NC 'scapers, sign up!

[zap]

Hey, I'm in Chapel Hill, where are you?:cool:

[DRD2001]

Charlotte here. Are you going to StellarCon? I think it is the next big sci fi con in NC.
:aok:

[vinity]

Hey guys :D, Surely there are more than three of us. I'm in Rocky Mount but I've lived in both Chapel Hill and Charlotte. I get to Chapel Hill fairly frequently. I'm a horse trainer and I have some students there. One of my current requirements for anyone coming into my barn is they have to watch some Farscape :) They already think I'm insane, I have a TV/VCR at the barn.

[eilis]

Hi! I'm in Holly Springs. There must be more NC Scapers, surely? Any ideas for what we can do locally?

[vinity]

Hey all. :hi: I'm up for something but I need time to organize for it if it's further away than Raleigh. I have a Kid, horses and my husband is a Doc so I have to work around many schedules.

I saw some people posting on this board before who are east of me. Greenville and the coast I think.

[shipsister]

Hi!
I'm in Winston Salem, would love to do something locally to get more folks watching in January.
We ought to be able to play on the angle of being Ben Browder's home state!

I just started a thread inviting folks to a farscape friday viewing and discussion. Every week we watch our tapes of an episode then meet at the Dom bulletin board to discuss. This week it's Crackers Don't Matter, tonight (friday) at 10. Watch your tape, then meet at the Dom. Hope you can come! :party: :party: :party:

[DRD2001]

There seem to be a lot of Scapers in the Triad. Anyone know of any sci-fi cons or events in the area anytime soon. I know Stellar Con is in March, right? Maybe that would be a good way to meet and spread the word.

[shipsister]

I'm not familiar with that. Where is it usually held? I went to a con several years ago in High Point; the actor who played Marcus on B5 was there; was that Stellercon? I had not heard anything about it in the last couple of years.

While it would be great to meet in March, if we are going to do anything to increase the numbers for January, we probably need to start planning now. I don't think we need to meet to do that, as long as we can communicate over the internet.

It's good to hear that there are a lot of scapers in this area, but I don't know many of them. Maybe I need to do some investigating!

Thanks! :cool:

[DRD2001]

StellarCon will be March 14-16 in 2003. It is run by the Science Fiction Fantasy Federation and UNC-Greensboro. It will be held at the Radisson in High Point, NC. They say they average 500 people attending. I didn't see any actors listed as guests. Mostly sci fi writers. Honestly, I haven't attended in years. The last few years, something else always came up. I remember it as being a more social and fan based con. I believe this will be its 27th year. They will also have gaming, so I'm looking forward to a little Farscape RPG while I'm there.
:et:

[vinity]

Hey NCer

Just checking back in here. Shipsister I think you have a good point about us being Ben's home state. Surely we can cook something up?:bounce: oh, I love this bouncey

[DRD2001]

I'm in Charlotte, home of the John Boy and Billy show. I've been thinking about sending them breakfast, with a write up on Farscape and a couple of video tapes. I figure with Browder being from here and Rygels helium farts, they may have some interest. John Boy always seems interested in Star Trek. He loves to mention the Klingons around Uranus. I'm not good at writing this stuff, but what do y'all think. I've also considered the Matt and Ramona show. I think Matt and PZ might have an interest too.
:jedi:

[orchidcactus]

I put up a post on the front page... duh... should'a just checked the next. :)

Anywho, I'm a Fayetteville newbie (Alaska transplant), have finally gotten settled into my new home, and am ready to get into the campaign swing again.

I'm interested in helping with the planning, development, and implementation of local strategy plans, as well as working with national efforts.

The Raleigh area - Raleigh-Durham(Fayetvlle) - is one of the 55 electronically metered Neilsen markets (ranked 29 out of 55), so there's a chance of having an impact if we work together.

Anyone else interested? Feel free to drop me a line at jenNOSPAM@orchidcactus.us (remove the NOSPAM :) )

Jen

[shipsister]

Welcome to NC, Orchidcactus!

I'm interested in getting something going locally, too, (I'm in
Winston Salem) although I've thought mainly about the Charlotte area, since that is Ben's hometown. It seems like a natural, plus I would assume it's a pretty large market also. But I'm willing to go with what most folks think is best. I do think we need to get started, as time is growing short - obviously!

I'll email you, but I'm hoping others who want to get things going will post so we can start generating ideas and moving forward.

[annachaos]

Hi, everyone.

I'm from Charlotte. Let me know if there's anything I can help out with.

Maybe we can do something on opening nights of the Star Trek movie and LOTR... flyers possibly? Maybe even bribe the movie theaters to show the Farscape fan commercial before the movies (although I have no idea how much that would cost).

Anyway, please share any ideas you may have!

[orchidcactus]

I sent you a pm. If you didn't get it, please email me,

Thanks,

Jen

[nc_Chuck]

hi im from gastonia,

[jiordan]

Boone, NC here. Would love to get together and help out..Charlotte or Winston-Salem is the same driving distance for me, and I'm doing what I can here (trying to recruit new viewers). Let me know what's going on and how I can hlep out..

[DRD2001]

Drenn...I keep forgetting to check in on this board to see what is going on in NC. With most schools back in session, I'm planning to do up a new flyer for posting. More positive than Save Farscape. I want it to be more "Watch The Best Television There Is!" with links listed to good newbie sites. Most of the cities we've mentioned have colleges located in them. I'm going to see how much an ad in a college paper costs.

Sadly, StellarCon in March is the earliest scifi con I know of in NC. Maybe too late to attract new members to help our ratings, but one of SFCs many complaints was the lack of growth of the fanbase. A continued growth in fanbase will help us look good to another network.

Does anyone else have any suggestions we could all work on here in NC.


BTW...nc_Chuck, welcome to the group. Saw your post on the pulse pistol. Sorry I don't have the tapes your missing, but there are several marketing research groups in the Charlotte area who pay $40-$125 for your opinion if you match their demographics. It could cover the cost of the tapes you need.

[Silk]

Hey, everybody!
Greensboro native here.
however, tomorrow I am off to the mountains (pisgah nat'l forest) for a semester.
just checking in,
-Silk

[shipsister]

Hi all; it's good to know there are fellow scapers so close! Some of us had loosely organized to do something to get viewers for tonight's ep, but I think the holidays and real life got in our way. But there is still plenty to do to get viewers to come and stay for the rest of the eps, so let's keep in touch and see what we can come up with!

Orchidcactus had done a lot of work to start a website and create a yahoo group for us. I haven't heard from her lately, but that will be one way we can communicate with each other as we make plans.
I need to go get ready to watch Kansas now (!!!!); I'll come back later with the website address and the info on how to join the yahoo group.

I can hardly wait until 8!

later!

[DRD2001]

Anyone heard of this site?

http://farscape.meetup.com/

It was sent to me and it sounded like it might be a way to meet other Scapers in your area.

[shipsister]

Thanks for the info, DRD2001. I've signed up; it looks like it could be interesting.

[quendi]

hello fellow tarheels!
just posting for the first time but i've been lurking since D-day, the day of the cancellation.
some of us NC scapers are planning on attending Galaxy Con this year. perhaps others would like to attend?

www.galaxycon.com

[DRD2001]

Looks awesome, but alas, it is not in my budget. The only big con I can manage right now that isn't local is Dragon*Con in Atlanta. Make sure to let us Stay-At-Homes know how it was. Maybe if I plan now, I can go next year.:space:

[IcecreamLtDan]

Mooresville, N.C. signing in here

[Wingman69]

Nags Head checking in here. I do travel quite a bit to the Raleigh area though.

[jollygreen98]

Sanford NC here, I was just talking to my sister who is in Louisville KY about her group and I found you guys!

[jollygreen98]

any female members here doing the bra "support" ??Ill post the link if anyone needs it. Us Guys are to get ahold of the jerks at Time about the article.....

[jollygreen98]

http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums...p?threadid=8074

here's the link.

[jollygreen98]

http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8003

You can also try this link.. and read the first thread..

[DRD2001]

Yep, I'll be participating in the Aeryn Go Bra'gh campaign. But I'll be shopping at Target to purchase some inexpensive new ones. I'm not fond of sending used personal garments through the mail. Also, if anyone is planning to go to Dragon*Con in Atlanta on Labor Day weekend, lemme know. I have a fan table reserved and I would appreciate any help manning it. So far Lani Tupu, Anthony Simcoe and Jonathan Hardy will be attending this year too.

[quendi]

Carolina Scapers, if you haven't done so, sign up for regional meetings at Meetup (http://farscape.meetup.com).

[quendi]

I'm very disappointed that this years StellarCon was not promoted. I just checked the Stellarcon website to discover that it was last weekend.
I always thought that it happened after Furniture Market!
Not one flyer, not one poster have I seen in Greensboro.
Perhaps us NC Scapers should attempt to hold our own Farscape/scifi convention??

[DRD2001]

I know what you mean quendi. It always seems to sneak up and slip by me, this year included. Although with recent personal events, I don't think I could have made it anyway. The next 2 cons I can think of off the top of my head are ConCarolinas in early June and Heroes Comic con in late June.

ConCarolinas
http://www.secfi.org/concarolinas/index.htm

Heroes Con
http://www.heroesonline.com/convention.htm

[quendi]

thanks DRD2001, I'll check those out.

[DRD2001]

I just found the group started by CactusOrchid. Here is the address for anyone who wants to come by.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carolina_scapers

[BudongJunkie]

High Point, NC here, and YES, I found the Farscape meetup site, but it always ends up getting cancelled because there aren't enough folks in the area. C'mon!! They only need 5!! NC Scapers unite!! Or not.

I'm not an NC native, and I've only been here for about a year - what better way to meet people than thru efforts to save our favorite show?

I know that High Point recently hosted "Phenomicon", but I couldn't find ANY information at all online. Could someone tell me where Stellarcon is going to be? I hadn't heard of that one yet, and since I probably won't make it to Chicago or Burbank for the Scapercons, I figure something local would the next best thing, right?

