Stalking the social events of the year

[fluffymark]

I'm not trying to avoid my lovely housemates. Really I'm not. It's just there's so many exciting things going on I'm reduced to skulking back home like a thief in the middle of the night, collapsing into bed with exhaustion and never seeing them! Finally, after far too many long slow trainrides and dodgy buses and the like at some ghostlike time well after 2am on a Monday night, when nobody else is out, I got back from a weekend-that-went-on-and-became-a-bit-more. *zonk*

Firstly, there was the Elephant of sensory overload, which no image or words can really do justice to, as it was an assault on all the senses (including those of wetness! Wheee splashy wet elephant!) So much of this oriental wizardry was dreamlike and I didn't really follow the story that was supposedly unfolding, but I didn't have to. It was just a weirdness happening right there in central london, causing chaos wherever it went. And sadly I had to wave byebye to Elephant and zoom off on a very-slow-train-because-the-mainline-is-closed-yet-AGAIN-AAARGH! to Cambridge for the social event of the year. *squeeee*

atreic and emperor both looked stunningly beautiful at their Wedding Ceilidh (evil_nick's photos). atreic's wedding dress is indeed a thing of much loveiness to behold, and spun nicely when she was dancing. I approve muchly! Squeees and bouncey congratulations to them both, and yay for many pretty people there! Somehow, and I've still no idea how this all works and how everything fits together, they'd conspired to arrange several of my circles of friends all under the same roof, causing me much joy. There was a reunion of sorts of Ardgour people, but also many goths, geeks and even dancers many who I'd not seen since my Cambridge days, as well as various randoms like yvesilena, who I'd not seen in far too long and spend much time hugging and squeeeing at. How do all these different people know each other? *mystified* Ceilidhs are good as they are a wonderful excuse to flirt outrageously with both close friends and complete strangers, although I'm sad we ran out of dances before getting to ask atreic for a dance. I enjoyed very nice dances with lovely ghoti, yvesilena, aiwendel, mirabehn, strongtrousers (oh random dance of doom!), medieval_bunny and deborah_c, who I hope didn't mind my overenthusiatic swinging *spinspinspin*, and then suddenly we ran out of dances before I ran out of pretty people to dance with, but there was still lots of cake, and it was GOOD cake, so all is forgiven. Maybe. I'd still like to flirt more. *wrysmile*

There was a lot of rain. This was a good thing and a bad thing. Lots of train rides and rain streaking down the train windows make me oddly happy, watching the warmly snug train race across the gloomy wet landscape. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. It did kill my getting-out-and-being-sociable plans for Sunday, or maybe I was feeling overpeopled, but after being cruelly woken up by a zonky cassielalone heading for work, I spent a long time watching the rain splash down in the puddles outside and decided that warm-bed indoors was far preferable to going outside, and besides there was cassielalone's anime library of joy to tempt me to stay in. Yay for Noir - I now have an unhealthy crush on Chloe, to the extent of using interweb found images of Chloe at work today for testing purposes (yes, I now download anime images as part of my work ... how nice is that?? *squeee*)

Now, maybe I'm strange like this, but I have no problems in considering "just hopping over to Reading for the evening", even on a weekday, a perfectly normal thing to do. I've done it many times, and yesterday it was taimatsu's birthday, so it seemed a good enough reason to go again. Despite all the drama this always entails, as I only noticed late on Sunday I'd have no time to go home as I was travelling to work direct from Cambridge on Monday morning. I got a sudden shock when the train claimed it was not stopping at Reading and the first stop was in WALES or something, but it lied and somehow I ended up in Reading at just the right time, for lovely Wagamama goodness, and er ... a ... er ... film. Which will remain nameless, although it was so dreadfully bad it was actually really hilariously good. And you know, there was a trailer of the next Pirates of the Caribbean so maybe all is forgiven. *deppdrool*

And then, the train home cunningly timed to arrive in Paddington just as the tube shuts. You know that really annoying half hour between about 12:30 and 1AM where although there might be night buses heading out from central london, you'll be very lucky to find any night buses heading towards the center? Yes, well I got caught by that yet again and the journey home took a very very long time indeed. I is dead today. *collapses*

All of which completely fails to come close to the burning question of the day! Which is - are any of you lovely people organizing a Eurovision Song Contest Party on May 20th, or shall I throw my own one? Tell me now!

[Poll #725595]

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

There's a Wagamama in Reading? Suddenly it looks good for more reasons than Sound Machine! Where?

[fluffymark]

On the Riverfront by the Oracle, just along from the cinema. My Wagamama-finding powers located it easily despite not knowing Reading that well. And they cook the food well at that one too (some Wagamama places skimp on preparing the food properly! I can tell!)

[gothic-violin.livejournal.com]

You party animal! Daft question really, but do you know a chap by the name of Dave King who lives in Reading and dances with OBJ Morris; otherwise I'll have to wait and see if he turns up at Sidmouth ( I owe him an apology! :@ ).

Sounds like you're having a great time albeit exhausting - the Ceilidh looked fun. Keep saying this but have to catch up with you sometime - in the next two weeks perhaps, unless you're already booked up?!

