sovay: (Rotwang)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2019-08-21 10:30 pm

Open the ring and take one in and kiss them when you get them in

I aten't dead; I'm in Providence. I have been put up in a room at the Graduate (formerly and existentially still the Biltmore) that is spatially swanky and furnished in an extreme hipster style that at the moment I am finding congenial, if a little bewildering. There is a still life of donuts on the wall next to the walk-in closet. There is a portrait of a parakeet and a painting of a heroic football bronze on the far side of the couch. The living room light fixture resembles a giant clam shell. Actually I like that a lot. I wish the wallpaper with a pattern of bookshelves were real bookshelves; I could be reading Lovecraft and CaitlĂ­n right now. Getting to the train station this afternoon was an unexpected headache and the train itself turned out to contain a small child whose parents should really not have given it a noisemaking toy for the duration of the trip, but I was met at the station by Niels-Viggo Hobbs and I had dinner at Sura with Merlin Cunniff and afterward we caught a short film by Daphne Gem and Xander Marro, themed around the Victorian language of flowers, as the opening act of a show at the Dirt Palace; then I ran entirely out of stamina and Merlin saw me back to the hotel. I unpacked my clothes experimentally into the dresser, since I'll be here for five days. Tomorrow, NecronomiCon proper begins. So far it has been quite nice and I am not getting up in the morning until I have to.
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[personal profile] a_reasonable_man 2019-08-22 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
It all sounds providential. Greetings to Merlin, and I look forward to hearing all about the poetry, prose, and con.
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[personal profile] troisoiseaux 2019-08-22 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
the wallpaper with a pattern of bookshelves

This is somehow both the best and worst design choice I can think of.

Have a great trip!!
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[personal profile] gwynnega 2019-08-22 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Enjoy the con!
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[personal profile] thawrecka 2019-08-22 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
I wonder if it's the exact same bookshelf pattern wallpaper I keep seeing elsewhere.
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2019-08-22 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
Glad you made it safely!
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[personal profile] oracne 2019-08-22 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds great so far!
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[personal profile] choco_frosh 2019-08-22 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Enjoy the con, and good luck!
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[personal profile] selkie 2019-08-22 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
What have they done to the Biltmore.
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[personal profile] dramaticirony 2019-08-22 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
The hotel room sounds neat.

Have a grand time at the con!
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[personal profile] selkie 2019-08-23 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I want you to have a swanky stay in a posh hotel! But -- my dear! -- promise you'll check your trouser length. If you wake up and they've gone above your ankles, and all your socks are gone, run. Run before all your shirts turn plaid.