| Okay, tomorrow i'm off down to London as the BFI are showing 'Moonshot' as part of their Moon landing celebration. They have invited the director, who is coming to do brief Q&A, i believe - they did ask the cast but although it would be ABSOLUTELY SUPER if a certain someone did come too, it is highly unlikely...
  Meeting the girls down there, having a bite to eat before the show - it starts at 8.45pm for some reason and then piling into the bar for a few snorts before bed. Lise & i will do something 'cultural' for some part of Saturday... not a clue what she covers with that! i actually wouldn't mind doing some of the V&A and having lunch in Chinatown before we split up, something like that. Not sure what Sue has in mind; know she has some time to spare, so i'm hoping she'll come too. If she has done her shopping by then, of course!
Nicky will probably spend some of her morning trying to get Erykah out of bed - just kidding, guys!!
i've just put a change of clothes in my backpack and essentials. Hope i don't forget anything vital.
Cousin Anna comes for a short visit on Sunday, going home some time Tuesday. i haven't seen her for at least three years, so we have some catching up to do. i'll meet her at the station Sunday night, get her settled in the B&B and bring her home for a bite. i think i'll take her on one of those guided city bus tours, get off half way round and show her our all-week market and look at the shops. Have a quick lunch, get back on the bus and then later, dinner at the Lucky Star all-you-can-eat Chinese down at the Leisure Centre. Back here for a nightcap [B&B is close enough to walk from home]. That'll take care of Monday. She can check out and come here to chill and chew the fat till she is due to go, then i'll stick her in a taxi to catch the train home.
Wednesday is the AGM that i've been preparing for a few weeks now [i actually have to squeeze in a half hour meeting on Monday, while Anna is still here, which pisses me off somewhat]. So if you don't see me about, you'll know i'm going to be pre-occupied for a while.
Gad, it's sticky tonight... i've got the fan going full blast... Next time i move, or before if i get the money, i'm going to buy an air-conditioning unit. UK is getting warmer, not cooler and i HATE the heat. Don't mind if it's dry heat but damn it all, wherever i am, it never is and has humidity that turns leather green in a week!!
Have a great weekend, y'all!!
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| Happy Birthday, Angela!! Have a wonderful day... :D
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| i received this email from a friend here in the UK
Subject: FW: mobile directory
"As of Friday 19 June, all mobile numbers are being added to 118200 mobile phone directory, which means you are open to cold calling – this affects everyone using a mobile, including children.
If you wish to be ex-directory just go to the 118200 web site where you can remove your number:
http://www.118800.co.uk/removeme/remove.html"
i have just gone and told them ex-directory for my two mobiles... easy to follow
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| First of all, i have to apologise for the quality of the pictures and then the so-few that i took at CM15.
It will become self evident why,when you see the cubbyholes where the autographs were taken and how an actual entrance/exit gate was pressed into service as the main photographic area. There were SO MANY people that after a while, i simply gave up and stopped. If i had waited until there was a break in the traffic or when the crowds had thinned to try and take some shots of the guests, i'd be waiting still...
There are at least pictures of Messrs Nimoy, Fillion, Browder, Brooks & Gorman - pity about the aging groupie hanging on their collective arm! What a loverley bunch of coconuts! Well worth the effort... :D
http://www.pbase.com/lovejames/collectormania_15
Next year, Stuart promised me, it will be SO much better as the hall will be finished and a lot of the second tier of building will be done and may even be finished too? The proposed hotel will be built literally around the stadium and will be the Hilton Double Trees? if i got the name right. i just sorta fell into conversation with him and he was a really sweet man. i told him i was a regular and came to every one now - since James started coming, what was it CM7? He was concerned in case people were not going to come out to the Stadioum and when i said i would keep coming, actually said, 'Thank you very much' to my surprise.
It does need to be done as at the moment, it's open to the elements; the wind rushes through and when it rained, it got pretty damn cold if you stopped moving, even for me. You could see the guests well bundled up in their coats, with bedspreads tucked around their knees and one or two heaters pressed into service where possible. i was photographed in my jacket on both days, bit too cool to take it off!
It had been fairly quiet the day before but Saturday was like a river in flood and it wasn't a lot less on Sunday either. They had a damn fine turnout.
i'm in the process of doing a proper report and will post it in the next day or so, just wanted to touch base and say my pitiful photos are up!
Have a great week, y'all!
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DITTO!!
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| Okay, guys, this is my last post until i get back from CM15, which will be sometime on Sunday night - all being well. i'm going to go to bed early as the taxi's booked for 7am! Ugh. That's the only downside of having to get the bus over - and most likely having to pay, unless they don't count Saturday morning as peak times...
i wish i was going to see James but am consoling myself with the luminaries coming here, most of whom i have already mentioned [only Alice Krige has been added of any note, to me anyway. i will be having some photos done but taking my usual pics of the stars and crowd shots and with any luck, pictures of Erykah, Nicky, Lise & Sue! That will be just super - even if it is only for one day.
