World Fantasy is one of my favorite conventions because of the high density of people that I know and like. Yes, there’s business, but mostly it’s wonderful to sit around and talk shop, or not, with people who get it. This one was a little different for me because SFWA had a presence here, so […]
World Fantasy, last day Read More »
16:50 Important lesson. A rented van counts as a commercial vehicle and can’t go through the Holland tunnel. # 18:05 An hour and twenty minutes later I can see the Lincoln tunnel. # 19:01 One hour to get from the Lincoln Tunnel to City Winery, which sits just north of the Holland tunnel. Sigh. #
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02:07 The number of things that went wrong today without anyone getting hurt was pretty impressive. # 07:58 Grabbing breakfast in between furniture runs and wishing I weren’t stopped. Too much to do today. # 20:16 Spilled red paint on my arm. People keep thinking I’ve been gored. #
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08:45 Rob just went to the subway with the foam head strapped to his arm. I hope I haven’t killed my husband. # 12:54 Heading out to do prop shopping for a film. It’s very different from shopping for stage. # 16:27 My god, traffic sucks. # 22:15 I can’t believe I have to drive
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I’m continuing to have a good time here, although am too tired to sum up properly. Bear with me until tomorrow and I’ll write an actual post. I have a reading at 11:00 and to at least pretend to sleep before then.
00:31 The stone witch is assembled with the basecoat of paint on her. I’m starting the detail paint now. Whee! # 02:29 Putting the dress on the stone witch. By George, I think she’s nearly finished. # 03:26 Stringing beads for the stone witch’s necklace. # 03:46 I’m cleaning up and heading for home. Tomorrow
Last night I went to bed about twenty minutes after Rob. Normally, he would still be awake, but last night I could tell by the sound of his breathing that he was deeply asleep. The winery tires him out during harvest because it’s all hard physical labor and extremely long hours. He was sprawled across
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It’s too late and complicated to explain why my hosts’ home has that moniker. Meanwhile, the workshop is over. It was good to see old friends and make new ones. I’m exhausted and it will take awhile for me to finish processing the weekend. At the moment, I am headed for slumber.
In Portland, at Bone Manor Read More »
We had our first two Peter and the Wolf performances today. I was going to write a lovely post about the differences between a school crowd and a family crowd but I think my brain just shut down.
Hoooooow? How did I manage to schedule tech week for two shows during the same week again? It’s 2:30 am and I feel like I’m going to bed early. That’s a bad sign.
Two tech weeks, again? Read More »
At rehearsal the other day, someone said that the way you feel after an all-nighter is the way you will feel all the time twenty years from now. I feel eighty.
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Layout Shimmer Lunch with Tempest: Mmm. Best risotto in the world More layout Shimmer Dinner with Dean: Watched Taxi Driver for the first time. I know. Should have seen it earlier, but didn’t. Good film. Wow. First time someone’s cooked a meal at their home for me since arriving and then two meals in one
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