Is there anyone else awake up there, tommy? I'd offer to join you, but of course we're at least an hour away, have one less car than we did last night, and are already eating breakfast.

The few survivors of the prom are gathering together and watch coverage of the Bay to Breakers right now. I hear that the last prommers collapsed and died around 3 AM, so I expect more will straggle in eventually, as in after noon....

I helped Matt the Beth DH load the PA's out of the prom room, so I think I now count as an unofficial Buffista roadie.

We've got the patio window in the room open, and it's sunny and the air is sweet... and I can just hear the cheering for the race over the rooftops....

Oh, and survivors here include Matt & beth b, SuziQ, katefate, tommyrot, toddson, anne w., brenda m, and we saw DX for a while.

::waves to Sean, whom she didn't see enough of::

I got to be in a Sexy Somerville Dance Sandwich with Theo and Nora last night! (Just because she's in Salem now doesn't mean Nora gave up her citizenship.)

I was the tasty filling.

Once a Somervillain, always a Somervillain.

We've now been joined by a few more, including Laura in her pajama monkeypants, which are quietly mocking us even now.

And the hotel sent a guy to empty all the wastebaskets. Can vacuuming be far behind?

Wah! Wish I were there. I've got rehearsal at noon, though. I just realized that I have no idea which of the men I saw last night was Scola. I was able to identify Sean by all the people who leapt up and said "Sean!" There were also quite a few women I didn't get to meet. And my memory for names is so bad I think I need Buffista Trading Cards.

S *really* enjoyed meeting everyone

And everyone enjoyed meeting her! She rocks. AND she has a fabulous coat. It's all about the coat.

We're both hoping to make it out to wherever next year, and we both certainly want to travel and hang witghpeeps on their home stomping grounds.

Start saving the airmiles, baby. Or plotting bank robbery, or whatever it takes - if you can get your ass to Thailand, and you don't need to worry about the hotel accommodation or expensive food'n'travel or any of that shit. Gorgeous beaches. Thai food is just, you know, FOOD - as in "let's go out for...food." Plus - the pingpong ball trick. Apparently.

looks pointedly at rest of Buffistadom

Bangkok for then next F2F, 'kay? (Even if it's only thee and me, whomsoever thou art, oh Buffista my Buffista!)

Okay, sad now. Missing my peeps already.

Oh, but you were there, love! And cute as a button! And everyone was It's Sean!!!! Woohoo!!!!

But it was a very successful Prom. Not just fun but that good connection and building little flesh and blood anchors that sustain and enrich the online life.

Yes. This.

A lot of dancing at this Prom.

looks guilty.

Er. I may have been indulging in geekly fanvid bonding during much of the dancefloor time. But y'all looked fantastic on the dancefloor when I nipped back downstairs! Consuela and Laura did a just marvellous job of making viddage happen, not just with Scooby Road ( which, man, was AWESOME) but also with the later unofficial vidfest - I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this, because heaven knows I'm not likely to get the chance to go to Vividcon or anything along those lines any time in the foreseeable future, and I don't have broadband, so my obtainment of vids is patchy and involves many determined hours of downloading and downloading and downloading (although this has resulted in about nine vids being loaded onto iRodney to date). But the quality of the images was fanTAStic, and vidders are very very clever people. I'm awed. Go them. (And Laura was just lovely like a lovely thing exuding lovely and wrapped in a gorgeous frock. And she's a babe.) Oooh, speaking of which - Nutty, I realised last night, reminds me powerfully of Jennifer Garner. Although quite possibly more gorgeous.

We missed Jon B.'s theremin, but got to see Smonster's super sexy belly dance performance.

Yes on both points.

Everybody had a digital camera so I expect there will be brazilians of pictures up eventually.

OMG, I so cannot wait. All your digital photos are belong to me!!!!

I helped Matt the Beth DH load the PA's out of the prom room

Matt is SUCH a cutiehead, and he's been a real star with the manly technical organisy helpfulness stuff - most every time I've seen him he's been all Enabler Guy, with the PA equipment and the Erika Chairlift and all that. Go Team Matt.

Speaking of Erika - she is one damned feisty minx. ijs.

SO enjoying my time here, omg. Huge props to Deb and Deb's Nic for last night, and to the lovely Lilibeth. SO pleased that Betsy managed to make it over to the Hospitality Suite too - it was like royalty dropping by. Only better, because royalty I really could care less about (although I want their jewellery), but Betsy is kind and clever and wise and witty and a Damned Good Thing, and it's lovely to get the chance to hug her and squeeze her and mentally call her George.

Oh Theo. Yeah, I didn't get to spend nearly enough time with you. I didn't get to spend nearly enough time with anybody. Spidra, I'm not sure I actually got to meet you (sad now). I'm sure I saw you at some point, and it was hard getting a chance to talk to and meet all the people that were there.

And just for you Spidra, if it helps at all, Scola was the one with the million dollar smile.

Blushing from lovely Fay's post now.