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Hi all!

So remember the knitting/crocheting exchange? The time is about upon us to get with the sending out of the creations. I figured that setting a date of about April 15 to post sounds about right from what people have told me. Can those of you participating confirm for me that you will be able to post out on that day?

Also, because we need to get addresses to post to, can you please email me with your addresses, that I may pass them along to your creator-person?

\Knitting/

Pretty fab weekend, even if it did involve falling out of bed this morning at 6am and hurting my back on the radiator. Ow.

I had a catwalksalone visiting, which was fab as I haven't seen her in aaaaaaages. I got to show her Star Trek for the first time and also, on Saturday, go to meet new fangirls as wildestranger was going to watch Cobra Starship with them. As ever, Travelling Man plus fangirls equals houuuuuurs of fun. And coffee/sugar highs from the mint mochas. Boy howdy!

There were some adorable boys who were all hair-over-one-eye and were clearly wanting us to clear out so that they could sit and play. It wasn't our fault really - if the staff hadn't used a load of the tables to display their wares then there would have been room for everyone. As it was, though, the boys kept leaving and then coming back half an hour or so later to "subtly" check if we'd left. Bless.

When we were 15-30 mins from leaving (to go get some all you can eat Chinese for £5.90 - nom) they came back. I decided that we should help them out and let them know we'd be leaving soon. I effected this by saying "Maybe I should say 'WE'RE LEAVING IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR' to them? So they know that WE'RE LEAVING IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR." Heh. They got the message and stuck around.

We got to the Chinese place and were seated, but the waiter seemed to be asking us for £10 each. I was all confused because the menu said £5.90 until 4pm. Plus, his english was not so great. Ok, so it was pretty awful (still, of course, better than my mandarin...) but I figured that he was trying to say that, no no, it was £10 on a saturday. Now, while I was happy to shell out £5.90 for all you can eat, call me cheap, but I was not handing over a tenner when there were plenty of other places to go. We got up and began the process of leaving, only for the guy to suddenly click, check the menu and call us back, assuring me that he was mistaken and it was £5.90 after all.

We all sort of forgave him for the price fail, though, as he was so damn precious in his efforts to understand us and allow us to understand him. He had a continual expression of mild confusion at all times. We sort of loved his efforts, even if they did cause us to look slightly like cheap idiots by getting up and down.

This morning Cat and I made some reservations at the con hotel for connotations quite simply because we were checking out the hotel and thought "Why not!" Now that is planning.

Now I'm off to bed to have my boy read another chapter of "The End of My Y" to me. Hopefully I can refrain from throwing myself from the bed.

Ok! So remember the INTERNATIONAL KNITTING/CROCHET EXCHANGE I mentioned a wee while ago?

Well, this is IT. Signing up. The details are as follows:

26 July 2009 - Sign up opens.

1 August 2009 - End sign up

2 August 2009 - Assignments sent out

10 March 2010 - Deadline to finish creating item (approx.)

15 March 2010 - Deadline to post item (to try and ensure that gifts are received by 21 March 2010)

Sign up is open for ONE WEEK from today. Everyone has a week to sign up and email me with the relevant details.

To sign up

Email me (airin underscore uk at yahoo dot co dot uk) with the following details:

1. Name: (LJ name at least)
2. Request details: Requests should include three options - an easy option, a medium option and a more complex item to make.

E.g. "Easy: Scarf. Something really long and in colours purple and/or pink and/or red. Medium: Some kind of throw. In blue and/or black and/or purple. Complex: Pair of knee-high stripey socks in black and/or green and/or yellow"

3. Skill level: Brief rundown of where you feel your skills lie.

E.g. "I'm pretty good at knitting - I can knit in multiple colours and quite complex. I can't crochet at all"

Or "I am still very new to knitting and crocheting. I'll be able to make something quite straightforward or something medium with only one colour"

(There will be the three skill levels to choose from, but this just gives me more to work with when assigning)

4. Any other relevant info: Anything else you feel might be relevant.

I chose the furthest date for completion because I figured that if people finish before that, it's easier to put an item aside to post in a few months, rather than rush people. It gives people almost eight months to get stuff done.

NOTE: There will be a safety net of 1 January 2010. If you get to that date and KNOW that you won't get yours finished, email me. I will look at taking over knitting the EASY option for your assignment. Obviously this would only be a last resort because I only have two hands and a certain number of hours in the day!

Any questions? Comment below! Or email me. Remember that you will need to give out your address closer to the time to allow items to be posted to you. (If you would prefer that only I have your address, I can arrange for items to be sent to me and then on to you).

Also? If there are people on your flist who you think might be into doing this but aren't on my flist, pimp this to them! The more, the merrier.

Yay! \knitting/

So remember how I wrote the epic post about Craig-Dean-and-why-I-love-Him?

Well I also wrote another section of meta after my re-watch that I forgot to edit into it. So now there's another *COUGH*1500*COUGH* words of meta added into the original. What? I find the boy fascinating, ok?

Edited into the original post here.

