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hmpfAfter two abortive attempts in 1999 and 2000(?) I'm finally going to a Highlander con, it seems. Like the last time, I bought the ticket off someone who couldn't go - (((![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rasmizar))) - but unlike the last time, the con will (I hope!) actually take place (last time it was cancelled just a couple of weeks after I bought the ticket, and I never saw my money again). Weird thing - rasmizar's ticket is for preferred seating and includes autographs. That's weird for me because I'm really not interested in autographs, and asking anybody for one is an activity that's not exactly high on my list of priorities. If it hadn't been for rasmizar's need to sell the ticket, I would probably have gotten the cheaper version, without autographs. But, hey, I guess I could simply get the autographs and give them to her, so she won't feel quite as bad about not being able to go there. :-)
Well...fleta-BABE and beccadg-BABE, you still looking for someone to share a room with? ;-) (Or, if that's not an option, I'll have to find my own room.)
Got a cheap deal on the plane ticket, too, so that's nice.
So, who else is going to be there? I'm a bit of a latecomer to this party...
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To Whom It May Concern: I will be in Britain from the evening of March 7, leaving for Germany again on the 17th. I'll probably be in Plymouth for the first third of my stay, then go to Leeds for the con (10.-12.). I have no set plans for what I'm going to do after the con yet. That means: if you would like to meet me, drop me a mail or a reply here, and we can try to work something out. It's not a lot of time, but I'm better rested now than I was in August, when I basically slept all through my visits atommadon's, aminspace's and torneledhwen's, so maybe I can see you all in one frantic round-trip without falling into a coma again. ;-)
rasmizar))) - but unlike the last time, the con will (I hope!) actually take place (last time it was cancelled just a couple of weeks after I bought the ticket, and I never saw my money again). Weird thing - rasmizar's ticket is for preferred seating and includes autographs. That's weird for me because I'm really not interested in autographs, and asking anybody for one is an activity that's not exactly high on my list of priorities. If it hadn't been for rasmizar's need to sell the ticket, I would probably have gotten the cheaper version, without autographs. But, hey, I guess I could simply get the autographs and give them to her, so she won't feel quite as bad about not being able to go there. :-) Well...
fleta-BABE and beccadg-BABE, you still looking for someone to share a room with? ;-) (Or, if that's not an option, I'll have to find my own room.) Got a cheap deal on the plane ticket, too, so that's nice.
So, who else is going to be there? I'm a bit of a latecomer to this party...
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To Whom It May Concern: I will be in Britain from the evening of March 7, leaving for Germany again on the 17th. I'll probably be in Plymouth for the first third of my stay, then go to Leeds for the con (10.-12.). I have no set plans for what I'm going to do after the con yet. That means: if you would like to meet me, drop me a mail or a reply here, and we can try to work something out. It's not a lot of time, but I'm better rested now than I was in August, when I basically slept all through my visits at
ommadon's, aminspace's and torneledhwen's, so maybe I can see you all in one frantic round-trip without falling into a coma again. ;-)
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Date: 2006-02-02 09:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-02 09:49 pm (UTC)I'm serious. ;D
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Date: 2006-02-02 09:53 pm (UTC)Yeah you can share. Chip on in for it. We're there from 3-9 to 3-14
you can crash with me, I don't bite. much ;)
Don't know about Becca though....
we've got regular seats.
You can email me and I can give you my cell phone number tooif you want.
we fly to heathrow and are taking the train up to leeds (much cheaper for us that way)
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Date: 2006-02-02 10:25 pm (UTC)Yay!!! See you there! *beams*
mini-BABE reunion!
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Date: 2006-02-03 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-02-03 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-03 05:39 pm (UTC)Bist Du letztens gut heim gekommen?
From Scapekid
Date: 2006-02-03 11:01 pm (UTC)*RUNS AROUND THE VERY CROWDED LIVING ROOM FLAPPING ARMS IN MANNER OF AEROPLANE*
We have pictures up on our walls now, and I'll *hoover* and take all the crap off the table, and quite possibly get rid of the insane amount of empty plastic shopping bags we have stuffed between the futon and the wall because we're not quite sure how to recycle them, yet aren't organised enough to *reuse* them.
...I'm not making my house sound very appealing am I? Err, we have two bathrooms? And a smiley toaster? And a recliner that wasn't a recliner until we had to break it to get it up the stairs? ...please still come... ;p
SK.
(((Bria)))
Date: 2006-02-15 10:30 pm (UTC)Beautiful? Or tasty?
Date: 2006-02-15 10:31 pm (UTC)Hey! Just a few more weeks! I'm getting excited here! (Mostly, that's my panic of flying, though... *g*)
Of course I'll chip in!
Date: 2006-02-15 10:34 pm (UTC)I'll probably only arrive on the first day of the con, i.e. the 10th of March, 'cause I'm visiting a friend in Plymouth before.
We can talk details later, in an e-mail. :-) I'm too tired to concentrate now... reading Spanish archaeology texts is frelling exhausting.
Yay! Another BABE!
Date: 2006-02-15 10:35 pm (UTC)Still no trace of Brokeback Mountain around here, btw.
(((CanadianGirl)))
Date: 2006-02-15 10:37 pm (UTC)Ja.
Date: 2006-02-15 10:37 pm (UTC)You'll hoover for me?
