At 11/29/09 03:55 PM, DannyJay wrote: I misinterperted CP first time I read that. thought it meant Child Porn

So did I. It was only when you pointed it out that I now realize she meant Central Park.

CP is what we call Central Park down here. If you think it's something else that's on you.

Wow looking at the list of people likely turning up I actually find it a shame that I don't live much closer. Looks like it's going to be a good meet with some cool guys there.

At 11/30/09 02:15 AM, Gagsy wrote: Wow looking at the list of people likely turning up I actually find it a shame that I don't live much closer. Looks like it's going to be a good meet with some cool guys there.

Well, living in Canada didn't stop me form attending London and Amsterdam meets...
What's your excuse, lady?

At 11/30/09 02:37 AM, AsthmaticHamster wrote:

Well, living in Canada didn't stop me form attending London and Amsterdam meets...
What's your excuse, lady?

I like buying stuff. :(

At 11/30/09 02:45 AM, FBIpolux wrote:

You lazy bum! Start swimming now and you'll be almost not late for the last day!

Fashionably late. I like it.

At 11/30/09 02:13 AM, Valz wrote: CP is what we call Central Park down here. If you think it's something else that's on you.

Yeah well up here we just call it the green place where you get mugged at night in!

At 12/1/09 07:49 PM, Twilight wrote: Yeah I met up with Gory.

One thing to know: Grey's Papaya is expensive when it comes to drinks so be prepared to order the recession combo or something. $2.45 for an 8-14 ounce cup.

And just to add to that: the recession special = 2 hot dogs and 1 drink for $4.45. I don't know how much a single hot dog there is now, but I can remember back when just one hot dog was just 50 cents. Chances are it's more expensive now. Fuck, I miss the 90s sometimes.

So Rig threw it out there that maybe I should go and I'm going to give a no promises, extremely loose MAYBE that I'll go. Depends on what my work situation is at the time, and if my knee has recovered well enough from surgery.

At 12/2/09 12:51 PM, 36Holla wrote: So Rig threw it out there that maybe I should go and I'm going to give a no promises, extremely loose MAYBE that I'll go. Depends on what my work situation is at the time, and if my knee has recovered well enough from surgery.

Sounds good. I'm not an expert when it comes to knee surgery, but chances are you should be okay well before March.

Also, as a follow up to my last post, I just looked up the new price of a single hot dog at Gray's: $1.25. Still not bad considering most NYC street vendors now charge $2, but I still miss just being able to go in there and get a hot dog for 50 cents.

stop askin me for my phone number danny

At 12/2/09 04:04 PM, DannyJay wrote:

At 12/2/09 01:04 PM, Luis wrote: stop askin me for my phone number danny

wtf I asked ONCE.

that's one too many lol!

Everything is bigger in Texas....just for you Danny I will wear that shirt at the meet!

I will eat a dog at Grays but won't pay that much for a drink.

I can go as long as the dates don't change, because I need to request off from work.

At 12/3/09 09:15 AM, Scrotaculous wrote: I can go as long as the dates don't change, because I need to request off from work.

I decided a while back I'm not changing the dates, so no need to worry about that.

At 12/3/09 04:31 PM, DannyJay wrote:

At 12/3/09 08:58 AM, Valz wrote: Everything is bigger in Texas....just for you Danny I will wear that shirt at the meet!

I will eat a dog at Grays but won't pay that much for a drink.

Thats fucking sick. If you want to eat a dog go to China.

Oh Danny......everyone knows that you can only eat babies in China.

Gagsy, it would make my life if you go. :) Also, I'm working on getting Jamie to come so we can room together and make babies.

Quick reminder: anyone who is serious about going should PM me their cell #'s if I don't have it already.

At 12/5/09 11:12 PM, DELUCA2400 wrote: Au contraire mon frere us three are going to storm New York together. At least that's what we're planning. You could always work the camera though.

