Hello! Welcome back! I have missed you and I'm glad things are going well!
I've done cons and panels, including moderating. Tbh, I don't do a ton of prep. If I'm a panelist, I just think about my views on whatever the subject is. If I'm a moderator, I sketch up a few questions but usually the crowd is enthusiastic and I just let them do their thing. But I'm probably distressingly blase.
Hey! Man, it's been forever. Reading posts on tumblr just isn't the same. :)
That's good to hear! I think I've been maybe over-preparing a bit to compensate for my inexperience, so a more blase approach is probably exactly what I need.
I am excited for you doing lots of panels! I suspect my knowledge of such things will not be helpful to you, as all of mine comes from academic conferences rather than fandom ones, but I wish you much fun. I am also excited for you plugging away on old 'fic, of course, but will keep said excitement to a minimum as I dislike the sort of excitement that is a poor cover for passive-aggressive update begging. You know how it is, I'm sure.
Gainful employment, especially in your field, is pretty boss. I've been enjoying it myself lately. (Next step: stable gainful employment in the field. To dreeeeeaammm the impossible dreammmmmmm...)
Ah, tumblr. It is a delight, isn't it? I, too, am a fan of the ease of endless scrolling.
Next step: stable gainful employment in the field.
Oh my god, yes. It's amazing to actually get paid to use your education, but it'd be nice to have a little job security too. A little more payment wouldn't go amiss either. ;)
I'm glad to hear that academia is treating you (fairly) well these days!
Hey, I'm also going to Norwescon and I think we're on some of the same panels. \o/ I was a panelist at Sherlock Seattle the first year, but I'm not sure I can actually offer any advice. The open invitation to talk about porny fanfic in a public setting seems to set the ball rolling very effectively. I'd be happy to throw around ideas for topics and questions for panels we're both on if you like.
Hey! When I saw the name 'Tartan' on the schedule, I thought that might be you!
I would love to brainstorm ideas for the panels we're on together. That's, what - Work in Progress and Canon, Fanon, and Fic? I might have missed one. Anyway, I think that's a great idea. It might make me a little less nervous about the whole thing. :)
Looks like just those two, yeah. I haven't thought about what I'd want to say on any of my panels, I probably need to brainstorm anyway haha. Email? Gchat?
Congratulations on being a Real Librarian! Has your Slayer been assigned to you yet? Does your library have an adequate selection of crossbows and holy water alongside the books for dogs?
Welcome back to LJ!!! Tumblr is addictive. Even though I feel like LJ is a far better platform for things I care about, like real conversation, privacy controls, and words in general, I still end up spending more time on tumblr. Why, brain? I turned off endless scrolling over there ages ago because it caused me to go into an even deeper time-sucking trance. Anyway, I don't make many posts over here, but I try to stay active about reading my flist and occasionally posting. While no longer the epicenter of fandom, LJ still has plenty of life if one knows where to look.
Woohoo, cons! I love actually getting to be in the same physical space as so many geekfolk. I've never actually been on a panel, so I don't have any advice for that, and sadly I won't be attending norwescon myself. Curse my lack of a TARDIS! However, I believe that dameruth/
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My Slayer is willful and rebellious and she keeps insisting that she just wants to be a normal girl, which is ridiculous, of course. Not only that, but I also have to deal with her quirky friends and their shenanigans . I spend a great deal of time cleaning my glasses.
I really have to start using LJ more. I so rarely contribute original content to tumblr because it just doesn't seem necessary; the whole point of posting something is to have a conversation about it with everyone afterward, and it's so awkward to do that on tumblr.
You know, I'm pretty sure dameruth and I are on a couple of panels together! I recognized her username straight off, of course, from Teaspoon and all her wonderful Doctor Who fic. I shall have to bug her about it before the con and ask her to bestow her wisdom
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I'm sure that librarian school has amply prepared you for dealing with headstrong Slayers, quirky youths, and marathons of glasses-cleaning. Just try to minimize the number of times you're knocked unconscious.
