07.00am Up and at 'em this morning. Zoom down for breakfast and try to ignite the room again, and then get back upstairs to get my kit for the day. Coat, Sweats, solid shoes, cash and a strong stomach...Right, fly back down, order a taxi to the waterside and BINGO......er...no one there!!!! I have arrived too early...ah well. A quick look around and eventually I find some lost souls. About 15 or 20 of us are due to board a boat and go whale watching today, but it becomes evident that our boat is nowhere to be seen. Darrow is worried, since he had arranged the trip and goes off to phone the company, and comes back crestfallen. Now, heheheheh, I guess there was a cock up in communications, because Darrow thought the company was called Peggy's Cove such and such, and had not been given to realise that the vessel on hire was launching FROM Peggy's Cove. We were meant to be on board at 09.00, and it is now well past that, so that particular trip is out, as Peggy's Cove is a good drive from Halifax. But all is not lost, because there are trips from the wharf side.

We make enquiries and agree to meet back at 10.30 am. So this gives me an excellent opportunity to go and see if I can rescue my films from 'Electrolysis'. After a lot of huffing and puffing ( I still can't get used to these damn hills or the humidity!! ), the buggy bod finds itself forlornly standing outside a well and truly locked up studio. I am about to turn and go, when I spot a woman up in the offices...I think it's Renee Fournier and I hobble around to the upper storey offices ( my knee is till smarting from the night before ). I explain to Renee what happened and she leads me to Dave's 'Lab'..a room about the size of a shoe box....ack!! No films!!! I look at her hopelessly and ask if Dave could have left them elsewhere. I mention where it is I had left the films ( on a bench by the ramp ), so she takes me down into the large hall where we were the day before. Passing by a counter, I just happen to spot two lonely rolls of film on the side.....FOUND 'EM!! I could KISS Renee, but think better of it - heheheh - do not wish to ruin lexxian reputations anymore than they already have been!!! So, with much relief, many thanks and firm instructions to give Dave a big kiss on my behalf, I depart and give Electropolis a last, long glance...already sad that Saturday has already been filed in the memory banks...that can never again be fully recalled in perfect detail........( As I can testify right here while writing this...still am not sure what it is I did during the day on Monday ).

So, with hot 'lil films in hand, I wind my way back to the wharf and meet up with the gang, and we all queue to sign aboard. We climb upon this large passenger craft ( Old age and decrepitude strikes again 'cos I cannot remember the name of the vessel!! ) and a few of us more hardy souls fly up onto the open deck. While it's not freezing...it is overcast, so wrap up warmly. Haharrr Me hearties!! As the boat leaves and enters the channel, one is treated to a lovely view of Halifax and the bridges that cross the estuary. Passing by an island with a lighthouse, one can see the Electropolis Studies from the water...so SUPANERDY-FANETTE takes over and I grab a couple of shots. Up on deck are Darrow, Stardancer, Alex and Rhoda, Adam 2000, Justin and Rachel, Devoted and a few others. I try to take in as much as possible of the surroundings and start to keep eyes peeled for any signs as we enter deeper water at the estuary mouth. Problem is it's a deep swell and one can see that there is gonna be difficulties. Usually, any whale of significant size is spotted by a spout, where air and water is expelled through the nostrils on the whale's head. With the deep swell and increasing sea, this is gonna be hard to spot. A few times I think I see something, and so do others, but in my case, it's just water foaming. I do think I might have spotted a smaller whale or dolphin, but am never quite sure. Heheheheheh...most have departed to the lower deck, hung over from the night before I'll wager!!

Anywhoosie, I get into a bit of Alternative Lexx Story lining with Alex De Vos, a wonderful Aussie and his wife Rhonda, plus a few others. Y'see...there's this chap called Steve Irwin, who is featured on T.V as a 'Crocodile Hunter'. Now, this guy I am sure is a trained biologist of some sort...but he has GOT to be the most annoying twit on T.V.!!!!! Ever!!!!! He runs around, in his khaki shirt, shorts, socks and boots, grabbing the arse of any animal he comes across!! This includes snakes, crocs and sharks mostly. And he has this INCREDIBLY annoying little boy enthusiasm for his 'work'. Now, at home, David and I watch this for the sole purpose of hoping against hope that Irwin will be resoundingly bitten/attacked/eaten by one of his 'subjects' someday, so it is good that others feel the same way!!! What a GREAT target for Kai's killing thingy!! The plots of Irwin's shows go something like this.....camera close to the ground....sandy haired boyish grin to camera...the crew are hiding behind a bush or something...'Aww...yeah...noi roit ahid is a REALLY,REALLY big snake....the deadliest in the world...etc,etc,etc' and then they get closer....'Noi...I'm gonna grab this ( world's most poisonous, dangerous or whatever ) animal by the arse and shove it into a sack....' Irwin then scrabbles through the bushes...warning the viewers not to try this at home.....saying it's all in the name of science etc...then grabs the arse of the said unfortunate God's Creature and relishes holding it, pointing out it's finest deadly attributes, like a little boy who has discovered his first nest of fire ants and who insists on bringing them for you to see.....while the animal in question is doing it's NUT, trying to bite this....twit.....!!! Anywhoosie, I digress...

