(http://www.metrolic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/amsterdam_14.jpg)
I want to put a feeler out there to see if anybody is interested in a field trip.
Destination:
A M S T E R D A M
When?
First Quarter 2012. Like maybe March. (tickets are relatively cheap then.)
I totally would if i wasnt poor and had no passport.
That would be epic, but would depend on my employment situation, then.
I would totally love to meet up with you spags overseas...my only problem is, March is a tough month...April during spring break would be better for me. I think I could convince Himself we need a Spring vacation to Yurp...
I might be interested. Will look into the feasibility.
Pending employment situation (which hopefully will at least be as good as it is now if not better) I would definitely be interested, and I should be available pretty much whenever. Amsterdam isn't too far away!
Definitely not looking for a firm commitment at this point, just a show of interest. And any notes like "Not March, but April would work!"
March 2012, a round trip ticket from the Northeastern US to Amsterdam is going to run between $550 and $650.
If you start saving now, that's $30 per week. :p
The combined coolness and ambition of this idea is making my brain swell up and leak out my ears.
Interested, but probably not able to pull it off.
Also interested. Also probably won't have the finances to pull it off.... :evilmad:
No good with school.
I'm gonna have travel money, but I have to see PDX with my own eyes first.
I'll be passing through Amsterdam every month until next June. If we get a date a couple of months in advance I'd love to meet more PD Spags. I met 000 there last year.
Can afford but working, so wont make it.
Oh, and Enabler and I - and possibly TGG - WILL be making it to England before the end of 2012.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2011, 11:21:58 PM
Oh, and Enabler and I - and possibly TGG - WILL be making it to England before the end of 2012.
yay!
If anybody from far away makes it to Amsterdam, I'll make a point of being there, of course.
I will also take you to Utrecht, if possible (it's close, prettier, less touristic and I know it better)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2011, 11:21:58 PM
Oh, and Enabler and I - and possibly TGG - WILL be making it to England before the end of 2012.
Keep us informed. I will also *try* to make that.
Dude.
Maybe.
FUCK YOU MY GRANDMA DIED FROM A FIELD TRIP TO AMSTERDAM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2011, 11:21:58 PM
Oh, and Enabler and I - and possibly TGG - WILL be making it to England before the end of 2012.
Oh man, I'd love to make another trip to England. Last time was before I got assimilated into PD.communism.
If I don't make it, I recommend the city of York for walking about like a tourist, if you can make it. When you are looking for good accommodations in London, St. Margaret's Hotel (http://www.stmargaretshotel.co.uk/stmlocation.htm) is the place I stayed, and it was great.
Of course, anything that the local PDers recommend takes priority.
Maybe. Only for the first week of April though, and pending the feelings of DingoGF. But if it's on, probably.
June July holidays are two weeks though. Better.
I wanna go everywhere all the time!!
But I have no money (now) and no passport :(
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on September 29, 2011, 04:14:26 AM
I wanna go everywhere all the time!!
But I have no money (now) and no passport :(
Squidday! Woman, I need to make a trip to see the family down there. And maybe then I could meet Zalgo Lt. Squidday face to face! I have been prepared by this by my living in Tucson, which apparently makes things less brain-warpy than if you live in other places.
I will have graduation clout by early April, but probably not March.
Definitely interested....I'll have to see how actual job #1 and theoretical job #2 pan out.
Call for papers: (http://hum.uva.nl/asca-news/news.cfm/791D0580-BA2D-4B34-A83C57BCC73F94EB)
QuoteThe Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) invites proposals for papers and artistic contributions around the topic "Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" for its annual international workshop and conference.
:lulz:
I can't make it, but if your school or work chips in for conference funding / professional development, the deadline for your 300 word proposal and bio is in 3 days. Conference is March 28th.
Cool idea, cram.
(they're also looking for
"Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" 'performances'...)
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on September 29, 2011, 01:13:20 AM
FUCK YOU MY GRANDMA DIED FROM A FIELD TRIP TO AMSTERDAM
And then they made shrooms illegal.
THANKS A LOT, EOC'S GRANDMA!!! :argh!:
Quote from: Hoser McRhizzy on September 29, 2011, 06:31:58 AM
Call for papers: (http://hum.uva.nl/asca-news/news.cfm/791D0580-BA2D-4B34-A83C57BCC73F94EB)
QuoteThe Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) invites proposals for papers and artistic contributions around the topic "Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" for its annual international workshop and conference.
:lulz:
I can't make it, but if your school or work chips in for conference funding / professional development, the deadline for your 300 word proposal and bio is in 3 days. Conference is March 28th.
