Wednesday 12 May 2004

• For my fellow webloggers out there...

  
  

   

  
  

  I'm used to four hours of sleep each night of a convention and requiring the next day to recover.  Because I had half that amount of sleep I was still exausted the first half of today and even had to take a nap for my morning break.  But I'm used to having the pre-con work done a month out, not starting it late Thursday night, so I guess considering what I was handed I did rather well.

  
  

   

  
  

  I remembered a bit more of the convention today.  My friends in the DSG had a room full of various sf props, mostly Star Wars obviously.  They were in various Star Wars villain costumes, too, throughout the weekend.  I hear that the DSG will be the Masquerade halftime show next year, so that's pretty exciting!  In fact, I think they were used in the Modal Nodes:  Twenty Years Later trailer this year. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Sunday morning I slept through huge portions of mass.  I kind of remember Father Richard discussing how love brings about the Kingdom.  Or else I'm mixing things up.  I was barely conscious. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Sunday afternoon at the Compliments and Complaints panel there was a lot of good constructive feedback.  It's interesting how the financial realities which convention runners and attendees deal with seem to be almost contrary to each other.  I think one of the reasons for that is that conrunners have a staff lounge, which saves a lot of expense as compared to attendees.  It was also good to hear attendees duplicate my requests for more modern equipment such as a digital video projector and a DVD player.  Fewer guests and participants request VHS players or slide projectors.  They are moving towards the newer technologies.  Finally, a better suggestion was finally made for notification for program additions and changes:  use coloured paper when printing and posting signs.  I had used a different font, but that's a much better idea.  Heck, if we could do colour ink that'd be even better, but let's not press our luck. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Bill called me Thursday afternoon while I was awaiting Kitty and the program operations gear.  He admitted that he had received my various attempts to contact him, but that he was avoiding responding until he felt up for it.  He also admitted that he probably didn't feel up to helping at-con, despite the fact that he didn't think that staying home all weekend was a good idea for him either.  So he promises to call back when he decides either way. 

  
  

   

  
  

  So, Saturday he calls again wanting to know if I'm available.  A quick reminder that I'm busy with a thing like, oh, convention programming, seems like a new discovery to him.  So then he asked if I'd seen Van Helsing yet.  Once again, I remind him that I'm kind of busy, so of course not.  He seems surprised, and wonders when I'll be available.  I tell him, Monday, which disppoints him, but he promises to call then.

  
  

   

  
  

  Monday he calls and inquires about Van Helsing again, and I confess that I still haven't seen it.  I also admit to being too broke to see the movie, but offer to do something free.  He asks to call back.  He does in a little while and offers to treat.  So he comes over and we see the movie.  He also treats me to a new 2004 Harkins cup, which he lets me keep. 

  
  

   

  
  

  As he leaves for the night, he lets me know that he expects me to cover next time.  He confesses that he needs some time before he rejoins the group's Yahoo! Group, butthat he'll let me know when he is.  He also asks to borrow my birthday gift DVDs, before even I have had a chance to watch them.  He turns down a group viewing. 

  
  

   

  
  

  So, anyway, that's what happened.  Now I'm tired again and am going to sleep.  In the meantime, here's a quiz and a quote to ponder. 

  
  

   

  
  

  
  You are a STUDENT of the English language!
  
  You are on your way to becoming gramatically sound; however, you must keep studying if you ever want to be a master. You do manage to speak better than most Americans, but then again, that's not really saying too much...
  
  How grammatically sound are you?
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  "When one is fond of anything one addresses it by diminutives, even if its an elephant or a life-guardsman.  The reason is, that anything, however huge, that can be conceived of as complete, can be conceived of as small." - G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

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