8/15/07: Bright racing star
Aug. 15th, 2007 11:20 pm
Back from Armadillocon. A good time, spent hanging out mostly with
West Coast and East Coast friends rather than Texans. Had breakfast
with jaylake, who later showed us the
Freshman
Moon and skunked me in pool; had lunch, ice cream, and yarn
shopping with
madrobins; had a fine dinner with
sdn and
klages in a restaurant with a view of
the bats, if they had ever appeared. We also had good BBQ at
the airport both coming and going. At the convention itself I spent
most of my time hanging out in the convivial space between function
rooms, chatting with whoever came by (which included
suricattus and Patty Wells WINOLJ). Hanging out with
klages was a special treat. Who else could cause three
people to burst into song: "There is nothing like my brain / Nothing
in the world / There is nothing you can name / That is anything
like my brain..."
Last Japanese class tonight, and the final program schedule for the Worldcon has been posted (I see they gave me a kaffeeklatsch). I so do not feel suffificently prepared for this trip. I'm sure we'll be fine.
Saw Endeavour and the ISS tonight, a bright racing star visible for just a couple of minutes from our back yard. Very cool. Kate said "it moves so deliberately!"