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Friday — The Gathering is Official Now [for TCH: 918 minutes]
At the absurdly early hour of 10 am the Gathering made its official debut with the addition of the much-heralded d'Herblay. A viewing of OMWF and the Behind the Scenes of OMWF followed by Restless with commentary (in which Joss still maintains that the Cheeseman had no meaning but, of course, we know he lies]. Then we were joined by Dub and her friend Leona, and shortly afterward by cjl. Mr. Rufus came in briefly followed shortly by Rufus herself.
Much discussion followed then consisting mostly of hihowareya's and goodtoseeyou's and in some cases even goodtoseeyouagain's. Then we had to look at the lovely picture Dub brought of our absent friends, and discussing who was missing that we had pictures of, resulting in a second collaged picture courtesy of the Chronicler and Dub's printer]. LadyS performed a requested favor repeatedly by dropping Dead Soul's name at odd moments.
If any questions remain about d'Herb's ability to capture and maintain the attention of the group we can confirm that all rumors are entirely true. Standing outside the room, seen only through the glass (from the outdoors smoking area), not even intending to get our attention, he was able to stop all conversation and have all heads turn to watch him just stand there.
Many small conversations about a variety of subjects, occasionally even Buffy and/or Angel [not unlike chat, lol] broke out, changed, groups evolved and mutated [really shoulda seen that! — mutant posters!!!] as the planned events of the day played out. [Okay…getting "the Look" from LadyS because there were no planned events but I say hey, then, the plan is working.]
We had to say seeyatomorrow to Dub and Leona [sigh…alas…sniffles]. We were joined in the evening by Caroline with an ohboyitscaroline! from the Chronicler. The Gathered went to chat where Sophist and fidhle foolishly announced their attempted coup, and as we can vouch for Masq's ability to read, the coup has been averted. A request for pictures was made by WolfHowl3 and it was explained that chocolate bribes had been offered to the Chronicler to suppress said photos which prompted Wolfie to make a chocolate wars challenge to the board to attempt to out-bribe the gathered. We then had to leave chat as d'Herblay called for dinner and as a cranky d'H is much less fun than a snarky d'H, we went to dinner. Or started to go to dinner. Checking menus at the hotel, then asking for close by choices from the front desk while various peoples went to rooms. A decision was made, then delayed when Fresne and her friend Karen arrived. Being in Canada, and trying to do as the Canadians do, we waited for them to check in and join us before leaving for dinner [after leaving a note to tell any very-late-comers where to find us].
We arrived at Moxie's and pretty much took over the entire seating area in the bar, rearranging the furniture, Caroline and I taking possession of the very comfy chairs. We were then joined by anonymous lurkers… Susan and Michael Walsh. Small conversations broke out again, once again though your Chronicler was both eating and participating so you may only guess what we decided about Spike, Dawn, Buffy and others.
Upon return to the hotel we continued discussion for a short while until cjl's announcement that he was leaving heralded the arrival of Darby, Sarah and Graffiti. Various episode discussions broke out, especially those with very funny moments. DoubleMeat Palace was brought up, with the 'inadvertent' use of the snake imagery, which of course looked like something, ummm…entirely different. In making the point of the obvious metaphor Caroline, in a conversational lull, declaimed, "HEAD!…[gesture from top of head] PENIS!…[back to head] HEAD!…[gesture] PENIS!…[back] HEAD!…[sudden stop while looking furtively around and realizing she has the undivided attention of all in the room]. Discussion returned once again for a short while to black tigers and somehow segued to arachnids large and small [not that we're making any relationship to the arrival of Darby here…]. We then determined that we had a distinct split between the spider-phobic and those who were amused by spider-phobia. Eventual realization that sleep was indeed a possible activity at appropriate intervals led many to decide to give the others a chance to enjoy doing same. Last minute call to LadyS and Bit from d'H to watch Seth Green on Conan. Then…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
At the absurdly early hour of 10 am the Gathering made its official debut with the addition of the much-heralded d'Herblay. A viewing of OMWF and the Behind the Scenes of OMWF followed by Restless with commentary (in which Joss still maintains that the Cheeseman had no meaning but, of course, we know he lies]. Then we were joined by Dub and her friend Leona, and shortly afterward by cjl. Mr. Rufus came in briefly followed shortly by Rufus herself.
