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Post number 2448

rich — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:34:39 -0800

As the first person home from the NYC gathering (uh, as usual)...

By: rich

rich — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:37:58 -0800

damn.. did it to bugs again, as usual, too...

but anyway.. it was a good time.. nice to see some semi-familiar faces, do the monkey with everyone, and find some Middletown, NJ hometown locals.

Jonmc does, in fact, have a woman.. and she's nice and funny and fun, to boot. I'm definately investing in ice skates for the impending hell freezing over thing.

Oh, and go CompUSA! Oh, I mean Gateway.

Off to bed for me.. the wife is going to check in on me soon. Sorry I couldn't stay for longer.. keep getting together.. I'll be out 'till 5 am one of these days.

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:46:51 -0800

We may have beat you home (quixoticlife and I). Pics here (sorry I didn't get everyone, like I wanted to).

Mucho fun. Just ask Koko the monkey.

By: goneill

goneill — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:56:03 -0800

we had a picture of matt?

By: gen

gen — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:02:18 -0800

evanizer brought it, I think. great to meet those of you that I did meet :)

By: PugAchev

PugAchev — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:07:57 -0800

the dallas gathering was quite fun as well...

it was good to meet zachsmind, leia, thomcatspike, ufez and the others...

i didn't take any pictures but leia did so i assume they will be posted at some point..

all in all a very enjoyable evening...

By: yhbc

yhbc — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:10:52 -0800

Must. see. thomcatspike. pictures.

The reality can't possibly match the imagination, but dammit, that's why curtains can be pulled back, after all.

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:26:41 -0800

Lovely photos, Adam. Thanks!
*Envy galore!*

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:42:54 -0800

Don't want to disapoint or anything, commish among others, but thomcat is a pretty normal looking dude. No johnny rotten or anything. But he's got a lot on his mind, which is why Zachsmind, Puga and myself tried to convince him to start his own blog. I think he may soon (hopefully). Sadly enough, i get the feeling that he may get more links on his first week than i've gotten in almost a year and a half. Leia took pics. Hopefully they'll all (3) be up soon. It was fun though. Definitely enjoyed it. And to all of you that didn't have meetups....eat your hearts out!

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:59:05 -0800

Dallas rocks!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:00:21 -0800

Just arrived here at RTEMT's pad(he doesexist do not listen to Palegirl the Non Believer). It was nice to see you all(although with the lighting in Double Happiness, I dunno if 'see' is the right word.)

Plus KoKo is till traumatized by the sick shit you people did to him. We may have to put him on Oprah.

By: insomnyuk

insomnyuk — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:03:53 -0800

we had a picture of matt?

It looks like they did. I promised myself I would quit MetaFilter when it became a cult. I'm so weak.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:23:01 -0800

I wish I had made the Dallas one. I had contractors here all day repairing the hardwood floors and the fumes gave me the worst headache. I just knew I'd be no fun. :) Glad to hear you guys had a good time!

By: dg

dg — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:31:25 -0800

Lovely photos, Adam. Thanks!
*Envy galore!*

Ditto - but who is who???? (or whom or whatever)

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:31:33 -0800

san francisco here (first one to post?) where we had matt in attendance (all sorts of inside scoop - my lips are sealed)as well as fishfucker and jaek and zia and poorhouse and emptyage and kirkaracha and whir (did i miss someone?). Nice to meet you all.

(emptyage took a picture)

By: anildash

anildash — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:33:16 -0800

I'm the brown Jew for Jesus.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:35:45 -0800

I'm the guy in the plaid flannel, as if you all didn't know.

By: lnicole

lnicole — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:48:30 -0800

I'm totally regretting missing the Dallas event too. Might you DFW MeFi guys consider showing up at the next DFW Blogs cocktail event? I was really looking forward to meeting all of you.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 23:04:24 -0800

We had a swell time in San Francisco chatting and drinking Belgian beer and eating French fries dunked into exotic substances and peeing in the Austin Powers-esque bathroom (not all at once but one at a time, in the conventional manner) and discovering one of us is terrified of mayonnaise.

By: metrocake

metrocake — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 23:20:10 -0800

2:33 am, and I'm finally home... :) Had a *wonderful* time, was nice seeing y'all -- pictures to be posted...Thursday. (Got work and school tomorrow night...)

And with that...'nite!

By: whir

whir — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:09:04 -0800

The San Francisco meeting went well until someone mentioned Palestine and everything devolved into a hair-pulling fist fight. We've agreed to meet at a different time and place to discuss what happened.

