What I learned at the Meet-Up

Sounds like a blast Luddy. Wish I could have gone.

bananacakes!

[QUOTE=Mark Grover]Sounds like a blast Luddy. Wish I could have gone.[/QUOTE]

Plan on being there next time. That's an order.

i have a feeling the next meetup is going to be huge.

what i wouldnt give to have been there...

me too.
I might even have to fly over next time.

I'm glad you guys had fun though.

Man, Ludd, I'm glad it was a great time. Next time, I'm going. My woman as well; we've discussed it and the vote is 2-2. I promise, we'll bring shot glasses, so no worries there.

I wouldve loved to meet MrHash, DrunkenJane, you, e-j, Alex, The Vigorous, everybody. Next time, I hope that when a plan starts ah forming, that somebody pleeeeezzzz zap me awake with a PM

Sorry we missed everybody. Meet yaw later !
kabol & Jen

Ppbbbt. Color me Jealous.

I have brought home half of indiana in mudd with me. more mudd was created after you left.

I learned that I'm going to be outside of a certain tight circle for a long fucking time.

[QUOTE=Federov]I learned that I'm going to be outside of a certain tight circle for a long fucking time.[/QUOTE]Yes, but then again we have stayed pure. Hey Luddy i looked up your books at the public Library, you are quite popular.

[QUOTE=Federov]I learned that I'm going to be outside of a certain tight circle for a long fucking time.[/QUOTE]

You were there in spirit. Believe me, if the cult had the funds and the means, Cindy would have personally arranged private jets and limos to swoop up those who couldn't make it so that you could have been there--to enjoy the mud.

[QUOTE=JKuhlmann]i have a feeling the next meetup is going to be huge.[/QUOTE]
im guessing at least 40 people.

39, I won't be there.

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big S wrote:

Have a good one! I'd sing you happy birthday but the melody was written by a Sunday school teacher and i know how much you hate God so i won't sing to you. Have a good one though.

[QUOTE=sara faye]No, there really were no inside jokes, you're right. I'm really glad I got the chance to meet some of the interesting people whom I usually distinguish by an avatar. I also met culties I hadn't really talked to before, so I even came out of it with some new friends. Those who couldn't make it weren't forgotten; if I remember correctly, we talked about you guys frequently. Even ralphthompsonxxx, who mysteriously never returned Friday night. We still hadn't heard from him as I was leaving.

I learned how forgetful I am.. I have another thing to add the the list of things I left behind.. my candle. Seriously, there is going to be all this unclaimed stuff at the campground and nobody's going to know whose it is!

In any case, I hope we decide to do this again sometime. You guys really are a lot of fun.[/QUOTE]

You weren't around long enough to hear any inside jokes.

Oh and Jeremiah/Ralphthompsonxxx came back eventually, but much later after you had already left. In fact I got stuck at the food tent/canopy with him, his wife, moonie and the occasional brace wanderer during the monsoon we had.

[QUOTE=FuzzBusta]You weren't around long enough to hear any inside jokes.

Oh and Jeremiah/Ralphthompsonxxx came back eventually, but much later after you had already left. In fact I got stuck at the food tent/canopy with him, his wife, moonie and the occasional brace wanderer during the monsoon we had.[/QUOTE]
Jeremiah is an awesome individual.

[QUOTE=Parkaboy]Jeremiah is an awesome individual.[/QUOTE]

I couldn't agree more. Hell that's pretty much my impression of all of you.

[QUOTE=FuzzBusta]I couldn't agree more. Hell that's pretty much my impression of all of you.[/QUOTE]
Me too pretty much.

i found that most people fit my general idea of who i thought they'd be, with little differences. sara was cuter than i'd assumed (not that i assumed she was fugly or nothing, i just never really had a picture for her, and she's really cute), and karbunkle wasn't obnoxiously loud and gregarious, although he still fucking rocked, and parka was more tightly wound than i would've thought; jane was identical, except her voice was less annoying than i would've imagined; i had no image for ralphthompson or dr/mr, but certainly any idea i might've had about those guys would've been anywhere near who they were in real life; that's about all. i think everyone else was predictable...

[QUOTE=alex cassun]i found that most people fit my general idea of who i thought they'd be, with little differences. sara was cuter than i'd assumed (not that i assumed she was fugly or nothing, i just never really had a picture for her, and she's really cute), and karbunkle wasn't obnoxiously loud and gregarious, although he still fucking rocked, and parka was more tightly wound than i would've thought; jane was identical, except her voice was less annoying than i would've imagined; i had no image for ralphthompson or dr/mr, but certainly any idea i might've had about those guys would've been anywhere near who they were in real life; that's about all. i think everyone else was predictable...[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'm in an angsty little place these days.

yeah, shit like that happens. not a thing, though.

