Monthly Meetings in the Washington DC area?

Quills · Post by **Quills** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:09 pm

Hi, I'm new to the forum, so this is sort of an introduction for me, as well as a question for you veteran members. I'm wondering if any of you Lovecraftian followers would be interested in (or already are) meeting once a month at some restaurant, bookstore or other location in the Washington DC area, to discuss Lovecraft. I did a quick net search,
as well as this forum, and I didn't see an indication that folks were already doing this in the DC area. If folks are already meeting, I'd be very interested in attending. If not, then I'd like to put the idea out there, and see how many people are interested.
thanks
Quills

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:06 pm

i might consider such a thing if it happened locally. i'm on the wrong side of north america for your purposes, but if you meet with any success please tell about it here.

TheEdge · Post by **TheEdge** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:15 am

Im in New York but its a great idea though.

Quills · Post by **Quills** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:00 pm

TheEdge wrote:Im in New York but its a great idea though.

Well, if this actually takes off, and you're in the area when we are meeting, you're more than welcome to attend. I'm going to post on some other Lovecraft oriented forums to get the word out. Do any of you know of any that get a lost of foot tracffic. I've come across a few with only a handful of posts or that have been abandoned for a few years.
thanks
Quills

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:38 pm

Im in Canada, so skrew that

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:59 pm

Very cool idea, I might try to start such a group up in Boston.

Quills · Post by **Quills** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:08 am

Enkil wrote:Very cool idea, I might try to start such a group up in Boston.

Just an update, I've gotten about seven people so far. Suprisingly, none from the forum, but then there may not be anyone from the DC area on the forum or that's seen the post. Still, seven isn't too bad. I think ten is the limit, at least for a first meeting.

Enkil, one place I found several interested parties was: http://www.meetup.com/
It's a website devoted to folks already holding meetings for various hobbies and interests or folks looking to form a group for that express purpose.
Q

Ian Whateley · Post by **Ian Whateley** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:43 pm

There are Mythos conventions, I think. I'm also too far out in the sticks for anything of that sort, though.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:52 pm

idk I think if I held something like that in Ottawa I'd either get a-lot of Goth people that would simply piss me off, or are old hippies who smoke alot of weed.

tsathoggua · Post by **tsathoggua** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:50 pm

My mother is a Goth person and my dad is a hippie so really i think i qualify for both, none the less of my issues i live in New Zealand

lovecraft518 · Post by **lovecraft518** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:16 pm

Eternities End wrote:idk I think if I held something like that in Ottawa I'd either get a-lot of Goth people that would simply piss me off, or are old hippies who smoke alot of weed.

Me too. Or those people that have only read like, 1 of his stories and are like OMG HP LOVECRAFT IM TRYING TO BE SOPHISTICATED

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:59 pm

ZOMG LYK LOVECRAFT!!!!111! FTW!1!

lovecraft518 · Post by **lovecraft518** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:14 pm

basically -_-

tsathoggua · Post by **tsathoggua** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:53 pm

I agree

Navaha · Post by **Navaha** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:16 pm

lovecraft518 wrote:Me too. Or those people that have only read like, 1 of his stories and are like OMG HP LOVECRAFT IM TRYING TO BE SOPHISTICATED

People do that? WTF? XD