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[side_show]

Yeah, so I mentioned in chat a while back that it was 95% likely that I had been selected to go to the Women Playwright International conference in Jakarta and Bali, and today it was 100% confirmed!  I have been invited, along with a delegation of nine other Canadians, to attend.  A free all expense paid trip to Indonesia?  In the middle of Canadian winter? Yes Please!

Has anyone else here ever been to Indonesia?  The only connection I have is that my SO's Aunt and Uncle had to pay a huge amount to the Indonesian government to bail out their fucked up son from prison for being a drug mule, and have him shipped back to Canada. 

Apart from a huge list of fascinating cultural and artistic offerings, here is a funny out take from the "Attractions" portion of the conference site:

HARD ROCK CAFE

Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta is one of the best HRC in Asia. The atmosphere is totally great and the bands are very good!! The waiters are friendly and the drinks are blasting! It’s located at EX Building, next to Plaza Indonesia.

Smart casual.. sexy is encouraged

Sexy is encouraged!  Rawks!

Fuck Yeah!  I am doing a little dance around my office!

[CortJstr]

Awesome. Bring me back ... uh... some of whatever Indonesia's chief export is?

And sexy is always encouraged no matter what other people might say.

[Drygioni]

Well done! I can tell this is a sign of your talent, and accordingly I offer you my congratulations. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time in good old Indonesia.

[V-Adore]

Congratulations! When I think of Bali, I thing of the Rangda ritual, but hey, it sounds like fun. Enjoy yourself!

[pmcd9]

Congratulations Melanie, this is fantastic.  I am very proud of you.  BTW, I used you to defend this board once.  I mentioned some piece of advice I got here and the response was "you would take advice from a bunch of messageboard losers?"  I said, well one of those losers is an award winning playwrite.  They weren't impressed, but whatever, fuck that asshole.  I hope you have a wonderful time and your conference is a huge success.  Among other things I hope that you meet a representative from one of the theatres in Houston who wants to bring your play to my town.  Have a great time, but don't get too sassy and get yourself beheaded or something.  They're not rioting in Jakarta anymore are they?

~Paul

[Mite]

Woohoo! Congrats! Don't forget your sunscreen! The sun is a wintertime northerner's mortal enemy!

[AlohaDawg]

Sounds nice. Lots of terrorists there, but it's been quiet for awhile. And being Canadian, you won't be targeted. Someone I know was surfing there when an angry mob came to the hotels pulling out and beating Americans. The hotel manager was a smart fellow though, he registered everyone as Australian or Canadian.

Have a good time.

[theinevitable]

I'll see you there, then!

not really. I have never been. Have a good time, and congratulations.

[side_show]

Aw, thanks all!

I'm not really worried about terrorists, I mean, what sort of terrorists attack playwrights? Guerilla Film Makers?

What facinates me is finding out how translation will work.  Also, on my final night there I get to see an Indonesian performance of MacBeth, which should be facinating.

Also check out the convention info.  Yeah!


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[robot_god]

Wow.  Congrats!

Have fun in Indonesia.

The most important thing to remember about Indonesia is that whatever you do, don't ever... ever... oh hold on the toaster just dinged...

[Hobot]

Congratulations, side_show!  You're going to the world's largest archipelago!  But stay the hell away from Borneo. 

I expect you to take a leaf out of Paul's (well-documented) book and take pictures of anything and everything you see.  We're counting on you, side_show, to give us a means by which to live vicariously through you, since most of us will never visit Paradise.

[wombat]

I have a digital camera.  It fits in my pocket.  It's sparkly blue.

[Hobot]

Nows a good time to add a digital camera to leverage some additional fun outta the new PC I'm sure you've already researched and purchased. I mean cool - Indonesian Conference Travelogue (many pix of da sexxxy place pleez).

If you need some decision help on that I'm sure we can scare the fruit off your panties with that choice, too.

(Prepares aperture, shutter, focal length manipulation in controlling depth of field in different shooting scenarios lecture)

((Prepares backup lecture involving under and over exposure amounts via aperture and shutter manipulation to adjust for background lighting conditions))

(((Prepares - oh shit sorry, we probably shouldn't do this after all)))

(Yeah, but this isn't really necessary unless she wants to create crazy effects like this in her photographs.  If she just wants to take clear, stunning pictures, she needn't fool with the manual settings.  Digital cameras are wonderful for this reason.)

[CortJstr]

(Yeah, but this isn't really necessary unless she wants to create crazy effects like this in her photographs.  If she just wants to take clear, stunning pictures, she needn't fool with the manual settings.  Digital cameras are wonderful for this reason.)

Wait, "nohobot"?

[Hobot]

Yep.  Those are my photographs.  "Hobot" was taken, and I realised that "nohobot" was more clever anyway, since I am in Northampton, which is referred to as Noho by those in the know.