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ksmithI keep forgetting that Wiscon is in a couple of weeks. I heard from the folks organizing the readings--my slot is on Saturday morning. We'll be limited to 6-7 pages, given the timing. I'd like to read a section of the new J5 Chapter 1, with my idomeni POV. Pick a nice, tense section at the end. Haven't yet written the chapter, but I know how it ends. My books in microcosm.
I also have three other panels, including one where my books are mentioned in the panel description. This is a first. I'm still not sure whether it's a good idea for me to sit on that panel or not, but Syne Mitchell will be on it as well and her books are also in the description. Might give us a chance to explain why we think the description isn't quite 'on'. Our female protags are compared to Gibson's Case, and while I haven't read NEUROMANCER, folks who have told me that Jani and Case are not alike.
Anyway, looking forward to seeing Madison, and staying at the Concourse, and visiting the shops and restaurants I visit each year.
In day job news, I found out that a few of us will be moving to a new office area. On April 1st, a layout of this new area was posted, along with a note telling us to pick our new cubes NOW or they would be chosen for us the following week. So I picked a cube, as did a few other folks. A few hours later, we found an Apirl Fool! sign stuck to the board. Funny funny hah hah.
Now it looks like I'll be moving after all. I doubt I'll get the cube I picked, though, a corner with views out two windows.
House obsession has me by the throat. I've applied for a home equity line of credit--if I get it, I'd like to put an addition on the house. A master bedroom with full bath, and a mudroom. With two big dogs, a mudroom is a necessity. The hardwood floors took a beating this past winter.
I also have three other panels, including one where my books are mentioned in the panel description. This is a first. I'm still not sure whether it's a good idea for me to sit on that panel or not, but Syne Mitchell will be on it as well and her books are also in the description. Might give us a chance to explain why we think the description isn't quite 'on'. Our female protags are compared to Gibson's Case, and while I haven't read NEUROMANCER, folks who have told me that Jani and Case are not alike.
Anyway, looking forward to seeing Madison, and staying at the Concourse, and visiting the shops and restaurants I visit each year.
In day job news, I found out that a few of us will be moving to a new office area. On April 1st, a layout of this new area was posted, along with a note telling us to pick our new cubes NOW or they would be chosen for us the following week. So I picked a cube, as did a few other folks. A few hours later, we found an Apirl Fool! sign stuck to the board. Funny funny hah hah.
Now it looks like I'll be moving after all. I doubt I'll get the cube I picked, though, a corner with views out two windows.
House obsession has me by the throat. I've applied for a home equity line of credit--if I get it, I'd like to put an addition on the house. A master bedroom with full bath, and a mudroom. With two big dogs, a mudroom is a necessity. The hardwood floors took a beating this past winter.
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Date: 2004-05-07 06:13 am (UTC)As for mudrooms, I can't even imagine having an umbrella. (That is, we do have one somewhere--I know we bought one when my daughter was young, and I did find it to take back east last summer, but it's vanished again.) I guess out here that would be a sun room--where you block the sun, but can send the kids to play if it's not too hot, and have plants all around, and the like.
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Date: 2004-05-07 09:36 am (UTC)*Kaygo makes note to post con reports*
>As for mudrooms, I can't even imagine having an umbrella. >(That is, we do have one somewhere--I know we bought one >when my daughter was young, and I did find it to take back >east last summer, but it's vanished again.) I guess out >here that would be a sun room--where you block the sun, but >can send the kids to play if it's not too hot, and have >plants all around, and the like.
For all I am beginning to dislike winter, I don't know if I'd do well in a place without 4 seasons. Because as much as I gripe about the snow, there are times, such as when I'm walking the dogs through drifts, that I really enjoy it.
Maybe I would sacrifice the snow and move somewhere a shade warmer, if only for the growing season. We're still experiencing nights in the 30s, and some of the flowers can't take it.
In a weird weather note, I puttered around outside this morning before leaving for work, and saw that we did not receive the rain that we were supposed to have received. A few drops, barely enough to disturb the dust on the car. Note that I live in North part of town. Got in car. By the time I arrived in South part of town, all of a mile and a half or so away, I noticed wet roads, and puddles, and other signs that much rain had fallen in the recent past.
Talk about your scattered showers.