To Be Frelling CONtinued 6 report
Nov. 1st, 2003 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hmpfOn Thursday last week I got on a bus to London Stansted. Roughly 13 hours later, at midnight - after a bus trip of four hours, a flight of one hour something, and another bus ride of 1,5 hours or so, plus waiting time at airports, coach stations etc. - I arrived at Frankfurt train station where I was picked up by AnduraNova whom some of you may know as the editor of fabulous vids. ;-) I stayed at her place for the night, and the next morning, after a very short night, for of course we had lots to talk about after six weeks of separation, we were joined by two other friends of mine for breakfast.
After breakfast, one of them stayed with us because she was going to take part in the weekend's FS extravaganza, too. We left for Homberg/Efze, a small, romantic town smack in the middle of Germany by early afternoon and arrived just about two hours later at the beautiful late-medieval house we had rented for the weekend. RueScap and Sky (both of whom occasionally post at Kansas and FMD, I believe) were already there, and we started getting to know each other in RL and then, when more people arrived, began setting up the equipment (DVD player, beamer, sound system, big screen... airbeds... *g*). About half of the assembled 22 Scapers there were newbies to our time-honoured mini con, so it was rather interesting getting to know all these new people. It was also very nice to see all the old familiar faces... with each year, these meetings feel more like a family meeting.
We started the program by watching some music vids while Dashan cooked pasta and tomato sauce for the whole bunch of hungry Scapers, then continued it after dinner with some crucial S3 episodes (we had one newbie to the show among us who didn't know the third season yet). By two a.m. I was so inspired by the overdose of FS that I simply had to get out my laptop and write some fic.
Well, despite there being such a lot of FS to watch, we still had to go to bed sometime... or not, for some of us simply fell asleep on the airbeds in front of the screen! For my part, I went to bed by 5 a.m. and had considerable difficulties getting out of bed the next morning! Luckily, AnduraNova had ordered what seemed like a truckload of rolls, so there was still enough left when I finally came down for breakfast. *g*
The day continued much like the first one - lots of Farscape, interrupted by pauses for eating, talking, and taking short walks through the beautiful little town and up the mountain to visit the castle. Lots of crisps and sweets were consumed, earning the event the inofficial name 'Eat Fatty Foods Con'. I talked to lots of people that I knew from previous TBFCs, but also quite a few of the newbies. We did a 'Best of' for S3 and S4 for the benefit of the few newbies among us, although I'm afraid it was a very rushed version of the two seasons - but then, you can't really fit two whole seasons into just two days.
In fact, we had to extend our FS watching session to Sunday, 'cause Friday and Saturday combined were just too short. Hence, the last two episodes of S4, as well as the Farwell and the outtakes, were watched on Sunday. Markus, one of our newbies, then regaled us with an absolutely hilarious video of a Farscape fan's reaction to seeing the last three minutes of 4.22 , which we agreed should really be sent to Henson and to the SciFi Channel, because it said more than a thousand letters.
Then, much too soon, we had to pack up, clean the rooms we had used, and leave... but seeing how much fun everybody had, I think it's a safe bet that almost everybody will be back!
By 5 a.m. the next morning I was back in Birmingham. I won't bore you with the details of the trip. It was quite a bit shorter than the first one, though - less waiting time.
Pictures are, as always, here:
http://events.altpeter.de/farscape/
After breakfast, one of them stayed with us because she was going to take part in the weekend's FS extravaganza, too. We left for Homberg/Efze, a small, romantic town smack in the middle of Germany by early afternoon and arrived just about two hours later at the beautiful late-medieval house we had rented for the weekend. RueScap and Sky (both of whom occasionally post at Kansas and FMD, I believe) were already there, and we started getting to know each other in RL and then, when more people arrived, began setting up the equipment (DVD player, beamer, sound system, big screen... airbeds... *g*). About half of the assembled 22 Scapers there were newbies to our time-honoured mini con, so it was rather interesting getting to know all these new people. It was also very nice to see all the old familiar faces... with each year, these meetings feel more like a family meeting.
We started the program by watching some music vids while Dashan cooked pasta and tomato sauce for the whole bunch of hungry Scapers, then continued it after dinner with some crucial S3 episodes (we had one newbie to the show among us who didn't know the third season yet). By two a.m. I was so inspired by the overdose of FS that I simply had to get out my laptop and write some fic.
Well, despite there being such a lot of FS to watch, we still had to go to bed sometime... or not, for some of us simply fell asleep on the airbeds in front of the screen! For my part, I went to bed by 5 a.m. and had considerable difficulties getting out of bed the next morning! Luckily, AnduraNova had ordered what seemed like a truckload of rolls, so there was still enough left when I finally came down for breakfast. *g*
The day continued much like the first one - lots of Farscape, interrupted by pauses for eating, talking, and taking short walks through the beautiful little town and up the mountain to visit the castle. Lots of crisps and sweets were consumed, earning the event the inofficial name 'Eat Fatty Foods Con'. I talked to lots of people that I knew from previous TBFCs, but also quite a few of the newbies. We did a 'Best of' for S3 and S4 for the benefit of the few newbies among us, although I'm afraid it was a very rushed version of the two seasons - but then, you can't really fit two whole seasons into just two days.
In fact, we had to extend our FS watching session to Sunday, 'cause Friday and Saturday combined were just too short. Hence, the last two episodes of S4, as well as the Farwell and the outtakes, were watched on Sunday. Markus, one of our newbies, then regaled us with an absolutely hilarious video of a Farscape fan's reaction to seeing the last three minutes of 4.22 , which we agreed should really be sent to Henson and to the SciFi Channel, because it said more than a thousand letters.
Then, much too soon, we had to pack up, clean the rooms we had used, and leave... but seeing how much fun everybody had, I think it's a safe bet that almost everybody will be back!
By 5 a.m. the next morning I was back in Birmingham. I won't bore you with the details of the trip. It was quite a bit shorter than the first one, though - less waiting time.
Pictures are, as always, here:
http://events.altpeter.de/farscape/
