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mijanThis will have to be quick. I'm at my mother's house, and our wireless internet isn't working well, so I'm using my mother's computer quickly to update. Then I'll really need to head back out to the living room and be sociable.
So anyway, this week has been fucking AWESOME. I can't put into words how much I miss my old city. Oh-oh, Boston, you're my home! I arrived in town last Saturday, and immediately met up with a whole gaggle of fandom friends for Vietnamese food (*NOM!*) in Chinatown. From there, it was a private evening of BDSM at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Boston.
Sunday was peace and relative quiet, but I did meet up with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lizardspots , nqdonne , kriken , Kriken's boyfriend, and... (goddammit, I'm having a mental block on the other person's screen name - HALP!) for munchies at the Uno's restaurant in Times Square. Stayed at tsuj 's house in Brookline, which became my home base for the week.
Monday, I hit the city withlizardspots and andreanna , and also met up with hitlikehammers in Harvard Square, because she just HAPPENED to be in town for the week (to my amazement, we connected recently over the Star Trek fandom, despite having been acquainted in the Potter fandom back on FictionAlley as long ago as 2003). Best memory from that day - climbing trees on the Esplanade with lizardspots and andreanna . Lizard, m'dear, please send me the pictures when you get home!
Tuesday started in Salem, MA with lizardspots and tsuj. We met up with my mother.tsuj went back to Boston, and lizardspots and my mother and I went up into Gorham, NH (very close to Mount Washington) and stayed at this GORGEOUS bed and breakfast. We watched the meteor shower that night, as much as possible. Lizard saw her first shooting star, which I think is something essential that all human beings must do. We run in my birthday at midnight, and Lizard and I "celebrated" by reading a Trek fic. Go figure, right? :p
Wednesday was our day in the mountains. We tried to go hiking, but got SO swarmed by mosquitoes that we had to quit. Really, it was THAT BAD. But instead, we took the car up Mount Washington, and the clouds broke long enough for us to see the valley from several different angles. T'was great. Finished the day at my mother's house with homemade Nova Scotia style fish chowder (includes scallops and lobster, traditional style). Lizard and I attempted to watch the whole Star Trek movie on my laptop, but finally got too damn sleepy and gave up. Slept like a fucking LOG.
Thursday was the Freedom Trail in Boston with my mother acting as historical tour guide (she's a historian) for Lizard and me. Favourite memories: the random guy on the cell phone outside the Bell in Hand tavern (oldest tavern in America), and getting randomly pulled into the Fisherman's Festival parade in the North End. I LOVE randomly stumbling into festivals in the North End. Music and dancing and food and just good people having a good time. So many details to tell from that evening! So much fun!
Friday, Lizard and I went to the Museum of Science. I seldom have people who geek out as much as I do about SCIENCE (yes, I'm a science geek, too, not just a fandom/sci-fi/fantasy geek), and that was just awesome. I wish we'd had more time. Alas, we didn't, and had to leave when we still had stuff we wanted to do. We hurried to Harvard Square to meet up with another gaggle of fandomers (includingnuclearpolymer and venusloon , who I'd never met before, and were both awesome). Several of us then progressed to ravenna_c_tan 's house for snacks and geeking out, to include me, lizardspots , supes_ , tsuj , kriken , stormsdotter , and of course, ravenna_c_tan.
This morning, I had to pack up my stuff fromtsuj 's house, but also because lizardspots ' flight only left at 6:30 PM, we had time for a last get-together and lunch. Sadly, nqdonne 's job (which is evil incarnate) prevented her from joining us and seeing Lizard off, but we managed to get tsuj and andreanna along for the ride, plus andreanna 's boyfriend (who is another cool geek person). We did sushi. Halfway through the meal, my mom and sister got into town, and joined us for sushi and then for ice cream. My mother and I drove lizardspots to the airport (*CRY*), and then went back to tsuj 's house to collect my bags. We stopped by stormsdotter 's place to say hi and to pick up a costume item, and then it was up to New Hampshire for quiet time. I cooked dinner - made a cream sauce with some wild mushrooms I foraged up in the mountains of New Hampshire (and yes, they are perfectly safe - I know my mushrooms). VERY tasty over fresh pasta. Amateur mycologist and gourmet cook in action! :D
And now, I'm updating my livejournal, feeling nostalgic, and missinglizardspots liek whoa.
I love all you guys. Just want you to know that.
♥
So anyway, this week has been fucking AWESOME. I can't put into words how much I miss my old city. Oh-oh, Boston, you're my home! I arrived in town last Saturday, and immediately met up with a whole gaggle of fandom friends for Vietnamese food (*NOM!*) in Chinatown. From there, it was a private evening of BDSM at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Boston.