Cool idea, cram.
(they're also looking for "Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" 'performances'...)
Huuuh.
Thanks for this, Hoser. It got the old brain turning. I might actually submit something for this - you never know, you might get lucky. It took me 15 minutes to hash together a proposal on the subject that has been bubbling in the back of my mind for a bit (on the nature of online communities). It needs to be in by the 1st... so I'll have a reread of it after work and probably throw it at the email tonight.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2011, 11:21:58 PM
Oh, and Enabler and I - and possibly TGG - WILL be making it to England before the end of 2012.
Fuck england, there's fuck all there but crap food and people with silly accents. Come to scotland - we're just up the road and we can show you a party that your internal organs will never forget*!
*or fully recover from
Cool idea. There are some people here I'm not terrified of meeting. If I'm not as poor as I expect to be and if I'm not at a conference in Puerto Rico in late March* while this goes down I could probably pop over. Early April would somewhat increase the chances of me coming.
*which depends on them giving me a scholarship.
Quote from: Hoser McRhizzy on September 29, 2011, 06:31:58 AM
Call for papers: (http://hum.uva.nl/asca-news/news.cfm/791D0580-BA2D-4B34-A83C57BCC73F94EB)
QuoteThe Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) invites proposals for papers and artistic contributions around the topic "Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" for its annual international workshop and conference.
:lulz:
I can't make it, but if your school or work chips in for conference funding / professional development, the deadline for your 300 word proposal and bio is in 3 days. Conference is March 28th.
Cool idea, cram.
(they're also looking for "Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" 'performances'...)
My live sloath sex show got rejected.
There's just no appreciation for art these days.
On second thoughts 2k and two full days of travel is a lot for only seven days in the country.
A lot of people have suggested April might be better. That is reasonable! I just don't want to push it to next summer, because I wanna take a vacation already!
work, wife, kids, etc.
No go for me (shocker) but have fun storming the....whatever it is you can storm in Amsterdam
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on September 29, 2011, 11:17:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2011, 11:21:58 PM
Oh, and Enabler and I - and possibly TGG - WILL be making it to England before the end of 2012.
Fuck england, there's fuck all there but crap food and people with silly accents. Come to scotland - we're just up the road and we can show you a party that your internal organs will never forget*!
*or fully recover from
What's the train time?
I believe that train time from London to Edinburgh is around 5 hours.
Book the tickets weeks in advance though, or else it may be cheaper to just fly to Scotland. Not even joking.
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on September 29, 2011, 03:21:08 PM
I believe that train time from London to Edinburgh is around 5 hours.
this is correct
Quote from: Cain on September 29, 2011, 03:22:41 PM
Book the tickets weeks in advance though, or else it may be cheaper to just fly to Scotland. Not even joking.
this is also correct
If you book in advance and go with Easyjet, you can get tickets for as low as £20, and be there within an hour and a half.
I'll have enough frequent flyer miles for that trip by then, but I've already decided I'm saving my miles for a free flight to Brisbane, where our chief engineer & his wife have a house that sits empty most of the year and that I can stay in for free while I'm there.
So, Aussie spags, keep in mind that sometime in the next year or so I'll be calling for one of these meetups in upsidedownland.
Also, we should do one of these in STT someday, if anyone's got the stones for that.
Quote from: Cain on September 29, 2011, 03:25:31 PM
If you book in advance and go with Easyjet, you can get tickets for as low as £20, and be there within an hour and a half.
That sounds more like a plan.
Quote from: CainIf you book in advance and go with Easyjet, you can get tickets for as low as £20, and be there within an hour and a half.
There's also less chance of rabid scotsmen eating the train halfway there.
They try to get to the airplanes, too, but the mountains only go up so high.
Dangerous tropical country? Well, I'm sold.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 29, 2011, 03:26:26 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 29, 2011, 03:25:31 PM
If you book in advance and go with Easyjet, you can get tickets for as low as £20, and be there within an hour and a half.
That sounds more like a plan.
Did a quick check. From Luton Airport in London to Endinbugh, in September 2012 - £25.99 for two adults. That's returning the next day.
Just to give you a better idea of the prices.
I'm very interested, and might even be able to get funds. Depending when my spring break is and all, I'd love to meat meet you spags!
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on September 29, 2011, 03:25:51 PM
I'll have enough frequent flyer miles for that trip by then, but I've already decided I'm saving my miles for a free flight to Brisbane, where our chief engineer & his wife have a house that sits empty most of the year and that I can stay in for free while I'm there.
