the Whore of Mensa Rides Again

[green_amber]

Novacon was fine, but I have to say the dinner I had last night was more fun cubed and squared in about 3 hours flat I didn't stop laughing once .. SIGGHHH -- why am I such a sucker for incredibly intelligent lucid clued up interdisciplinary people? (No, this is not anyone you know!) He was the third person in 3 days to tell me I should just get on with it and move to London - the fates do seem to be telling me something..

For the third year running, Novacon turned for me into less of a con and more an oportunity to sleep in, recover from work and have a swim (I didn't even get around to wearing my corset after all that - ah well, B Movie?) I did have a lovely Chinese with Anne and Mike WANOLJ but otherwise it was slough all the way. OH and slagging off Torchwood on the TV panel, as promised, and arguing with Greg on the Eastercon panel who was being even more pillock-like than usual. yeh truely, corset workshops and Aristophanes are ALL About SF. For sure. I may EVEN WRITE A LOC to Banana Wings.). Meanwhile re Novacon.. This may on the whole be a good thing (I even managed to finally do the long awaited Telewest Call on Saturday) but I'm still not convinced the best place to do it is Walsall. I like bohemiancoast's idea of a fannish weekend in Belgian Centre Parcs - cute self catering chalets, lovely pool, ecologically sound bikes, satay and moules frites and 30 diferent types of belgian beer... anyone up for it? (No this does not have to clash with Eastercon!!) I was thinking maybe Feb/March..

Off to give paper at DDOS conf. Slightly scared and very tired - wish me luck!

Comments

[davesangel.livejournal.com]

OH and slagging off Torchwood on the TV panel, as promised

Hooray!

And good luck with giving the paper at the conference.

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

Buggering around in Belgium sounds like fun.

You should come to B-Movie. You probably look damn hot in that corset.

You should move to London. It's quite nice here, really.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Will you be at B Movie then??

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

Well, I've only missed one so far this year...

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

Just don't clash any Belgian trips with Picocon or Redemption...

I was going to say that!

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

And I'm going to add the Filkcon to that list ...

... but with Contemplation I doubt I'll be available for a Belgian trip until sometime after April 13th (not that that should stop anyone, though I'd love to come along if I can make it!)

[fjm.livejournal.com]

I definitely fanc a fannish weekend at Belgium Centre Parcs

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I'll have to do a dates poll..

[makyo.livejournal.com]

... arguing with Greg on the Eastercon panel ...
Ah yes, I remember that bit. I was sat about five feet away from one of the PA loudspeakers at the time. My ears stopped ringing after a while, though :)

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

:-)

[fishlifter.livejournal.com]

I may EVEN WRITE A LOC to Banana Wings

That would, I think, be a first. We wait, poised with anticipation...

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

Off to give paper at DDOS conf. Slightly scared and very tired - wish me luck!

*luck*

Here's hoping you don't get prevented from presenting your paper by a vast number of trivial requests coming in from all sides at once. *grin*

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

vg *laf*

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

Off to give paper at DDOS conf. Slightly scared and very tired - wish me luck!

I have this mental image of you standing at the podium, waiting for audience to finish entering and settle down before you start. As minutes go by, it seems that more and more people are entering the room, greeting their colleagues, and working their way in to the remaining empty seats. Other people are looking at their watches or phones, and apologetically getting up and leaving. More people enter. There is no sign that they will stop. Is it a distributed denial of speech attack? How should you respond? Is the hall responsible for inspecting all the people entering? As you ponder this, a man in a slick suit steps up, smiles, takes the mike from you podium, and launches into a real estate seminar for some dodgy timeshare condos in Nigeria. A worker turns up the volume to a punishing din. Other workers bring in packets of what looks like cheap posters, junk mail, and magazine subscription cards. They hand them out to the members of the audience. The audience members, including people you recognize, start making calls on their cell phones. You realize that the entire hall has been converted into a boiler room operation for the real estate scam. Suddenly march music starts playing from the PA. The audience forms itself into groups of ten and exits. You are left staring at a room empty except for the mounds of paper piled in the aisles and blowing around under the air vents. Workers come in and take away the mike and the podium, including your purse. You are not feeling very well, and sit down.

Sorry this story doesn't have a happy ending. It would be nice to know if there could be one.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

I got some ideas today :)

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never been to Belgium. But I'd probably only be interested if it were later in March...

MKK

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

It's been a long while since I smiled as much as I did at that TV panel. Highlight of the weekend.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Thank you, I think! Do I know you??

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

You mean you didn't recognise me from my userpic? Alas, no, we have never met. I spent most of Novacon behind a table in the dealer's room trying to unload some of my books, but I'm glad I made it to the TV panel. Great fun, even though I disagree with you about Torchwood - I'm rather enjoying it, shamelessly derivative though it undoubtedly is.