January 24, 2004

Overcoming social anxiety, a Curious George followup. MeFi meetup in Portland tonight.

I decided to bite the bullet and go introduce myself to Matt and the others. Any other monkey-types planning on going? Anybody else even live in Portland? If so, see you there.

posted by Scott 20 years ago
  • Gaaah!!! I JUST now saw this. Damn, damn, damn, it started 5 minutes ago and TriMet would take ages to get out to Hillsboro. Excuse me while I go sit in the corner and fling poo at the wall.
  • You poor monkey! *emails banana*
  • Florida? Huh? Anybody? /so lonely...
  • Well Sure Not doing our phylum a diservice.
  • What about the NY meet-up? Any other monkeys thinking of crashing that MeFi party? (besides me, that is — I'm already looking for little plastic monkeys to hand out)
  • *munches on banana* Thank you, Wolof.
  • certainsome1, if you find a good source for little plastic animals, let me know; I'm still searching for (1)ponies (2)badgers and (3)penguins. I hope things went well for you Scott; as I already noted elsewhere, the L.A. MeetUp was my first group gathering that didn't include a psychiatric professional in several years, and it was well worth the trouble (and I went to a lot of trouble). Eagerly awaiting your (or anybody's) report on how PortlandFilter went. Just sorry I didn't get to give you this advice beforehand: "If Matt gets upset with you, just blame Wendell" (Good advice for Monkeys at any MeFi MeetUp)
  • Archie McPhee has monkeys.
  • Massachussetts Meet-Up? In, May, say? My house will be in order by then...
  • Good lord, do ANY of you people take friggin pictures at these meetups?? I go to lunch with the ONLY other St. Louis Mefite, we burn a entire roll of film mugging it up and doing shoutouts - and this is a simple Weekday lunch! The entire LA and Portland contigents have hootenany meetups, we get (for the former) one group shot (no shoutouts, minimal captioning, no wisecracking) and (for the latter) zippo! You call yourselves monkeys? Monkeys better than this fall *out* of trees every day after accidently eating the fermented berries. I want to see pictures from the Portland meetup, and I want to see them toot sweet, junior! So get off your hairy butt and upload those digi shots!
  • Yeah, what Fes said!
  • Arriving home on Friday to let the dogs out before going to the party, I heard a funny sound from the basement. "Uh, B., did we always have a swimming pool in the basement?" A hose burst on the washing machine and we had a good 4 inches of water sloshing around. So I missed the party and spent the better part of the weekend cleaning. Anyone else go?
  • They shunned you, didn't they Scott?
  • Scott, my car had a piece of disk brake fall out of the front wheelwell after which the only way to get it to stop was by putting it in reverse, I had only been ambulatory for two days since getting hit hard by a bronchial infection, AND I was unable to find any of the tiny plastic ponies I'd promised everyone who attended and I still made it. (Note: I took the bus... in L.A.) It's called setting priorities, Scott. ;)universal symbol for good-natured sarcasm Fes and Soooz, as far as pictures are concerned, I was tragically unplugged from the internet during the period of MeFi's infamous "We have cameras" scam, and all but one of the other attendees came to the Filter too recently. Besides, the conversation was too much fun (except when the MoFites started talking about goatse) to interrupt with Photo Opportunities. Of course, I could always make a coy comment about some things that even I don't want to end up in a picture on the Web...
  • Hmph! *fists on hips, bald-banker-from-Monopoly style*
  • As the lone and lonely Monkey in a 400 mile radius, I'm really curious as to what goes on in these "meetups" of which you speak. Surely it's not too much to expect a pic or two of the fauna in their natural habitat? (so is it true that they are carnivorous?) Of course, the trade-off to not being able to make any MeFi, or better yet, Monkey, meetup is that I have a pony. A REAL pony. And I love it and brush it and ride it and everything. But I don't have any Monkey friends. *cries*
  • Heh. We could meet halfway. Only 211 miles that way. Don't know what's halfway between Moscow and Mountain Home, but it probably has a bar. Yeah, Idaho seems to be empty.
  • Actually, if you read the follow-up threads about MeFiSoCalWenCom04 here and on MeTa, you'll get slightly more of the conversation of the evening than I actually remember. And my offer still stands: I'll show up for any MeetUp anywhere for any number of people if you'll pay my airfare (although I can't 100% guarantee I'll make it through airport security).
  • And just so you know what you're getting into, here's what another MeFite at the L.A. MeetUp did to the Monkeys...
  • Yeah Pez! Way cool. We could meet in Riggins, pop. 500, give or take six or Seven Devils ;) It's not Portland, but I know a shit-kickin' backwoods bar that does karaoke. Ain't nuthin' better than joinin' in with six unshaven loggers named Bubba, Big Bub, Bubba Joe, Lil'Bub, WilliBub, and Slim for a rousin' chorus of "I am Woman, Hear Me Roar" Even better when you see 10 cowboys drop the chaw to belt out "Havin' My Baby." 'Course, you'd have to sled down Whitebird Hill. And I'd have to get past the Yuppie Yeti in McCall. Might be a bit more do-able this summer. Wouldn't that make those NorthEnd MeFites that won't even drive across town to S.E Portland look like a bunch of antisocial apes? Fer' sure I'll wear my prettiest Monkey-greetin' karaoke-singin'outfit. I'll be the one in pink.
  • As usual, I am seven months too late. Cry! Cry! Cry!