I habitually wear a hat when I'm at work. I'm an environmental educator, so I spend a lot of time outdoors and need the protection from sun, windy hair, and (I now see) vengeful songbirds.
Over the years I've been crapped on by a fair amount of birds and the occasional snake, but never by a squirrel. That's impressive! You win, or perhaps you lose. If any of the kids I'm teaching get pooped on by an animal I tell them they get to make a wish, so I think the universe owes you a rather significant wish for that incident.
Hi hi! I googled Wincon and it looks awesooooome. Now that I have an actual job with actual vacation time, maybe flying to Pennsylvania for an awesome con is the sort of thing I can do now? We shall have to see!
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I've done cons and panels, including moderating. Tbh, I don't do a ton of prep. If I'm a panelist, I just think about my views on whatever the subject is. If I'm a moderator, I sketch up a few questions but usually the crowd is enthusiastic and I just let them do their thing. But I'm probably distressingly blase.
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That's good to hear! I think I've been maybe over-preparing a bit to compensate for my inexperience, so a more blase approach is probably exactly what I need.
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Gainful employment, especially in your field, is pretty boss. I've been enjoying it myself lately. (Next step: stable gainful employment in the field. To dreeeeeaammm the impossible dreammmmmmm...)
Ah, tumblr. It is a delight, isn't it? I, too, am a fan of the ease of endless scrolling.
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Oh my god, yes. It's amazing to actually get paid to use your education, but it'd be nice to have a little job security too. A little more payment wouldn't go amiss either. ;)
I'm glad to hear that academia is treating you (fairly) well these days!
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Congrats on the job!
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I would love to brainstorm ideas for the panels we're on together. That's, what - Work in Progress and Canon, Fanon, and Fic? I might have missed one. Anyway, I think that's a great idea. It might make me a little less nervous about the whole thing. :)
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Welcome back to LJ!!! Tumblr is addictive. Even though I feel like LJ is a far better platform for things I care about, like real conversation, privacy controls, and words in general, I still end up spending more time on tumblr. Why, brain? I turned off endless scrolling over there ages ago because it caused me to go into an even deeper time-sucking trance. Anyway, I don't make many posts over here, but I try to stay active about reading my flist and occasionally posting. While no longer the epicenter of fandom, LJ still has plenty of life if one knows where to look.
Woohoo, cons! I love actually getting to be in the same physical space as so many geekfolk. I've never actually been on a panel, so I don't have any advice for that, and sadly I won't be attending norwescon myself. Curse my lack of a TARDIS! However, I believe that dameruth/ ( ... )
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Thank you!
My Slayer is willful and rebellious and she keeps insisting that she just wants to be a normal girl, which is ridiculous, of course. Not only that, but I also have to deal with her quirky friends and their shenanigans . I spend a great deal of time cleaning my glasses.
I really have to start using LJ more. I so rarely contribute original content to tumblr because it just doesn't seem necessary; the whole point of posting something is to have a conversation about it with everyone afterward, and it's so awkward to do that on tumblr.
You know, I'm pretty sure dameruth and I are on a couple of panels together! I recognized her username straight off, of course, from Teaspoon and all her wonderful Doctor Who fic. I shall have to bug her about it before the con and ask her to bestow her wisdom ( ... )
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I habitually wear a hat when I'm at work. I'm an environmental educator, so I spend a lot of time outdoors and need the protection from sun, windy hair, and (I now see) vengeful songbirds.
Over the years I've been crapped on by a fair amount of birds and the occasional snake, but never by a squirrel. That's impressive! You win, or perhaps you lose. If any of the kids I'm teaching get pooped on by an animal I tell them they get to make a wish, so I think the universe owes you a rather significant wish for that incident.
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Still, though. Poop is poop. Maybe snake poop isn't all that special.
Also, your job sounds awesome.
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p.s. ARCANA YESSSSSS
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p.s. :D
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