(no subject)
May. 1st, 2023 11:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seekingferretMy weekend was pretty good! I went to the Heliosphere con hotel straight from work, but I was so wiped out that after kiddush and dinner in my room I just crashed and didn't actually go any con stuff.
Saturday morning I sleepily attended a lightly attended panel that was mostly Chuck Gannon monologuing, then went to the game room where I met up with someone I've been gaming with at Philcon and other cons for years and beat him at Splendor for I think the first time ever. Then I solved a cryptic crossword with Scrabble tiles and went to lunch.
After lunch I went to a super-neat panel involving a doctor, a biologist, and some spec-fic writers brainstorming what a modern doctor could do if they traveled back in time, to treat people using modern scientific knowledge and whatever was available back then. After that, back to the game room for Ticket to Ride and more Splendor, then back to my hotel room for a bit of a nap and some reading.
In the evening there was an Everything Everywhere All at Once Appreciation Circle and then, in lieu of the traditional Eye of Argon reading, some writers read their stories from a new anthology of Eye of Argon sequels. The editor's instruction to the writers was that in the spirit of the literary game, they should not fix any of their typos while writing. The result was hilarious.
Sunday morning I unfortunately had to work a few hours, but then I picked upghost_lingering at the train station and we spent the whole afternoon shaping our ten seconds of Frankenvid timeline into a masterpiece. It was so much fun vidding with ghost_lingering and I honestly learned a lot.
The only damper on the whole thing was work. Last week was incredibly stressful and this week is going to be about as stressful. Way too much stuff is trying to happen in way too little time. I wish I could say that there's an end in sight but there probably isn't. I mean, at least we're doing some really cool projects?
Saturday morning I sleepily attended a lightly attended panel that was mostly Chuck Gannon monologuing, then went to the game room where I met up with someone I've been gaming with at Philcon and other cons for years and beat him at Splendor for I think the first time ever. Then I solved a cryptic crossword with Scrabble tiles and went to lunch.
After lunch I went to a super-neat panel involving a doctor, a biologist, and some spec-fic writers brainstorming what a modern doctor could do if they traveled back in time, to treat people using modern scientific knowledge and whatever was available back then. After that, back to the game room for Ticket to Ride and more Splendor, then back to my hotel room for a bit of a nap and some reading.
In the evening there was an Everything Everywhere All at Once Appreciation Circle and then, in lieu of the traditional Eye of Argon reading, some writers read their stories from a new anthology of Eye of Argon sequels. The editor's instruction to the writers was that in the spirit of the literary game, they should not fix any of their typos while writing. The result was hilarious.
Sunday morning I unfortunately had to work a few hours, but then I picked up
ghost_lingering at the train station and we spent the whole afternoon shaping our ten seconds of Frankenvid timeline into a masterpiece. It was so much fun vidding with ghost_lingering and I honestly learned a lot.The only damper on the whole thing was work. Last week was incredibly stressful and this week is going to be about as stressful. Way too much stuff is trying to happen in way too little time. I wish I could say that there's an end in sight but there probably isn't. I mean, at least we're doing some really cool projects?
(no subject)
Date: 2023-05-02 06:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-05-02 09:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-05-03 12:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-05-02 08:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-05-05 03:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-05-08 02:39 pm (UTC)Oh no, not having an end in sight re: work stress makes it so much harder imo! But at least the projects are cool.
(no subject)
Date: 2023-05-08 04:17 pm (UTC)