Much discussion followed then consisting mostly of hihowareya's and goodtoseeyou's and in some cases even goodtoseeyouagain's. Then we had to look at the lovely picture Dub brought of our absent friends, and discussing who was missing that we had pictures of, resulting in a second collaged picture courtesy of the Chronicler and Dub's printer]. LadyS performed a requested favor repeatedly by dropping Dead Soul's name at odd moments.
If any questions remain about d'Herb's ability to capture and maintain the attention of the group we can confirm that all rumors are entirely true. Standing outside the room, seen only through the glass (from the outdoors smoking area), not even intending to get our attention, he was able to stop all conversation and have all heads turn to watch him just stand there.
Many small conversations about a variety of subjects, occasionally even Buffy and/or Angel [not unlike chat, lol] broke out, changed, groups evolved and mutated [really shoulda seen that! — mutant posters!!!] as the planned events of the day played out. [Okay…getting "the Look" from LadyS because there were no planned events but I say hey, then, the plan is working.]
We had to say seeyatomorrow to Dub and Leona [sigh…alas…sniffles]. We were joined in the evening by Caroline with an ohboyitscaroline! from the Chronicler. The Gathered went to chat where Sophist and fidhle foolishly announced their attempted coup, and as we can vouch for Masq's ability to read, the coup has been averted. A request for pictures was made by WolfHowl3 and it was explained that chocolate bribes had been offered to the Chronicler to suppress said photos which prompted Wolfie to make a chocolate wars challenge to the board to attempt to out-bribe the gathered. We then had to leave chat as d'Herblay called for dinner and as a cranky d'H is much less fun than a snarky d'H, we went to dinner. Or started to go to dinner. Checking menus at the hotel, then asking for close by choices from the front desk while various peoples went to rooms. A decision was made, then delayed when Fresne and her friend Karen arrived. Being in Canada, and trying to do as the Canadians do, we waited for them to check in and join us before leaving for dinner [after leaving a note to tell any very-late-comers where to find us].
We arrived at Moxie's and pretty much took over the entire seating area in the bar, rearranging the furniture, Caroline and I taking possession of the very comfy chairs. We were then joined by anonymous lurkers… Susan and Michael Walsh. Small conversations broke out again, once again though your Chronicler was both eating and participating so you may only guess what we decided about Spike, Dawn, Buffy and others.
Upon return to the hotel we continued discussion for a short while until cjl's announcement that he was leaving heralded the arrival of Darby, Sarah and Graffiti. Various episode discussions broke out, especially those with very funny moments. DoubleMeat Palace was brought up, with the 'inadvertent' use of the snake imagery, which of course looked like something, ummm…entirely different. In making the point of the obvious metaphor Caroline, in a conversational lull, declaimed, "HEAD!…[gesture from top of head] PENIS!…[back to head] HEAD!…[gesture] PENIS!…[back] HEAD!…[sudden stop while looking furtively around and realizing she has the undivided attention of all in the room]. Discussion returned once again for a short while to black tigers and somehow segued to arachnids large and small [not that we're making any relationship to the arrival of Darby here…]. We then determined that we had a distinct split between the spider-phobic and those who were amused by spider-phobia. Eventual realization that sleep was indeed a possible activity at appropriate intervals led many to decide to give the others a chance to enjoy doing same. Last minute call to LadyS and Bit from d'H to watch Seth Green on Conan. Then…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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::itching to smack LadyS:: She was supposed to be subtle about it!
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Subtle? You asked LadyS for subtle?!! hahahahaha
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For the record:
And I probably shouldn't admit this (it's a bit like dropping a loaded revolver into the hands of a baby, for all you Fredric Brown/Simpsons fans), but while a cranky d'H definitely does not have as much fun as a snarky d'H, there are those who maintain that there is much more fun to be had at his expense.