Los Angeles Browncoats

AAAHHHH! I can't believe it's almost here! The three Can't Stop the Serenity Screenings - Pasadena, Irvine and San Diego - begin one week from today in Pasadena, and the CSTS team has been working hard to make each of these shows awesomely amazing.

What? You haven't purchased your ticket yet? What's wrong with you?! ;) Go to http://socalbrowncoats.com/?p=7 to buy your tickets today and correct such a grievous error! ;) Can't wait to see y'all there!

Heyo!

I've been invited to do several Firefly/Jossverse panels for the local Dr. Who convention, Gallifrey One on Feb. 15-17 at the LAX Marriott (con schedule here).

There will also be a Southern California Browncoat meetup on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 5:30 pm, with possible dinner plans to be determined.

And if THAT wasn't enough, there will ALSO be a SoCal Browncoat fantable on the Saturday and Sunday.

So if you are free that holiday weekend, stop on by and say hi! Look for the short mouthy chick in the Inara costume with CherryBombRed highlights in her hair!

BetN

I am extremely pleased to report that, with no mention in the pocket program, we
got about 30 people attending the Firefly panel at LosCon this year,

In what amounted to a conference room designed to seat about 12.

I would first off like to thank brianrubin, who majorly stepped up to the plate and manned
the SoCal Browncoat table, which seemed to get a great deal of traffic, as well
as for massively pimping the panel.

And to dedoc, who represented for the 76th Battalion and hosted the panel with brianrubin and myself. And for the shiny flyers!

Also to danregal and Lynn of the SoCal Browncoats, who sent along with brianrubin a terrific set-up so that we had an extremely shiny-lookin' fantable.

And finally, to any of you who made it to the panel, thanks so much!

I have been assured that there will be a better balance of media/lit/science at next year's LosCon. And I intend to hammer away at that because that is how we keep not only Firefly fandom vital, but SF fandom as a whole.

Yeah, OK, I didn't pull off an entire con, I admit that. :>

But with help, I made the point I set out to make -- that Firefly fandom isn't going away. And neither is media fandom.

Stay tuned for bigger, better and shinier things for next year!

BetN

Flyer with info is ( hiding back here )

For the first time since 2004, there will not be any official Firefly programming at LosCon. This greatly vexes me, as I have been one of the major proponents not just for Firefly programming, but for inclusion of SF media programming in general.

This year, however, the con programming chair thought otherwise.

But all is not lost! We have been offered meeting space on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 1-2 pm in order to hold an informal discussion about why Firefly fandom is still going strong. It will be hosted by myself, dedoc (possibly known to some of you as Doc Jubal from the 76th Battalion) and my fellow So Cal Browncoat, brianrubin

Please, if you are in the Southern California area over Thanksgiving weekend and are free on Saturday, come on by the LAX Marriott and join us! You must have a day pass for the con to attend the panel. More info can be found by following the LosCon link.

Help us show that not only do fans want Firefly, but media programming in general! Spread the word!

More developments as they develop.

Since I suspect this might be of interest to folks on the list, I thought I'd post the announcement here. Mods, if you think this is inappropriate or too off-topic, just let me know and I'll remove.

Where: San Diego Gaslamp Buca di Beppo
When: Friday, July 27th - 7pm

That's right, it is time again for me to pimp the ComicCon Slashers' Dinner. For the third year in a row we're holding a slasher shindig at the very-conveniently-located Bucca di Beppo in the Gaslamp district of San Diego. Friday night at 7pm we shall congregate to meet and eat with other like-minded folks. Dinner usually lingers, so if you can't make it right at the start, no worries. We also head over to the mall for desert and a few more hours of conversation afterwards.

Full details can be found here. RSVPing is very helpful (and easily done in advance here), and please tell your friends! We had around 30 folks last year, and we hope to make it an even bigger and better event this year!

(sorry, need to clarify a couple of things...)

Caveat the First:

If you just want to come by and party in the evening with us, you do NOT need a membership necessarily. However, due to liability issues, we MUST insist that anybody who volunteers to help fly this crazy thing (before, during or after) have a valid membership.


Caveat the Second:

This is not an official SoCal Browncoat event. This is just me and my Partner-in-Crime wanting to have fun and spread the Browncoat love. Promotional materials for any Browncoat groups are certainly welcome and encouraged, but we are not representing one particular group.

