This was a low-key con for me this year, since I'm A) burned out on cons, having just returned from World Fantasy, and B) I've had too much caffeine and not enough sleep and C) I'm helping some dear friends work through some serious grief ( Read more... )

Home from World Fantasy. I had a pleasant trip home. Not only did our plane not crash, it got in early! On the plane, after I shot a bunch of pictures of random things like the light flowing through my water bottle, kehrli proved yet again how awesome he is by grabbing my camera and taking pictures of other interesting textures, as well as the stunning ( Read more... )

Well, I checked out GeekGirlCon today, and it was pretty fun. I'm glad to see it succeeding, and look forward to seeing it grow. (It seriously will need some growing room. Thank god it was a nice day, so we could hang out in the courtyard.) There were indeed lots of girls there, all ages shapes and colors, and it felt, at least to me, like a ( Read more... )

The trip home was as uneventful as the trip down, with only a little bit of added crankiness. (Examples of symmetry: we left Seattle at 1am, and got back to Seattle at 1am. Eugene was where we encountered the sunrise going, and the sunset returning. We passed a horrific car wreck on the way down, we passed a horrific car wreck on the way back.) One ( Read more... )

What the heck happened to Day 3? I know I spent the first part in a daze, but a nap and bottle of caffeine perked me up enough to party till 3am ( Read more... )

Pooped out on partying last night ( Read more... )

Today was sort of Not A Con Day. I mean, I went to a reading, but that was it as far as things on the schedule go. I went on the Stroll With The Stars (okay, that was on the schedule too, I guess) in the morning, which between the heat and socializing with strangers, wore me out more than I expected. After a quick rest in the room, I descended to ( Read more... )

I made it to Reno!
I was prepared for the worst on our road trip to Reno. The departure time shifted back and forth, until finally it settled upon 1:30am. Tuesday evening I trekked over to kehrli's place, where I slept for a couple hours on the floor until plunderpuss andspencimusprime arrived from Bellingham with the van ( Read more... )

Saturday was the Locus Awards, which as always, was a hoot. I'm fascinated by the liturgical feel of some ceremonies. I like to joke that the Talebones Live reading at Norwescon is my Easter service. The Locus Awards has a similar feel. So here's how an sf ceremony is like a religious ceremony, using Talebones Live and the Locus Awards as examples ( Read more... )

Norwescon was a good one, despite eternally broken elevators, and a mysterious stomach bug on my part that manifested as a constant, low-grade queasiness and lack of appetite. However, this meant that I avoided caffeine and alcohol the whole time, made sure I got a relatively sufficient amount of sleep, and actually was more alert than 90% of the ( Read more... )