get/together

Friday

SG1 will be entertaining itself all day, and would welcome visits from SG2. SG5, you're very welcome too, of course, if you feel like bowling up.

SG3 and SG4 both appear to be hitting town around 6pm, so the day proper will start thenceabout.

Two Tribes go to War!

Okay, no, not really. But there is a split programme planned for tonight.

1) The decorous Canadianians will be at the china shop, hosted by *shock horror* Chinashop, for an extravaganza of Due South, HCL, related RPS ect ect.

2) The not remotely decorous are hitting town for beer and strippers (tm Erilyn). Okay, that's not true. But we will be doing [something else] at the pixie palace, hosted by yours truly.

Saturday

We'll all head from our various locales up to the china shop for meet and greets from 10am.

11am: Slash Pictionary!!!1! So, so made of win.
12.30: Lunch and Erilyn's Vidshow (Part One)
1.30: Intros and Pimps (Part One)
Soccer RPS (Stickmarionette)
SGA (Morebliss)
2.30: Open Mike Night (Part One)
Online Friendship vs the 'Real Thing' (Chinashop)
Badfic (Morebliss)
3.30: Intros and Pimps (Part Two)
Pegg and Frost, Zombie Cops (Blademistress)
NCIS (Erilyn)
5pm: Assorted DVD watching and Ridiculous Amounts of Squee
8pm: Dinner in Town and Inevitable Embarrassment of Neighbouring Diners

Sunday

11am: Morning Tea and Squee
12: Lunch and Erilyn's Vidshow (Part Two)
1pm: Intros and Pimps (Part Three)
Rugby Pretty Boys (Morebliss)
Doctor Who/Torchwood (Arysteia)
Psych (Alasen)
2pm: Open Mike Night (Part Two)
Fanservice - Friend or Foe (Arysteia)
Our Boys - Handsome or Just Loved? (Erilyn)
3pm: Intros and Pimps (Part Four)
The Daily Show (Blueraven)
Banddom (Erilyn)
4pm: Season Premiere of Stargate: Atlantis

People start heading off to catch trains at that point, so it's the end of regularly scheduled programming, but those who are still around are most cordially invited back to the pixie palace to continue squeeing. It's a hard job, but someone's got to do it.

If you can't keep to the timetable you will be whipped! Okay no, seriously, nothing ever goes entirely to plan. But we always have one. Meh.

If I accidentally missed your moment in the sun, let me know and I'll add it.

The weather is stunning in Wellington at the moment. For a value of stunning that reads "been pouring for four days and frickin' freezing for two". I advise everyone who even remotely feels the cold to bring an extra jersey. And a raincoat/waterproof jacket might be useful.

*grumbles*typical, like summer last week for work, like winter this week for hols*grumbles*

Right. More spam. Because it's both delicious and good for you.

Also in the interests of assembling the timetable, I need to check up on a few things.

1) Who has an intro or a pimp they plan on doing? At the moment I have Erilyn down for one of each: Banddom and NCIS. Blademistress is doing Hot Fuzz. Stickmarionette has called Soccer RPS. I *always* learn something new from you! I'm going to do Doctor Who/Torchwood myself. Alasen for Psych? Which I've never heard of, so yay if you do! Who else? Bueller? Anyone? Newbies, if you're wondering about the difference, an intro usually tends to follow this template, whereas a pimp tends to be just a clips reel and a "Look! Shiny! Watch this!" Both very welcome. We've never actually had an SGA intro, Morebliss, if you're interested in throwing something together... And anyone who really wants to can redo anything we *have* had... Or you can just lap up the slashy goodness, as it were.

2) Who has a panel/discussion they might like to run? I'm planning on doing one on Fanservice (hot on the heels of my Bro!Yay master work), and possibly also an amazing (or totally not depending how tired I am) cross reference chart on Squicks and Kinks, but I'd really like a couple more. The format's completely up to you, but what I envisage would be that you make some sort of presentation or pose some sort of conundrum (this could take any form, from my Incest the New Black powerpoint, to a reading of selected Bad!Fic excerpts, to playing some clips and asking some questions) and vaguely mod the ensuing conversation. It's not scary, really, I swear!

Other than that, I think we're good. We have pictionary, and the vid show, and the inevitable ep watching... And squee. Boatloads of that last one. See you soon.

But answer my questions! And volunteer! It's your g/t too!!!

Who's sick of listening to me moan? Yes? You? Cool, me too.

Today, however, I am filled with a whole new joy and optimism. What brought this on, you ask? Well for one thing, I called Geeks on Wheels (no, seriously, 0800 4 A GEEK, www.geeksonwheels.co.nz) and they have fixed my network and all my computers, and for the paltry sum of $200 I am sitting here surrounded by Teh Intrawebs. Seriously, I am bathed in the warm embrace. Both my desktops and my laptop and M's laptop are humming around me, and it is paradise. It is the closest thing possible to being McKay in Tao of Rodney.

Ahem.

*gets over indecorous squirming*

No, no, one more barb. I have also kicked Telecom to the curb. Goodbye you sanctimonious thieving wankers. Hello Telstra Clear my very best new friend. How you doin'?

Right. To the point.

My fandom renaissance starts today.

That means vigorous posting in my own lj... and also that it's time to get the ball rolling on g/t 2007.

As a hostess who always feels crushed and exhausted and ready to beg for death by the end (only to want to call you all back as soon as the door closes behind the last of you) I must applaud my own brilliance last year in shifting it into the holidays. Not having to mark 75 exam papers during the whole thing made my will to live slightly stronger. So. Same holidays this year then, since it seemed to suit most. And I'm told the 29-30th September is a long weekend in NSW, so I call shenanigans on the whole thing and nominate those dates. I swear I won't get roped into an IT conference this time.

So... I know it's very early in the year, but I thought I'd mention it anyway, in my newfound spirit of joy. All the polls and nonsense will come later of course. But start examining your finances, and your leave, and...

And you know what? Please start thinking about your fifteen minutes of fame, which I am reinstituting. I missed it last year. I'm going to crack my whip (it matches my cowboy boots I bought in Arizona) and be a little bossy about formats and timetables this year. But it will be to the good, I swear. You will be glad. You will. Or else. No seriously. Spirit of joy.

*squee*