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Bansoku No Shita  I love my party, but I think at least one, if not two of them have snapped. It's probably about time. Highlights include: Esselt tricking Bandez into giving him a fairly large sum of money and going off to by a human sized net (and some pastries, of course). Talia taking Esselt aside to talk to him about said large sum of money, and Esselt interpreting this as "I want to have sex with you in the common room" and getting naked. Bandez: Talia old lass, young lass, young sexy lass...but not it that way! Talia: Not in what way? Esselt: Give it up Bandez. You started off okay, but now you've gone shit. Bandez's long and Esselt's practice with the human net, followed by a long discussion about why it was a bad idea to use the net on Zephyr and then twat him over the head. Discussions on zombie farmers and how to get paladins to walk off cliffs. The fireball competitions in Barrelton: Bandez had been boasting of his bardic powers, and was demonstrating the power of his "bardic fireball" by using soundburst to explode a bush. Later, Esselt finds the ingredients to make a molotov cocktail, and as they ride out of town the next day shouts "ESSELT FIREBALL" and lobs it at a bush. Unfortunately, he misses the bush and hits the ground right next to Talia's horse. This leads to Talia and Bandez both falling off their horses, and Charles in despair at the behaviour of both Esselt and Bandez. A new party rule is drawn up of "no fireballs of any kind unless Charles says so first." The session concluded with Bandez running into a tree; Talia stabbing Esselt in the back; Esselt putting a small net over Zephyr's head; Charles in a blood rage and Amari standing in the middle of it all having no idea what was going on or what to do. Which was probably good for the health of most of the people there. It ended up with 4 of the 6 of them under the effect of mass suggestion, which is going to be really interesting when it wears off, especially for Charles. Current mood:  amused.
I hate myself and give up.... no, not like that, I mean on claiming I avoid everything social networky whilst abusing Ailsa's lj. So I've set up LJ and Facebook and probably will add myspace and deviantart as well. http://granny-gertrude.livejournal.com/ Current mood:  drained.
Posted this on the Expo forums but just to spread it a little further: A Warning and Appeal for Information ( Read more... ) Haven't really had anything worth posting about and I don't like wasting people's friend's pages with pointess shit. Trying to write, failing badly. Have Eternal Sontata - Chopin is lovely, game is very hard. Wandering monsters regularly nom on my face. Ball gown is almost finished - just some trimmings and hemming the thing left. Slightly more work on Joe's, but not too much. Work sucked today, really really sucked. But it pays the bills, I will survive. That's pretty much this week's Ailsa-chan. Current mood:  stressed.
Right- there's definitely interest in a big group holiday in the Lake District. So! If you're interested comment below answering: 1: Weekend / extended weekend or during the week? (Weekends use less leave for most of us but may exclude retaily people; but in all honesty I'm leaning towards it being a long weekend break) 2: When? A) Now now now cos November and December is such a good time for holidays o_O B) New year cos Jan and Feb is far enough away and the weather can go hang C) March April or May - not too far away, in event season but spring may mean weather will suck less D) June July August - summer holiday E) Tell me when and I'll be there if I can * * * * * Also shout out if there's any other concerns at this stage. There's a number of shared accomodation / crash space / hotel options to cater to various tastes so we'll worry about that next ^_^ Later all! Joe 'Granny Gertrude' Sutton Current mood:  contemplative.