VP - pretty cool cat, slept in my tent one night. helped take down one of my tents. excellent on the guitar
wenknee - a also cool cat, much like I expected. she had some good comeback moments
Karbunkle - different then I thought, but still fucking awesome guy provided many nice things, Luddy Dunn - really cool didn't talk much with her cause I slept in on saturday (comapred to everyone else)
Smartazboy - frank was cool as always, his steak on sunday morning totally hit the spot
alex cassun - alex was cool in my book, he was hard core enough to stay saturday night
Sara Faye - I love her as always
Minuet - more laid back then I imagined pretty cool, had a tent like mine that I helped set up
Parkaboy - he's much like i expected, got a little drunk but otherwise was cool
UbikRex - gaveme a present for stepping on me and also helped take down a tent
rkdaley - I love him seriously cool guy, has to have the biggest balls ever
Cindy - pretty damned cool as I've said before
Chelsea Weston - pretty damned cool kid, I hope someone swam with her on sunday
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - has hair like cotton candy, and took everything in stride
ralphthompsonxxx - very friendly, dissa peared for a while, but made up for it.
Maddetchke Malorkus - I chatted her up a bit, bery cool she pulled out pb and carrots.
FuzzBusta - Jeff was cool, he never shuts up though.
Lazlosdead - rocking guy, didn't tell me to shut up even though I talked his ear off
succotash moon - moonie's awesome she's funny, good sense of humor
rachelgita - she's cool I'd totally go bar hopping with her
jane s - I love jane she's aces
Anxious Phoenix- beat me in poker and I owe him a banner for it.

Chelsea Weston - pretty damned cool kid, I hope someone swam with her on sunday
you were awsome too
and ya i finally did get to go swimming

yeah, she would totally be cool in a couple years, once she hits 14 or 15 or so.

i am 15 thankyou very much

[QUOTE=Chelsea Weston]Chelsea Weston - pretty damned cool kid, I hope someone swam with her on sunday
you were awsome too
and ya i finally did get to go swimming[/QUOTE]
well i'm glad you got to swim I was beat cause I swam both days.

I wish I didn't have to leave when I did.

I heard that Chelsea was badass to get to know at the meet-up. That's what I heard.

[b]What I Learned at the Meetup[/b]

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[*]The Laz goes camping in Spiderman pajamas, like a disgruntled off-duty superhero, while Succotash Moon actually climbs the interior walls of hotels, with no spandex required.

[*]Smartazboy (Frank) makes great steak and eggs. And if no plate is handy, a big plastic cup will do just fine.

[*]We already knew that Luddy Dunn would visit cultists in a woodland habitat, but would not sleep with us (this time). However, I didn't know that several other cultists would sleep with each other. And on short notice. And without much actual sleeping. Those speculative preliminary threads were understatements, in some ways, rather than exaggerations. Who'd a thunk it?

[*]Underneath all that sweetness and light, Jane S. is a tough chick capable of wasting other reform school girls, or at least threatening them with knives. She sometimes wishes death upon small animals. I'm glad she got religion and calmed down some and so I was safe in the same tent with her. She has great hair and a pretty face, even when drunk and sleep-deprived.

[*]Mr. Hash (Liz) is a great girl scout, prepared enough to make up for a dozen campers who are altogether unprepared.

[*]I had never seen a really good photograph of our talented but also very cute and vivacious graphic artist Minuet (Killian).

[*]Many cultists talk just like they post, including interrupting each other with off topic bullshit and repeating things from earlier in the conversational "thread" like they weren't bothering to listen. Slovenly bad conversational habits and incredible wit and personal warmth sometimes get conveyed in the same breath.

[*]Deeper and more significant things happened than any casual "hook ups" some folks are curious about. There are dimensions of character, loyalty and true friendships forming that we can't explain for you in a thread. For all the vanity, falseness and self-absorption in even the best of us, human beings have a spiritual reach that transcends doctrines, disagreements, and even petty jealousy. Meet some Cult family in the flesh. Go survive in the woods or on your own little island with some portion of this crew and you'll know what I mean. This is a chosen family and a community born from art and ideas, not a bunch of words on a message board. Make it real in the flesh. I learned that it's worth the risk and the expense involved to achieve this sort of homecoming.

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im cute, vivacious and a graphic artist

yeah but im cuter

im not an animal, im a rep-tiiiiile

Plus, those nifty Austrailian accents! And people at these U.S. meetups thought [i]I[/i] talked funny.

