Fannish meetings
2 March 2003 09:13![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandragoraIt's been a fannishly great weekend so far.
Friday night there was a meeting with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
temaris, thermidor, who were, as always, great company. In addition, I met the delightful uschickens, who had us cracking up with her description of the infamous colour-coded Excel spreadsheet that is to be used to plan their sightseeing when a bunch of friends come to London to visit her. It was also a joy to hear Thermidor and uschickens riffing in fine old US southern genteel style. Beautifully done and worth the admission fee *g* alone. Even if when I arrived they had neither a chair for me, nor (much, much worse) a glass of wine. Explanation was, 'But you arrived earlier than you said.' Er, yes and this is a bad thing because...? Answers on a postcard to Mandragora at...
Yesterday I experienced the Star Trek Adventure in the company ofolympia_m, who I also met for the first time. And what a joy that was. Incisive, intelligent, opinionated *g*, my type of gal. The Exhibition/Adventure itself was fun, although I think rather overpriced at £17.50. However, definitely a place to see for Trek geeks. I have to classify myself amongst the geek fraternity after taking a test on my ST knowledge and scoring 100%, thus attaining the rank of captain. Ahem. Yes, well.
There was much stuff from TNG, DS9 and Enterprise, also ST:Nemesis, which has some particularly great props on show. Also saw again the original Enterprise bridge *sigh*, which I had already seen at the ST exhibition at the Science Museum a few years ago. But it was a joy to see it again.
The actual Adventure, set in the engineering room, turbolift and bridge of the Enterprise D was a blast, even if it was over all to soon and you weren't allowed enough time to linger to check out the sets.
Oh yeah, the actors on Trek are (mostly) impossibly skinny. Frighteningly so. Seven of Nine, for example... The woman simply cannot eat.
Then we went to meetstageira, who was a tremendous amount of fun, despite having a rotten cold. Self-deprecatingly witty, I enjoyed her enthusiasm muchly, even as I said 'not going there' to Mettalica slash. I mean, no *shudder*. Nice try, though *g*. Also, my blood boiled when I realised that she'd set up the Sentinel virtual season but received no recognition for her efforts. Blinkered much?
Left both evenings with the definite intention to do it again soon. Hmm, maybe try to organise a bigger get-together of people in the London area, as well.
Sekrit message toalsoa. You were missed. Both times.
Now, off to the Aztec Exhibition. Non-fannish event this time.
Edited to add: Oh yeah, I bought a tribble. A tribble that giggles and purrs. It's meant to be a friend's birthday present but I dunno whether he'll actually ever receive it...
Friday night there was a meeting with
temaris, thermidor, who were, as always, great company. In addition, I met the delightful uschickens, who had us cracking up with her description of the infamous colour-coded Excel spreadsheet that is to be used to plan their sightseeing when a bunch of friends come to London to visit her. It was also a joy to hear Thermidor and uschickens riffing in fine old US southern genteel style. Beautifully done and worth the admission fee *g* alone. Even if when I arrived they had neither a chair for me, nor (much, much worse) a glass of wine. Explanation was, 'But you arrived earlier than you said.' Er, yes and this is a bad thing because...? Answers on a postcard to Mandragora at...Yesterday I experienced the Star Trek Adventure in the company of
olympia_m, who I also met for the first time. And what a joy that was. Incisive, intelligent, opinionated *g*, my type of gal. The Exhibition/Adventure itself was fun, although I think rather overpriced at £17.50. However, definitely a place to see for Trek geeks. I have to classify myself amongst the geek fraternity after taking a test on my ST knowledge and scoring 100%, thus attaining the rank of captain. Ahem. Yes, well.There was much stuff from TNG, DS9 and Enterprise, also ST:Nemesis, which has some particularly great props on show. Also saw again the original Enterprise bridge *sigh*, which I had already seen at the ST exhibition at the Science Museum a few years ago. But it was a joy to see it again.
The actual Adventure, set in the engineering room, turbolift and bridge of the Enterprise D was a blast, even if it was over all to soon and you weren't allowed enough time to linger to check out the sets.
Oh yeah, the actors on Trek are (mostly) impossibly skinny. Frighteningly so. Seven of Nine, for example... The woman simply cannot eat.
Then we went to meet
stageira, who was a tremendous amount of fun, despite having a rotten cold. Self-deprecatingly witty, I enjoyed her enthusiasm muchly, even as I said 'not going there' to Mettalica slash. I mean, no *shudder*. Nice try, though *g*. Also, my blood boiled when I realised that she'd set up the Sentinel virtual season but received no recognition for her efforts. Blinkered much? Left both evenings with the definite intention to do it again soon. Hmm, maybe try to organise a bigger get-together of people in the London area, as well.
Sekrit message to
alsoa. You were missed. Both times.Now, off to the Aztec Exhibition. Non-fannish event this time.
Edited to add: Oh yeah, I bought a tribble. A tribble that giggles and purrs. It's meant to be a friend's birthday present but I dunno whether he'll actually ever receive it...
