Alright, for those of you who are dying to know (which is probably just the cat; he wants to know his food will still be served on schedule), we've done the calculations and will be making the same convention rounds as last year. For those new to the program, that means:

Keycon: May 15-17, in Winnipeg. Last I heard, they were going to put me up ( Read more... )

This weekend is the local comic con, and since we didn't have anything else planned, we figured it might be fun to check it out. I'm not a big comic book geek, but I've been known to dabble on occasion, and let's face it, geekdom is pretty universal. Also, the always awesome Lar DeSouza was there (we met him at Keycon and Polaris), which provided ( Read more... )

Third and final part! Tune in for more madcap adventures and stalkerish obsessions!

( Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! )

When you're visiting another city, you don't get to go home and cook yourself some supper, and eating out every day gets expensive. We figured, to save time and money, we'd limit ourselves to two meals per day. We had breakfast delivered to our room first thing in the morning, which we ate as we got ready for the day, and then stopped and caught ( Read more... )

Alright, alright. I know people are wanting to hear how my time at Polaris went, so here comes the breakdown. I'm going to do this day by day, rather than jumping around and confusing everyone beyond return, including myself. Pretty much everything was done with husband in tow, unless stated otherwise.

( Friday! )

...and Polaris has finally put up a tentative programming schedule. Excellent. Now I can get all obsessive with my colour-coding markers and spend days agonizing over the three "must attend" panels that have all been scheduled to run at the same time.

And, uh, perhaps I should finish up all those library books before I go, too. Just a thought.

I am going to Polaris (formerly Toronto Trek) in July. Air Miles is a wonderful, wonderful program. Anyone who's going to be around should drop me a line so we can get together for lunch or something while I'm out there. Friendship is always better when there's food involved ( Read more... )