The beds at the Doubletree in San Jose are really comfortable. For most of the weekend that meant that I felt very rested for the upcoming day of con goodness. By Monday, though, it meant I wasn't too sure about this whole leaving bed thing. It was our last night at the con, though, and checkout was at noon, so we definitely had to get moving. We ( Read more... )

Sunday was a bit more relaxed than Saturday, but still pretty busy. We got up and had breakfast, and panels started at 11 with sannion's Hekate presentation. Lots of good info, and it was really interesting to me how he bridged solid information about antiquity with the needs of a pagan population with some very different ideas about Her. His inexperience ( Read more... )

Busy, busy Saturday, and wonderful. Tons to post about; I'll write what I can in this short lunch break. (Yes, lunch. I'm on Pacific time, but my computer is still on Eastern. I'm too lazy to fix it ( Read more... )

I don't know that chaplaincy is the right place for me, but I just attended a presentation on the subject by Patrick McCollum, and it got me thinking about some things. Like how I really want to get back to school for a degree in religion. Engineering is enjoyable, and it pays well, but it's not where my heart is. I don't know how I'm going to give ( Read more... )

I am in my hotel room in San Jose. That is all.

*boing*

Learned something at the Con. Was babbling randomly with people after a roundtable and ran into a couple of people who knew ASL. Apparently, they report, facial expressions have a grammatical function in the language. The same hand gestures can be interpreted as a statement, a yes/no question, or a broader question of fact, distinguishable only by ( Read more... )

Had an absolute blast at frolicon this weekend. Hung out with old friends, and made a few new ones. Even enjoyed some new experiences. Hell, I even managed to get in a little reading. I won't even be trying for a full report on this one -- I learned the hard way with Pantheacon that I just can't keep up with that, and guilting myself over that fact is only ( Read more... )

Friday morning radiantbaby and I lolled around in bed for a bit before getting up. What in San Jose was officially 10AM-ish was about 1PM to my east-coast mind. The con wasn't scheduled to start until early afternoon, and we didn't have anything scheduled until the evening. Which is good, because calliopeo, our ride to the con hotel, was working that day. She works ( Read more... )

I worked Thursday, for the first half of the day at least. And for a good part of that I was pulled unexpectedly into a meeting. A long meeting. The car was packed. The original plan was that radiantbaby would leave her work around 2 and drive down to meet me at mine around 3, and we would go together in one car down to Hartsfield to catch our plane. I was ( Read more... )

I'm alive and home from Pantheacon. I had an excellent time, and I'll have much to post about after I wake up and wade through all of the LJ and email I missed while I was away from the 'net.