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You are here: Home / Balloon Juice / Meetups and social events / REMINDER: Los Angeles Balloon Juice Meet-Up Tonight

REMINDER: Los Angeles Balloon Juice Meet-Up Tonight

by Anne Laurie|  February 15, 20144:47 pm| 46 Comments

This post is in: Meetups and social events, Open Threads

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Repeated from yesterday:

Commentor Ruemara is going to be in Los Angeles this weekend. So the locals are holding a meet-up in her honor, at the Story Tavern in Burbank, 6:30pm PST, on Saturday 2/15.

Directions to the site at the link.

Confirmed (as of last night) were frequent commentors Mnemosyne, Roger Moore, and Ruckus; several others (Jebadiah, Something Fabulous, Narcissus87) have said they’re hoping to join the party.

Look for the green balloons (Roger said he’d bring some) and don’t be afraid to bring a friend!

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  1. 1.

    JPL

    February 15, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    Have fun.

  2. 2.

    Baud

    February 15, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    Don’t forget — pics or it didn’t happen.

  3. 3.

    eemom

    February 15, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    Y’all are already someplace where it’s not fucking freezing. No FAIR that you get a meet up too. [pout]

  4. 4.

    ? Martin

    February 15, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Won’t be able to make it up there tonight, but have fun all. Burbank, huh? Really giving her the LA highlights.

  5. 5.

    Elizabelle

    February 15, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Sounds like a great evening.

    Wish I could be there. Tip one back for me, please.

    Elizabelle, on the other coast

  6. 6.

    ruemara

    February 15, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    @? Martin: it’s all queens to me.

  7. 7.

    ? Martin

    February 15, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    @ruemara: Well, knowing you were coming, we unpacked the good weather just for you. We don’t do that for just anyone, you know.

  8. 8.

    Mnemosyne

    February 15, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    I called them up and had them reserve one of the side booths for us starting at 6:30 pm as “Roger.” (I didn’t feel like trying to spell either my nym or my real name over the phone.) Roger is bringing the green balloons, so I think it’s a go!

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 5:22 pm

    I want photos of Roger Moore sitting there with his green balloons. That might just be a good conversation starter with total strangers, so you might just end up with a bigger crowd.

    So who has the honor of driving ruemara to the meet up?

  10. 10.

    ruemara

    February 15, 2014 at 5:24 pm

    Bringing teh strange of the intertubes to an innocent restaurant.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 5:24 pm

    OT, since I can’t go to the meet up :-( …

    Does anybody here have a Tivo mini? I am thinking of getting one.

  12. 12.

    Mnemosyne

    February 15, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Last I heard, it was Ruckus, who’s in the general direction of North Hollywood (Roger and I are both to the east of Burbank). But I also let her know which Metro bus will take her from NoHo to a half block away from the Tavern in case that falls through.

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Well, as long as we don’t have to watch an episode of “I thought you were picking her up” … “No, I thought YOU were picking her up” from here at home on BJ.

    They have both been designated as not serial killers, I believe, so at least we don’t have to watch that episode!

  14. 14.

    Yatsuno

    February 15, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    I WANNA GO!!! Can’t though. Too expensive to arrange everything at this point.

  15. 15.

    ruemara

    February 15, 2014 at 5:35 pm

    Me & Superspy Roger Moore are all set, moms.

  16. 16.

    The Dangerman

    February 15, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Why green, BTW?

    Oh, oh.

    Anyone have a PG13 version?

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 5:38 pm

    @ruemara: I loved Roger Moore as The Saint.

  18. 18.

    JGabriel

    February 15, 2014 at 5:42 pm

    John Boehner Talks About Tea Party, Wins The Day In Irony:

    “I think they’re misleading their followers,” Boehner said.

    .

  19. 19.

    Mary G

    February 15, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    Higgs Boson’s Mate and I will be there.

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    @The Dangerman: Some things lose something in translation, so I tried to find the original green balloons BJ thread, but no success. The first thread with a green balloons category was jan 6, 2010, so it must have been before that.

  21. 21.

    Ruckus

    February 15, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    @WaterGirl:
    All handled.
    Just a hop, skip and jump away.

  22. 22.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 15, 2014 at 5:56 pm

    @efgoldman:

    From the BJ Lexicon:

    Green Balloon Juice – Republican State Senator Rod Jetton reacted to charges that he beat and choked his partner into unconsciousness by complaining that she didn’t use their ‘safe word’, green balloons. It didn’t take long for Balloon Juice commentor Kryptik to plead “Green Balloon Juice” when the concurrent HCR (health care reform) discussion threads descended to levels, and lengths, that could be construed as unnecessarily abusive to the innocent by-reader.

