xkcd

by **Djehutynakht** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:03 am UTC

The fact that so many of you are near me, and that I'm aware of who you all are, both astounds and a bit frightens me.

by **Izawwlgood** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:09 pm UTC

When you word it like that, I feel the same way.

by **charolastra** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:03 pm UTC

But do you really know who we are?

Website · by **Sandry** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:35 pm UTC

Thanks to state of the art surveillance technology, I have the best possible notion I can come up with... until we develop mind-reading technology.

Or my actual answer: no. Who are you?

by **doogly** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:58 pm UTC

Hi! I'm Doug. I live around these parts. I'm a Capricorn, and laughing about it. I am convinced all faith based epistemologies are detrimental to the well being of society, where well being is (as cannot be avoided) determined according to a value system I have constructed, and laughing about it. I like long walks in the mountains, more so than beaches, but I don't have anything against them, certainly. My favorites have been the Pamirs and the Whites. My favorite mathematical theorem is Gauss Bonnet. I don't always renormalize, but when I do, I Hadamard subtract. My go to scotch is Laphroiag quarter cask; my go to beer is Long Trail Ale; I'm not very fond of wine. I has a kitty who is teh best. If I were an ice cream flavor, I would be pralines and cream, which I also just ate recently. If I were a scratch and sniff sticker I would be raspberry, which used to grow in my backyard. The berry, not the sticker. I give my students stickers on their exams, and they give me haiku. My favorite haiku is by Soin:

life
is like a butterfly
whatever that is

by **Djehutynakht** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:06 am UTC

Sandry wrote:Thanks to state of the art surveillance technology, I have the best possible notion I can come up with... until we develop mind-reading technology.

Or my actual answer: no. Who are you?

I actually meant "don't know who you are". Ah typos...

But yeah, the area surveillance technology would be a big enabler.

As for me, I'm a resident of Boston. And if you're familiar with the MFA, then by seeing my name and avatar you'd know I am quite familiar with it too.

by **Izawwlgood** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:40 pm UTC

Just putting this here for anyone in the area:
http://runforyourlives.com/
Sounds right up our alley, if you have any interest, I think I'll be doing it with a bunch of buddies.

by **Meandrgonzo** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:59 am UTC

Amazing! I'll have to see how many CT people I can drag up there.

by **Djehutynakht** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:38 pm UTC

Zombie Obstacle courses... what the...

Eh. I might as well ask. Any chance any of you are going to be at the Moving Planet "parade" thing at Columbus Park on Saturday? I would only expect the environmentally active, but you never know.

by **sophyturtle** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:11 am UTC

I will not be around Sunday, but I am otherwise environmentally minded.

The zombie run was so tempting. Until I saw the registration fee. Now I want to set up our own zombie run in urban settings of Camberville. We can break into teams. One day team A is the zombies, the next the runners. Besides, I am more likely to run from zombies in urban settings.
zombies

by **Izawwlgood** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:04 am UTC

The zombie run is kind of pricy as far as 5k's go, but keep in mind it includes all sorts of bonus shit! You get a T-shirt! And a beer! And there's actually a concert after party, so really, think of it more like paying 50 some odd bucks to go do some silly activity for the day, get a giant pint of post run booze, and get to party with a bunch of exhausted drunks and people in zombie get ups!

That said, I think a XKCD zombie would in the Boston area would be rad.

by **Meandrgonzo** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:38 am UTC

Ok... so while this meetup isn't in Camberville or even Mass, I'm posting here since many of you come down to my parties anyways!

October 22 in CT I'm throwing my 2nd annual Halloween Extravaganza! Last year was quite successful, and everyone had plenty of space to sleep. If we get overloaded, we can even set up tents in the back yard (i have enough space for a small hooverville). The event is posted on the FaceBook and some of you have gotten back to me. We can chat here about some stuff if you'd like, or I can create a new thread if enough people show interest!

by **meridian** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:19 pm UTC

Djehutynakht wrote:Zombie Obstacle courses... what the...

