Hello, New People!

[rm]

Wow!

Just to let everyone know, I'm on a very tight deadline for the end of the month while also trying to get the apartment in order for the return of my partner who has been on an archaeological dig for the last three months.

I will get everyone added back, respond to comments, etc., but it's probably going to take a bit of time.

In the meantime, if there's anything you'd like me to know about you or would like to know about me or you're looking for an excuse to chatter amongst yourselves on something other than ConFail, please feel free to use the comments in this post.

Comments

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Yay, new people!

[irreparable.livejournal.com]

return of my partner who has been on an archaeological dig

Ooh! Which dig, can I be so bold as to ask? /history geek.

[rm.livejournal.com]

She's been working in Oman, first on an academic dig, and now on one for the government prior to the construction of a hotel on a site in Muscat. She does bronze age stuff, but I don't know the specific dig names or anything.

[moondancerdrake.livejournal.com]

What other cons do you go do (or will be going to this year?) You think Oddcon or Wiscon will be on that list?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Neither are on the list for this year. I'd really like to get to Wiscon eventually, it's just always a schedule problem it seems.

I'm a guest at Dragon*Con, so I'll be there, and I'm not sure what else we're doing this year (I'm trying not to schedule until my partner gets back, because we both have heavy travel schedules, and I don't want to load anything else into it without comparing notes properly), although there is a possibility of Balticon.

I know that for 2010 we'll probably go to World Fantasy because it's in my partner's home town, and that I'm already planning on GallifreyOne. And, truth be told, chances are I'll be Lunacon again, because it's just so local. I'd also like to get back to Arisia.

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

You should go to Wiscon next year! I'm totally going to go, considering how close I'll be.

[sparta5.livejournal.com]

I read in your profile that you're an actor. :) Which productions have you been in? Regarding fencing: epee, sabre, or foil?

I followed dsmoen 's link to your post about LunaCon.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I do historic and classical fencing. Right now my experience is mostly with foil, but I have a deep, deep, crazy love of saber and I can tell that's going to be the big focus moving forward, although I am also looking forward to doing smallsword since the foil is the training tool for smallsword and it is the weapon of one of the eras I play in most.

Acting. Things of note would be that I had a small role in Revolutionary Road and got to do the Lady in Macbeth when I was in Australia. "Big" NYC productions I've done would be Forget Me Not with PRAXIS that involved me waltzing with audience members while telling them secrets and then later helping them into coffins that were then wheeled out of the theater and a small role in a production of Counsellor-at-Law that got a lot of attention a few years back.

[irreparable.livejournal.com]

How fascinating! One of my nearest and dearest had the opportunity to work on a dig in Corfu last year. I've always been fascinated by what can be found in various digs.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah. She's done work in Cyprus and Syria in the past. Who knows where is next.

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

ComicCon, possibly?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Unlikely. That's also been a recurring schedule fail for me. I do always do NYCC.

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

It was great to meet you and chat in the bar on Friday night! Listening to the stories of Conventions past was one of the highlights of my weekend! :)

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

Damn. Well, do let those of us out here know if you find yourself west-coast-bound for professional engagements.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Oh, and duh! I'll be at WriterCon this year.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I did just remember WriterCon (doh!) but while West-ish, is not West Coast. We'll see what 2010 looks like! Gallifrey is LA, but if you're not a Doctor Who person, there's no reason to care.

[rm.livejournal.com]

It was lovely and very fun. I'm glad you've caught up with me digitally.

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

Gallifrey is LA, but if you're not a Doctor Who person, there's no reason to care.

well, it IS because of your TW fic that I got to 'meet' you, but I admit I've never previously gone to a fan-based con - I guess, because at rpg/gaming cons, I'm there to Game, while fan-cons have always had this "yeah, but what do you *do*?" aspect for me.

Various friends have been trying to convince me to go to ComicCon, and your liveblog to Kali on the Torchwood panels was a very good argument for 'why one goes to a fan-con'.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of ComicCon -- I find it too overwhelming and not enough back and forth potential.

I loved Gallifrey because there was so much to do, even if it was just hanging out in the bar with new friends or the writers. It really had stuff for all styles of con-going -- if you wanted to see celebs and get autographs, it had that. If you wanted to party, it had that; if you wanted to learn how do stuff better (costuming, writing, whatever) it had that.

Really exceptional.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I'm one of the dancers in the scene in the road house/bar. I've actually not gone to see it yet but apparently I'm pretty prominent in the moment early on. And I'm in the credits! It's been super exciting.

[rm.livejournal.com]

It was a lot of fun. Sam Mendes is one of several directors I always dreamed of working with, so to have him put his hand on my shoulder and talk to me, was pretty amazing.

It was also a weird shoot, up in CT, we were all in a hotel and the whole town would line the roads to the locations, sometimes 12-year-old girls in evening gowns holding signs that said "we love you Leo".

There was also a lemonade stand with a goat tied to a tree.

[rm.livejournal.com]

We had to stop shooting at one point because he had to rescue a beetle that had landed on Kate and then fallen to the dance floor. Nice guy.

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

*nods* My current interest in New Who and Torchwood is probably about as close as I've ever gotten to being in a fandom (I think being a fic beta definitely qualifies, though. :) ) So maybe I'll consider Gallifrey One to find out what happens at other types of cons...

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

If he's a bug rescuer, then he's right by me!

k'

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

I added you via my sweetie tenacious_snail who opined that you are nifty.

I definitely agree with her.

And I posted something similar to this, a few days back (http://the-ogre.livejournal.com/477331.html).