Universe 'At Risk' From Eagle Owls
this is what a nodermeet looks like
Bright was the day and high were our hearts when--
Alright, I can keep that style up for about half a sentence.
It seems that noders are unable to follow simple instructions! Yes, folks, there IS a number 11 bus, and getting on a randomly-chosen other bus which seems to be heading in the right direction is not a good substitute! We had people ending up in different streets, different towns, different dimensions. "You're in the right room, don't worry! But you're in an alternate universe which doesn't have any people in it. No, move kata a few feet!"
TheLady has a superb bookshelf and an equally superb comic bookshelf. TheLady also cooks! Prepares food. Perhaps the prevalence of recipe nodes should have given it away, but noders cook.
Dimview exists. She is a real, corporeal individual, and there is photographical evidence! Of kohlcass, who phoned up during the nodermeet to wish Wntrmute a happy birthday and ended up talking to everybody including myself, I have only heard a voice, briefly, but it's surely only a matter of time.
"I don't recognise you. Let my check my list of people who are expected to be here. Are you... BaronWR? Hah! Success!"
DTal seems like a nice young man. We'll have to work on that.
Andrew_Aguecheek and I crossed the road to the Co-Op - dashed handy - to buy booze. "Right, how are we paying for half of this each?" "You cut, I'll choose." ("Would you like to sponsor a dog?" is the strangest thing either of us has ever been asked at a checkout.)
Apple: just as evil as Microsoft? Consensus was yes. Don't get TheLady started. My theory? Apple can make stylish-looking computers and music machines. Microsoft are not at liberty to create sleek, stylish-looking, white and chrome software, so they lose.
The Debutante arrived, bringing party games. Yeah, seriously. We passed parcels. BaronWR's forfeit was to propose marriage to the noder opposite. rootbeer277 ("PROFESSOR SCIENCE")'s forfeit, shortly afterwards, was NOT to accept BaronWR's proposal, alas. Instead, he was instructed to remove three items of clothing. And complied. Yeah, really. We've seen his feet, ladies.
We were divided into groups for the quiz round. "Right, for this game, you will be given the title of a node on Everything2 and you will have to tell me which noder wrote it!" "Ah ha!" I thought. "Since I am a regular user of E2, I have the advantage! Oh, wait."
There was the Never Mind The Buzzcocks "Hum the song and have your teammate guess it" round, which devolved into "Get one point for recognising any of the songs in the pile of cards" but was hilarious. There was also the totally awesome Have I Got News For You "Headlines with deleted words" round, which included none, some or all (actually all) from the meet's guest publication, the November 2007 issue of Sporting Shooter magazine.
It should actually have been "Harriers 'At Risk' From Eagle Owls"
There was also "Fowling By _________". The actual answer was "Moonlight" but by this point we were giving points to the funniest answer, so I believe it was Wntrmute who won with "Chanel".
Last Year's Rabbi did not make an appearance, alas.
If you are a Facebook friend of any of the attendees then you will be able to view Dimview's photo gallery of this meet here. la petite mort's gallery is here, including several pics of Wntrmute with his honeyz.
At this nodermeet, to my surprise, we actually spent a fair amount of time discussing Everything2 itself. No, we did not come to any firm conclusions. At least in the catbox, everything everybody says is heard by everybody else who reads. My goodness, it's almost like everybody has a differing opinion!
When we ran out of beer I think we (or at least I) moved on to drinking vodka and blackcurrant squash, which was enough to start me thinking seriously about sleep. I felt no shame about curling up on the floor while the party continued, since archiewood was already asleep under the kitchen table, and also, it was, you know, two thirty in the morning by this point. I thought of it as starting a trend.
When The Debutante is asleep on a sofa under a thick heavy blanket which completely covers her, it looks like there's nobody there.
The cold and regret-filled light of day dawned, as it does after November nodermeets. My patented hangover cure: fruit! Also there were delicious eggs.
Thank you for letting us eat all your food and sleep on your floor, TheLady!
Wntrmute, you should have another birthday next year