I kind of want to try a Six Degrees of Separation thing.

[heidi]

My camera and sidekick were taken at Disney on Saturday afternoon from the Ladies' Room at Splash Mountain in the Magic Kingdom.

I am wondering what could happen if I asked all of you to post the following in your LJ:
heidi8's pink Kodak camera and blue Sidekick LX were taken at Disney's Splash Mountain at around 4:30 PM on Sautrday, June 7, and she's trying to get the SD cards that were in the camera and Sidekick back; they're the only copies she has of those photos. She's asking people to pass on this message via their LJ, blog, facebook, etc., in hopes of catching the eye of the person who took it - or someone who knows who did. If that person sees this post, they can go to her livejournal post at http://heidi8.livejournal.com/913939.html and post anonymously (it'll be screened) so she can coordinate with them about getting the cards - and, ideally, the rest of the contents of the bag - returned.

I'd really appreciate it if people did - I'm curious as to whether it could help me get my stuff back.

Separate and apart from RL stuff-loss, I wanted to squee about a few things coming up this summer:

1.
FictionAlley's SpellCast Podcast is looking for scripts for Podcast Plays; we're planning to perform/record one at Portus 2008 next month and at Terminus in August, and record others via online collaborations.

The fanfiction the play is based on can be new or old, AU or canon-compliant, crossover or HP-only - as long as the play-adaptation is rated PG-13 or lower. If you're adapting someone else's fic, please get their consent first and include the original author's name and email address with your submission.

How to Enter:

If your fic is in prose form, you should send us the entire fic and a script adaptation of the first page or so, to show that your fic is suitable for radio performance and that you understand the process of adaptation. If it is already in script form, please send us the entire
script.

Along with your entry, you should include the following information:

Name:
Email:
Title of fic:
Brief summary:
# of male characters with speaking roles:
# of female characters with speaking roles:

Please include a list of all speaking roles for the entire play (with brief descriptions if necessary). Put any stage directions or sound effects in brackets.

We recommend reading this advice on script-writing before you adapt the fic into script form.

When you're ready, email your complete entry to spellcast@fictionalley.org, no later than June 20, 2008 for consideration for Portus or Terminus, or by August 15 for inclusion in the Fall 2008 SpellCast season. If sending an incomplete script, the final adaptation will have to be complete by June 30 if it's chosen for either of the cons, so please be attuned to that deadline.

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Keep your eye on this LJ for more information about audition and recording times at both of the cons, and to learn how to audition to become a SpellCast Reader at the cons, and online.

2. For five years, HPEF has helped to promote the spread of literacy by producing magical events for fans and scholars. Now it is your turn to help share your love of reading and the Harry Potter novels, just by purchasing your summer reading list at any Barnes & Noble Booksellers the weekend of June 20-22, 2008. ( Find out more here! )

3. Target has this laptop pouch on sale for under eight dollars. That's about 75% off - and the pouch is adorable!

4. Yes, Mr Jobs, your white iPhone is shiny, and if you promise me that the ability to cut & paste will show up sometime later in 2008, I will buy your pretty, pretty white iPhone. Is anyone interested in going over to the Dallas Apple store sometime on July 11 or 12 during Portus? ETA: I made a thread on this issue here.

5. And speaking of get-togethers in Dallas, wendy - how does dinner on Saturday sound?

6. There is no six. (Yes, it is still 1995. Somewhere.)

7. I really, really want to get to London in December to see the West End production of the Tennant + Stewart Hamlet - what do you Londoners recommend? Should we try to come over Christmas itself (which we don't celebrate) or should we come earlier in the month?

ETA #8:Wes just showed me #6 in this article. So I had to make a poll. I hope it works!
[Poll #1202920]

ETA #9: I forgot to squee that Jason Manns is coming to EyeCon! So thrilled that I'll finally get to see him live!

Comments

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I asked and they said no 4 or 8 GB SD cards were turned in separate from their cameras. (I don't remember if it was an 8 or a 4 GB card in there, but I know it wasn't a 1, which is all they had. Sigh.)