Eh. I might as well ask. Any chance any of you are going to be at the Moving Planet "parade" thing at Columbus Park on Saturday? I would only expect the environmentally active, but you never know.

oh, hey, that's what "Moving Planet" is? I saw a poster, but assumed movie and didn't pay much attention. And no. I have to work tonight (and I've already lost most of Saturday).

by **LittleShadowMagnet** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:12 am UTC

Hey im Boston from monday - saturday lunch time, aiming to meet up with @meridian friday evening if anyone else is about?

Website · by **Sandry** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:39 am UTC

Hmm, this sounds doable and like a good idea. Is there a where and a time as yet?

by **meridian** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:25 am UTC

Not really. I haven't been to Otherside in forever, but if you guys aren't up for basing initial contact in a restaurant, let me know. we can also, heaven forbid, make a party of this at someone's house, but mine sucks for gatherings, so I cannot volunteer loads of space.

(but you'd get to see my doggie, so...)

by **Chuff** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:28 am UTC

Looking into if I can get into Boston friday after classes. Probably not.

by **LittleShadowMagnet** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:20 am UTC

As a random idea meet in the hotel I'm staying at foyer? I have never been to Boston so even after a few days wondering around on my own is probably not good when looking for people :p also my *slightly* over protective mother wants to know the plan.. Ironic since she was fine with me in utah are my own for 6 weeks two years ago o.O

by **gmalivuk** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:10 pm UTC

meridian wrote:I haven't been to Otherside in forever

I wanted to go there Friday with a few coworkers, but then they decided to go home instead. So I'd most likely be up for going there next Friday instead.

by **meridian** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:13 pm UTC

Your hotel is a perfect place to meet up actually. If you're not comfortable broadcasting here the name, we can say here who is coming and you can PM us the location. I can also give your mother my phone number so she can reach us if she has any concerns. So far, it sounds like dinner is a plan. Anyone want to do more? I'm all for walking around the city (but I love doing that).

And Utah is a big empty place. Boston is full of stuff. I can understand the difference.

by **doogly** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:19 pm UTC

I feel so much safer in cities full of people than I would in Utah. Who knows what could happen there.

by **meridian** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:25 pm UTC

True, there is a higher chance of being eaten by wild animals in Utah.

by **LittleShadowMagnet** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:37 pm UTC

Radisson Boston
200 Stuart Street
Boston
MA 02116

thats where im staying, hopefully its easy for people etc, i need a flag

scare the foyer people

also numbers would be great as im not sure my phone will work out there but it will certainly put my mums mind at ease

dinner and random wonders sound ace (yay for my camera).. time ideas?

utah was fun, my friends had just moved from cali so went to go see them before I started uni.. was good fun.. a little weird but really warm

amazing storms as well

by **The EGE** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:28 pm UTC

I'm down for hanging out anytime, just PM

by **LittleShadowMagnet** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:44 pm UTC

Ok, after about 5pm GMT tomorrow I wont have internet so im going with about 7pm foyer of the hotel above for anyone who wants to hang out Friday 30th september, the plan I think is dinner the wonder around a bit

(unless I hear differently)

Anyone who is around is more than welcome

hopefully see people Friday!

by **Sprocket** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:35 pm UTC

Otherside Friday sounds like a thing that could happen.

by **natraj** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:40 pm UTC

I was going to come to Otherside Friday but now I will be here instead. And here, before that! Both these things are things people should come to.

by **TheGrammarBolshevik** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:40 am UTC

People who like the MFA's free Wednesday night thing might particularly like the free mini-concert there on October 12th. Handel and Haydn Society is awesome, fwiw.

by **Djehutynakht** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:35 am UTC

Hm. I may go to that. I am at the MFA constantly as I'm in a few-block radius 5 days a week and have a free pass. Possibly.

I also want to go check out the new Modern Art section and see "The Clock'.

