9622.net

Hopefully it willl be quick and painless for the cat.

Is that a picture of REO Speedwagon rafting?

BTW, if the raft trip could be in Maine we could do it for next to nothing, a place to stay (depending on number) and everything. I have the hook up.

I swear that's Richard Simmons in rear left of the boat.

Er, back left of the boat...

big cockroach in the office across from me.

excellent.

Looks like a "palmetto bug" to me.

They pop when you step on 'em.

Hey! That's one of God's creatures!

Don't get me started again.

you.are.forever.starting

*flings poo at the Morningstar*

*cries*

Er, back left of the boat...

Actualy, it's port stern.

I note with satisfaction that our friend Rich, the famous stockbroker (and, along with our own jonmc, one of the founding fathers of MeFi) was inducted, through the sacred pulling of the Koko (you do know that means poo in Portuguese, don't you?), into the order of monkey lovers. Not that he seems very pleased about it, mind. ;)

I say the next meetup is in Portugal.

Sorry. We already voted.

New Orleans.

How about Bridgeport?

She said "Kiss Me Where It Smells," So I drove her to Bridgeport..

From the article I linked above:

"Some neighbors said they have had the same problems since Monkey Hill opened in February as they had before, such as people yelling, arguing and slamming car doors late at night, and sometimes vomiting and urinating in their yards."
This will give special pleasure to anyone who gets my mix cd. It will all make sense.

I second Portugal. Barring that, Rome

can't we all just go to the jazz festival next year?

Blah, blah, New Orleans, blah, blah, Portugal, blah, blah, Rome.

If you guys were really brave, you'd come to Detroit.

Joe Louis' fist!

Let's go Red Wings!!!

(Detroit native here..)

Detroit. Birthplace of fisting.

I say Portugal because it's the only place I can afford to fly to. You're all more than welcome to come to South Wimbledon, London, England. We could go to gay pub quiz night at the Marquis of Lorne.

Cookie non abilitati. Per visualizzare le mappe e' necessario abilitare i cookie.
(from romakimmy's link)

Though Rome has its undeniable charms.

i cookie, I love that.

Hey, Adam, anyone who moves away and still puts up a picture of a Steve Yzerman statue on his website is and always will be a Detroiter. (Aside: They have finally taken down the big mural of Barry Sanders that was on the side of one of the downtown buildings, and they're going to put up a Stanley Cup. There's been a real push to get Yzerman on the building, which I think would be a great idea. He's one of the most selfless, poised, and loyal professional atheletes you'll ever meet).

And ColdChef, while Detroit may have been the birthplace of fisting, we're not "The Big Easy" -- you still have to work for it here!

Cazzo. That was supposed to be a link to the Yellow pages map of
MONKEY PIZZA DI BIANCHI ALESSANDRO
00179 Roma (RM) - VIA DEI COLLI ALBANI 23
tel: 06 7847907

Rome would be good. I'm also thinking Tokyo. Beer soaked nights wrapped in the soft cotton sounds of karaoke.

Jeff, I see your hand and raise you a foot ;)

Romakimmy, I see your foot and raise you, er, an Indian.

I'm planning to go to Portugal for Euro 2004. My sister-in-law was born there, so I'll have a personal translator. You're all welcome to join me. I'm staying with Miguel.

Oh, hey, Miguel. Can I stay with you?

Yeah, I heard about the mural. Good for them.

I couldn't believe when I went home a few years ago and you guys had a fucking casino! What, do you want to make the city worse than it is? Look what it did to Atlantic City!

look at the entire state of new jersey, for that matter!

i'm kidding, adam.

no, really, you have a point.

City Poker? Points-of-Interest Poker...?

I see your Indian(s), Jeff, and raise you a triton and his madman. ;-)

Anyone want to join me and lizs at miguel's in october. My brother lives in Spain, so we'll be riding bikes to Miguel's.

Miguel, can we stay with you?

Adam, we have 3 Casinos. (and one across the river in Windsor)

oh yeah, don't forget the Giant Tire

That is bitchin, tj.

