Dragon*Con is officially over and it's been... I'll just say interesting. Some good interesting, some bad interesting, but I'll hit the highlights and endevour to spend the rest of the year forgetting the rest. (It's a necessity, or else I'll never go to a con again. Which I've already said I won't, but there's plenty of time to talk myself back ( Read more... )

No, it's not my birthday.

But it is my first time home in about a month with no major work assignments or business trips awaiting me in the immediate future. I admit, the rush from BlizzCon to Dragon*Con to AGDC was fun, but at this point I'm just tired. Being home with absolutely nothing to do and no plans involving airplanes until November seems ( Read more... )

I am back from Dragon*Con and I enjoyed it immensely. I had more fun this year than in any previous years, and I think it's because I juggled my work/play balance -- now rather heavy on the "play" side. Many good times were had hanging around with cosplayers who, quite obviously, do have more fun than everyone else.(This is to say that, yes, I am ( Read more... )

A bullet-point list of things floating around in my brain, because my head is spinning a bit too much to formulate anything in adequately graceful prose.

• Seen Voltaire twice this week -- one of those weird things you're only likely to make happen at a place like Dragon*Con. He's more fun live than he is on CD, and I think he's pretty damn fun to ( Read more... )

It's ten days to BlizzCon, twenty-three days to Dragon*Con, thirty-five days to GDC Austin. This, ladies and gents, is convention season. BlizzCon will be all work all the time (pfft, sleep), Dragon*Con will be half work and half play (at least -- perhaps more on the play side), and GDC is all work but with less expectation of major news (thus less ( Read more... )