I am so far behind with livejournal - both reading and posting. I have a bunch of half-written writeups about panels here & cool things people said, which I'll try to drag into shape before I get home. Theoretically I should start posting to alt.poly again (if only for a few weeks) but I need a decent pointy-clicky newsgroup reader that supports ( Read more... )

a letter from America? (Sorry for the Proclaimers earworm there ( Read more... )

I am researching options for places I can eat in Las Vegas. There isn't a whole lot of choice. However, there is apparently a DONUT STORE which is entirely vegetarian and 70% of items are vegan. WE MUST GO THERE!!!

Ronald's Donuts4600 W Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, Nevada (89102) (at Decatur ( Read more... )

I have slowly been acquiring more organisation for my trip to alt.polycon 16. On Tuesday I went first into Kingston to have some passport photos taken, then to the Passport Office in central London to hand in my form for the Fasttrack service. Although my passport doesn't expire until March, the US is paranoid and likes you to have at least six ( Read more... )

( Travel Itinerary For: MISS HELENLOUISE $mylastname )

You know when you have a crazy impulsive idea, and it's either the most brilliant or the most stupid thing you've ever thought of?

Yeah, that.

alt.polycon is now over :( :( I have a half-finished report about it sitting on my Windows Mobile device, but I don't want to finish that while there's still people around to be social with. Delightfully, I don't have to write an entry about dinner last night because If did that already. Hehe. Tonight I think I'm going to "dial out" for pizza again ( Read more... )

OK, explain this to me: I was going to eat for dinner leftovers of two curries, aloo gobi and chana masala. Both are curries I eat and enjoy. So why did it disturb me to open the lid marked "aloo gobi" and find it was chana masala? If it had been chicken dhansak, I could understand it being disturbing, as I don't eat chicken. But I was planning to ( Read more... )

OK. I just booked for alt.polycon. Hooray!

Have bought membership and emailed RA about roommate matching. Have not paid for any rooms or bought flights yet. Wibble.

I wish I wasn't so damn disorganised. Most people coming my sort of distance know much sooner than a month before an event if they're going or not. Although apparently Richard ( Read more... )