Already missing Nimbus...
Jul. 15th, 2013 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eibbil_libbieFurther to the huge image I posted last night - and a comment from likebunnies I'm reposting my Nimbus memories (both the pre-squeeage and the after post as well.
I think we all know my crappy iconning skilz by now (as evidenced by the one I altered for this post) but I gave it my best shot :)
So many names in these entries, so many memories. I feel like I jumped feet first into the nostalgia pool and I seriously don't want to climb out again. I want to go back in time to that wonderful weekend and live it all over again.
....miss all of you horribly and feel so completely out of touch with your lives. Not having access for nearly two weeks and now dealing with the Dementor every time I get online is a real bitch. Hopefully once I'm back things will settle a bit and I'll be able to keep up with everyone again. But know that even tho I'm MIA, I still love you all madly.
....am getting overly excited about leaving for Nimbus. Couldn't fall asleep until 1 am last night.
....am nervous no one will talk to me once they realize that in person I'm a real, gold plated t00b.
....can't wait to meet everyone and give all these glomps in person. Remember, guys - if you're looking for me look way down. I'm a midget.
....will probably make utter ass of self during Fandom Squares. But in a good way *winks*
....got special shirt for The Debate. Can't wait to cheer my Master on!
....some of you lot will find this amusing: I'm heading back to school in the fall. Just one class, but now you can throw homework and exams in *my* face for a change.
....found out last night thaterinmiran lives across town from me. See you at Nimbus, hon!
....I still can't believe I'm going to Nimbus. That in a bit under 36 hours I'll meet so many of my online friends. That I'll prolly be hoarse from squeeing out loud.
....smilie117 we'll hold the bus for ya!
Have had two days to recover...still have the voice of a twelve year old boy, but I'm a *better rested* twelve year old boy now.
Random comments at the end.
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smilie117 has been SOOOOOOO kind in pointing out that there are many logistical and timing errors in this. I'd edit, but I'm leaving them there just to spite her....ducks from mallet.]
[Edit #2: If you met me and you haven't been mentioned here, please, please, please comment so I can add you to friends list <3]
Thursday: After a rather leisurely trip to airport, I ended up in a mad dash to make connecting flight. But it I made it, meetingreneec with moments to spare. Once on plane, we realized it was turning into the Knight Plane. Two girls (heathersy and Sweeney) in front of us and one beside us were also heading to Nimbus. Small world.
We waited for a bit at baggage claim with loads of other Nimbus bounds, I metflourish who is the sweetest thing in the world, and wibbled about if smilie117 would make the 2:00 with us. As we're heading off to the bus, I see Sabs and make a run for her. Gave real life tackle *glomp* and nearly knocked her down. *blushes* I still swear it was the forward momentum of a ten pound carryon bag on my shoulder
After checking in and getting ditched by Sabs (*winks) at check in desk, we dropped off bags and headed up toladycadey's room. Tackle glomp number 3...which is pretty difficult to do as she's nearly twice my height.
On the way down to registration, I was present as a smut bunny hit Cadey. :D
Registration was a mass of costumed chaos handled very neatly byqueerasjohn, who kindly asked us to "pretend we were British and queue properly". We, of course, didn't listen too well.
With all the people in costume, I began to wonder if perhaps I should have brought TP with me – imagine, my own personal Dementor.
Got nametag and lanyard and was immediately glomped bymoonstruck4rjl. Then met ari_o and we spent a moment quietly wibbling that our dearest love (harrynz) wasn't there with us. *ducks*. One comment here -- she was a mindblowingly fabulous Chief Auror. Also met legomymalfoy who is just a fabulous person all around...I just wish we'd had more time together.
With badge updated with all possible names, we set off down hallway and the random squeeage began. Every five seconds, another group would burst out in screams as friends met. One poor woman asked me how we all seemed to know each other. *shakes head at the ignorant* Met so many people I can barely remember all their names. All I know is that by the fifteenth squee, I was making sounds only a dolphin can hear and began the slow process of losing my voice.