  23. 23.

    The Dangerman

    February 15, 2014 at 6:00 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    …so I tried to find the original green balloons BJ thread, but no success.

    https://balloon-juice.com/2009/12/08/green-balloons/

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    @The Dangerman: Thanks for that!

    God knows what I’ve done to my reputation with google for repeatedly searching on various permutations of the term green balloons.

  25. 25.

    JGabriel

    February 15, 2014 at 6:12 pm

    WaterGirl:

    I tried to find the original green balloons BJ thread, but no success.

    First two comments with green balloons: Get Mad Eazy-E, You Eightball Junkie, No. 41 by Nancy Irving, and No. 42 by SIA aka ScreamingInAtlanta.

    First top-level post with green balloons: The iatropic excitement of rough sex by DougJ.

    ETA: Looks like Dangerman @ 25 got there first.
    .

  26. 26.

    Gin & Tonic

    February 15, 2014 at 6:16 pm

    @efgoldman: ETA: We may have had a serial killer at the Boston meetup. i didn’t get to talk with everybody.

    How can we know it wasn’t you?

  27. 27.

    Elizabelle

    February 15, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    With Ruemara on board, you got no excuse for not picturifying at tonight’s meetup.

    and

    {{waves to Mary G and Higgs Bosun Mate}}

  28. 28.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    Thanks for all the links. I think I may have found the original Kryptic comment in a back-and-forth between Cole and Kryptic in Concern Troll is Concerned:

    Kryptik says:
    December 16, 2009 at 7:46 pm
    Please, no more. Just…give us a break. Just…too much stupid and too much to rage over, I’m burnt out….

    John Cole says:
    December 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm
    @Kryptik: The beatings will continue until I hear the safe words.

    General Winfield Stuck says:
    December 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm
    The Senate Republican leadership believes that the parliamentarian allowed Democrats to violate the rules of the Senate by allowing Sen. Bernie Sanders to cut off the reading of his single-payer proposal.

    This is dumb beyond all recognition. If republicans wanted the bill read, they could get that by making a motion, or objecting to one made by dems. unless I’m missing something in the details.

    Kryptik says:
    December 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm
    @John Cole:

    Green balloon juice, you sadistic bastard, Green balloon juice. D:

  29. 29.

    Yatsuno

    February 15, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    @WaterGirl: Now I’m missing Stuckie all over again. :/

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    Nice, I think, that General Stuck is memorialized as part of this classic BJ conversation.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    @Yatsuno: Just posted my comment, and I see that you caught Stuck’s presence there, too. My eyes teared up when I thought of him.

  32. 32.

    Mnemosyne

    February 15, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    Also, too, I can’t stay too late tonight because we have to brave Jamzilla to pick my brother in law up at LAX tomorrow, but I’ll try to get there close to the start time to make up for it.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I hope you guys will raise a glass to General Stuck.

  34. 34.

    Elizabelle

    February 15, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    And Charlie.

    And hummingbirds, some going unphotographed.

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    February 15, 2014 at 7:03 pm

    @Elizabelle: Okay, now you made me cry. But you’re right, so that’s okay.

  36. 36.

    Roger Moore

    February 15, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    The balloons have been secured: three star shaped ones in different greens.

  37. 37.

    Roger Moore

    February 15, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    They have both been designated as not serial killers, I believe, so at least we don’t have to watch that episode!

    I’m not only not a serial killer, I’m not even a non-serial killer.

  38. 38.

    Mnemosyne

    February 15, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    If I somehow beat you there, I’m wearing a purple cardigan.

  39. 39.

    lurker dean

    February 15, 2014 at 8:12 pm

    have fun, sounds like an all-star cast :o)

  40. 40.

    cthulhu

    February 15, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    Consider two more as definite. See you in about 90 minutes or so.

  41. 41.

    Jebediah, RBG

    February 15, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    @cthulhu:

    See you in about 90 minutes or so.

    I had no idea R’lyeh was so close to Burbank.

  42. 42.

    Mnemosyne

    February 15, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    @Jebediah, RBG:

    When you have wings, you can fly direct without having to deal with traffic on the 101.

  43. 43.

    dmbeaster

    February 15, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    in Santa Barbara tomorrow so will miss this one. darn

  44. 44.

    Tehanu

    February 15, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    Wish I could have gone but Hubby Dearest and I already had a belated Valentine dinner reso elsewhere. I can’t hear anything in restaurants anyway but I wish all the attendees a fun evening!

  45. 45.

    Debbie(aussie)

    February 15, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    He you all have a great time. Deb

  46. 46.

    Steve V

    February 15, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    Missed it. More LA meet ups, please.

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