In which I fail utterly at fannish housekeeping

[kiwisue]

Maybe it was because B went off to Melbourne for the weekend, maybe because I was feeling jealous of other fannish get-togethers. Regardless of the reason, today was the day I decided to catch up on some long overdue fandom friends visiting and to return all the borrowed items on my bookshelves.

First stop was Hurstville where I met KarenL for lunch (iced coffee and chicken schnitzel). As K doesn't have a home computer I'd printed off a copy of the DIALJ Christmas zine for her. I also loaned her my copies of Redemption andNever Far Apart. We're talking about another trip together next year, to Close Quarters and maybe Nattercon (I want to do both and I'll have enough frequent flyer points to do one trip without paying for the ticket). Definitely have to start planning and saving for that.

Second visit was to rose_gialle. I guiltily realised it's been over a year since I've seen her. Luckily she didn't seem to mind too much.She fed me delicious Boston cake and Sprite, I enjoyed petting the lovely Simba, reclaimed some items, returned her S&H DVD's and a Suzan Lovett print, gave her a printed copy of the DIALJ zine and came away with a Hornblower one to read. I also enticed her to read Life on Mars/Pros crossover fic *g*.

Third and last - I visited H (list person marge_harper) over on the North Shore. At sinpozium I'd lent her some vids (it was a shock to realise that was where my copy of The Last Place on Earth had vanished to - I thought it had been lost in the house moving) and she'd given me some zines. Via phone calls and emails we've been attempting to meet up for an exchange of prisoners for over 2 years! We had a lovely chat over orange juice, coffee and ginger chocolate chip biscuits. She brought out the Box of Doom - a very large container full of zines that she and a friend of hers no longer wanted. I ended up with a carton full of them (some are duplicates that will go to Karenwithoutacomputer or another Pros fan, eventually). I returned her zines, she borrowed a copy of ITPI1 that rose_gialle returned, I borrowed half a dozen others, including Cherilyn's Fruit of the Spirit, which I've been meaning to read for ages.

End result - I went out with maybe 8 'zines and came back with 20. Am eyeing the space on the bookshelf - not enough.

I can see that I'll be doing a repeat tour in the not too distant future *g*.

Ah, fandom. Never a done deal.

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Hey, next time you're on north shore, come over and say hi!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Would love to!

Gimme your contact details - you can email me at miranda731 atttt yahoo dot com dot au.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Yes, but some of them are only en route to peoplewithoutcomputers so don't need shelf space. I got some DVDs back the other day and didn't even remember lending them... (Northern Exposure, not Pros, but still...)

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

I've tried to keep track of things I've borrowed from people and vice-versa, but there are always surprises. Friends are lovely - I haven't lost much at all, over the years.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

You did have a busy day traipsing all over Sydney and suburbs, but very productive. Fandoms are a wondrous thing. :)

A friend tried to do a copy of Last Place on Earth for me, but it seems it is very well protected, so no copy. :-( Will have to see what I can find at Amazon or on ebay.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

I got the DVD from Amazon Canada, of all places, although I see that amazon.co.uk now has it, and quite cheaply too. It's heart-wrenching and brilliant. MS, Sylvester McCoy and Stephen Moore are wonderful together.

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

What fun you've had! Isn't it great to have friends to share your fannish interests? I must hear more about the Pros/LoM crossovers!

Your friend who is borrowing Redemption and Never Far Apart is in for a real treat. :D

Thanks for posting.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Also, she has another friend who has just discovered Pros and she's going to frame the Bodie portrait from the DITBB zine for her. Everyone I show that production to loves crimson_37's artwork.

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

We have such a creative Pros fandom. We are so lucky.

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! So we were all sort of together today in spirit! Because this was the day I met up with byslantedlight, londonronnie, probodie, magenta_blue, crimson_37, and elizabethoshea! Isn't it marvelous? I have to say, I rather like your progressive trip from fan house to fan house (and refreshments!).*g*

Cheers.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Yes! *g* I love synchronicity across the globe. I haven't talked so much in ages. I bet the chatter was flowing where you were as well.