Boggling here

[serai]

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So, um... I'm going to ORC.

After my half-hearted little post the other day, princessofg went on a little campaign, and I opened my email box after a couple of days and found notices from Paypal amounting to enough money for a Wizard's Circle ticket!!

My mind is now blown. This is so sweet. Thank you so very very much, lunarising and blackbird_song and Princess! Also, many thanks to the other user who sent money - you didn't tell me your LJ name, so I don't know who you are, but I send you a huge hug anyway, and hope I will meet you at the con!

So, it looks like I'll be joining in this madness with the rest of you. Yikes. I haven't been to a con in years. But it'll be great fun, I'm sure, and I'm hoping I'll meet up with enough of you to keep me from doing my usual wallflower thing and fading into the woodwork. (Believe it or not, it's very hard for me to put myself out at all when I don't know anybody. I just tend to walk around silently, because I'm something of a social coward when I'm alone.)

But I am looking forward to this now. A chance to meet folks, and squee and obsess. Oh and of course, a chance to completely humiliate myself in front of actors whom I greatly admire. Oh joy...




Wow. Just...wow.

O_o

Comments

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

Hey, Serai!!!

(Gotta make this at least an annual occurance.)

But will be around somewhere, somehow, and hope to see you too.

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

And can I tell you how much I still love that CD, and how *ahem* useful it is?

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Useful, eh? I like the sound of that...

I'm really glad you're still enjoying that CD. I play it often myself, and I hope to offer it again this year (if I get a new printer, that is.)

So I guess I'll see you at the con! What fun. Yes, we must make it a regular thing. I think we should schedule a Trilogy date with some like-minded folk here in L.A. Lots of popcorn and geeky squeeing!

[notabluemaia.livejournal.com]

Wonderful friends! Looking forward to seeing you. (I think there are a lot of us 'shy' types - maybe it goes with writing?) Whee!

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Maybe! I'd never thought of that. Yay, it'll be great to meet you! We should all wear nametags with our LJ handles or something...

[notabluemaia.livejournal.com]

You know, that's a good idea. Maybe not all the time, but perhaps at a time/location preplanned so we can spot each other? Oh, yes, this is gonna be Very Good...

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Yes, we should arrange something like that.

PS - ICON LOVE! Do you have the original image? The only one I have is scarred with one of those awful photo site banners. :P

[notabluemaia.livejournal.com]

Thank you - just made that one, and love it, too. Yes - I have an unmarred copy. Would be happy to email it. (the orig of the Frodo pic from which *this* icon is made has one of those dreadful complicated watermarks. Grr. At least his face and hands were salvageable - though it is the wonderful, determined posture that I'd have loved to have had.)

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[goldberry-b.livejournal.com]

just warming up!!!

I'm so glad you are going sweetie!!!!!

it wouldn't be right to have a squeee fest without you!

Re: squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[serai1.livejournal.com]

I'll see that squee and raise you an EEKOMGWTF!!!!!

*hugs*

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Have a grand, grand time. :)

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Yes, I will! I sure wish you were coming, too, darlin'!

But we will send you hug energy from the con!

[malakhai.livejournal.com]

I'll see you there! Yay!

[blackbird-song.livejournal.com]

You're entirely welcome, and I hope I get to meet you!

Catherine

[ex-lunarisi.livejournal.com]

Oh yay!! You got it. Am so very very glad you are coming.

Now...which way from LAX is Pasadena?

[serai1.livejournal.com]

That depends on what time of day you're landing. Different routes are advantageous at different times. But generally, it's northeast of LAX, though I couldn't tell you how far. I suck at calculating mileage. I wanna say about 30 miles, because it's around a half hour if there's NO traffic. But you'd better count on an hour minimum, since the freeways around both LAX and Pasadena tend to be heavy traffic. If you're flying in at night, you'll be luckier, I think. :)

[westmoon.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy for you!

:)

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *big grin*

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

You're coming! Yay! I do want to meet you, or at least wave shyly across the room at you. And Notabluemaia and Elderberrywine and Lunarising and holy cow, so many people I want to meet.

There's supposed to be a Elijah-centric gathering at the bar in the Sheraton on Thursday night after registration.

*looks hopefully at everybody*

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope it'll be more than a wave! I do want to meet people, oddly enough. I've been spending most of the time since I got into this fandom avoiding doing just that, but now I'm feeling like I want to come out and play. Maybe it's because the films are done with, I don't know. But I am looking forward to running into folks I've met on LJ!

[danachan.livejournal.com]

Have a wonderful time, lovey! What wonderful friends.

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I will! Yes, there are wonderful people here, aren't there?