get/together

By saying in my last post that I was technically on schedule I jinxed myself and am now, by four days, officially the latest ever in terms of organisation. BUT. You all know what you're doing. So. Expect a barrage of updates today. And then do your part. :D

First up, please, pretty please, on this post 1) confirm your attendance 100% for reals, and 2) let me know what time you're arriving in town (if you're from out of town), or whether you've got Friday and Monday off work (if you're local). I need to know this not for stalking purposes, but so that I can plan brunch/lunch both days as appropriate, and book restaurants for dinner.

So... In a comment below please:

Arrival Time
Brunch Friday Y/N
Dinner Friday Y/N
Dinner Sunday Y/N
Brunch Monday Y/N
DnD Monday Y/N (this is full up at this point)

(If you need to anon comment this for lj shenanigans reasons please do so, just remember to leave me a clue as to your identity, *g*.)

Formal Registrations will start taking place shortly, but in the meantime it'd be great if you could confirm you are indeed still coming, and also let me know when you're getting into town so I can plan the first few welcome brunches, lunches, and dinners. Also pick ups, drop offs, and potential taxi sharing. (Welly peeps I know you're here, natch, but could you let me know if you're taking Friday and/or Monday off work? Ta.)

Australia A (at arysteia's)

meelie Thursday midnight (departs Tuesday 4pm)
erilyn Thursday midnight (departs Tuesday 4pm)
alasen 4pm Friday (departs Monday 4pm)

Auckland A (at airbnb)

shihadchick 11am Friday (departs Monday 6pm)
blademistress 11am Friday (departs Monday 6pm)
stickmarionette 11am Friday (departs Sunday 9pm)
jocondite 11am Friday (departs Sunday 9pm)

Wellington A (at home)

labellementeuse
aworldinside

The Shire (at home)

maudlinrose [Fri/Mon]
tamarillow [probs Fri/Mon]
jamethiel_bane Friday (departs Tuesday)

Wellington C (at home)

deepbluemermaid

Auckland B + Wellington D (at home)

the_antichris 9pm Wednesday (departs Sunday 8pm)
nmarlow

The Brentwood 3 (at said hotel)

mab_browne 5.30 Friday (departs Sunday afternoon)
dewey3067 11am Friday (departs Monday 2pm)
kiwisue Friday afternoon (departs Monday afternoon)

Wellington E (at home)

morbane

Auckland C (at hotel???)

mific

ETA: Obviously china_shop and I are Wellington No Disambiguator Needed. ;-p

Please comment to this post with when you will be arriving in Wellington. Be clear about which day you get in, and what time. Not because I'm Big Brother, but so we can organise transport, facilitate entertainment/liaison for those here on Friday, dinner for those in the mood etc, before we have our grand opening Saturday morning.

I'll be updating this post as info comes in, so let me know if anything changes too, please.

Awesome.

I have entered terminal excitement phase. Yuss!

*****

Wellingtonians:

arysteia --> off work Friday
china_shop --> off work Friday
vaudevilles --> free for lunch
ariadne83 --> dinner Friday
nishatalitha -->dinner Friday
maudlinrose -->dinner Friday
morebliss
woolly_socks

Wairarapa and points north:

mab_browne and cross_stitchery (honorary *g*) --> 6pm Fri
blue_raven --> 10am Sat

Aucklanders:

shihadchick and katrin (honorary *g*) --> 9pm Thurs
missiedith (honorary *g*) --> 5.45pm Fri
blademistress and stickmarionette --> 6/7pm Fri
the_antichris --> 6/7pm Fri
prudence_dearly --> 7.35pm Friday (dessert?)
sethra2000 --> 8pm Friday (dessert?)

Dunedinites:

dewey3067 --> 6pm Fri

Sydneysiders:

alasen and meelie and sinden --> 2pm Fri
engenda --> 4pm Fri
erilyn --> 11.59pm Fri (yes, that's what it says!)

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.

Yes ladies, the madness has started.

not_nele has arrived, and immediately been put to work.

Enter the complete batshit insanity of arysteia.

"Let's move this couch", quoth I.

"Absolutely," replied the unwitting victim. "It's the lightest couch in the world."

Which was fine. Until we hit the narrowest staircase in the world. With a 3/4 turn in it.

And got stuck.

It was like that scene in Friends where Ross was too cheap to get the new couch delivered and they all got stuck while he impotently shouted, "Pivot! Pivvv-ottttt!"

But with giggling instead of shouting. And then I added insult to injury by remembering that I had the balcony doors open and we could just have walked outside.

Doh!

So when we managed to untangle ourselves we did that. And then while I was laughing I let go of the couch too soon and it hit the wall. Which would have been fine with any of the five other couches I moved today (alone!), but no, it was the one with the wooden frame.

So it put a huge dent in the gib.

Nele goggled, but nothing fazed I went and got the plaster and fixed it.

"Do this a lot, do you?" she asked.

Um, no? I was doing DIY last weekend?

In better news, the groceries have been delivered (remember your $20 because Woolworths is now rich and I am now poor), and meals are in the oven. I may be mad as a brush, but I have moments of brilliance too.

Roll on!

Can the following please confirm time of arrival?

sethra2000: Thursday

shihadchick and the_antichris: Friday

cross_stitchery and mab_browne: Friday

Everyone else I have, and am expecting.

Just to confirm, does everyone who hasn't been here before have my address?

Right, so this is the official When I am Arriving post. Just so I know when to expect ravening hordes. Please add all future announcements, updates, ETAs and changes here.

not_nele is on an afternoon flight on Thursday, and leaving with her compatriots Monday morning.

sethra2000 is flying in on Thursday night and leaving Monday evening.

shihadchick and the_antichris are driving down on Thursday, heading on up to SLM on Friday, and leaving Sunday evening.

engenda arrives in Wellington at 11.25 pm on Thursday night and departs at 3.40 pm on Monday afternoon.

erilyn and iibnf are arriving on the same flight, and heading off into the northern yonder on Monday morning.

meelie and alasen get in around 2pm Friday afternoon, but appear to have lust for a bakery in Cuba Mall (Konditorei? Dorothy's?) and are on a mission thataway before SLM. They're getting the ferry south on Monday morning.

cross_stitchery and mab_browne are coming down by train on Friday. [arriving afternoon or evening?]

kiwisue will be in town with the familia, arriving at SLM Friday [you said evening, but I think you could aim for afternoon if you want], and flying out Monday afternoon.

blademistress and stickmarionette are arriving at 8:30 am Saturday morning and flying out Monday at 9:30 am.

wooly_socks is going to be a day girl, and come to individual sessions.

From all of which I deduce that the bulk of people are here for at least part of Friday. Don't worry if you're not, we won't start pictionary or anything important without you. I suspect most people will have naps. And the rest of us will watch porn highly edifying edjumacational programmes. But we will have an orientation dinner, methinks. And cocktails.

china_shop and vaudevilles are you taking the Friday off work???