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Oct. 20th, 2009 @ 10:02 pm where did all the wool go!
as far as off topic requests go, this is pretty off topic...

could the person who made off with the little crocheted lemmings from the raffle do me a huge favour and thrown me a photo of them?
and james, i have no idea what you lj name is (assuming you are around here:), could i have a photo of the crocheted cock of chaos?

i'm tidying up my projects on ravelry and i managed to send these two off to their new homes without grabbing a photo. they can be thrown at gmail (losthouse) if you are nice :)

ta lovelies
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gorey faint2
[info]lost_house:
Oct. 1st, 2009 @ 05:15 pm Escape From The Park Hotel!
On Sunday, after the glorious news that we would be going to the Marriott Royal Court Hotel in Durham next year, a few of us came up with the idea for a fic challenge - Escape From The Park Hotel!

The idea is that we pick a fandom we want to write for, or just leave a prompt. You can write whatever fandom or characters you want!

Prompts and stories should follow this format: Our favourite character(s), through some cosmic misfortune, end up at The Park. And then they have to escape from the Park, preferably in a canon (or fanon) compliant way. If it involves property damage, all the better! Bonus points if the Park ends up a smoking hole in the ground. ::grin::

For example: Stargate SG-1 end up at the Park, and call for a medical emergency Asgard beam-out after Jack gets food poisoning from the carvery.

My notes on the story ideas we came up with don't make much sense to me now, but I'll reproduce them here anyway:

[info]mandragora1 picked Supernatural, and suggested that Sam & Dean should salt and burn the Hotel, but didn't want to write that story.

[info]mandragora1 wanted to write The Professionals instead: Bodie and Doyle are elderly undercover agents on a pensioners Mystery Coach Tour. They have walking sticks!

Continuing the elderly mayhem-makers theme, I suggested that Starsky & Hutch should also turn up undercover on the Mystery Tour - wearing matching elbow-patch cardigans, naturally.

[info]segre (?) suggested that Dexter should turn up and serial-kill the owners, the manager, and various other staff ... and in the same vein of death and destruction, someone whose name I didn't write down [ETA: [info]temaris] suggested that Primeval's velociraptors should turn up at The Park through an anomaly. Not the team, you'll note -- just the very dangerous carnivorous dinosaurs.

[info]temaris, in an act of visceral wish-fulfilment, also picked Stargate SG-1/Atlantis: naquadah/volcano. (The Park isn't having a very good day here, folks. ::g::) [ETA: Also, do not upset this woman; she's scary when she starts thinking about death and destruction!]

[info]fides wanted Mulder to capture Krycek in Britain and stop off at the Park on the way back to America; Krycek assumes the Park is a cunning new form of torture. (X-Files.) [ETA: According to [info]fides this prompt was meant to be Krycek kidnapping Mulder and torturing him with the Park Hotel beds, but we both agree that those two switch, so it doesn't really matter. ::g::]

In Torchwood fandom, we have two prompts:
1. the idea that the dark scary place Jack goes to when he dies is... The Park Hotel! (oh, the horror!)
2. and a fixit fic: Captain Jack hallucinated Children of Earth after getting food poisoning at the Park.

I suggested that the Leverage team should turn up, screw the hotel over, steal everything that isn't nailed down, and then have Parker abseil off the building.

In a moment of soft-heartedness, we decided to save the Nice (Cute, Hot, Sexy, Slashable) Assistant Manager, since [info]moonlettuce likes him, and so we decided that Hermione from Harry Potter should turn up and give him a g-string to set him free from his life of domestic enslavement.

[info]thwax wants Doctor Who: the Doctor and Rose fix (or break) the Park's terrible plumbing with the sonic screwdriver.

I also thought it would be hilarious and appropriate if someone wrote Tremors' Tyler as a guest victim of the Park, who later told his lover all about the horrors he suffered at their hands, and then El Blanco decided to Sort Them Out. Because, let's face it, if anyone deserves to be infested with Graboids, it's the Park!

Finally, [info]beren_writes wants Merlin and Arthur. No notes on what she wants to do with the boys; just "[info]beren_writes wants Merlin and Arthur." ::sigh:: Don't we all? ::grin::

[ETA: [info]graculus, I know you were in this conversation too, and I know you made me laugh at least once with one of your suggestions. If I've misattributed something or left out one of your suggestions, please let me know so I can edit this post!]