It's also the Universal Sign of the Donut!

Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?

mmmm, donuts.

anathema:Is that a picture of REO Speedwagon rafting?

If it is, I think it's to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oars forever.

guh. I've only once had a Krispy Kreme donut, and it was slightly stale - from a NJ grovery-store - but still so. delicious.

I'm dyin' to have one for real. Move north K.K., damn you! Move north!

I love that tire. In Dearborn, right? On Rte. 94...

Adam, as tj indicated, there's a casino in Windsor which is probably the primary reason there are now three in Detroit. Many in the city were not pleased to look across the river and see the Windsor Casino getting happy and fat. Now there are three Detroit casinos getting happy and fat, too. It's a bit sad to see all the fixed-income seniors robotically pulling on the slots, though.

Thank you witchstone. I am now going to make the 20 minute trek to the closest KK.

Has anyone noticed that Miguel has been suspiciously silent since everyone has elected to stay in Portugal?

Too silent....

Posted by: readymade on August 7, 2002 02:19 PM

romakimmy, I fold. I can't afford a Triton or a madman. Would you take an outsized lumberjack and his tinted beast?

Krispy Kreme is about a three minute drive from my home. They are best eaten hot-which they happily provide.

When I lived in Pensacola they were four or five blocks from my house.

I bet you guys don't have a Waffle House either.

If the Martians land, they're gonna need a place to stay! Just like everybody else!

(at Miguel's?)

argh! why do i do this to myself? donuts, donuts, donuts. i never believed the hype about KK until i had one. the raspberry filled glazed one--well, lupo can tell you, i wrote a song about it. i'll spare y'all the details.

luckily the one in my neighborhood is right by the gym, so when i pass it i'm usually getting my health groove on. otherwise, i'm sure it would be no time at all to krispy kremey karolyn, oozing raspberry filling.

That ain't raspberry. (I don't know what that means.)

My fave is the straight up cream filled... oh wait, this isn't the gay thread.

Hey, kafka, where's the photo from last night of the sullen LA meetup folks?

yeah! pictures!

never had a kk myself. i guess i don't know what i'm missing.

That ain't raspberry. (I don't know what that means.)

it's okay, punkin. i do. from now on, i'll do the thinking for the both of us.

It's too depressing. It invokes instant weeping in all who view it. Indeed, this picture shall never be displayed anywhere at any time for anyone. Unless they really beg a lot.

*begs*

*begs*

You're going to have to do better than that. It's really troubling. My cat attempted suicide while I was downloading the picture. I, by the way, am not even in it, so I can claim no ill effects from my new coiffure.

*begs*

*a lot*

*gives kafka's cat cpr*

*spits out hairball*

And I'm in the second stage of molting, so I assume much of my skin was either loose or flaking off.

Migs is busy over in MeTa, outing us as the Gay Monkeys that we are.

Miguel! Stop linking here from MeTa!

*kneels with dagger pointed at heart*

PLEASE!!!

pretty please with a monkey on top?

You can beg all you want, but it's on my home puter anyway.

*They beg so well*

I stop only when the photographs are posted, Kafkaesque, not before.

Look. It's one photo, of six guys, one of which you can't even see. I'm not in it, as I was taking the picture at the time.

*sigh*

OK OK, here it is.

lies. all demmed lies.

Hey! Those look just like the guys from the ole' 6th floor! I never took them for MeFites! Wow - Stink looks just as hilarious as ever.

gawd, those were the days.

wow. what a shitty looking bar.

OK I kid.

Here you go.

This is it really.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone around here even live anywhere near North Carolina?

Fayetteville, seriously, is the midpoint between Miami and New York.

*steps back and waits for the inevitable cascade of thrown poo*

The best part was when Eyeballkid taught us all some dance moves.

Ah, that looks more like it, kafka. Hey, isn't this the rest of the group?

Hey, I found the pic!

And what nice hats you guys had on!

Jeff, that's me 2nd from the right. They let me out of the restraints just for the night. Right before that, I stalked and killed a goat.

