I'm in! I'm down for Comal, or we could try Townie.
I'd be down for Townie, especially if it's raining.
Distant possibility that one of us would show up after returning from Reno (while other stays home with kid), but likely not. Sorry! But there's got to be some sendoff for x.trapnel at some point, right?
We're in Portland for the weekend, but if there's something in the next 2.5 weeks, that'd be cool.
I think I can make it, perhaps with others in tow.
Alas, flying out to Kansas City this lunchtime...
x. trapnel-- where are you heading out to?
We'll be in San Francisco December 12-19; can the trapnel send-off be then? The Tuesday is out, but I think any other day would work for us.
I'm game. Is there an emergent plan?
8:00 works as well for me as any other time.
I could make a 12-19 meetup, but not one that would work for Moby.
So 8 at Townie? (Not that I don't love Comal, but a) rain and b) crowded. Townie's way bigger.)
15: We're leaving the afternoon of 12/19, so could only make lunch that day. Presumably evenings are generally preferable?
I only had Thanksgiving-related events on Thursday, and I'm getting my days mixed up.
I'm trying to to decide whether to come to this or to stay home and practice interview questions and modify my résumé. Help?
You make a very compelling argument, teo. You must have learned critical thinking skills at your university.
You can practice interview questions at the meet up. It will be more effective with other people.
Come to the meetup, Otto! Then we can commiserate over job hunting.
Looks like I'm picked to represent our household. I can share pro tips on getting a job because of having had a friend on the inside.
Prison inmates know all the job finding tips.
Come to the meetup, Otto! Make Josh give me his resume.
In my case, the job is a software job for the educational compound up the hill from Townie.
Also, Townie seems to be around the corner from my old house. Lurid and I had our pre-wedding dinner there when it was a (good) Italian restaurant.
I was approached recently about a job opportunity in the Bay Area, but I think they're just fucking with me. The Bay Area likes to do that.
18: Sorry, I meant between 12/12 and 12/19 and didn't notice the notational ambiguity in my earlier comment.
Liveblogging: I'm here. No one else is. Finding a spot will... not be a problem.
Nonpresent liveblogging: I'm trying to make something approximating an English steak pie. Took filling out of the oven before I left the apt: covered, it absorbed 2 cups each of ale and stock over 2 hours at 300. Looking forward to the result.
It doesn't feel like a meetup without Sifu hectoring us for live blogging...
Looking at the website for Townie, I feel like the "monospace font for menu items, with details in sans-serif font below" is a thing I keep seeing. But hooray for places that don't have a separate "Martinis" section.
I've parked. It was strangely easy, suggesting I've done so in an illegal fashion.
Hey. Who's blocking my view?
Yay liveblogging! (I'll be up for a while longer, as I just started cooking dinner, because I'm a complete idiot.)
What do you feel that says about you, Otto?
What happened to you, clew? You used to come to these things.
Never mind, I was informed that it is common knowledge that you have moved elsewhere.
Let me SET THE SCENE. Exposed brick wall, cocktail menu, microbrews on the menu. They took a long time to bring me my water. The rye manhattan wasn't great but the "after hours" suggested by Josh passes muster. This area is full of technology! Which is stupid! Yet lucrative! Ministry, Psalm 69, holds up.
Pretty Hate Machine gets a bad rap. Devo is unnecessary.
Pretty Hate Machine, however, does not hold up.
This is some excellent liveblogging. Keep it up!
I got unnecessarily awkward when Otto asked me where I work.
Everybody should send me their resumes. Even Minivet.
I was trying to convince nosflow to go freelance so he could buy fresh produce on his own time, but I don't know. Thanks for the ride to BART, Josh, the companionable talk in the station, Minivet. It sure is raining the shit out of everything now.