Street Level / Meetup
This photo is well exposed because the sun is three feet away
So, would people be down for a blog meetup on Friday, 6ish at Barefoot? Not this Friday, which is RoyalTho, but next Friday, the 17th of March. I say Friday rather than a weekday because hanging out at Barefoot generally leaves me borderline retarded the day after. The downside is that people may show up freaking late or not at all as they need to go out that night, but I dunno. Tell me if you have a better idea. Just as an example, I had a couple of bottles of wine at the Foot last night, went elsewhere to watch the Oscar’s and woke up in fine form this morning. Forgot entirely about an AM meeting, dashed out, nursed a gentle hangover with weak tea and tried to extract five minutes of actionable info out of a one hour of, shall we say, content. Without getting angry. And I almost did it. It’s PM now and I still feel slightly twitchy and pickled in arrack. And that is why the meetup will be on a Friday.
I actually did get what I needed out of the meeting, so not like I’m derelict or what. Walked over to see Prabhath to give him a quick brief, and to see what the guy actually looks like. Left the car at home and walked through Vihara Maha Devi to the orifice. I like walking cause you can actually feel the city, but I get so freaking hot and my shirts looks like I’m lactating. Bactating, moreso. Have to take 20 minutes of maternity leave in the A/C to look presentable. Vihara Maha Devi is apparently not meant for walking through, cause the gate was closed on the other side. There was also a fully naked kid looking at me through his legs and, how do you say, tiny penis. Which was odd. Then his mother points me to a gap in the gate that I can fit through, and I slip out past her laundry drying on the lawn.
A pedestrian in Colombo is more baked flan than flaneur, that is, walking is not a leisure activity. In March the sun and pollution make Colombo a greenhouse and makes me want to die. Feels like, uhhhh, can’t think of any metaphors, it’s so fucking hot. You can stroll for maybe 15 minutes before sweat soaks through your T-Shirt and starts dripping down your brow. Show up at meetings looking like the melty man. Feel better in the car, cleaner, cooler, but my contact with the city is limited to hopping in and out of A/C controlled oasises. Oasies. Es. There’s more stuff on the street, more people, little shops I never saw, posters, advertisements. Pettah/Fort is the best, the bustle, the noises, the music. You’d never notice the beggars on That-Street-Paradise-Road-Is-On, but they’re there. There’s elephants in the park, a stinky horse on the corner and a streetchild in a hammock up a tree. And this is on a main street. You miss that in a car, living in a world of wormholes between home, office, and the back pages of The Leisure Times. That’s just how it is here, but I miss the street sometimes. Blah blah blah, something witty, this is over.
Anyways, tell me if a meetup on Friday the 17th at 6 is kosher. I’d like to see everybody.
I want to visit my friend in China before he comes back. Free place to crash and all. So, I applied for a visa to China, from Colombo. I’m not sure I’ll get it, but this is process to at least apply. For official but incomplete info, check out the 
The Mahavamsa (a history of Sri Lanka) is full of conflicts between generals and kings. Usually, the more bloodthirsty and unscrupulous would win. Our current (elected) ruler Mahinda Rajapaksa has had his own general conflicts, namely with one Sarath Fonseka. In the old days Fonseka would have staged a coup, as in literally try to cut of Mahinda’s head, and Mahinda would – if that failed – tie him to four elephants and split his parts asunder. Can’t do that shit anymore. Instead Fonseka ran for office and lost and Mahinda tossed him in jail.
Today on the 
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Next Friday sounds good to me. If I can tear myself away from my (re-awakened) love for WC3:RoC that is. :)
sounds good to me.
i’ll even take some resposnsiblity and make sure mahangu is there. that’s a lot of hard work, you know.
Oases I think. Just like crises.
a little self control goes a long way, Indi.
what you need desperately is a trip out of town. in a car to somehwere remote
where you can actually walk without choking on pollution.
You should try putting powder all over your body to absorb the sweat, that’s what I do in the summer.
what indi needs is a week in a temple (buddhist or otherwise) so that he can detox.
This perpetual blah di blah about how much you drink is just a cover up for not being able to perform in the other dept. Let me assure you, your lack of mojo ain’t going to improve by In fact, I think the situation is so bad that it warrants you going & getting a fertility test.
Allow me to explain, if you find out that your sperm count is below average, it will explain your lack of ability to perform. It then means that all you need is some serious counselling to deal with it. Over time you will come to understand that drinking only reduces your already low libido. The refrain method is a far better way to ensure that on those rare occasions in the corner of a sweaty Colombo nightclub ladies room & you manage to get your leg over … you dear schmindi will be able to … perform….