[DRD2001]

Well poop, BJ. You just missed Heroes Con here in Charlotte. Phenomicon is one I don't think I have ever heard of. StellarCon won't be till next March. As far as Meetups.com goes, I am in the same boat with you. We can't seem to get 5 people in Charlotte either. But, if you don't mind the drive, Dragon*Con will be in Atlanta, Labor Day weekend. That is where I'll be. :) Any chance you could do that con?

[BudongJunkie]

Holy crap DRD!!! I went to DragonCon in Atlanta when I was like, 17!! I haven't even thought about it in ages...

Dang... I'm feelin' old now...

As far as actually attending... Whoo. Lemme see. I'm gonna have to get back to you on that one. I got a significant other that works like Bannac slave hours, and whole pile of kids to wrangle. Hey, the planets have aligned correctly before. I'll see what I can do. After all, I've got until Labor Day to blackmail...errr...I mean, PERSUADE someone to babysit, right?

I never saw jack about HeroesCon, but I've had the hardest time finding info on local happenings (i.e. concerts, festivals, etc.) so I'm not surprised I missed it. Was it fun? :rollin:

I actually haven't even attended a single con since TennCon '98, so I guess I'm long overdue. Keep me updated on the local goings-on, would you? I just know I'm going to miss something fun over here in our neck of the woods...

[IcecreamLtDan]

Mooresville N.C. here, which i'm sure you know is very close to Charlotte.

[jayelsee]

I just found this thread (signed up as a member in June this year). I'm in Kill Devil Hills (hello, Wingman69-Nags Head).

I have relatives in the Raleigh area, and a 21-year old daughter at UNC-Greensboro, so I get to that area fairly often. Am trying to recruit my daughter as another NC scaper, no luck yet, but am not giving up.

[DRD2001]

Oh how I envy you, on the Outer Banks. My mom's at Wrightsville Beach and I miss the ocean. Good luck with your daughter. :D My sister hasn't been converted yet either despite all my best efforts.

Hey IcecreamLtDan, do you do any other sci-fi or gaming stuff in the area?

[IcecreamLtDan]

Define other sci-fi or gaming stuff. I do play games online and you can find me at the Relic Entertainment forum quite often as I am a moderator there. If your not sure who Relic Entertainment is you might remember the game Homeworld or Impossible Creatures as that is two of their products at the moment. I also play IL-2 a lot and you might see me on Ubi-Softs forums although it's usually just the paint scheme forums.

[DRD2001]

I was curious. I use to do Star Trek CCG, Lord of the Rings, MechWarrior, L5R and such at Heroes and Skirmishes, but the group has kind of fallen apart and split up. I also know there is a sci-fi group at UNCC who I think do RPG. Me, I'm all the way down into Indian Trail. :) Merlin's is closer to me now. I don't do online gaming cause I like to cheat too much since I'm so bad at it. :D

[quendi]

I hope all my fellow NC Scapers are well this post 4th morning!

[DRD2001]

Doing great quendi. We went to Carowinds, bought liquor and lottery tickets and watched the fireworks. :)

[Jaxa Logan]

Hi everyone. A Scaper here on the eastern side- Edenton to be precise.
I stumbled across this site accidentally-boy, am I glad. Anyone else from this side of 95?
I'm in a scifi club here with about 20 members and 10 hardcore Farscape fans, including myself. We get together at least once a month for discussions, movies, parties, etc. We have a Renaissance party every November and a Sci Fi Costume party every winter. We're looking for new members! Leviathans and Peacekeepers welcome!
Jaxa Logan

[DRD2001]

Hey there Jaxa Logan, I'm to the west of you. Glad you found the board. Welcome aboard. :)

[vinity]

Hey guys, Rocky Mount here :wave: {Frell don't remember the codes here, bet that doesn't work}

Haven't checked here in a while! We need to get together, but I guess we all know that? I know two of us in the Raleigh Durham area. Anyone else?

I've been thinking about something to help with the campaign. I was trained as a potter but haven't worked for the better part of 10 years while my son was little. The last year I've been working a bit. Mainly on stuff for Roswell charities {no one gag, I loved Roswell} anyways. I've made them several thousand dollars.

I've been thinking of shifting to help Farscape. What y'all think? Would you like to see Moya and DRD mugs?

Here’s an idea of my work. Click the link. Please note this is not self promotion. I do not sell this work. I’m trying to gage interest. These are handmade pieces and quite pricy both in time and materials. I donate EVERYTHING but I want it worth my time. For a piece to be worth my time I need for them to bring at least $50 for the mugs. Quite a bit more for a Vase. They are all totally handmade, stoneware or porcelain, dishwasher and microwave safe.

http://a0.cpimg.com/image/66/8F/19892070-4b37-01800200-.jpg
Roswell mug

http://a5.cpimg.com/image/83/90/20177795-ea33-02000180-.jpg
Dragon Mugs

http://a8.cpimg.com/image/64/8F/19892068-b51f-02000180-.jpg
Moon Dragon Vase, singing

[vinity]

Frell, meant those to be links. :( Anyways, I need a 3/4 view of Moya or a really good close up of 1812 to even see if I can do it. Any ideas on where I might be able to find those shots?

[DRD2001]

Extremely lovely work. I've spent my time at the potters wheel too. The only difference is that I am really bad at it. :) There are some good pics, links and art in the graphics forum here. I found a great one of Moya that someone did. Very clean and easy to see lines.

I'm in Charlotte and I'll be running the Save Farscape fan table at Dragon*Con in Atlanta Labor Day weekend. I'd like to discuss your offer in more detail. Gimmie till tomorrow to see if I can find you some links and pics for your work.

And it is great to see another Carolina Scaper. :aok:

[chelewis]

Hi all!!! :WAVE:
Lumberton here! I am going to check out these links for the local conventions!!!!
Ok, I feel foolish saying this, but I had no idea Ben was from NC? Anyone know what part or town?

[IcecreamLtDan]

Somewhere in the general location of Charlotte. Not sure if it's Charlotte itself or one of the surrounding areas.

[jayelsee]

Vinity, your work is beautiful.

What if you made some pieces for one of the cons, and they were used as a "raffle" prize (you know, $2 a ticket or some such, with a minimum amount indicated that must be collected)?

I've never been to a con, so don't know anything about the "rules". Does anyone know if raffles are permitted?

I'm on the coast, Kill Devil Hills, by the way.

[vinity]

Hey guys

Thanks for the response. Yeah, was thinking a raffle type thing maybe after a ebay auction once people see a few and get to know what I do. I've made like $3000 for Roswell this year.

DRD 2001~ Can't get it done by Labor day. Takes roughly 2 weeks to fill my smallest kiln. That's working hard. I'm going to start the Farscape stuff this weekend. As I said I need some really good pics.

I had wanted to get something in any basket going to the Henson's for Aug 1 but we've been in and out of the country {Canada and UK} and I didn't get it done. :( Thanks for the support, it helps get me off my butt.

Are they're any good graphics on the DVD's? I have everything that's out but haven't looked thru the graphic parts. If someone knows that would save me hunting.

OK Up to feed horses, ride then work in studio. My studio is in my Barn. I train FEI horses if any of y'all are horse types too. I have Hannoverians {German warmbloods}

[vinity]

:lol: Wait....LOL I really am lost LOL Labor day is NEXT month! I've been travelling way to much :lol: Okies, we'll prolly be good to go then :) I'm going to use y'all as a sounding board if that's OK. Not much feedback on the farm. Getting started in the next few days. I'll keep y'all updated :)

[DRD2001]

Dragon*Con will allow us to do raffles. Already Selena is busy creating some beautiful items too. A mug or vase raffled off would serve 2 purposes. 1. Raise money and 2. advertise your wonderful work for a number of good causes. I told Ammit I wasn't eager to sell at D*C, mainly because I didn't want to have to keep track of a bunch of merchandise, but I have no problem with keeping track of a few items for the raffle.

BTW vinity, your Roswell mug could also double as a Lord of the Rings mug, the white hand is a symbol of Isengard.

I'll send you an pm as soon as I locate the threads and art I told you about.

[vinity]

Got your PM. Replyed. I hope :lol

I'll work on a Moya vase and maybe a couple of 1812 DRD mugs. If they work out well I can try and keep people in a few pieces for the cons.

I have lots of Handprint mugs already made. You need a couple of those too?

[Jaxa Logan]

vinity,

Your work is awesome! Absolutely love the dragon work.
I think this is a great idea for helping our beloved show. Every little bit helps.

I think we need a big fan party for NC Scapers. How logistically possible do you all think this would be? Raleigh seems like a good halfway point to me. Any opinions?

Regards from Edenton!
Jaxa

[DRD2001]

What do you think about picking a pre-existing NC con. Unfortunately, the next one I can think of is in March, StellarCon.

[Jaxa Logan]

Pre-existing con sounds like a good idea. Anyone know of one sooner than StellarCon? Well, actually, March isn't so bad- plenty of time to plan. What does everyone think?

[DRD2001]

I'm all for putting StellarCon on my schedule. It is centrally located, long established and fan run. But we can always keep our eyes open for any others that may be sooner.

[vinity]

Hey guys

Thanks Jaxa :D

DRD~ After checking out the Dragon con stuff, do you want to raffle a dragon vase? It will fit the theme of the con. I'm still working on drawings for a Moya vase.

I wish I could go and see the Art on top of the Farscape stuff.

Where is Stellarcon? Raleigh is super for me. I'm only an hour away.

Isn't this cute?
http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/aktion/action-smiley-074.gif

[DRD2001]

Originally posted by vinity
DRD~ After checking out the Dragon con stuff, do you want to raffle a dragon vase? It will fit the theme of the con. I'm still working on drawings for a Moya vase.
If that will be easier for you. I know how it is. I can draw, but only when I get hit with just the right mood. Unfortunately those moods have been coming few and far between.

