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| mq1965 |
Two LAMs in two months? I'll be in danger of being mistaken for a scene person if I'm not careful, though I did duck out of the after party, so not quite there yet.
My first blog a month ago was about my first LAM, so I guess it's appropriate to write about my second as well. A rather different experience, for a variety of reasons, most of them Nigel related.
It comes to something when you are reduced to taking a bejewelled ornamental snail on the train up to London, but Nigel's thread about LAM meant he could hardly miss it - we all know those who promise to turn up at events and then don't are just sock puppets after all.
So there he was, well padded in my rucksack, and we arrived at Clapham Junction. This is where things started to go wrong. The lovely Psycheee, my companion and hand holder on my first LAM trip was supposed to be meeting me there. Well...let's draw a veil over that, save to say remember Playschool? (Ready to play? What's the day?) Minxette, also supposed to be coming along had enjoyed herself far too much at the previous night's party....so now, could I face going in to LAM alone, with no one I knew in real life being there?
I'm a shy person, but Nigel definitely isn't, and having travelled all the way up to London in a bag, he wasn't turning round again, so in we went. I kept him in the bag to smuggle him past the cashier, then unveiled him at the information desk, where I was lucky enough to bump into the unmistakable figure of RavenMuse, one of Nigel's many admirers. He was escorting the delightful Fireglow, and desperately trying to matchmake for her and Nigel, and he soon made an excuse to leave the three of us alone. Fireglow kindly wrote out a name badge for Nigel, and we soon found out that you are never truly alone with a snail.
The theme of the day was very much one of people recognising Nigel. He's been on IC for less than two weeks, yet half the occupants of the building seemed to know him! He was soon weaving his spell, meeting his harem members. The first to fall under his real life spell was bunny girl Joan Fergusson, who introduced him to Nick and Morphia, where his impact was so immediate that I believe Nick went online then and there to request to join his network.
Nigel was then whisked away by Syndee, who took him off to introduce him to several others. I don't know what he got up to while he was out of my sight, but he was smirking when he came back.
We then bumped into Yoda_Dog, who also ended up later on sitting and stroking Nigel, before heading upstairs to sit down. I took the chance to sample the (very delicious) crepes and introduce Nigel to UK Trucker, another who had fallen under Nigel's online spell.
After that I have to admit that tiredness overtook me, and I sat and chatted to Raven, Firelow, Yoda_Dog, Marcus and various passers by. Delighted to meet Spirifer (and her mum!) and (not really all that) Evil Black Alice, plus plenty of others. As before I felt very welcome, even though most passers by were far more interested in Nigel than in the poor mug who had to carry him round all day.
Time flew by, and feeling half asleep already I was quite ready to head home when people started drifting off to the after party, though I'm sure Nigel was keen to party through the night and build up his harem still further.
It was a good day, partly thanks to Nigel, and I have a horrible feeling I'm going to have to take him again in 5 weeks time.
How sad is it to find that your ornamental snail is more popular than you?
| 1 Apr 07, 10:16 PM shit_sub UK(W), 5 yrs |
i'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry!
i'm a very bad girl *sob* i promise promise promise not to miss next time! p.s. can i still join nigels network? he's a bit of a looker... oh my ears and whiskers! Edited 1 Apr 07, 10:18 PM by shit_sub | ||
| 1 Apr 07, 10:21 PM teach_me UK(OL), 6 yrs |
i do kinda think its sad that nigel has more people on his network than you lol  You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. | ||
| 1 Apr 07, 10:22 PM GeeeGeee UK, 5 yrs |
I only wish he'd had an identical twin brother. Mind you - there was a frog... Can I resist the temptation? What is food to one is to others bitter poison. | ||
| 1 Apr 07, 10:22 PM Nigel_the_Dom_snail UK, 5 yrs |
Yeah psycheee, you missed out on meeting Me too  A most enjoyable day MQ my old chum. Although I don't know what you've been keeping in that dodgy old rucksack of yours but it sure as hell smelt weird in there!
I never pictured myself to be a scenester when I was sitting on the shelf in that shop. I suddenly feel like a whole new me
Looking forward to next months LAM. Meet some new wenches, see the familiar old ones. Oh, and don't get upset that I'm more popular than you.... It can't be helped, there isn't a lady on this planet that can resist the Nigenator Now... back to My ironing, theres a good boy. Nige
PS - That fireglow wench was a bit of alright. Can we keep her? “We hope the "real" person behind the words will be revealed as ignominiously as a shapeless snail without its shapely shell.” ~ John Updike | ||
| 1 Apr 07, 11:25 PM jukejointjezabel 5 yrs |
Gutted I missed it  Sounds like you and Nige had a ball. Me and Merc are hoping to be at the next one. Please will you let Nige escort you again? It's been far too long since I've seen Him!!! JJJ x "For some reason, these 'paracetamol' give me a sore bum" - Uncle_Whippity | ||
| 1 Apr 07, 11:30 PM mq1965 UK(DA), 8 yrs |
That's because strange people like you keep falling for him!!!! | ||
| 1 Apr 07, 11:40 PM candle_in_the_wind UK(RM), 5 yrs |
I was there..... my first time too.
Im sorry but i seemed to miss EVERYONE.
Or was everyone avoiding me?
The Gene Pool could use a little Chlorine | ||
| 2 Apr 07, 12:11 AM mq1965 UK(DA), 8 yrs |
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| 2 Apr 07, 1:22 AM syndeetoo UK(WC), 6 yrs |
yeahbutnobutyeahbut Nigel is a star innee?
"Hell, chuck in some Latin if it helps make your lonely life more fulfilling." | ||
| 2 Apr 07, 1:33 AM mq1965 UK(DA), 8 yrs |
Thanks for your support there Syndee! You could have said yes!
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