Hope you're recovering even if slowly but surely and try to take care fo yourself.

Lol and many hugs, A.X :)

[fluffymark]

Sweetie, you are being daft asking me questions like that. I don't know a Dave King. In fact, I don't know many people in Reading, I just visit there relatively often. Despite what lots of people would have you believe, I'm not some magic uber-person who knows everyone in every circle of people ever, even though it may seem that way to the casual observer. I'm just little me and I know the people I know! :)

You must visit here, my pretty! We have a lovely place. Or I wouldn't be averse to be invited places if you have other ideas. Weekday evenings appear to be free this week and next, so name a day that's good for you, and we'll sort something out! :)

*lots of hugs back*

[deborah_c]

I didn't mind in the least! I've only really discovered (vaguely) ballroom-ish dancing at all this year, and I love the feeling of it, of depending so utterly on another person. (And it's not often I get held tight by an attractive man, of course ;-)

[fluffymark]

*blush* you'rre being too nice, of course! :P

Dancing is a real joy, once you're past the "eeek scary don't know what I'm doing" phase. It takes confidence and to some degree, trust, in what your partner will do for really good dancing. Poor dancers are afraid of their partner's personal space. I learnt loads by dancing the night away with some very keen dancers at several all-night French dances whilst I was a student.

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

Bother bother bother. In wrong country. I shall never get to go to a eurovision party ever!

[mooism.livejournal.com]

Which country are you going to be in that does not show eurovision?

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

Well, not in Europe for a start. And I don't know anyone in New York who may be having a Eurovision party....

[fluffymark]

Wah! I do wonder what the americans think of eurovision. Do they realise it's all a big joke?

[the-lady-lily.livejournal.com]

Have just yelled the question across the hall to a_geo_girl, who replied (slightly confused-ly) 'I don't know much about it, except... eeeep?', which probably sums it up nicely.

[fluffymark]

Ah, that would make sense, I think.

I just had a scary thought that some nutters might declare the Eurovision Song Contest to be a Weapon of Mass Destruction and invade Europe on humanitarian grounds to save us all from certain peril!

[inskauldrak.livejournal.com]

If you wish to hold your own Eurovision party, dear Princess Fluffymark, then consider our place available (subject to E's happiness).

Indeed, after the last one you hosted, it would be a positive pleasure... so long as I get invited to it again : )

I know I shouldn't like Eurovision. But. Yay! Yay! Yay! : ) : )

[fluffymark]

*nods* Yay! If that happens, and we get anything other than a very small number of people, I may temporarily relocate the TV from smallest-room-in-house to my bedroom or something. I've not decided yet.

[strongtrousers.livejournal.com]

I've never really done the eurovision thing, but that's mostly a lack of other interested parties. Unfortunately, I will be at the birthday party of cantabulous and demona_hw so won't actually get my fix. gnargh.

Also Yay! Dance of Silly Doom!

[fluffymark]

I didn't used to do the whole eurovision thing. I thought "EW bad music and awful dancing MAKE IT STOP!". Then one year we accidentally threw a dinner party on the same evening as eurovision, and everyone got tipsy, and someone told me Tatu were performing, and I like Tatu, so we turned the TV on, and suddenly I got what Eurovision was about. Mocking everything! Mocking the performers, mocking the presenters. Mocking the voting-system-of-doom! And now every year I need my fix of silly dances and costumes to giggle at. I'm doomed!

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

I so loved the hugging and squeeing.

Also, decided I would definitely like to take you up on your kind offer :) Please could you email er.. .since my hotmail is deadly full and bouncing, eve.jacques@gmail.com to discuss this? I've forgotten your email addy. <3

[fluffymark]

I've not forgotten about this - I do need to speak to a few people first. And I'm hopeless when it comes to email nowadays, but my email address is on my userinfo page! :P

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

Oops, silly me, was not signed in last time I checked your userinfo, so your email didn't show up. :)

[taimatsu]

I will be in London on the 20th. Technically we may be attempting to have a 'Get-all-our-friends-to-say-goodbye-to-the-house' party, but my father is failing to organise it, and I might be free in the evening anyway. So would you let me know the details of your party if you have one, by email or phone?

Thank you for coming to my birthday meal - it was very lovely to see you. :)

[fluffymark]

It was lovely to see you for your birthday (and also at C+M's party at the weekend). There should be more Lucy, as Lucy is a good thing! :)

Party is on, although "party" might be an overstatement, still you're more than welcome to come on Saturday. I'll post details later, and give you a call if you like? :)

*hugs lovely lucy*

[taimatsu]

I'm interested in coming on Saturday, as the family thing I was going to be doing is postponed. Would you let me know the basic details by text and/or alert me when you have posted about it? If it's before 4pm Thursday I can then check your journal for address/info/etc. *hug* You are super and fabulous.

[fluffymark]

Yay! I will do that. :)

[fluffymark]

Have posted about Saturday. Briefly- Eurovision is at 8, arrive anytime after 6. Also planned is Dr Who and I'll probably order in some sushi or something. I'll email you some directions at some point.