So, Aussie spags, keep in mind that sometime in the next year or so I'll be calling for one of these meetups in upsidedownland.
Also, we should do one of these in STT someday, if anyone's got the stones for that.
Brisbane is appallingly doable.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on September 29, 2011, 11:17:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2011, 11:21:58 PM
Oh, and Enabler and I - and possibly TGG - WILL be making it to England before the end of 2012.
Fuck england, there's fuck all there but crap food and people with silly accents. Come to scotland - we're just up the road and we can show you a party that your internal organs will never forget*!
*or fully recover from
Errr.... crap food? Silly accents? In comparison to Scotland?
Quote from: Cain on September 29, 2011, 03:27:35 PM
Dangerous tropical country? Well, I'm sold.
You'd have a field day down there.
You might be the only person I can think of who would accidentally wander into the Bovoni or Pearson Gardens projects and make me feel sorry for the denizens of the projects. :lulz:
Quote from: Placid Dingo on September 29, 2011, 12:20:48 PM
On second thoughts 2k and two full days of travel is a lot for only seven days in the country.
where you coming from? my return flight NL-NY was "only" 500 euros (and got a brightly lit night-time 8h wandering around in Reykjavik thrown in for free!*)
(*actually it turned out the shuttle bus to city center was 20 euros but yeah)
I'd love to see you guys and this whole March thing sounds great, since in March I'll probably be at a school trip to France and spend a couple of days in Amsterdam.
Quote from: Triple Zero on September 29, 2011, 05:52:45 PM
Quote from: Placid Dingo on September 29, 2011, 12:20:48 PM
On second thoughts 2k and two full days of travel is a lot for only seven days in the country.
where you coming from? my return flight NL-NY was "only" 500 euros (and got a brightly lit night-time 8h wandering around in Reykjavik thrown in for free!*)
(*actually it turned out the shuttle bus to city center was 20 euros but yeah)
I'm lucky in that I can get to amsterdam airport for 95 return with a months notice.
Hmm, I'm not sure I can make it.
It's so far(20km) and expensive(10,60 euro)...
Quote from: Regret on September 29, 2011, 08:33:46 PM
Hmm, I'm not sure I can make it.
It's so far(20km) and expensive(10,60 euro)...
Better start buying lottery tickets!
:lol:
Quote from: Triple Zero on September 29, 2011, 05:52:45 PM
Quote from: Placid Dingo on September 29, 2011, 12:20:48 PM
On second thoughts 2k and two full days of travel is a lot for only seven days in the country.
where you coming from? my return flight NL-NY was "only" 500 euros (and got a brightly lit night-time 8h wandering around in Reykjavik thrown in for free!*)
See it's $1600 or so from Brisbane, QLD. 24 hour flight either way. That's actually not taking into account that brisbane itself is a 2 hr flight away from where I am.
(*actually it turned out the shuttle bus to city center was 20 euros but yeah)
yeaaahhh australierr of course.
Then you just need to dig a tunnel through the earth using morphic fields. I've seen em do it on Torchwood and if you bleed to immortal guys on each end, things get all funky. But don't do that, it sucked.
Quote from: Faust on September 29, 2011, 11:58:24 AM
My live sloath sex show got rejected.
They wouldn't take my Slugs Gone Wild submission either... :? what IS academia coming to?
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on September 29, 2011, 09:17:28 AM
Quote from: Hoser McRhizzy on September 29, 2011, 06:31:58 AM
Call for papers: (http://hum.uva.nl/asca-news/news.cfm/791D0580-BA2D-4B34-A83C57BCC73F94EB)
QuoteThe Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) invites proposals for papers and artistic contributions around the topic "Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" for its annual international workshop and conference.
:lulz:
I can't make it, but if your school or work chips in for conference funding / professional development, the deadline for your 300 word proposal and bio is in 3 days. Conference is March 28th.
Cool idea, cram.
(they're also looking for "Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow" 'performances'...)
Huuuh.
Thanks for this, Hoser. It got the old brain turning. I might actually submit something for this - you never know, you might get lucky. It took me 15 minutes to hash together a proposal on the subject that has been bubbling in the back of my mind for a bit (on the nature of online communities). It needs to be in by the 1st... so I'll have a reread of it after work and probably throw it at the email tonight.
Sweet! Were you able to get this out on time?
