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[lady_karelia]

It's been another awesome, awesome day, which started early with the Granger/Snape meet-up.



ladyofthemasque with her wildly colourful hair, and NoGod1215 laughing with her on the other side of the table. She read an excerpt from a new SSHG fanfic she hasn't posted yet as well as an excerpt of her latest book, which is due out in September. It was a right treat!



Ladyofthemasque and madamsnape



shalimar1981 and soulbound8686

Cookies and chips and salsa were enjoyed by everyone. In about that order of consumption.



madamsnape doesn't believe a word by the looks of it. ;)



Now, let's see if I get this right: qui_quae_quod, pokeystar and themoreyouclean



dickgloucester watching the action



ZOMG! ginny_weasley31 and Shug!!! Meeting them was awesomesauce, srsly!



Jean Johnson, author extraordinaire



keladry_lupin and Shug



*squeeeee* deemichelle who designed the most awesomest Hundertwasser house for Severus and Hermione in an sshg_exchange for me!



*blushes* ariadne1, this one is for you. The lovely annietalbot, who's written some great fics, said a hug was in order and a pic. I was so in awe that she approached me that I promptly lost my speech. *is goofy* But I did try to smile, just for you! :)



Deemichelle and stupiddrawings (not sure I got that one right!), who was wearing the most impressive dress and hair style.



southernwitch69 and Narcissa Malfoy, who is much friendlier than I'd have thought!



Kyria of Delphi, who came to Dallas early this morning to spend the day with us. She also knows Dallas pretty well, and it was much easier with her directing me to the restaurant tonight than trying to follow rdholmantx who changed lanes seemingly haphazardly... :p



soulbound8686 trying to do the goofy expression.


A most wonderful day, all in all, and I'm almost sad to see the adventure coming to an end. I'm exhausted. I'm neither used to nor do I generally like socialising, but I've had the time of a life, and I will surely treasure those wonderful memories for many years to come.

There are some pics that didn't turn out well. I'll have to ask blue_paris to play around with them to make them sharper and will then post those as well. We also got to meet pern_dragon, who is absolutely lovely! We spent the afternoon at the Anatole, hanging out with and meeting quite a few people, who I've known by name or online for a while, and it was great.

Portus ends tomorrow and most people are leaving. We're staying another day to chill in the morning, then chill with rdholmantx in the afternoon, which possibly involves watching AR movies, then chill some more over dinner, hopefully with Amy Potterbrat. I've not managed to meet bambu345 *cries*, lariopefic, shellsnapeluver, or lulabelle72. I've heard rumours the latter three are staying tomorrow, too, and irishredlass69 let Lariope know that we're staying too, so maybe they'll join us some time tomorrow...

Comments

[ariadne1.livejournal.com]

OOOOO! That undignified squeeeee! you hear is NOT me. Nuh-uh. Nope.

*HUGE HUG FOR YOU*

Aw, I wish I could be there.

*wants pic to put in my rogue's gallery* :D

Thank you!

*dances with pic*

(Is there any change of you coming it to Terminus? Pretty please? *hopeful look*)

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

*joins the squeeeeee*

*enjoys the hug*

I wish you could be here, too, you know; although knowing me, I'd probably be even more speechless, LOL!

(I solemnly promise that I'm trying my utmost best to pinch the pennies and dollars so I can make it. *looks equally hopeful*)

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. That meet-up sounds seriously cool. Thanks again for posting all this!

*wonders about the chances of something like this happening again in, say, five or ten years*

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

It was very cool. I think the next srsly big one, which everyone wants to go to is the 2010 one in Florida at the then-open HP theme park. So, you have two years to prepare. :)

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, yes. Provided they get rid of the visa requirement by then (which has been talked about for several years now, so who knows), that would mean having to get one of those new biometric passports... something to keep in mind though, as I do want to visit the US eventually anyway.

[notsosaintly.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pics!! Did Lotm get you or SW hooked on reading the Sons of Destiny series? Because you really should. Those books are awesome. I've been one of the lucky few to read all of them, so I know what I'm talking about.

I'm beginning to recognize people. I recognize shalimar quite easily now.

You know, I do have a really stupid question. All the Malfoys. Who are those people?

[hogwartshoney.livejournal.com]

The Malfoys are the Malfoys from Boston! ;o) Persus and Draco.
WHERE are photos of you?????

[notsosaintly.livejournal.com]

< == See the icon? I belong to the Not Going to Portus Club. *snort* And it's really sad, too. But on the other hand, we did sort of have a drabble party with lots and lots of margaritas and Sex on the Beaches and Tie Me to the Bedposts and posted the whole thing on TPP just to gloat at the Portus-goers.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I have her first book, but haven't got around to reading it.

The Malfoys are awesome. They're alabastard and alabastardragon and go to pretty much every HP convention as Lucius and Draco. I heard Draco sneer at a Gryffindor, it was priceless! LOL

[notsosaintly.livejournal.com]

Well? What the heck are you waiting for? Let blue drive home, and you start reading. Der ist ein Auftrag! *lolol* (I hope she has her driver's license. If not, she could always read it aloud to you. *snort*

I have the first five. I've read all of them. Of course, I lent the first to a friend. If she doesn't give it back to me soon, I'll have to torch her house.

[bambu345.livejournal.com]

HAVE I MISSED YOU? ::panics::

I am here today ... until early afternoon, and then later on because my mom is flying in so we can drive down to San Antonio tomorrow. I'm really easy to find! I want to meet you and talk about cheese!

[queenp71.livejournal.com]

San Antonio? You getting close to my neck of the woods. Hope you have an uneventful trip on I35.. and that the road construction is at a minimum. (for a change)

;)

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

Thank you, as always, for the delightful picspam and reports. Your reports have been lovely rays of sunshine! :)

[hogwartshoney.livejournal.com]

*clings to Rhi*

Yes, they had fun, didn't they? Fear not, let's start looking forward to Boston 09

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! Your kind words made my day! :)

[charmed310.livejournal.com]

All HH and I are saying is 'BostonBostonBostonBostonBoston...!!!'

It's kind of nice even, seeing it from the outside, looking at everyone pictures and posts. In NOLA I had far too much to do to make time for reading posts.. LOL.

*huggs*

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hear ya! LOL

Definitely Boston next year me thinks!

[hogwartshoney.livejournal.com]

OMG FREAKIN' SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perhaps it's just as well I wasn't there, hon, or I would have been insensate from all the squeeing!
OMG madamsnape! ginny! shug! keladry-freakin'-lupin! and deemichelle!
Sasha looks ab-fab in that wig and getup.

*waves to you, Drew, soulbound and sunshine*

*squees s'more*

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Teehee, I don't think I've ever squeed so much in my life!

*waves back*

[lariopefic.livejournal.com]

I'm SO sorry I missed you! Lulabelle72, Shellsnapeluver, OpalJade and I left early this morning!! I don't know how we never managed to hook up.

Maybe next year???

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

*pouts*

Gonna have to wait an entire year now.

But yes! Boston?

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

Thanks once again for your fabulous reports and pictures! It looks like you all had a great time. Now it's time to go back to real life and rest up, huh?

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Oh, you got that one right! I'm sort of looking forward to being home again tomorrow night, and yeah, I can definitely do with some rest, lol. Socialising is very tiring.

[voxangelus.livejournal.com]

I love that the SSHG shippers are so widely varied in age! We've got spring chickens, wise elders and everything in between :)