Updates to follow just as soon as we figure out what the hell we are doing...

This is a VERY PRELIMINARY query to see if anyone is interested in putting together a "Companion Guild Tea Party" room party for LosCon this year. I and a Browncoat friend of mine from back east (he's with the 76th Battalion) will be spearheading this if we do it, but we cannot - and frankly, will not - do this without other Browncoat help.

The benefit is that it is great PR to spread the word about the SoCal Browncoats among the greater California fan community. For more general LosCon info, pls. go here.

The caveat is that it is over Thankgiving weekend, and I do realize many people have family obligations. Also keep in mind that you must have a membership for the con in order to attend the evening parties.

Again, this is EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY to see if there is even enough interest among the Socal Browncoats to pull the pin on this wacky grenade of an idea. I'm not asking for any firm committments at this stage - just a show of hands to see if this is something people might be interested in thinking about helping with.

Maybe its a stretch, but this may be of interest if you liked the Old West feel from Firefly... Hey its free.

Sunday June 10th Noon - 4:30pm
Rancho Los Alamitos invites you to recall ranching life in Southern California when farming and livestock dominated the landscape. From the open range to the home, experience the skills and ingenuity of ranch workers from an earlier era. The day includes:

A welcoming salute and presentation of the colors by Long Beach Mounted Police
An exhibition featuring a variety of horse breeds
Horseback vaulting and fancy trick roping
Livestock demonstrations
Authentic chuck wagon encampment
Blacksmithing and antique farm machinery
Domestic arts - butter churning, jam making, fiber spinning, knitting, and rug making
Western musical entertainment
Petting zoo and pony rides
Children's crafts, storytelling and rodeo games
Refreshments available for purchase
Free parking is at California State University, Long Beach, Lot 11 located on Palo Verde Avenue with continuous, handicap accessible shuttle service to the Rancho.

This free public program is made possible by Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation and the RLA Volunteer Service Council. Sponsors: Councilman Larry Nelson, City of Artesia; and Melissa's World Variety Produce.

Rancho Los Alamitos is open free of charge, Wednesday-Sunday between 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens is owned by the City of Long Beach and is operated by Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation a private/public cooperative effort under the auspices of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine.

To explore membership at the Rancho, http://www.rancholosalamitos.com/


For more information or to be included on the events mailing list, contact:

Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens
6400 Bixby Hill Road, Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 431-3541

Hey Browncoats, our Kaylee is in the final four, but she's falling behind:

http://www.tifaux.com/2007/04/10/ladies-final-four/

VOTE!!

The subject says it all. The SoCal Browncoats have been invited to
attend a special screening of the first episode of Drive. Here are
the rules:

You must email us at socalbrowncoats@yahoo.com (socalbrowncoats at
yahoo.com) and give the following information:

1. Your full name
2. Your email address
3. The full name of each person in your group

Here are the details of the screening:

It will be at the AMC Loews Universal City Walk 19 100 Universal City
Plaza Universal City 91608

It is at 7:30 PM on Wednesday April 11th

It will be the first episode, lasting 45 minutes

The theater seats 390, but please get your name in early if you plan
to attend. We will need to turn in the list of names on Wednesday
morning, so you should send an email by Tuesday night.

As this is a special event set up just for the SoCal Browncoats, we
hope we can give back a little. Invite friends and co-workers you
normally wouldn't to this sort of thing. The more people we can get
to see this show, the faster the word will spread. And we want to
give back to Tim and Nathan by helping to make their latest project a
success.

A huge thank you to Fox Publicity for setting this up for us!

If you want to post a link to this information, please use the SoCal
website http://www.socalbrowncoats.com

If you have any questions please send us an email.

James and Lynn

Many new things at http://www.gamingangels.com/! First, a new look for the new year! Second check out the interview with the creators of the upcoming Firefly MMOG. Last, GamingAngels.com is sponsoring our first tournament, All's fair in Love and war! Check out the site for details and how to enter and what the prizes are!

Also this week, look for an exclusive interview with the CEO of Miss Video Game, and an interview with the president of CPL. There will be more reviews up this week as well.

Is anything happening SoCal Browncoats-wise for LosCon? If not, we should all consider having some sort of gathering or a meet up there or somesuch. Would there be any interest in that at all?

