The Beaver* has landed - to Supernatural crack, no less!

[dendritejungle]

*I could say "Eagle" I suppose, but really, since I'm Canadian "Beaver" seemed more appropriate...

Home, safe and sound! \o/ No thanks to the frikkin' Los Angeles airport, but the less said about that, the better. :P But otherwise, an entirely incredible trip. I'm officially in love with Australia, and will regale you all with photos and such when I've settled in a bit more.

In the meantime, I have to share that neeuqdrazil and audreyovisual arranged for the BEST HOMECOMING EVAR what with little banners and streamers saying "yay!" and "*glee!*" and other such sayings plastered all over my place PLUS cooked food in the fridge - potatoes, people - PLUS, and this is just the best, Audrey found a couple of Ken dolls at Goodwill and had entirely too much fun putting together a little "Plastic Winchester Theatre* Lost Episode" scene, featuring knife-wielding!Sam and nekkid-bondage!Dean.

The montage I walked home to. Words cannot properly express my glee! Apparently she found two Ken dolls, one with pants and one with a shirt, and this just naturally followed...




N'awwww, they look so happy!


Check out the loving detail on Dean's ropework. I am IMPRESSED.






*dies laughing with delight* SO AWESOME, PEOPLE. SO. MUCH. LOVE.
*You do know Plastic Winchester Theatre, right? By the brilliant anteka?

Have a few stats until I can get my trip picspam and other stuff together:

• Total number of flights in three weeks: 9
• Total distance flown: 24,424 miles or 39,308 km
• Total people visited: 10
• Fen visited: merihn, veronamay, lemmealone, nixwilliams, missyjack, and I also had the pleasure of meeting daniel_bethany and johnnypurple
• Postcards sent: 13 (Which beats my previous record by 11 or so. :P But everyone who asked for 'em, should be receiving them!)
• Casualties/ AWOL/ MIA: Two of my three camera batteries (at $60 a pop, dammit) and one pant leg - which of course renders the rest of the pants rather useless as well. *sigh*
• Pounds gained: 8
• And the total number of photos? 5,243! \o/

Sorry this post isn't longer but I've been really good and made myself do household crap all day like laundry, putting stuff away, food shopping, etc. before I let myself turn the computer on because I knew once I went online I wouldn't stop. Of course, it now means that I'm only getting online at this late hour and don't have time to do all the flist surfing I was hoping to. *facepalm* But hey, it doesn't all need to be done tonight, right? I'll be playing catchup with you over the next week, but in the meantime if anything earth-shattering has been happening, do let me know - and, of course, I want to know how you are all doing! :D

In the meantime, hugs to you all - I've missed you!

Comments

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

i am wearing a pair of your socks!!! so add that to your MIA list!

also, WOW! THAT IS THE BEST PLASTIC!WINCHESTER SCENE EVAR!

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

D'oh! *facepalm* I swear, it's like I hemorrhage belongings or something. Sorry. :P And hey, soon you'll have something else, although this one's deliberate: the cellphone should be making its way towards you...

And ISN'T IT?!?!? MY GLEE CAN HARDLY BE CONTAINED! Oh, Audrey!

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

. . . the mobile, and along with it all your terrorist contacts. heh heh heh.

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

I got your card today. BWAHAHA! Thank you, hon. *smish*

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was fast! I'm impressed at your postal system. And you're most welcome - it was the very least I could do after the wonderful hospitality you showed me! *smishes you right back*

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

Come back ANYTIME. :D

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, sweetheart!

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Dei! I missed ya, and look forward to catching up! *hugs* And your hug was duly passed on to MJ.

I assume your kids are back at school (the older ones, anyway) - and it must be surreal to not be back at school yourself, Mrs. PhD. Well, in a non-work capacity, at any rate. *g*

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Actually, I am teaching one undergraduate class at the University this semester. It's only once a week on Mondays, so it lets me stay home with Little Bit for one more year. Next year: Full Time Professor!

[neeuqdrazil.livejournal.com]

Welcome home, dearheart.

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

*twirls your awesome, wonderful self* Hey darlin', thank you again SO MUCH for the pickup and FOOD and the delightful homecoming!!! You rock my socks off! :D :D :D

[audreyovisual.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!

That neeuqdrazil has some swell ideas, doesn't she?

Glad you enjoyed the Plastic!Winchesters - and yes, I forgot the exclamation mark (insert compulsive-proofreader facepalm here). Oops.

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Thank you, you incredible woman, you! It was a welcome homecoming indeed. :D Yes, she has AMAZING ideas - and so do you!

