I love this idea, though obviously for me it applies mostly to the few Aussies in IRG. Tamago, any other Aussies, close-by Kiwis such as Clarice, and visiting vIRGins from other countries - anyone I know from here who happens to pass through sunny Queensland, PM me and we'll set something up. I'd love to do coffee and chat obsessively about Utena & co.

Wow, I'm glad that I wasn't the only one to thing of this!  Now we can open up some streams of communication.

Maybe we should use this thread as a planning thread.

I could probably get out to PA ... sometime. Not right now, because life is buffeting me around with exams I'm never ready for, but in general it wouldn't be that much of a trip. I could drive it even (although everytime I take a driving trip I manage to get ticketed....) When it's a bit warmer maybe.

So like snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef or something? I've never been there...and it's one of the 7 natural wonders of the world too. Shameful of me. I live pretty close to Brisbane (the capital of Queensland), and that in turn is close to the famous Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast (golden beaches, great surf). And to the hinterlands where we have tropical rainforest up mountain ranges. Hmm, can I sound more like a tour guide hehe?

And our weather is more than reliable at the moment, it's killing me with heat. But that's just me, I really feel the heat and cold both. But I don't envy you Kiwi weather at all...

I'll wait for you to be both pissed and have money.

If anyone's ever willing to come to Portland, ME, I'd love to hang out with them for as long as feasibly possible. Things are cheap, yummy, organic (if you're into that ), easy to walk to and the climate in summer's to die for! One can see free shows, go on boating tours, visit museums... And we have food. Lots and lots of really great, really unique food.

Or, more like a mini-Rose Con than just hanging out, we could rent a house on the ocean! I know this house well and wish it were mine. With a medium sized group of people, say, 7-ish? A week would cost roughly fifty or sixty bucks a night, per person. The streets are lined with wild roses, you can walk to a miniature grocery store for most everything you need, the water is cool and lovely... It'd be a nice little retreat, totally Maine, totally laid back, totally awesome. I'd be up for playing chauffeur (as long as we traveled five at a time ), so no extra fees on to-and-from airport travel. This is the economy option! It could totally happen and it totally should happen. Srsly, guiz. You know you want to.

I dunno if our mod works at USF Tampa's library, but if he's there when I transfer, I'll be sure to stop by.  I was actually there two weeks ago...hm...

spoon-san wrote:

I dunno if our mod works at USF Tampa's library, but if he's there when I transfer, I'll be sure to stop by.  I was actually there two weeks ago...hm...

I've missed this for two weeks.    I don't work there yet, but I hope to over the summer!  Stop by and if there's a male in the building it's probably me. 

I wonder if there are any other Edmonton vIRGins? Syora and I have been hanging out on a pretty regular basis, but aside from her and a few of my friends who joined just to check up on what kind of online hijinks I was getting up to, I've never heard of another Edmonton vIRGin.

Fanime's this weekend and I'm wondering, are any San Jose vIRGins going?

Mylene wrote:

winksniper wrote:

Doubt there are (m)any Ohioans here.  >.>

Actually, I know there is at least one other, I just can't remember if it was Jelli/Katz or someone else.  Besides, it depends on what part of Ohio you're in--there are at least two Hoosiers, after all. ^_-

That's definitely a good thing.  The closest rather-well-known city near me is Hamilton.

A Kings Island meetup sounds like an excellent idea, I think we should get us midwestern vIRGins together and do it!

Katzenklavier wrote:

Do you hate Twilight? Have you ever wanted to see the places that have inspired this abomination? That also coincidentally (of course) is the setting for a fuckload of other vampire stories? Would you like to throw some stones at fans who suddenly worship our natural pastiness? Then come visit me in the Pacific Northwest! I'll imprison you and stick you in my basement! It'll be oodles of illegal fun!

Next time I am in Vancouver with some form of transportation, I may just slide on over the border to see you.

You'll know it's me because I'll be in your basement in the middle of the night trying to figure out how to lock all of the shackles without bothering you for help