Comments on: Suck it, SF.

Suck it, SF.

MrMoonPie — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:58:08 -0800

Mefi movie night in NoVa. Anybody interested?

Not to be outdone by our SF brethren, I'm urgining all of you in the DC area to come to the last screening of the Washington Psychotronic Film Society at Dr. Dremo's, slated to close at the end of the month. Plan 9 from Outer Space will be showing on Tuesday, January 22. We had fun last time, and I know doctorschlock will be there--will you? Same deal as before: I'll plan on getting there around 6:30, unless someone wants to get there sooner. Generally, seating upstairs is more comfortable, as there are easy chairs and couches and such. Plus, bar access is easier. The screen is downstairs, and they start showing shorts and previews around 8. If you come after 7:30 or so and don't find us upstairs, that's where we'll be. Dremo's has a great selection of beers, and usually has something decent on special. The food is standard bar fare--wings, burgers, fries, and a few other sandwiches. I'm 6'5" and have a ponytail, so I'm pretty easy to pick out in a crowd. I'll try to have some sort of MetaFilter sign with me. Dremo's is 21-and-up, and they do card. Also, it can get a bit smoky in there, so sensitive types might want to give this one a pass.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:33:56 -0800

I'm 6'5" and have a ponytail

Mefi's own Stephen Segal? Who knew?

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:35:04 -0800

COPY!

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:38:21 -0800

Mefi's own Stephen Segal? Who knew?

If he has a black leather jacket, maybe he could be on TNT's "guy movie" marathin, too.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:38:57 -0800

COPY!

Yeah, but only the DC version has urgining.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:43:45 -0800

I'll come!

And I'm totally bringing my knitting.

(Just keep me away from the spicy chicken... My doctor said to take it easy now that I'm back on solid foods..)

By: anaelith

anaelith — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:47:43 -0800

I'm in. Any recommendation for driving vs. metro?

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:50:13 -0800

Looks like the metro is a bock away. And it is...ya know...Virginia.

I don't take my car there.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:52:12 -0800

Metro is very convenient--it's a bit more than a block, but Dremo's is an easy east-ward walk from the Courthouse station. I've never driven there, but I understand parking isn't too difficult, especially since it'll be a Tuesday.

By: zennie

zennie — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:01:02 -0800

Oooh... would love to do that.

~~COPY!~~

UPGRADE.

By: empath

empath — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:27:58 -0800

Will I finally make it to a meet-up? I might.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:30:13 -0800

I should be around and will definitely try to make it down for this. Any Baltimore kids want to carpool?

By: Alt F4

Alt F4 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:46:36 -0800

This is the part where I say "I might be able to roadtrip up there to make it!"

Would love to see you peeps again. Will try to move heaven and earth and all that.

By: misanthropicsarah

misanthropicsarah — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:40:16 -0800

aw, i'd totally go if i lived near you.

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:09:08 -0800

I've never driven there, but I understand parking isn't too difficult, especially since it'll be a Tuesday.

Parking in that area can get difficult at times, but yeah, at that hour it should be doable. Just make sure you don't park in a zipcar/flexcar spot, or a bus or taxi zone; they ticket and/or tow your ass real quick when you do that... But yeah, metro's probably easier (just keep in mind it stops at midnight on weekdays).

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:11:38 -0800

(Oh, and second the fact that Dremo's has a great beer selection, and a bad smoke problem.)

By: Airhen

Airhen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:28:02 -0800

Any Baltimore kids want to carpool?
I might be interested in carpooling, assuming I can make it with my weird work schedule.

By: empath

empath — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:18:32 -0800

aw, i'd totally go if i lived near you.

only a 3 hour drive and you can pick up youcancallmeal

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:53:14 -0800

Sorry I didn't make it to your New Years Day party, MrMoonPie — I got mega drunk off of sabered bottles of champagne and didn't wake up for quite some time...

I LEARNED IT BY WATCHING YOU

It's too bad I'm not on the east coast to go to this meetup!

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:49:09 -0800

This might be cool!

By: cabingirl

cabingirl — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:25:15 -0800

Hey, I am going to be in Fairfax for work that week...mind if I drop in? If I can shake off the coworkers, that is.

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:13:24 -0800

Ooh, I may be able to make this!

By: grateful

grateful — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:48:53 -0800

I'm planning on it! I hear zennie's bringing cake!

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:00:40 -0800

There is a public parking lot up the street from Dremos that usually has space; IIRC it's metered but you can put in enough for several hours. I've never had any luck parking in the actual lot belonging to them.

But I'd definitely metro.

By: zennie

zennie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:00:16 -0800

I hear zennie's bringing cake!

I hear grateful's trying to guilt me into baking. ;)

By: phrontist

phrontist — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:14:15 -0800

I love Plan 9 - but I'm not old enough.

AGEIST

By: exogenous

exogenous — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:12:12 -0800

dersins, every time you make the Segal::MrMoonPie reference, I must point out that I have no doubt MrMoonPie does not run like a girl, as does Mr. Segal.

In fact, I suspect that MrMoonPie doesn't run, he simply appears.

By: itchylick

itchylick — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:51:57 -0800

Hey, I'm in.

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:22:36 -0800

Oh, and I found out today that there is free parking (evenings/weekends only) adjacent to the metered lot, under the Arlington County building near 14th and N. Uhle Streets. (Actual entrance to the garage is off of Uhle in the corner between the two buildings; there may be another entrance on 15th.) It's only about 1500 ft from Dremos.

Anyway, I'll try to be there as well.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:10:36 -0800

Crap, I have to bow out. I had emergency gall bladder surgery yesterday and am stuck in NYC until late next week. Have a good time, kids!