So, any takers for those prompts above? Any suggestions for more prompts? Comment-fic, anyone?
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TS Jim/Blair To Us! To Slash!
[info]zellieh:
Sep. 30th, 2009 @ 11:13 pm Slashtrap players!
If you want to be involved in the development of Slashtrap 2: Fandom Wars, let me know here and I'll add you to a Slashtrap filter on my journal.

It's less small-pieces-that-get-lost and more oh-god-you-did-not-put-Diefenbaker-on-the-list. With a clear ending!
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Free Robot Sex
[info]katemonkey:
Sep. 29th, 2009 @ 06:32 pm missing usb stick
ooo... nearly forgot.

did anyone pick up a blue 4GB USB stick by accident (integral i think, lookie like this), probably sometime during the vidshow? i have the top but never managed to track down the stick.

(i can live without it 'cause i've just ordered myself a new 16GB & 4GB today but still :)
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Toast
[info]lost_house:
Sep. 29th, 2009 @ 03:50 pm Hut 33
As promised, here's a link to get Hut 33.

Third season has just finished recording and will be hitting Radio 4 on October 14th. Yay!
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misc - vintage gay
[info]derryderrydown:
Sep. 29th, 2009 @ 01:44 pm Cinema Bizarre - the followup :)
Tags:
Just in case anyone was interested in further info about Cinema Bizarre, here are a few links.

LJ comms
[info]bizarrefiction - fiction comm, takes everything, but is not overly active
[info]cb_fic - fiction comm, takes everything and is the most active (but that's not saying much)
[info]cb_gen_2 - best comm for news and info
[info]cb_request_gen2 - if you're looking for something CB related you can ask here
[info]cb_translations - translations of interviews and the like
[info]cbaday - pictures every day (mostly)
[info]cinemabizarre - info comm, not as lively as cb_gen_2
[info]cinemabizrslash - comm for everything slashy

Web Presence
MySpace
Official Site - it has been a little off since it was hacked, but it slowly sorting itself out
Cinema Bizarre USA - has useful bios for fic

Other Fic
My CB fic
CinemaBizarreFiction.com

Various Pimp Posts
Mine (has more links, icons and piccies and vid links)
Post by Lirren (lots of really useful info on all the guys)
Post by Sarahsan (quite old, but still with lots of info)

And thank you ever so much to every one and especially the wonderful organising team for making it a wonderful weekend. Roll on next year :)
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CB - Awww anim
[info]beren_writes:
Sep. 28th, 2009 @ 11:31 pm Connotations 2010
Connotations 2009 has finished, and I've just got home. I had a huge amount of fun, all things considered, and I really hope you all did too.


Last year we promised ourselves and you that after 2009, we would not be going back to the Park Hotel. We've spent this past year considering hotels all over the UK. We've spent a lot of time getting the balance right between our wishlist and the best possible deal for the convention, and while there are going to be some big changes, we hope you will be happy with the results.

Claire, Seph and I are delighted to announce that Connotations 2010 will take place at the Royal County Hotel, Durham, in the second weekend of October (8th-10th).

The details )
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Temaris
[info]temaris:
Sep. 28th, 2009 @ 10:50 pm who are you again...?
usually we put up a contacts sheet at the con for people to add their contact details so everyone can hook up with the lovely shiny people they met at the con.

and then i take that sheet home and forget to type it up and find it six months later in a cupboard...

so, instead, this year i offer you a contacts post! add your details here, plead for the details of the that person who spent chatting with for hours but never actually asked the name of, tell everyone where to find you....

(i guess i should have said.... i'm Seph. i'm the one who spent most of the con lying on the main room floor & not doing any work 'cause my lovely minions did it all for me:)
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Toast
[info]lost_house:
Sep. 28th, 2009 @ 07:19 pm Minority Pairings - Give Us Your Fic
Well, hello there, exhausted ones. I promised to put up this post as a result of the Minority Pairings panel, and lo, I am doing it without needing to be reminded 29834729387 times. *awards self gold star*

People, many of us have a void. A void deep in our very souls, caused by lack of fic in various beloved pairings. A void that can only be filled with fic or with copious amounts of alcohol. Several kind someones offered to write various minority pairings for others in an attempt to at least line the void with something (which should make the sorrow-drowning with alcohol slightly less hangovery--always a good thing).