So the Lexx version goes something like this........Series 4 spoiler here.....Lexx lands in Australia first and is discovered by Irwin and associates....they climb aboard...camera close to the ground....and they shoot through the Lexx, Irwin doing his little enthusiastic nut as usual.....they come across Stanley Tweedle...who looks MOST bemused at these strange...people...exploring about...and Steve Irwin picks up Stanley, stuffing him in to a sack.....then march off to the Cryochamber......where Irwin spots Kai..........'Ah....roit....we'll see if we can git this goi up an' runnin'!' doing the Irwin rant. They ignore Stan's muffled warnings about waking up Kai....fail and then go off in search of other wild life. But, of course, Kai does wake up and we see him leaping about with a sandy haired wig parked atop bun, and khaki shirt 'n shorts over his assasin's uniform. You see Kai wiggle his eye brows, looking in to the close-to-the ground camera........ 'Roit....now I'm off to hunt fer Irwins and the loike....heheheheheh.....the dead don't usually go huntin' Irwins but as this one is PARTICULARY annoying....' Kai then creeps off in the tracks of Irwin and Associates, ducking down, turning back to the camera and smiling, putting finger to lips. He eventually catches up with the team...and hiding behind a particulary phallic looking pillar...whispers to the camera....'Ah...there's the Irwin...roit...don't try this at home folks.....but if I'm very, very careful...Oi moit be able to catch this fella...' then stands up, shocking everyone. 'I have killed mothers with their babies, great philosophers, proud young warriors.......( etc, etc,).......Yeeeheeeheee!! But I've never bagged an IRWIN until now!! Yeehhaaahaaaa!!' T'Swish.....!!! And the Irwin head falls to the ground.....much to the cheer of everyone.....especially Steve Irwin's wife Terri, who can at last collect on the insurance and stay at home. Stanley and, as it turns out as well, Xev are freed from the sack, and they manage to coax Kai back to his cryopod with a stuffed koala......

As most of you won't have the FOGGIEST notion of what the last two paragraphs are about...disregard them or go get cable/digital satellite t.v...........!

Soon, we find our way back into Halifax, having not spotted anything....but I LOVED having a ride on a boat that goes beam on to a deep swell and then the same on the port side....real roller coaster ride!! And...I didn't loose my breakfast....so am assured that I still have my sea legs...haarhharr!!!!!!

Now, not being quite sure what happens next, there is murbling...murmurings etc.....and I think we find ourselves at the Shoe...I do remember MicroMary and Ed had actually found themselves at Peggy's Cove...on their own because we all totally failed to turn up there....on returning into town, in a very sexy lookin' blue coupe, spotted some of us wandering and lost, and said that the lobster at Peggy's Cove was GOOD!!!!! So am damn well gonna git there next year folks!! I also remember seeing Astartae looking very much the worse for wear.......heheheheheh.....she had been downing B52's with a Downey the night before....so I cannot WAIT to hear all about it later.

Now, something else occurred too....heheheheheh......and I hope I will not get the kind person who helped us with this into trouble.....but we found ourselves outside the Salter Street Offices.....Alex and Rhonda, Chic, Fish, Knightwolf, Amyzon, myself and Astartae had taken to trolling around town...and I wanted to know exactly where the place was. Well...if you didn't know it was there, you would walk right past it...one of the most inconspicuous places ever!! The front is a large empty window and there is a boutique by the main entrance...anyway...this lady passed by and saw us....and let us in!!! OMG!!!!!! With great reverence and wide eyed wonder...we were lead into a foyer with posters of 4 salter Street productions...an elevator....then BINGO!!!!! We found ourselves in a lovely open planned office. We were shown around, and briefly saw Paul Donovan's office.....much smaller than his older brother's office....the decor spot on with some of the furnishings hand crafted. There were tall chairs with the Lexx logo on them, tables with the leg ends sculpted in the form of shoes, or in the case of the table in the conference room, like a Star Wars prop...and OMG!! Again!! SUPANERDY-FANETTE took over...diving onto the chair at the head of the table, because this was where HE had sat the year before, to do an online chat with Delly. Imagining that the wonderful McManus bum had warmed this very item of furniture itself...one could not risk a hug and a moan....I didn't sniff....but OHHHHHH!!!!!!! The thought of it. Actually, I am glad Michael McManus won't be reading this....'cos I have ...come...over a bit....er...embarrassed.....*ahem!*

I have to thank Chic for pointing the chair out to me in the first place...and for taking the incriminating evidence.....heheheheheheh!!!!!! A Happy Fat Woman slobbering on a conference chair at the Salter Street Offices.....sounds odd, doesn't it.......never!! What ever gave me that idea!!