Sunday was peace and relative quiet, but I did meet up with
lizardspots , nqdonne , kriken , Kriken's boyfriend, and... (goddammit, I'm having a mental block on the other person's screen name - HALP!) for munchies at the Uno's restaurant in Times Square. Stayed at tsuj 's house in Brookline, which became my home base for the week. Monday, I hit the city with
lizardspots and andreanna , and also met up with hitlikehammers in Harvard Square, because she just HAPPENED to be in town for the week (to my amazement, we connected recently over the Star Trek fandom, despite having been acquainted in the Potter fandom back on FictionAlley as long ago as 2003). Best memory from that day - climbing trees on the Esplanade with lizardspots and andreanna . Lizard, m'dear, please send me the pictures when you get home! Tuesday started in Salem, MA with lizardspots and tsuj. We met up with my mother.
tsuj went back to Boston, and lizardspots and my mother and I went up into Gorham, NH (very close to Mount Washington) and stayed at this GORGEOUS bed and breakfast. We watched the meteor shower that night, as much as possible. Lizard saw her first shooting star, which I think is something essential that all human beings must do. We run in my birthday at midnight, and Lizard and I "celebrated" by reading a Trek fic. Go figure, right? :pWednesday was our day in the mountains. We tried to go hiking, but got SO swarmed by mosquitoes that we had to quit. Really, it was THAT BAD. But instead, we took the car up Mount Washington, and the clouds broke long enough for us to see the valley from several different angles. T'was great. Finished the day at my mother's house with homemade Nova Scotia style fish chowder (includes scallops and lobster, traditional style). Lizard and I attempted to watch the whole Star Trek movie on my laptop, but finally got too damn sleepy and gave up. Slept like a fucking LOG.
Thursday was the Freedom Trail in Boston with my mother acting as historical tour guide (she's a historian) for Lizard and me. Favourite memories: the random guy on the cell phone outside the Bell in Hand tavern (oldest tavern in America), and getting randomly pulled into the Fisherman's Festival parade in the North End. I LOVE randomly stumbling into festivals in the North End. Music and dancing and food and just good people having a good time. So many details to tell from that evening! So much fun!
Friday, Lizard and I went to the Museum of Science. I seldom have people who geek out as much as I do about SCIENCE (yes, I'm a science geek, too, not just a fandom/sci-fi/fantasy geek), and that was just awesome. I wish we'd had more time. Alas, we didn't, and had to leave when we still had stuff we wanted to do. We hurried to Harvard Square to meet up with another gaggle of fandomers (including
nuclearpolymer and venusloon , who I'd never met before, and were both awesome). Several of us then progressed to ravenna_c_tan 's house for snacks and geeking out, to include me, lizardspots , supes_ , tsuj , kriken , stormsdotter , and of course, ravenna_c_tan.This morning, I had to pack up my stuff from
tsuj 's house, but also because lizardspots ' flight only left at 6:30 PM, we had time for a last get-together and lunch. Sadly, nqdonne 's job (which is evil incarnate) prevented her from joining us and seeing Lizard off, but we managed to get tsuj and andreanna along for the ride, plus andreanna 's boyfriend (who is another cool geek person). We did sushi. Halfway through the meal, my mom and sister got into town, and joined us for sushi and then for ice cream. My mother and I drove lizardspots to the airport (*CRY*), and then went back to tsuj 's house to collect my bags. We stopped by stormsdotter 's place to say hi and to pick up a costume item, and then it was up to New Hampshire for quiet time. I cooked dinner - made a cream sauce with some wild mushrooms I foraged up in the mountains of New Hampshire (and yes, they are perfectly safe - I know my mushrooms). VERY tasty over fresh pasta. Amateur mycologist and gourmet cook in action! :DAnd now, I'm updating my livejournal, feeling nostalgic, and missing
lizardspots liek whoa.I love all you guys. Just want you to know that.
♥
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Date: 2009-08-16 02:31 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-08-16 03:49 pm (UTC)Also, I tried to watch that same meteor shower, I think. Or a meteor shower, and I doubt there was more than one - except it was fucking cloudy all night. *irritated*
Lizard and I attempted to watch the whole Star Trek movie on my laptop
:D Had a friend round on Friday, and we did exactly that. THAT FILM IS STILL SO AWESOMELY AWESOME. :D ♥
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Date: 2009-08-16 04:33 pm (UTC)It's the same meteor shower. The Perseids is huge.
And yes, Epic Movie is Epic, even on the laptop. Lizard and I were just SO tired that eventually we needed to just sleep. But yes, very fun. :)
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Date: 2009-08-17 06:23 am (UTC)edit: 3:50 am, "Dirty Water" is on WPKN. thinking of you again. :)
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Date: 2009-08-19 09:03 pm (UTC)Glad that you enjoyed the rest of your time in Boston, as well!
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Date: 2009-08-19 09:55 pm (UTC)I hope you enjoyed your time in Boston, too! And perhaps someday you'll have an excuse to join us in Kansas City for a fandom meetup. What are you doing in October? Do you know about the Fandom Reunion?