If you are one of the several someones, this post is a place to come and comment when your fic is done so that the recipient may rejoice and, perhaps, raise a tearful smile of gratitude to your angelic face.

Those of you who are potential recipients, I suggest you track this post as you may need to wait some time, what with canon and real life and that vague hand-wavy stuff that seems to eat time.

You may now return to your regularly-scheduled wondering how it got to be this time already.

ETA: [info]beren_writes suggested making a list of the minority pairings mentioned in panel in case anyone turns up any fic for them and wants to link it. I suffer from colander brain so I'll write as many as I can remember but please add more in comments and I'll edit them in.

NCIS: Tim/Tony
SGA: John/Ronon
Psych: Shawn/Gus
Eureka: Jack/Henry
Harry Potter: James/Sirius, Ron/Anybody
Highlander: Methos/Joe
Jeremiah: Jeremiah/Kurdy
The Professionals: Bodie/Cowley
Miami Vice: ????
House: House/Foreman
Supernatural: John/Dean
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shelter sean writing
[info]catwalksalone:
Sep. 25th, 2009 @ 06:58 pm In response to the bad fic pannel.
Please excuse the quality Cameras are not scanners. )
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Me (jellyfish)
[info]enigma_o:
Sep. 25th, 2009 @ 03:45 pm Room Party
Regarding room party tonight:

Room: 233
Time: 8pm
Hosts: [info]airinshaw (Vonnie), [info]soupytwist (Katie), [info]catwalksalone (Cat), [info]entropical87 (Daisy) and [info]tellitslant (Karen).

Anyone attending the con is welcome. It's bring a bottle and the plan is to have a good time without pissing off the hotel. Come along and have some drinks!

ETA Edited to amend roomnumber because of the fail. :D
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Doctor (9) / Gayly Forward!
[info]airinshaw:
Sep. 23rd, 2009 @ 08:27 pm Friday morning hijinx
All right, cats and kittens, I do believe that excitement's reaching a fever pitch, and I've vaguely arranged a schedule for anybody who wants to have some fun on Friday.

We'll be heading to Whitley Bay for the local yarn shop/random shopping at around 9.45. We'll be taking the bus, so make sure you've got change and politeness to old ladies.

Dino Golf will be at noon. That should give us enough time for 9 holes before heading back for lunch and the 2pm panel (which I'm sure y'all will attend).

If you want in on the yarn hijnx, meet in the bar around 9.30/9.45ish. The bus is at the "Tynemouth Seafront" stop at 9.50, and it's a half hour between it, so be there or miss out!

If you want in on the Dino hijinx, meet in the bar around 12. Since it's across the street, it's not like we're going to be incredibly late or anything.

See you there!
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accio brain!
[info]katemonkey:
Sep. 23rd, 2009 @ 01:33 pm N00b questions
Current Mood: flailing
This weekend's going to be my first [info]connotations (hurrah! Though I don't understand how it got to be almost October already) so before I pack I thought I'd ask: is there anything I should bring? I mean, apart from booze and snacks, because I'll be acquiring those when I get to Newcastle, and copious amounts of slash to read at the airport, because I'm already all over that one. Or any advice for a first-timer in general?
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The IT Crowd - moss/roy
[info]doyle_sb4:
Sep. 22nd, 2009 @ 12:23 pm Taxi Share Anyone?
Am looking for people who would be intrested in sharing a taxi on Friday .  Not certain when I will be arriving yet,   it will probably around about lunch time.  But  I am In the north East anyways  so could get the train closest to when other people are getting to Newcastle.  They run once an hour from Hartlepool and arrive at approx ten to the hour or one that gets me their for about half twelvish.


Anyone intrested in splitting the taxi Fair?

If not Anyone able to reccomend me a taxi company that is reliable and you know licenced? 

Thanks.
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self image
[info]pomkeygeekange:
Sep. 21st, 2009 @ 09:51 pm Friday night room party
Hi all!

Just a quick heads up to let people know that we ("we" being me, [info]catwalksalone, [info]soupytwist, [info]tellitslant and [info]entropical87 - all pictured in my icon) are having a room party on Friday night.

It's not going to be a huge, well planned affair. Mainly it's going to be us, some drinks and a chance to hang out with folk and chat about, you know, anything that takes our fancy.