Sabs got her revenge on me viaanyaplana who tackle glomped me. Then we caught angiej in a rare moment when she wasn't running to the next thing needing her attention and there was a big pumpkin glomp. Remembering that I'm under five feet...Eb glomped everyone else and hit me in the face with a can of Pringles potato chips. (Eb...told ya I'd bring that one up).
Met up withhermorrine and introduce myself as one of her slack mods. She was too sweet in not agreeing with me on that point. Also met zorac who's both cute as hell and a really nice guy.
Meet and greet went on for quite a bit. Met Steve aka He Who Runs The Lexicon and his lovely wife. Bowed to him as being unworthy with Anya...then we bowed to her as well. Metheidi8 and her adorable boys. Loved hearing Harry give proper answer to "who is Harry's girlfriend?" question...and also giving correct answer to "who is Harry's boyfriend?"
Random meets:purebloodgriff who I wish I'd gotten to talk to more, gwendolyngrace who didn't hold my bowing out of help desk against me. msscribe, vanityfair, megd, erinmiran, Renee (who doesn't yet have an LJ, is an R/Her and just truly lovely in spite of that), siriologist (another I didn't get to talk to as much as I would have liked), Penny L (ditto what I just said), and about a dozen others whose names escape me at the moment.
Metaegeus and was utter t00b. Showed him the side of my nametag with nothing written on it. Once I turned it over got first of many loffly hugs from him. *Fangirls muchly*
After much waiting and scanning crowd (okay, I'll fess up, and much wine) we heard an Eb squee and knewzorb had arrived. Yep. Tackle glomp #4. Am still squeeing over having met Master.
Once squeeage died down it was time for the first Panel: the MWPP one. Twas loffly and they all did a fabulous job. Wish I could say more about it, but...well...*points up at wine comment
Panel over, Renee, Sabs, Zorb headed back to our room and posted to LJ...not going there...and then got phone call fromedajj and called arianaeh who we dearly wish had been there with us. Wandered the boardwalk for a bit and ended up in Jellyrolls listening to dueling pianos. I had another glass of what they said was red wine, but I still swear was a nicely aged vinegar.
Collapsed from exhaustion not long after.
Friday: We were up much earlier than we should have been considering when we went to bed. First order of business was Sabs' hunt for pumpkin pens. After learning that they'd been delivered to the Koi, I mean Dolphin, instead, they were retrieved and handed over to the Registration desk. The cry of "the pens have landed" over the walkie talkies was a scream.
Noted that Katie had donned armbands. Hee!
Renee, Sabs and I headed off to Disney after that for a bit of theme park type squeeage.
Highlights:
Sabs repeatedly calling the Fast Pass the Speedpass (Fastpass being coolest way to ride the long line ones at Disney)
Finding slash on Pirates of the Caribbean ride
Finding Pooh/Tigger slash just to watch Sabs roll eyes in person
Sabs getting spit on by a Zorb goat on Big Thunder Mountain
Riding It's A Small World just to see a sheep forharrynz
Searching for charm bracelets
Sabs taking break from rides to do job-related conference call
After Disney, twas quick change of clothes and then off to FA birthday party. Oh. My. God. I don't know exactly what was in the Mischief Makers punch...but it was like being hit with a really sweet hammer. Of course, I had many. Kept telling everyone it was because I wanted the cool FA cup it was in. ;)
Highlights for me:
*nmalfoy rocked as our Pineapple Dwelling DJ.
