Flashback: And then Seanan went to EUROCON.

[seanan_mcguire]

Amy and I left France on Thursday morning, following a ride in a cab operated by a surly but talented driver (we didn't die!), and some exciting airport escapades that I have already detailed in the "Paris" post. Our flight, operated by Aer Lingus, was short and pleasant, although I had never encountered "pay for your soft drinks" on a plane

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[notalwaysweak]

"Well, have you tried being sad without hurting yourself?"

I'm torn between gaping like a goldfish and headdesking. I hope that your answer enlightened him.

I actually did something a bit similar to that at Continuum; there's a talking library panel thing called 'We Do This Stuff So You Can Write About It', and I was on the 'Gets Personal' section with my friend Mary. Between us we covered some of our experiences with depression, bipolar, anxiety, and feminism. It was confronting and chatty at the same time, which was a bit weird. I was pleased that people were so respectful.

I'm really glad that everything's been going so well for you so far (with the exception of the Disneyland Paris issues). I very much enjoy reading about your adventures. (And vow to one day cross your path in person and ask you very nicely for a hug.)

[seanan_mcguire]

It was a good Conversation.

A hug would be splendid.

[ckd]

In Conversation was wonderful and awesome (of course, you are wonderful and awesome so it only stands to reason) even with the minor audience fail.

(And IMO you responded to him beautifully, and far more gracefully than I would have.)

I also had a great time at Shamrokon and am going to heavily pre-support the Dublin 2019 Worldcon bid; these folks ran a great Eurocon and I expect that they'll do a great Worldcon.

[seanan_mcguire]

I am really glad that you liked my response; I knew how important it was that I get it right.

[adafrog]

Very cool. Glad you had a good time. :)

[seanan_mcguire]

Thank you. :)

Book soon, yeah?

[gammelor]

My immediate reactions to--

"Well, have you tried being sad without hurting yourself?"

a) It's not about being sad.

b) I'm still alive, aren't I?

Although snarkier replies would be infinitely better.

[dornbeast]

My suggestion, after thinking about it a bit:

It's like having an allergic reaction and keeping it just to itching, instead of going into anaphylactic shock.

There are medications to help with that, sometimes there's therapies that can help, and in rare cases it just stops going to that level for no reason, but it's not something that can be handled by simple willpower.

[seanan_mcguire]

In this case, snark was less important than clarity. But I am with you on preferring it.

[vettecat]

Kinder eggs!

[seanan_mcguire]

NOMS.

[theadydal]

You were very generous, engaging and kind to interview, esp when I made dumb errors.