It's bring-a-bottle, in that we will be supplying some drinks, but if you want to drink stuff you'll probably need to bring some. :P We might look into springing for some snacks too. What can I say - we like to spoil people. :D

I'll post about it closer to the time - probably on Friday itself. It will start around 7-8pm and the room number will be posted/publicised once we know what it is. The plan is to have a great night and get to room-party with a load of slash fangirls, while also making sure that the hotel don't get too irked with us. I'm sure we can manage it.

Invitation is open to all con-goers and I promise that we're really friendly, so even if you don't really know any of us, feel free to pop along.

Thanks!
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OT5 / My fangirls of yay
[info]airinshaw:
Sep. 21st, 2009 @ 12:47 pm *waves*
Current Mood: bouncy
Well this will be my first [info]connotationsand I am very much looking forward to a weekend of slash immersion.

I will be attending with [info]jhava and [info]fidesand hope I'll get a chance to chat with many of you and get a chance to put some faces to some LJ names. If anyone attending would like to meet up then drop me a line and I can give you my contact details.

See you all this weekend!
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bouncing doctor
[info]evildrem:
Sep. 20th, 2009 @ 01:25 pm Looking for a panel moderator
Tags:
The OTW panel had enough votes to go through and will be running. If anyone would like to take on modding the panel, or thinks they might like to, but wants more info on what to expect, please email me! temaris at gmail.

Moderating at Connotations is about starting up the panel and keeping it moving and keeping it (approximately!) on topic. You'll also want to be making sure everyone who wants to speak gets a turn; making sure that no one monopolises the conversation; and making sure that we don't actually end up with blood on the carpets! You are welcome to invite a co-moderator, though we'd suggest no more than two people running it, as that seems to bog things down quite badly.

If anyone has OTW experience, we'd love to hear from you. The panel title was left very broad, so you would be very much free to pick a theme or topic if you wanted to, or just to leave it open and see what comes out of it (bearing in mind that without someone with a sharp stick, Brits may sit and worry about not looking too bumptious by speaking up first ...).
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Temaris
[info]temaris:
Sep. 17th, 2009 @ 12:33 am Panels, panels, registration, panels :)
Tags: ,
The panels with the most votes are in, the first refusal emails have been sent out to potential moderators, and we're into the final straight.

Everyone who is registered with the convention should have had an email to confirm this. I've had one bounceback (today) on a recent registration, other than that, if you have registered and have *not* heard from me, please email me ASAP at temaris at gmail.

Please feel free to post any questions etc, etc.

Two last things: one, I realised while sorting out the panels this evening that I accidentally left a panel on the OTW off. If people would like a panel on the OTW, please vote here. It will need twelve or more votes to run, but I can fit it in if need be.

(ETA: I will close this mini poll when I'm back on Saturday, probably early afternoon)

Poll #1458537 Panel update
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

Panel update

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Panel on the OTW
10 (83.3%)

Ticky box
4 (33.3%)



And finally, the list of panels you voted in to run is as follows:
list under cut )
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Connotations, sleeping
[info]temaris:
Sep. 13th, 2009 @ 08:19 pm Friday Lunch
As always, we'll be supplying lunch on Friday around 1:00pm. Can people let me know they're going to be there, so we don't vastly over- or under-cater :-) For anything not covered by the poll, just leave a comment.

Poll #1457053 Connotations Friday Lunch
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 29

Will you be there for lunch on Friday?

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Yay! I'll up early enough for lunch.
22 (75.9%)

Nay! I'll be arriving later than Friday lunchtime.
7 (24.1%)

Do you have any specific dietary requirements (eg vegetarian) or any allergies?

Box of Tickiness?

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Verrily, do bring on the box of tickiness...
10 (38.5%)

Nay, woman! These are circles of radioness!
16 (61.5%)

Ticky box?

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Ticky box!
26 (100.0%)

What will be written on the cake this year?

Godzilla/Mothra?

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BFFs all the way!
9 (33.3%)

The Mulder/Krycek of Monster Island.
12 (44.4%)

Don't be insane, Godzilla's clearly in love with Rodan...
6 (22.2%)

What are your thoughts on yaoi?

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Misc: Connotations
[info]moonlettuce:
Sep. 10th, 2009 @ 11:57 pm Panels Poll
The poll is now closed. Thank you for your votes :)

Panels Poll! Vote Now! )
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Temaris
[info]temaris: