as simple as a kettle, steady as a rock
I had a good weekend, all things considered. Friday it was tear-your-face-off cold, so I hung around at sleetfall's apartment and was grateful for the relative warmth. Saturday I went to Vericon, and am thus able to add Shaennon Garrity, Jeffrey Rowland and Rich Stevens to the list of webcomics people who I have actually seen and interacted with in person. I suppose in all fairness I should also add Tallahassee Econolodge to the list as well, as she was present at the Saturday webcomics panel and confirmed for me that she has been known to wear a tiara to work. To which I said, and say, "awesome." Paul Southworth was there too, but as I don't read his strip I somehow don't feel qualified to comment on him.
They were all about what I expected, which is to say, fantastic and cool. Stevens was a little bit late for the panel, but made up for it by being consistently hilarious once he arrived. He also struck me as the sort of person who, despite a constant stream of jokes and cleverly-disguised nonsense, was actually very thoughtful and reflective in his answers. He's clearly very passionate about the strange medium that is webcomics and has some very interesting and obviously informed opinions, and if I were actually involved in the scene at all I'd love to pick his brain about it. I was briefly afraid I may have incurred his wrath forever when I admitted I didn't read his news posts, although I was later able to qualify that I partially chalk that up to them being "below the fold," which is to say I am too horrifically lazy to scroll down. In point of fact however I'm sure he rapidly forgot about the whole thing.
I’m feeling a little bit sniffly and sickly today (and so is my whole office, from the sound of it) and I’m not quite sure why, because I thought I was essentially over my cold. I’m used to persistent congestion in the Spring because of allergies, but the notion of it starting in late January is too grim to consider.
They were all about what I expected, which is to say, fantastic and cool. Stevens was a little bit late for the panel, but made up for it by being consistently hilarious once he arrived. He also struck me as the sort of person who, despite a constant stream of jokes and cleverly-disguised nonsense, was actually very thoughtful and reflective in his answers. He's clearly very passionate about the strange medium that is webcomics and has some very interesting and obviously informed opinions, and if I were actually involved in the scene at all I'd love to pick his brain about it. I was briefly afraid I may have incurred his wrath forever when I admitted I didn't read his news posts, although I was later able to qualify that I partially chalk that up to them being "below the fold," which is to say I am too horrifically lazy to scroll down. In point of fact however I'm sure he rapidly forgot about the whole thing.
I’m feeling a little bit sniffly and sickly today (and so is my whole office, from the sound of it) and I’m not quite sure why, because I thought I was essentially over my cold. I’m used to persistent congestion in the Spring because of allergies, but the notion of it starting in late January is too grim to consider.