I had a wonderful afternoon in Toronto on Sunday. rosemary_green, a dS reader/lurker, contacted me last week and mentioned that she and her partner were in Toronto. She asked if I wanted to meet for coffee, and because I am a) always looking for an excuse to go to Toronto, for I love it so and b) have never, ever disappointed by real-life fangirl meetups ( ( Read more... )

Woe! meresy has gone home after a whirlwind weekend of low-key fangirl fun! Poor meresy. Every time we hang out I'm sleepy and distracted, and so I fear the weekend was a bit dull. However! We went to the infamous Indian Buffet for dinner (no, omphale23 and ignazwisdom, scarfe was not allowed any Everclear) and then we didn't leave the warm seclusion of Casa De Nos for the rest of the ( Read more... )

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Well, meresy caught the 10:30am bus home this morning, bringing our midweek fangirl sojourn to a close. I was really sad to see her go: we had lots of fun and meresy is a lively discussion partner who is kind enough to put up with my lapses into long-winded, pedantic discussions about fandom, Canadian nationalism and the cultural arts. She was a lovely ( Read more... )

Guys! Friday is tomorrow, which means that in less than twenty-four hours I'll be in Toronto with meresy, my boy scarfe and my pal Sarah watching Cinematheque Ontario's presentation of The Tracey Fragments! And then meresy is all mine for a brief evening before an encore on Tuesday when we're watching Hard Core Logo/Dance Me Outside and Picture Claire/Claire's Hat ( Read more... )

Dudes! Public tickets went on sale today for the Toronto International Film Festival and I scored admission for the Monday screening of CKR's film Normal (at 9pm) and the Thursday screening of Silk (at 9am). I don't think this jives with the fangirl screening plans (meresy, primroseburrows and scriggle, you're seeing the Wednesay matinee for Normal, right?) but it's what works ( Read more... )

The Fangirl Summer of 2007 is officially at an end, and I am exhausted and sad and a little giddy from getting the chance to meet so many great fangirls. ignazwisdom and omphale23 and primroseburrows were terrific guests and we all had a fabulous time. A fabulous, booze-filled, snarky time. I apologize for my drunken "What should we watch?" poll. I do realize "TICKY BOYXXXX" is not ( Read more... )

Guys, omphale23 and ignazwisdom and dear ol' Mr. nos4a2no9 aka (scarfe) have just finished watching HCL, and now we need something to cheer us up. We are a bit drunk and tired and some people have to drive north of Lake Huron and/or take the bus to Toronto tomorrow. So what should we watch?

Poll Fangirl SOS

Guys, omphale23 and primroseburrows are going to be sitting on my couch drinking pina coladas in roughly ten hours! Isn't that fabulous? We are going to watch dS and eat lemon chicken and get drunk and I will learn many things from two fangirls who are much, much smarter than I am. Also we will wear pajamas! Thankfully I am fully recovered from my Cold of Doom and so I ( Read more... )

*sob* I had to say goodbye this morning to ignazwisdom, who is off to eastern Ontario to visit another friend in Kingston. I didn't want to give her up! Saying goodbye was very difficult, and I may have gotten a little teary as we hugged in mid-morning traffic and I hopped out of her rented Yarris to catch my bus to work. I'm pretty sure it's the only time ( Read more... )