I wish I could go and see the Art on top of the Farscape stuff.The art show is great. Very fan friendly. They always have professional work displayed, but they also have some work that is...not as professional. Your work would definately be unique. Most of the art is 2D, barring a few others. I don't remember any ceramics, other than a few face masks. BTW, I know for a fact that at least one of the artists in the Graphics forum will be displaying his work.

Where is Stellarcon? Raleigh is super for me. I'm only an hour away.High Point. http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/sf3/stellarcon.htm
They might be open to some Farscape presence at their con.

Isn't this cute?
http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/aktion/action-smiley-074.gif LOL :rollin:I hadn't looked lately. They really are getting smilies for every occasion. :woohoo:

[DRD2001]

Vinity, I'm sending you a pm.

[vinity]

Hey DRD 2001 sending you good vibes on the road to DragonCon! Can't wait to hear report! Wish I were going!

[DRD2001]

Next year maybe:bounce: We need to start planning for StellarCon. :bounce:

[vinity]

Originally posted by vinity
Hey DRD 2001 sending you good vibes on the road to DragonCon! Can't wait to hear report! Wish I were going! I think you're right! :lol You haven't even left for Dragon Con and you're already thinking of another con! You have it BAD! LOL OMG what am I getting into? :lol: My kid is finally in school {everyone else started forever ago. Boo private schools!} and yay! I have free time in the studio but :bawl it's HOT!

[DRD2001]

I'm Back!!!
Vinity, you need to enter the art show next year. Not to be mean, but some of the art there was...not good. Although there was one woman there with some gorgeous pottery, most everything else was 2D.

Costumes, or lack thereof, were amazing. There was an excellent Boromir, Gandalf and Strider at the con. And the originality of costumes is always amazing.

[vinity]

DRD 2001 WELCOME back! I've been trying to catch all the reports as they come in. The table looked amazing! You did a super job!

I might think of going next year as an artist. Argh! I haven't done a show in 11 years. Not since I got pregnant. I had forgotten how much I hate the selling part of pottery :lol:

[Riot Chik]

Hey, everyone. Can I be considered a NC Scaper, too? I live in Fort Mill, SC, a stone's throw away from Charlotte, but was born in Greensboro, NC.

[DRD2001]

Vinity, you can display your pottery with a mimimum bid listed and a quick buy bid listed. You don't have to man a booth or table all weekendin the art show. That way, you can get away to enjoy the con.

Riot Chik, if I could be a Starfleet member in Rock Hill, I see no reason why you can't enjoy the best of both states too. I'm always in Fort Mill to buy lottery tickets anyway. :lol

So, it everybody interested in getting together for StellarCon in March?

[vinity]

Roit Chik Fine by me :D I was born in Greensboro too :D

DRD2001~ So have you recovered?

Thanks for the info on the gig. That would be much easier on me. I'm all for trying to go to Stellarcon. March is good :D Gives me time to break it to my family.

Well, I made it thru Black Friday better then I thought. I woke up with that nagging feeling something was wrong but you can place just what? Then it hit me halfway to driving my kid to school :( I stayed buzy all day. I just got a tractor for the farm and my pastures were really in need of mowing. I had planned to work in the studio and watch The final eps but I figured I'd loose it :(

DRD~ :lol: not having Dragon con as a deadline is a bad idea for my working. I go SLOW without a deadline :lol: I haven't even fired. I have like 3 kilns formed :lol: I need to get off my butt!

[DRD2001]

Originally posted by vinity
DRD~ :lol: not having Dragon con as a deadline is a bad idea for my working. I go SLOW without a deadline :lol: I haven't even fired. I have like 3 kilns formed :lol: I need to get off my butt! Stellar Con is your deadline!!! Put it on your calenders. March 19-21, 2004

http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/sf3/stellarcon.htm

[Riot Chik]

Thanks, DRD2001 and Vinity! And thanks for the info on Stellar Con!

:aok: :aok:

[Silk]

Is there any info on Stellarcon other than that of previous ones, and prices?

[DRD2001]

What kind of info? The link I provided has all their current 2004 info. Fred Saberhagen is to be guest of honor. I think, like most fan run cons, many things will not be announced until we get closer to con time. Right now, there is still 5 months to go. Even Dragon*Con didn't do schedules until like 2 weeks before. You can also e-mail the directors of the con if you need something more specific. :)

[vinity]

Hey guys :wave: just checking in :D I'm a happy camper :D I've been bad and not gotten the companion books .....I know :spank: me. Well the B&N in Raleigh finally had one in :pinkie: ...LOL I think I'm writing smilie codes from another site :D Guess I'll order the rest tomorrow. I'm so happy I love this ep tonight and some how I can't find the 2 count them 2 tape copies I made the first time around.

[DRD2001]

Watch while you can, before the hurricane shuts off your lights. My mom is at Wrightsville Beach. She is in her early 70s. And she has decided that she will NOT evacuate if it comes to that. My poor sister is having a fit.

[jayelsee]

I'm here in Kill Devil Hills. Haven't decided whether to evacuate or sit it out. Guess I'll make up my mind today.

[DRD2001]

Originally posted by jayelsee
I'm here in Kill Devil Hills. Haven't decided whether to evacuate or sit it out. Guess I'll make up my mind today. They forced my mom to evacuate. Good luck to you jayelsee and all our other coastal scapers.

[vinity]

Did Jayelsee check in? adn any of the others closer to the coast?

We did OK. Got the eye over us around 5. Worked like frell getting the horses tucked away. They did good! We had 65 MPH sustained winds, gust worse, glad it wasn't worse. Blew a mess of shingles off. Roof is leaking like everything, but I'm pretty happy.

I'm so tired! sitting here posting on a laptop with the hum of a generator in my ear :lol: God! I'd forgotten how slow dialup is.

DRD2001 how's Charlotte? you get anyhting?

[IcecreamLtDan]

Heh, we here in Charlotte didn't get much more than some rain and a slight breeze. Glad you guys got through it ok.

[Silk]

We're ok (Greensboro). I saw some pretty bad pics of Kitty Hawk. So, yeah, jayelsee, check in ASAP. Hope all are well.

[jayelsee]

Hi, guys---I'm ok. Couldn't get to the internet till today.

I decided, at the last minute, to leave Kill Devil Hills. I was ready to stay, had stocked up with food, water, batteries and so forth, and wasn't too worried about my house, which is on very high ground (on an actual, really big hill), but on Tuesday, I started thinking about the possibility of days without electricity or running water, and not being able to leave the neighborhood--which, while it is on high ground, access to it is low and likely to be flooded, and there are also lots of trees around. And also how worried my family and friends would be, especially if the phones went out, so on Wednesday, I quickly packed up me and my two kitties and left in the afternoon, just as the rain started on the Banks. I'm staying with my daughter in Greensboro (hi, Silk).

As you know, we even got the heavy rain & wind here for a little while yesterday. What a contrast today. I haven't yet talked directly to any of my neighbors who stayed behind, but indirect information leads me to believe my neighborhood came through ok. The friends I have heard from who stayed are all ok. But others weren't so lucky. The "beach" road all the way from Kitty Hawk south thru Hatteras really is a "beach" now. I've heard there are new inlets that opened up on Hatteras Is. & Ocracoke, completely washing away parts of NC 12. Many houses in Hatteras Village fell into sinkholes, and a lot of the houses that should never have been built on the beach in Kitty Hawk are gone now. One of my daughter's roommates has family in Elizabeth City. They had a tree crash through a skylight in a sunroom, but everyone is ok.

When I checked in this morning with my work (I work for the NPS, Cape Hatteras NS), I was told that everything is still closed, of course. There is a county-wide curfew in place through at least noon tomorrow. No Dare County residents who stayed through the storm are supposed to leave their homes, and everyone is being told to limit water use and boil all water because of the broken lines. Those who evacuated will not be allowed back in before tomorrow noon at the earliest, so I'm still "on hold" here.

Maybe I'll get to go back tomorrow or Sunday, I'll keep you posted when I can. I hope everyone's ok.

[DRD2001]

Glad to hear you are ok. You never know with these storms.

[DRD2001]

Next NC convention looks like FantiCon in Wilmington, Oct 10 - 12. Virginia Hey will be there. If you haven't had a chance to meet her, she is awesome, sweet and so very funny. There is a thread for this con in the Conventions forum if you would like to know more.

http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15054

[DesertRat]

Hey Jayelsee happy to hear of your good fortune so far.
I have some nice memories of the NC coast, being stationed there for a while in the service. I do miss the NC coast and people and hope the loss of life or property is small.
Come back to us safe & sound.
Sincerely,
DesertRat

[jayelsee]

I got back to Kill Devil Hills this afternoon and everything at my house and in my neighborhood is fine, just a lot of debris (tree branches & limbs) to clean up. We have power and water. I haven't had a chance to see much of what happened elsewhere firsthand yet--buildings I passed on the main roads looked in good shape, though there were a lot of trees down. I know there's a lot of damage further south, but I haven't heard of any loss of life. It also sounds like things are worse in Virginia.

[jayelsee]

DRD2001, how did Wrightsville Beach fare? Is your mom back home yet?

[DRD2001]

So far, so good. Mom, of course, is saying she was right and shouldn't have evacuated, but if the shoe was on the other foot she would have wanted us to go. There is a lot of tree and limb debris, but not much else. Just keeping our fingers crossed that Juan and Kate only bring some rain. :aok:

[vinity]

Glad everyone is fine and checking in :D I was really worried about the coast people.

Hell.....I was really worried about myself there for a while. barn did great, house did OK, no major damage. Glad we were southside of the eye.

I'm upset! I would run to Wilmington in a minute to see Jenny Hey :bawl: but I have my Fehrscape people flying in on wed. Oct 15 and I have to get ready for that. I'M SO UPSET! :(

Guys, I'm the Farscape Mod on a new board, Media Blvd. It's a big general site so I'm holding down the Farscape fort! :lol: Ya'll pop by and say HI, me and my co Mod Spook are getting lonely talking to ourselves. :lol: http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/index.php

Site has lots of non TV stuff.