Deluca we're going to have the best sexy pillowfight there ever was. :)
And Danny it's pretty invite-only, but we'll see
maybe you can hold the camera like deluca said :P

At 12/6/09 12:47 AM, DannyJay wrote: what're you trying to say? I'm not Pretty? I don't intend to be pretty, but I do intend to be handsome.

I have feelings to :(

danny, Deluca Rig and Jamie gave me applications. you missed the deadline
the room is beautiful enough as it is there is no way it can be more beautiful
unless rig brings his mic *_* and gagsy comes

you can hold the camera

At 12/6/09 12:55 AM, DannyJay wrote:

At 12/6/09 12:52 AM, Kitala wrote: danny, Deluca Rig and Jamie gave me applications. you missed the deadline
the room is beautiful enough as it is there is no way it can be more beautiful
unless rig brings his mic *_* and gagsy comes

you can hold the camera

fine, I'll hold it but I demand to atleast be part of the action

the pillow fight? maybe.
i really hope to figure it all out though. whos coming and whos not and all

Gory do you have a set itinerary yet?

Do you all have any suggestions about how an 18 year old should convince his parents to let him travel to NYC alone to meet people he knows from a website?

And also any recommendation about how best to get there? I know some people were talking Amtrak but that can get expensive, and its a 7 hour drive so I don't know how up to that I would be.

Basically, I'd like to go, but does anyone have any pointers on how to just get there, seems like a huge endeavor.

At 12/6/09 09:12 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: Basically, I'd like to go, but does anyone have any pointers on how to just get there, seems like a huge endeavor.

Simply bring a friend along and say you're both willing to head out to the big city to get a fresh look on the kind of life you'll be living once you're out of school. Make them PROUD you're looking towards the future. Then give your father a manly handshake as you part them at the Amtrak station.

At 12/6/09 09:12 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: Do you all have any suggestions about how an 18 year old should convince his parents to let him travel to NYC alone to meet people he knows from a website?

"I'm 18 bitch, shut your face!"
No seriously, at that age, it's ridiculous you people still have to deal with that...
I moved away from my mother's a couple of days after turning 18, and my sister did the same at 16. Man up a bit for christ sake...

Just say you are going on an educational journey....

At 12/6/09 08:57 AM, Valz wrote: Gory do you have a set itinerary yet?

Roughly speaking, for now, this is what it looks like so far. This is subject to change and nothing is set in stone yet:

Day 1:

1. Meet up at Bryant Park. I haven't decided on a time yet because I need to know more information from people on when their flights, trains or buses arrive. The meet could start as early as 10 AM or as late as 1-2 PM. I will of course be there early.
2. Once it's established that we have everyone, we'll head over to Gray's Papaya to eat on 37th Street and 8th Avenue, while passing through Times Square in the process.
3. Walk downtown to either Chelsea Piers or Bowlmor Lanes (I'll decide that concretely eventually) to bowl for a while.
4. After that, we will walk a bit further downtown, maybe stopping by points of interest, but I probably wouldn't take anyone south of say, Trinity Place and Liberty Street (the southern end of the WTC site) since it would be too much walking to do for some people.
5. Depending on how far downtown we get, we can take the subway from Cortlandt Street, City Hall, Canal Street, Prince Street, 8th or whatever...and take the N, R or W to 59th and 5th which is around Central Park. We'll probably make a stop over at the Apple Store on 60th Street where we can take advantage of the free Internet and post updates about the meet in this thread as it's going on.
6. Walk around/hang out in Central Park for a while.
7. Eat dinner, probably at a pizzeria (my personal favorite is Koronet Pizza between 110th and 111th Streets and Broadway--it's near Columbia's main campus). If anyone wants to give an estimate of their food budget, that would be helpful to me.
8. Split up between 8-10 or so we can all do our own thing, whether it's going home for the night (for those who live close), going to our hotels, or going to a bar...whatever.

