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[corilannam]

Whew! I am back from my vacation, which... I did not actually mention going on because it was a bit of a last minute kind of thing and I had very limited internet.

chelseafrew and meeby and I went up to borrow a beach house in Hyannis and spent an extended holiday weekend enjoying the sun (until it pulled an attitude), sights, and a lot of ice cream. Finally made it to Martha's Vineyard and got a glimpse of the Kennedy compound.

I got almost nothing done on my big bang. Eep.

We did have one fannish moment, courtesy of chelseafrew's Adam Lambert t-shirt. She was wearing the one with the big glam Eye of Horus:


We were at a flea market, and she got a lot of comments on the shirt, but the best one was from the people running a booth with cute baby/toddler t-shirts. The conversation went like this:

YOUNGER WOMAN AT BOOTH: Oh, that's a great t-shirt. Is that from Aida?
CHELSEAFREW: No, it's Adam Lambert. He was the runner up on American Idol last year.
YOUNGER WOMAN AT BOOTH: Oh, right. I think I remember which one he was. I always get him mixed up with the one who won... what was his name?
CHELSEAFREW: Kris Allen?
YOUNGER WOMAN AT BOOTH: Um, yeah, I guess.
OLDER WOMAN AT BOOTH (a little aggressively): One of our relatives was on that season.
ME: Oh, really?
OLDER WOMAN AT BOOTH: Yeah. Danny Gokey.
ME: ... oh, right. I hear he's doing very well now!
OLDER WOMAN AT BOOTH: His album just came out.
ME and CHELSEAFREW: ....
OLDER WOMAN AT BOOTH: Anyway, we're related to him.
ME and CHELSEAFREW: That's awesome! (backing away quickly)

Yeah, sure you don't remember which one Adam Lambert was, lady.

Anyway, hi to the new Merlin friends! I am collecting you now (in a non-creepy way, I promise) in the hopes of someday being able to discuss Merlin here and having someone actually care. Whee!

Comments

[chelseafrew.livejournal.com]

That story will not be old for quite some time. *G*

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

It certainly has not yet ceased to amuse me. *g*

[mellacita.livejournal.com]

Hi! I came by to check out this person who had friended me and holy crap, are you in DC?

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Hi! Yes, I sure am in DC -- well, the suburbs, anyway. It's nice to meet a local Merlin fan!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

total sidebar: I keep debating buying that shirt. Nice to know it's selling and it leads to such interesting conversations.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

It's far and away my favorite of his shirts, though it's also the most expensive. I like the relative subtlety of the branding, although it still turned out to be quite the attention getter!

[whirligigged.livejournal.com]

"...in the hopes of someday being able to discuss Merlin here and having someone actually care."

This is me, except IRL every single day! It's delightful, no one ever knows what I am discussing with them. It's dub-con in the form of conversation. Possibly add on ten other fandoms in addition to Merlin and then welcome to how I live my life, I'm delightful, you are welcome!

Also wow, that shirt. I did not realize how fabulous ancient Egypt was! More fool, I.