[QUOTE=vigorous puppy].]We already knew that Luddy Dunn would visit cultists in a woodland habitat, but would not sleep with us (this time)[/QUOTE]

My ancestors did not spend millions of years as single cell amoeba in the primoridial seas, develop gills, rudimentary legs to crawl out of the muck where they would continue to evolve through tribal wars, plague, famine, natural disaters and larger wars to become a self-contained genetics lab that required technologies which led to the developement of the computer, word-processing and internet capablities that allowed me to become a writer so I could join a cult and write in air conditioned comfort against the humidity, with my cheese toast and Diet Dr. Pepper breakfast just so I could go sleep in the woods, buddy. Take it to a resort hotel, then we'll talk.

But I would sleep with any of you pretty much anywhere else. No I didn't mean it like[I] that[/I]. Maybe.

omg you missed it when I pulled out my diet dr pepper on sunday and starting toting on bout how its best non alchoholic beverage.

[QUOTE=Luddy Dunn]My ancestors did not spend millions of years as single cell amoeba in the primoridial seas, develop gills, rudimentary legs to crawl out of the muck where they would continue to evolve through tribal wars, plague, famine, natural disaters and larger wars to become a self-contained genetics lab that required technologies which led to the developement of the computer, word-processing and internet capablities that allowed me to become a writer so I could join a cult and write in air conditioned comfort against the humidity, with my cheese toast and Diet Dr. Pepper breakfast just so I could go sleep in the woods, buddy. Take it to a resort hotel, then we'll talk.

But I would sleep with any of you pretty much anywhere else. No I didn't mean it like[I] that[/I]. Maybe. ;)[/QUOTE]
does that count for those who didn't attend the meet up?

[QUOTE=Xk3zofrenik]does that count for those who didn't attend the meet up?[/QUOTE]

Of course.

Anxious Phoenix is the best fire builder ever, and incredibly cool besides that

Hash cooks like a grandmother (deliciously)

Moonie is a gymnast

PB on Fritos ain't bad

Driving home is much faster than driving to the destination, even when you have to stop twice on the way to take a nap in your car and wake up sweating and confused.

You guys call me Deletus?! Fuck you! I love you anyway, or maybe because of it.

at fist I thought that said I looked like a grandma, and I was gonna say I'll grandma you. But I'll take grandma cooking anyday cause grandmas always cook the best food.

also PB on fritos ain't good either.

[QUOTE=mr_hash]
also PB on fritos ain't good either.[/QUOTE]

it hovers in a land somewhere between good and bad, somewhere where all the hungry people are lazy and hung over but remedying that with more drink.

[QUOTE=Maddetchke Malorkus]
Driving home is much faster than driving to the destination, even when you have to stop twice on the way to take a nap in your car and wake up sweating and confused.[/QUOTE]
I did that. I also thought I saw you while heading back home in your car and I gave you a weird face, but it wasn't you and the girl that so looked like you looked at me like I was a jackass. SHe was right of course, so I sped off
[QUOTE=Maddetchke Malorkus]
You guys call me Deletus?! Fuck you! I love you anyway, or maybe because of it. [/QUOTE]
I thought you knew that. Its funny how you do that in speech also. "Nevermind."

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big S wrote:

Have a good one! I'd sing you happy birthday but the melody was written by a Sunday school teacher and i know how much you hate God so i won't sing to you. Have a good one though.

througout the meet up I noticed several people, my self included making typing or clicking motions with their hands.

[QUOTE=mr_hash]througout the meet up I noticed several people, my self included making typing or clicking motions with their hands.[/QUOTE]

oh come on.

[QUOTE=snuffy]oh come on.[/QUOTE]
I'm big on hand gestures while I'm talking so if I say something about being on the cult or typing or anything like that I gotta make the hand motion to go with it.

She isn't lying. It was mostly when we spoke of The Cult, though. It was weird. Lazlo has a spactic one.

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big S wrote:

Have a good one! I'd sing you happy birthday but the melody was written by a Sunday school teacher and i know how much you hate God so i won't sing to you. Have a good one though.

[QUOTE=sara faye]Alex said "pwn3d" out loud, but he said it like "pawned". That still cracks me up.

You guys are all way hotter in person. ;)[/QUOTE]
I like that he still calls it on himself even in person, not undstanding that you can't give yourself pawned or hero points, someoen else must give them to you.

[QUOTE=mr_hash]I like that he still calls it on himself even in person, not undstanding that you can't give yourself pawned or hero points, someoen else must give them to you.[/QUOTE]
*corporate laugh*

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big S wrote:

Have a good one! I'd sing you happy birthday but the melody was written by a Sunday school teacher and i know how much you hate God so i won't sing to you. Have a good one though.

Alex sleeps like a ninja

[QUOTE=Maddetchke Malorkus]Alex sleeps like a ninja[/QUOTE]
I didn't know that ninja's snore.

[QUOTE=mr_hash]I didn't know that ninja's snore.[/QUOTE]

That's all part of fooling you into thinking they're vulnerable.

maybe its a technique used to scare off all the wolves.