[Silk]

Man, I wish I could go to Wilmington on the 10th. Prices starting at 8 bucks!:bawl: But I can't! ARRRGH!:thud:

[DRD2001]

I can't go either. It would be so easy too, cause my mom is at Wrightsville Beach. But Oct is a busy month for me. 2 Scottish festivals and a spay clinic plus Halloween doesn't give me a lot of free time. Hopefully next year will be a go.

[Silk]

What makes it worse is that the week after the convention is my school's fall break, so three of my friends and I are all going out to the beach-about five minutes away from Wilmington.

[Jaxa Logan]

Just got power back. Still no water and its a miracle we have a phone. We were hit really hard by the Northeast corner of Isabel. I'm in Edenton (Chowan Co.) and its devastation. Winds sustained at 90mph with 105mph gusts for four hours! Our house held up remarkably well, just minor damage. Others weren't as fortunate.
7% of the homes here are destroyed with 75% or more damage. 26% have between 10 and 50% damage. A ten foot tidal surge knocked 200 year old houses off their foundations and flooded businesses downtown. The roof collapsed at my husband's workplace and I don't know if he still has a job to go back to because of the damage. There is so much destruction here it is miraculous that more people didn't die- only two we've heard of. They still haven't gotten to all parts of the county yet to access the damage. My family and I are fine, but this town will be in a long recovery process.
I've been in an emotional daze ever since it happened. So many people are having a hard time just getting neccessities of life, like water, food and shelter. Many volunteers are working their butts off for us here. Only 50% of us have power at all. Schools are closed until further notice. Lots of people have lost everything. My brother in law lives in Kitty Hawk and he says we got it worse here then they did.
Keep us in your thoughts.
Jaxa (Lisa)

[jayelsee]

Jaxa (Lisa), so glad to hear from you and that you are ok. I am in Kill Devil Hills. I evacuated for 4 days, came back Sunday. My house is fine and I thought I was too, but it is really starting to hit me now. I'm finding out that a lot of people I know had property damage, and the whole Outer Banks is a little bit in shock. I'm beginning to realize the true impact.

One of these days, when I have a little more energy, I want to start a thread to see how other 'scapers fared (if someone doesn't beat me to it). I'm betting a lot of folks north of us were, and still may be, without power.

[Jaxa Logan]

Jayelsee- Thanks. I'm glad you evacuated. It was terrifying, esp. with the kids and all the noise outside. I know what you mean about the shock of it. Even though our damage was minimal, with the town so torn up its very upsetting. I don't think anyone has realized what the frell happened yet. I've never been so tired, mentally and physically.
Our area (including the beach) is such a disaster right now- its hard to come to grips with it. If you ever need to talk I'm here and I wouldn't mind a virtual shoulder to cry on when it all catches up to me either. Keep in touch and stay strong.
Lisa

[DRD2001]

Ouch Jaxa Logan. I'm so sorry to hear you've been hit so hard. Especially with your husband's job and all. Thankfully you have a dry roof over your head. If you need to talk, vent or just cry, our shoulders are here. If there is anything else we can do to help, please let us know.

:aok:

[vinity]

OMG Jaxa {{{{major hugs}}}} I'm so sorry! I was in the Floyd flood so I know how you feel. This town still hasn't recovered 4 years later. Others hit seem to be getting on with life and your area is devastated. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help? You have kids? How are they?

Silk~ Just wanted to say thanks again for joining us :D Spook and I much appreciate it. We were determined Farscape would be represented. :D

[Jaxa Logan]

Thanks for the encouragement guys.
My boys are 8 and 12 and they have done surprisingly well. They have been bickering more than usual, but everyone's stressed out and they are bored. They've been real troopers and have even helped with the cleanup here and at Grandma's.
75% of people have power back now, still waiting on word about the water. But we have started slowly getting food back in the fridge.
No word on my husband's job yet and I've been out of work since last week too. I work at a preschool that is still without lights and phones.
Its nice to be able to talk with people on the outside since everything here seems so isolated and bleak right now. Thanks.
Have to go help Grandma tarp her roof now. More later. Please keep in touch.
Jaxa

[jayelsee]

To Jaxa Logan and all who were affected by Isabel......

I think those of us who came through it, either weathering the storm or leaving & then returning, are just beginning to realize the impact. As I said earlier, I know I was totally lucky to have no damage to property, but the emotional stress is just now really starting to hit. I work for the National Park Service, and Cape Hatteras was hit pretty hard. We have hundreds of (well maybe a hundred or more) people here from all over the country helping us get things put back together so we can open the park again, and everyone has been working so, so hard and for very long hours. I'm responsible for "closing" our fiscal year which is always a stressful time for me, but yesterday, I actually broke down in tears! at work! and that is NOT how I usually am.

So everyone who was affected, remember that your reactions to everything are amplified now, and be easy on yourself, forgive yourself for responses that are out of character.

Anybody needs a shoulder to cry on publicly or privately, I'm here (you can pm me if you want to). I may need a shoulder myself.

[Silk]

I'm glad all are doing well, and wish the best of luck in returning your places of residence to their former glories.

Vinity, you're welcome, but, unfortunately, I have not been able to access the page recently, that is, in the past three days, and I was wondering if it is down, and was also wondering how many commas I could put in this message, commas which are totally in bad grammar, and which I could do without, which create a run on, spliced, sentence, which, nonetheless, has every amount of character one can put into a horribly worded sentence, and in case any were wondering, just so they, or, being grammatically correct, he or she, would not have to count, there are twenty-three commas in this abomination of a "sentence."

[vinity]

Originally posted by Silk
I'm glad all are doing well, and wish the best of luck in returning your places of residence to their former glories.

Vinity, you're welcome, but, unfortunately, I have not been able to access the page recently, that is, in the past three days, and I was wondering if it is down, and was also wondering how many commas I could put in this message, commas which are totally in bad grammar, and which I could do without, which create a run on, spliced, sentence, which, nonetheless, has every amount of character one can put into a horribly worded sentence, and in case any were wondering, just so they, or, being grammatically correct, he or she, would not have to count, there are twenty-three commas in this abomination of a "sentence." Hey Silk, yeah, the server misbehaved this weekend. No one can figure out what's wrong, so we're getting a new server. In the meantime we're being moved to one of the owner's personal server tonight. Hopefully we'll be up tomorrow. But we may have little blips while we're getting the new server online.

You have to remember we've just been up a month, so there are bugs.

BTW I love comma's too :D

How's everyone doing? Getting back to as normal as possible? Well, like most of my sites we're giving trouble this weekend so I got some work done elsewhere. :eek:

[Jaxa Logan]

Hi everyone! Just checking in to see how my fellow Carolina Scapers are faring.
Still in the big cleanup here-still trying to get my mother-in-law's roof squared away and debris removal is everending.
We really need a Farscape meetup, party, or something. Coping with all this mayhem has been hard and I'm sure I'm not the only one looking to blow off steam! Is anyone else still planning on going to StellarCon?
Check in and let us know how everyone is doing...
Jaxa

[jayelsee]

Hello all you survivors in NC and elsewhere!

I'm still cleaning up the mess in my yard. Fortunately, debris from downed trees and LOTS of leaves were all I had to contend with. I evacuated with my 2 kitties to my daughter in Greensboro for 3 days, so I didn't have to deal with the fear of weathering the storm, but I worried from a distance about my friends, community, and my property.

I have been so busy and stressed at work, with cleanup efforts that are going on there, that I haven't been able to do as much as I should at home (big piles of branches & leaves in my yard & driveway I need to bag up and haul away). I'm actually just getting ready to head in to work today (Saturday, a "normal" day off).

How about you Virginia survivors, and those from other states? I know a lot of you lost power for days. When did you get it back again?

[vinity]

Originally posted by vinity
Hey Silk, yeah, the server misbehaved this weekend. No one can figure out what's wrong, so we're getting a new server. In the meantime we're being moved to one of the owner's personal server tonight. Hopefully we'll be up tomorrow. But we may have little blips while we're getting the new server online.

You have to remember we've just been up a month, so there are bugs.

BTW I love comma's too :D

How's everyone doing? Getting back to as normal as possible? Well, like most of my sites we're giving trouble this weekend so I got some work done elsewhere. :eek: Hey guys :wave: I just got back from taking my Fehrscape people to the Airport. These are people I met on the Roswell boards who are Farscape fans. We had to get one of us addicted, not a problem :D We watched about 35 hours worth. :eek: My eyes hurt, but my heart is happy. we only made it up to Terra Firma
but I let her see the last 5 minutes of Twice Shy just because that's the BEST breakup scene I've ever seen :lol I couldn't leave her with John and Aeryn broken up. We watched several of the DVD commentary and one Roswell ep :lol:

We do need to get together! It's so great to watch the show with other people who love it. I always watch alone except on occasion when my husband watches with me. He doesn't like Rygel. He says if they kill Rygel he'll watch them all. :lol:

[Spooklet]

Originally posted by vinity

We do need to get together! It's so great to watch the show with other people who love it. I always watch alone except on occasion when my husband watches with me. He doesn't like Rygel. He says if they kill Rygel he'll watch them all. :lol:
:tiptoe::wavehi:

I came a-lurking for news and spotted a familiar name so I thought I'd come by and say Hi.

DV is not allowed to kill Rygel! :lol: Have to say that I usually have to watch alone as well :( Although I have watched a few eps in 'Scaper company. All I'll say is she came to watch films starring someone else, and found herself watching Farscape :D. Now she's hooked :D

Btw, Vin, this is Spook. Just have a different name here - although I can't rmemeber now whether that was because someone else already had my usual name, or because I decided to use a different name. Not that it's all that different :lol:

Anyway, back to other 'Scaping pastures!

