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It's Lion Turtles all the way down ([personal profile] lettered) wrote2006-05-31 07:23 am

La Vie De TKP crossover with Sue's Country Livin'

So, these past three days I was in Austin, and whaddaya know, there was [livejournal.com profile] crazydiamondsue! Although there was not Sueage as I had originally intended to write because I surreptitiously leaned very close and got a whiff and can faithfully report to you all that she smells nothing like sewage. And I also met [livejournal.com profile] elcazavampiros, and tried very hard not to call him Caza. He was tall, fun to talk to, and Anya-loving, and had a shiny metal. Both Sue and I suggested he put it in a drawer and wear the hardness about his eyes. Because it's one of the best lines in fiction ever! But instead he had to wear it a lot. And I wore the cowboy hat he got with shiny fringe! That was after the margaritas.

So, flist & Curious Others, here is the REAL skinny on Sue, in case you've been wondering from someone IN THE KNOW (*gratuitous winking*). She didn't put a bag over my head and drag me off into a mysterious forest to have her way with me (except for that one time), and she's cute, with curly hair, and a good dresser, very color coordinated, with orange. She's also funny and witty and able to quote "The Yoko Factor", and laughs appropriately when I quote things, and did cheese-stick theater except with remotes. She's also smart and insightful and honest and talktoable about stuff, though stuff always makes its way back to Buffy or Angel or Xander or Anya or Hot, which is a good thing, and she taught me how to pronounce various lj names, which was nice but caused my whole world view to tilt.

I lugged her out to meet my brother and sister-in-law, which in retrospect wasn't the best idea because they can't talk Buffy. But we did see the Poncho Guitar Statue Guy with the ducks, and then we saw bats. See, there's this ritual in Austin where a bunch of tourists congregate under a bridge and turn their faces up towards the sky, lips parted, with a kind of worshipful stance, gazing toward Gotham Tower where Mr. Freeze lives. And then, of a sudden, there is a cloud of smoky dark up from under a bridge, and out swooping come eleventyseventbajillionandone bats, to rival the bat cave bats and then some. Then everyone starts doing under-the-bridgey things like sex and booze and murder and jazzercise and building fires in trashcans while Michael Keaton, Adam West, and Christain Bale fight naked slathered in guano. Okay, it's possible I kinda embellished that last part; there might not have been actual jazzercise. But I HEARD it.

So, in conclusion. Sue is the Sue I knew except cooler, and also with brighter eyes and smaller feet. Caza is a Very Important Person who goes to blowing bubble conferences. [livejournal.com profile] dovil is pronounced Doovil. I make the bestest cookies this side of Oklahoma; lots of people said hi to me on Sue's journal which Sue relayed and to which I say hi back; B/A spit is worth the wait, and I had a really nice time.

Except for the headache and fever and puking.

ETA: I feel much better now. It was a thing that hit especially hard that first night but kinda slithered off after that. I thought it was food poisoning but others I ate with that night have since said they're convinced it was a small virusy thing. I guess we wait until Sue gets back to find out if I infected her or Caza. Fun!
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[personal profile] lynnenne 2006-06-01 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'M BEING QUOTED! I'm, like, part of the popular culture! The Simpsons could do a satire on me! *thuds to the floor in shock*

This is the coolest thing to happen to me since I discovered slash. *beams*
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[personal profile] lynnenne 2006-06-01 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and I'm glad you had a good time. *dies of embarrassment, but not really because it's ALL ABOUT ME*
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2006-06-01 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
LOL.

*loves*
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2006-06-01 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
HAHAHHA! What's funny is I wanted to say that when Sue first posted about Caza's medal, but I kept thinking, would Lynne know I'm quoting that line because I love it so much? But then over margaritas Sue started talking about her favorite lines in fanfic and we said yours pretty much simultaneously and confessed we'd both thought about saying as much to Caza. That is how pop culture you are.

*longs to see Simpsons A/S*

[identity profile] crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com 2006-06-01 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahahaha! That was going to be the subject line of my journal post when I got home (I am home!) but of course before I posted I had to run over here to see if Joy had said anything embarrassing about me or told all about "that one time." Neither of us was a dirty old man in a raincoat. Darn the luck.

But yes - the medal quote was mucho-quoted. Both for love of quote, and because Caza had to wear the thing for the entire conference. I also quoted [livejournal.com profile] tkp's When she opens her vein for you, she opens up an atlas to her and she had many fine things to say about my S/X opus, so there was fandom love. You are so a part of my personal lit. Just sayin'.
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
I stole your post title! Sorry!

You know what's funny about that vein line of mine, which I was going to tell you but had had too many margaritas by then: it was the #1 line on my "to cut" list. I thought it was too cheesy, but I had a kind of shame-faced affection for it so I said what the hell and kept it. And then it was the line everyone quoted back to me that they liked.

[identity profile] crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
I used it anyway. Hah!

That was a great line! There's some line in SMCD that I hate but that got lots of comment. I don't remember what it is now, but that's sleep deprivation and the fact that I only have the funny ones memorized. Funny to me. And you know, the entire script of the Yoko Factor only leaves so much memory....
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[personal profile] lynnenne 2006-06-04 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
When she opens her vein for you, she opens up an atlas

That's one of my favorite fandom quotes, too.