The Hunt for Danny Choo!

I felt a bit like the cast of ‘Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist’ today in their hunt for ‘Fluffy’.

Spent all bloody morning looking for my TAP paper to make cool prints for my dollie project for Tuesday’s talk at SOAS with Danny Choo.

Knew I had put it somewhere, just could not remember where. So had a rummage through all my papers for filing and fabrics and trims with no luck. Then I opened a drawer and ta-da! There it was. Nestled nice and neatly in among other related stuff like, well, trims and doll shoes >< (I think I need to have a prober tidying of my sewing/ doll area ><)

Anyway, after finishing this went out for lunch with hubby as my stomach had started eating itself at this point. Decided on Japanese at the local Bento Cafe.

Finished that and waiting for the bill thought I better check Twitter to see if Danny Choo was doing anything today in the sense of dancing around London. Read that he was headed for his dad’s studio so actually thought not but, well, better check it anyway ^^

And 14.17: @dannychoo: Will be filming in armor from now at Tower Bridge > St Pauls, Westminster, Piccadilly, Oxford St. Heading out now. 東京トルーパーロンドンで活動してきます。

ARGH!!! No camera, ridiculous outfit but perfect cap: Star Wars!

Headed straight for the tube – big sewing plans all dumped as this seemed like much more fun and the weather was nice for once, so being outside seemed so much more attractive.

Decided to go for St Pauls as we thought we would never make it to Tower Bridge before he was long gone.
Got there at 3pm, sharp, and settled on first a pillar and later stairs.

Stared at the pigeons, of which one had a mohawk O.o and all the funny people walking by as well as being stared at and starring in several peoples holiday shots. Bleh.

No dancing trooper

Checked Twitter to see if there were anybody else out there looking for him @dannychoo and amazingly we were the only ones. Kinda sad really, had thought there would be more considering 70 have signed up for his talk through his site O.o

Tried @stormtrooper instead as there had to be people with smart phones in London who would be tweeting if a stormtrooper were passing by. I mean, how often do you actually see one of those walking around in broad daylight? And lo and behold @Roybott: http://twitpic.com/1ekzk2 – Why is there a dancing stormtrooper here?

He was at Tower Bridge! Excellent! Closing in but still time to get an ice-cream, which they apparently sell at rip off prices around tourist places. £5. Each. It was good though

Waited another hour. And another. Started getting really cold as the sun was disappearing and there were no more sightings. Decided to head home. When in the tube thought we might as well make a try for it at Oxford Circus since we were on the Central line. Got up and no crowds gathering anywhere. Hmm. Checked Twitter again and got a new hint to his whereabouts: @mattlopezdias A japanese stormtrooper just walked past me along the thames. he had his helmet in him hand. Pfffft no dicipline these super fans.

Right. Back to St Pauls! But, when we got there, completely empty, which we should have known as we were there when they closed so conclusion was, he must be heading for Piccadilly. Better check Twitter: @TerriAnnB http://twitpic.com/1em9ae Stormtrooper on southbank.
With Big Ben in the background he was obviously no where near Piccadilly but rather close to Westminster.

TAXI!

Got of right before the bridge 10 minutes later and headed first towards Westminster but concluded that they would probably not let him dance around there, crowd control and all, so headed towards finding a bus for either home or Piccadilly down Westminster Bridge – And there he was!!!

Dancing, being photographed and creating general public bafflement. Excellent!!!

We found Fluffy!!!

Now look very much forward to his talk on Tuesday at SOAS. Still got some Dollies to dress but ehm, well, naked is good too, right?
No, hubby is working on print idea I got, he is just sooooo much better at stuff like that than me so leaving that to him ^^
I just need to get some patterns made O.o

But, ehm, going to a dollie meet tomorrow so think it will be very sweet and very simple: Cut and Sew! So much for showing of my skills Nevermind, I am sure it will work and I will be sleep deprived on Tuesday