:wavehi: :tiptoe:

[Silk]

I saw that someone referred to DV, and I thought, who knows who DV is? Then I saw Spooklet. Hey! Go post in your own country!:lol

[vinity]

OMB :lol I just checked in over here and found we've been invaded by the Brits. :lol Everyone, this is Spook, from England :D She and I are Mods holding down the Farscape world on a larger gen board, www.mediablvd.com. Silk is with us :lol

Where is everyone? I haven't seen DRD2001 lately?

Can I just get a HELL YEAH! ERP from everyone?

[Spooklet]

Originally posted by Silk
I saw that someone referred to DV, and I thought, who knows who DV is? Then I saw Spooklet. Hey! Go post in your own country!:lol
:lol I am posting in my own country :D Don't think I've moved... :lol

Just teasing :D I don't have no friends over here :( (My fault, I lurk rather than post over here). So I came seeking out the ones I have elsewhere...

Just came over to get con reports, and got lost on the way back! Great pimping there, Vin! :lol Come and visit us over on MB, folks! All 'Scapers are welcome :)

[vinity]

Hey Spook :D I just never get to talk to you :lol

OK where is everyone? we're on the second page for goodness sake?

[DRD2001]

Hey Y'all,
I'm here, I've just been overwhelmed by real life and idiots. :D
Just getting ready to gear up for the holidays.

[Enforcer]

Catamount Greetings!

I am from Cullowhee, Home of Western Carolina University, way in the mountains. WCU is in the Southern Conference, which is the same conference Furhman is in, Mr. Browder's school. That's quite a reach, huh?

I'm originally from Currituck County, near Kitty Hawk. Anyway, I'm glad to be here!

[DRD2001]

Hey and Welcome.
I'm in Charlotte. I hope you like it here at FMD. This is a pretty good board. Lots of people. Some active, some lurkers. Great time to be from Kitty Hawk too, with the gearing up for the Wright Bros. anniversary and all.

[vinity]

Hey guys :wave:

Enforcer welcome! I'm in Rocky Mount so not too far from you :D

I finally fired! I give y'all the first 1812's!

http://a5.cpimg.com/image/79/EB/27354745-315c-02000180-.jpg

http://a6.cpimg.com/image/7A/EB/27354746-9df1-02000180-.jpg

Just a start. I'll get more detailed now I've finished a couple.

[DRD2001]

Those Are Awesome!!!
You have definately got to post them over on the graphics thread.

[DRD2001]

In case anyone has missed it, in Campaign Strategizing, divinedaydreams is holding a raffle to save a PMU Foal. These foals are born, just so they can die. Drug companies are only interested in the urine from the pregnant mares. It is DDD's hope that we can help rescue one of these foals. Of course, it would be given a Farscape name. Already a home for the foal has been found. It would go to a ranch and be trained to help with disabled children and physical therapy.

In order to raise money, we are holding a raffle. Included in this raffle is a 4.1 DVD. There will also be more wonderful items added each day, so please keep checking in. Or if you wish to donate generously a nice amount, you can bypass the raffle and just get all sorts of goodies. On display there now is a custom made Tic Tac Toe game that I made.

For more info or to access the paypal, go to
http://www.savefarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18963

[Jaxa Logan]

DRD2001- That is indeed a great project. The game is awesome! Is it made from tile or wood. It's just beautiful. Might have to get me one of those! And I lived in Charlotte briefly, but had to move back- missed the water too much!

Enforcer- Welcome to the family! I have come to the conclusion that there are only two FMD members east of Raleigh- me and jayelsee! Where are all the Coastal Scapers anyway!!!???? If you had stayed in Currituck, we'd be three! ;) Oh, well. Maybe I'll make it my mission to go out and drum up some more members for the board!

Jaxa

[DRD2001]

Thank you Jaxa. The game is made out of acrylic. Fortunately I have access to a laser, and that is how the engraving of the figures was done. I've posted more in graphics if you are interested.

http://www.savefarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18973

As for the PMU Foal project, we are now showing pics of the types of stickers that will be sent out.

[DRD2001]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.

[zap]

I feel so lame.....I started this thread, then never came back. I dont get the meet-up invites anymore, I wonder why? I need to go check that out. Let's try to make it happen this new year yall!

[Enforcer]

Hi guys, just wanted to check in and represent the mountains of NC! Of course, I'll probably be abandoning the mountains for the Piedmont. Oh well, that will just mean I've lived in all three major areas of NC. Mountains, Beach, and Piedmont.

Anyway, I told DRD2001 on a different thread taht my wife is learning webpage design. She is able to do basic stuff and can actually make one, but in a few months she would be able to make a much better one. Even better, she said she would!

Take care, and if I don't post before New Years, HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:joy: :beer:

[jayelsee]

Happy New Year from a coastal 'scaper (hi Jaxa), to all you fellow NC-ers.

jayelsee

[Jaxa Logan]

Happy New Year to all my fellow NC Scapers!
Enforcer, what kind of web page are you thinking of? Maybe a NC Scapers page, humm...hint.hint.
jayelsee- Hey. Hope your Christmas was great!

[Enforcer]

That was exactly my thoughts Jaxa Logan. Like I said, it might take some coordination with some of you guys who have been around awhile longer and she can only make a basic one right now, but I just bought her Macromedia Studio MX which has Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, and Cold Fusion. I also bought her Adobe CS, Illustrater CS, Adobe Dimensions, and a bunch more. She is taking a class on Dreamweaver now and she has already learned a little html/xhtml so even though she can only do a pretty basic webpage now, in the future, she might be able to do something a bit more elaborate.

So NC scapers, give me some feedback on what we want and need on our webpage, even if it's advanced stuff. She might not be able to do it now, but she'll learn. She loves this stuff and is eager to begin practicing!

[vinity]

Whoa! People posting :cool:

Hey Enforcer :bgb: A NC web page would be good! Where are you in the Mountains? I still have family in Morganton. My Mom and Sis are in Greensboro. I'm in Rocky Mount.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

I have pulled my back out picking up a piece of trash in the aisle of the barn and have been on pain killers for days. Nothing like an Oxycodon haze to ring in the new year :lol:

DRD 2001~ What's the deal this spring? Wasn't there something somewhere we were going to meet? I was supposed to be making mugs for?

I've the OK from Doc Vin to go to Burbank next fall :D Looks like Spook, the English girl who crashed us a while back will come over for it too. Who else from here is up for going?

[Enforcer]

Vinity,

I'm from Cullowhee, which is about an hour west of Asheville. My wife and I work at Western Carolina University. I'm getting ready to move to Fayetteville, though so I won't be too far from you.

My wife is really learning this webpage design pretty quickly so pretty soon she may start on the Carolina page.:D

[DRD2001]

Vinity, Burbank is so out of the question with me. I just don't have that kind of money. So I save what I can for Dragon*Con in Atlanta.

And StellarCon is the next big con in NC. March 19 - 21st, 2004
http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/sf3/stellarcon.htm
Fred Saberhagen is the guest of honor.

Enforcer, it sounds like you are almost into TN. :) If your wife can do a web page, that would be awesome and would certainly be better than anything else we have right now. It doesn't have to be fancy, just informative.

[Enforcer]

DRD2001, you are correct, I am almost in TN. In fact, there are more UT fans here than Carolina fans. My wife is going to start designing one. Is there already a webspace? If not, my wife can find some. Other than links to Save Farscape and info about the series and upcoming events (which I may need someone to keep me informed on), what other kind of information would ya'll like to see? She will begin the page and if anyone sees anything else you would like listed, let us know. As soon as it's done, I'll post a link to it.

[DRD2001]

Well, there is a Yahoo group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carolina_scapers/

I guess upcoming events like conventions, special days, meetups or other such events.

Info on projects, Farscape, costuming tips, letter writing suggestions or anything else that catches people's fancy. We can also all submit articles so she can change it and keep it fresh. But like I said, anything at this point would be great.

[Enforcer]

Ok. She will begin working on it. I'll keep you guys posted!

[Enforcer]

She has the beginnings of the site up. There is also a link to my personal email so you guys can submit articles, news, information, and any suggestions for the site. You can find the site at

http://www.geocities.com/susandawnbates/

Right now it is just a shell of what it could be, so please be patient and send any suggestions you have. We will have a menu and other things up soon!

[DRD2001]

I think it is great, Enforcer. It is much better than anything I could do. I'll see if I can sit down and send you a list of upcoming NC conventions to post.

[Jaxa Logan]

Wow, Enforcer! You and your wife are off to a great start! I'll brainstorm and send you some things to post. If you need any other help, let me know. It's definitely time for us NC Scapers to join forces in this way.

[Enforcer]

Thanks guys!

[JackKnightScaper]

Hello, I'm from Polk County North Carolina, about 40 miles below Asheville. I'm currently going to school in Mars Hill, NC, about 20 miles above North of Asheville. This is my first post here and I thought I'd start out in a familiar place.

[Enforcer]

JackKnightScaper,

Welcome! You are not too far from me. I am a Police Officer at Western Carolina University and I live here in Cullowhee. I think you will like this forum, the people are great!

:joy:

[Jaxa Logan]

JackKnightScaper-
Welcome to our corner of the madness. Glad to have you aboard. I'm way east of you and just about everyone else(except for jayelsee!) on the coast.
Welcome and if you need any help with anything just let us know!

[DRD2001]

Hello and welcome, JackKnightScaper :)
There is lots to do here and lots to see. Make sure you check out the graphics forum. Lots of great avatars and artwork.


And BTW
WAY TO GO PANTHERS!!!

[jayelsee]

Hi, everyone, and welcome new members!

I just got back from a trip to Greensboro this weekend. Wish I could be there for the February 4 "meet up" there, but, alas, cannot this time. Anybody signed up for any of the meet ups in NC?

Yeah, Panthers!

[Jaxa Logan]

I'm not signed up for any meetups. I'll have to check into that!
Hey, jayelsee. Hope all is well.
Is anyone planning on going to the NC Renaissance Faire in Raleigh? Its the last weekend in March and the first weekend in April. I'll be there with some with my family and some friends from a local sci fi club I'm in, but not sure which weekend yet.

