dc | A general update

Well, I went to Eastercon (LX, in Bradford) and had a good time. My original plan had been to take the laptop, but when I saw what the hotel was going to charge for wifi I reconsidered that plan, which seems to have been wise. (Not only was it very expensive, it didn't work very well, if you will excuse the understatement.[*]) Given that I started to feel unwell the night before I travelled down (still not sure what was going on there), and that something was giving me much grief at the hotel in the form of allergies affecting eyes, nose and throat, the spoons lasted pretty well. In fact, bizarrely, the single worst bit of the con was the closing ceremony: sitting in a chair with poor support for more than an hour wiped me out. By about two thirds of the way through it I was seriously despooning. Fortunately, there was sustenance in Ops which revived me so that I was fit to head out for the train. Anyway, I'll try to post a bit more about the con when I have more time. It was good fun, saw lots of lovely people, had an astonishing amount of hugs and free alcohol... Yep. Fun.

Today I surfaced for a bit, met a friend and went to the cinema (In The Loop — more vituperation per minute than any other film). Soon I need to drag myself home. Oh, and by the way... If anyone doesn't know or has forgotten, Satellite 2 in July in Glasgow will be a jolly good convention, with Iain M. Banks, science, lots of fun, and real ale. You know you want to be there.

Oh, and in case it isn't obvious: I have not remotely caught up with my flist. :(

[* One of my favourite overheard exchanges from the con: Fan: Your wifi in this hotel's shite! Hotel staff: Yeah, that's why I don't use it.]

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I am clearly getting something wrong, as I seem to have created an account called watervole.livejournal.com (I didn't have an invite, I was trying to follow a link from a friend)

I was trying to do something with open ID, but as I'm not totally sure how this works, I am now in a state of considerable confusion - and have no idea how to do this cross-posting thing...

I think what you have done is linked your LJ account to Dreamwidth.

I really do want to get to Satellite 2, trying to work out how just now.

Was lovely meeting you in Bradford :-)

Ooo, hotel wi-fi. I could tell you some stories...

What I didn't say about that quote was that the fan who was griping about the wifi was standing up and slowly waving his laptop about at eye level in an attempt to get a signal...

Likewise. :)

Well, that's easy, you take the train to Marylebone, go to Euston and get the train to Glasgow Central... ;)

OK, being facetious, but I just noticed you live in High Wycombe. I used to work there. Happy memories!

Do try to come, it should be a fun con.

That's like standing in front of the microwave and staring at it to make whatever's cooking cook faster!

It sort of worked at times... It was like the old days of TV. We were of the opinion that the hotel wifi had an antenna.

Har. Har. Har.

I think that it's a rule that everyone has to have worked in Wycombe at some point. Some of us get stuck here for years, for no real reason other than inertia though.

I'll poke at the Satellite 2 stuff some more later. Would be nice to do more con going, and I really like Glasgow too.

Yes, it is striking how many people seem to have passed through there. :)

It would be a good excuse to have a wee holiday in Scotland.

The holiday angle is the one I'm working on ... it is complicated by an online game in the end game stage though.

Maybe I'll just head up there on my own.

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