That. Was. AWESOME! Utterly worth the thousand dollars and 40 hours of traveling back and forth.
(I would have had this post up a week and a half ago, but I've been catching back up on REB, PandA, H*R, etc.)
I have eight albums full of pictures on my Facebook! I went for quantity over (Rune's) quality, unfortunately. The only events I missed were the erotic cherry eating contest, and the recording of
Die Kunst der Wurst's first hit single. The latter because my batteries were dead, and the former because...well, I'm not
quite that nasty yet.
Many many many thanks to
Nogrod,
Aganzir,
Lommy,
Greenie and cryptkeeper
Annina who arranged all of the transportation and housing and meals for so many strange people.
Helsinki and the surrounding areas in the summer is a dream come true. Rocks and trees and forests and seas...not to mention ice cream stands on every corner...streets relatively safe for the bare feet...and a BarrowDowner wherever you care to turn. : )
I was incredibly sad not to be introduced to the famous Theodred, as he disappeared some while ago. Something to do with Grima's Makeup shop, I assume.
Nogrod (Evil Man, nasty wolf),
Aganzir (Evil Monster, Evil Zombie, You B****, Pixiediculous, Aghh-aghh!),
Lommy (Moo-Moo!),
Greenie (Oink-Oink!), I had met last year, but was sad that that visit seemed rushed. I was very glad to see them while they were awake.
Noggy is an always-sneakily-recording-things hippie,
Aganzir is queen of all she surveys,
Lommy is a darling and
Greenie is a dearie.
Legate (Messy) is fun to listen to, whether he speaks sense or nonsense or Star Wars quotes or chants about sausage. He and
Lommy together were so sweet together it made my teeth hurt. He reminds me of the babe.
The Owl (a bad move), poor owl. Best not speak of it.
Squatter (
, Evil Horse, Nasty Wolf), is hilarious, intelligent and inebriated, a punching bag to small children, and long it was that we sang Strong Bad songs by the campfire. Looks like we're gonna have to juuuuuuump...
Hookbill (You dead!, Tyhmä) is way taller than I expected. That's what I get from letting "
the Goomba" influence me. Also, he
is Alien. He tried to burn down the cabin and steal all of the buses, not to mention being sick everywhere. I don't envy Lommy and Aganzir's having to clean their apartment after he left. He has the power of voodoo. If he ever comes to the USA, we shall have an Awesome Sock Battle and this time I shall emerge victorious.
Mel Gibson (The Gibbinator) was defeated at last.
Esty (
), as reported many times in this thread, is super duper nice, super duper knowledgeable, and just generally super duper, even though she kept trying to steer errant conversations back to
Tolkien, of all things...or cherries...*wink* Her readings of LotR on her last evening were a major highlight.
Volo (Me-Me) is amusing, and not at all boring. He reminded me that shoes are a prison for your feet, so we cast them off and aired our toes on the streets of Helsinki together. I don't remember if I've ever heard his voice before, but when I did, it was...
right.
Alcohol (Karhu, Beleg, Viking Blod, etc.) was a dear friend to many, bringing joy and laughter wherever he went. Oft he would go astray, but merry (and many) were the quests to bring him back, stronger and more plentiful than before.
Pitchwife (Evil moon), I say, indeed! I third the comments about his voice, it was always awesome when he would shout in surprise at something. It was also through Pitchie that we discovered just how silly pouring pancake batter on someone's head isn't.
Elevators (elevators), they take me up, then they bring me down.
Shasta (Eee-Eee!, wrapped in leathaaaa, Nasty Wolf) was someone I knew from WW reputation only. He's an amazingly vibrant person, always singing & dancing or wanting to, even though his trip was fraught with peril and frustration and France. We had great times singing together on the swings at the beach, though our particular song repertoires only overlapped on "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Jon Snow (Jon Snow) was a no-showing, no-knowing illegitimate son, so we made fun of him. It's a good thing he didn't make it though, we would have given him the Sean Beating of his life and he would have cried all the time, and then
Aganzir would have been upset with us.
Rikae (Evil mama) &
Mac (Evil papa) were, alas, the people I spent the least time with. A lot of their time was taken up urging the
Wereduckling (Awwww) to unleash violence upon the evil and the English. They are lovely together, very nice and a very wicked couple. I would have loved to have plotted Simmish things with
Rikae.
Kath (Woof-Woof!) has been called "The Normal Brit", but I personally would call her something more like "The Not Gibberingly Insane Brit", since she does have a very silly streak to her as well. She is also sweet and caring and puppy-cute.
the phantom (the pantsdom) appeared in all of the Paper Telephones, Stories and most of the other games, so it was like he was actually there, unable to protest his own mistreatment, which is just the way I like it.
skip spence (
, "Play Twinkle Twinkle", Nasty Wolf) - always grinning, always musical, and his thirst for the Tango is insatiable. He attempted to teach me to dance, but I failed. His dance with
Pitchie was no doubt largely due to the rumors of
Pitch's very high score in the cherry eating contest.
Rune (Nasty Cobbler, Sniffle Spreader) had a cold when he arrived, so naturally (Rune's Quality Plague) it spread to several Downers. He then lorded it over his victims (only me, at that time), taunting them, dancing around them and singing, and irritatingly being able to breath through his nose. Otherwise, he's a very fun young man, and I shall write another poem about him when I have more than a couple of hours to devote thought to him.
You had all better make it to Britmoot, or I shall be very sad.
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Originally Posted by Aganzir
the nastiest things were without exception written by her.
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But they weren't the only nasty things being written...
I don't want to wait another yeeeeeearrrrrrrrrr!
When I think of my Finlandmoot things,
Then I don't feel so baaaaaaad...