[jayelsee]

Is anyone planning on going to the NC Renaissance Faire in Raleigh? Its the last weekend in March and the first weekend in April.Keep us posted.....Do they have a website?

[Pagan]

Burlington Scaper signing in.

[jayelsee]

Hi, Pagan, welcome! Just got back from your neck o' the woods.

[Pagan]

Thanks for the welcome, Jayelsee. I've been on the board for a while, but as a lurker due to a ridiculous work schedule as Coinean can attest to. So I do a hit or miss when I can.

Hopefully I'll be on more often.

Hi again to all -- and to Enforcer -- Keep those Mountains safe! I went to ASU rather than to Western...but those mountains are still home.

Later.

:whip:

[DRD2001]

Hi Pagan :hi:
Welcome to the board. Feel free to look around. As you've seen, Enforcer is working on getting us a site going. So feel free to submit material for the site.

Slowly but surely the converts keep coming.

Way to go Panthers!!! :D

[Jaxa Logan]

Welcome aboard Pagan. Glad you could join us!!

Sorry, jayelsee, I meant to give the addy and just forgot. Check out all the details at www.ncrenfaire.com. I've heard its a "small" faire, but 15,000 people were there last year and it only lasted one weekend! Admission is only $12 and costumes are encouraged. Sounds like a lot of fun. I've got a group of about 8 (so far) going with me. We're just hammering out details for which weekend is better for everyone. You can find hotel info on the site too. The hotels listed have special rates if you mention the faire and book before March 1.
So what do you think? An unofficial Farscape meetup at a Ren Faire?

And, Enforcer, do you need any help or anything with the website? Give us a shout if you do!

[Enforcer]

I would love to go to the rennaisance festival. I have family in the area so hopefully, I'll have the time off.

I didn't know about the "meet up" that is happening. How can I find out? This is the kind of thing I would like to have posted on the website my wife is building, the problem is that I don't know where to find some of this stuff. Would it be in the yahoo group?

Thanks

[Enforcer]

Pagan,

WCU is palying ASU in basketball on the 13th of February in Boone and then again on the 28th in Cullowhee. Let me know if you want to get in to the one in Cullowhee. I can probably help you out. You might have to wear purple though!

[vinity]

whoa! Y'all post when I don't check in :whip: I'm up for the Renaissance in Raliegh. :D

As for the meet up? are you talking the monthly thing? I sign up every month but not enough people in my area so it never works. I do think they have one in Raleigh but as it's on a tuesday nights that's too far for me to go on kid's school night. Even if Doc Vin made it home in time.

Hope everyone faired well in the snow. My horses are pissed! Kidlet is happy tho, he's gotten to sled for hours and hours!

[Pagan]

Thanks Enforcer!

But ever since I graduated, I made a promise that NEVER AGAIN would I go up the mountain in Winter.

But I tell you what. You can root for ASU in my place!

LOL!!!

:rollin:

[Enforcer]

Verrrry funny:roflmao:

Actually, here in the valley, we don't get much snow. Boone does and so does everyplace else if you go 10 miles in any direction. All we got was rain.

My wife has added a little to the webpage for NC Scapers and we're looking for ANY ideas any of you might have. She is ready to get it up and running!:drivin:

[DRD2001]

A RenFaire meetup sounds nice. I'll have to check my calender.
March 27th and 28th AND
April 3rd and 4th!
The North Carolina State Fairgrounds

[DRD2001]

Stellar Con is coming soon!
Put it on your calenders. March 19-21, 2004
Is anyone interested in attending?

http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/sf3/stellarcon.htm

[Jaxa Logan]

Ok guys, I'm trying to get an idea on how many of you are interested in doing a meetup at the Ren Faire in Raleigh, either the last weekend in March or firstweekend in April. Sound off please on if you're interested and if one weekend suits you more than the other. I'll be the contact person on this, so you can PM me with the info if you wish. Thanks!

[vinity]

Jaxa :cool: Doc Vin is going to check his schedule and when Kidlet is out of school? but I should be good to go :D I'll pm when he lets me know which weekend is better

[DRD2001]

I'm interested.

Also, if anyone is into Scottish highland games, Loch Norman Games is being held in April.

April 16, 17 & 18, 2004
http://www.ruralhillfarm.org/servlet/Main?page=LNHG

[Silk]

Oooh...haven't been here in a looooooooooooong time. Vin's been frequenting FMD and I haven't. The end of the world is near!
Anyway, Happy everything.
Pagan, I have some friends in B-town. And I'm probably half and hour away. I need to get a map. My (Burlington) friends and I couldn't quite figure out how far we were from each other.

[Spooklet]

Originally posted by vinity
I've the OK from Doc Vin to go to Burbank next fall :D Looks like Spook, the English girl who crashed us a while back will come over for it too. Who else from here is up for going? [/B]
First time in ages I've been called a girl :lol:

Came to see where you've been hiding... and to check out the horse thing Vin mentioned

But now I've been, seen, and upped my post count, I'll :trans: back to whence I came

Love this smilie btw --> :grr: remins me of my favourite non-hero ;)

[vinity]

:eek: :lol: Silk and Spook :D It's an out of board experience :lol: Spook, did you find the PMU thing? It's fallen to second page, I can link you? DRD 2001 was one of the head gals! We did a good thing :D

Hey guys :wave: I'm cool with either weekend for teh Ren faire. Only problem will be if my horse trailer becomes availiable, then I'll have to go to Va.

[Enforcer]

:hi: Hi guys! We have added a few things to the website. Not much, yet. That's because we really have no clue what to put up there. We have some links and some pages set up but we don't know what we could put there. For example, we have a page set up for costuming tips, the only problem is that we have never "costumed." So if you guys have any ideas, please let us know. Also, if you have any ideas about graphics, that would be helpful. My wife went a little minimalist because you only get so much room in geocities. Maybe one day we would be able to afford our own domain. But for right now, this is what we have.

Thanks to everyone who has been there and offered encouragement.

One more thing, if you visit the site, please sign the guest book. My wife lives that kind of thing!

[Spooklet]

Originally posted by vinity
:eek: :lol: Silk and Spook :D It's an out of board experience :lol: Spook, did you find the PMU thing? It's fallen to second page, I can link you? DRD 2001 was one of the head gals! We did a good thing :D

Can you link me? I never did find it :(

Email me, or PM at MB - I might not make it back here very soon ;)

[Jaxa Logan]

Ok, guys. We slipped to the second page. Can't have that!

The Ren Faire meetup will be the second weekend of the Faire in Raleigh on Sat., which is the first Sat. in April. PM me with any questions and if you plan on attending.
Can't wait to finally meet some of my fellow NC Scapers!!

[jayelsee]

Hey, Jaxa & fellow NCers, long time no hear. I can't go to the faire, but I sure hope another opportunity presents itself someday so I can meet you.

Wow, is it ever stormy here today! Just about got blown off the road earlier. How is it where you are?

[Jaxa Logan]

jayelsee- Good to see you here! Windy a bit and rainy here today. But when the front came through Sunday night-wow! Blew my front door right off the hinges! No joke- I think it was almost rotten from the soaking it got in Isabel! Oh, well!
Sorry you can't make the Faire, but maybe next time!

[Jaxa Logan]

Ok, folks, last call for a Ren Faire in Raleigh meetup on April 3. I'll definitely be there and ONE other person has expressed interest. Any other takers? Give me a pm.
Thanks!

[jayelsee]

Did any of you see this thread about the con in Charlotte? They're looking for volunteers.

http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22768

I've never even been to a con, and I live way the heck away from Charlotte, but if anybody's interested I might be able to help that weekend......pm me if you want to.

How're plans for attending the Ren Faire? I've been hearing a lot of ads on the radio for it lately.

[jayelsee]

Anybody out there? Anybody?

[Enforcer]

I am here! I went to the website you mentioned, but I'm not sure of my schedule yet. Did anyone make it to the RennFaire?

[jayelsee]

Thanks, Enforcer! I was feeling lonely.

I have some more news about the con in Charlotte. If anybody thinks they might be able to help (this would be helping to organize a Farscape panel etc., not just attend), let me know. I'd like to pm you with more.....interesting..... information.

Here's their website link again. http://www.secfi.org/concarolinas/

[DRD2001]

Hey Jayelsee,
I've known about ConCarolinas. I went to their first con. Right now I'm on hold, however, for all extra curricular events. We're waiting to see if we are about to get hit with a huge bill or not. Don't you just love house repairs. :) I'll be glad to help in any way you'd like. I already know several people on the staff for the con.

[vinity]

Hey guys :wave: Jaxa I'm in for the Rennfaire. Where do we meet up?

I'll have to look into the Charlotte conn? But I'm doing a bunch of Horse stuff away from home so I prolly can't work out the time.

DRD 2001~ Are you going to Dragon conn again? I might want to see if I can send some dragons down there. Didn't you say last year the had a booth for non attendees. Wonder if it's juried already? BTW I should get that surprise in the mail this week.

edited to say :cool: DRD 2001 the avi looks great!

[DRD2001]

I don't know if we are going. We got the verdict yesterday on our house...TERMITES! So we are going to have to go over our budgets and stuff to see what we can afford. I'd like to do Dragon*Con, but it is pricey and the joys of being an adult is that you sometimes have to do the "right" thing and not the "fun" thing. :yuck:

I know I can't do the Renn Faire, as I have a cat show to do. We may end up doing ConCarolinas, as it is the least expensive and easiest con for us.