*Meetingslytherincess, having her call me on having dinged her fic, then sharing badfic stories with she and tall_man...side note: sorry I ruined the rest of your evening with that one I told you about ;)
*getting glittered by John
*singing Happy Birthday to Aegeus
*Zorb and Cadey holding plate over my head while we were doing yahoo smilies (huggles LNCA)
*Anya's Tiara
*Nancy playing "Why don't we get drunk and screw" for H/D
*doing Macarena with Master
*two words: Pussy Control
*Morri and Mark's dance
*making Jess dance to YMCA while she was sitting down
*dancing like a loon even tho I have no discernable sense of rhythm
We were kicked out at 2 am and made our way slowly back to Swan. Hung out by the regurgitating swan fountain and Nancy squicked us all with the pond scum fic. Off to bed for postcards (sorry for being too drunk to put address on the proper side, Sabs *blushes) and then bed.
Saturday: Woke and dressed rapidly (donned Evil Minion shirt and only had three people yell "Mega Tokyo!" at me) to get downstairs to breakfast before The Debate. We scurried off to the panel in the scheduled debate room only to be told soon after it was over that debate had moved to game room. We ran like crazed fangirls and pushed our way to the front of the room. Took out Harry and Hermione plushies and had many squee over them. Amused myself by posing them in a few NC17 positions before settling down.
Zorb and Linda just awed me. Their arguments were clear, concise and kicked ass. Highlight for me was that the R/H side pretty much ignored OotP and didn't mention it at all in any of their planned comments. Only talked about it when Flourish asked...*schnoogles her madly*
Worst bit was the hideous T shirts the R/Hers wore...they had the lines from the Katie Couric interview...and a pic of JKR on each boob. They even had a nearly life sized Dobby wearing one. *gags
Post debate we drifted around a bit and then headed off to Downtown Disney to load up on souvenirs and yet another hideously expensive bottle of Diet Coke before heading back to Swan for Fandom Squares.
Fandom Squares. Oh My God. Now there's an hour I don't have to spend in purgatory after I die. Twas mortifying at times, but it is one of my happiest memories, tho:
*Chris Dickson did an incredible job as our host
*Nancy kept me sane throughout even tho I kept kicking the back of her chair.
*John has forever ensured that I will think of him whenever reading the train scene from PoA.
*Terribly sorry to have Eb guess wrong on her pumpkin juice question, thought you saw me winking, love
*Nancy asking if we could go home now as 5:30 inched closer
*Sabs getting the big laugh at her t00b response
*John's Dragon and getting a thong thrown at him
*Three words: Kiss My Ass
*Four Words: Bark Like A Dog
More wandering after being released from Fandom Squares. Ran into a group from the Founders Feast. Was fangirled byjlh and nearly died on the spot. Will try and get another couple Up Against The Wall just for you, babe.
Things quieted down and Renee and I hung with Cadey for a bit. I got to see the mythical Notebook wherein all her fic lies.
Double Feature Double Feature. Oh My God. How utterly amazing was this? Hundreds of Potterphiles in the same room yelling like mad at the screen. This is where Libbie's voice decided to take a vacation....didn't bother me, kept screaming anyway.
Highlights:
*Nancy Apparating and Disapparating, getting shinier at every reappearance.
*The mass squeeage whenever Snape/Draco/Slytherin were mentioned
*More mass squeeage during H/H moments
*The entire room doing Molly's lines with her during Burrow scene
*Harry desperately trying to stay awake onheidi8's lap
*Eb napping and wanting to be awakened for "the good parts"
*Being with Zorb for the Ron/Fang moments
*Mass booing of Dursleys
*Sitting with Eb during CoS Parseltongue moments and laughing hysterically
*getting back rubs from Shiny!Nancy and her telling me that I was loser for having Pumpkin Toes *winks at her
*Gwen singing her House filks during midnight raffle, my God can that woman sing
*watching deleted Flourish and Blotts scene with a shitload of slashers
*watching in teeth gritting envy as two people won OotP Harry stand ups
*hearing someone else yell "Dirty Harry"
*Nancy's comments, all of which NC17 and highly amusing
Gave in to sleep and cold at around 4 am. I was croaking like a frog by the end of movies but it was soooooooo worth it. Still bummed that I crapped out so early and missed Snarkiness by Cadey, Sabs and Zorbie.
