MeTa post: Austen in Austin

I wish I could go ... But a real Austen meet-up would be a two-part-er, 3 hours each, to see the six-hour BBC miniseries of Pride & Prejudice. (I watch it at least once every year.)

i suppose there could be more than one, as there are, er, ten showings. if you grow to dislike someone we can sit in the corner and pretend we don't know him at the next one. here's the link to the sched:

Jane Austen hangs out in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 6:00 PM on December 31, 2007

so we've got two down for the 13th, sounds good. i'll find a bar and we'll go from there.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 11:11 AM on January 1, 2008

From: events@thirdbaseaustin.com
To: camdan@metafilter.com
Subject: jane austen


No im sorry that is incorrect, may I ask from who you
received this
information?
Thanks,
Ben

On Jan 1, 2008, at 1:09 PM, camdan wrote:

> i was told you guys would be playing jane austen on
> one of your big screens during the pbs... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 6:45 PM on January 1, 2008

i know and you're no fun.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 12:47 PM on January 2, 2008

yes, unless someone's super desperate to avoid the 13th, i think that's officially now maybe the set date. unless olivia williams or kate beckinsale or colin firth or someone turn out to be mefi members and want to attend. then we'll have to negotiate.

i think the hotel thing's a good idea - a friend of mine used to work at the double tree, i'll ask him about bar hours and what the traffic's like. there's also that big fancy hotel on 6th and congress, that would class... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 5:38 PM on January 2, 2008

another possibility - i'm envisioning some dark underground british pub with preferably an old scottish man in the corner wearing a driver's cap. does this exist in austin?
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 6:02 PM on January 2, 2008

Ugh, all these cool Austin meetups that I can't make because I won't have a car 'til February. I am disappointed. :(

jane austen didn't have a car. no excuse.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 4:10 PM on January 3, 2008

the dog and duck guy tells me that it "depends on who's watching what at the time", that doesn't sound reassuring.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 4:13 PM on January 3, 2008

yes, this works for me as well.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 12:26 PM on January 4, 2008

i'll probably show a bit early just to get settled, shows at 8 so probably 7:15 or so.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 11:04 PM on January 6, 2008

good, i'm glad i got 'probably' in there twice.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 11:05 PM on January 6, 2008

meat pee ewwwwww ;)
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 6:44 PM on January 10, 2008

It's awesome that there were more girls than boys at the Mythbusters meet-up, and more boys than girls at the Jane Austen meet-up.

metafilter is obviously full of very dashing men and women who want to see planes fly off of conveyor belts.

i also had a good time, and it was nice meeting the lot of you.
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 3:00 AM on January 14, 2008

i'd like to post a movie comment, which has little to do with all of you, besides your presence :)
i hate it when movies have to openly pantomime behaviors that are expressed more subtler in the book (in this case the father's dislike of those brought into 'undue distinction' by the service, and mary's chronic hypochondria), but i suppose it can be necessary to get the point across.

also my unintentional preparation of only finishing half the book turned... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by camdan at 3:44 AM on January 14, 2008