[DRD2001]

Vinity, have you checked out the D*C art show info on their site. They have contact info so you could find out what is the best way for you to display. Your work is great! Way nicer than some of what I saw there.
http://www.dragoncon.org

*** Update on ConCarolinas ***
I've talked to the staff, and they have us reserved for a fan table. If anyone wants to attend or volunteer, feel free to jump in and help. This is not a star oriented con like D*C. This con is more fan oriented and much more intimate, geared towards meeting people and having fun. I think that you will find the atmosphere to be very, very enjoyable.
http://www.secfi.org/concarolinas/

*** Carolina Scapers Website ***
We have an awesome website, created by Enforcer. We need to use it! Ditto for the Yahoo group. I've got some great ideas that I would love to discuss there and get your input. So if you can, please bookmark both and try to visit at least once a day. The upcoming ConCarolinas will be an excellent opportunity to reach more Scapers.

Carolina Scapers group
http://www.geocities.com/carolinascapers/

Yahoo Group
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/carolina_scapers/

Thanks Everyone :hi:

[vinity]

Thanks for the link :D now to just get brave enough to contact them. I hate this part. I want to just make the stuff and have someone come take it away from me.

[vinity]

Jaxa~ What's going on? I never heard from you?.......well, Doc Vin and Kidlet and I will be heading to the Ren Faire around 12 ish, I'll check back or if I don't hear from you,,,,or maybe tomorrow instead :( turns out that's better for the family. Still hope we can connect and nothing is wrong.

DRD2001 I meant to say yesterday YIKES and sorry about the termites :( big bummer. What will they do?

[DRD2001]

Oh, with the termites, they are going to drill holes through the concrete and pump poison under the house to kill them. Lots of $$$$ required. They offer a payment plan, but I really don't want another monthly bill over my head. Then, after that, we have to find a repair person to estimate potential damage and do any necessary repairs. More $$$$.

Remember everyone! Keep checking out the Carolina Scaper site and the yahoo group. Jayelsee is working on a great military project to send books to soldiers and upcoming information about ConCarolinas will be posted too, with project ideas and suggestions.

Carolina Scapers group
http://www.geocities.com/carolinascapers/

Yahoo Group
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/carolina_scapers/

[jayelsee]

Thanks, DRD2001, for getting the ConCarolina Farscape fan table and presence kicked into gear! I'm going to ConCarolina--this will be my first con, so let me know what I can do to help! And I'll keep up with updates on the Carolina Scapers site, too. I know Enforcer is interested/might go to the con. It would be great to meet some of you there.

(Oh, DRD2001, the termites....'sorry about the mess'. Good luck! My termite inspector told me last year that I was just asking for it! I had to replace a bunch of really wet boards around my foundation and re-stain the house, expensive, but I escaped infestation.)

[shipsister]

Greetings, all!
I haven't been around here for a long time, and it's good to see so much happening. I'm in Winston-Salem. I've tried to organize a meet-up for Greensboro a couple of times, but without success. If there are enough people in the area who are interested, maybe we can have one in May.

I'm interested in going to ConCarolinas in June; it would be great to meet some 'scapers there!

[jayelsee]

Fellow Carolinians (North & South), check on the ConCarolina and the Carolina scapers sites DRD2001 posted the links for, and sign up for the Yahoo Group. We're discussing ConCarolina in Charlotte (June) now. That could be a great "meet up" place.

DRD2001 signed us up for a fan table and is organizing that. I think if we had 10 people interested in attending as a "group" (that is, registering at the same time), we could get a group registration discount. If anyone's interested in that let me know here or at the Yahoo Group. I'll check on it.

[DRD2001]

If anyone is interested in arriving a day early or staying a day late, we could always spend a day at Paramount's Carowinds. They have a new coaster called the Borg Assimilator.

http://www.carowinds.com/

Carowinds also has a waterpark inside the amusement park, which features a wave pool, lazy river, various pipeline slides, splash areas and more. The one really nice feature about WaterWorks is the planning for children of all ages. Children 2 and under have a private roped off area, so they don't get trampled by older kids, and the older kids have their own spash and squirt zone.

[jayelsee]

Carowinds sounds like fun, DRD2001. I'll see about getting that extra day off from work & let you know here, when I can. Pretty flexible about the day, so if anyone else has a preference it doesn't matter to me.

Shipsister, are you going to be able to go to the con? If you are, and you want to register with me, DRD2001 & her hubby, let me know. If we get 10 people who can register together, we can get the discount ($5 off the $25 fee). We need to mail the registration fee as one payment, by May 15....I've volunteered to do that if we can get 10 people, so let me know.

I'll wait a bit, and will probably put a deadline of around May 1 for the "group" thing, so if we don't get 10 people everyone will still have time to register themselves.

[shipsister]

I am planning on coming to the con, jayelsee, and I would like to be part of the group, if we can get 10 people.

Going to Carowinds is a nice idea, but I doubt that I'll be able to join in on that. I'm sure you guys will have a lot of fun!

[jayelsee]

I am planning on coming to the con, jayelsee, and I would like to be part of the group, if we can get 10 people. Great! We have four now. I'll post an update next week, see if we can get 6 more.

[DRD2001]

Cool! :groove: More Scapers!
I think many of the attendees are going to be either Star Trek or Star Wars, so we'll have some great chances to convert and get people involved.

[vinity]

DVD 2001 can you email me your home addy at divinity4me@earthlink.net ? I thought I had it, and I have something all ready to go out for you for better than a week, but I can't for the life of me find where I put you addy? Are the PMs down? Mine aren't working so that's why I'm putting this here. Also, you want mugs for the Carolina table at the con? I thought I could do some with the IASA symbol too? Let me know cause I'll need to hop on it soon to be ready.

OOPS edited back in to :wave: to everyone else. Heya guys :D

BTW the Ren Faire was a blast. I never caught up to any scapers but the family had a lot of fun. It was a bit risque for my 11 year old son :eek: I only hope most of the double entandre went over his head? It's so hard to tell at this age what's getting thru? AND what might start questions I play to turf to his dad? Y'all want pics?

You know, one of these days I need ot learn the smilie codes on this site :lol:

[DRD2001]

Sent you an e-mail Vinity.

We are about a month away from ConCarolinas. Make sure to keep checking with the Carolina Scaper site and chat group. Any ideas will be posted there and anything we plan.

[Silk]

Hey, all. Just checking in, as I haven't frequented FMD recently. I've joined Carolina Scapers. Hope to talk to you soon

[DRD2001]

Cool :aok: The more the merrier.

[jayelsee]

LAST CALL FOR GROUP SIGN-UP FOR CONCAROLINAS. We need 10 people to get the $5 discount. We still have only FOUR (me, shipsister, and 2 DRD2001's).

I will wait till Friday, April 30 to sign up, and after that it's each 'scaper for themselves. So let me know, quick. It's going to be fun, and a chance for us to have an unofficial "meetup".

[D'elvis]

I'm a newby. Got splendidly hooked on the series when the DVDs were released--I'm currently in mid-season three (Zhann just died, boo hoo). Believe it or not, I never watched the show on SCI-FI channel, but in a way, it's been very nice to watch an episode at a time on my time, which is pretty limited.

I've been a huge fan of Henson, muppets, fantasy, Labyrinth, etc. for years and it's been an absolute joy getting hooked on Farscape. I can't wait to see the mini-series.

I'm in Raleigh nc. Has there been any discussion about getting together for the mini-series premiere?

Later,
D'elvis aka Carl :)

[DRD2001]

Welcome D'elvis! :hi:
Right now, I don't think there are any plans for getting together for the mini premiere. Unfortunately, we seem a little too spead out for one get together. But I think you're in luck, cause I think that the most Scapers are in your area. Check out Meetups.com for Farscape fans in your city. Also, if you can make it down to Charlotte June 4-6, a few of us will be at ConCarolinas. :aok:

[Enforcer]

Welcome D'elvis! I will most likely be moving to your area in June or July. I will start a new job at NC State. So I would be up for a meetup when I get there. I am currently in the mountains at Western Carolina University. This is a great group supporting a great show.

[jayelsee]

Welcome, D'elvis! Join us at ConCarolinas in June!

In case anybody didn't get the word (shipsister, DRD2001), I didn't get enough people who wanted to sign up as a group to make the 10, so be sure and register yourselves. I registered on Sunday, and also made my hotel reservations (for the Mariott. They still had the Con block rate available).

[vinity]

Carl Welcome! We're close, I'm in Rocky Mount. I can host a Mini get together. We have lots of room and a big screen TV. Farscape is cool big.
http://a4.cpimg.com/image/60/55/24350304-43de-01800200-BBB.jpg
oops and apparently lots of kids toys :lol:

[DRD2001]

No fair! I want a big TV! :(
Just kidding. :) My husband however... :rolleyes:

OK peoples, we are 4 weeks away from ConCarolinas. I've got some more pics posted in the convention forum. Lots of PK style stickers as give aways. Badges are coming along fine. If anyone has freebie swag to donate, let me know. We've had several offers so far. :) I've got a nice book collection going for the charity. Still pondering ideas for the charity auction, like what would be a good item to donate?

[jayelsee]

Ok, I'm all signed up for ConCarolinas & have my hotel reservation. Who is going?

DRD2001, I have some Farscape trading cards I can donate for 'swag'. I plan to try and turn them into refrigerator magnates, if I have time after I finish with Rygel. I also have some old cd's that I am going to try and cover with mycattoldme's "Farscape" cd flier, but not sure if I'll get those done by June.

I can print copies of Red's convention flier to hand out (how many should I print?)

Am trying to think of something for the charity auction. I don't have any "general" sci fi stuff I could donate, but I do have a couple of extra "Best of Season 1 Farscape" and a brand new copy of the Role Playing Game book (hard back, lots of neat pictures, retails at $34.95) if those would be something worth considering.

I'm bringing a bunch of books for the charity auction. Am also brining my laptop, which now has a dvd player! (and I will have all my Farscape dvds with me, of course). And as I mentioned--somewhere, sometime--I have a bunch of Farscape music videos loaded on it.

Rygel is making progress. I just read somewhere that the 'real' Rygel "stands at just 26" high (if he stands, which he rarely does"). Don't know if that's accurate (he looks taller to me), but if it is, then quite by accident, I have made him almost exactly that height! Seated, he's about 21 inches, with his legs adding another 5 or 6 inches!

