So another Connexions - possibly the last - has come and gone. I must admit to having a very soft spot in my heart for Connexions, since it was my very first con (only two years ago - how hard is that to believe??? These days I can barely even remember what my life was like P.S. (Pre Slash)...) So in some ways it feels kind of fitting that I'm ( Read more... )

First - can I just say, this 10-influential-books meme that's going around - I find it thoroughly intimidating. I mean, my 10-most-influential list, were I to dare even to try to comprise one, much less to list it here, for public consumption, would be comprised primarily of fantasy, books that aren't even on the same intellectual radar screen as ( Read more... )

More of my (seemingly endless!) Connexions report, with many more pics** ....

( Saturday and Sunday )

Connexions is not primarily a panel con for me (though I have various things to say about the panels; I'll save those for the another post), in the sense that (for me) it's not as much about the thinking, the meta. What it is: a social con, a giant slashy slumber party, an intense girlie bonding experience, a major squee-fest. And it was all of ( Read more... )

Well, another Connexions has come and gone - I think this officially marks the end of my Slash Con Initiate Period, since it's been a year now - last year's Connexions was my very first con (and my very first lj post, too). It's amazing to me how far I've come in that time, how many people I've met, how much I've done, how much more involved, and ( Read more... )

I went a little AWOL this weekend. Mr. JaC was out of town, so I had the weekend to myself, and I spent most of it reading Pros (plus some HP and DS) and working on making various DVDs I'd promised to various folk who are coming to Connexions. In typical fashion for me, I got obsessed with designing the perfect DVD case cover inserts and was lost ( Read more... )