- Post con blues, into the hood, PARTY!!!
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twistedanimator
- March 28th, 2008
Had a really great time at Eastercon at the weekend, though only actually made I think 3 panel items... (discussion of Tanith Lee's drinking saphire wine, people being kicked out of a balloon one with Frank Wu and Briony, and of course the FANTASTIC talk by Phil and Jill on Urban Exploring .. I wanna go with you soon!!!)
Thanks to the Gaspodes, Chris and Judith and all others for a really good con!!! my daughters all had a great time too:)
Many people have mentioned the after con blues.. I find the best cure for this is to have loads of dutch people staying over straight after the con.. then it kinda peters out not suddenly finishing :) So Tuesday night we had an impromptu games night as usual here .. with Jo, Figgy, Cam, Looney, Oscar, Kirsti, Edgar, Nessa, Julie, Pat, Joss, Cherese etc. and this coming Saturday we have games here again for Jo's birthday (though some of the dutch have left and Cherese has gone to Switzerland and Joss.. is on a beach in Langkawi for a couple of days... I think i should have gone to look after her... (not to sit on the beach and wander round the temples and forests aroung Taiping where her grandparents live at all.. noooh.. damm I miss Malaysia!)
I also have Lunatic staying, which is always great cos he forces me to go out... (for those who don't know me well I do have a tendancy to stay home far to much and just to have lots of parties and friends staying.. instead of getting out there and having fun..) Last night we went to see "into the hood" a hip hop musical in central London. He couldnt get the greatest seats cos it was a gala opening or something but there were photographers outside the door though they didnt actually seem very interested in us :) and I didn't actually recognise any of the "famous" people they were photographing. Anyway .. it was great, I happen to love r&b and hip hop music and young lithe men breakdancing so for me it was purrrrrrfect... though due to my current infatuation with the So you think you can dance Australia and American programmes I was a little more critical of their popping and breaking than I would normally have been... For instance non of them breaked with the the stunning moves of Hawk (drop dead gorgeous Chinese guy from Hong Kong/Uk who is in the current series of So you think you can dance US) but the dancers were all excellent :) and it was a terrific atmosphere .. noisy and fun and a complete change from the last musical I saw, Carmen at the National Opera which I also loved but where people frowned at every little noise.. Next thing I am planning on seeing is Madame Butterfly so I will have to see how that measures up to it. I am very familiar with the music of Carmen and also recognised most of the songs in in the hood which included Ludacris, Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Black Eyed Peas, and gods know what else but I had heard most of them before ;) wheras I don't know ANY of the songs from Madame Butterfly ..
So .. this week straight after the con.. lots of peeps staying on Tuesday, Wednesday getting Joss and her dad to the airport on time .. Thursday ... Into the Hood, Friday .. Betty Ford, Sat .. Games here (all invited as usual btw) Sunday .. i have to go to Liverpool for a funeral, Tuesday ... Anne Sudworth's opening, reckon the post con blues will hit sometime next week..
Then of course 19t of April the big Birthday Party for me Gaspode and .. a late edition, Joss's boyfriend who also has a birthday that day :) (well we all on the 20th actually but its a sunday..)
Wow what a lot of writing for me!!! course its all stream of conciousness with no editing .. spell checking or re reading or I would never bother...