Kottu Meetup – Official
Barefoot around 6h30, when it’s perfect
Note: I’d like to thank Naz, Dominic and Barefoot for all their support of writers, artists and general misanthrophes – both digital and analog. I think the ICTA gets a lot of money for this sort of thing, but the Sansonis are the closest thing the blogging community (as it were) has to patrons.
Double-Note: Uh, I crapped up again and the foot wasna available on Wed, so now it’s Tuesday. My bad,
Not that I’m in any position to officiate anything, but meh. I think we should bump the meetup to next Wednesday Tuesday so more people can make it (specifically, Electra and the Wala crowd). There’s also like a conflict with the Moju launch and a birthday, yadda yadda. This is like the third fourth time I’ve delayed it, so nevermore. Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday. Mahangu and Electra will be there for sure, so I won’t feel too terrible. I couldn’t organize a ham sandwich, but I think a meetup is important. The connections and new ideas that come out of these things can actually be very powerful, in my experience. I have prepared an agenda and set of events. There will be a Chief Guest and Prize Giving, followed by tea, mutually enforced alcoholism, and fighting.
Schedule
6h: lighting of lamp and traditional burning of garbage on the street
6h15: uncomfortable silence
6h20: jello fight between Electra and her slanderer
6h30: Sophist chases me with a cricket bat
6h45: Walalasekera releases their list of Top 25 Hotties (or vehemently denies its existence)
7h: People actually show up
7h15: Prize Giving for Best Attendance, Sportsmanship and Grooming
7h30: Thora ponnaya!
7h31: Royal ponnaya!
7h32: Fight
8h: Abu Jihad and friends thrown out for removing pants
9h: etc
Actually the real schedule consists of me going to Barefoot at 3 to check a quick email, staying there till 6, Mahangu and Dilantha showing up, getting a little tipsy by 6h30 and crying at 6h45 when not enough people arrive. Then everyone will actually show up at 7 but my eyeliner will be ruined. Here’s a guest list of sorts:
Guest List
1. Bloggers, on Kottu or not
2. Photographers, on Flickr/Blogspot or not
3. Walalasekera Members (from Google Groups)
4. Any Developers
5. Anyone who comments
6. Anyone who reads
7. Anyone
If you want to remain completely anonymous that’s cool and people should try to respect that. There’s no point anyone getting dooced if they don’t want to. Also no one is giving any speeches, unless they really want to. I would also assume that you can take photos without getting your pants ripped off. There’s WiFi at Barefoot if you want to bring laptops, I think they might be persuaded to leave it on.
In all seriousness the only point is for people to meet each other and possible germinate new ideas. I will probably have something to drink if you’re looking for an activity. I used to not understand the point of these things, but then I met a bunch of interesting people including Sam, Alefiya and Dominic at the Serendipity Launch, and my life and work have changed for the better since then. That is to say, in spite of my willful ineptitude as an organizer, these mixers are important in ways you might not anticipate.
And that is set, I’m not going to think about it anymore. Try to RSVP on this thread, if you canst. Tuesday March 21st, 6pm.
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yay! will be there. for sure.
[...] So, the Kottu meetup has been finally fixed for Wednesday, the 22nd of March 2006. [...]
Okay, sounds fun – have recruitment dinner after so someone will have to make sure I’m not too pissed to play an ambassadorial role later on in the evening. Sophist might.
That is kool. See u guys there.
Alcohol+weekday+workTheNextMorning = Fucking shitty day at work on thursday! And I don’t get to wear my blogger t-shirt!
Anyway, fact of the matter is, it sounds good. And Indi, you might actually pull this off man…!
Aiyo – am felicitating some fairly important cricketers. Can’t come no…
Felicitating is a funny word, especially as something to do to cricketers. Enjoy machang
just an afterthought, please bring your identity cards with you.
as you know we are not allowed to sell alcohol to minors
Hey Indi, I dunno where u got the url u linked to moju. Thats just a ‘play with’.
Real deal will be up tomoro on (#url censored#).
Do drop in.
cheers!
/A
Grrrr……
I’ll be there…
Actually Naz…whent he proosed new law is passed you won’t be able to serve booze to anyone under 21. It was going to be 25 but we managed to beat them down to a compromise. People will be able to marry, drive and vote – but buy a drink.