Sunday: After a long and restful two hours of sleep, Renee and I met the rest of the pumpkins for breakfast and auction. Had no intention of buying anything at the auction until I saw the wizard bear. *points to new avatar * Of course, I had to have that. TP would have heart attack if he knew how much I spent on it. That only adds to the joy of owning it, imho.
The bid war over the Padfoot banner was amazing.purebloodgriff winning the Mary Grand Pre signed copy of OotP was utterly fabulous. I still wish I'd had more money to bid for the HP Quilt. Best moment – getting my own personal copy of Cadey's "What The Shit Is This?" face. Will hold up and flash at TP when he gives me any attitude. :D
Saying goodbye. Now that sucked. I wanted to stay forever. I didn't want to go back to chatting online again. I'd gotten too used to having everyone just a few steps away. Still wish I'd been able to find a way to keep Cadey attached to my cheek so she could come home with me.
Finally, it was time to head home. Renee and I boarded Night bus back to the airport, set about the long wait for our plane out, had a rehash chat with Sweeney andheathersy and then took our respective seats for the trip home. We weren't together at all this go around, so I settled my brain dead self in for a nap – didn't work. Couldn't stop memories from washing over me. Cried a bit over having to leave everyone but decided to settle on being so happy that I'd been there.
Random Comments:
*am thrilled that CG was there – she guaranteed that I wasn't the t00biest one there
*I miss wearing my lanyard
*Cadey's comments that I look like her mom.
*Seeing Zorb do the YM \:D/ dance
*gwendolyngrace utterly blowing me away as our MoM.
*Tubbi's
*Getting to spend real time with Renee, not just phone/IM
*Realizing that Anya ensured that I wasn't the shortest person at Nimbus
*Getting Katie to sign the special postcard
I know I'm forgetting about a thousand things, but these are the ones that will live in my memory forever...or until I make all new ones in 2005.
Thanks in spades to everyone that made Nimbus 2003 happen. From Gwen down to the volunteers that took the middle of the night security shifts. You all made this one of the best times of my life.
likebunnies I'm reposting my Nimbus memories (both the pre-squeeage and the after post as well.I think we all know my crappy iconning skilz by now (as evidenced by the one I altered for this post) but I gave it my best shot :)
So many names in these entries, so many memories. I feel like I jumped feet first into the nostalgia pool and I seriously don't want to climb out again. I want to go back in time to that wonderful weekend and live it all over again.
....miss all of you horribly and feel so completely out of touch with your lives. Not having access for nearly two weeks and now dealing with the Dementor every time I get online is a real bitch. Hopefully once I'm back things will settle a bit and I'll be able to keep up with everyone again. But know that even tho I'm MIA, I still love you all madly.
....am getting overly excited about leaving for Nimbus. Couldn't fall asleep until 1 am last night.
....am nervous no one will talk to me once they realize that in person I'm a real, gold plated t00b.
....can't wait to meet everyone and give all these glomps in person. Remember, guys - if you're looking for me look way down. I'm a midget.
....will probably make utter ass of self during Fandom Squares. But in a good way *winks*
....got special shirt for The Debate. Can't wait to cheer my Master on!
....some of you lot will find this amusing: I'm heading back to school in the fall. Just one class, but now you can throw homework and exams in *my* face for a change.
....found out last night that
erinmiran lives across town from me. See you at Nimbus, hon!....I still can't believe I'm going to Nimbus. That in a bit under 36 hours I'll meet so many of my online friends. That I'll prolly be hoarse from squeeing out loud.
....
smilie117 we'll hold the bus for ya!Have had two days to recover...still have the voice of a twelve year old boy, but I'm a *better rested* twelve year old boy now.
Random comments at the end.