(Also? Cat and I finished the Epic Ending that we were writing \o/ Beta is done and only posting left to do later. \fic/)

Also also? Went to a Merlin Meet yesterday organised through merlin_north_uk. Before I went I didn't know anyone - no one was even on my flist! But it was so great - fangirls are AWESOME. There were eight of us and having so many brilliant fangirls leaving so nearby? Dude. FTW.

So - I guess I should post about the con/holiday that I just got back off. A little thing called muskratjamboree?

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I realise that I should look at posting a proper entry and all. And I may post a con/holiday report later if the jet lag doesn't KILL ME first.

But first I wanted to post and say HI. I ATEN'T DED.

Am on the sofa with laptop at Cat's parents' house where we are trying to stay up until 4pm before sleep is allowed. SEND HELP, I MAY DIE.

*Falls asleep on keyboard*

Had a FAB holiday and MJ. Although, as always, not enough time spent with awesome people.

(Also? Stanza on the ipod touch: new fav thing ever. Uploaded, amongst other things, mine and Cat's in-progress Epic Ending fic and read it aloud to her on the flight. Also read a bunch of fic. Fic on the go without needing someone to podfic it? WIN)

Did I mention that I miss you all?

I did a lot of walking this morning and I do a lot of my best thinking while I'm walking. (Also my best plotting and my best meandering over fictional boys FYI).

And this morning I was thinking about friends. Like, how catwalksalone and I are friends. I trust and love her and I trust that she loves me just as much as she says she does. I love seeing her and spending time with her. (Also? She makes me posts with .gifs of my favourite JP&C bit ever ♥♥♥)

But we disagree about a number of things. Cat really doesn't like RPS - I'm still heavily in an RPS fandom. She doesn't like Merlin fucking with the Arthurian legends. I'm dancing around in the Merlin fandom too. She loves Ray/Ray and Vecchio is her favourite favourite. I'm not really a big Vecchio fan at all.

Then there's mrsronweasley. Who I met when were were both into Remus/Sirius in a big way. But haven't shared a fandom with since about 2004. And yet I talk to Liz almost daily on IM and love her completely.

There's brooklinegirl and mayatawi who I don't think I've ever shared fandoms with. Or there's entropical87 and soupytwist who I can't seem to but HELP share a fandom with (they totally follow ME, dammit :P)

There are people on my flist from my HP days. And people who I met through SGA. There are Bandom people and Merlin people. Due South people from when Liz and Anna were in it. And people from fandoms I totally forget. There are people like strangecobwebs and dsudis who I met in person first and have happened to sometimes share fandoms with too.

There are people I've met in person and people I probably never will.

And yet.

Right now, Cat and I are sharing the intense love of boys, but I'm not stupid enough to think that our fannish love will always overlap. And Liz and I will probably never share a fandom again *yearns*. And I'll probably still crash fannishly into some people in every bloody fandom I'm ever in. But none of those things make them my friends.

It's so amazing to share fannish love with someone, but that isn't what makes me love being here. Here is about my friends. It's about knowing that regardless of what it is I'm loving-at-the-moment, the people around me know what it's like to love something that much.

And I'm not wording this very well - but what I'm trying to say is similar to something that Cat posted about recently. About how just because your opinions differ on some things, doesn't mean that you can't be friends. I know myself that I find it difficult to not take a debate or a disagreement personally, but I try really hard not to. And I can get upset about people I like vocally disliking something I love, even though I know that it's not about me. And, to me, argueing with someone is a huge trauma.

But though I can go through all of those things with people, in the end it's not about any of that. Any more than it is with someone that I always share the same opinions with. We all understand what it is to be fannish and what it means to get too emotionally involved with things (hello shiny new JP&C obsession...) and so while we might move on from shared fandoms, friends last through.

I always remember being in Boston with Liz. She was deeeeep into F/K and Due South. I was deeeeeeeep into John/Rodney and SGA. And we sat on her bed and talked for HOURS. About fandoms that the other person wasn't in and didn't really know at all. And it goes down as one of the happiest moments that I remember.

Which is all a long-winded way of saying that friends rock, in spite of our totally differing opinions. And also that you should all watch the John Paul and Craig stuff and come grin with me about it. (Or at least click on the link to Cat's post above and have a good stare at the .gif she posted *Goes herself*)

LJ to people who are in the same house as you? On the floor below? Or in the same BED as you?

Never. Not. Funny.

Or, otherwise stated as: Never. Not. Sad. \o/

We are nerds and we LOVE it.

I've been checking out all the amazing things that people have said about me on the Love meme. I was going to reply to all individually but I was all :DDDDDDDD and don't think I could do it justice. I love you alllllllll <3<3<3

(There's now four of us in the same bed. Win!)

mrsronweasley is running a love meme and I decided to join in for once.

I am here

I am NOT drunk.

If you want to join in the epic Merlin viewing then we're on AIM.

I'm airinuk and we're in "chat1231606517437"

Anyone is welcome. Any probs, comment here or ping my on AIM.

*Collects wine and munchies*

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