Are there any Browncoats in MD?!?
POSTED BY: GrantAchilles
UPDATED: Sunday, March 28, 2004 07:48
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Numerous places to meet. There could be a meeeting down at the Inner Harbor at one of the venues there, like the National Aquarium or some other large, easy to find location.
Bunch of restaurants down that way too. Maybe meeting at a museum or a planetarium would work. I would be up for that as well. The folks up north would eed to drive down 83 until they got into the downtown area.
What about near another famous ship that got taken out of active duty-like the Constellation? Once people meet there they could decide on a place to hang out at, given the limitation that many butts would need many seats in the same place.
If folks are driving from Richmond, then B'more might be a tad too north. Columbia might work for that then.
Keep me in the loop.
dchoat@arl.army.mil
Oh yeah, hi. I live in Colesville, near the Washington Beltway.
"Could you be more specific"?
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umm.. I suggest figuring out where to go and what to do BEFORE meeting down there.. cause it can be cold out and organisation is a good thing.
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Whatever works. I figure the purpose is to meet and yak about FF. Anything else is incidental, unless the yakking is supposed to occur in some pre-defined framework like a party or a pub crawl or something.
March may very well be a sunny time, and as for indoors, plenty of places to go downtown, plenty.
Nail down the time and meeting place first, then let the commitee gathered therein decide where they want to go. Keep it simple so it gets done.
Merely suggestions, mind you.
"Could you be more specific"?
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Nope...I think I am the only one on the pothole state though......Damn allergies.....
~Jodi~
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From my thread on the OB:
Just got back from my local Baltimore Farpoint convention at the Hunt Valley. Great great convention, tons of fun, and I'm on the staff and got to help with the masquerade (as a runner).
Of course, can't live up to last year. Ah, the famous Snow Con. Anyone remember the freak snow storm exactly a year ago in the Maryland area? Yeah, we all got snowed in at Farpoint. It had to be extended, because the roads were all closed. None of the guests could leave, we were all in that hotel together. There was snow piled up outside like I've never seen since 1996. Adventure of a lifetime.
But that was last year ;) I get off-topic.
I regret that there was little more than a Firefly open-discussion, which I of course attended. And, in my own small way, I represented by doctoring my staff badge (see - stick a tiny piece of paper into it) to include the message : "You can't take the sky from me, Firefly" And it worked, I got a few people commenting on the show, started conversations, peaked interest in them as aint yet seen our little show. Even got a friend who saw a few episodes and hated the show to consider giving it another try. (He even joined the open discussion, which was interesting)
I heard that someone was walking around in a Jayne hat. I wandered greatly, but never bumped into him. Too bad.
Long live the Browncoats. Oh, and I love cons. They're the best. When are any of the Firefly team gonna get themselves over to the east coast to be guests at a con here? I really REALLY would like it very much. *cough cough ahem*
So, anyone else on this forum attend Farpoint?
~Another Firefly fan
Keep flying
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I heard that someone was walking around in a Jayne hat. I wandered greatly, but never bumped into him. Too bad.
That would be my husband, Lodril, up there. I was out of town, so he went /on Valentine's Day/. ;) Anyway, I made him the hat.
I was wondering if we could plan ahead for next year (now now, i mean, but you know, before it comes around again) and for other conventions in the area to, as he put it, "represent". It'd be nice to show some episodes (ask Fox's permission maybe), get a booth (I could sell those stylin' hats for near nothing; we could sell buttons with slogans; blue sun shirts...), and generally create a buzz.
But yeah, a shindig in March would be nice. We should check out http://www.shindigified.com/for ideas about what to do with ourselves. I don't want anything gimmicky--just, you know, not that awkward, "You're shorter than I pictured" kind of moment.
As for location, we also have folks in southern PA, not just norhern VA. I really think we should break up into two groups or something so that no one has to suffer unduly (not me--I live on the Beltway in MD and work in Arlington so anything goes). But hey--it's your hairshirt.
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Why not get together to make baozi or dumplings? This would mean somebody's house.
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Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
I heard that someone was walking around in a Jayne hat. I wandered greatly, but never bumped into him. Too bad.
Ah, well, most of the 'con I was in armor, so you may have seen me sans Firefly stuff.
I also wore a Blue Sun shirt. My repetoire isn't limited to just hats you know.
Well, it's apparently limited to Jayne apparel at the moment, but I might break out in a Hawaiian shirt or something. Actually, I'd probably end up in an Alliance bellhop uniform before a Hawaiian shirt, but you never know.
Wish I'd seen there was an 'open discussion', or anything Firefly related going on. I pretty much just hung out with my 501st crowd. It was our official first event as a new Garrison, so we were all celebratory. We also had all those hot "troopies" in miniskirts this year, so the various other convention events are mostly a peripheral blur. ;)
So the next big con is Balticon, I guess... several months off. But never too early to start planning. I'm already working on my next costume project or three, and hopefully some of it will be ready by then. No Firefly stuff yet though. What else can one do at a convention to bring attention to the plight of our lovely series?
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