Other than that it was a pretty good time. Good to meet y'all.

By: dogmatic

dogmatic — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 02:18:53 -0800

I'm the monkey on the right.

By: dogmatic

dogmatic — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 03:18:36 -0800

I'm also a complete idiot. I'm on the other right.

The left, even.

It's too damn early.

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 03:48:44 -0800

Apologies for lack of names, I was going to add a few captions today. I am the dude in the green, and quixoticlife is me wife in some of the pictures...

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 03:52:15 -0800

Witchstone and rich.

Anildash and witchstone.

Jonmc.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 05:29:55 -0800

who's your wife in the other pictures?

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 05:44:09 -0800

Ha! Why, koko, of course...

Captions up. I am sorry that I didn't get everyone's username, please let me know of any corrections/additions...

By: rich

rich — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 06:29:54 -0800

In that picture of Witchstone and rich (me, I mean) that adam quotes above, the monkey behind the monkey is jonmc.

And in my defense, jonmc and I were encouraged by the cult-mob to stretch out koko in that picture. Cheered on, even. Threatened with bodily harm if we didn't do it.

Koko is surprisingly resilient and strong, by the way.

By: Marquis

Marquis — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 06:31:17 -0800

*phew

Miguel, jpoulos and I had a terrific time on the beach - tried to patch a call through to Kafkaesque in LA, but failed. We lingered, we laughed, Miguel got drubk, john shuddered in the fetal position, and eventually we left.

From what I understand, PikachuLolita showed up many hours later, and watched the sun come up.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:20:11 -0800

"Fuck me I'm drubk."

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:24:11 -0800

you don't remember?

By: witchstone

witchstone — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:28:21 -0800

it was fun, but definitely too dark and not a great place for a fairly large group of people. we had to spread out all over and there were people i didn't even meet. as to the pictures--all i can say is: i was drunk! he said he was going to make me a star! and if people would've warned me i might have stopped talking long enough to smile.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:34:11 -0800

where oh where are the pictures of the birthday girl? I mean, ones that don't make her look...well...the word unkempt comes to mind.

By: lackutrol

lackutrol — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:37:25 -0800

Rich, I might've beaten you home--I had a 10 minute cab ride, rather than a long train ride to make. I agree with witchstone about the venue--next time maybe a bigger place, and may I suggest Thursday as the right night to do this? Not imposing on people's weekends, but getting it started right.

By: amandaudoff

amandaudoff — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:48:02 -0800

dallas rocked the house. it was great to meet everyone! and i'm definitely feeling grateful that we managed to get out just before the blue shots. although the image of zachsmind getting blue liquor all over himself is deifnitely an amusing one.

and thomcatspike? i call him as being harmless...relatively. =)

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:50:10 -0800

I'm not sure there were too many good pictures of me. I thought I looked ok leaving the house, but I guess not.

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:52:49 -0800

Can we play paintball for the next one?

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 07:57:07 -0800

please?

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:01:46 -0800

I thought I looked ok leaving the house, but I guess not.

You looked wonderful, goneill, as always. These people have no idea of what wild, earthy beauty is all about. I mean ColdChef is, what, like 53% gay or something, according to the latest poll? [Warning! Self-link!]. You look like a young Edna O'Brien and don't let anyone tell you different! :)

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:07:45 -0800

well, i wish i live in a mefi-populated area... ::sigh::

By: cowboy_sally

cowboy_sally — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:09:01 -0800

Goneill, you looked great, though psychically troubled, as one might expect from someone newly in her late 20s. (I imagine I had that same look. Though amberglow helpfully told us that it all gets much better once you hit 30.)

I had a great time, and regret not meeting more people. I suppose my fear of turning my back to the door kept me from mingling as much as I'd have liked. The lighting made us all look kinda scary.

By: witchstone

witchstone — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:15:41 -0800

actually, i think we should do it on a saturday night sometime so that if people want to come from farflung places--like, i dunno--korea or something, they don't have to miss work. then we can really party like it's 1999.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:16:45 -0800

I kid because I love.

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:25:35 -0800

miguel, you don't know what kind of compliment you just gave me.

(Edna O'Brien, not the 'young' part)

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:27:35 -0800

what about an all mefi game of manhunt in NYC?

Some cool treasure hunt?
And on Saturday night!

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:29:19 -0800

Edna O'Brien?

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:30:58 -0800

what about a young doris lessing? (I used to get that from her jacket picture when I went through a 2 year phase of reading all of her books...she's very prolific)

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:34:23 -0800

Though amberglow helpfully told us that it all gets much better once you hit 30.)

amberglow lies...