-Sasha (keepflying_serenity from the Yahoo board)

Hi All!

The SoCal Browncoats are hosting an Anniversary Shindig on Sept. 30th. You can discuss and find out more info on our Yahoo group.

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoCalBrowncoats/

Details are:

Sebastian's Restaurant
10057 Riverside Dr.
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
September 30th, 6PM til no later than midnight

We'll be watching Serenity and Done The Impossible on a big Plasma TV, playing pool, and just hanging out.

There is no entry fee, but please buy food or drinks from the restaurant to show our thanks for letting us take over. And considering how good the food is there, that's not a hard request to fill. :)

Thanks
James

Ok.  I hate to be a nag.  I really do but the resturant is almost yellin' at me to get a head count to all those who are goin'.  But the thing is all I got is a bunch of maybes.  If you don't know yet, then no rush.  It's ok, I'll round up to the nearest number just in case, but if ya do know, shiny!  Just post, comment, email me whatever letting me know that you are gonna go.  And if you're bringing some wonderful Browncoaty friends let know know how many!  Take care all!

Keep flying,
Steffy

So I've already posted this in the FireflyFans group and some wonderful person, <lj user="Betnoir">, told me about this group.  So I wish to inform you all about the possible wonders of my Shindig.  Here ya go.

Hello all of my fellow Browncoats. So I've been wanting to be a hostess to a shingdig for some time because I love Firefly and the BDM and the love I have seen Browncoats give each other is just so awesome. Theres only a slight problem, I am not aware of any Browncoats that live in my area. So if any one lives in, around or doesn't mind getting to Long Beach, California let me know so I can plan a day of Browncoat filled fun!


If no one shows up then I'll be eatin' lunch by myself, if people show up then there will be lots of browncoat love.

Date: August 6th 2006
Time: 12ish
(thats probably the time I will be awake enough to go eat something)
Place: Zen Buffet at the Long Beach Town Center
(Will give directions to those who need them)

Since I am not made of money and will not be able to provide for everyone, if you plan to eat please bring about 15 dollars... at least.

I will answer any questions any one may have about this little shindig. I'm kinda making it up as I go. And if you have any suggestions for after the eatin' happens, please feel free, ask/suggest away.

Heres the address. I'd send you a map to get there but I have no clue as to were you are coming from. So the handy dandy mapquest will help.

As for IDing ourselves, I've been thinking about that. I was debating if I want to just using my name or to rub it in and make it a Browncoat table. I think I like the Browncoat idea best. So first ask for the Browncoat table, and if for some reason they won't go for that just ask for the Sherwood table. Hope to see you there!

Zen Asian Buffet
7503 Carson Blvd, Long Beach, CA (7.15 miles away)
562-496-3888

XieXie,
Steffy

You don't need to be present to enter or win.  Check out the site for all the details.  Great Prizes, Great Cause! Spread the word!

I posted this to my personal LJ, but I think it also needs to go here. I think this is one of my favorite "Mal" music videos. Sorry if it's already been passed around or whatever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7cBxMRChY

It had me laughing my head off.

Not sure who's seen this and who hasn't but it's just amazing. I frikkin' love this man. Such a great speech and if you look closely he's not reading! Yup, he had it all memorized which is something you can't say about Meryl Streep. Joss is totally completely utterly Boss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYaczoJMRhs

Hey folks, I am so excited about tomorrow I can't believe it. As of RIGHT NOW, we have 32 tickets LEFT for the screening, so with your help, we'll sell out AGAIN. Online ticket sales will be closed tonight around 9 PM, so if you're sure you want to go, get your tickets NOW.

Also, here are some final details for the screening.

8:00 PM - We're going to set up our will-call table at the theater on the upper level. At this table you can get your tickets at will-call, purchase any tickets we have left (if any), and make further donations to equality now.

9:30 PM - This is when we'll finally be able to let people into the theater after they clean it out from the previous show, so make sure you get there early.

~9:50 PM - We begin the thank you drawing, so PLEASE be sure to be there and in your seats before this time.

10:15 PM at the latest - Serenity begins. :)

~12:15 PM - Wrap up after the movie with closing announcements and thank you's.

That should do it for now. Please let me know if you have any questions as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone who has helped make this such a tremendous event. See you all tomorrow night...wait...it IS tomorrow night! AAAHHH <faints>