Though your tongue is still healing from your encounter with Soyrn cuisine, it will not hamper your interaction with the Crawbiwah. The Crawbiwah have banished the spoken word from their culture, preferring instead to sit in silence. While this makes it difficult to know when the meeting is over, rest assured that at some point, the meeting will end. Bring a lunch. And a dinner. And a breakfast. And another lunch.
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We’re Out Looking For Astronauts
August 5th, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, Autobiologic, Odds And EndsIt’s been a wonderful handful of days. Despite the stress and panic of wedding and convention planning, it’s been good. Not through anything I’m doing, mind. It’s all the excellent friends I have, from J.R. on down. Without them, I’d have been curled up in the dining room, hot gluing felt together.
Dragon*Con looms at the end of the month—did I mention I’m a guest this year? I’m totally guest at Dragon*Con this year—with another Aliens You Will Meet puppet show due. Naturally, I have to top myself, which means new puppets. We’re going for quality over quantity for this one, only 8 new puppets compared to last year’s 15. Luckily some extremely talented folks have volunteered to operate them, so that helps.
Saucy Polly, that’s her right there, is the first of the new group. A space pirate queen of murderous reputation, she’s also the first of the AYWM puppets to have a working hand. This year’s characters are going to be a little more active than last years, so she’ll need it.
But it hasn’t all been space pirates and googely eyes! There’s also been culture!
JR and I managed to snag Shakespeare In Clark Park’s production of AS YOU LIKE IT on it’s final night. We had meant to go earlier, but it turned out to be a wonderful thing we did not. Trillian Stars and Kyle Cassidy—extraordinarily talented folks that we had been meaning to meet for, like, ever—were front row-center, so we got to not only see the show, but share it with fascinating people. Trillian and Kyle hung out with us after the show and played with our puppets and rayguns. A future zoo-date was tenuously set up, and well as plans for future collaborations. It was like we’d been friends for quite some time.
Watching AS YOU LIKE IT has gotten my theatre bug twitching again, as has the just-released Philly Fringe schedule. Come this fall, I’ll have a huge collection of alien puppets (heck, I have a huge collection now!) that I should probably do something with. Philly Fringe can always use more puppets.
Also, they have a TV the approximate size of
Aliens You Will Meet – Soyrn
August 1st, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsOn Soyrn, the carnivorous plant people who rule will invite you to a typical Soyrn meal. While it will be impossible for you to eat the small, kitten-like creature they will serve you, it is acceptable to put it’s head in your mouth, remove it, and then compliment the chef on her excellent preparation. Keep in mind that the Soyrnites do not cook food so much as stun it, and it may awaken before you get a chance to remove it’s head from your mouth.
Aliens You Will Meet – The Nardininians
July 24th, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsNardinine’s denizens worship their planet as a god and consider dirt, grime and other filth to be sacred. Bathing is unheard of to the Nardininians, so it will be a good idea for you to abstain from it as well, during your stay. Luckily, you will arrive on one of the holiests of days for the Nardininians, and will be asked to participate in the ceremonial mud-wrestling. This will give you a nice coating of Nar din ine soil to wear throughout your stay.
Aliens You Will Meet – Biscoush
July 17th, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsRepetition is a virtue to the citizens of Biscoush, and nothing is more important than doing the same thing over and over every day. Do not worry about whether or not your visit will disrupt their routine; their Head of Planet has an intergalactic dignitary meeting every day after lunch. On days when there are no intergalactic dignitaries, the Head of Planet has the meeting anyway, using a hand puppet as a stand-in. It has been a long time since Biscoush has had an ambassadorial visit, so do not be unnerved when the Head of Planet talks not to you, but to his upraised hand. It is merely the force of habit.
Aliens You Will Meet – Tocline
July 10th, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsOn Tocline, do not wear pants. You will see other Toclines wearing pants. This does not mean you should wear them. You can wear the rest of your usual diplomatic uniform, but whatever you do, do not wear pants.
Aliens You Will Meet – The Dreeslings
July 3rd, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsThe Dreeslings communicate through the transmission of viruses between hosts. Unfortunately, your usual pre-landing inoculations will make you the equivalent of a deaf mute. This may be for the best, as while Dreeslings’ language will not kill you, if you are infected by the wrong joke or declaration, you may wish you were.
Aliens You Will Meet – The Flusians
June 19th, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsThe Flusians are aquatic by nature, but can poke their heads out of water for a short time in order to converse with land-based off-worlders. Due to the lack of any sort of landmass on Flusie, you will be expected to meet their delgation on their spaceship. While their ship will be filled to the brim with water, they will have constructed a “non-fish bowl†for your comfort. A little plastic castle will be put in the non-fish-bowl, to remind you of home.
Aliens You Will Meet – Maelstrose
June 12th, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsWhen dealing with the sentient planet Maelstrose, you may find it difficult to get its attention, due to your relatively minuscule size. When you do not succeed in getting the planet to respond to your hails, do not let it bother you. Mealstrose is 130 billion years old, and as such, its stories are long, boring, and it would probably fall asleep in the middle of talking to you anyway.
Aliens You Will Meet – Miipluse
June 5th, 2008, posted in Aliens You Will Meet, podcastsMiipluse is a unique world, as it a haven for robots, androids, rouge AIs and any other sort of fabricated sentient of the galaxy. Escaping persecution here, the naturalized Miiplusians nonetheless have very strict rules about who can and who cannot land on their planet. Being of biological origin, you will have to send a robot assistant in your stead. Do be surprised however, when your electronic emissary does not return, preferring instead to stay in the “Glorious Robo-Worker’s Paradise.”