Granny Gertrude here, sneaking on quickly one lunchtime. One for everyone really- anime & cosplay friends, local friends, people who live in Newcastle or on the M4 these days... Check LiveJournal after a convention, Expo, or party and you'll see the same thing everywhere- we should get together again soon, or more often, or we should meet when we're not going to be busy. Ailsa and I went to Iceland in May and really enjoyed ourselves but there were a few times when we looked at eachother and said 'I wish so and so was here' and when we chatted to people the idea of a group holiday appealed (in theory at least) to some of you. Reality may be harsher in terms of holiday allowance, money, realisation that I drive you nuts and you wouldn't want to spend that much time with me... but hey, let's throw the idea out there. If Ailsa and I went out to Iceland again we'd be interested in seeing the northern lights- meaning we'll spend the time freezing. There's loads to do in Iceland as long as you wrap up warm. http://uk.holidays.travelzoo.com/city-b The two of us did something similar in May but with a whale watching trip thrown in instead... including eating at fine restaurants and the extra activities we bought I reckon the holiday came in at just over a grand for the two of us... but as it was our first holiday together since... forever we weren't pinching pennies but I still think that was quite reasonable. Or maybe something smaller and closer to home like this: http://uk.hotels.travelzoo.com/uk-hotel I've never visited the lake district... Now! The links are to limited offers, so while an impulse group would be great realistically they're here as examples. Good idea? Bad idea? Other suggestions? Ideally for this sort of things it needs to be highly affordable and more of a quick break than a two week cruise in my never humble opinion. There we go- I've thrown it out there... Extra from the person whose blog this actually is Ailsa-chan approves of lake based adventures, though Iceland is a good idea too. Current mood: Less grumpy than Ailsa :P. Would like week off please. I think expo went well from the cosplayer's point of view (I've seen very little negative feedback and most of that was helpful suggestions for next time), but I feel utterly shattered, to the point where I couldn't get up for most of yesterday. Still, someone gave me flowers for helping them on Saturday, which was lovely, and I helped Sailor Steve with his winning magic show. Unfortunately this meant I got dragged up on stage to stand out with the winners, which felt all wrong. Thanks to everyone who helped out on the desk and in the queue, especially Chevi, the Pixies, Heather, Dez, Mary Beks and Lou, Leena and Miiol. And for Tab, Matt and Timber for helping cart stuff back to the car. It was good to chat with people on Friday and Saturday, it's just a shame there isn't much time for chilling at the Expo. I'm looking forward to the ball, as that should be a nice long weekend of relaxing with people, seeing exciting things, catching a show and of course the ball itself. Current mood: exhausted.
I don;t think its been officially announced yet, but we'll be running a Cosplay Roadshow at Memorabilia on Sunday only - that's at the Birmingham NEC on 22/11/09. If you have an idea for an event, or are coming along and want to run something then do get in touch. The first one was good fun, but I'm hoping for more than the hundred-ish people we got there. Another Expo down. It was... good in hindsight although that's not what you would have heard from me on Saturday afternoon- I was really grumpy, mostly with myself at missed opportunities to have things going more smoothly. There was a wide array of people who were a huge help again, including some new faces. Big thanks to all of you! I also utterly forgot my mobile phones so apologies to those of you who tried to call or text me! Current mood: chipper.
Intending to be in London for lunchtime, to do some set up and prep work. 07905 204849 - although if you ring too early you may get roped into stuffing con bags! Usual Friday evening plan I'd imagine- panicking, pizza in the Ibis, and drinks somewhere while pretending not to panic. You know the routime ^_- Current mood: tired.
Things kicked off on Friday evening, when Louise, Heather, Gemma and Hazel arrived. We ate lasagna (except Hazel, who we convinced to try fajitas), and chatted until about 2 am. Cannot remember the exact conversation, but it probably involved cosplay and boobs at some point. Saturday morning we all headed to the zoo, met up with some more people, saw lots of animals. There was a new armadillo in the twilight world who was very snuffly and very nearly got picked up and hidden in my coat. Lemurs were out in the lemur walk and we got very close to them. The fur seals were awesome as ever; the baby is still very small and mum Nina is still fairly grumpy. Reptile house was closed, which was disappointing, but we still got to see some tortoise porn. (Possibly just attempted porn. It was hard to tell what actually happened.) Came back, put things in order for the party, then people arrived. Lots and lots of people. I don't think my house has ever had that many in, it was awesome! It was a very geeky party (though we didn't all end up in the kitchen): cosplay chat in one corner; rocking out in the lounge; 3 guys in a row with their psps in the kitchen; 3D glasses and tablet pc; and Martin even managed to break the internet briefly! ( Photos below the cut... ) Other highlights included Amber attacking people's feet; plushie fights; and Matt ending a game of Monty Python Flux with the line "Sir Galahad Motherfuckers! Now I'm going to fucking bed!" Sunday was day of chilling, and chatting. People drifted off at various times, and Mike, Amber Jack and Liz stayed until the evening playing Soul Calibur. Current mood: amused.
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