So – I propose at this meeting we bring along a few straight jackets , restrain this incurable alcholic & deliver him to salvation of the liver…
What say thee fellow bloggers?
I intend to show up in disguise – the code to decipher me will be revealed in due course.
In the meantime indi – prepare to meet they saviour, i love a good cause :-)
Don’t kid yourself. No-one will need a ‘code to decipher’ you. We’ll just look for the fat ugly bitch with a chip on her shoulder.
Who died and put a stick up your ass, anyway? Your eagerness to judge Indi shows your insecurity, not his. Grow up and accept that Indi is his own person and can do whatever the fuck he wants – whether you agree with it or not.
You’re a fucking troll and I hate you.
I’m in for next Friday. I’ll be the one with “Civilunrest” tattooed to the back of my neck. Just kidding.
About the heat. I try to go out early in the morning and get in before it gets really bad. Another trick is the have meetings after sundown. I setup a VPN with one of my clients so I don’t have to visit that often.
Ofcourse all these work for me as a freelancer. You 9-5 guys are cursed.
Colombo is currently a bad place to be. If I could connect to the Internet from as far as possible I would go there. Colombo was built on the old system of centralization and now choking on it.
[...] And so, it’s meetup week. The last time Indi and tried to organize something like this, it fell through. Why? Well, the number of active bloggers on Kottu was five. Now that we have 10x that amount, I think the meetup is a really good idea, and kudos to Dilantha for making us get off our lazy asses and do something about it. [...]
I’m out if it’s 6. can come around 7, 7.15 tho..
At 48kgs I”m not too sure how I can be classed as fat”Meredith” but then fat is in the eye of the beholder, you must be as skinny as a Biafran.
I am going to show up & I don’t have any chips on my shoulder, especially where alcholics are concerned. I give Indi grief about his drinking because he drinks too much & someone needs to (aside from his Mother)
I have come to accept Indischmindi for what he is. Was reading all the Royal- Thomian fight stuff & I must say am impressed that he stood up for himself (with a little help from his friends) against some vile bullying nasty thugs (you certainly have more in common with them than I do).
So dearest Meredith – you should know that I am no Troll & I also know how to stand up for myself. Relax for God’s sake I have no intention of stealing your limelight – you can still be centre of attention, I promise not to take Indi away from you.
I’m merely coming along ’cause I’m curious. Hey I think we all are.
I’m not coming because you’ll be there and I hate people who remind me of my mother
[...] Mahangu and Indi have decided to organize a meetup of local bloggers, based on a suggestion by Dilantha And so, it’s meetup week. The last time Indi and tried to organise something like this, it fell through. Why? Well, the number of active bloggers on Kottu was five. Now that we have 10x that amount, I think the meetup is a really good idea. Kudos to Dilantha for making us get off our lazy asses and do something about it. [from Mahangu’s blog] So, would people be down for a blog meetup on Friday, 6ish at Barefoot? Not this Friday, which is RoyalTho, but next Friday, the 17th of March. I say Friday rather than a weekday because hanging out at Barefoot generally leaves me borderline retarded the day after. [fom Indi’s blog] [...]
[...] Mahangu and Indi have decided to organize a meetup of local bloggers, based on a suggestion by Dilantha And so, it’s meetup week. The last time Indi and tried to organise something like this, it fell through. Why? Well, the number of active bloggers on Kottu was five. Now that we have 10x that amount, I think the meetup is a really good idea. Kudos to Dilantha for making us get off our lazy asses and do something about it. [from Mahangu’s blog] So, would people be down for a blog meetup on Friday, 6ish at Barefoot? Not this Friday, which is RoyalTho, but next Friday, the 17th of March. I say Friday rather than a weekday because hanging out at Barefoot generally leaves me borderline retarded the day after. [fom Indi’s blog] [...]
Me not really a bloger but would love to see all the faces behind the names :-) So count me in too :D
I’m in…..
Ado Indi – this is like a proper party no? We don’t have to come and stand up one by one and introduce ourselves surely? I’m on air till 8pm so I hope it’s not a kiddies do. There’s an English DJ at H2O afterwards which should be good fun.
Is anyone planning on streaming this? If not hope you get some good pictures guys.
Dammit…am standing in a free internet terminal at changi airport on my way to the real world, else would have loved to have make it….oh well maybe some other time I’m back in paradise