PICTURES ASTORIA NEW YORK MEETUP THAI FOOD September 27, 2007 6:26 PM   Subscribe

Photos from September 26's Astoria, NYC meetup.

I didn't take pictures of everyone, I was just fooling around. Wait till DaShiv gets his set up.
posted by Stynxno to MetaFilter Gatherings at 6:26 PM (25 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

Skorgu's photos.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:32 PM on September 27, 2007 [1 favorite]


Nice pics so far! Mine (all 3 of em!) will be up soon. And by soon I mean probably tomorrow night when I get home and realize I forgot to put them up.
posted by langeNU at 7:09 PM on September 27, 2007


Okay, to pre-empt the inevitable hair discussion :

Yes, I am aware that I look like Art Garfunkel.

We are ALL aware that I look like Art Garfunkel.

moving on....
posted by Afroblanco at 8:15 PM on September 27, 2007


Holy shit, I didn't notice it in person, but in photos, Afroblanco really sorta looks like Paul Simon.
posted by piratebowling at 8:19 PM on September 27, 2007 [1 favorite]


I mean Hall from Hall and Oats.
posted by piratebowling at 8:19 PM on September 27, 2007


You should start working the Art Garfunkel angle more to our advantage. I mean that blonde guy from LFO still gets free stuff and a VH1 show. Start getting NY MeFites free stuff, Afroblanco!
posted by spec80 at 8:31 PM on September 27, 2007


WE WANT FREE STUFF
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:35 PM on September 27, 2007 [1 favorite]


Everybody is so happy and cheery!! And that's great! Really
posted by Samara at 10:56 PM on September 27, 2007


I still have spots in my eyes from the flashbulbs. This weekend has been so good for my self esteem!

except for when I found out at the meetup that the play I wrote has been totally scooped by a similar off-broadway production opening this week. please murder me.
posted by hermitosis at 11:13 PM on September 27, 2007


But wait, who's Art Garfunkel? Did he write that Barenaked Ladies song?
posted by lauranesson at 12:10 AM on September 28, 2007


Wow, not only is DaShiv the man with regards to taking pictures, but while holding his drink?! I'd ask him if he can take pictures with one arm tied behind his back, if I didn't think he'd just laugh at me.
posted by philomathoholic at 12:56 AM on September 28, 2007


I'm totally impressed with the NYTimes guy's onehanded technique.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 2:22 AM on September 28, 2007


philomathoholic: "Wow, not only is DaShiv the man with regards to taking pictures, but while holding his drink?!"

Apparently you haven't met DaShiv. When I think of my one meetup with him, I think of a whirling dervish, spinning about the room taking photographs and consuming all of the alcohol in sight. When he's done, all that's left are empty, soulless vessels (the people and the glasses). I only wish that when I met him, I had known who the hell he was.

Who's this guy who keeps taking pictures? Where'd my drink go?
posted by Plutor at 5:04 AM on September 28, 2007 [3 favorites]


I spotted Art Garfunkel in Philly about 3 weeks ago, at the vegan restaurant I frequent. I asked him if anyone had ever told him he looked just like Afroblanco and he said "No, never. And by 'never' I mean at least a million times a day". At that point I noticed his dinner companion; Zachary Quinto. As I started to speak, he held up his hand and said "No. Don't. Don't ask me. Please. Just be the one person who doesn't ask me."
posted by iconomy at 6:30 AM on September 28, 2007 [1 favorite]


I don't like this NY meetup post as much as the last one cause I didn't get a shout out at this one.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:32 AM on September 28, 2007


so pissed I missed this. Got sick at the last minute. and I was absolutely looking forward to it and everything, having met DaShiv and having discovered that he's a righteous dude. (that's what you guys say in CA, right?)
posted by shmegegge at 8:30 AM on September 28, 2007


I'm plotting to destroy my office in retribution for keeping me here late and making me miss that meetup. I'll destroy it with fire, or ice; whatever suffices.

And I see Afroblanco all the time, but I'm chary about yelling his handle out on the street, and he doesn't seem to respond to "Yo!" That is to say, it's lame that I forgot his real name. I'm a dick.
posted by breezeway at 8:37 AM on September 28, 2007


Just yell "Art". He'll know who you mean.
posted by Plutor at 9:16 AM on September 28, 2007


Just yell "Art". He'll know who you mean.

Ummm, no.
posted by Afroblanco at 9:46 AM on September 28, 2007


Don't worry, Afroblanco. At the next meetup we're going to pin you down and shave all your hair off. It sounds cruel now, but it'll save you a lot of heartache on future threads like this. Plus, we could make, like, five wigs for kids with cancer.
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! at 9:59 AM on September 28, 2007


Has anybody noticed that Afroblanco looks sort of like Sylar?
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:00 PM on September 28, 2007


Afroblanco.
posted by essexjan at 1:02 PM on September 28, 2007 [1 favorite]


IMDB reveals that afroBlanco IS Sylar. And also Ming the Merciless.
posted by Sparx at 1:46 PM on September 28, 2007


Fun fact: my hair's just like Afroblanco's but not, er, blanco. So when/if I start showing up to NYC meetups, it'll be like the fuckin' 60s all over again.
posted by nasreddin at 4:06 PM on September 28, 2007


IMDB reveals that afroBlanco IS Sylar

Erroneous.

It is well known that matthowie is Sylar.
posted by sparkletone at 10:24 AM on September 29, 2007


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