NYC TTT Moot Part 1

[lavendertook]

Hi! I'm back from NYC where we went to see the TTT symphony, Fellowship! Musical parody of FotR, and a book signing with Doug Adams and Howard Shore. The musical was hilarious and my favorite of the events. The symphony was terrific and spot on and we had the perfect seats, but I had a creepy, annoying guy sitting next to me that ruined much of it for me, so it wasn't a great symphony/film experience for me this time. The signing was really nice, and Howard Shore talked about Frodo and Sam like he shipped them.




There were 3 pairs of hobbit dolls accompanying us and making sure we didn't get into any trouble.



And all these lovely people. Plus the vivacious grey_wonderer and her sweet friend T. who we didn't get to see enough of. Plus I got to talk on the phone with the delightful delux_vivens, though we didn't get the chance to meet up--next time. I still haven't finished reporting from the Sept RotK Moot and Ladysnaps Moot, so I'm going to finish up those before I do a full report of the NYC Moot, but I just wanted to give a prelude, say hi, and I hope I'll be keeping up better with everyone and posting a lot more now that moot season has passed.

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[acrimonyastraea]

How exciting! Too bad about the creep sitting next to you, though.

[lavendertook]

It was fun, excepting. Yeah, I did give him a swift kick in the ankles after many more gentle pleas to stop banging on his program and stop bouncing his legs up and down. He left 2/3 through--I don't know if due to my continued threat or his own reasons, but confrontation still drains me.

[romeny.livejournal.com]

Whoo Hoo, glad to hear from you. You must be exhausted love, what with 3 moots in a month! Gotta be a record. I'm so glad that I can recognize V, ASD, Gabi Belle and E. Can't wait to see the rest of your posts.

TTT is my least fav of the movies but I'd willingly see it again via symphony.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Having Monday off to rest and recuperate was really brilliant though. I wish I could schedule a day off after every vacation--that is the way to go. (-: I still have to finish posting from our moots. I've brought my laptop to work with me to work on processing pics.

A spot on symphony makes TTT, too, an experience.

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

What a shame that you had that guy next to you. :-(

Still the rest of the weekend was a blast, and it was great to see you again so soon!

*super hugs*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

It was. /-:

Everything else was on, though. (-: It was lovely to see you, too, and glad we got one helping, at least, of being Bazguls.

*hugses*

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

Next time I'm bringing bagels home with me, dammit!!!!!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Looks like a happy moot group!!! :))

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Because it was! (-: It would have been happier, though, if you were there, too.

[shirebound]

What a wonderful weekend for all of you! I look forward to your full report.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

It was, except for missing you! I brought my laptop to work to work on processing some of the million pics I have during lulls.

[moit.livejournal.com]

You are so adorable. It looks like you had a great time. *misses and squishes you*

Ps - I wrote you something (http://moit-fics.livejournal.com/10503.html)!

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Nawwwww! {-: You're coming next year, right? *misses and squishes you right back*

I luvved it--it really did make my day. *sknishes*

[moit.livejournal.com]

Of course!! Literally as soon as I got home I'm thinking "Okay.. next moot!!" :D :D

So glad this made your day. :D :D *HUGS*

[frodosweetstuff.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe, so it needed three pairs of hobbits to look after you lot??? *giggles muchly*

Sorry to hear about the creepy guy though! *hugs you*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

At least! We could have used a fourth, you know. (-:

Yeah, he did leave 2/3 in, and my kicking his ankle may or may not have had something to do with it, but it still took away from allowing me to be into the event. *hugses*

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*smites the creepy guy*

[honeyandvinegar.livejournal.com]

Awesome icon for that, lol!

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I did make several requests to him to stop banging on his program and pumping his legs up and down, starting politely and ending with angry mother commands, and finally gave a swift kick to his ankle. He left 2/3 in--I don't know if it was due to my vanquishing my foe or his own reasons, but no relaxing for me there.

[lovethosehobbit.livejournal.com]

You are a mooting animal!! It sounds like the perfect life, if all we had to do was go to moots, don't you think?

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

It would be! Why don't we have patrons to pay of these things?!! (-:

[lovethosehobbit.livejournal.com]

Amen sister!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

It's so lovely to be hearing about the NYC moot, and I love seeing all the pics.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

There will be many more pics!

[honeyandvinegar.livejournal.com]

WAITAMINNIT! What's with this creeper? You didn't say anything about that! Shall I track him down, make him pay for ruining my purple-lady's good time? Eh? EH??

*hugs tight* How I miss you!!!!

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I did, but I guess it fell into the in-between-conversation zone. But I know if you were sitting with us, you and Pan would have held him so I could have TAKEN HIS KNEECAPS OUT!!!! As it was, I did wind up giving his ankle a swift kick when my more polite pleas, escalating to motherly commands failed. He escalated bouncing his legs after the kick for a while--I think to prove that he wouldn't be chased out by a girl . . .then he left 2/3 in, having been chased out by a middle aged woman, or for his own reasons. But you can't really relax after something like that.