Not in Sanford, I hope.

I'd just like to say that I'm very sad no one else felt the need to comment on Adam's photos above.

dude! l.a. is the last holdout! nyc, dallas & san francisco have all contributed.

now, post the picture or we're coming in.

It all makes sense now.

There's nothing much to see. It was a dark bar, there was some hand holding. We role played for a bit. I was the police officer in the tight leather pants.

Totally off the subject...

I passed by a Barnes and Noble during my lunch break looking for mySQL books and happened upon the book that Matt Haughey contributed to. In it, there are various screen shots of the site. There is only one of MetaTalk. Anyone want to guess who the top poster in the MeTa screen shot is?

Yup.

Wow! Now Miguel is famous! He's been published in a book!

It says what it feels
It adds the Cause of the Things to its list of adored and hated

"It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."

My German's a little rusty, but that Cardoso book sounds pretty cool.

My feelings on all you people who got to meetup, while I sat at home.

My German's a little rusty, but that Cardoso book sounds pretty cool.

Yes, but why is there a picture of a shirtless Miguel?

because I had a camera?

"She always said, I should have been calm. I however let it talk. And it talked not much. It was not capable at all of doing such a thing. But I listened to her gladly. It often repeated itself. Dir does not make that not true for anything out?., she said. Was?. Der circumstance that I do not love you. You said, said Das I. You think Das nevertheless. Wenn you me do not love, I it would have noticed. Wenn I you love became, would know I it, said them. Vielleicht do not know you it. Nein. You know that. Ich does not want to know it at all, said I. Du does not even want to know it, not?., she said. Selbst if I it to know wanted, you it to me would not say. Stimmt.. I find Deswegen that you constantly say to me, you would become strange me do not love, said I. Sei quietly and takes your arm away there, you does to me pain. "

babelfish rules the world

world of governs it of babelfish of

"Meu alemão um pequeno enferrujado, mas aquele livro de Cardoso soa bonito frio."

OR:

"My German's a little rusty, but that Cardoso book sounds pretty cool."

I dunno Miguel, did it make any sense at all?

Posted by: readymade on August 7, 2002 05:30 PM

Heh, can't go away for a day before you all start partying again - it's a never-ending thing with you guys, isn't it?

You can't stay with me because there's no room. We live in a garrett, like any self-respecting cult (i.e. poor) writer. But...ah!...I (seriously) dominate Lisbon entirely and can get you wonderful rooms and service in the most charming little (or big) hotels for a fraction of the price.

I can also get you into the best restaurants and bars, all the right clubs - anywhere in fact. As I am, though a mere writer, much loved in my own good country.

I don't need to mention the quality of the cocktails and the vast arsenal of booze, books and magazines here at home either.

You should all come, you'd love it! :)

Readymade: it makes no sense. BabelFish is a big hoax. It only works as a (bad, short) dictionary. It's also weird that I can't read my stuff that's been translated into languages I don't understand, like Dutch and German. It looks impressive, though. ;)

Miguel lives in a garret.

Uh-huh. Right.

Here's Miguel's pad:

..and that's just the summer cottage.

Crash - so you noticed too we were both exactly 26% gay? Sort of got me thinking... And I see it got you going as well, you old devil. And that house fit for a queen - or two? - well it just made me horny, quite frankly. :)

Miguel--

What? That didn't make sense?

I'm shocked. SHOCKED!

Posted by: readymade on August 7, 2002 08:29 PM

For instance, "cool" doesn't even mean "frio". "Cold" is "frio". "Cool" is "fresco". And this kinda "cool" would be "fixe" in Portuguese slang. So it's a mockery. A mockery, I tell you! ;)

*starts frothing at the lip-hinges, for the travesty his work has been subjected to*

"it's a sham of a mockery of two shams of a mockery"

name the movie without googling.

Wait, I got lost here. See, Miguel said "frio", and that house is the Palacio de Rio-Frio (Cold River Palace, Migs?) and yet none of you were actually talking about the palace.

Never mind. A little scrolling never hurt anyone.