/derail
Yup! I made the first cut, and they are deliberating which proposals will go forward. :D
Looks like PED and I may already be in Amsterdam by March. I've got a couple interesting job offers there :)
Just remember, "an office with a view" doesn't necessarily mean in Amsterdam what it means everywhere else...
Quote from: Cain on October 10, 2011, 01:01:35 PM
Just remember, "an office with a view" doesn't necessarily mean in Amsterdam what it means everywhere else...
Nor does "corner office". And you really don't want to accept about 75% of people who say "Sho, we whill make you a
partner, yesh?"
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on October 09, 2011, 02:50:44 PM
Yup! I made the first cut, and they are deliberating which proposals will go forward. :D
Holy crap they accepted my proposal.
I was not expecting that. :eek:
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on October 24, 2011, 11:31:34 AM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on October 09, 2011, 02:50:44 PM
Yup! I made the first cut, and they are deliberating which proposals will go forward. :D
Holy crap they accepted my proposal.
I was not expecting that. :eek:
Hoooray!
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on September 29, 2011, 04:17:28 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 29, 2011, 03:27:35 PM
Dangerous tropical country? Well, I'm sold.
You'd have a field day down there.
You might be the only person I can think of who would accidentally wander into the Bovoni or Pearson Gardens projects and make me feel sorry for the denizens of the projects. :lulz:
Bring Richter along as well, and the term "white devil" will gain a whole new set of connotations.
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on October 24, 2011, 11:31:34 AM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on October 09, 2011, 02:50:44 PM
Yup! I made the first cut, and they are deliberating which proposals will go forward. :D
Holy crap they accepted my proposal.
I was not expecting that. :eek:
Congrats. I expect, this being an academic conference, they do not pay for expenses? Still, you will no doubt find plenty of free, nasty coffee.
Quote from: Cain on October 24, 2011, 12:49:13 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on September 29, 2011, 04:17:28 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 29, 2011, 03:27:35 PM
Dangerous tropical country? Well, I'm sold.
You'd have a field day down there.
You might be the only person I can think of who would accidentally wander into the Bovoni or Pearson Gardens projects and make me feel sorry for the denizens of the projects. :lulz:
Bring Richter along as well, and the term "white devil" will gain a whole new set of connotations.
:lulz:
Quote from: Cain on October 24, 2011, 12:51:32 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on October 24, 2011, 11:31:34 AM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on October 09, 2011, 02:50:44 PM
Yup! I made the first cut, and they are deliberating which proposals will go forward. :D
Holy crap they accepted my proposal.
I was not expecting that. :eek:
Congrats. I expect, this being an academic conference, they do not pay for expenses? Still, you will no doubt find plenty of free, nasty coffee.
Yeah, I'll be paying my own way, and I need to actually... write the paper. Still, should be a pretty awesome experience!
Psh, just make it up while giving your talk. No-one will know.
Quote from: Cain on October 24, 2011, 01:47:30 PM
Psh, just make it up while giving your talk. No-one will know.
In most cases that would be an improvement over some of the death-by-powerpoint talks I've had to sit through at these things.
Quote from: Luna on October 24, 2011, 12:54:26 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 24, 2011, 12:49:13 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on September 29, 2011, 04:17:28 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 29, 2011, 03:27:35 PM
Dangerous tropical country? Well, I'm sold.
You'd have a field day down there.
You might be the only person I can think of who would accidentally wander into the Bovoni or Pearson Gardens projects and make me feel sorry for the denizens of the projects.
Bring Richter along as well, and the term "white devil" will gain a whole new set of connotations.
:fnord: (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=8ltcs5e0q6lh8ld56cdrgouqs1&topic=30545.msg1108174#msg1108174)
8:08
Hmmm... Forgot about this.
If my trip to UK/Ireland happens to fall in the same week, I will plan accordingly and make it out to Amsterdam as well.
I'll include a day in Scotland for my UK trip either way to catch Payne and Pent.
But Payne's no longer in Scotland though, IIRC?
Payne is in Southampton, with me. Twid needs to come here and get drunk with us.
Quote from: Pixie on October 24, 2011, 10:16:08 PM
Payne is in Southampton, with me. Twid needs to come here and get drunk with us.
Definitely. :D
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOLITION SQUID
DEAR DR. SQUID,
I TRUST THAT THIS FINDS YOU WELL. AS YOU KNOW, THE DISCOVERY OF GHADAFFI'S EMBEZZELED $200 BILLION PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEW LIBYAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY. BASED ON THE VERY USEFUL RESEARCH RESULTS THAT YOU ARE PUBLISHING, OUR MUTUAL FRIENDS IN AMSTERDAM HAS SUGGESTED THAT YOU ARE THE PERFECT PERSON TO HELP US REBUILD LIBYAN CULTURE. UPON RECEIPT OF THE NECESSARY FINANCIAL DETAILS, WE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT YOU AS AN ENDOWED CHAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI, TO HEAD UP OUR SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. PLEASE KEEP THIS OFFER IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE UNTIL FINALIZED.
