Sunday was wide-open. I wandered down through the empty lobby to ops at the early hour of 9am and was accused of being a DERF — Dreaded Early Rising Fan. Karen Roe and I discussed voting regulations and primary elections. Later, Joe and I enjoyed the breakfast buffet with friends Cindy and Knut, with Sarah joining us for a spot of morning tea. Joe and I then spent our share in the Deadler's Room. No, I did not buy the Anakin watch. While Joe was paying for his books, I started reading Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and when I realized that I didn't want to put the book down, I added it to the pile.
I dropped in on the end of the Cliche Paragraph Competition panel. No one had brought paragraphs of their own for the competition, so the panelists and audience members wrote paragraphs on the spot. Read Steven's post from January 26 for their creative efforts. (Read it ALOUD with feeling. It's funnier that way.)
Tracy Callison of Capricon has nearly convinced me to drop in on Capricon next Saturday. (I'm having second thoughts. $45 for one day membership is a bit high, when all four days is only $60. And it takes 12 hours of volunteering to get a refund. That's reasonable for a four day convention, but not for one day. I'd happily work three hours for, say, a $15 refund, making one day only $30, but they don't seem to do partial refunds.)
This was ConFusion where there was more that I had wished I had done than I actually managed to do, which has me both pleased at all the options and a little disappointed for missing them.
There were a number of room parties I missed, namely the Midwestecon and Minneapolis in '73 parties. And somehow I never made it to the pool and hottub. (What was wrong with me?) Panels that I wished I had caught include: Meet the Fans Reception; Where Did the Future Go? (Sarah, Catherine, was it good?); Inspiration? Everything! (Artist GoH Julie Bell); Privatization of Public Spaces; Social Science and Science Fiction (Science GoH Ron Westrum), Hidden Events (Ron again), Steam Punk (a panel about dead technologies, not the genre). Wow. That's a lot of panels! Oh well, better time management next time!
From Russia with love. We hear you, remember, you best.
Posted by: Hippy | April 04, 2004 at 02:49 PM