(And hee - don't worry, I forgot the exclamation mark too. :P)

[flawedamythyst.livejournal.com]

Heee! YAY! for PWT joy.

*hugs* It sucks coming home from a trip like that, eh?

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

*giggle* So glad you liked!

And thanks for the hugs; you're right. It's the downside of a really great trip: the post-trip blues. Totally worth it, though! :D And it has been wonderful to see everyone here (rl and ol) again.

[yue_ix]

Yep, best homecoming ever. Welcome back! ^0^

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

\o/ Thanks hon! :D (And who is that very-easy-on-the-eyes guy in your icon? I am mesmerized every time I see it...)

[yue_ix]

That, Lady, is Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance. He loves:
his hair untidy and all kind of length (right now it's short and back to black I think), his make-up to be exaggerated and self-done, to smirk/make stupid faces, to play with his mike, to look confused, and his skeleton-print pajamas.

I like to say that, whatever one thinks of the band and their music itself, he is like a kitten half drown in black ink. He does some fanservice, too, and is a complete dork.

Me, pimping? Naaah.

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Oooo! Thank you for the picspam introduction! (Particularly the stupid faces one, which is hilarious.) *drools*

[krakkernuts.livejournal.com]

Yay, you're back! *tackles you à la Hobbes* Are you up for something on Thursday or are you still recuperating from your fantabulous trip?

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Hey sweetie! *is happily tackled* Actually I am still in recuperating mode - the time change is a BITCH - but I will definitely be in touch soon regarding the resumption of our festivities! :)

[jaefru.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! I look forward to hearing about your trip in more detail!

As for what is going on with me? School is CRAZY, cause I got into a Fringe show here, so lots of rehearsals and the show opens on September 27th. Ye gads.

Anyhoo... need to have a late night rehearsal, now, so no more. Just checking in.

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Thanks Jae! I am happy to blather on about it ad nauseum - when your life frees up a bit!

Sorry to hear things are quite so busy, but hopefully they're fun too? Do let me know the details of the play when you get a chance; I'd love to see if I can make it.

Take care!

[jaefru.livejournal.com]

They are fun, too. I mean... I'm in a PLAY! WOO! And the it is going to be thoroughly awesome, what's more! (We want our tag line to be "We're just kinky." on a poster of us all shrugging. And possibly the Burglar as a vampire. Which doesn't make a lot of sense, but is awesome, all the same.)

As for the details:
September 27th, 28th, and 29th at Erindale Theatre at 8:00 pm. Tickets are pay what you can, but a suggested minimum of $6. As to how to get here... well, I'm pretty sure (hoping, anyway) that there will be a night where a bunch of folks will come, on which you might be able to get a lift?

If not... well, directions are fairly simple. TTC to Islington station. Go to where the Mississauga Transit buses are and catch the 1 or the 1C. (The 1C is better, as it is on campus.) If I know you are coming, I can meet you at the UTM stop, if you make it in before 7:00, as that is my call time.

[http://users.livejournal.com/shing_/]

Probably the best P!W scene in the history of forever!! Thanks to a f-lister of mine, I've grown to, um, really appreciate rope bondage. The detail is quite lovely.

Welcome back! And I'm amused over you losing one pant leg. How does that happen? LOL

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Isn't it GREAT?!? So glad you enjoyed too! :D

And I've been so surprised no-one else has asked about the pant leg. *giggle* They were zip-off pants. I unzipped both legs to change to shorts, and managed to lose ONE leg. *is an idiot*

[everly.livejournal.com]

Welcome home! I still can't believe you just decided almost kinda last minute and went to Australia for a month! So amazing!

Look forward to the pics and the stories! (One pant leg you say?)

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I can't believe it either, frankly. *is still grinning*

Hopefully it won't take me as long to do the pictures and stories as from my trip last year...everyone's still waiting for those. *facepalm*

And yeah, one pant leg. *g* I'd love to say it's due to some exciting tale like losing it to a crocodile something but nooo, just zip-off pants for which I lost ONE leg, rendering the other two-thirds useless. :P

[eboniorchid.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHAHA! I thought I'd already replied, but I came back and ... yeah ... love the homecoming. The ropework is awesome! And I'm glad you had a great time, honey! I look forward to making some more 6 degrees of fandom connections myself at The Con! XD

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

YAAAAYYYY! \o/ I'm so glad you caught this, sweetie! I have to admit, you are the FIRST person I thought I had to share this with when I saw the scene. *glee*

(And hee! Love that icon. :D)

Can't wait to hear your Con stories... *bounces in anticipation* I'm living vicariously through you on this one!