Today is a *special* day...

[highlyeccentric]

The kind of day in which I bought a copy of The Big Issue, because it had Viggo on the cover, and was idly flipping through it in the lift while two men had a conversation behind me.

The lift stopped at my floor and the doors opened. Inclining my head toward the button panel, while still reading, I said absently 'Thank you...' and got out.

Then realising what I'd done, I started giggling to myself, while the doors were still closing. I am now the girl who talks to elevators!

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[avedaggio.livejournal.com]

That makes two of us.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I find elevators are good company ;).

[avedaggio.livejournal.com]

Yep. They don't get hurt if you never call them back, they don't mind if you sing along to their music, and they mostly smell rather nice.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Except for the one I got in once which stank of old sex. That wasn't so nice.

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

That's *very* special, dear.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I thought so!

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

You thought right!

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

TROJIE. I have someone I want you to meet. Just down the page here: niamh_sage, she's awesome and nerdy and lives in Belgium and comes from Australia and reads Pratchett and once studied biology and once studied psych and now does... some kind of office thing. And she has a son, who in a stroke of extreme nerdery she and Arni named Emrys.

I think you might get along like a house on fire!

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

*waves at niamh_sage*

Can we drag her aboard the Ship, d'you think, Cap'n?

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think so, really. She's The Other Kind of Fan. The kind which lurks around on discussion boards and doth not write fic.

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

Damn. Could we christen the ship's jollyboat 'Discussion Board' and sort of tow her, do you think?

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly!

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

I do so write fic! It's just ... original fic :P

ETA: on reflection, I shall amend that to non-fandom fic, because IMO any fic that isn't plagiarised from the original is original fic, no?

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

And ... 'The Other Kind of Fan' sounds rather deliciously ominous. I think I shall use that as my official Title when I need one.

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

Hello! Mice to neet you :D

Which Ship would this be? *has been living under a rock*

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Ahahah. The Good Ship Edmund/Caspian, an association of honourable people invested in writing inappropriate things involving childrens' book characters.

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

Likewise!

This would be the good Ship Edmund/Caspian, fondly referred to as the Thinking Fangirl's Ship. Of which Highly is the Cap'n and I am her First Mate. We write epically tragical fic and campaign for more accurate representation of hammocks in shipboard fanfic and frequently roll up our hammocks and carry them aboard other fandoms, like that of Merlin ...

I hear you did biology-type things. What kind? Biology-type things are fun :D

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

I love your Special Amy Moments! :D

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

HEY CAMI. I'm thinking, what with Having A Job and all, that I want to go to the Leeds conference next year. Which would put me in England. And when in England one would be foolish not to poke at Europe.

I can has visiting rights chez famille Brokking? (Possibly I have not so much visiting rights as contractual visiting obligations?)

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

OF COURSE!!!! We'd be utterly, frabjously delighted to see you :D When might that be?

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Er, I is BAD WITH DATES. I know it's usually about three weeks into second semester, so, um, July maybe? August? something like that.

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

LOL, looks like we're getting a flood of Aussies in summer then :D (other friends of ours are also planning to come our way in June/July). Hurrah! Anyway, when you have travel plans sorted, let us know and then we can arrange things. In the meantime, I'll write you up in the "Coming Attractions" section of our whiteboard at home :D

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Ahaha it's not even a Proper Plan, I must warn you. It's more of a 'I think I shall investigate the pros and cons of this potential plan'.

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

I trust we shall be appearing in the "pros" section of the potential plan? :P

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Next year, 2010. When I actually have accrued leave.