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:40:00 -0800

shut up jonmc...

By: beth

beth — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:43:30 -0800

Dude, I'm so jealous of the Dallas people. Our Austin gathering never materialized.

Hey, what if a couple of us headed up to visit y'all sometime?

Personally, I'd love to go to Six Flags Over Texas while up there - any of you like roller coasters?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:48:00 -0800

*pouts*

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:54:17 -0800

I reported over on the other thread that the DC effort was lame. Very lame. Jealous of you NYC folks for once.

By: rich

rich — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 08:58:25 -0800

jonmc lies!

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 09:17:07 -0800

Chalk up another reason why the land of wigs and novelties, Los Angeles, is doomed. What did we get, 7 people?

*weeping, weeping*

We're doing something fun next time, dammit.

By: Tin Man

Tin Man — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:12:04 -0800

Still waiting to see pictures of thomcatspike...

By: Tin Man

Tin Man — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:12:43 -0800

Can someone at least tell me this? Is he American? Is English his first language? Or not?

By: rich

rich — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:06:09 -0800

I may be in LA at the end of September. You could throw me a party.

By: Sapphireblue

Sapphireblue — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:25:53 -0800

MrMoonPie: I cannot speak for the rest of MetaFilter's DC contigent, but I know you couldn't get me into Afterwords Cafe on a bet. I love me some Kramerbooks but the restaurant is, in my opinion, worse than useless.

(You should come back to Friday pool night one of these times though... the bartender's personable *and* competent. Keepin' it real in Cleveland Park, yo.)

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:31:13 -0800

I think that everyone in San Francisco should throw me a party when I come there for my honeymoon this fall.

My future wife is a big drunk and apt to strip in public places, if that helps.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:31:28 -0800

I have always wanted the ability to say "yo" without a trace of irony.

By: metrocake

metrocake — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:33:48 -0800

Try it sometime, eyeballkid -- do it a la "The Electric Company." "yyyyuuuuhhhhh" "ooooohhhhh" "yo!"

By: amandaudoff

amandaudoff — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:41:30 -0800

you know, you folks are going to be sorely disappointed when you actually *see* the thomcatspike pictures.

he's so normal, it hurts. on the car ride home, he even got compared to...*gasp*...seth green.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:43:02 -0800

damn, amanda. that's harsh. I'd hate to know what I was compared to.

By: amandaudoff

amandaudoff — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:46:27 -0800

hey...i wasn't the one who said it.

and FWIW, i think seth green's adorable. so, there. =P

By: rocketman

rocketman — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:46:47 -0800

Madison's event was particularly nonremarkable. interrobang and I and a non-member drank and watched cartoons at the Lava Lounge.

Still, the bartender mixed the bourbon press in a splendid fashion. We took no pictures.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:54:11 -0800

I swear it's true! (except when u wake up hungover) Life gets much better in your 30s...wait and see

By: Marquis

Marquis — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:58:01 -0800

Last night, Miguel said it was all downhill from 28.

By: rich

rich — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:01:15 -0800

the 30's has pretty much sucked for me. Everything hurts more. And takes longer to heal.

Madison? Why didn't you shoot pool over some weiss beers at Great Dane?

And I'll strip naked in public places if that helps.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:01:49 -0800

"interrobang and I and a non-member drank and watched cartoons at the Lava Lounge."

- we were at a mefi gathering? I thought we were just drinking because it was tuesday.

By: LeiaS

LeiaS — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:22:41 -0800

Dallas MeFi Meetup Photos are here. Thomcatspike fans should take a look here.

By: amandaudoff

amandaudoff — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:26:36 -0800

heh....okay, so it's normal looking thomcatspike and a very sunburned amanda.

thanks, leia. :*P

By: lnicole

lnicole — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:28:09 -0800

yay for Leia! she always comes through to save the day =)

oh my gosh, he does look like Seth Green!

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:30:59 -0800

I was just going to say the same thing.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:34:56 -0800

wow. that was a letdown. Tho, I do think that TCS may be giving a secret handsign in the group photo.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:35:20 -0800

funny, he doesn't *look* incomprehensible.

By: emptyage

emptyage — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:39:58 -0800

Here's the SF group photo. Pictured are Fishfucker, kirkaracha, zia, mathowie, and poorhouse. That's Vacapinta's leg.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:53:00 -0800

Dammit, Fishfucker looks uncomfortably normal as well. All my cherished preconceptions are being dashed in a single day.

