Fanmily carpool?

Still looking for a kind soul to loan me a seat in their (renta)car for WWWC5.

Of course I’m willing to chip in for fuel (fair’s fair) and I’d prefer fanmily because I’m at least guaranteed a ride back after the SPG concert. The other concert (and the rest of the con) may be more of a crapshoot and I am OK with that.

Though I am prepared to lurk in the lobby and beg for rides on the day - I’d prefer to have it all arranged in advance. That way I can save all my anxiety for other daymares that I know won’t come true.

I really, really (times infinity) don’t want to rent a car to get to and fro. I’d be fine getting there, but the festivities close WAY after my bedtime and nobody wants a tired Aussie on the roads in the long hours of the evening. Especially this Aussie.

I promise I won’t whinge about the lack of seatbelts (much) and I’ll make an effort not to be a pest about it. And I’ll make sure my light-up heart is turned off while the car is in motion.

I’ll see what I can do about hooking you up with either Minties or Jaffas if you so desire. I might even be able to bring along some Polly Waffles. Availability depending.

Definitely need fanmily help!

Just got an email back from the nice people in charge of WWWC 5…

There is no shuttle service to and from the park. Drat.

That means that I must share a ride (or subsist solely on vegemite soup in my hotel room) with some other people who are also going.

So… Anyone going to WWWC 5 who has room for one more fanbot in their car?

Travel in Tucson?

I’m going to the WWWC for the first, and possibly only time in my life.

Now, I know the park where the con is happening is like a half-hour drive from where the hotel is for reasons that personally boggle the mind.

What I don’t know is how to travel there when you’re on a budget.

My options are:

1) Bus [if it exists, and does it go on weekends?]
2) Share a ride with some generous stranger [Any fanmily going who is willing to share with one mad Australian?]
3) Taxi [YEEK! If I do that, I won’t be able to eat]
4) Rent a car [Aussie drivers license plus truly terrifying micronapping habit plus I don’t even know if I’m allowed PLUS I might derp and forget which side of the road I’m supposed to be on, please, O forces of synchronicity, please let this not be my only option HALP!]

Anyone who’s been there - what transit arrangements are there for the slightly impoverished foreigner?

And if you’re going, too, can I bum a ride or three?

officialsteampoweredgiraffe:

Illustration By Sam Luke
Colored By Gabi Gonzalez and Bunny Bennett
Edits By Bunny Bennett

Oh.

http://steampoweredgiraffe.com/comic/

Oh

My

God.

Pete 1 in steam-powered battle armor.

[X] Lobster claws
[X] PEZ mouth
[X] Giant Robot
[X] Giraffe head

…how did Iris put up with this?

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What has two thumbs and is going to WWC5?

::points thumbs to self::

YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

Beloved had some Frequent Flyer Points to spent which amounted to a ROUND TRIP TO THE STATES! YES!

And they’re paying for the tix and accommodations. And helping me put together my cosplay. Because I am not flying 7200 miles and riding a further howeverhundred just to see them with just my boring old regular face on :P

Which means I get to chronicle making my Bitzer cosplay v1.0!

It stalled for a really long time because I ran out of money, ability, and help, but now I have a time frame! A deadline!

…and threats of bodily harm to Beloved if they don’t firkin help me out…

(heheh)

BUT I am over the MOON because I am GOING to see SPG in PERSON! AAAAAAAAHHH! Yes!

emmi-kat:

wired-wrong-all-along:

In my graphics class our project was to redesign a Monopoly board. I chose Steam Powered Giraffe since I thought it would translate well.

Everything is drawn in Illustrator with references taken from the album artwork, @bunnybennett‘s official artwork, and a @trekkiebeth photo for Hatchbags. I took a little creative liberty on some things, but I claim ownership of nothing. This is fanart.

I’m so proud of how this turned out.

Can has?

(Source: nightfang1, via emmi-kat)

Random SPG Prompt

Our lovely steam-powered trio discover Wheatly and the Space Core

“Space. Space. Robots in space. Space robots. Omagah. Omagah. Robots in space. Steam. Steam robots in space.”

Wheatley: “SHUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUP!”

Rabbit: Can I eat them now?

Go forth and fic. Or draw. I would draw, but my tablet is busted :(

Hm… new way to invade the interwebs

If you know about instant messaging software, there’s this chat app called Telegram that’s pretty much available for all systems and phones.

Beloved and I use it to chat regularly.

Anyway the nice people at Telegram have up and decided to let us, the plebes, customize their own emotes with “stickers”. https://telegram.org/blog/stickers-revolution

We all know that I have the artistic skill and integrity of a concussed whelk, so… I’m begging and pleading for way more talented peeps to start creating SPG sticker sets.

…because getting as much SPG into my life as possible is important to me…

They’re all still pix AFAIK, so trekkiebeth‘s photography would make such a fertile hunting ground. Oh. And the comic. And some of the drool-a-licious arts floating around… and, and, and, and…

I have needs. And I needs mor SPG.

danregal:

Welcome to Hatch Fever on Flickr.

I love steamy pix of SPG ^_^

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