[Edited to Add:
smilie117 has been SOOOOOOO kind in pointing out that there are many logistical and timing errors in this. I'd edit, but I'm leaving them there just to spite her....ducks from mallet.][Edit #2: If you met me and you haven't been mentioned here, please, please, please comment so I can add you to friends list <3]
Thursday: After a rather leisurely trip to airport, I ended up in a mad dash to make connecting flight. But it I made it, meeting
reneec with moments to spare. Once on plane, we realized it was turning into the Knight Plane. Two girls (heathersy and Sweeney) in front of us and one beside us were also heading to Nimbus. Small world.We waited for a bit at baggage claim with loads of other Nimbus bounds, I met
flourish who is the sweetest thing in the world, and wibbled about if smilie117 would make the 2:00 with us. As we're heading off to the bus, I see Sabs and make a run for her. Gave real life tackle *glomp* and nearly knocked her down. *blushes* I still swear it was the forward momentum of a ten pound carryon bag on my shoulderAfter checking in and getting ditched by Sabs (*winks) at check in desk, we dropped off bags and headed up to
ladycadey's room. Tackle glomp number 3...which is pretty difficult to do as she's nearly twice my height.On the way down to registration, I was present as a smut bunny hit Cadey. :D
Registration was a mass of costumed chaos handled very neatly by
queerasjohn, who kindly asked us to "pretend we were British and queue properly". We, of course, didn't listen too well.With all the people in costume, I began to wonder if perhaps I should have brought TP with me – imagine, my own personal Dementor.
Got nametag and lanyard and was immediately glomped by
moonstruck4rjl. Then met ari_o and we spent a moment quietly wibbling that our dearest love (harrynz) wasn't there with us. *ducks*. One comment here -- she was a mindblowingly fabulous Chief Auror. Also met legomymalfoy who is just a fabulous person all around...I just wish we'd had more time together.With badge updated with all possible names, we set off down hallway and the random squeeage began. Every five seconds, another group would burst out in screams as friends met. One poor woman asked me how we all seemed to know each other. *shakes head at the ignorant* Met so many people I can barely remember all their names. All I know is that by the fifteenth squee, I was making sounds only a dolphin can hear and began the slow process of losing my voice.
Sabs got her revenge on me via
anyaplana who tackle glomped me. Then we caught angiej in a rare moment when she wasn't running to the next thing needing her attention and there was a big pumpkin glomp. Remembering that I'm under five feet...Eb glomped everyone else and hit me in the face with a can of Pringles potato chips. (Eb...told ya I'd bring that one up).Met up with
hermorrine and introduce myself as one of her slack mods. She was too sweet in not agreeing with me on that point. Also met zorac who's both cute as hell and a really nice guy.Meet and greet went on for quite a bit. Met Steve aka He Who Runs The Lexicon and his lovely wife. Bowed to him as being unworthy with Anya...then we bowed to her as well. Met
heidi8 and her adorable boys. Loved hearing Harry give proper answer to "who is Harry's girlfriend?" question...and also giving correct answer to "who is Harry's boyfriend?" Random meets:
purebloodgriff who I wish I'd gotten to talk to more, gwendolyngrace who didn't hold my bowing out of help desk against me. msscribe, vanityfair, megd, erinmiran, Renee (who doesn't yet have an LJ, is an R/Her and just truly lovely in spite of that), siriologist (another I didn't get to talk to as much as I would have liked), Penny L (ditto what I just said), and about a dozen others whose names escape me at the moment.Met
aegeus and was utter t00b. Showed him the side of my nametag with nothing written on it. Once I turned it over got first of many loffly hugs from him. *Fangirls muchly*After much waiting and scanning crowd (okay, I'll fess up, and much wine) we heard an Eb squee and knew
zorb had arrived. Yep. Tackle glomp #4. Am still squeeing over having met Master.Once squeeage died down it was time for the first Panel: the MWPP one. Twas loffly and they all did a fabulous job. Wish I could say more about it, but...well...*points up at wine comment
Panel over, Renee, Sabs, Zorb headed back to our room and posted to LJ...not going there...and then got phone call from
edajj and called arianaeh who we dearly wish had been there with us. Wandered the boardwalk for a bit and ended up in Jellyrolls listening to dueling pianos. I had another glass of what they said was red wine, but I still swear was a nicely aged vinegar.Collapsed from exhaustion not long after.
