Galactica 2, detox, and Chicago
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burntcopperThe first two are very, very intertwined.
G2 - I'll get the squeeing out of the way. Kandyse (Dualla) is ridiculously gorgeous, tiny, and laughs a lot. Paul Campbell (Billy) is a) gorgeous and b) hilarious and incredibly dirty. On the sunday he managed to stop the entire talk in its tracks because we laughed for five minutes straight. Aaron (Chief to you) is... Aaron. We fanboy him liek whoa. We'll even dance like loons when he cons the DJs into playing Irish music. Nicki (Cally) is adorable. We'll stop going 'awwww' in a minute, honest. Also had Dan Bacon (you may recognise him as doing Walter's job on SG-1 in early S2/3, and from Dead Like Me) who originally just tagged along as a mate of Aaron's and then got up on stage and was very funny and revealing about auditioning, since he works a lot as a reader.
No, no spoilers, beyond there's a fight-club type ep in 8 with everyone going rounds on each other. They were mean. But there will be webisodes to tell us what's happening. The Daventry hotel? Verrrrry nice and fabulous for small cons. Pity it's so far away from anywhere. Also, a pool and outdoor giant chess.
Discos, fairly quiet compared to your average Starfury, and it's the first time I've seen Tiffany actually clear a dancefloor. Normally it crams it, and then you play Chesney Hawkes to *really* cram it. Guests joined in con dances and giggled like nutters whilst doing Star Trekking. Dan taught us the Electric Slide and kept improvising whilst doing so, the bastard. All guests in bar. Kandyse and Paul got initiated as Jedi Master Chefs, Kandyse now wants her own (purple) light saber and got very pouty when she had to give it to Paul, so Neil gave her the nerf cannon and she shot Paul with it.
Me and Jackie won joint first place as Six. Go us. *smug* Jedi Chefs 2nd as Team America (Aaron couldn't stop quoting) and Shaun got 3rd as Crashdown.
Other stuff... er.... We found a piano in the bar and Tamsin proceeded to play most nights post-disco. Jedi Chefs flash-mobbed Aaron's talk on Saturday as the legion of David Carusos. (Basically, you can get a wondrous ten minute rant out of Aaron on the subject of David Caruso and CSI Miami). I have tag-team abuse written on my group photo between the guests.
Monday spent asleep. Lurched into work this morning, spent entire day detoxing. it turns out noodles are good for this, as well as the requisite lake of water. Thought 'fuck it, showtime' once I'd recovered mid-afternoon and bought a ticket to Chicago. Jennifer Ellison was in it, heard good reports of when she did it with JB, and it was fun. flashy, amoral, silly, and sexy. Could've probably done with a bigger stage and Billy Flynn has been completely spoiled for me by John as I was going 'hold it, that note shoul've been held longer!'. However, all of cast v. good and we hug the guy playing Amos lots.
G2 - I'll get the squeeing out of the way. Kandyse (Dualla) is ridiculously gorgeous, tiny, and laughs a lot. Paul Campbell (Billy) is a) gorgeous and b) hilarious and incredibly dirty. On the sunday he managed to stop the entire talk in its tracks because we laughed for five minutes straight. Aaron (Chief to you) is... Aaron. We fanboy him liek whoa. We'll even dance like loons when he cons the DJs into playing Irish music. Nicki (Cally) is adorable. We'll stop going 'awwww' in a minute, honest. Also had Dan Bacon (you may recognise him as doing Walter's job on SG-1 in early S2/3, and from Dead Like Me) who originally just tagged along as a mate of Aaron's and then got up on stage and was very funny and revealing about auditioning, since he works a lot as a reader.
No, no spoilers, beyond there's a fight-club type ep in 8 with everyone going rounds on each other. They were mean. But there will be webisodes to tell us what's happening. The Daventry hotel? Verrrrry nice and fabulous for small cons. Pity it's so far away from anywhere. Also, a pool and outdoor giant chess.
Discos, fairly quiet compared to your average Starfury, and it's the first time I've seen Tiffany actually clear a dancefloor. Normally it crams it, and then you play Chesney Hawkes to *really* cram it. Guests joined in con dances and giggled like nutters whilst doing Star Trekking. Dan taught us the Electric Slide and kept improvising whilst doing so, the bastard. All guests in bar. Kandyse and Paul got initiated as Jedi Master Chefs, Kandyse now wants her own (purple) light saber and got very pouty when she had to give it to Paul, so Neil gave her the nerf cannon and she shot Paul with it.
Me and Jackie won joint first place as Six. Go us. *smug* Jedi Chefs 2nd as Team America (Aaron couldn't stop quoting) and Shaun got 3rd as Crashdown.
Other stuff... er.... We found a piano in the bar and Tamsin proceeded to play most nights post-disco. Jedi Chefs flash-mobbed Aaron's talk on Saturday as the legion of David Carusos. (Basically, you can get a wondrous ten minute rant out of Aaron on the subject of David Caruso and CSI Miami). I have tag-team abuse written on my group photo between the guests.
Monday spent asleep. Lurched into work this morning, spent entire day detoxing. it turns out noodles are good for this, as well as the requisite lake of water. Thought 'fuck it, showtime' once I'd recovered mid-afternoon and bought a ticket to Chicago. Jennifer Ellison was in it, heard good reports of when she did it with JB, and it was fun. flashy, amoral, silly, and sexy. Could've probably done with a bigger stage and Billy Flynn has been completely spoiled for me by John as I was going 'hold it, that note shoul've been held longer!'. However, all of cast v. good and we hug the guy playing Amos lots.
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Date: 2006-08-09 05:39 pm (UTC)