"it's a sham of a mockery of two shams of a mockery"

Gotta be Police Academy 6: Citizens' Corps on Patrol, starring John Ashcroft.

*Googles*

Damn.

Oh, and as long as I'm monopolizing the bottom of this thread, was this the beginning of the catfight, or the end?

Mmmm. Redheads.

Posted by: readymade on August 7, 2002 09:06 PM

I actually heard my 17-year-old son say "mmmm...pancakes!" just a little while ago.

And he's never even heard of "big blue".

Evanizer's pics are up. Got me making a few fucked up looking faces, I might add. I look like a freak.

ColdChef, this is about as close as you're gonna get...

So, kafka, eyeball...this is what I've been missing all along?

Well, as long as there're monkeys.

Jpoulos...don't tell me....It's Woody Allen. Umm. Is it Take The Money and Run?

OK, finally, here is the much-anticipated one-and-only MeetUp LA Pic.

NO wait....Love and Death?

You're a major loon!

I can't believe you don't know who I Have No Idea is, Kaf, jeez.

Mouse over for answer.

As I see all these pictures from the various meetups I'm disappointed that I didn't get to participate. However, I take solace in the knowledge that I could thoroughly beat the crap out of each and every person I've seen so far.

Heh.

Seriously, Migs, that guy had been on MeFi for one day. One day!

And he had some freaky sex shenannigans site.

More MeFi/9622 pictures here... Oh, and watch out for Satanic Monkeys.

The effrontery! If he's this forward on day one, he should be crashing in our homes and raping our cats by September. ;)

okay, who the hell is the guy standing in the background of the 9622 shot?

and Aw, i didn't know your hair was burgundy! that's how dark it was in there. as the french say "ah, ca c'est supercool!"

aw reports that she misses you guys, but has been working a bit too hard lately to spend much time here (i can't relate to that at all...)

and, one song on kaf's mix made her cry. in a good way.

who is that anyway? some of the pics by others are better than mine, methinks.

I would like to thank adampsyche and metrocake and evanizer for taking those pics and putting them online. I was really disappointed that I couldn't make the trip, and it's helped a lot to see them.

I'd especially like to thank roe for this, which has made me laugh out loud on no less than four separate occasions today:

We love ya, jon.

witchstone: it's the imfamous mlang...

jpoulos, the truly frightening thing is that(and several people can vouch for this), I was 100% stone cold sober as a minister on sunday in that shot.

one song on kaf's mix made her cry

Was it the Willard Grant Conspiracy song? That one chokes me up too.

Looks like Evan's goosing you in that pic, Jon.

Caption for jonmc, this morning, in his computer shop:

I see you've chosen that Commodore Amiga on special discount, Sir. No, Sir, you cannot access other sites from here. You see, by special arrangement, all computers in the shop are tuned to MetaFilter, the famous community weblog. Perhaps I can interest you in becoming a member of MetaFilter for an additional $10 plus tax? Oh look there's my hilarious post from this morning! Sir - I must ask you not to try and exit MetaTalk! No, read it till the end, it has a great joke about this very shirt. See? Sir? Sir?

okay, so in those 9622 shots, i kept crouching down because i thought we had to fit into the frame, but it turns out that there was room to spare so it just looks like i'm crouching for no reason at all.

which, by a strange coincidence, kind of fits in with my philosophy of life. i call it "crouching for no reason at all."*

*expect to see the book in your local barnes & noble in spring of 2003.

it was the band that starts with an "s", i can't think of it now. the first song? i don't have the mix with me.

Oh. Could be Sparklehorse.

Maria's Little Elbows

well I'll bet my Maria's got an elbow full of lonely
now here's a little prayer so that she might get some sleep
don't let her face get skinned by the sun today
don't let it in when it comes knocking at your door

loneliness
loneliness
loneliness
oh oh

sometimes you feel you've got the emptiest arms in the whole world
try to make sense but it always comes out absurd
sleeping horses keep eating up your flowers
don't let it in when it comes kicking at your door

loneliness
loneliness
loneliness
oh
came kicking at my door

she said I've really come to hate my body
and all the things that it requires in this world
I bet you're out there getting drunk with all your friends
and it'll get you in the bathroom of a texaco

loneliness
loneliness
loneliness
oh
came kicking at my door

sparklehorse.

thankee linkous!

