliness. However, if you touch their tails they will eat your face. We will say "aw" and supply Neosporin but we are not otherwise responsible for any injuries you sustain. Come as you are. No pictures if you don't want them taken of you, no shoutouts if you don't feel like shouting. We will just eat and drink and have some laughs and get sleepy. Don't be shy.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:22:42 -0800

Wow, I'm not shy but TOO FAR AWAY. Would love to join you all.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:38:10 -0800

Accessible by holiday mass transit? (The lon/lat on your user page shows you living in the middle of the Columbia River.)

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:50:17 -0800

Aw man, I would have totally gone if we didn't just order an organic bird and invite a few people over.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:55:32 -0800

It's North Portland, and pretty dang easy to bus to.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:59:46 -0800

Accessible by holiday mass transit?

Yes, you just take the longboat!

ha ha ha

No really, like cortex says we are right on a couple of big bus lines (4, 44, 6) and just a short jaunt from a big Maxline. I assume that all runs on the holiday but you may want to check for yourself. Write for address details. Also, please no tentacle porn.

(matt, you can just bring the organic bird and your people over, why not? And spot jessamyn a ticket and call it "meeting expenses" or a "teambuilding retreat" or something. Oh please please please.)

By: gac

gac — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:59:56 -0800

I am also too far away but would like to cheer on this type of thing. A++ would attend.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:20 -0800

I'll be out of town.

Dammit.

Toast to me with some roasted delicata squash, please thanks.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:10:32 -0800

I don't own any tentacle porn. Not my style.

By: Secretariat

Secretariat — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:31:31 -0800

Should be fun! Now, nobody openly flout their families in order to attend this- family comes first on Thanksgiving.

I requested special permission to move thanksgiving dinner with my mom to lunch. She gave her blessing as long as I give her a shoutout.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:34:51 -0800

Aw Steven, sorry, that was a dumb joke. Please try to come if you can. That goes for the rest of you, too. We will have a great time!

By: click

click — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:25:19 -0800

Well shoot. I was going to go until the invite was updated with a No Tentacle Porn rule. Tentacle porn and turkey goes together like, uh, well very carefully I suppose.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:39:06 -0800

Hi there Portlanders. Seriously, if you haven't hung out with sleepy pete and Melissa May yet, you are in for a real treat. They are the nicest folks you'd ever want to meet in real life and I promise all of you that you'd enjoy yourself in their company even if there was only turkey and 500 rolls!

What a marvelous idea! PDX is awful lonely when you're alone....

By: mumkin

mumkin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:57:55 -0800

Aww. I live on the 44's route, but I've just reserved a turkey and committed to hosting dinner for 12ish myself. Thanks for the invitation though. Sounds like a good time. Mmmm, crescent rolls.

By: hototogisu

hototogisu — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:59:46 -0800

This sounds righteous...

hi Melissa!

By: janell

janell — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:48:52 -0800

Hmmm. A friend of mine just moved to town (newer than me!) and we were kinda planning a min-feast of our own. But a feast with y'all sounds like a hoot... I'll have to see if my friend is brave enough for a meetup.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:01:20 -0800

Janell, it would be great to see you and your friend. Just tell her it's a meal-up. Or that you've got to get a re-up on your turkey.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:07:32 -0800

Heck yeah, janell.

By: brujita

brujita — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:24:03 -0800

*sniff* Now, if it were the OTHER Portland I could make my way north.....

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:52:01 -0800

What other Portland?

By: Secretariat

Secretariat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:43:51 -0800

I bet she meant Poland. Poland's kind of northern, isn't it? The name is pretty similar, I can see how you'd get confused.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:44:34 -0800

She forgot it, clearly.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:45:15 -0800

Dang it, meetup threads don't get front page real estate much more than a day anymore, do they? Why can't you chatty cathy MeTa mopes get your drama reups elsewhere once in a while?

Anyone mulling this over or stumbling onto it late: please memail no later than 11/20 so that if things get much bigger than we've currently planned for, I can get some reinforcements on the food front.

However, if you have holiday plans that fall through late for whatever reason, DO NOT BE SHY about getting in touch at the last minute if needed. This really will be a low key deal so if you want some food and company that day, come be with us.

Hi hototogisu, feel free to commute for some turkey, honey!

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:18:15 -0800

We should put little pilgrim hats on the cats and race them around the living room. It could be the start of a new holiday tradition.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:50:16 -0800

"Gather around, everyone, it's time for the annual Being Scratched By Angry Cats!"

By: Secretariat

Secretariat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:24:47 -0800

Sweet, I am bringing a cat-hat.

By: brujita

brujita — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:38:20 -0800

Considering you were nearly the OTHER Boston.....;-P

By: dersins

dersins — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:43:42 -0800

You mean Massachusetts nearly had the OTHER Boston.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:23:33 -0800

Man, here's what Metafilter needs to adhere by: all Portland, ME, posts should be designated that way. Otherwise, everyone in the entire world should know that it's the better Portland (and anything relating to Portland, OR, should henceforth be titled "Portland" or "The Better Portland" or, perhaps, "The Better Portland, as seen in the NYT" or, perhaps even better, "Portland, ha ha ha ha ha, wait, you mean there's another one.... Yes, we know it was named after it, ha ha ha ha, you mean there's another one? Really?").

Otherwise, brujita, yeah, you should totally come on over. The weather here is fine.

As for pilgrim hats on the cats, I tried to put a Halloween "princess" outift on one of those bastards and I still have the scars to prove it. Go for it. It'll be fun. I'll record it in horrible digital video. It'll be awesome.

By: brujita

brujita — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:06:21 -0800

I've been to your Portland with the Klickitat Street.... if I'd had earlier notice, I could have made it back :-(

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:46:42 -0800

we can set the video of the cats mauling cortex (who I nominate as the Giver Of The Cat-hats this year) to yakkity sax and i swear we'll all be famous on youtube.

By: afflatus

afflatus — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:04:41 -0800

If I wasn't already committed to two thanksgiving meals in Salem and giving rides to people I would totally come to yours.

I shall do my best to give a shout out to the Portland MeFi Thanksgiving Soire that day. Here's hoping the Turducken doesn't burn.

By: nonmerci

nonmerci — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:00:22 -0800

Cortex is from Portland!?!?!

When I get back from France there must be another, non-holiday related PDX meet-up! Even though I will be the youngest person there.

By: dersins

dersins — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:03:37 -0800

CORTEX HAS A POSSE

By: Nabubrush

Nabubrush — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:55:30 -0800

Oh man, I'll be at work. Is it ok to show up . . . umm . . . 168 hours late?

By: Specklet

Specklet — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:10:08 -0800

I'm coming! I will cook lots of things!

By: Secretariat

Secretariat — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:00:12 -0800

I had fun. Thanks, guys!