Day 2:

1. Reconvene at the park at around 10 AM.
2. Go over to the NY Aquarium in Coney Island. This requires a subway ride that is well over an hour long, so have patience. Admission is $13.
3. (This could be done before or after #2.) Grab something to eat, probably at Nathan's or something, and maybe hang around Coney Island for a bit longer. Walk along the boardwalk for a while and just let off some steam...that sort of thing. As for when we'll all split up, I've yet to decide that. I need more info from people as to when their flights or buses leave.

I'm thinking we could have all of us walk through the Brooklyn Bridge later in the day, but that depends on everyone's energy levels.

As for the Museum of Sex, I haven't decided whether it should be on day 1 or 2. Probably day 2 at some point, and I should probably figure out some alternative arrangements for people who are underage while we're in there, unless they're content with walking around Midtown by themselves.

I live in NYC so although I don't NEED a hotel like people who are traveling from far away, I would be open to staying in someone's room if allowed.

At 12/6/09 09:12 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: Do you all have any suggestions about how an 18 year old should convince his parents to let him travel to NYC alone to meet people he knows from a website?

Maybe instead of saying you're going out to meet people you know from a website, you could say that you're spending the night with one of your old friends who now lives in NYC?

And also any recommendation about how best to get there? I know some people were talking Amtrak but that can get expensive, and its a 7 hour drive so I don't know how up to that I would be.

Basically, I'd like to go, but does anyone have any pointers on how to just get there, seems like a huge endeavor.

I agree, Amtrak is expensive and I personally haven't used it in years. Also, this isn't just to you but for everyone else: if you're coming to this meet and you live in or close to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlantic City, Toronto, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester or Buffalo, I would highly suggest Megabus (my personal favorite discount bus carrier) over Amtrak, as it's much much cheaper and also safe in my experience.

From your user page, it looks like you live in Virginia. I don't know where in Virginia you live, but hopefully you aren't too far away from DC. If you live at least somewhat close to DC or have some means of getting there, you can easily take the Megabus from its stop on 10th Street and H Street NW. On the way to NYC, the bus also stops at Baltimore, and their NYC stop is on 28th Street and 7th Avenue, which is 1 avenue west and 14 blocks east of the initial meetup site. If you book your ride early enough, you can get your ticket from DC to NYC and vice versa for as little as $1 to $10 each way. It's not possible yet to book rides for March 13th and 14th of 2010 as of yet, but keep going on the site every day and they will eventually add those dates. BoltBus, another discount carrier, makes trips from DC to NYC starting at the same stop and also offers $1 tickets to the early bookers, but it's much harder to book a cheaper ride, and people often end up paying $17.50 each way on average. So Megabus is the way to go.

Say you're going to look at colleges?
Say you want to visit the city?
Bring a friend, sure!
Say you want to see the museums?
Say you want a nice pizza-pie and some bagels. :P
Good luck, though. I hope you can come.

At 12/6/09 09:53 PM, AsthmaticHamster wrote:

At 12/6/09 09:12 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: Do you all have any suggestions about how an 18 year old should convince his parents to let him travel to NYC alone to meet people he knows from a website?

"I'm 18 bitch, shut your face!"
No seriously, at that age, it's ridiculous you people still have to deal with that...
I moved away from my mother's a couple of days after turning 18, and my sister did the same at 16. Man up a bit for christ sake...

Ehh NYC is a scary place to parents and the whole meeting people from the internet is still very taboo and disconcerting to users and parents alike. I dont think its so much the age thing or about manning up. Some people's family relationships are different. Some people are really close to their parents and so its possible to be 18 and still face a great deal of resistance even if you dont even live in the same house as your folks. Just depends on what your household is like really.

At 12/6/09 11:02 PM, FBIpolux wrote: But I don't has a cellphone lolz

Well have I got a deal for YOU!

At 12/6/09 11:05 PM, FBIpolux wrote:

This one clearly isn't big enough to impress the ladies.

Gonna have to do some cock pushups to impress the ladies.