Aaron Ashmore (Agent Steve Jinks, Warehouse 13) is coming to my city in a few weeks, and I was looking forward to getting one of my WH13 DVD box sets signed. But it turns out that he charges $45 for each autographs and photo ops, and I like him/Jinks, but not that much ( Read more... )

Too late to do much typing (even though I am more awake than I should be at this hour. vicki_james98, maybe you were right about making it a decaf....) But it has been another fun and successful day of conventioning. I bought some books and got one signed, listened to a short story from the Mercy Thompson series as read by Patricia Briggs, went to a spa for ( Read more... )

It is past midnight and I got up at regular work times and worked all day, so, y'know, sleepy times are imminent. But Day 1 of the con is a success in spite of Travel Fun. I laughed. I didn't cry. I talked to strangers. You know, as you do ( Read more... )

Panels attended today:

*Bullying: The Next Generation, which I mostly went to for professional reasons. I got a few germs of ideas that might evolve into something with a little research (and diligence on my part, which is never a guarantee)

*a reading by Robert J. Sawyer from Red Planet Blues (he is an excellent reader and presenter, and I am ( Read more... )

Before this weekend, the only convention I've ever attended is Polaris. So, from yesterday and today, I have learned that not all cons are the same (even if you see many of the same people).

( a tale of two cons )

Dear Hotel Room Neighbour (aka Polaris Drama Queen 2012 ( Read more... )

So, second day. The panels this year don't start until 11, instead of ten, so we had a lazy morning. (I did my usual sleep patterns when I'm somewhere new: woke up every hour or so. Once it was by some guy in the hallway swearing about Goa'uld. I swear. You run into odd-but-normal situations here. My biggest accomplishment of the night was ( Read more... )

No time, headed for dinner, but, Wil Wheaton? Is awesome.

Or excellent. (I'll explain that one later. Maybe.)

Bon appétit!

So, this morning, when I said that nothing exciting happened on the train? I forgot to knock on wood, because we were delayed three times by a freight train and ended up being a good 45 minutes late to my stop (sorry, vicki_james98Also, there was an adorable little girl who got on to meet up with her grandparents, who were already on the train. When she saw ( Read more... )

The obligatory train post ( Read more... )