Would anyone like to meetup in the OC?

October 2, 2005 1:52 PM

Searches reveal that there's never been a meetup here in The OC.
Is there any interest?
posted by BuddhaInABucket to MetaFilter Gatherings at 1:52 PM (28 comments total)

Don't call it that.
posted by lazy-ville at 1:58 PM on October 2, 2005

Obsessive-Compulsive?
posted by TwelveTwo at 2:06 PM on October 2, 2005

"The OC" differentiates it from the seven or eight other Orange Counties there are in the USA.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 2:10 PM on October 2, 2005

but I was being ironic.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 2:10 PM on October 2, 2005

Buddha: in which case the preferred term is "ironical" or "ironicious".

Though the use of the term does make for a good way to separate out tourists and recent arrivals for beatings. Just like nobody from California calls it "Cali". The only people I've heard use the term "Cali" were all from the East Coast.
posted by Mercaptan at 2:12 PM on October 2, 2005

Are you people actually going to have a meetup or just sit around moaning about nomenclature?
posted by dersins at 2:16 PM on October 2, 2005

OMG will Seth and Marissa be there? Can't wait for the pix!
posted by bonheur at 2:53 PM on October 2, 2005

dersins The latter is far more entertaining for those outside the "OC."
posted by TwelveTwo at 2:58 PM on October 2, 2005

ironical

An ironical is actually like a monocle, but it lets you see the world through the eyes of Donald Barthelme.
posted by drezdn at 4:20 PM on October 2, 2005

I will come from The 909, if you manage to get together more than a couple people
posted by growabrain at 4:53 PM on October 2, 2005

this noob will try and make it if we decide to have one.
posted by SAC at 4:53 PM on October 2, 2005

Just like nobody from California calls it "Cali". The only people I've heard use the term "Cali" were all from the East Coast.

Really? The only person I knew well who called it "Cali" was born in, raised in, and still lives in San Diego. So I thought it was a Californian name.
posted by davy at 5:53 PM on October 2, 2005

Maybe you should all get together to discuss this in person?
posted by dg at 6:44 PM on October 2, 2005

Are Ryan & Marissa gonna be there? What about Seth?
posted by Dreamghost at 6:51 PM on October 2, 2005

Nobody calls him Seth. It's The Sethster for everyone in the know.
posted by ori at 8:34 PM on October 2, 2005

Is everyone at this meetup going to be beautiful, drive large cars and have petty little sexual problems? Second, will there be pictures?
posted by geoff. at 9:20 PM on October 2, 2005

"ironicious"

I prefer to hip it up by writing it iron.icio.us.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:31 PM on October 2, 2005

If MeFiers from 90210 showed up, would it be like Jets and Sharks on the mean streets of West Side Story?
posted by Rothko at 9:37 PM on October 2, 2005

the way this thread is going I have a feeling there's a reason why there's never been an OC meetup, haha.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 10:14 PM on October 2, 2005

LOL. I was thinking the same thing Buddha. Comment at your own risk.

Also, growabrain: Viva la 909. I got out, but I have roots.

I'll attend an OC meetup.
posted by IndpMed at 10:43 PM on October 2, 2005

My girlfriend is 27 and watches every episode of the OC. I think she watches it for the fights.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 12:11 AM on October 3, 2005

I am one of you (Tustin) but have been out of the country for over 10 years now. Can I ask a question? Was this name "the O.C." created for (and popularized by) the show (I haven't actually seen it yet), or did the name already exist. I never heard anyone attach the definite article before I left (1994).

Is this show more embarrassing than the bankruptcy thing?
posted by planetkyoto at 2:39 AM on October 3, 2005

I have a dozen cousins from Tustin and environs, and "The O.C." is a big old piece of fictional vernacular.

They say hi, by the way.
posted by goofyfoot at 4:00 AM on October 3, 2005

Searches reveal that there's never been a meetup here in The OC.
Is there any interest?

Yes! I live in Newport, and I would definitely be interested.
posted by curtm at 10:25 AM on October 3, 2005

The only people I've heard use the term "Cali" were all from the East Coast.

That's funny, the only people on the East Coast that I've heard talking about California only do so in the context of the sentence, "...and that's when I decided once and for all to get the hell out of..."

I kid of course.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:32 AM on October 3, 2005

Seeing my comment in the light of day ("LOL," "Viva la 909"), I feel duly embarrassed. I hope I didn't offend growabrain who has an amazing site.

By now it's likely only SoCal residents are checking this thread, so what do you think? Lets give this meetup some legs.

BuddhaInABucket, growabrain, curtm, SAC, anyone else? Weekends are good for me.
posted by IndpMed at 7:25 PM on October 3, 2005

Let's think of some decent locations. I nominate Muldoons in Newport.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 7:53 PM on October 3, 2005

i for one, would drive to this if people were properly assembled.

however, it wouldn't be a proper o.c. experience if it wasn't at some bland corporate restuarant like bj's or souplantation.
posted by punch_the_mayor at 1:10 AM on October 4, 2005