Friday: We were up much earlier than we should have been considering when we went to bed. First order of business was Sabs' hunt for pumpkin pens. After learning that they'd been delivered to the Koi, I mean Dolphin, instead, they were retrieved and handed over to the Registration desk. The cry of "the pens have landed" over the walkie talkies was a scream.
Noted that Katie had donned armbands. Hee!
Renee, Sabs and I headed off to Disney after that for a bit of theme park type squeeage.
Highlights:
Sabs repeatedly calling the Fast Pass the Speedpass (Fastpass being coolest way to ride the long line ones at Disney)
Finding slash on Pirates of the Caribbean ride
Finding Pooh/Tigger slash just to watch Sabs roll eyes in person
Sabs getting spit on by a Zorb goat on Big Thunder Mountain
Riding It's A Small World just to see a sheep for
harrynzSearching for charm bracelets
Sabs taking break from rides to do job-related conference call
After Disney, twas quick change of clothes and then off to FA birthday party. Oh. My. God. I don't know exactly what was in the Mischief Makers punch...but it was like being hit with a really sweet hammer. Of course, I had many. Kept telling everyone it was because I wanted the cool FA cup it was in. ;)
Highlights for me:
*
nmalfoy rocked as our Pineapple Dwelling DJ. *Meeting
slytherincess, having her call me on having dinged her fic, then sharing badfic stories with she and tall_man...side note: sorry I ruined the rest of your evening with that one I told you about ;)*getting glittered by John
*singing Happy Birthday to Aegeus
*Zorb and Cadey holding plate over my head while we were doing yahoo smilies (huggles LNCA)
*Anya's Tiara
*Nancy playing "Why don't we get drunk and screw" for H/D
*doing Macarena with Master
*two words: Pussy Control
*Morri and Mark's dance
*making Jess dance to YMCA while she was sitting down
*dancing like a loon even tho I have no discernable sense of rhythm
We were kicked out at 2 am and made our way slowly back to Swan. Hung out by the regurgitating swan fountain and Nancy squicked us all with the pond scum fic. Off to bed for postcards (sorry for being too drunk to put address on the proper side, Sabs *blushes) and then bed.
Saturday: Woke and dressed rapidly (donned Evil Minion shirt and only had three people yell "Mega Tokyo!" at me) to get downstairs to breakfast before The Debate. We scurried off to the panel in the scheduled debate room only to be told soon after it was over that debate had moved to game room. We ran like crazed fangirls and pushed our way to the front of the room. Took out Harry and Hermione plushies and had many squee over them. Amused myself by posing them in a few NC17 positions before settling down.
Zorb and Linda just awed me. Their arguments were clear, concise and kicked ass. Highlight for me was that the R/H side pretty much ignored OotP and didn't mention it at all in any of their planned comments. Only talked about it when Flourish asked...*schnoogles her madly*
Worst bit was the hideous T shirts the R/Hers wore...they had the lines from the Katie Couric interview...and a pic of JKR on each boob. They even had a nearly life sized Dobby wearing one. *gags
Post debate we drifted around a bit and then headed off to Downtown Disney to load up on souvenirs and yet another hideously expensive bottle of Diet Coke before heading back to Swan for Fandom Squares.
Fandom Squares. Oh My God. Now there's an hour I don't have to spend in purgatory after I die. Twas mortifying at times, but it is one of my happiest memories, tho:
*Chris Dickson did an incredible job as our host
*Nancy kept me sane throughout even tho I kept kicking the back of her chair.
*John has forever ensured that I will think of him whenever reading the train scene from PoA.
