Things I learned from this year's Keycon:

( Yes, these are all legit things that happened at con this past weekend. )

Item the first: Kitty is doing much better. We called the vet and while he was surprised at how poorly the kitty was doing post-surgery, he prescribed some more pills and told us to call back after a day or two to let him know how things were going. Fortunately, this meant we didn't actually have to take the cat back in, so everyone was spared ( Read more... )

This weekend is the big local con. We've had our tickets for months now. Yesterday, I had this conversation with my brother:

Me: So are you coming to the con this weekend?
Him: ...that's this weekend ( Read more... )

This past weekend was Keycon, Winnipeg's geektastic convention. Much geeking was had by all, as one might expect.

( The quick and dirty day-by-day breakdown ahoy! )

Well, the Keycon schedule has finally gone up. Which is good, because it's nice to know when I have to be there and there's only a week until the thing starts. It's the only con I get to attend this year, because long distance travel is not so good for someone so hugely pregnant they're wider than they are tall. "They" being me ( Read more... )

Alright, here we go ( Read more... )

I'm headed out to Polaris in Toronto in July, which is exciting. They have a long list of authors (18 at last count), so there should be plenty of action for literary geeks, which means I will be happily mired in bookworld from the 10th to the 12th. I even get to do a few panels, in which I will hopefully sound savvy and witty instead of like a ( Read more... )

By Sunday, the con reached a lazy feel. Everyone was tired (or hungover) from the night before, and the morning panels were more subdued than Saturday's. I was still enough of a freak to show up to the 10am session with Katherine and Viola about Food in Fantasy. Biggest pet peeve for pretty much everyone there? Unnecessarily creative names for ( Read more... )

My much belated continuation of this year's con report is finally here. And the peasants rejoiced ( Read more... )

Quick recap of yesterday's Keycon events before I head off for the Saturday programming ( Read more... )