I've called each morning since Sunday and haven't had any luck yet, but I'll give it another try each day this week, I think. I also posted about the camera on RADP, as a just-in-case. And this is a kind of bizarre "what happened re my RADP post" thing, isn't it?

[hermorrine.livejournal.com]

Try this? http://www.camerafound.com

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, thanks!

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

Posted to my LJ, IJ and MySpace. Hope it works.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely, thank you!

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I'll repost your camera thing in my LJ, too. Good luck on getting it back!

Since I live in Dallas and will most likely still be here on July 11/12 (because whee, Comic-con is right after that!), I'll go to the Apple store with you.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Cool! My flight lands at about 8pm on the 10th; if there's a midnight release I may head right over to the store...

At the very least, I hope to see you while I'm in town!

[kimmparker.livejournal.com]

I'll post when I get home...sidekick only here at work (stupid filters). Its too bad idoit brother isn't coming to Disney w/ us later this month. He has friends that can still get us into Property Control. If I remember (and he's in a good mood and feeling helpful) I'll shoot him an email and see if he can ask those buddies to keep an eye out for the cards.

I am SO going to Hamlet!!!!! I'm thinking between Christmas and the run's end since I get the week after christmas off usually. Maybe we'll see each other. I'm still totaly squeeing at the thought!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

That would be lovely - I think the person at Lost & Found is getting annoyed with my calling every day. Grrrr.

Some helpy links

[skyring.livejournal.com]

http://ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7884234733

Re: Some helpy links

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Lovely, thanks! I also found a forum at http://www.camerafound.com/ thanks to someone who commented earlier - hopefully something will work out. But it's Disney - people should know to turn it in at City Hall or to a Cast Member, right?

[siriusslash.livejournal.com]

I posted on my LJ. I really hope something or someone comes through for you. Nothing frustrates me more than losing pics that you can't recreate! *hugs*

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Luckily, we have a bunch of photopass photos, so I have lovely ones of my daughter & her friend at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and in front of the castle, but the random pics on Dumbo and at Beauty & the Beast and with Buzz are all gone. Alas.

[siriusslash.livejournal.com]

Well thankfully you have something. Again I really hope something breaks for you :D

[athena-arena.livejournal.com]

Gah, I'd love to see the Hamlet (my first experience of Tennant was RSC in 2000 - how he's grown!) but it's going to be such a scamble for tickets...

I think earlier in December or just before it closes in January may be better, avoiding the school holidays. I've booked RSC plays at that theatre before and found the beginning or end of runs tend to be better for ticket availability.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I was thinking before our school hols start would be better for us if we come without the kids, so hopefully that'll work.

[takemejustasiam.livejournal.com]

Just posted your message on my lj. Hopefully it will do some good.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[msbunburyist.livejournal.com]

Yes! I want to go to the Dallas Apple store during Portus! I was actually going to ask you if you had plans to do that. I need to get one so bad. :P

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

YES! Yes, we definitely should!

[bella-felis.livejournal.com]

Disney World or Disneyland?

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

World.

[stellthebell.livejournal.com]

There's a contingent of DFW Zoners still around (myself, bourriquet76 and Kana, gfn4 and his family) should you have time for a small gathering -- e me at stell at oldschooldiva dot com if you like! :)

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! Do you think people might be interested in a Sunday morning thing? Because my schedule isn't wide open, but I have a few hours then...

[stellthebell.livejournal.com]

I'll ask -- might be tricky with church services, but we'll see what we can figure out. :)

[folk.livejournal.com]

Flights to and from London go up steeply at or round about the 15th of December, and come down in the second week of January. London will be just as Christmassy and sparkly on 12 December as on 24 December, and it'll cost you about half as much to get here.

You may have further luck with air miles if you have them -- sometimes the blackout dates for those differ from the Christmas shoulder period.

If you come to London, how about jumping on the train for five hours and coming to visit Cornwall? We have subtropical gardens (seriously!), an enormous biodome (the Eden Project) and some utterly amazing restaurants.

[wendy.livejournal.com]

Is that July 12? Because I think I'll still be in CA. *hides face*

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oh, damn, yes. I'm in town from the 10th til the 13th - when do you get back? (And, of course, I'm heading to SoCal on the 22nd of July! What timing!)