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Emma Hart

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:45:54 +1300

That would be fabulous, Kris, we'd love to see you.

Kris V

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:03:15 +1300

buggrit I need a break... might just turn up to the Wgtn gig after all
will work on it :)

Jen Hay

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:30:53 +1300

I can confirm that the final leg from fruitvale was completed successfully. And yes – we could all definitely do with a few good play dates.

Deborah

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:13:06 +1300

@Jolisa – e-mailed, but I’m not sure how recent the address I used is. I’m free later on Wednesday afternoon, but I have to get back up to Palmie that evening (cat, guinea pigs, get the car back to my employer…).

Isabel Hitchings

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:51:51 +1300

Since I reaslised that going up to Wellington would give me the perfect excuse to stop in Nelson to hug my Mum on the way home I'm pretty much committed to coming. I could use some accommodation recommendations – perhaps near to where other PASers are staying?

Russell Brown

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:39:04 +1300

Actually, my normal MO is to turn up about four hours after everything has started, by which point most participants are so rollocked they later have no memory of meeting me.

When exactly did this happen? Oh, wait ...

JackElder

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:16:25 +1300

if you’re one off those people given to flashy entrances I may be obliged to glare at you like a Wodehouse aunt and snap my braces aggressively.

Mental note: leave the flash bombs and smoke machine at home. And don't wear the mirror sequinned waistcoat.

Actually, my normal MO is…

Jolisa

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:05:34 +1300

Deborah, so bummed to hear you can't make it on the night. BUT: I am in Wgtn from Tuesday morning. Email me?

Jolisa

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:01:05 +1300

That's the one – bunt away!

I understand David and Bob are looking for a few hot playdates, as well... know a good playground?

Danielle

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:59:07 +1300

(who knew there was a part of Auckland called Fruitvale?)

It's the next train station after New Lynn, isn't it?

In which case: David, Jen, Bob and Polly are in my 'hood! We should put up some bunting.

Jolisa

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:45:13 +1300

David last seen in Fruitvale (who knew there was a part of Auckland called Fruitvale?) where we dropped him off at his vehicle. I trust he made it safely the rest of the way.

Also, for the record: apparently he only hugs fellow introverts. I was never so glad to…

Sacha

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:27:45 +1300

Or his tats at least

Stephen Judd

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:40:58 +1300

If we're lucky, he'll have his tits out.

giovanni tiso

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:28:53 +1300

but you're one off those people given to flashy entrances

Yup, that's Jack all over.

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:58:44 +1300

As in, if I turn up at 7pm, will I be brusquely turned away at the door as the keynote has already started?

No, but you're one off those people given to flashy entrances I may be obliged to glare at you like a Wodehouse aunt and snap my braces…

Russell Brown

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:14:25 +1300

As in, if I turn up at 7pm, will I be brusquely turned away at the door as the keynote has already started?

The programme will kick off about 7pm, and there's no way you'll be turned away whenever.

Russell Brown

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:13:22 +1300

Absolutely amazing. Thanks Orcon and thanks Russell!
It’s brilliant to have something fabulous to look forward to.

Is David home yet? We took him to Pastis after the Media7 recording, with the Gracewoods and Bart, but refused to let him pay on the basis that people without a functioning house…

JackElder

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:47:40 +1300

Indeed, much respect to Orcon for that.

An etiquette question: if this is from 6-11pm, roughly what time will things actually be starting? As in, if I turn up at 7pm, will I be brusquely turned away at the door as the keynote has already started?

I'm confident about my…

Jen Hay

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:44:30 +1300

Absolutely amazing. Thanks Orcon and thanks Russell!
It's brilliant to have something fabulous to look forward to.

Islander

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:43:27 +1300

Corporate generosity always surprises me, especially this koha – hooray for Orcon, and may everyone have a most marvellous time at the Wellington OGB- cheers!

Jackie Clark

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:27:27 +1300

That's absolutely fantastic, Russell.

Sacha

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:08:50 +1300

Good on you, Orcon

Paul Williams

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:03:03 +1300

I was prepared to stand the cost personally, but Quentin at Orcon has come back with some more money to cover it.

I'm sorry there's not a way to thank them for non-NZ residents.

Emma Hart

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:49:47 +1300

It is amazing, and we're very grateful.

Russell Brown

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:48:00 +1300

I'd just like to note here that one of the things we've been struggling to do with the Wellington OGB is stretch the budget to cover flights and accommodation for David and Emma and their families.

I was prepared to stand the cost personally, but Quentin at Orcon has come…

Emma Hart

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:30:12 +1300

In other news, Armageddon (expo) in Chch may still happen.

OMG, Katee Sackhoff!

Lilith __

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:51:53 +1300

Rats, I was really looking forward to the Chch Great Blend. And I'd love to come to Welly but I've a wedding to go to in Chch (believe it or not) on the 11th.

