lying on the bright blue jumping mats
Slashgiving at lovelypoet's was fabulous. Every year we have it, it is always exactly what I want and hope for it to be, and getting to have that means a lot to me. This year we roasted a whole turkey, after Katie wrestled the legs and neck into submission, and the DVD marathon consisted of about two thirds of the first season of the most recent Dr. Who. (Previous years have featured CSI and The Office.) On Friday clumsygyrl and afterthefair came over and there was PIE and more stuffing (and other leftovers, but chiefly stuffing) and rather desultory Project Runway and ANTM on the TV and bandom videos on demand and discussion of many, many AUs. It was made of yay.
It was hard to leave there, but one consolation was that I will see all of them again on Thursday for YWT San Jose. Plus schuyler, whom I haven't seen in far too long! I got an email at work today that said everyone involved in a certain thing must attend a call Thursday at 8:00 PM PST, and I was all, HAHA SUCKERS THAT'S WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO THINK [Delete key].
Other comforts are that my putative December houseguests are most likely not coming after all (and maybe that sounds coldhearted, but the circumstances were stressing me out so it's frankly more of a relief than a disappointment), and that the bandslash_usa deadline has been extended by a month, so that I can properly reflect on how best to incorporate all the fascinating facts I've learned about Missouri. For instance, that MCR has indeed canonically played shows in St. Louis. \o/
I did not get to buy a Cobra Starship presale ticket today. However, I will have faith that there will be enough tickets available regular-style to go around. Tangentially, can I just say how delightful it is that I have now seen more than one person on my flist go My Chem, eh - FOB, feh - COBRAS, YAYY! When Katie and I were standing in line outside the Fillmore in September to see TMBG, we spent some time discussing which Decaydance band would have the most staying power, and I thought I was joking when I said Cobra Starship, but perhaps I was more right than I knew...
It was hard to leave there, but one consolation was that I will see all of them again on Thursday for YWT San Jose. Plus schuyler, whom I haven't seen in far too long! I got an email at work today that said everyone involved in a certain thing must attend a call Thursday at 8:00 PM PST, and I was all, HAHA SUCKERS THAT'S WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO THINK [Delete key].
Other comforts are that my putative December houseguests are most likely not coming after all (and maybe that sounds coldhearted, but the circumstances were stressing me out so it's frankly more of a relief than a disappointment), and that the bandslash_usa deadline has been extended by a month, so that I can properly reflect on how best to incorporate all the fascinating facts I've learned about Missouri. For instance, that MCR has indeed canonically played shows in St. Louis. \o/
I did not get to buy a Cobra Starship presale ticket today. However, I will have faith that there will be enough tickets available regular-style to go around. Tangentially, can I just say how delightful it is that I have now seen more than one person on my flist go My Chem, eh - FOB, feh - COBRAS, YAYY! When Katie and I were standing in line outside the Fillmore in September to see TMBG, we spent some time discussing which Decaydance band would have the most staying power, and I thought I was joking when I said Cobra Starship, but perhaps I was more right than I knew...