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At the airport now. I do wish I could stay and see the London show tonight, but given a choice between coming and seeing the two gigs I have done and not seeing them at all, I wouldn't have missed out on this experience for anything. It was so so so so so so so so so amazing. I SAW CARL EATING A BANANA, Y'ALL. And SHIRTLESS CARLOS! And OMG Didz is the funniest person I have ever met, and Gary is just the loveliest man, and Carlos is ♥ despite a brief period of time in which I was convinced he hated me, but of course he didn't (I just get over-emotional about Carl) and he thanked me for coming and I got lots of hugs and I cried all over him and Gary and...well, everyone, really, except Didz, because Didz was busy taking the piss out of me and I was trying to do the same to him, although I wasn't nearly as good at it. I was on the barrier for both Cambridge and Norwich, so I can say I've been in front every time I've seen DPT. The shows are AMAZING. I am still sore from Cambridge, which is the most physical gig I've ever been to, but it's all good. And I saw Adam as well! Unexpected!Adam is a nice bonus, and he was as lovely as he was in July. I think I have him half-convinced to come to SXSW, maybe. I hope so, anyway.
I loved seeing everyone. I miss all of you already, and sorry for the tears! I just...I cannot really express what this fandom has meant to me. I will love Peter and Carl and the rest of the boys forever just for bringing me into contact with such wonderful people. Special thanks to my lovely stjarna1984 for the room, the company, and just being you :-), to kattrags for sharing B&B space with me - it was so nice to finally meet you!, and to ginger1978 for the quick dinner and ride to the UEA - I'll see you soon! And everyone else - sorry, this keyboard is defeating me with coding, but if I met you before then you know who you are and I'm really happy I got to see you again, and if I met you for the first time this trip I definitely enjoyed it and...and...can I come back again now please?
Everyone has just been so great, even people who I didn't know. When I got in to Paddington, I met this group of guys from Bath on the Tube, and they carried my luggage to the train in Kings Cross for me and let me use their phone to call Von. They were quite disappointed that I wasn't staying in London, actually - I think they wanted me to come drinking with them. And then today in Norwich Station I met a man named Terry who runs a website company and was on his way to London to meet with a client, and spent the whole journey talking to him about my insane adventures chasing bands around the country, and how British T.V. is superior to American T.V., and we've now exchanged e-mails. I am to send him a .zip file of Libs/Shambles/DPT stuff, as I've now encouraged him to give Peter a shot as an artist - he only knows him through the tabloid stuff.
Anyways, I have pictures and a vid of most of "Truth Begins" from Norwich to upload when I get back. Love all y'all. Later!
I loved seeing everyone. I miss all of you already, and sorry for the tears! I just...I cannot really express what this fandom has meant to me. I will love Peter and Carl and the rest of the boys forever just for bringing me into contact with such wonderful people. Special thanks to my lovely stjarna1984 for the room, the company, and just being you :-), to kattrags for sharing B&B space with me - it was so nice to finally meet you!, and to ginger1978 for the quick dinner and ride to the UEA - I'll see you soon! And everyone else - sorry, this keyboard is defeating me with coding, but if I met you before then you know who you are and I'm really happy I got to see you again, and if I met you for the first time this trip I definitely enjoyed it and...and...can I come back again now please?
Everyone has just been so great, even people who I didn't know. When I got in to Paddington, I met this group of guys from Bath on the Tube, and they carried my luggage to the train in Kings Cross for me and let me use their phone to call Von. They were quite disappointed that I wasn't staying in London, actually - I think they wanted me to come drinking with them. And then today in Norwich Station I met a man named Terry who runs a website company and was on his way to London to meet with a client, and spent the whole journey talking to him about my insane adventures chasing bands around the country, and how British T.V. is superior to American T.V., and we've now exchanged e-mails. I am to send him a .zip file of Libs/Shambles/DPT stuff, as I've now encouraged him to give Peter a shot as an artist - he only knows him through the tabloid stuff.
Anyways, I have pictures and a vid of most of "Truth Begins" from Norwich to upload when I get back. Love all y'all. Later!