January 07, 2006

MeFi/MoFi/Mecha Meetup: Now with DaShiv! Three great tastes that taste great together. Be a part of the first inaugural Metafilter, Monkeyfilter and MetaChat meetup, featuring the talented DaShiv and his roving camera of joy.

Be there Wednesday, January 11 at the Golden Gopher bar in downtown LA. Happy Hour runs from 5 pm - 8 pm, but people will be arriving at various times throughout the evening. Email me at the address in my profile for my cell phone number to coordinate. Happy New Year everybody, and I hope we see you all there!

  • D'OH! (Administrator, please hope me!)
  • Mmmm.... peanuts.
  • Three great tastes that taste great together. Pork three-ways? /SFmeetupjoke I'm there, of course.
  • I've been wondering who-all is in the Worcester/Boston area that might be interested in a meetup. I never see anything here or MeFi, but the Bay State must be represented by some people here...! Email me (in profile) if close and interested.
  • Hmmm... A meetup that's not happening while I'm in the midst of a semester. I can't, however, drive there since that would mean taking the only car that's in working condition, and I don't want to leave everyone else here with no car. So, a question for LA monkeys: If I bus in (it's not onerous, only a 3-hour trip or so), would somemonkey be willing to pick me up at the station, put me up for a night or two, and then schlepp me back to the station for the return trip? I'll cook for you.
  • rollbiz: you mean like this? Keep your eyes on the MeTa Meetup page for the next one.
  • What's wrong with the post? /confused
  • Well, there are two of them ...
  • I still think fondly (if somewhat fuzzily) of our SF meetup. I wish I could be there. Please drink more than a few for me. And can I please be on the shoutout-bra/panties/condom/whatever?
  • Oooooh, lovely pictures! I can't wait to see them. DaShiv's website has been a favorite for a while now. He's soooo good. And, gee, if you could trouble yourselves--I'd be happy with a shout, too.
  • I too am fondly recalling the wonderful "Monkeys take over the Orbit Room" evening, despite the 4 Manhattans I drank. I wish I could come down for this (so I can flirt with sexyrobot!!!) have fun mofilas!!!!!
  • and yes, I wanna shoutout!! on someone's butt!!! (I am sure I will regret this...)
  • I'll make sure everything's waxed, medusa.
  • [purr sonal to Space Kitty] to confuse things on ye was a pity please accept apologies from imbecilic silly bees everyone have a grand time if wendell's there wish him happy new year and same to the bone who can turn a mean rhyme and mandyman teh hawt and of course squidranch and the sexy 'bot
  • Does this mean we get to take pictures of him for a change? I can never say no to a meetup, so count me in.
  • Hey, if Medusa gets to be on the butt, that's where I want to be!
  • Zanshin, I am sure we'll be lovely together, cheek to cheek... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! I slay me, really, I do!
  • So, I have some other options available on, er.......the boner bone, right?
  • Any anatomical bit will be fine for me, thanky.
  • I'm not sure what the apology is for bees, but I'm *tickled* to be part of a poem!
  • Oh dear sweet god! had I only known Space Kitties will purr once a rhyme comes on! Apologized because I leapt into the duplicate thread instead of waiting for it to land in the Eeks first. dear tracicle, ye can have every bit as soon as I bee through with it!
  • You want me to act like we've never kissed You want me to forget pretend we've never met And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet You walk by and I fall to pieces from an old Patsy Kline number
  • Fortune does favor the swift and the bold. The slow and the scared end up dead. So no one here blames you, bees (if truth bee told) For diving headfirst in the thread!
  • If truth bee told: I want to be seduced Want a woman to take me out for dinner for two Like to see her eyes gettin' moody Flirtin' with the thought of what flirtin' ought to do I like to be real cool Have her think about gettin' me in bed Have a chat about Magna Carta, or Puerto Vallarta, Or somethin' Gandhi said I might demur politely, falter slightly If she starts to fondle my knee But I'm relatively certain I'd compromise if I know me -- from one of Leon Redbone's songs In which a not-terribly-successful clown-about-town reveals all!
  • Holy gosh! Everybody is still recovering from holiday hangovers and these LA monkeys are up with another bacchanal? Don't you know that's the way civilizations crumble, one drink at a time? /pantone 641 - envy green ggrrrrrr... *sigh*
  • I hate you all. Only a shoutout (butt or not) will make me love you again. *sniff*
  • Arg you bastards. I want a Portland meetup. Portland meetup? eh? eh?
  • I forgot to say how much I wish I could be there in the company of such lovely people. It's almost a year since the Berkeley meetup and I want to go to another one! /le sigh
  • Goddamnit. That is the day I get into LA from New Zealand - with 10 year old daughter in tow. And the NYC Mefi meetup is on the Saturday - my first evening at my sister's place. So near and yet so far!
  • Wish I could be there myself. Monkeys vs. Bunnies vs. Robots - who could ask for more?
  • Shout-haute s'il vous plait, merci buckets.
  • Demand shout out blah blah blah will be ignored anyway yada yada yada please prove me wrong. *goes into preemptive pout*
  • I've a meeting at 4, so it looks like I won't be there until 6:30 at the earliest, but more likely later than that. But I will be there, damn it.
  • I'll get there as soon as I can - Space Kitten will be joining us!
  • I salute the meetup with the traditional Monkey Toast: May your cockpunch be strong, May you all sing along, And may the whole group erupt in a ruckus - To the people we've met On the them wild Internets, May they never get kicked in the tuckus.
  • *applause*
  • Meetup tonight! Email me at the address in my profile for my cell phone number to coordinate.
  • We have now returned to the compound following a rad meetup. MoFi people in attendance were myself, Space Kitty, mandyman, space kitten, Hatred (one of sexyrobot's roommates; SR was unable to attend), and whiteyonthemoon (yet another SR roomie). MeFi was represented by DaShiv, scody, willnot and mzurer. It was a lot of fun. I did MoFi shoutouts, but realized soon after that I forgot my camera (DaShiv was taking candids that will probably be posted somewhere soon, though). I'll take pics of the shoutouts tomorrow and upload 'em to flickr.
  • Go team vag!!!!!!!!! // \\ \\ //
  • Woot! *passes out*
  • Team Vag totally pwns Team Pud.
  • *sobs*
  • *seethes*
  • Looks like you all had a GREAT time! The Golden Gopher looks like a great bar, too.
  • I approve! Go Team Veg! Carrots all around! and maybe a rutabaga or two...
  • It was seriously good times. Sadly, all the shouts-out ended up on DaShiv's cutting room floor. The Golden Gopher is a great bar, but for meetup purposes, next time I need to remember to pick a place with a LOT more light and a slightly quieter juke-box.
  • Just one that doesn't play "Living on a Prayer" once every 10 minutes would be cool, yo. That aside, the Golden Gopher was a snazzy place and gave me martinis for the low low price of 8 dollars!
  • Eight bucks? Oooo... living the high hog. Hopefully, it's one of them glowing green hogs, too.
  • Dude, don't hassle the Jovi.
  • Ah, Mr. Hsiao is obviously one of those people that, simply put, 'has it': the eye, the skill. Good pics.