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hopalongcharlie (hopalongcharlie) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-05-24 20:53:00

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Journal - A favour
Could someone who is better at muggle research than me look up when Pride is in London this year?

Someone asked me about Pride because it's been this weekend in Birmingham and they were surprised we're doing fuck all. I pointed out Birmingham isn't London and they stopped looking so pissed off, thankfully.

So yes, assuming I've not missed it and there's time I'll work something out, if someone could just tell me when it is.

Thanks.

Later note: Been found, thank you. 2nd July apparently. I'll start thinking.

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	Private to Charlie nottfinished 2015-05-24 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	Are you okay? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Private to Theo hopalongcharlie 2015-05-25 12:07 am UTC (link)
	I'm fine. Customers are occasionally dicks. I pointed out we have LGBTQ night every Thursday. There was grumbling. They got over it. How're you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private to Charlie nottfinished 2015-05-25 12:20 am UTC (link)
	You were talking about pride? I don't think I know that acronym. But I'm glad you've got no more problems with them. I'm okay. How's the leg? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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hopalongcharlie
2015-05-25 12:46 am UTC (link)

Oh. Pride isn't an acronym. At least I don't think so. It's a muggle thing. The LGBTQ+ community come together and have a parade and events. Remember to be proud of who they are, how far they've come, think about how far they still have to go. That sort of thing. Sort of a big party really, definitely as far as Wingbeat would be concerned.

Leg's fine. Thanks for asking. I'm up to speed again now. No more falling over.

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	Private to Charlie nottfinished 2015-05-25 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I meant the other thing. LBGTQ? I'm pleased to hear that, I hope it keeps up (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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hopalongcharlie
2015-05-25 11:01 am UTC (link)

Oh. That makes far more sense. Sorry, pretty busy tonight because of the bank holiday tomorrow, fucks my brain sometimes.

LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer or Questioning. There's also the + that includes a fair few other groups like asexuals and intersex people (there's a longer string that includes a lot more letters but most people can agree on that one, especially if it has the + in there). But it boils down to people who aren't straight and/or don't agree with the gender they were assigned at birth.

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	Private to Charlie nottfinished 2015-05-25 01:11 pm UTC (link)
	It's not a problem, I should have been more specific. I see. It's good of you to hold a night every week; I don't know why anyone would have a problem with the amount you do for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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hopalongcharlie
2015-05-25 01:29 pm UTC (link)

No, mostly people don't, but I like to do what I can for the community. I think they were just disappointed. I'd like to for London Pride in particular, maybe flip the idea and have one general night and three LGBTQ+ nights that week. Not that I know when it is, and I usually don't have time to go to a gay club and find someone who knows. Plus, like I said, my muggle research skills are pretty lacking, hence asking for favours. I know there are plenty of other more muggle-savvy LGBTQ+ people than me around.

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	Private to Charlie nottfinished 2015-05-25 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	You're too nice. That sounds like a clever idea. ~~You fall into that category?~~ Hey, your muggle research skills are always going to be better than mine. (ooc: I'm working on that sleepwalking thread chickadee) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private to Theo hopalongcharlie 2015-05-25 02:02 pm UTC (link)
	Not really. I just like supporting people who don't always get it. Maybe my research skills are, but a lot of them are in things which relate to Romania. Not so helpful for the UK. Woot! Club is open Thurs-Sun, so any of those is good. Whichever week. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private to Charlie nottfinished 2015-05-25 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly Ai petrecut mult timp în România? (ooc: here! :) http://asylums.insanejournal.com/finnigans_rpg/306699.html Did Theo & Charlie have the Romanian talk before?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private to Theo hopalongcharlie 2015-05-25 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	Aproximativ treisprezece ani. And that's where my written Romanian gives up through lack of use. I'm better at speaking it. That's where I did the dragon work I mentioned. ooc: Thanks. :) Are you meaning it to be Saturday just gone? And no, iirc, just that he'd worked with dragons. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private to Charlie nottfinished 2015-06-05 12:20 am UTC (link)
	Oh, sorry. That sounds interesting; I've always preferred thestrals but I've got no complaints about dragons. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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hopalongcharlie
2015-06-05 01:20 pm UTC (link)

That's okay. Even when I was in Romania I wrote mostly in English. We were an international team but most of us had at least some English so we used it for writing. We spoke more languages though. And I learned Romanian so I could talk to the locals when I left the Reserve.

I have a lot of complaints about dragons, but they're founded on the fact I like them. Thestrals are fascinating too though. In fact most animals are to me.

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	addingvalue 2015-05-25 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	It seems to be the second of July. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hopalongcharlie 2015-05-25 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	Excellent. Thank you very much. I'll start making plans. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	alliterative 2015-05-26 01:32 am UTC (link)
	~~should i know what this pride thing is you're going on about? because i dont at all~~ whats pride ~~and can i get that day off i dont want a repeat~~ in the context of the post not in general i promise i know what that is (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hopalongcharlie 2015-05-26 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	~~Glad they didn't ask you the question then~~ In this context Pride (it requires the capital letter) is a combination of celebration and political event for the LGBTQ+ community. There's a big march/parade followed by all sorts of parties and events. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alliterative 2015-05-26 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	~~capitals require too much work punctuation too not that anyone cares or~~ thanks for the explanation i appreciate it (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dennisthebrave 2015-05-26 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	It's usually the second day in July, but you should totally come down to the Brighton pride. It's INSANE. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hopalongcharlie 2015-05-26 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	It was more a business thing to be honest. ~~I don't really.~~ ~~I only. It's not really-~~ Maybe. (Reply to this) (Parent)