Felicitate you sick bastard. Not fellate.
Oh man moving target. Also check out Mahangu’s Upcoming event for this at http://upcoming.org/event/63112/
Yeah, I know. My bad, I thought Wed was free but it were booked. I swear to God Tuesday we can meet in my car if needs be. Amma’s car, I mean
First and foremost, I think Indi.ca is basically a product of an overgrown geek who’s got nothing to do than write about him getting beaten up or some random ranting on and on and on or spend his spare time posting random pics on FlickR (another jobless site). But I do admit that sometimes you get struck by originality and post a good one here and there.
I heard about this ‘Blogger’ meetup from a friend (apparently the word has gotten around that there’s a Sausage Fest at Barefoot). Who’d wanna have a blogger party where “people can remain anonymous†How you gonna pull that one bro? You wanna tell everyone to wear masks and give them a secret password or something. What the hell do you wanna do with laptops man? C’mooooooonnnnnnnnnnnn… I suppose people are gonna wear name tags? You guys are hilarious man. I’m definitely gonna turn up. It’s gonna be so much fun ‘Blending in’
To answer the final question in your head, I remain anonymous cuz the last thing I want is a bunch of killer geeks after me.
welcome machang. I’ll take the ‘good one here and there’ as a compliment
If it was some sort of object smaller than “laptops†we could’ve assumed that they gonna shove it in their sowwy asses. But in this case even I am clueless.
Have fun, I wish I could be there! I am one of your avid readers from London.
isnt that just sweet? he admits that indi gets ‘get struck by originality and posts a good one here and there’.
aw indi, start grovelling at his feet man, this must be the God almighty of cool and un-sad blogging.
Sweet lord what is up with all these holier than thou pretentious trolls? You would think for all their attitude they could at least come up with snappier URL’s.
Who’d wanna have a blogger party where “people can remain anonymous” How you gonna pull that one bro? You wanna tell everyone to wear masks and give them a secret password or something.
Erm… that would be “pulled off” by you not turning up… genius.
My head hurts from rolling my eyes so much.
well i hope i don’t get bagged again for wanting to stay quiet & remain anon anon … i mean it really is impossible for us to agree on anything isn’t it. anyone would think that a couple of sri lankan bloggers meeting up (well let’s hope it does happen this tuesday schmindi) would be something that needed like you know a red carpet & advertising on tv.
why does this have to attract so much criticism & petty jealousy shit. it’s beyond me. I somtimes thing that the only thing wrong with us is that we are an island – which, yes, I know is actually the thing that makes us so special.
Does anyone think that anywhere else on the planet if a few like-minded bloggers get together that someone would leave a comment such as the 2 idiot ones above???
Small minds from a small town. It’s just soooooo irritating.
Sorry…Won’t be able to make it…I teach at home on Tuesday evenings…SORRY! :)
Ashanthi > hey Ms. Brainy, why don’t you enlighten us about this so called “Geek Party†AKA “Sausage Fest�
FYI: I don’t live in this so called “islandâ€; so you have to come up with another “scientific explanation†about my post/behavior.
Electra > I thought Indi is the no.1 “jobless blogger†in the world, until I see your blog. Yeah! It’s time to throw a party for being the number 1 jobless blogger.
HA HA HA
/me wonder why these people can’t GROW UP
don’t tell me you hate your mother too, right ?
this is a nice idea. sorry i wont be able to make it. :-(
ivap that was funny.
will try to be there
ID? MINORS? NO BOOZE??? A.NAZ…what?
that was a heartbreaking joke. All minors will be corrupted as much as possible
Yanki you say A. Naz?? Does this ‘A’ stand for Aunty??? (gasp, shock horror)
damn it…. won’t be able to make it. Im “grounded” eeeuuurrrggghh! hate that word. my mum has temporarily deprived me of my freedom. If you read my recent post you’ll know why. *holds back the tears* have fun…
Yeah..aunty….shes an old fart you see….hahaha, hates it when i say it…
What a schedule!!
Don’t you think it’s time we organised another one of these things? december maybe a good time, because then a lot of people on kottu who live abroad will be down. Just a suggestion.