Anybody have a photo of dong_resin?

By: Tin Man

Tin Man — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:00:21 -0800

Okay... so we have seen thomcatspike. But how does he talk?

(Thomcatspike, if you're reading this, I apologize for referring to you in the third person, and also for referring to you like you're a toy on a shelf or something.)

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:00:43 -0800

that's not me.

it's actually someone i sent to get drunk in my stead.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:01:14 -0800

and boy howdy, did he get drunk later on that night.

or so i heard.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:02:02 -0800

We all really enjoyed saying fishfucker:

"Excuse me, fishfucker."
"It was nice to meet you fishfucker!"
"Thats my glass of wine, fishfucker!"

BTW, mathowie wasnt really there. emptyage agreed to photoshop him in.

By: LeiaS

LeiaS — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:11:41 -0800

The funny thing was that everyone I thought looked like they would be there for a MetaFilter gathering gave a blank stare when asked, "Are you, by chance, here for a MetaFilter gathering?"

By: palegirl

palegirl — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:34:24 -0800

I was not myself last night. I blame the venue. Yeah, the venue.

By: triggerfinger

triggerfinger — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:37:31 -0800

YHBC:

dong_resin

By: Sapphireblue

Sapphireblue — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:48:38 -0800

I have always wanted the ability to say "yo" without a trace of irony.

*grin* Let me know how that goes... as for my indulgence up there, DC folk will know that Cleveland Park is very nearly the furthest thing from "real, yo" as is humanly possible... second only, perhaps, to the Afterwords Cafe.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:50:44 -0800

We all really enjoyed saying fishfucker

"Fishfucker...is that a family name?"

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 13:57:40 -0800

"Fishfucker looks uncomfortably normal as well."

Normal as compared to the population as a whole, or just to the portion of it that fucks fish?

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 14:02:24 -0800

"Fishfucker looks uncomfortably normal as well."

Normal as compared to the population as a whole, or just to the portion of it that fucks fish?

yeah, unfortunately my need for being employed has superseded my desire to wear metal and get two trillion tattoos.

however, i'm still able to stick it to the man by wearing a suit! take that, corporate casual!

i'm a sad shell of a man. er. former self. wait, no, man. definitely man.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 14:15:46 -0800

Agreed, FishFucker. A steady paycheck inevitably beats out the weird look thing. I used to have both ears pierced, a ponytail that went down to the small of my back, and almost got a tatoo of animals doing nasty things to each other, but one day I looked in the mirror and realized I looked like a fat hippie. So it was either be exceedingly profound or join the rat race. Guess which one pays the bills?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 14:17:41 -0800

"...my need for being employed has superseded my desire to wear metal and get two trillion tattoos."

Yeah, I often think to myself how much it sucks to be a corporate sell-out.

Then I imagine how much it would suck not having food, shelter, or transportation, and I snap right out of it.

By: rocketman

rocketman — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 14:22:54 -0800

Madison? Why didn't you shoot pool over some weiss beers at Great Dane?

Because the Great Dane now officially sucks; not quite, but I can't handle the crowd that hangs there. When all the self-important businessmen sipping brandy (HELLO?! Brewpub?!) and smoking cigars clear out, I'll start going there again.

Except that I won't be there to witness it if they do.

we were at a mefi gathering?

Oops. I got drunk and forgot to tell you.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:22:22 -0800

I wonder if any lurkers have shown up as posters. It'd probably be slightly unnerving to run into yourself at a mefi gathering (or any gathering for that matter).

Then again, a lurker would probably find the mefi group, sit at the table next to them, and eavesdrop.

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:24:21 -0800

There have to be more NYC pictures than mine, becuase I swear I don't do the event justice.

By: evanizer

evanizer — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:28:10 -0800

Here's my set of pictures from the New York gathering. Next time I hope we go to a venue with electric lighting and more than one fire exit.

By: amandaudoff

amandaudoff — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:28:54 -0800

ODiv: i'm not sure if this is what you meant exactly, but in a couple of our (dallas) pictures, there's a friend of mine named john who does not (as of yet...we're working on it) have a mefi account, but has read the site a few times.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:43:26 -0800

I'm a little disappointed in the Dallas pix, I was expecting Ufez Jones to be dressed like a mexican pimp or at the very least be wearing his titanium fez of doom, but he looks like a regular joe. Perhaps he's a stealth pimp.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:50:23 -0800

amandaudoff: sort of what I meant. It'd be cooler if he went as ColdChef or something.

