We are back from Dragoncon, where we had a blast (as well as doing more sleeping and reading in our hotel room than is really kosher for being at a 'con, but considering this was also our childfree vacation for the year, I think we were entitled!). I missed the boy's affection and enthusiasm for everything, but it was nice not to have the ( Read more... )

Charisma Carpenter is on the guest list for Dragoncon this year!

I was just checking out the Dragoncon site and saw this:

Andy Hallett (August 4, 1975 - March 29, 2009)Dragon*Con would like to offer our deepest sympathy to the family, friends, and fans of Andy Hallett. Hallett, who starred as Lorne on the TV series Angel, died of heart failure at age 33. The fan favorite died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los ( Read more... )

I just got done attending a DragonCon panel called "Still Bleeding Into the Mainstream" that was ostensibly to discuss the ways that Goths are portrayed in mainstream culture. However, the last half of the panel devolved into a discussion of how Goths are perceived and treated in high school these days. Listening to what some of the high school ( Read more... )

I'm at work today. I have a headache this afternoon, and no Tylenol on me. *sigh* No drugs of any kind, actually, other than some Sudafed, which isn't helpful ( Read more... )

( This part is probably only exciting if you're also a parent, or you're one of Corwin's relatives. )

Sunday was much better than Saturday. I made significant progress on the closet re-organization, though I still have a fair bit to go. My back and round ligaments started complaining at me before I was finished, and I thought it best to stop and not push too hard ( Read more... )

We are back from DragonCon; have been since Monday evening actually. Yesterday was spent unpacking, doing laundry, grocery shopping, and other such mundane things that we weren't around to do on the weekend. Oh, and sleeping. Glorious sleeping. After being on an f'ed up schedule at the con (got to bed at 5:30 a.m. one night, and 4:00 a.m. the ( Read more... )

I hope I'm not jinxing anything by posting this, but I think my severe lack of energy days may be past! I was still dragging quite a bit on Sunday, but since Monday I've been feeling like my old self. It's almost like someone flipped a switch somewhere. I didn't get to bed 'til 11:00 last night, and while I'm a bit tired today, it's more the "7 ( Read more... )

Friday night after work we went over to kashent's place for movie night with Dan & Erin, tdanner, and his wife Carrie. We got to introduce Neel to the zaniness that is Labyrinth as it turned out he'd never seen it before. That has now been remedied :) Erin was evil and taunted me horribly by bringing a bottle of Blackthorn hard cider (this being cider that ( Read more... )