YOURS MOST SINCERELY,
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LIBYAN MINISTER OF CULTURE
Quote from: Cain on October 26, 2011, 10:51:01 AM
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOLITION SQUID
DEAR DR. SQUID,
I TRUST THAT THIS FINDS YOU WELL. AS YOU KNOW, THE DISCOVERY OF GHADAFFI'S EMBEZZELED $200 BILLION PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEW LIBYAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY. BASED ON THE VERY USEFUL RESEARCH RESULTS THAT YOU ARE PUBLISHING, OUR MUTUAL FRIENDS IN AMSTERDAM HAS SUGGESTED THAT YOU ARE THE PERFECT PERSON TO HELP US REBUILD LIBYAN CULTURE. UPON RECEIPT OF THE NECESSARY FINANCIAL DETAILS, WE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT YOU AS AN ENDOWED CHAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI, TO HEAD UP OUR SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. PLEASE KEEP THIS OFFER IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE UNTIL FINALIZED.
YOURS MOST SINCERELY,
ABDULLAH FAKHIR
LIBYAN MINISTER OF CULTURE
:lulz:
Any news on this front?
I'm really excited about the idea of you spags coming to me instead of me having to come to you!
I have polled most of my friends. Their reaction is along the lines of "that sounds like it would be fun." then I ask "So, are you in?" and there's a lonnnnnng pause.
I dunno, it's really hard for people to commit to something that' still 5-6 months away. But the longer we wait, the more expensive plane tickets get. So I'm unsure how to proceed at the moment.
1} Set a date, allowing the quitters to quit now and force the people who want to come to make real plans.
2} Always accept arguments against a specific date, countering with a new one without outlawing the previous one.
3} Make a list of who rejects what dates and ignore anyone who rejects 4 or more dates.
4} Do all this with a nice word in every communique.
5} Amsterdam with Regret, 000, Cram, (insert other names here)!!!
Just home from Maastricht now, saw 000 on Thursday. I really want to make it over for this meet.
If you set a date I will probably complain about it and suggest one that suits work a bit better, but count me in.
I will be going over for the conference. This is likely to be all of my holiday budget for the foreseeable future, and I suspect I'll spend most of the time in workshops/networking with those people... though, I could probably meet up in the evening if people are around at the same time. Not likely to be able to take part in a 'field trip' as such though. :sad:
Was looking for this thread. Remembered it had "AMSTERDAM" in the title. Went ctrl-F ing through the last couple of Apple Talk pages.
Good thing you put those spaces in A M S T E R D A M, Cram! ;-)
"shut up trip, just fix the search already"
oh yeah.
;-)
Amsterdam with PD-folk? Count me the fuck in!
Would someone slap a date on this? I'm thinking late march
REALLY wish I could swing this, but, short orf winning the lottery, it's not in the cards. :cry:
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 07, 2011, 11:15:14 AM
Was looking for this thread. Remembered it had "AMSTERDAM" in the title. Went ctrl-F ing through the last couple of Apple Talk pages.
Good thing you put those spaces in A M S T E R D A M, Cram! ;-)
Gotta track out those allcaps.
Or you can go ctrl-F yourself. ;)
Quote from: Faust on December 07, 2011, 12:07:55 PM
Would someone slap a date on this? I'm thinking late march
I'm trying to get Eve to take some time off from work so she can go. Apparently this is kind of difficult at her job. But as soon as she knows if/when she can come, we'll have our date.
I was actually looking for when Roger was planning to go to the UK, I seem to recall he picked a month, was it October?
Unless I abruptly get a high-paying job with many days off, I won't be able to make it this year.
:(
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 07, 2011, 01:20:38 PM
I was actually looking for when Roger was planning to go to the UK, I seem to recall he picked a month, was it October?
Yes, yes it was.
It would be fun.
Logistically and financially impossible for me, but fun.
Somewhat on the fence. I do intend to visit ireland again sometime in april (i have two non-metal gigs around st. Patricks day.) if it coincides roughly with my visit to ireland i am more than willing to meet up since i was going to try and visit faust pix payne and badbeast anyway.