!!! I just had the best idea ever! Next Halloween, I'm dressing up as Matt Haughy.

By: gummi

gummi — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:55:59 -0800

Then again, a lurker would probably find the mefi group, sit at the table next to them, and eavesdrop.

Dammit! *nixes audio book deal*

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:05:19 -0800

Cole Porter said it all in "All Of You":

"I love the looks of you and the lure of you,
The sweet of you,and the pure of you,
The eyes, the arms, and the the mouth of you,
The East, West, North, and the South of you!

I'd love to gain complete control of you,
Handle even the heart and soul of you
Love at least a small percent of me do,
'Cause I love all of you!"

And people, we really do need to pool our resources to get jonmc a new shirt. ;)

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:17:41 -0800

And people, we really do need to pool our resources to get jonmc a new shirt. ;)

Now Miguel, if you've been following closely, you'll see that at the two MeFi meets where pictures were taken, I am wearing distinctly different flannels not to mention different band shirts, and in the interim I've quit smoking and gained 25 pounds.

But, hey, I could always use more plaid in my life..

By: ODiV

ODiV — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 17:04:17 -0800

jonmc just wants to get (p)laid.

^sorry

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:33:31 -0800

That "with you always" caption is classic. I love it. But, I now consider myself to be the most unphotogenic person alive, and can now sympathize with goneill for thinking there are some fucked up looking photos of me up.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:37:45 -0800

As much as I would have liked to meetup with Matt, vacapinta and the SF gang, this happened and I had to stay home and meet up with Frodo and company once again.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:44:47 -0800

Who showed up to MeFiChi last fall and introduced himself as mathowie? We didn't believe him. (Hell, I'd almost brought the Brill's.)

By: joemaller

joemaller — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:51:37 -0800

Dear God Ev, I look like I'm being tickled and just dropped the Nitrous mask. You all weren't THAT entertaining.

And I am definitely in the midst of a major hair crisis.

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:54:59 -0800

Hey, cute kid.

By: joemaller

joemaller — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:06:22 -0800

Thank you (my wife deserves the credit). But please pardon me while I dwell on the unlikely proximity of our user ids.

By: holloway

holloway — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:06:36 -0800

>Some cool treasure hunt?
>And on Saturday night!

Fagabeefe!

By: katieinshoes

katieinshoes — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:14:09 -0800

After all the discussion of appearance, is it time to post these pictures on mefi.hotornot.com?

By: evanizer

evanizer — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:32:11 -0800

Not to worry joemaller, adampsyche, I'll vouch that y'all boys are real cute in person, and I have crushes on each and every one of you.

Especially dogmatic. Rowrr! :P

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:34:47 -0800

Y'all are so young! I'm surprised I don't see any old fogeys out on the town with you. I guess we all stayed home that night.

By: Mack Twain

Mack Twain — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:41:23 -0800

Just in! One picture of Miguel trying to hook up with the other meets.

By: dogmatic

dogmatic — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:58:48 -0800

Oh god, Evan. Now I'm frightened.

Anyway, better late than never: My pics

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 20:03:11 -0800

Well, Mack, now that you mention it, I did get to leave two long, stuttering messages on Kafkaesque's cellphone. The Portuguese phone number must have given me away - talk about red alerts! -allowing him to sensibly not answer. And he'd promised he'd let me talk to the whole LA crowd; the cruel seducer! ;)

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 20:30:05 -0800

jonmc: i've never been so offended in my life. I'm waiting (somewhat patiently) for my titanium fez o' doom that you promised me. I check the mail box only 3 times per day now. I will say though, i did wear my Welsh Jersey expressly for ceiriog. Maybe he'll notice now that I pointed it out.

I must give you props on the Dropkick shirt, regardless of your unkind words. I will say, though, they've gone downhill since Al Barr took over the vocal duties. Shame too.

By: muckster

muckster — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 20:43:33 -0800

Arggh. I had a screening uptown and was too lazy to head down to Mott Street afterwards. Shame.

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 20:48:00 -0800

Are my eyes always closed? Or just when there is a camera near by?

(Please let me be the least photogenic person out there... Please tell me I don't look like that normally...)

By: metrocake

metrocake — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 22:08:02 -0800

Better late than never...more New York pictures are up here!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 22:43:55 -0800

By the way why didn't anybody tell me my fuckin' sideburns were so huge. It looks like I have beaver paddles on my head...and the mysterious black is Johnny Cash.....no just kidding, it's actually lampshade.

