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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!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

"...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.