[Enforcer]

I really would like to go and I am going to try, but I will be moving to Raleigh in the next month and I have no idea what my schedule will be like. I would also like to do the meetup for the mini! That sounds excellent.

[jayelsee]

I really would like to go and I am going to try, but I will be moving to Raleigh in the next month and I have no idea what my schedule will be like. I would also like to do the meetup for the mini! That sounds excellent.
Hope you can make it to the con, Enforcer!

Maybe by the time the mini airs, we can have a "meet up" place set that some of us can make it to.

Edited to add, Raleigh and Greensboro are both pretty good places for me -- I like to visit "the big cities" every now & then, and I know people who live there. It just depends on when the mini airs, and what else is going on in "real life" at the time.

[DRD2001]

Ditto what jayelsee says. :D

Right now, I'm expecting from Sept. to Nov. to be slammed at work. High stress. They're expecting so much work that I've been told to give up 50% of my table space, 45% of my materials storage space and 33% of my shelf space to make room for it all.

[DRD2001]

FYI, only TWO weeks to ConCarolinas. :D

[DRD2001]

Having a good time!

Jayelsee finally arrived through all the nasty weather, safe and sound. Shipsister also arrived and joined us for the day. Tee Morris was already here and having fun. :D

Our table set up was nice. We had a lot of interesting stuff on the table, including 2 models, Farscape 1 and Moya. Farscape 1 was on loan to us from Scaper Joe B. THANK YOU JOE! Moya is mine, and still a work in progress. But I got some great advice from modeler and rocket builder Roy Potter and from the SG12 fan group. We probably won't win the best fan table award, but I think we were certainly a friendly and welcoming group. Giving away DVDs is fun. :)

[DRD2001]

As you can see, jayelsee has worked her fingers to the bone to create a Rygel for our table. I must say, the Dominar has a certain commanding presence and attracted a lot of attention. I wish the pic showed more of the great details.

[shipsister]

Rygel was indeed impressive, as was everything else about the table. DRD2001 and Jayelsee did a wonderful job pulling everything together; the table was awesome!

I had a great time Saturday; I hope everyone will get a chance to go next year.

[DRD2001]

I've already posted at their Yahoo group that we would like more participation next year. Like sponsoring a plaque for best costume or hosting a DRD building competition.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ConCarolinas_Info/

[Enforcer]

WOW! :shocked: I like everything I see there. The banner is very nice, too. I would really like to be able to go to the next one.

[DRD2001]

I saved you some swag Enforcer. :) PM me an address.

Actually, I've been asked if I'd like to help run the costume contest next year. I think I'm going to say yes. But sorry guys, I won't be a judge so I can't play favorites.

[jayelsee]

Actually, I've been asked if I'd like to help run the costume contest next year. I think I'm going to say yes. But sorry guys, I won't be a judge so I can't play favorites.Well, you know I'm working on my Xhalax costume for Burbank. Maybe I can get my daughter Aeryn to come with me to ConCarolina, too! :D

[DRD2001]

Wow! Time flies when you are having fun. :D

Just so everybody knows, I've been doing a little Carolina Scapers PR. I've been helping a few other Scapers with swag for their cons. With most of the swag, I've been putting sticker on it saying either "Compliments of" or "Courtesy of the Carolina Scapers". I'm hoping it brings more traffic to our site.

With that being said, I'd like to invite everyone to write an article or submit information for the site, so that we can keep it up to date and interesting. This is something that I've found myself being very delinquint about. So if you have any con reports, convention dates and info, costuming articles or suggestions, Farscape related news, props suggestions, fan fiction, recommended sites and such, please use the e-mail at the Carolina Scaper site to submit it.

Thanks. :groove:

[Enforcer]

Hi guys. It's been awhile but I wanted to let you know that I have moved to Raleigh and I work for NC State. The good news is that I'm making a lot more money, the bad is that because the state only pays once a month, I will be broke for awhile. Plus, it will be awhile before my wife can come out here. So what that means is that she can't maintain the website until she moves out here. We had a virus that wiped out all of our files so she couldn't send a copy to anyone either. Hopefully, this will be a temporary situation. We just bought an Apple but I don't have it hooked up yet.

[DRD2001]

Ouch! You've not had the best of luck lately. I'm sorry to hear that. But hey, at least your working, and I hope you like Raleigh. So good luck on the new job. The month will be by before you know it and things will even out.

[Enforcer]

Thanks, I like Raleigh very much so far. Hopefully, I will have high-speed internet by the first week of next month and I will at least be able to participate here. I noticed we have a date for the mini! That's great news!

[DRD2001]

Yes, we have a date and we have... A Con Kit! So let me know if you are planning to attend any cons here in NC. :D

[vinity]

Enforcer :D You're so close, we'll need to get together!

DRD~ Did you get the email I sent right before the Charlotte con? Obviously I didn;t get the mugs mailed out :( RL has been wild and I haven't been firing. I have a bunch of stuff but all partly finished. Sorry!

How is everyone?

[DRD2001]

I'm sorry, I did get it. Real life has been biting me in the butt too. If you see a news report of a water main break with a buckling road in Charlotte, that is right were I work. Fun fun day today. :D

PS - Anyone catch the Hitler City, NC reference on the Simpsons.

[vinity]

Sorry I didn't get them to you :( Sorry about work too :(

What's going on in the world? I just got a new young horse, Lance, last month and being the baby he is, he ate a plastic bag wednesday. People throw trash and it blows in the pasture Grrr! Now I'm on Poo Patrol waiting for it to come out. {that's how I'm posting at 5 in the morning. Checking him. He's loving the attention tho. Getting lots to eat and he follow as me around helping to check poo for bags. Then my favorite kitty is missing. Geesh!

[DRD2001]

Trinoc Con
Durham, NC
July 23-25
http://www.trinoc-Con.org/

If you can make it, there will be Scapers there!

Shannon has the Carolina Scaper Con Kit and will be at Trinoc Con for the weekend. So those of you who can come to the con, make sure to drop by and help and say "Hi".

It will be another great chance for us to promote the mini for October.

Thanks :)

[DRD2001]

Oh jeez vinity, that sounds aweful. Isn't there a risk to Lance's intestines too? Poo patrol at 5am is not a good way to start the day. At least you were aware that he did it and it is giving him plenty of attention time. My kitty, Moya, ate something one time which totally messed her up. She was at the vet for a week and it was very touch and go for a while. They never did figure out exactly what went wrong. :( I hope your kitty wanders home soon. Moya at the vet was hard enough to handle, and I knew where she was. I'm a basket case when it comes to my cats.

And don't worry about me in regards to the mugs. I totally understand real life. In fact, this weekend is dedicated to ORGANIZING! I'm afraid I've let too much slide for the past few weeks. I guess we Scapers keep too many irons in the fire. :)

Make sure you check out the Comic Con reports in I Have A Plan. There are some excellent pictures.


Sorry I didn't get them to you :( Sorry about work too :(

What's going on in the world? I just got a new young horse, Lance, last month and being the baby he is, he ate a plastic bag wednesday. People throw trash and it blows in the pasture Grrr! Now I'm on Poo Patrol waiting for it to come out. {that's how I'm posting at 5 in the morning. Checking him. He's loving the attention tho. Getting lots to eat and he follow as me around helping to check poo for bags. Then my favorite kitty is missing. Geesh!

[vinity]

:clap: I just spent all morning reading the con reports :D Wish I could have been there. Hope Burbank will be as high energy.

DRD Lance is fine. Vet said if we made it till sunday with no problems we are out of the woods. Mainly the scare was to keep it from impacting. Lots of Bran mashes, oil, alfalfa. I never saw it come out but the vet said I might not. Especially if he didn't have any trouble.

Chi kitty came home too. Thanks heavens. I shouldn't have favorites but I adore that kitty. {He was supposed to be Chianna but turned out to be a boy, so just Chi} Unfortunately he's designated barn kitty right now but he's TINY and really should be house kitty. But already have 3 house kitties, one who's old and wouldn't deal. So he has to wait for her to pass on. I have 7 cats right now :eek:

I made the mistake of reading about the Con's trailer. I was trying to be unspoilt but ........Oh well at least I can DL the trailer once sciffy put it up

[DRD2001]

Here is Shannon's report on Trinoc Con.

http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26552

[DRD2001]

Good luck to Jaxa and Jayelsee and any other coastal Scapers! I hope you all ride out the storm well. :hugz:

[jayelsee]

Thanks! Quiet so far, it'll pick up later today, I guess.

[jayelsee]

Well, Alex came through fast. I weathered the storm at work, didn't have time to worry and by the time I got home around 7 p.m., it was pretty much over for my area. No damage at all, but I could see where parts of the road to my neighborhood had overwashed earlier. They got it worse further south (Ocracoke) with much flooding. Took people by surprise, it was faster & stronger than expected and no one evacuated. A lot of tourists got stranded, cars flooded out, many of them had to get rental cars to leave the island, a couple of days later. Some just finally got off today.

Hey, different topic, did anybody see zapgun's post about the gallery showing for her art work later this month? http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27027 If you're close to Carboro, maybe you can check it out.

[DRD2001]

Well I'm glad things are ok. You never know what they're going to do. Mom came through it ok too. But she was much further south than you are.

[jayelsee]

Well I'm glad things are ok. You never know what they're going to do. Mom came through it ok too. But she was much further south than you are.Yes, this one surprised me. I'm glad your mom was ok. Seems like maybe Ocracoke and south Hatteras Island got the worst of this one. Haven't heard much about Morehead City/Beaumont area yet, though. Your mom is closer to Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach, right?

[Enforcer]

Alright, I have gotten my new Mac computer up and running on a high-speed connection. This is my first Mac and I can guarantee it won't be the last. Once I got the hang of the basic differences, I love it. Raleigh seems nice so far. If anyone needs any help with anything out here, let me know. If I have the time, I will help out. What cons are coming up? Are there any plans to get together for the mini?