Anywhoosie......we are also shown some stuff that fans had sent over the years to Salter...including 3 of the cutest teddy bears ever!!! Each was dressed in the Style of Stanley, Xev and Kai and looked soo cute!! I would love to find out who made them BTW....so if anyone knows.......could you let me know? Ta. And as a final touch...Astartae had momentarily disappeared...and then came out of the Gents toilet!!! Don't ask!! But photos were taken........And with that, us happy band of acolytes left the sacred place....hardly believeing our luck as it was!!!

Next came Lunch at MacKelvie's...a fish restuarant. Well, a zillion of us turned up and took the place over completely. I was sat twixt Delly and Devoted, Adam 2000, Kali, and others close by and the rest of us took over other tables as well. Now, I owed the Delly the dok a favour or 14, for tapes etc that she had done for me, and was one of MANY who owed del a lunch. So managed to do her a lobster. I chickened out and had a seafood platter...rather wishing now I hadn't because it was nice....but the lobster portion I had was rubbery. Anywhoosie.....heheheheh..INSECT WARS!!!! With relish and a cry of 'This one's for you Kai!! Red boiled lobsters were being crushed and devoured around us, with the enemy carcasses being thrown into buckets as a victory celebration. For some reason...with the lobster picks that were given......I got it into my head there was a connection somewhere with the Three Musketeers, and started a sword fight with Devoted...or was I still fired up with Pirate urges ( well...I am from Penzance m'handsomes!!! Heheheheheheh!!!!!!!) Anyway....there was not so much bloodshed and we survived the fight. It was a lovely occasion as well and I think everyone had a good time. The staff coped with us all really well....but probably needed Prozac themselves after!!!!

This rounded off a perfect day so far....so I head back to Shirreff to get changed for a perfect evening. We are going for CULTURE and ART dahlinks. So, again, one is required to tart up a bit, ( although the tart in this case is already a bit crusty....heheheheheh!!!!!!! ) as we is orft to the theatre. Jeremy Webb...or Master as he is known, is appearing in 'Oliver', at the Neptune Theatre and is playing the part of Bill Sykes........oooohhhhhh...heheheheh!!! A group of us...including MissPassivity, MissJean, Delly, Kali and myself have got seats for the performance. We arrive and claim our places in this wonderful little theatre. Now, I am no theatre critic and know nothing about theatre, save I have been in a couple of amateur productions for charity, plus stuff I have done at school, 'Oliver' being one...( 3rd child from the left....heheheheheehh!!!!!!)..but that was so long ago, I had all but forgotten what was what....so it was lovely to see it again and be reminded of it.

Anywhoosie, us gals congregate outside the Neptune Theatre...dressed to the nines....and enter on in and find our seats, heheheh...some of us on the front row as well!! It was a fab performance....Jeremy doing a wonderful job as Bill Sykes, and the cast in general having a fine time....I'm really having to bite my tongue and not join in with the singing. There are other Lexxy connections with this show as well, Mike Peterson plays a couple of roles...he is the puppeteer who operated Squish, doubled for His Gorgeousness The Michael on the catwalk, when in battle with Thodin, and did a whole heap of other things as well. Mary Lou Martin was a producer who had choreographed 'Brigadoom' and I am bloody sure the chap who played Fagin..looked ever so like the bloke Kai threw out of the Gondola at the beginning of 'May'.....but it transpires I was wrong.

After the performance...we were all set to leave..when we were invited to go back into the auditorium to meet our heros. I am never that good with chat, as I can come across as an idiot, so hang back a bit. Every time I try to pay a compliment to an actor about their performance...I tend to get stage fright and come out with a pile of gibberish....and I think that must have happened again...I dunno....but am pleased when we head back to the Shoe for post performance drinkies....heheheheheh!!!! we are joined by the cast...and have a fun time. Mike Peterson regales us with tales from Lexx...but my brain is fried, so cannot remember them.....aww bugger!!! However....we did have a fab time...and after....did our usual jaunting about town before heading back to bed in the wee small hours. Yaaawwwnnnn!!!

Ah well.....another day done in the Dark Zone.......



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