Take care and have a wonderful weekend!
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| taken from Kazzy Cee 1. What is one of the most embarrassing things that has ever happened to you?
Like i'm going to tell you! But i did try to demolish John Barrowman's signing table with a mobility scooter once...
2. What is one guilty pleasure that you indulge in?
None of my pleasures are 'guilty' - i try and watch 'Holmes on Homes' every day at 3pm, if i'm home but i don't class that as guilty... Can overindulge on Co-op's Fairtrade Coffee icecream, i love it too much!
3. What was your favourite show as a child?
Saw very little TV as a child, only visited UK rarely, but i'd have to say 'Dr Who', as it's really the only one i remember from that time
4. How much time a day do you spend on Facebook?
Very little, i have to remind myself to go there. i use it to keep in touch with friends
5. How old were you when you fell in love for the first time?
oh heavens... not sure if i'd call it 'love' but crushes, about 10, i guess. Love of serious kind would be a lot later, around 24-25 [i don't count the teenage lusts!].
6. Do you collect anything?
Way too many books - and earrings! Lots of James related things...used to collect dragons but had to stop due to lack of space!
7. What is your favourite song?
At the moment? It's a tie - James' 'Dance Slow' and the Cowboy song - and anything Beach Boys [never fails to cheer me up]
8. Have you ever written a sappy love poem?
yeah, years ago
9. How different is your adult life from what you imagined it to be at 16?
i had no vision of what it would be - but never wanted to marry or have kids, though i thought i might have to if i met someone 'special'. Luckily, or unluckily, i never did. Still waiting for a man i can't do without! Not counting friends...
10. If you could stay any age for the rest of your life, what would it be?
As long as i had the mind i have now, it would physically be about 17-18. Everything still worked and i hadn't broken anything major by then... But if it had to be with the same mind as then, i guess about 27
i wish i was going to Fangoria this weekend but i'll be plenty distracted as i'm off to Collectormania 15 on Saturday morning - staying over and doing Sunday too. Lots to think about & pre-plan.
i had booked a room already at the Campanile Hotel, not far from the MK Dons Stadium, in case i wanted to do both days, so that was okay. Then sorted out a wheelchair [which i'll take with me on the X5, they have room], which i'll pick up here on Friday morning. No Shopmobility out at the new venue, and i have no idea what sort of seating will be available there. i'll go straight to the Hotel and dump my bag in their luggage storage, just keep essentials for the day in my backpac and spend the day at the Stadium.
No idea what i'll do for dinner, cross that bridge when i come to it!
Staying overnight solves the problem of any late photos, which is nice and i can have those who will still be there, sign them if i want. i've got tickets for Leonard Nimoy, Nathan Fillion, Avery Brooks and Ben Browder on Saturday and Burn Gorman on Sunday. All the Sat guys are there Sunday, so, cool. Not sure if Burn's photo will be back in time to sign but i'm taking the Torchwood mag with me that i took to The Rift, for Naoko to sign [she's there just Sat] and Burn can sign that too.
CM15 have invited a load of famous Sporting legends this time and i note Darren Campbell [Olympic gold runner] will be there Sat and Sir! Henry Cooper on Sunday, along with a load of sportsmen from different fields [no pun intended!] Might just have to go say hello to Henry... :D
i hope to have company on Sunday as Erykah & Nicky, and hopefully Lise too, are coming. i shouldn't have too much to do, so hopefully get to hang out a bit, maybe have a bite along the way. i have to watch the time on Sunday, as the last bus back is 8.45pm and it takes two hours back to Cambridge.
It's all go, guys! Just made arrangements to go see James' 'Moonshot' down in London on the 3rd July - WOOOO HOOOO! Meeting some of the girls and making a night of it.... FUN to be had!
Also decided to go to London Film & Comic Con too, at Earls Court 18th-19th July. Never been before but i hear it's pretty big. Two days of interesting people, so i've booked a room very close to the Court just for Sat night. i'm determined to do as much as i can, while i still can. My shoulder joints have started to hurt way too much... The thought of replacing them?? *shudders* Maybe take a chair there too, will have to suss what is available - taking it on the Tube would be interesting!
Mmmm, that put a smile on my rather tired face - insomnia... i've had four hours sleep... *yawns* must go have some lunch...
later, guys!
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| This just in from Ginger "I have tickets to see Gillian Anderson in "A Doll's House" in London at the Donmare Warehouse on July 11. I have 1 ticket for the matinee and 2 for the evening performance. Earlier this year, I thought I would be able to go. That's not going to happen. Do any of you know someone who might want to buy the tickets?" Ginger's livejournal if you want them. http://vampgaia.livejournal.com/ | |
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