Weekend Equals Shennanigans

[i_kender]

 What else did I get up to this weekend, I hear you cry out in your multitudes in the street? (And really, don’t you have anything better to do? Go read a book. Sheesh.)

Well meiner kinder, I went to a wedding in Cambridge on Saturday. Amusingly, Buddleia couldn’t come because she… had to go to a wedding. Heh. Must be the season.

It was lovely… my friend Liz was getting married, and I never see her enough. Not that that was particularly the best time to grab her for a catch up! In typical wedding style, I barely saw the bride. Luckily I managed to land on a table with some of the loveliest of Liz’s friends – no fighting there at the back – including the sublime catsgomiaow in a buttercup summer dress, her wonderful  boything pm, the eponymous kittylyst and his beautiful ej and other equally lovely lj-less people. And also had to chance to talk to the delightful lisekit and editor about rabbits and the etymology of “burlesque”.

Cambridge, superfluous superfluous, adjective, adjective, RABBITS!, huge Hall for dinner, grumpy women paintings, Ceilidh dancing – yeah right! I was exhausted just watching… in fact, it still aches – and then random running around trying to find a hotel room. A little light rain cut short the “official” wedding photos but the B&G  didn’t want to stand out there too long anyway. At one point, I got locked out by the porters! But the wedding cake *gasps* was made ENTIRELY OF CHEESE! A huge mountain of cheese, all different kinds piled on top of each other, with my dead satiated body sprawled across the bottom ;)

Lowlight? It was a nightmare trying to get a hotel, and Travelodge’s automated hotel line sucks donkey dick ;) The staff weren’t much cop either:

Me: So do you have any rooms?

Surly man: Nuh.

Me: Ah, I see. And what about any other of the hotels around here? Do you have any telephone numbers? Do you think they might have any r-“

Surly man: Nuh. All full. *picks nose, wipes it on counter*

But as I was with aforementioned lovely lovely people I didn’t care too much, it was nice just to hang out for a bit longer after the wedding. And I managed to find somewhere to sleep in the end, so phew!

Mostly I just took loads and loads of photos, as I figured that would be a nice thing to do for Liz. And yes, I did get a few chances to talk to her which was superb… she nabbed me to go off for a sneaky fag at one point. Cheeky Bride ;)

All in all then, a wonderful day, and I’m very happy for Liz and Rob, and very happy I went!

Comments

[blankbadge.livejournal.com]

A cake of cheese? That's brilliant.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

It was BRILLIANTLY brilliant. Mmmmmmmmm cheeeeeeeeeese :) I am just hoping that i_kender didn't end up sleeping in a GUTTER or somewhere equally silly... ;)

When did you get locked out by the porters? I missed that bit; however I probably missed quite a lot due to copious amounts of tasty boozes...

[i_kender]

Honey, I may be lying in a gutter but I am dreaming OF THE STARS!! (koff koff pneumonia koff koff)

Just one time when I nipped out to use the phone... the Porter locked the door behind me. LUCKILY it was in the Fellow's Garden so I could nip across to the other dorr. UNLUCKILY it was p!ssing it down!

[blankbadge.livejournal.com]

Well his mind is in the gutter most of the time anyway....

[i_kender]

It was!

[kittylyst.livejournal.com]

It was fab to see you - I had as top a time as you did, it would seem. It's just a shame ejde and I had to leave a little earlier than we would have liked.

[i_kender]

I did have a fab fab time, and I'm sorry you had to go early too. But it was nice to see you again, and very pleased to finally meet ejde.

[lizkit.livejournal.com]

Hey!! Thank you so much for coming and being so jolly and celebratory!! Thanks also for the ACE photos - will get them up on the website - with credits of course - soon! Hope to catch up properly with you sometime soon - sorry for being so elusive all day. I really dont know where I got to but the day went by very quickly.

[i_kender]

That's the way it goes, sweetie, no need to apologise! And thank you for putting me at such an ace table ;)

I will certainly catch up with you sometime soon. I hope the day was all you hoped for and more x x