a cat in a ... suitcase

[odycee]

Peg2 people - what are you taking to wear to the 'cocktail party'? The very sound of it sends panic into my jean clad legs...

The cat has just got in my suitcase (how super-prepared am I - I'm not still trying to find the suitcase half an hour before leaving the house!). I wasn't planning to take him with me but I guess I'll be ready for anything now. Apart from the fact I can't find the plastic wallets to put photos in. And I need to find some camera batteries.

Heroes continues to be fabulous and so was SGA this week. Yayness.

Comments

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Cocktail party?!?!?!?

fuck

Other than my costume, I don't even own a dress that fits any more. Um... If I pack a belt I could wear my sparkly jeans?

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Hopefully I'm making it up! Anna said something about a cocktail party and I went !!!! but I don't know where she said it now and I'm beginning to think I'm just going slowly mad...

[niennah.livejournal.com]

It's the thing we're all going to because we're in the first 300 tickets! You know, the meet n' greet thingy. I thought they were calling it a cocktail party. Someone was, anyway. This is possibly how rumours get started.

I wouldn't worry about it. I'm bringing a dress, but I'm wearing it with converse so it's not exactly super dressy. We are geeks, you know! We're dressed up if we're wearing something other than jeans and a t-shirt with something witty or fandomy across the chest. And even that counts as dressed up if the t-shirt is new. ;)

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Oh! That makes sense. You rumour starter, you.

I'm sure I'll be fine. I'm just annoyed at the moment that most of my decent clothes are work clothes. I think I need to go clothes shopping and buy some non-work clothes!

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, good idea. No point wearing A-line skirts to a con! People would think you were in some kind of weird costume. Luckily being a student most of my clothes are normal without any particularly fashionable flair. I may not even wear my dress at all. I'll see how everything fits into my suitcase. And it's only one pair of shoes for me for the first time ever!

Aer Lingus are making passengers PAY for checked baggage now. It's only €4, but it still stings! Bloody cheek.

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Damn students and their lack of a dress code. ;)

€4 for checked baggage! Harsh!

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I have new tee shirts. Should I wear 'Talk Nerdy To Me' or 'Two Drinks Away From Girl On Girl Action'?

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... whichever clashes most with your rainbow converse?

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Girl on Girl Action! It's brown and yellow. Very tasteful ;)

[odycee.livejournal.com]

But is it a casual or nice t-shirt?

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, I DON'T KNOW!!!

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I can point out somewhere to give you really useful advice on this sort of thing.

Here's one free piece tip for you - don't forget to take a bag and/or suitcase to put all your things in.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Wow, amazing! You're full of handy tips! I don't suppose you have any helpful guides on how to tell the difference between an arse and an elbow, do you? I'm so confused!

[niennah.livejournal.com]

But Cee... what's that stuff I need, you know, for the cleaning of the teeth?

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Teeth cleaner of course! Or was it Cilit Bang? I'll have to go and check.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

BANG and the plaque is gone!

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Well, I think either one will be a hit!

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

I think I might save 'Talk Nerdy To Me' for the photos. But is girl on girl action really the sort of first impression I want to make? O.o

I know! How about 'It's Not PMS, It's YOU!' instead?

Yes, I spent over a hundred US dollars at Tee Shirt Hell. I'm a bad girl.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Seeing as how we go around talking about boy on boy action all the time, perhaps it's only fair.

You are a bad girl. And a bad influence. Because of your post earlier I am now registered with eBay and bidding on Dallas memorabilia for my friend whose birthday is coming up. I will blame you if I win the bidding on a whiskey decanter in the shape of JR Ewing.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Oh god, seriously? That has got to be the best thing EVER on eBay. I thought the sparkly costume jewellery in the shape of the Queen's head was pretty good, but that is even better.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Seriously! And my friend is mad into Dallas, so it's perfect. *g*

(So I'm thanking you really.)

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

No one should ever be thanked for a whiskey decanter in the shape of JR Ewing. Actually, I'm not sure what would be an appropriate response.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Oh, also, it plays the Dallas theme song. It is the best thing ever.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Oh God, stop making me want to go look for it O.o

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Too late.

Oh my God. I love eBay.

[odycee.livejournal.com]

It's Not PMS, It's YOU!

That is one great t-shirt. Heh.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

I thought UG was going to laugh out his spleen when he saw it. I have to buy one for his sister now.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

I just checked the Wolf website, and it just says 'party'. Which I'm going to assume is going to be the usual '200 geeks in jeans, three people in leather trousers, two Jedi Chefs, a skinny guy in a gimp suit, and that chick with the chain mail bikini'.

[odycee.livejournal.com]

I think that's probably a safe assumption then!

And now I've got 'Twelve Days of Christmas' going round in my head which really should never be sung using the words 'gimp suit' in it.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Fi-ive gi-imp suits!
Four anal beads
Three ball gags
Two nipple clamps
And an Aneros in a...

Oh God, shoot me now.

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Oh. Dear. God. Knowing my brain and its dreadful capacity for playing songs to me over and over again, I'm going to be feeling awfully traumatised at work tomorrow.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. Except I'll be singing it to myself as someone waxes my eyebrows. Two nippleeEEEEEEAAARGHHH!!!

[ispahan.livejournal.com]

Nothing fancy! I assume they put cocktail in front of party to make us all feel glamorous.

But if it helps I have a friend who once created a gorgeous (floor length) evening dress out of black bin-liners so I'm sure we could whip something up if desperate. *g*

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Oh good! I feel glamorous already! ;)

I know someone who didn't go to their university graduation and made a gown out of black bin liners to mark the occasion instead. I think we'd be a great hit if we all dressed in custom made bin-liner outfits!

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

I once went to a fancy dress part in a bin bag! I was Dounreay's missing radioactive waste.

[ispahan.livejournal.com]

That's quite a good one, did it come complete with a mortar board?

We discovered that the industrial-strength bin-liners work really well; you can get them to fit the large black-bins; the plastic is stronger and the bags longer so you can do more with it.