I was quit when I came in here, Bryant. I'm twice as quit now.

[hirez]

That was... A bit of a curate's egg. All the people I spoke with were pleasingly mad, devastatingly intelligent and displayed a striking command of the sartorial wossname.

I've had enough though. I've been there lots and done it several times and now it's time to stop before 'See you at Whitby' becomes (any more of?) an excuse not to bother seeing people elsewhere.

Photos? Still on little tin-and-plastic reels. I'm so blasted retro I crap shillings. It's not like the interiors will come out or there'll be anything recognisable in the exteriors but buildings and pint glasses anyway...

... Other than that, words are mostly failing me. The car's going well and likes the exercise, so it would be a shame not to.

Oh. Yeah. Was completely stoked to be able to fit into things that I'd not worn for [mumble] (or indeed ever, in the one case) and manage not to look like a poorly-stuffed sausage. Also managed to peeve a pervy-camera bloke by repeatedly taking pictures of him.

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[steer.livejournal.com]

Not related but if you haven't seen this I think you might enjoy it.

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/museum.htm

[hirez.livejournal.com]

A splendid site.

I shall blame the fact that I finished 'The atrocity archives' for the fact that I was rambling about infernal combustion engines. Oh, and the malign influence of Drew, who has furnished me with a disturbingly detailed and apparently provably correct design specification for a steam elephant with hydro-pneumatic suspension and the ability to engage targets while traversing rough ground at full speed.

[razornet.livejournal.com]

I was there when he did that.

You laughd quite a bit. Then tried to explain what on earth these scribbling were about.

[steer.livejournal.com]

I was rambling about infernal combustion engines.

I like the idea that extra dimensions can be used to fit in more pistons but I hurt my head figuring out what the crank would look like.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Mortal man was not meant to contemplate the eldritch transformations required. Napier engineers, on the other hand...

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Stop it! you know what that does to me!

[razornet.livejournal.com]

I've had enough though. I've been there lots and done it several times and now it's time to stop before 'See you at Whitby' becomes (any more of?) an excuse not to bother seeing people elsewhere.

Which is a bit of a shame really, as I'm unlikely to see you elsewhere and I'm sure I owe you a pint. If I don't I'd be happy to buy you one anyway.

Oh on a different frequency, have you read K.W Jeter's "Noir" and did it appeal? I ask because it sems the sort of thing you might have read, and I'm currently strugling wih the first cuple of chaptes and wondering if it's woth the effort.

[echo-echo.livejournal.com]

I am greatly interested to see what pops out of your Lomo. :)

[red-mel.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised you aren't deaf by the overwhelming din of cliquing!!

Btw it would apear I may be inheriting all of Dad's arc welding gear, sometime soon, you must come down to play.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

What din would that be?

[red-mel.livejournal.com]

mwah dhharling and all that false goth type crap that goes with those events :p

[hirez.livejournal.com]

That sort of thing doesn't happen near me because I don't allow it.

(ie, I'm not sure that I remember to speak to any scene-queens, and they'd not speak to me since I'm thankfully not useful or pretty enough for them.)

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Actually, you *are* a scene queen. It's just a very, very, differently defined scene.

[red-mel.livejournal.com]

Oh dear lord you *actualy* belive that don't you!! John sweetie how do I put this. Everyone wants to be friends with you. You are worshiped but many, you just don't notice.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

I'm aware that I'm a popular sort of chap, oddly enough.

It's true though. I know who the scene queens are, and since I'm randomly creative in ways they can't begin to understand, rather than being some DJ or internet model, they tend to stare at me fish-eyed a lot. Fuck them, if they're too rude or pig-ignorant to pass the time of day with me, I don't feel the need to explain myself to them.

[red-mel.livejournal.com]

Bravo!! Its true you have to be a fetish model, in a band or a DJ to be truly "goth" popular!! Bored!!

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

meh. none of the people i go to whitby to see are dj's or models. i'm sure the scene queen stuff does happen, and i'm probably accused of it myself, but i really am delighted to see people. i live in a remote rural area, and lack a private jet.

BTW, i'm feeling really shitty because i completely failed to recognise you the first time i saw you at Whitby. i was not blanking you deliberately, it's just that i couldn't for the life of me figure out who you were, and i was getting really embarrassed about it.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Worry not. If you only see people every six months or so, it's not surprising if it takes a while to pull their names from long-term store. Especially if there's a crowd having a good mill around.

Some people get a complete strop on about that sort of thing, but if your brain's not wired in the people direction, it's sometimes an uphill struggle to file names close to faces.

[malcygoff.livejournal.com]

Mental note to self:
Must. See. You. In. Bristol. More.

[kathbad]

Good to have seen you, bad not to have seen more of you or have had more time to talk - one fine weekend we should arrange lunch, or something similar...