I'm not even going to describe how voidy I felt the next day as I think you can all guess Sharon had to shout at me a few times before I even opened one eye LOL
Remained in the void and somehow managed to find myself at the gala, where I perked up a bit What a fabulous gala it was too, Sandhu opened it and was TIFFIN ! Wheeeeee ! A&P were pukka ! They *almost* got a bigger cheer than B&K Takeshi was a total surprise, another one in the Benidorm Barry void innit ! Was pleased to see S&P more tiffin than they had been at Lalique gala too. Plushy made me laugh so hard I couldn't breath, and the Mary Whitehouse type posts about on the net about it are still making me PML ! I think even Shaz stood up for that one . Anyway, you've all seen the gala and know how rockin it was innit!
Afterwards, we re-grouped with Beth, Mandie, Jenny and Connie. Said goodbye to Connie as she would be leaving Also said goodbye to Jenny! Poor Jenny was so ill and couldn't even speak I hoped she'd be alright travelling home and we urged her to try and have a lie down before she left. We met up with Lia when we went outside for a fag, she was leaving too in a few hours ! Said goodbye to her and saw SkaterDon, whom would be at the Hyatt later. Madame Cruella would be leaving too that day ! But she was up for a few drinks in the Hyatt before she left.
On to the Hyatt where we met up with Meghan, Dave and the Belgians First skaters we saw were the Brit team, YAY! Chatted to Marika and Vitaly about Brit scene stuff and Vitaly signed shell's postcard to Marge.
Then all the skaters left to go to the banquet. Meanwhile, Dave had been in deep discussion with Morry Stilwell and came back with his business card. We got a photo with Morry later on and he asked us to write down the url for FSU for him, he was fab :)
Said goodbye to the fabulous Madam Cruella after a few glasses of champagne ! She had to go back to work in O''owa or somewhere, or is it that place with the wol'a-falls ?!? Dunno PML!!
We also bumped into SkaterDon, but I think at the time he was in 2 minds as to whether to stay on or not Saw our Lalique pal Sliver guv as well, he was leaving too !
We stayed in the bar drinking and seeing off all the people whom were leaving until the skaters arrived back from the banquet Dave was just out there LOL ! It didn't take too long before shells, Meghan, Mands, Sue and myself felt like we should be out there too ! So off we went to become shameless lobby chicks We gradually figured out where the skaters were pouring in from; an entrance dowstairs served by an esculator. Trying to remember what order they came up in is a bit like the contestants try to memorise the prizes on the conveyer belt on the Generation Game, but I'll try my best !
Sharon went off into a void with the Brits and sat with them for hours, drinking beer and in deep discussion! I surfaced there a few times before running off again. They were really nice, answering questions about the Brit scene and bitching with us about waiting to walk through the disinfectant at the airport. Mishy was there too at one point and we had to say goodbye to him as well ! He and Vitaly were talking to each other in Russian/Ukranian (?) and I laughed to myself wondering what I would do if Sharon and Marika started babbling away in Welsh as well. The voidyness of that situation was too much for me, so I resumed my lobby chick status. Before I left, Vitaly took a photo of me, Shaz and Mishy.
One of the first skaters we met was Shae ! I was struck by how very 'unbitchlike' she was (Not a total angel though, because she laughed too much at the joke Meghan and I unwittingly shared with her earlier )! She was actually very sweet and friendly ! Can't remember what I was talking to her about though LOL !! I know I gushed at the OD ! shells chatted to her for a good while about B&K and Canadian stuff LOL
Chatted for a while with P&T and gushed over her hair LOL ! They were so nice! Alexei translated bits and pieces of what we were saying to Maria. I hope they come back and tiff it pukka next year!
Chatted to Mikkeline and shared a little joke with her too Got pics with Dinev, Volchkova, Soldatova and loads of other guvs along the way.
Saw Naomi Lang and chatted about Lalique, bags of fags and huge teddy bears Felt sorry that I didn't bring Connie's patchwork quilt along, cos I'm sure she'd have luurved that shells and I also saw Tanith and Tim around this time and got a pic, wheeeee
Led shells into a total void for a while thereafter. Spotted Gwendal and was saying to shells "Come on ! Finally here's your chance !" LOL ! I asked him for a photo and promised not to make this one talk He smiled and replied back in a disappointed voice "Awwww ! Why not ?!?", which made me PML
Off shells and I went over to PJZ and got another photo, wheeeee ! He was still going on about the 'Porn Skater of the Year' PML !! Just bear that in mind guvs ;)
If that wasn't enough, Meghan had spotted PPT, YAY ! Got shells in quickly as he posed for a photo and we were in a bit of a void again after that ;)
Then I saw Gallopin Galit and Sergei arriving, YAAAYYY !! I don't even know how I got chatting to Galit, but I did anyway It was so voidy, she seemed to know *exactly* what I was going to say before I even said it ! Either she's very psychic or.....hmmmmm Anyway, she told me she felt like giving the whole thing up after hearing about Jayne Torvill's comments at Euro's ! S'ok though, cos da guv was there to reassure her innit ! I told her to ignore as she's been in a 'pasha's got my gold medal' void for a few years Told her how much Eurosport and Nicky Slater gush over them, even when rabid A&P fans don't like it Told her that we even call her 'gallopin galit' cos she's so fast, which she PML'ed over for a while. We chatted for a good while about stuff she'd read on the internet, methinks she's read loads on the net ! Didn't twig it until the next morning ;)
Went over to Shaz after that I think. Marika and Vitaly must have thought I was a nutter going on about Serg and Gallopin Galit ! Shaz finally came over for good then ! LOL !
When we got there, we saw Stannick who just got totally mobbed and told he was voidy! PML !! He was confused, but he luurved it :)
Grushina and Goncharov are fab too ! Shazza even told them that they've got more potential than Gladiator and that they should leave Linichuk PML !! They laughed and sort of agreed too !
I went over to Krisztina Roegotzy as well, voidy meeting her after seeing her on Brit TV so much years ago.
It was then that Mands told me that she had spotted Courtney Jones in the bar, so we headed over. Dunno how I got talking to him either. But we moaned about the flight there and he told us about his lost luggage void. Discussed Brit ice rinks too and he brought up Queens before I did ! Shazza got him started on politiks, but I can't remember what he said now. shells shook his hand anyway. Saw Bobby Thompson too and we all got a photo together :)
And after all that we went to the Crime Lab ! shells came with us. After drinking ourselves into a further void, we finally left and Sharon went back to the hotel. shells, Mandie and myself went to Denny's and I had another voidy cheeseburger called 'moonbeams' or something
Dropped off shells and said goodbye :( Just me, Mands and Shazza in a void now ! At least we still had the Crime Lab, PML !
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