The Other Side - Twisted animations by Mata - Suggested for mature viewers

Matameet - 2nd July 2005 - Nottingham, UK

Aren't we nice?

As usual, we started off with lunch in Pizza Hut. In a less usual manner, I demonstrated that I can levitate to pass the time while waiting for the main course. Clockwise from the top-right: Cath, Faeriryn, Smiler, Snoo, Daedalus, Sir Psycho Sexy (SPS), Moop, Candice, Gerbilfromhell, and Wyvern.

Glam

After lunch we pick up Wytukaze and Samorine, go for a quick shop around town then head to the pub. Here Cath is auditioning for a hair commercial. She will be appearing on screens soon. Righteous had asked me to keep an eye out for a patch for his jacket so Wyvern, Cath, and Pat helped me pick one from the wall that can be seen behind the salesman here.

How big?

'It was this big!' said Smiler, but Gerbil was not convinced.

Is that...

Is that a pink rubber phallus down your trousers or is Cand just pleased to see us?

Apply liberally...

Ryn prepares hypnotic sparkly pixie dust to cast the world under her spell.

Hynopump!

It backfires, and she ends up staring at the hypnopump and telling people that we need to look at it really closely, no, really closely.

balls!

After food and beer we were all beginning to nod off. Somehow the prospect of going for a nap didn't seem like a good option so we went bowling to wake ourselves up. It did the trick too!

Where'd it go?!

Daedalus felt silly because he'd got this far before realising he'd not picked up a ball.

No points for style!

Smiler tries to get bonus points for style. Of course, it's the taking part that counts, so I shouldn't mention that I got the most pins down out of the group... Sadly I didn't get any photos of Wyvern's incredible two-handed lob method of bowling. It was quite a sight to behold, and also remarkably effective!

Bowling was a great idea and we all felt a lot perkier afterwards.

serious business

Some serious gunplay ensued on the arcade machines...

or not

Well, maybe not too serious.

Dancing Gebil

Gerbil was pretty good at Dance Dance Revolution...

Hokey-cokey

So we livened the game up a bit... You put your left foot in, your left foot out, in out in out...

Xtreme!

Not just bowling... Xtreme bowling! (And SPS is sucking on a gobstopper, hence the funny expression.)

Nice place.

After bowling, Cath took us on a brief but 'colourful' shortcut through a back-road in Nottingham. Lovely!

Mmm!

We decided the pubs were all too hot and crowded, so we grabbed some food. Cand pointed out the previously-mentioned phallus' resemblance to Daed's hotdog. I'm not sure if he was very pleased with the idea. I can't imagine why.

Slightly previous to this, while eating some food in a kebab shop, a very drunk and slightly scary man accusingly asked me if I had his glasses... 'Sorry mate, I've not seen them' was the obvious answer which actually seemed to confuse him slightly, and he left, but with an air of suspicion about him that suggested he didn't believe me. Quite why I would have his glasses I really couldn't say, but if you're that drunk by that early in the night then I suspect he will probably lose various sections of his memory before the night it out too.

aargh

Back at Snoo's house and in the garden. It was a beautiful night, so I scared Gerbil with the flash on my camera.

Oo!

Cand practices her rabbit-in-headlights impersonation.

Huh?

Gerbil is still traumatised, Wytu and Sam are chilling after a pretty long day of wandering the city.

Pat

SPS is a happy chap isn't he?

dastardly ants

Wyvern becomes concerned that she will be carried off by the ants from the mid-patio nest near to her feet. She is rather small, but she is also a pirate so could probably defend herself.

Night night Cath!

After Wyvern, Wytu, and I had walked Gerbil back to his hotel everyone had decided to move into Snoo's lounge. Cath's right breast was making a break for freedom, while SPS's hand is mysteriously doing the rawk thing for no apparent reason.

After a few hours of chatting, mainly about books and films, we split up to go to the houses we're sleeping in for the night.

Reservoir Matazonians

Bright and not-at-all-early the next day, we're off back into town to meet everyone remaining for breakfast/lunch. On the way, news reaches us that Tarantino wants to remake the weekend so Snoo, Daed, and Wytu (in the background with Sam, who is obscured) do their best Reservoir Dogs-walk. We dropped Wytu and Sam at the train station and headed on the pub.

Edgy.

The pub wasn't open when we arrived so we loitered with the locals in front of St Nic's church. Apparently it's not only Xtreme bowling that they have in Nottingham but even Jesus lives on the edge there too! Huzzah!

Everyone's doing it.

In the pub we started a trend for looking downwards, and soon the barman was joining in.

Cool!

Ryn demonstrated her 'light-sabre from the chin' trick. It was very good.

What?

Something funny happened. I have no idea what.

looking more rough around the edges!

What a lovely bunch.

Tickle attack!

After food, singing, discussion of goths, and mashed potatoe, it was time to go the the train station, where Wyvern was tickled and tried to hide.

all pile on

It seemed like a good idea to sit on Cand. The pic is a bit blurry because I was laughing at the time!

After a big group hug the meet was over, and we wandered on our merry way...


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