Date: 2006-02-15 10:38 pm (UTC)Re: (((Bria)))
Date: 2006-02-15 10:48 pm (UTC)You know you have a place to stay in Frankfurt, right?
Date: 2006-02-15 10:59 pm (UTC)Re: You know you have a place to stay in Frankfurt, right?
Date: 2006-02-15 11:03 pm (UTC)Re: Beautiful? Or tasty?
Date: 2006-02-16 09:23 am (UTC)Re: Beautiful? Or tasty?
Date: 2006-02-16 09:24 am (UTC)I was thinking about you yesterday, I was hoping everything was still happening :D
I can't wait to see you! :D
Two things.
Date: 2006-03-01 11:41 pm (UTC)2.) So, how will we find each other at the con??
Hotel problem (possibly)
Date: 2006-03-01 11:48 pm (UTC)I'd still very much prefer to share with you guys, though. Just not sure if I want to risk getting thrown out of the hotel over it...
Frell... I feel like I should really talk about this with someone else who has some experience with British hotels and can give me a reasonable estimate of what could happen if we were caught 'illegally' sharing... (BTW - I'd have to get my own breakfast somewhere outside the hotel, too, right?)
Anyway, yeah... don't really know what to do now. :-(
BTW - question about British hotels in the thread above.
Date: 2006-03-01 11:51 pm (UTC)Re: Two things.
Date: 2006-03-02 09:14 am (UTC)Hmmm...good question. Do you have a mobile? If so, we can text each other. *g* If not, just arrange to meet up somewhere...hotel lobby, bar, something.
Re: Hotel problem (possibly)
Date: 2006-03-02 01:34 pm (UTC)Sorry I can't be more help.
On a different note though, I have an extra reservation for the dinner Saturday night as my son...who's staying with me will be off visiting some friends... If you're interested, let me know and I'll let you have it for a lot cheaper.
Dinner reservation?
Date: 2006-03-05 12:48 am (UTC)Oookay... here's a plan:
Date: 2006-03-05 01:08 am (UTC)The whole thing still makes me really, really nervous, but what can you do.
Oh, if I get *too* nervous I could also book a single room in the cheapest hotel, for around 44 pounds a night. I should decide on that very soon, though, 'cause it's only that cheap if you book online and in advance...
Re: mobile/cell phone numbers. Are you sure your phone will work in the UK? There are some incompatibilities, I've heard.
Also: We should text, not talk - calling from a US phone in the UK to a German phone in the UK will be prohibitively expensive, and I have a very limited phone budget.
I'll send you my number in a moment, to your e-mail address you used on the HLWW list. Could you forward it to Becca, too? I don't have her e-mail addy. Oh, and K'immie's also going to be there! We should have a real little BABE meet-up!
Lastly: What are you doing on Friday night? I'll be arriving quite late - 19:45 - but I'd like to meet up with some fellow fen anyway, I think... possibly to have dinner?
Re: Oookay... here's a plan:
Date: 2006-03-05 11:37 am (UTC)My cell may not work, I called cingular and they said I could add in the international calling and see... doesn't sound promising to me though.
We've not made much plans yet. We arrive around 2 on the 9th from the train and leave about 1130 tuesday to take the train back down.
So far, I've been the one handling most of the details. call me picky or whatnot. We're flying to heathrow, train then up to leeds and then reverse to come back.
We can meet up and do whatever. I am a volunteer at the con, so we'll see what happens there.
Well...
Date: 2006-03-05 11:42 pm (UTC)And of course we still have to meet and spend time together and stuff! As far as I know there'll be exactly four BABEs at the con. I guess we'll be the four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse! *g*
Well, I'm not sure about my phone, either, so we should probably find a way to meet that does not require phones. I'll be arriving in Leeds at 19:45 on Friday evening. I expect it will take me at least half an hour or so to get to the hotel and get settled there, but maybe we could meet later in the evening, perhaps at the Queens' bar, or at a restaurant? I'm probably going to be downright ravenous - by the time I arrive I'll have spent 9 hours on the coach. So, I'd probably really appreciate dinner with my BABE clansibs. On the other hand, I suppose I could also have dinner with my unknown roommate, if she doesn't have plans for the evening... or we could just all have dinner together. What do you think?
I'll be staying until Tuesday, too, though I haven't booked a room for Monday night yet - my Hungarian roommate leaves on Monday. Maybe *then* sharing your room would be an option? I'm a lot less nervous about sneaking into (and out of) a hotel *once* than I am about doing it for four days. *g* I'll be meeting a friend from Farscape fandom who lives near Leeds on Monday for half a day or so, but we could still at least spend some time together in the morning and of course in the evening.
Re: Well...
Date: 2006-03-06 10:40 pm (UTC)Becca and I arrive around 2 pm thursday and I'm a volunteer for the con so I'll be around.
Darius is coming, so we have a male BABE :)
The hotel room is booked in my name, so just ring us up and we can meet up with you for supper or whatnot.
And the room offer holds. No matter what. I\ll risk it for a fellow BABE. Shame we don't have pins made or a button or something. If I could figure a way I'd do it ....
We'll see you there. I'll be off email after noon Eastern us time wednesday. flight and all. we have to go to boston and then to heathrow, then the train up to leeds.
Brokeback Mountain...
Date: 2006-03-30 06:59 pm (UTC)Re: Brokeback Mountain...
Date: 2006-03-31 12:05 pm (UTC)*sigh* I STILL want to see it!! Wahhh!