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burntcopper) wrote2003-06-30 12:31 pm
burntcopper) wrote2003-06-30 12:31 pm
The weekend
Went to a Hawaiian beach-type indoor barbeque party at Tors', for the hardcore congoers, complete with lei, two paddling pools in one corner of the room, one a mini ball-pool, the other filled with sand that had sandcastles occasionally appearing until someone knocked them over. Much alcohol, fannish geeking, a bit of slash, bugger all sleep and the eating of way too many sausages. Con regulars - Cathy, Phil, Tors, Stewart, Ming, Alex, Claire, Sonja, SloopyJon, Neil, and some others whose names I can't remember right now.
For anyone who's been to End of Days, they may remember the trio of blokes dressed up as the Troika in 'We are as Gooooooooods!' togas, and also movie X-men outfits. We had Alex - the blonde one, tres Andrew at this - and it turns out they're the inspiration for the Troika, due to cornering Joss at the N3K cocktail party for an hour. Alex's "Mmmm, Captain Archer." is far too amusing.
Many ball fights - Chewtoy and Alex being two of the targets - a bit of HP discussion, sending those who hadn't read it to the other side of the room - ranting about the crapness of Voyager, geeking the next morning whilst watching Galaxy Quest, which you really can't totally appreciate until you've watched it in the company of fellow geeks, watching an old ep of the VR D&D-type late eighties kiddy show Knightmare, where we shuddered over the eighties fashions of the contestants and kept encouraging the death icon to get closer and closer to the contestant (if it degraded totally or floated directly over the contestant in the helmet, bye-bye contestant), discussed the incredible campness of the Dungeonkeeper and his sidekick elf-boy who had a habit of appearing draped over him, then introduced Ming to the happy love that is A Knight's Tale. Where we all roundly abused the stupid princess.
Oh bugger. I left my Knights of Malta tea towel Ming got me when I requested tourist tat from his fencing trip at Tors'. Argh.
Now I must go post office and waitrose. Why do they have to be in different directions? Why?
For anyone who's been to End of Days, they may remember the trio of blokes dressed up as the Troika in 'We are as Gooooooooods!' togas, and also movie X-men outfits. We had Alex - the blonde one, tres Andrew at this - and it turns out they're the inspiration for the Troika, due to cornering Joss at the N3K cocktail party for an hour. Alex's "Mmmm, Captain Archer." is far too amusing.
Many ball fights - Chewtoy and Alex being two of the targets - a bit of HP discussion, sending those who hadn't read it to the other side of the room - ranting about the crapness of Voyager, geeking the next morning whilst watching Galaxy Quest, which you really can't totally appreciate until you've watched it in the company of fellow geeks, watching an old ep of the VR D&D-type late eighties kiddy show Knightmare, where we shuddered over the eighties fashions of the contestants and kept encouraging the death icon to get closer and closer to the contestant (if it degraded totally or floated directly over the contestant in the helmet, bye-bye contestant), discussed the incredible campness of the Dungeonkeeper and his sidekick elf-boy who had a habit of appearing draped over him, then introduced Ming to the happy love that is A Knight's Tale. Where we all roundly abused the stupid princess.
Oh bugger. I left my Knights of Malta tea towel Ming got me when I requested tourist tat from his fencing trip at Tors'. Argh.
Now I must go post office and waitrose. Why do they have to be in different directions? Why?
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Seems to be another classic case of Starship Trooper no taste wet girly syndrome: just what the Hell do Rico and Will see in Carmen and Jocelyn versus Diz and Kate?!? Are they blind or deaf or somehow mentally deficient?!?
Oh bugger. I left my Knights of Malta tea towel Ming got me when I requested tourist tat from his fencing trip at Tors'. Argh.
I imagine Jean Parrisot de la Vallete is spinning in his grave right now... That tea towel, or at least another copy of it, will be my entry in the proposed tackiest souvenir competition we're planning on next years Malta Open trip! A Coats of Arms of the Grandmasters of the Knights of Malta tea towel: you just can't buy class like that!
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I think the writers don't think the muscle for brains type (Rico and Will) have brains, eyes or anything similar full stop. Everyone I know prefers Kate and Diz, and that includes the supporting characters in ths film... Maybe it's that the intelligent best-friend girls have too many brains for the hero and the writers don't think the heroes deserve them.
I imagine Jean Parrisot de la Vallete is spinning in his grave right now... That tea towel, or at least another copy of it, will be my entry in the proposed tackiest souvenir competition we're planning on next years Malta Open trip! A Coats of Arms of the Grandmasters of the Knights of Malta tea towel: you just can't buy class like that!
Tors is very nicely looking for it this evening...
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Apart from the writers, it seems...
Maybe it's that the intelligent best-friend girls have too many brains for the hero and the writers don't think the heroes deserve them.
Jeez. So we're supposed to identify with neanderthals with highly questionable taste in women?!?
Tors is very nicely looking for it this evening...
I vaguely recall you setting it aside on a shelf near the TV, along with the photos from End of Days and Silver Arrow fairly early on Saturday evening, if that helps.
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