starmalachite and I got home a little while ago. We were one of the houses that didn't lose power; when thelongshot called and offered to check in on the cats we invited him to camp out at our place if so (which we didn't know at the time). He tells us the cats were clingy and glad for the visit.

The con was a lot of fun, but I'm too busy falling asleep to comment on

Confluence was a lot of fun -- I spent most of the con in the filk room (barely saw the dealers' room and never got to the con suite at all). The new filk I wrote just before Balticon seemed to go over pretty well. I played a game of Stone Age in the lower-level lobby Sunday afternoon, but other than that I mostly listened and hung out.

After the ( Read more... )

I've got the arrangements made for the next couple of conventions on my schedule:

TCEP 15 -- The Elder Party (8/29-9/1)
Capclave (10/17-19)
OVFF (10/24-26 ( Read more... )

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Saturday had a very good lineup of concerts, and a showing of some of Brian Richardson's DragonConTV videos. After the batch of 2x10 (two songs/ten minutes), there was a break for people to get ready for the banquet. As usual, the banquet entertainment was excellent; I only joined in one dance myself, but there was generally as large a crowd as the ( Read more... )

starmalachite and I caught our flight (the timing was a bit close for comfort, but we didn't run into any snags and got to the gate just as boarding was beginning). I was a bit worried that we'd have to wait for our luggage, but it showed up normally.

We got to the hotel and met some of the other early arrivals. Then, we went back to the room for a while; starmalachite ( Read more... )

After finishing up our packing while being pestered for attention from three cats who had figured out that The Humans Are Leaving, ( Read more... )

Went to see Stardust with
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Sunday morning fairly relaxed, as it actually looked like we'd gotten this con done with the biggest "problem" being running short on badge holders for the members we got. (No, this isn't a lead-in to a tale of Disaster Creeping Up Upon Our Unaware Hero. The only other issue that I know of is a post-con complication with the hotel billing; they ( Read more... )

Friday started out with the usual pre-con rush to prepare, tripled since we were on the concom and doubled on top of that since we were also throwing a wedding. Once we got everything sorted out and said good-bye to the cats, we got on the road and arrived sometime in mid-afternoon. My memory of the details is somewhat vague.

After settling in, I ( Read more... )