I miss you, too! *hugses*

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I had a great time meeting all of you, or the ones of you that I did get to meet. LOL You're right, we didn't have nearly enough time to visit but I did enjoy what time we had. Maybe we will see each other again next year. Bring the purple purse and I'll be sure to find you. : )

Love the photo of the guys in front of Radio City Music Hall.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

It was great to meet you! (-: I hope to get a hotel earlier next year so maybe we can all stay in the same one.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

That would be excellent! I'd love to see Return of the King with other hobbit fans. The bigger the group, the better. : )

It was so nice to meet you.

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you kicked that guy in the ankles hard! What a shame he was seated next to you!! *kicks him again virtually*

It was a grand few days! They just went by wayyyy too fast!! Can't believe the mooting is over for the season!!!

*hugs you lots*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Confrontation sucks and leaves me shaking, but not confronting and feeling passively victimized sucks more, so what can you do? Maybe he'll be more careful next time and not ruin someone else's time.

They did! Now comes the Time of Endless Uploading. (-;

*hugses backatcha*

[timwb.livejournal.com]

Howard Shore is the best!

It sounded like a great time!

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

He said that they had to drag him from his studio--"Howard, Howard, it's done. Stop writing!"

It was. (-:

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad it was wonderful, but sorry you had the leg-bouncing person next to you. It's terrible to be next to someone doing aggravating things. I am guilty, though, having once been silently quelled at the Kennedy Center watching Verdi's Requiem. I hadn't realised it, but I was so revved, the concert was so great, my right leg was sort of gyrating. Not making any noise, but it must have caused a vibration. I was oblivious until the woman sitting next to me clamped a hand on my knee and gave me a quelling stare. I wanted to crawl under the theatre. But I learned to keep my vibrations, however good for *me*, in check when in public venues.

Hey, Lavender, my husband just sent me a link to a great article about owning and loving cats he read today in the New York Times online. Just in case you haven't seen it, here's the link below. I think it will, um, "resonate" with you.....

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/cat-people-are-people-too/?emc=eta1

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Well, when I went to my post office this morning, it had a stand of pet cards--all dogs except for one card of a cat--so yeah, she's right. I thought lolcats might have given cats an edge up in the internet age, but maybe not.

No, no, this was nothing like that. And the woman should have asked you before escalating to touching you--that's not right. Asking you gives you the chance to say sorry and for the asker to offer comfort in return if your trespass was done unconsciously and you're embarrassed. So she overstepped, and you really shouldn't feel bad. And if it were bouncing in time with the music he was doing, I might not have had a problem with it.

No, it would escalate when Eowyn or Arwen were on screen, and a lot of his inappropriate laughter happened when Wormtongue was talking with Eowyn. Yeah. I don't call a nerd a creep easily, nerds being my tribe, but this was a prime specimen of Nerdus creepius.

Asking politely is where I started for a couple of tries. The first stopped him for a few minutes. The second more annoyed request--still a request, got a "You can't tell me what to do in my seat!" "Cut it out!" and then "Would you just behave yourself!" only got momentary stopping and "I can't understand what you're saying!" back.

So the hard kick in the ankles is something I worked up to after the intermission. He recoiled, then renewed the bouncing with more vigor for a few minutes, then looked at me and got up and left. It was hard to relax, not knowing if he was coming back, but much nicer to have him gone for the rest of the show, and I'm gratified to have ruined his experience as he had ruined mine, with hopes that he may remember this and behave better next time he's sitting in an auditorium to avoid conflict, and some other poor person gets to have a better viewing experience.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

That is really, really weird, or I guess I should say that person was really, really weird. No wonder you were ill at ease, besides miffed. I'd have been stewing.

I've been in LotR audiences where people did/said really annoying, or even offensive things, but they usually weren't sitting close enough for me to be able to give them a piece of my mind. When I went to the trilogy last December, driving down to Minneapolis and staying overnight in a cheap hotel so I could see the all day event, there was someone sitting in the middle of the audience who'd cheer and/or applaud whenever a protagonist was hurt or killed. I could have strangled him, but I couldn't see who it was. But then, right behind me, some guy started blabbing as soon as TTT started -- making comments, not very loud, but so that I could hear them clearly, as if he were watching the film on TV by himself and was in the habit of making comments non-stop. When he was still doing it through the Emyn Muil scene, I turned around and whispered into the dark, "Are you going to talk through the entire film???" He shut up immediately. Didn't hear another peep out of him. I thought of the woman who clamped a hand on my bouncing knee and was sorry to be so abrupt, maybe spoiling his experience, but I had come a long way to see the films and didn't want to hear his ongoing commentary.

Afterwards at home, I decided I just wouldn't see the films anymore in fannish settings. I resent that they are treating the showings as a party venue. But, when I thought about it, that's just what they are, or have become. It is I who am being a poor sport, spoiling the fun of fans gathered together to have some LotR-based good times. Me, I just want to see the films. Well, maybe if they're re-released for theatrical runs before The Hobbit comes out, I'll be able to see them again in a normal [attentive] film audience.