Marquis....the videos from "Wonderful Life" are still up here. Check out the Tom Waits vocals/Quay Bros video for Dog Door.And, of course the Piano Fire video with PJ Harvey on backup.

Yes! That's the one. I was told this when I was in the shower, pre-coffee, and couldn't remember. I am going to snaggle your mix tonight and bring it to work tomorrow.

Now here's the big question: if you could have transported, via molecular disintegration/reintegration, any three MeFiers to your local meetup, who would it be?

I would have to put combine Miguel and thomcatspike, kinda like the movie The Fly, and watch the transmutative fun. That would leave me two others, and I am very conflicted as to the rest. Do you go for fireworks, as in bringing in a few who fight a lot? Do you go for conversation?

I'd have to go with Hitler. We could totally kick his ass...

Seriously: clavdivs

foldy and aaron?

No question for me:

Miguel, JPoulos and oh crap...all the rest of you.

foldy and midasmulligan, adam...although I fear if these two ever did meet, the resulting rift in the universe would be the end of existence as we know it.

I know who I wouldn't invite...

9622ers will always have a spot in my transporter.

i know dong is going to make something sexual out of that.

Yes, I think 9622ers first. Thank god a good bunch of ya are close.

Ha! Get it? I said "bunch."

Let it be said that my company's cafeteria makes the best goddamned banana pudding ever made.

*Lets it be said*

I damn thee, banana pudding!

*as if I had nothing BETTER to do!*

hey god, back away slowly and get back in the cult thread where you belong.

I'd make it a 9622'ers only meat. With guest appearances by foldy, j.edwards (a man I much miss) and I Have No Idea.

a 9622'ers only meat

I don't even want to know what that means.

But I am omnipresent.

*sigh*

Yes, even in the toilet.

ew.

I got it. Let's have a 9622 meetup! We'll plan it for next year. It'll be in Paris in the spring. And we can all wear big monkey suits and try to guess who is who by the smell.

I'll be the monkey wearing wings, drinking beer, and scratching ass (not necessarily my own).

Posted by: readymade on August 8, 2002 03:51 PM

In the book I'm reading, everyone's bound for Par-ee, so it sounds good to mee-ee.

Religious interlude:

Actually God is not present in lavatories, according to the Jewish sages. My rabbi told me, in a quite menacing tone, everyone is alone in the WC. Though, of course, this being Judaism, no less than two angels wait at the door (praying? rooting?) for you to come out.

Perhaps this frightening idea is designed to make us say the relevant blessing after visiting the bathroom. You know: "Yes. You are alone. Nobody is watching. Don't die in there, now!"

Paris? New Orleans? Rome? Lisbon?

I must say I fear I've detected something very unattractive about the Web. Although everything about MeFi and specially 9622 (of which the CD swap is proof enough) tells me there's no lying here, I get the impression that we're just joking about getting together and that empty promises are considered fun.

Perhaps it's my Portuguese blood. I liked how Summer said she couldn't afford the U.S. but could make it to Lisbon or Rome. The English have a lot to teach us all in this matter. They're very honest and practical

I meant what I said about going to New Orleans or hosting you all in Lisbon for the Euro 2004. Please tell me all these "Paris! Rome!" exclamations are serious.

I know, I know, but I need to be told...! How sad it would be if we couldn't meet and have fun together in the flesh! :)

I would very much like to go to lisbon for Euro 2004. I'm tentatively planning to do so.

If any reasonable number of us were to gather somewhere, I would make every effort to be among them.

I'm serious about planning on being ther for Euro 2004. As long as you don't mind hosting a rabid Azzurri fan. I want to see Lisboa again also, as the last time I was there y'all were still getting ready for the Expo and alot of stuff was under wraps. :-)

What time of year is Euro 2004? Or is it all year?

