I brought the little laptop with me to Readercon this morning, I powered her up, and got the blue screen of death!!! Never had the time to figure out what went wrong. I will deal with that problem next week.
Spent most of the convention working the Green Room. I love being in the Green Room, it does not involve a lot of moving around, and Byron can usually just curl up in a corner or under the table and sleep. Kind of surprised I took very few pictures of people with Byron today, I guess we were just that busy. He loves seeing the kids come in to pet him. Since he is laying down while I am there I consider him to be not working. In Byron's case he is always working! Even at a 2am when I am asleep he is working to keep me alive!
Went to two panels today, spent just over 8 hours working in the Green Room. I started serving people their hot drinks, because it was the easiest way to find out when we needed more coffee or cups.
Had a couple of hotel staff tell me that the hotel did not allow pets. I was for the most part able to smile and say he was a service dog. Mostly, but by this evening I was getting real tired of it. I was sitting with some friends on the 6th floor and one of the hotel staffers walked down the hallway a good three times before telling me the hotel did not allow pets. I smiled and held my tongue, but said he is a service dog. I think I might have to mention something to the Con Com. After last year they put the service dog notice right in to the hotel contract! But some how the word has not filtered down to the minions. So every time the shift changed I had to have the very same conversation.
I think perhaps I should leave a picture of him with the hotel front desk and ask them to put it by the time clock. That way when they walk down the hall and see Byron they will know he is a SERVICE DOG and not to bother us.
Grabbed a few new books, not fiction, but short humorous essays. A new paper back edited by Bill Fawcett How to loose the Civil War, and a series by John Grant "Discarded Science" "Corrupted Science" and "Bogus Science" I'll read those right after I finish Civil War, which will be in about 30 minutes.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Thursday, September 17, 2009
You have to love the wank that is Readercon
On days like today when I don't feel well. And, have not felt well for several days running I ask the internet to entertain me. Really entertain me. I started wandering around tv tropes for a while. Then jumped to a web site I have ignored for to long. Fandom wank I do so love you, but my love is one of a lurker. Always along the side of the internet laughing, but never going so far as to trip a single troll. I started to wander about the readercon 2010 wank, and really got into searching up and down every thread. readercon 2010
It made me realize something.
Since I returned to Boston I have been attending Readercon. I have been trying to volunteer for Readercon. To do any little thing I could do. That thing would be nothing, no one from Readercon has ever responded to my emails, or even walking up to the desk and saying "What can I do to help?"
Odd to, since I have a bit of an in. Three of the people on the con com are people I know from my time doing apazines. The late and lamented only by me Tapadance. Two of those three people are RL friends, and both claim to have vouched for me to the powers that be
But, I never got in. Well after reading all the fun and games above I finally figured out why I will never ever cross the line and join Readercon. Two reasons really. The first, I'm a townie, a person born and bred in the Boston area. East of 495 and everything, which makes me less a person than those people who 'moved here' And most importantly, I went to a state college!
Yes the horrors, I went to public school! Public university! I have community college credits. Why I should dare say that know this, Readercon might not even let me sign up next year.
I did do very well on my SATS, never applied for Grad school, so I don't have any other academic numbers to wave about. I like to thing Central Connecticut State University is a good school, safety school though it might be. Do academic awards, from business organization count for anything?
It made me realize something.
Since I returned to Boston I have been attending Readercon. I have been trying to volunteer for Readercon. To do any little thing I could do. That thing would be nothing, no one from Readercon has ever responded to my emails, or even walking up to the desk and saying "What can I do to help?"
Odd to, since I have a bit of an in. Three of the people on the con com are people I know from my time doing apazines. The late and lamented only by me Tapadance. Two of those three people are RL friends, and both claim to have vouched for me to the powers that be
But, I never got in. Well after reading all the fun and games above I finally figured out why I will never ever cross the line and join Readercon. Two reasons really. The first, I'm a townie, a person born and bred in the Boston area. East of 495 and everything, which makes me less a person than those people who 'moved here' And most importantly, I went to a state college!
Yes the horrors, I went to public school! Public university! I have community college credits. Why I should dare say that know this, Readercon might not even let me sign up next year.
I did do very well on my SATS, never applied for Grad school, so I don't have any other academic numbers to wave about. I like to thing Central Connecticut State University is a good school, safety school though it might be. Do academic awards, from business organization count for anything?
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