Inaugural post

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

We have our own community. I have informed my loved ones that they have to get out of the house Nov 26/27th. You all appear to be coming. Or trying. This thing is definitely happening now. Resistance is futile.

I'm going to make a call and say that we're going ahead with those dates, since most people said yes, a couple said maybe, and noone said no to it as a possibility. I now need you all to make a call about which day if any you want to include as a third - the Monday or the Friday. It would seem sensible, especially if you're flying in.

I've just had a quick look at the Air New Zealand website, and boy, time difference is a lot more annoying Sydney-Wellington than Wellington-Sydney. Ooh! I've just checked Qantas, and they're considerably cheaper. Bah humbug AirNZ!!! Anyway. If you took Friday off you could get in here in the early afternoon, see a bit of the town, we could all go for dinner and drinks, have an orientation etc, slash away merrily all weekend, and you could fly out crack of dawn Monday and still make it to work on time! (Sadly there are no Sunday night flights. Meh.) But have a look and talk among yourselves, guys.

In the interests of keeping costs down, and also upping the whole slumber party quality, I'm hereby extending an invitation to all the Aussies to bring a sleeping bag and crash at Stately Luthor Manor¹. You all seem to know each other pretty well, and it'll be fun. If you'd prefer a hotel room, I can, of course, recommend one.

So. Please join this community, investigate your bookings, and let's start talking turkey. Yaye!!!

1. The name by which my house shall be known here, to protect it from axe-murderers who trawl the internet pretending to be teenage girls when really they are truckers from Arkansas.

Comments

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

I wonder how much a train down to Wellington from Auckland would be...cheaper than flying, you think? ^^

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

No, it's not. Irony of ironies. BUT!

If you hurry *right now* there seem to be ten dollar fares from Auckland to Wellington on Intercity buses!!! You have to poke around, and when it asks "time" put in "after 6pm". I think it's the 7.50pm bus. You'll spend most of the night in a bus seat, but at that price I think it's worth it!!!

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that is pretty damn cheap. Just have to talk to the parents and ask if anyone else from around here is interested, then.

Thanks for the info!

P.S. I'm mainly in anime fandom right now, is that a problem?

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Of course not! As long as you're happy, then I'm very happy.

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

:)

blademistress and I would probably be coming up together, if it all works out. *grins* How big is Stately Luthor Manor? Enough to fit all of us crazy slashers?

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

It's pretty big. Not seventy-five rooms, some I've never seen big, but three bathrooms and a mini movie theatre big. :-D