*Terribly sorry to have Eb guess wrong on her pumpkin juice question, thought you saw me winking, love
*Nancy asking if we could go home now as 5:30 inched closer
*Sabs getting the big laugh at her t00b response
*John's Dragon and getting a thong thrown at him
*Three words: Kiss My Ass
*Four Words: Bark Like A Dog
More wandering after being released from Fandom Squares. Ran into a group from the Founders Feast. Was fangirled by
jlh and nearly died on the spot. Will try and get another couple Up Against The Wall just for you, babe.Things quieted down and Renee and I hung with Cadey for a bit. I got to see the mythical Notebook wherein all her fic lies.
Double Feature Double Feature. Oh My God. How utterly amazing was this? Hundreds of Potterphiles in the same room yelling like mad at the screen. This is where Libbie's voice decided to take a vacation....didn't bother me, kept screaming anyway.
Highlights:
*Nancy Apparating and Disapparating, getting shinier at every reappearance.
*The mass squeeage whenever Snape/Draco/Slytherin were mentioned
*More mass squeeage during H/H moments
*The entire room doing Molly's lines with her during Burrow scene
*Harry desperately trying to stay awake on
heidi8's lap*Eb napping and wanting to be awakened for "the good parts"
*Being with Zorb for the Ron/Fang moments
*Mass booing of Dursleys
*Sitting with Eb during CoS Parseltongue moments and laughing hysterically
*getting back rubs from Shiny!Nancy and her telling me that I was loser for having Pumpkin Toes *winks at her
*Gwen singing her House filks during midnight raffle, my God can that woman sing
*watching deleted Flourish and Blotts scene with a shitload of slashers
*watching in teeth gritting envy as two people won OotP Harry stand ups
*hearing someone else yell "Dirty Harry"
*Nancy's comments, all of which NC17 and highly amusing
Gave in to sleep and cold at around 4 am. I was croaking like a frog by the end of movies but it was soooooooo worth it. Still bummed that I crapped out so early and missed Snarkiness by Cadey, Sabs and Zorbie.
Sunday: After a long and restful two hours of sleep, Renee and I met the rest of the pumpkins for breakfast and auction. Had no intention of buying anything at the auction until I saw the wizard bear. *points to new avatar * Of course, I had to have that. TP would have heart attack if he knew how much I spent on it. That only adds to the joy of owning it, imho.
The bid war over the Padfoot banner was amazing.
purebloodgriff winning the Mary Grand Pre signed copy of OotP was utterly fabulous. I still wish I'd had more money to bid for the HP Quilt. Best moment – getting my own personal copy of Cadey's "What The Shit Is This?" face. Will hold up and flash at TP when he gives me any attitude. :DSaying goodbye. Now that sucked. I wanted to stay forever. I didn't want to go back to chatting online again. I'd gotten too used to having everyone just a few steps away. Still wish I'd been able to find a way to keep Cadey attached to my cheek so she could come home with me.
Finally, it was time to head home. Renee and I boarded Night bus back to the airport, set about the long wait for our plane out, had a rehash chat with Sweeney and
heathersy and then took our respective seats for the trip home. We weren't together at all this go around, so I settled my brain dead self in for a nap – didn't work. Couldn't stop memories from washing over me. Cried a bit over having to leave everyone but decided to settle on being so happy that I'd been there.Random Comments:
*am thrilled that CG was there – she guaranteed that I wasn't the t00biest one there
*I miss wearing my lanyard
*Cadey's comments that I look like her mom.
*Seeing Zorb do the YM \:D/ dance
*
gwendolyngrace utterly blowing me away as our MoM. *Tubbi's
*Getting to spend real time with Renee, not just phone/IM
*Realizing that Anya ensured that I wasn't the shortest person at Nimbus
*Getting Katie to sign the special postcard
I know I'm forgetting about a thousand things, but these are the ones that will live in my memory forever...or until I make all new ones in 2005.
Thanks in spades to everyone that made Nimbus 2003 happen. From Gwen down to the volunteers that took the middle of the night security shifts. You all made this one of the best times of my life.
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