So, admittedly, I have gotten horribly lax in posting things here, though there again, I've had a strange, busy summer. If you've been following my Twitter feed/reading my Tweet digests that get posted here and tracked over to my Plurk account, you probably have picked up a few things, but! I will give a run down of the major things that happened ( Read more... )

After Mass this afternoon, my dad decided to pop into a small block of antique shops that's a few doors down from the church we've been going to. And when I mean "antique shop" I mean the sort of combination thrift store/jumble store/shop that sells things which actually are antiques which are part of the landscape of many towns in New England. You ( Read more... )

I had every intention of getting up earlier this morning, since I had errands to run, but the grey skies played a role in causing me to wake up just after noon. Much as I keep vampire hours, I try to get up before noon on days that I'm not working, even if that translates to 11.30 a.m ( Read more... )

In some ways, it was fun sharing the con with Mark, but in other ways, it was a bit stressful. I didn't get a chance to eavesdrop on conversations or lurk in a hallway the way I usually do nor did I really get much of a chance to poke around in the dealers' room as much as I usually do. I wound up tiring quicker than I expected, so we headed home ( Read more... )

And I managed to talk my friend Mark into a nice, romantic Valentine's Day at... a sci-fi convention. Wonder what he'll make of me cross-costuming as Harry Dresden. I'm just back from Wal-Mart where I'd been picking up a dowel to tweak into Harry's blasting rod. My original intent was to dress as "Two Wizards Named Harry" and wear a few articles of ( Read more... )

Because of various things, I won't be attending Boskone this year, I'm afraid, much as I was looking forward to it since David Gerrold was the guest of honor. For one thing, the registration fee went up again, since they're holding it at the new convention center in Boston, instead of the Hynes, as they have in the past. For another thing, they're ( Read more... )

Wheee!! I think I had more fun this year than I did last year, but of course last year, I was pressuring myself to find a literary agent and then flogging myself for not finding one ( Read more... )

...And I'm posting to let you all know that I had a *GREAT* time. Longer post to come after midnight, when I'm listening to Radio Zero-One; I've got e-mail to read/reply to and a Tinkertoy to tinker with.

...Whew, finally figured out the route for tomorrow ( Read more... )