By: gleemax

gleemax — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 02:55:00 -0800

Should I draw up plans for a rural Minnesota gathering? Judging from the NYC gathering, it would be just me.

By: gleemax

gleemax — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 02:55:20 -0800

Correction: Part of me.

By: triggerfinger

triggerfinger — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 06:23:51 -0800

gleemax,

I'm not rural Minnesota, but you can count me in...

Or at least part of me.

By: Danelope

Danelope — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 06:25:26 -0800

...and the mysterious black is Johnny Cash.

I didn't notice an African-American gentlemen in any of the pictures. Mysterious indeed!

By: Danelope

Danelope — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 06:28:19 -0800

(Though less mysterious than MY typo. Forgive me, I've woken up within the past five minutes.)

...

(And yes, it's sad to admit that the first thing that I do in the morning is check my e-mail and the sites I frequent for updates.)

By: UncleFes

UncleFes — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 07:17:01 -0800

The Mefi NYC meet must be the most well-documented MefiMeet in history. And yet... nothing definitively embarassing or naughty, save for the not-so-surreptitious but mild-jealousy-inducing Anil-Witchstone embrace shots. Not a flash in sight! Nary an abortive fistfight that devolved into a pathetic wrassling match! Not even a thrown drink or shoe.

If I'm going to live vicariously through you people - and look, you migth say, through my dear Goneill's beautiful devileyes - you all are going to have to crank it up a notch, ok?

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 08:06:24 -0800

Hey, SapphireBlue, my accusation of lameness was not to those MeFites who didn't sign up for the event, but for those who did, and didn't show up. I felt like a jilted bride, a stood-up date, a guy showing up at a party the wrong night, lonely, forlorn, and lost. brownpau offered his broad shoulder for me to cry on, but I was inconsolable, broken, a shell of a man.
*sniff*

By: witchstone

witchstone — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 08:38:14 -0800

i just want to make it clear that i was paid handsomely for all those shots with anil.

very handsomely.

By: rich

rich — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 08:44:54 -0800

Man, I had a large forehead. At least when I'm standing next to jonmc.

As for the Great Dane - sipping brandy? Someone should go smack those dumbasses around. Trendy wanna-be yuppies.

UncleFez - the New York group is going to assemble the mpeg movies we all made at a cheap hotel/brothel down the street.

By: rich

rich — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 08:50:23 -0800

Did I mention "and sell them for lots of money."? Man, did I screw that one up.

By: lampshade

lampshade — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 09:31:38 -0800

Geez, I look like Wilson from Home Improvement in this shot.

Except that I have nothing profound or insightful to say.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 09:59:40 -0800

jeez fes, you have monkey torture and elbow fetishism...what more do you want?

By: UncleFes

UncleFes — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:06:51 -0800

You know, something titillating, man!

Elbow fetishism is so '90's.

By: lilboo

lilboo — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:10:12 -0800

(Please let me be the least photogenic person out there... Please tell me I don't look like that normally...)
posted by goneill at 8:48 PM PST on August 7

You gotta be kidding me goneill - you look great.

I sadly must re-claim, yet again, my god-given territory: Miss Unphotogenic for 6 years running...

as you can see it was wholly up to jonmc to redeem the photo...

By: evanizer

evanizer — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:51:35 -0800

...and he failed miserably.

When looking at those photos of me, remember that the camera adds an extra 150 pounds.

By: metrocake

metrocake — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:18:20 -0800

For the record, it was so dark in there that I couldn't actually *see* anyone through the monitor of my digital camera. All I could see were the lights -- everything else was black -- so I had to *guess* where people were in the shot.

Despite my photographic guessery, y'all are *still* a bunch of groovy-looking people. * Mwah! *

By: goneill

goneill — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:02:17 -0800

metrocakes and ev's were a little better.

It's good to see the red eye is still prominent. It's frightening, no? When you see me in person my eyes appear human, but when photographed...

Fes, miss you much, if only because I am not called 'my darling' often enough.

By: goneill

goneill — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:02:50 -0800

evanizer, I can't stop laughing at what you just wrote.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 17:20:04 -0800

***quietly abashed***

just wait you don't have me to kick aroud anymore....

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:08:20 -0800

Tin Man, I did talk but in sign language like ColdChef said, I'm signing....\!!!/ . They didn't tell you I'm deaf, kidding. LoL. Yet, I do have several accents, bu-dd-y, LA street, surf, twang, and also a couple of countries........
\!!!/= hang loose, not horns= i\!!/, as some in Texas seem to think.