The bunnies are talking...

The post for panel suggestions for Connotations has just gone up.

Post is here: http://connotations.livejournal.com/130371.html

Go, suggest, be awesome :D

The con's nearly here, we're heading to Durham in the morning, I've only just now packed and my alarm's set for about 5 hours from now.

I'm at connotations this weekend and I'm totally looking forward to it (although also totally panicking that I've forgot something...)

I've put put the panel voting post up on connotations, so if there's anything you want to see at the con, let your fingers do the clicking *\o/*

And for those who'd like a handy-dandy link, here you go: http://connotations.livejournal.com/124166.html

I'm collating the list of panel suggestions for Connotations, as the voting post was supposed to go up on the 1st. Only, I left work late and I'm going in early and now my eyes are swimming in my head like little drunken goldfish that have had vodka poured into their bowl. Little, swimming, vodka-drinking goldfish.

I'll finish doing the post tomorrow and post it on the comm, which means everyone has one last opportunity to suggest panels.

Panel suggestion post is here: http://connotations.livejournal.com/123895.html

So, if you want discuss some awesome topics at the most fabulous slash con to ever grace the shores of the UK (admittedly, I may be a little biased on this one...) then dive on over to the comm and suggest away!

Also, any in the UK who is interested in hanging out and talking slash for a weekend should totally check out connotations. After all, we're really kind of awesome *\o/*

Tell me, fair flist, if you had the opportunity to spend a delightful weekend amongst fans, would you not do so?

If this weekend also happened to contain much merriment and joy and the occasional talk of porn, would you not leap to be in attendance?

If the answer to both of these questions is yes, then I, luckily, have the very weekend for you...

Connotations is open for business: http://community.livejournal.com/connotations/123203.html

7-9 October. Durham. Slash. You know you want to ::grin::

Also, I got the prize for the pimp session a couple of days ago. It's fabulous... (Although not as fabulous as lost_house's crocheted cock. But, then again, nothing could be as fabulous as a crocheted cock. Except for a crocheted Graboid, but he ain't going anywhere because he's mine ::grin::)

I can tell Connotations is coming up soon as I'm entering that stage of 'Oh god, is everything done...' panic ::grin::

For those going to connotations, the post for voting on what panels you want to see run is up:

http://community.livejournal.com/connotations/113982.html

And for those of you not coming to connotations, you should - we're awesome ;D

Picture the scene... a few days ago...

Woman What I Work With: Claire, do you still do that convention?

Me: Yeah.

WWIWW: You have a raffle, don't you?

Me: Yeah.

WWIWW: Do you take donations?

Me: Yeah...

(It's at this point, I've got to say that the people who work around me know it's a slash con.)

WWIWW: Okay, I've got some stuff you might be interested in.

::Jump to today::

WWIWW: Claire?

Me: Yeah?

WWIWW: I've got a suitcase in the car. I'll drop it off at yours tonight.

Me: Okay.

::jump to tonight::

Now, before I go any further, I should comment that said woman that I work with? Used to be an Ann Summers rep. In fact, some people may remember her from this post.

And now you all know where this is heading, don't you?

I.. well, no, the convention ::grin::, is now the proud owner of a (really rather large) suitcase of Ann Summers stock.

There are more boxes of jelly penises in my house than I know what to do with.

Only, it wasn't just the novelty penis items we got. Oh, no. She gave us everything she had left. Including the naughty nurse outfit, the all brand new and still with price tags in some cases (and dude! Ann Summers is expensive!) lingerie, the flashing nipple lights, the naked men playing cards, a gimp mask and at least one set of feathery things that I looked at for a good five minutes before I finally gave up on trying to work out what they were. And that's just some of it.

The vibrators (and there were several) unfortunately had had the batteries left in and had corroded or no longer work (yes, I tried them) so had to be thrown out. (This also means that if my bin men look inside my rubbish this week, they're going to think I've had a far more active Bank Holiday weekend than I actually did. Me, and possibly the entirety of Newcastle rugby team...)

There was one point where I was almost completely surrounded by sex toys. It's been an amusing night to say the least...

ETA: Just to clarify, the jelly penises are the edible kind of jelly penises, not the other kind. Personally, I'm not sure which would be more amusing ;D

Claire: she say PIMP!

So, Connotations 2009 has been announced.

For anyone interested in a fabulous slash con in the UK, run by amazing and generous and funny and wonderful and modest people, the comm's here: connotations

Running the last weekend in September in the North East of England, Connotations is, without a doubt, a weekend I look forward to each and every year *\o/*