In other news, Armageddon (expo) in Chch may still happen.

Craig Ranapia

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:50:18 +1300

One moment... Acceptable as long as you don't picture the stuff with chunks of fruits.

Thanks you, Lucy.

Lucy Telfar Barnard

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:22:19 +1300

Well, yoghurt kills thrush. How would yoghurt wrestling go?

Craig Ranapia

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:44:10 +1300

Thanks for completely destroying my best Russell Tovey-related sex fantasy.

Lucy Telfar Barnard

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:12:25 +1300

We've debated this for a long time. I think because Megan and I are Serious Sports People, we had a preference for mud. But others wanted to see Jelly. But seriously, I'll wrestle Megan in whatever substance I get the chance to
Sorry to join the conversation late, but I…

Ross Mason

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:24:13 +1300

Ummm...would I be shot if I knocked?

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:36:48 +1300

How can you stand her? It makes me mad just to look at her.

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:19:53 +1300

I will attempt to persuade my Wellington-based son Travis (my gene double?) to go. He is the one without a beard.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:18:23 +1300

That accent?

The whole bloody thing — it's an epic masterclass in how not to make a romantic-thriller. Oh well, at least Depp and Jolie got a working holiday in Venice out of it.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:06:29 +1300

It'll be back, and for serious, we will all come down.

Kris V

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:58:05 +1300

ohhhh man... it's tough hearing that yet another thing I've been waiting for gets yanked away thanks to the latest round of seismic shite. I don't think I'll be able to make it up to Wgtn no matter how much I really really want to.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:44:36 +1300

I have not seen Salt, but I hated her in The Tourist. That accent?

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:42:08 +1300

L before I, but, yegads – do not angry up Brangelina. I’ve seen Salt and am still terrified yet slightly aroused. ( The Tourist we shall not speak of again.)

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:38:31 +1300

I think it’s some sort of spy organisation. Sort of a French American KGB. Either that or someone's really pretty, and he spelled it wrong.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:36:56 +1300

The what now?

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:35:06 +1300

Be quiet or the Mega-Joile will hear you and kill us all!

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:35:00 +1300

And he talks to me about cricket. You should be.

giovanni tiso

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:30:56 +1300

Now I'm jealous.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:26:16 +1300

That was my stunt double.

But he's adorable

giovanni tiso

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:19:07 +1300

Dude, I've already met you. I've even cooked for you.

That was my stunt double.

George Darroch

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:58:16 +1300

I see I'm going to have to send a stunt double.

I'll oblige.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WYVUNY6z6E&NR=1

Tristan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:58:12 +1300

visual comments?

Off topic I know but I note the Great Blend thread already had 47 comments and another thread here now has over 800!?

I wonder if anyone is investigating a better way to hold online discussions. I find pages and pages of comments hard to follow.

I wonder…

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:24:31 +1300

I see I'm going to have to send a stunt double.

Dude, I've already met you. I've even cooked for you.

giovanni tiso

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:17:06 +1300

Given that I have yet to meet a PAS person in the flesh, who isn't a thoroughly decent and intelligent and witty and compassionate human being?

I see I'm going to have to send a stunt double.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:15:20 +1300

Jackie & Megan:

All of the above and more. But I wouldn't have blamed anyone if they'd just said "flag it, we'll do something later in the year." Instead, Russell and the rest of the crew are being beyond awesome and I get to go along for the ride without having…

Matthew Littlewood

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:11:32 +1300

Man, I'd love to attend this...but, with it in Wellington, it might be a bit of a struggle. However, I will see what I can do, I've got some leave coming up and want to use it accordingly.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:47:49 +1300

How the hell do you people do it?

Given that I have yet to meet a PAS person in the flesh, who isn't a thoroughly decent and intelligent and witty and compassionate human being? I'd say....just by them being themselves.

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:41:28 +1300

Love and integrity, I suspect.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:34:10 +1300

Can I just say that trying to get a viable budget out of half the original plan — with a bunch of sunk costs, plus some new ones — has been hard?

Yes – and may I say the lovely Sonya, who called me this avo to rearrange the flights…

Deborah

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:19:13 +1300

Damn and blast. If it had been Wednesday 9 March, I could have made it, and if it had been Friday 11 March, I might just have been able to get there, but Thursday 10 March just isn't going to work at all.

I hope you all have a lovely…

giovanni tiso

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:53:34 +1300

But I'll tell you this – I will be at the Christchurch OGB.

We all should.

Isabel Hitchings

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:51:51 +1300

Let's put it this way: there's no way you wouldn't be getting in.

Thanks so much Russell. Hopefully I'll have a bit of an idea what's happening with school late this week or early next. If school's going to be out for a while I might send the boys off…

Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:46:36 +1300

Aw man – I've been waiting for this for three years, only to discover that the OGB is taking place the day after I jet off to a different timezone.

Oh well.

