Connecticut Meetup Photos

December 12, 2005 8:02 PM

Some photos from the Branford, CT meetup on 11/28. Hey, film takes time. Laziness does too, sorry for the delay. See also, smackfu's photos and the first (two) ever video shoutout(s) from smackfu
posted by nomad to MetaFilter Gatherings at 8:02 PM (22 comments total)

Video shoutouts! I love it! Awesome pics (and video), CT gang!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:08 PM on December 12, 2005 [1 favorite]

while nomad looks nothing like gully foyle, plutor completely resembles my one cousin aka "mr. bad"
posted by dorian at 8:11 PM on December 12, 2005

i think those beer bottle shoutouts are a first too. : >
posted by amberglow at 8:26 PM on December 12, 2005

Sweet! My first meetup shoutout - thanks! Guess there's nothing left for me now but a long, messy flameout.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:27 PM on December 12, 2005

Shouted out! Yesness!
posted by kenko at 8:47 PM on December 12, 2005

Hurrah! I'm glad you "officially" posted these, nomad! That was a fun night and we should do it again.
posted by Dr. Wu at 9:00 PM on December 12, 2005

re: "DaShiv: someday I'll have camera equipment as decent as yours"

The real charm in DaShiv's no-flash method is huddling together around candles to make the shot work. Some of my favorite moments.

I'd like to mention for the record that I tried like hell to get the one MeFite I know in CT to go to this but his ass stuck to its chair in the end. But I was pullin' for ya!
posted by scarabic at 9:04 PM on December 12, 2005

Looks fun, doesn't it? See, I told you it would be fun.

/guilt
posted by scarabic at 9:05 PM on December 12, 2005

Wow, this doesn't mean anything to anyone, but nomad, you look exactly like crazy jack, a friend of mine. Crazy!
posted by fionab at 9:14 PM on December 12, 2005

uh, yeah, and apparently I'm the crazy one now.
posted by fionab at 9:29 PM on December 12, 2005

Cool stuff, always so fascinating to see photos of MeFites from around the world! Mwah!
posted by keijo at 1:17 AM on December 13, 2005

These came out great. I'm somewhat surprised. The XA2 is hit-and-miss a lot of times. I'm glad we did this, and we should definitely do more. I'm sure there's twice as many CT people willing to come, if only we didn't throw them off the trail with the "nutmeggers" thing.

So I'm Mr. Bad, and Nomad is Crazy Jack. Anyone else look like anyone else?
posted by Plutor at 4:07 AM on December 13, 2005

How did I miss this? The first meetup remotely close to me that I've seen...
posted by knave at 5:31 AM on December 13, 2005

And this made me laugh out loud. Good stuff!
posted by knave at 5:38 AM on December 13, 2005

Nutmeggers! You all look great.
posted by OmieWise at 5:43 AM on December 13, 2005

Waitaminute - so jessamyn's actually the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Now it all makes sense.
posted by hangashore at 6:32 AM on December 13, 2005

hangashore, did you not get the memo? I'll have Doris in HR shoot that right over to you.
posted by Dr. Wu at 9:27 AM on December 13, 2005

Although it hardly needs expressing, Dr. Wu, I think it's imperative that we see both you and any major dude at the same meetup, as soon as possible.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:07 AM on December 13, 2005

Awwwww. HOLLABACK Dr. Wu!
posted by rocketman at 11:03 AM on December 13, 2005

I think it's imperative that we see both you and any major dude at the same meetup

Preferably at Biscayne Bay (where the Cuban gentlemen sleep all day).

Oh, and nice pics, Connecticuties!
posted by hangashore at 12:56 PM on December 13, 2005

Y'know, I actually complained to Google Video about the grey bar at the bottom of the video, which wasn't on the original, and a nice lady wrote back and said it was my problem, not theirs. Not exactly the answer I was looking for.
posted by smackfu at 1:10 PM on December 13, 2005

If there's anyone who actually cares about or is puzzled by the arcane Steely Dan references going on on this page, here's a small piece (written by a rabbi!) about the song "Any Major Dude," and here are the lyrics to the song from which I took my username.

Love that Dan.
posted by Dr. Wu at 1:20 PM on December 13, 2005