"filking"

Sep. 11th, 2007 04:05 pm
jenk: Faye (read)
From the Harry Dresden book-before-last:
The room wasn't a big one — maybe the size of a large elementary-school classroom. There was a raised platform about a foot high at one end, with chairs on it behind a long table. More chairs faced it in rows. A sign, now discarded on the floor behind the door, declared that the room was scheduled for something called "filking" between noon and five o'clock today. "Filking" sounded suspiciously like it might be an activity somehow related to spawning salmon, or maybe some kind of bizarre mammalian discussion. I decided that it was probably one of those things I was happier not knowing.
Harry spends much of this book at a horror con. Somehow I think Jim Butcher knows all about filking ... hence the fun description ;)

(Yes, [livejournal.com profile] byrdie, we finally read them ;)
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The Norwescon movie group spoofed these "masterpieces" this year with

Manslugs!

The Making Of A "Sci-Fi Original"


It's about 10 minutes long. WMV here, and you can read about it here and here. Yes, that's [livejournal.com profile] jw1776 making one of the pitches. :)
jenk: Faye (eyes)
Con was fun :)
Vacation was wonderful
Work is going well
Signed up for a new yoga class (Tuesday evenings)
New gutters
[livejournal.com profile] skydancer's new job is going well
New Stone Soup book
Japanese maple has grown a new crop of fluffy leaves
Rain brought down the pollen levels
Claritin
Alec's first concert :)
jenk: Faye (KittySmile)
The Importance of Minions. Pity you couldn't run dealer control from a hammock. ;)

(Source: http://www.kittensofdarkness.net, via [livejournal.com profile] gaaneden.)
jenk: Faye (Zoe&Wash)
Or at least the Sunday Magazine did, in the form of Norwescon, Sakura-con, and Foolscap.
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Edward has March of the Fenquins on his downloads page, so those of us who were not at the fandance film festival can check it out.

You should also check out CSI Norwescon while you're there. Isn't the victim hawt?

More info on Norwescon movies here.

norwescon

Apr. 17th, 2006 05:27 pm
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We went to Todai's for lunch and didn't see anyone we knew. Weird...well, maybe not so weird. Just another reminder that I'm not at the con anymore. See, at con, you spend most of your time at one hotel and the restaurants nearby - so running into people is SOP. The outer bar chairs are popular because you can chat with whoever wanders by...

So, this con. I helped [livejournal.com profile] cyberangel_'s crew with setup, breakdown, and some stuff in between. I ogled straightened earrings, rings, necklaces, and so on. I learned how to run the new credit card machine. I got to [livejournal.com profile] runnerwolf's woo-woo panel and asked leading questions. I heard some new Heather Alexander songs, and pre-ordered her new album. I chatted with a bunch of folks I hadn't seen in a while. I laughed & cried & held the service book for Mir at the St Chiros Easter Vigil.

I was grateful for the friends & heart family who checked in with me over the weekend, which was largely why Springsteen's "Blood Brothers" touched me last night... Yes, all the walking and lifting and long hours and unfamiliar schedule, food & beds had their usual effects. I had some unexpected roadblocks too, mostly having to do with Mom and my "normal" Easter rituals. Mom stuff )

Anyway. By Thursday night I was an overly emotional mess. Friday was worse. But I dealt with it.

I am glad we got there Wednesday, so Jesse & I had a bit of "us time" before the con began in earnest. I was honored to hear yesterday that I was a big part of why someone else enjoyed the con.
jenk: Faye (wedding)
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away
We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take
We stood side by side each one fightin' for the other
We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers

Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away
Making a fool's joke out of the promises we made
What once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray
We lose ourselves in work to do, work to do and bills to pay
And it's a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover
With no one runnin' by your side my blood brother

Through the houses of the dead
Past those fallen in their tracks
Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back

Now I don't know how I feel, I don't know how I feel tonight
If I've fallen 'neath the wheel, if I've lost or I've gained sight
I don't even know why, I don't know why I made this call
Or if any of this matters anymore after all

But the stars are burnin' bright
Like some mystery uncovered
I'll keep movin' through the dark
With you in my heart
My blood brother
It was a good con.

Shinies!

Sep. 27th, 2005 11:17 am
jenk: Faye (Maggie)
Look - rock porn!

Mmmmm....

Mar. 26th, 2005 12:46 am
jenk: Faye (lilo)
I had worried the blue silk pants were too small. They are tight when I sit down, but walking or dancing....MMMM. These are like-I'm-wearing-nothing pants, wonderful for dancing.

Yes, I'm having a good con so far. Went to Good Friday service, Michael Whelan's slide show, visited the dealer's room (which I'm told is open to the public), caught up with Jesse a bit, had dinner with friends, dessert with another, hung out with [livejournal.com profile] cyberangel_, joined yet more friends for a drink, then Jesse & [livejournal.com profile] dianthus dragged me to the dance :)

I have to keep reminding myself that no, it's not Saturday. Tomorrow is Saturday, and then I get Sunday off from work too....

Life is not perfect, but it's good. Or to paraphrase Dorothy Sayers, "worthwhile, on the whole".

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