But I'll tell you this – I will be at the Christchurch OGB.

Kumara Republic

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:40:51 +1300

I still have my old Peoples' Republic of ChCh T-shirt. Solidarity Forever!

Russell Brown

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:03:13 +1300

Can I just say that trying to get a viable budget out of half the original plan — with a bunch of sunk costs, plus some new ones — has been hard? I think we've sorted it out now.

And I've just had a phone call that should lead to…

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:51:48 +1300

No! Craig has to be here for laughter to ensue.

nzlemming

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:50:29 +1300

Why wait? Laugh now!

nzlemming

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:49:58 +1300

Hmm, The Ranapiation of Isabel's Sprogs

It has an interesting ring to it. Not sure whether it's a film or a book, though...

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:49:29 +1300

One of these days, you will come to work with me, and I will laugh at you.

Joanna

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:47:50 +1300

Mud? Or jello?
We've debated this for a long time. I think because Megan and I are Serious Sports People, we had a preference for mud. But others wanted to see Jelly. But seriously, I'll wrestle Megan in whatever substance I get the chance to.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:47:15 +1300

back at work but my kids may be still off school at that stage so childcare may be an issue.

Pish-posh. I've been told I can entertain children for hours with a lit cigarette, a bag of jelly beans and the possibility of Los Bros Grimm's Greatest Hits with audience…

nzlemming

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:41:27 +1300

That would be me, rasslin' with Megan, I do believe

Mud? Or jello?

Russell Brown

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:20:45 +1300

When do we have to RSVP by? I really, really want to come up but it’s going to take a while to figure out if it’s feasible. I’m expecting my partner to be back at work but my kids may be still off school at that stage so childcare may…

giovanni tiso

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:12:40 +1300

Thank god I'm getting out of the city that day!

Wait: shouldn't the panel be called Meet Some Bloggers then?

Isabel Hitchings

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:10:14 +1300

When do we have to RSVP by? I really, really want to come up but it's going to take a while to figure out if it's feasible. I'm expecting my partner to be back at work but my kids may be still off school at that stage so childcare may…

Bart Janssen

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:00:43 +1300

Are you saying Ben's hairy tits made something come up?

Is that one of the signs ...

recordari

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:51:50 +1300

I was thinking of going down, but now you mention it, something's come up.

Wait, what?

Bart Janssen

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:51:04 +1300

I hope I'm not expected to shave my tits first.

How can I wash that image from my mind?

Joanna

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:47:15 +1300

I think it is didn't someone mention wrestling?
That would be me, rasslin' with Megan, I do believe.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:44:00 +1300

Hmph. Yes, well, some of us will be arriving back from 12 hour days working in a tropical country that night. But we will do what we can to be there.

Hadyn Green

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:26:37 +1300

Thank god I'm getting out of the city that day!

(not really)

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:04:50 +1300

Oh well. The tone can surely only go up from here ...

Sir, you can make a mantra of that if it affords you any comfort. You have no idea what I'd do — or at least give serious consideration — for a seemly pecuniary inducement.

Sue

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:57:13 +1300

I think it is
didn't someone mention wrestling?

Stephen Judd

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:56:15 +1300

Well, he could hardly use the phrase "going down", could he.

Emma Hart

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:53:55 +1300

Is that a challenge, Brown?

Russell Brown

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:47:48 +1300

Oh well. The tone can surely only go up from here ...

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:30:33 +1300

If your ta-tas are hirsute enough, I’ll give you boob-braids for a tenner in the begging bucket.

BenWilson

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:27:43 +1300

I hope I'm not expected to shave my tits first.

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:22:58 +1300

Tits Out For Christchurch? I like it.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:20:24 +1300

But given the email I received on Friday, the slutty, slutty support would be appreciated.

Here's a down payment on the epic hugging you're going to get next week – don't need to know why you need it.

Sue

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:20:06 +1300

oo a justification to buy a brand new bra, maybe in red?

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:09:40 +1300

I wish I could be there because my tits are splendiferous. I have just the top.

giovanni tiso

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:59:36 +1300

But given the email I received on Friday, the slutty, slutty support would be appreciated.

Ahhh... what?

Emma Hart

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:54:11 +1300

Dresscode: tits out for each other.

Fucking ay. (As always, in an 'it would be nice' way, not a 'you must or you're letting me down' way.) But given the email I received on Friday, the slutty, slutty support would be appreciated.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:45:21 +1300

Tush, Busting out my new braces and old bow-tie, because they're cool.

Joanna

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:27:47 +1300

Dresscode: tits out for each other.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:22:54 +1300

Does that mean I have to do at least one more post before next Thursday? Bugger – that’s my life of aesthetic dissipation down the pooper.

Stephen Judd

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:16:54 +1300

I think we all want to know whether there will be a Hug Dr Haywood booth on the night.

Public Address

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:16:54 +1300

Discussion from blog post.