Atlantic City Shindig
POSTED BY: Nadja
UPDATED: Saturday, October 11, 2003 01:45
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I want to see pictures too!!!!! 
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Originally posted by Melee:
Sarah! You ARE COMING TO VERMONT WOMAN! LostAngel says she'll drive down and get you if she has to!
*hugsforSarah*
Oh, and whenever someone said they hadn't read the Chronicles Angel immidiatly berated them for it and insisted the hop over here and read them right away... you see, we love you!
You're so sweet, xiaojie! I can't wait to see all y'all's pictures and fun. And thanks, I guess, for the shouting (or shout out) on my behalf.
I need, as I'm sure many people do, more information on this Vermont shindig. The way it's going, I think I'll have no choice between you and Angel and vengeful Philomel.
Will there be sledding and snowman building and hot toddies? Frankly, I quail at the thought of Vermont in the winter. It was 50 degrees on the way to work this morning and that is cold enough for me!
Xie xie, xiaojie. Aihao. And more info!
Sarah
I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case
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Sarah! you have to go! If I have to, you have to!! i mean, Angel and Melee are forcing me to come back for it, and I start class 2 days before. So.. not fun as far as travel time.
VT winters are fun! I can't ski, and i hate weather, but i've survived quite a few VT winters. You would only have to deal with one weekend of it. At least it will be cold enough for a brown coat. It was way too warm in AC.
~*Saint of Cheese*~
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Saint of Cheese and Melee,
You guys are great. It was shiny putting a name to a face. I am trying to convince my family we should all go to Vermont for a family vacation.
That will be a fun shindig. Meeting Browncoats is the best.
Hope to see more people there.
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Nadja: We made it home okay, only got rained on a little, and the ride back thru Philly was a lot easier. It was so great to meet you and Eugin (sp?), hope to see you in VT!
Melee, Saint, and FFP -- and Nono, Angel, Gem, HawkMoth, ALC, Momisme, Betsy... and everyone else whose names I can't recall at the moment (sorry!): It was great meeting you guys too. We had such a blast, it was over way too quickly.
Sarah, and the rest of you guys: Y'all better be in VT. That's the only thing that kinda sucked about the shindig, that you guys weren't there.
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"Say that to my face."
"I said: you're a coward, and a piss-pot. Now, what are you gonna do about it?"
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Originally posted by FireflyPassenger:
Saint of Cheese and Melee,
You guys are great. It was shiny putting a name to a face. I am trying to convince my family we should all go to Vermont for a family vacation.
That will be a fun shindig. Meeting Browncoats is the best.
Hope to see more people there.
It was shiny, wasn't it? It helped a lot to meet other people with a similar obsession. I put a lot of faces with the names, but there are still many that i am confused about. Too many people to get to know, not enough time...
~*Saint of Cheese*~
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Originally posted by FireflyPassenger:
Saint of Cheese and Melee,
You guys are great. It was shiny putting a name to a face. I am trying to convince my family we should all go to Vermont for a family vacation.
That will be a fun shindig. Meeting Browncoats is the best.
Hope to see more people there.
It was shiny, wasn't it? It helped a lot to meet other people with a similar obsession. I put a lot of faces with the names, but there are still many that i am confused about. Too many people to get to know, not enough time...
And i have to leave VT only 2 days before the shindig!! why oculdn't it be a week earlier? I have a frelling month off... grr.. arg..
~*Saint of Cheese*~
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Um, and every breath we drew?
Yes, it's me, the disembodied voice that was here, then wasn't. My computer is better, and more importantly, my body is back in shape.
I just wanted to thank y'all for showin' up and making the shindig so shiny. My only regret was not being able to spend time with half as many people as I was able to. I didn't even get to be taken out by that cute guy that I met down there! Then again, if I couldn't spend any time with my browncoats, then it just wouldn't be right to spend it with a cute stranger (anyone see that boy's abs?)
Oh boy, did I have fun anyway. Melee, Saint, and Driver, you guys were the best room-mates I could have had. Cavewitch was the best - back rubs for all! Nono was the backbone of this whole thing, and we raised money for our Charity and others too.
So: Here's a breakdown of the weekend as far as I could see, but keep in mind that I was running around most of the time and couldn't see everything that went on.
Friday afternoon into evening we had the getting-to-know-you barbeque. I met some people in passing, and will forever curse the day that I was put on a second floor room with the bbq on the first floor. The upside is that I have killer thighs and calves. I met Lerxst and his better half, Flycatcher (he never DID explain why he's called Pickles), Cavewitch, Melee, Saint of Cheese, Heavily Armed Kangaroo (her new nickname is Driver), Po1s, Nadjaunseen, PuffGirl2, Aristotle'slovechild and his better half, Rhobynish, the rest of the Chicago Browncoats, Rosa (her new nickname of Shimmy is WELL deserved) Dar and Irish (two of the best peoples I ever met), Maystone, and so many others. Now mind you, I wasn't able to stick around and talk to them, I just smiled and sent the late comers off to find some decent food. Of course there was a bar around the corner, so some of us turned in much later than others.
After the get together, we had a hoop ball tournament, and it was played with all of the rules that the original was played with: get the ball through the hoop. How is up to you. The first round was somewhat civilized, but everyone got the hang of it after that and mayhem and bloodshed abounded after that. (Rich, our hearts went out for your hand and knees) Of course some of the moves did border on molestation, but it was all fair and within the rules, so it's all good.
The next morning was a little painful to experience for some, but that was to be expected. Even though the weekend was a BYOB, the B was brought and handed around with much enthusiasm and generosity. People meandered on the boardwalk (I found some much needed accessories for my Inara-inspired costume with the help of my walking gang.) There was a PT Cruiser weekend taking place, and there were 200 PT Cruisers on display on the boardwalk. Much effort and money was put into every car we saw. We all agreed that we were much better off for being Firefly fans as we didn't put anywhere near as much money into our hobby as these people put into theirs. We did agree that there should have been a firefly Cruiser. We agreed that little dolls of the Tams clinging to the side of the Cruiser would have made a nice touch.
We went on a cruise in the afternoon but in my opinion, the scenery was nice, but the real attraction was sitting down in the sun and hanging out with my brethren - and sistren. I did yell at anyone who didn't read the Chronicals because they avoided fanfic, and Melee, Saint, and Rosa serenaded us with that Halleluiah song. The booze was too expensive, and the snacks were little baggies of doritos, so we just waved at all the people passing us by. We were by far the rowdiest people on the boat. Then again, we did make up half of the passengers, so it was only natural. Kudos to the borwncoats that started a stadium wave on the second deck, even though some people didn't exactly know what you all were doing. We did, and that's all that counts.
That night was the actual Shindig part of the shindig. Almost everyone was dressed up, even if it meant dress
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Originally posted by lostangel:
Um, and every breath we drew?
But VT is not that far away, and there are plenty of people who can't wait to go. Sarah, I mean it when I say you're comin' to this one if I have to drive down to Hoover and get you myself.
Was hallelujah! Wonderful stories! Tell more! Post pictures! Grr. Argh.
And somebody in the know seriously needs to get the Vermont info out there. Not that the Lost Angel invasion of Alabama wouldn't be a hoot.
I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case
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Not that the Lost Angel invasion of Alabama wouldn't be a hoot.
Funny you should say that.....
Me and my bunkies all agreed that your Chronicals made us want to chuck it all and go on an angsty road trip of our own. I promised them that if I ever won the lottery, I'd pick them all up, and snatch you, then we'd all go on one together.
BTW, I'll be in #firefly tonight.
Smooches!
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WASH: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.
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