Ah. July. No dice.

But I'll be touring and moving to Europe later that year, so.

I could rent a wonderful, truly luxurious flat for all who would come - Lisbon is a lovely, lovely city - and if there were 5 or 6 coming the rent would work out at less than $50 a night. The fact that I'd be able to book it this early (Hotels are already full for Euro 2004) would help a lot. And there'd be no problem about cancelling later, as so many other people will pay three or four times as much, nearer to the date.

Add another $50 a day for (two) superb restaurant meals, maid service and almost unlimited drinks and y'all could wing it for $100 a day, all inclusive, easy; perhaps adding a maximum 10% for any intervening inflation.

Good, no?

My brother lives in Seville - I said I would ride my bike from there to your house, Miguel. What more can I say. I travel as much as possible. I will come to all of your fair cities.

I would port this team somewhere - and where is euro 2004. Aren't there some globalization protests we can meet at? We can be a monkey collective/support group/ whatever.

Remember globalization is a bad thing for those of us who specialize in off shore finances

I want to come to Portugal anyway--would you like random dinner dates with a couple of MeFi/9622 travelers without a so-called "meet-up" planned? Or does it have to be a part of some organized get-together?

The husband and I were planning on doing the Spain/Portugal/Morocco triad soon....

Posted by: readymade on August 8, 2002 04:37 PM

Possibility of being in Hydra, Greece right about then with the fiancee(probably wife by then)....maybe we could swing by Portugal on the way.

anathema - you are a man?

we'll be in cancun in september. and, we have a two bedroom suite in a five star hotel, with an extra bedroom.

anyone want to meet us?

Oh yeah?! Well, we'll be...uh...right...umm... right here.

*cries*

sorry, i meant october. 5th through 12th.

you married people with your two incomes and tax breaks....

I'm lucky if I can afford a trip to the salad bar.

fuckers.

we got the place for basically free (but airline tickets are setting us back)

well, and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to leave the country anymore...

hrmm... so this that "9622" of which you all were speaking. interesting. perhaps a bit like MetaTalk, but sans "Meta." i don't look terrible in the L.A. picture. and this URL is easy to remember. i may even come back.

JewishBuddha may
one day return to grace us
serenely guilty.

Yeah, jb, you won't find much "meta" around these parts. 'cept, of course, for MetaMonkeys.

I knew a buddhist once. He refused novocaine for a root canal job.

Said he wanted to transcend dental medication.

Yes I am a man
goneill, someday we shall meet
all will be exposed

*smacks the commish*

Miguel, sorry I am a bit late with this (something about fighting teenagers for the computer) but I can assure you God is in the bathroom too. A pastor of mine once said he heard from God there more often than anywhere else.

With recent event around pastors and their ilk.. I'm sure he did

I can assure you God is in the bathroom

If I'd known that I'd have bleached under the rim this morning.

I just want to share this with you all as I'm in the office on my own - I'm watching a story about a grounded ship on the news, and a naval commander has just stated that he's about to "conduct a full bottom inspection". Pants down.

That's god alright. Always on his throne.

"Oh no! God's taken a book in, and I just finished a large coffee and a bran muffin!"

I said God was IN the bathroom.

He doesn't have to USE it.

Ten seconds of seriousity-that's all I ASK.

Can I get a courtesy flush, Jehovah?! Jeez!

You laugh, but he can change toiletwater into toiletwine.

Hey-monkeys don't USE toilets.

Are you calling God a monkey b****fire?

Now, this is what confuses me. Is a courtesy flush the extra flush you do at the end, to make sure that everything has gone down the pipe, or is a courtesy flush the flush that you do in a crowded bathroom so that the others in there don't have to listen to your flattulence?

The courtesy flush is implemented as soon as you achieve "splashdown." Courtesy flushes are entirely optional, unless someone is sitting in the stall directly next to you and there isn't a fan to move the smell.

No, I am just wondering why the monkeys HERE are talking about toilets.

I thought they just flung it.

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