( Last day of the old life. )

I meant to share this earlier, but forgot ( Read more... )

My brief flirtation with a panic attack aside, I had a fantastic time at wiscon . I roomed with nwhepcat , who introduced me to gwynegga and general_jinjur , among others. I attended several really interesting panels, went to the vid party, and sang all of BtVS "Once More, With Feeling" in a room full of other Buffy fans.

( Some thoughts from Wiscon: )

I'm at wiscon this weekend, having a great time talking about feminism (in all its forms), science fiction, and fandom. I'm taking a little time out at the moment to recharge my social batteries with the hotel cable, and in a few minutes I'm going to head down to the Tiptree Auction and the Think Galacticon party. The panels have all been really ( Read more... )

 I spent yesterday in Milwaukee, drinking coffee and talking fandom with nwhepcat  and huzzlewhat . The day was made of awesome. It was my first meet-up with other fans - I went to one day of the Supernatural con in November, but I didn't actually talk to anyone. So cool to talk about fanfic out loud.

This meet-up was unlike other specialized interest meet-ups I've ( Read more... )

Another beautiful day in Chicago. It was a snowy/sleety freezing mess yesterday, and it wasn't exactly warm today, but the sun made all the difference. We took the bus out of our neighborhood to this little vegan cafe, and then walked around checking out record stores. I paid fifty cents for a vinyl copy of Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down, which ( Read more... )