By: Airhen

Airhen — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:39:51 -0800

Is anyone else heading down from Baltimore? I could use a ride. (Otherwise, I'll try MARC train + staying with friend, so no big deal.)

By: doctorschlock

doctorschlock — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:25:13 -0800

To all coming to the show....I'll be there early with some surprise stuff on the screen and will go all night until you all can't take anymore.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:01:45 -0800

You know, maybe we should just start out downstairs--probably makes everything easier. I'll try to sit near the back of the movie-watching area, hopefully snagging a couch or chair.

By: anaelith

anaelith — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:18:55 -0800

I'll probably be closer to 8, but I'm still planning on being there. And outside circumstances happily made the choice of car v. metro for me, so car it is.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:15:50 -0800

I'm going to try really, really hard to make it to this, but i won't get there until like 8:30ish, depending on traffic from Tyson's Corner.

Make lots of noise so I can find you easily :)

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:54:35 -0800

NortonDC and I are both hoping to come (everyone say happy birthday to NortonDC!) -- see you there!

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:06:37 -0800

I'll probably be there. I have a job interview before. Wish me luck!

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:42:32 -0800

The way it's looking now, I'm going to head over directly from work in a couple of hours. Hope to see you guys there.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:24:29 -0800

I'm heading out now! Should get there shortly after 6. I'll meander through the main bar carrying my MetaGrams, so give me the high sign if you see me. I'll then head downstairs, to the back-ish part of the movie area, near the (downstairs) pool tables and bathrooms which figured so prominently in the last meetup's events. If you've not been to Dremo's, the stairs to the movie area are in the back left as you enter the main bar area--just keep walking past the bar, the (upstairs) pool tables and bathrooms, and you'll see the way.

By: empath

empath — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:02:17 -0800

I made it home first apparently.

There were a lot of mefites at this one, I think I only met maybe 1/4th of the people there.

By: anaelith

anaelith — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:45:02 -0800

I made it home (against all probability). It was great to meet all of you.

-Gamma

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:57:27 -0800

That was my happening and it freaked me out!

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:20:33 -0800

Well, it was partly mine. Or I shared part of it. Or there was a happening, and I was there. And there was cake. There was definitely cake.

By: empath

empath — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:21:09 -0800

The cake is a lie.

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:01:36 -0800

Well, that was a good time. (Aside from the part where I may or may not have given some random fellow with a ponytail the wrong idea. Awkward.)

Glad everyone seems to have made it home okay. Can't wait to see the photos, especially since I was lame and didn't bring anything to actually take photos with.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:22:08 -0800

Glad everyone could make it out. I'd say we gave Dremo's, and especially the Washington Psychotronic Film Society, a blow-out going-away party. I think I met everyone.

And now I'm at work. What a let down.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:35:43 -0800

*sobs, awaits photos*

By: itchylick

itchylick — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:42:17 -0800

Was good to meet everyone, although I think I missed some people. I see tittergrrl has posted some happy cake photos to flickr.

I think I was the only person in the place that had never seen Plan 9 From Outer Space (although I did manage to make the brilliant comment "Hey, it's just like that scene from Ed Wood"). Thanks MrMoonPie, twas fun.

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:33:07 -0800

This was a triumph! I'm making a note here: huge success.

Nice to meet folks and see people again.

(The cake was not a lie.)

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:12:58 -0800

Just got the THREE EPIC PHOTOS on my flickr account in a set, and linked them to this thread.

Next time I might bring a real camera and take more pics. Lots of fun, and was so glad to see my favorite line in the movie with so many other people!

STUPID! STUPID STUPID!

By: itchylick

itchylick — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:20:27 -0800

Plan 9 From Outer Space - Best Lines

By: empath

empath — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:54:12 -0800

There were more pictures taken, no?

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:16:34 -0800

I only took those three with my camera phone. I didn't see anyone else with a camera.

I guess we could fake some pictures using clip art and stock photography.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:30:10 -0800

I have two from zennie I'll upload tomorrow.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:43:00 -0800

Good times. I only wish the service at the bar were better - damn near died of thirst.

By: empath

empath — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:37:04 -0800

I'm not sure why i didn't smile for that picture.

By: doctorschlock

doctorschlock — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:03:35 -0800

Thanks Everybody! It was the perfect end to a great series. I wanted some cake but my sugars were too high. Damn sinus infection. If Dremo's wants to move on in the future..they've
got to invest in some more waitrons and bartenders. All in all it was great seeing you all and now that your covers are blown, where do you all plan to troll.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:30:12 -0800

And thank you, doctorschlock, for providing so many years of excellent entertainment. I started coming to your shows 8 or so years ago, when I worked on the same block as Lucky Bar. Think the service at Dremo's was bad? Sheesh, Lucky Bar was the pits. My friends and I started the evening at Madhatter; back then, they had free wings and $1 beers on Tuesdays. Most weeks, we'd then head over to Lucky Bar for movies (sometimes, it was Chaos for drag bingo, or, well, we'd just stay at Madhatter and get drunk on $1 beer). It was great to know that there was always something to do on a Tuesday. Here's hoping the WPFS hiatus is a short one.

By: goo

goo — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:30:42 -0800

So who got the action, trying to hide at the back there?

Looks like a fun night!

By: zennie

zennie — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:41:37 -0800

Thanks, y'all! That was fun.

I'm not sure why i didn't smile for that picture.

I think the shot is kind of cool for the range of expressions, to which your not-smile only added.

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:42:45 -0800

Oh! Too bad I missed it! I got the job at GW and start next week. Maybe, when the sun starts shining again and it warms up we can have another picnic at Lincoln Park.

By: zennie

zennie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:07:09 -0800

Congrats, parmanparman! And having a picnic after the Spring thaw sounds grand.