Life Signs

[rattfan]

This is my "I'm alive but only just" post. I'm in the wrecked state traditional for this time of a Worldcon. Mostly having a good time; have found several books I was after and bought T-shirts for the rats to chew when I get home.

Most of what satyapriya has been saying is true; will elucidate when I get home and have a working brain once more. She paid for today's breakfast with geisha money, for example.

I'm now catching up with online stuff while I wait for room service to do their thing before I try to have a nap. "Try" being the operative word; we are way too close to the Crowne Plaza's noisy elevator which is apparently a known problem to everyone but me when I was doing my booking. I intend to make this public far and wide; they have not made a friend here.

Went to the Masquerade last night which was something of a disappointment for a Worldcon; way too heavy on the fairy princesses who pranced on stage and pranced off. You know, the Galadriel with the best cleavage? I saw hall costumes around the place which were way better, e.g. the bloke with the black leather kilt. Don't know what he'd have called his costume but I would have voted for it.

Everyone will probably know Melbourne has won the 2010 - hey, we knew that, right? - and I'll be bound for there in two years unless I have a sudden outbreak of common sense.

take care, back next week


Sue

Comments

extra passport pics?

[ankh-hpl.livejournal.com]

You seem to have left 2 extra passport pics of your lovely self at our house. If you need them before you leave, please call us & tell us where to send them. Otherwise, I'll send them to Perth with your TOTU contrib.

[snakypoet]

That sounds about the right space to be in after all the frenetic activity, lol.

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

Wrecked? From all those early nights and taking naps?

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

This from the man who slept all day so he could stay up all night?

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

I'd plead guilty to "all morning", sometimes, but not all day.

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

Ok, fair enough :-) I also didn't *get* any early nights, though I tried for them. See the comments by satyapriya about the charming lift which lived on our floor and dinged its bell every 150 seconds or so. Eventually the hotel management stuck up a notice asking people to press the button for the other two lifts (long story) and that helped somewhat.

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

If you didn't successfully get early nights, you might as well have come to the parties.

It's a shame about the Crowne Plaza lifts. I heard numerous complaints about them, regarding excessive noise and lack of reliability and speed. The Sheraton had some annoying features, but luckily none that impacted upon the ability to get sleep.

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

No, not really party person, especially when I'm so tired I feel unwell. What suits one person doesn't suit all.