A few other things I should probably brush up on too. I am determined to learn the Hieroglyphics in the Djehutynakht room.

by **Izawwlgood** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:01 pm UTC

Men and Women and other of the fora, ASSEMBLE!
I'm poking around for costumes now. Anything that's all spandex really.

by **Chuff** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:44 am UTC

I might be in Boston and fairly free the evening of Saturday, Nov. 5th. If I can get somewhere to stay that night I almost definitely will be. So yeah, if anyone wants to hang out, lemmie know.

by **Djehutynakht** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:21 am UTC

This might not classify as a meetup but anyone in/near/visiting Boston, if you haven't seen them I recommend both visiting the Museum of Fine Art's new Contemporary Art Gallery and the Museum of Science's "A Day in Pompeii" exhibit (if you've never been to either venue I recommend visiting the entirety of both).

The MFA's new contemporary art gallery is amazing. The stuff is cool. Amongst everything some of my favorites were:
-A white platform. When you sit down on it, the artist has programmed it to admit tiny almost-indetectable vibrations to mimic those on a sheet of ice on the arctic ocean. It's really cool.
-A video section containing short videos of: a woman stacking blocks, a woman floating on a watermelon in the Dead Sea and five lawyers in a sort of interpretive dance choreographed based on the gestures and movements they had made in court one day (weird, fascinating and hillarious).
-A chandeleir. Which blinks. In morse code (as well as an explanatory screen which translates the philosophic coded messages)

It truely is an awesome, awesome gallery.

A Day in Pompeii is also a truely awesome exhibit. The body casts are absolutely haunting and amazing and they have this small field of skeletons.... (casts were put in the spaces between them so they are still in the exact, hauntingly magnificent poses they were in when they died). The artifacts are magnificent and the explanations informative. I didn't do the audio tour but it sounded interesting from the bits and pieces I picked up from nearby people. Pompeii also had a lot of fairly erotic art (on the most mundane of objects too) which you can use to tease that one awkward friend... But the exhibit in itself really is very stunning.

I spent about 4 hours in each and wouldn't mind going back again. Highly reccomended.

by **Chuff** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:50 pm UTC

Chuff wrote:I might be in Boston and fairly free the evening of Saturday, Nov. 5th. If I can get somewhere to stay that night I almost definitely will be. So yeah, if anyone wants to hang out, lemmie know.

Never mind, not happening.

Website · by **Sandry** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:06 pm UTC

Too bad. /:

Some other time, I hope?

by **Chuff** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:08 pm UTC

Defs. We have a shuttle that drops us off in Boston Friday evening and picks us up Sunday afternoon. I'll take it at some point.

by **Sprocket** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:58 pm UTC

My new troop, The Unforgetable Mouse Traps tonight is only $5! Somerville Theater! 8PM! Also you get some stand up and the very professional improv stylings of Awkward Compliment!

by **Izawwlgood** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:15 pm UTC

I registered for the 1pm wave of the Zombie 5k. It looks like a blast, and I've roped a few friends in (as meat shields). Come!

by **The EGE** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:39 pm UTC

A request for ye Somervillains and Medford-ites:

For a film project, I am making a short video about the economic and environmental aspects of the Green Line Extension, which is currently scheduled to reach Union Square in 2016 and College Avenue/Tufts in 2019. I have an interview with a project manager and possibles with a handful of local politicians. However, I really want to have some interviews from 1. Somerville and Medford residents who 2. can talk intelligently about why the cities need better public transit / why the current system sucks and hurts them.

I have a pretty flexible schedule, but the interviews have to be in the next 2 weeks.

If any of you are possibly willing, or know people who would be, please PM me. Thanks!

by **TheGrammarBolshevik** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:54 am UTC

On a semi-related note: How the fuck do I get a Charlie Card? My first one was just given to me by an advisor here, and now I've lost it.

by **natraj** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:22 am UTC

Just ask a station agent at a T station. Or get one at the T sales offices at... uh, well, Harvard has one! and South Station and Back Bay and Downtown Crossing and bunches of random stores like certain Shaw's or 7-11s. But mostly, just ask the people in the stations, that's easiest.

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