Time's just slipping down the old slipways

[sovay]

I resent coming down with a cold on the first night of Arisia. It is not cricket of the con crud to preempt the con. It could at least have had the decency to wait until the final morning, when it would have been equally inexplicable.

(My senses of smell and taste are intact within normal limits of congestion, the numbers on my pulse oximeter are mundane and I have shown no signs of fever. Just who wants even a normal cold these days?)

I hadn't quite realized until preparing for this virtual version of the con how much I am used to a live audience for panels and readings and while I will certainly have interaction with my panel-mates, it's not the same as being able to read an entire room. spatch said sympathetically that it's the worst of broadcasting: all in real time and no retakes. At which point all I could hear was Alan Swann, aghast: "You mean it all goes into the camera lens and then just spills out into people's houses?"

At least there should be a low probability of gangsters.

Comments

[selkie]

Jesus stammering Christ the spreadsheets it takes to do a Zoomeral. Is why I asked if you had your notes. I am confident you are enough of a natural performer and can project tummler-ness hard enough to smooth over most anything that might happen, but from ten months' experience, if you want:
-- no, more notes
-- no, more water

[yhlee]

Oh man, feel better soon!

[jesse_the_k]

May you have copious tissues and just the right tea.

[thistleingrey]

Take good care!

[handful_ofdust]

I'm not an actor! I'm a MOVIE STAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!

[sovay]

I'm not an actor! I'm a MOVIE STAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!

♥

[moon_custafer]

(swings across stage on a rope)

[nodrog]

I’m so glad people here got that reference.

You know, my favorite scene in that whole movie was at the nightclub, where the lumpy prole couple were having their anniversary - and Errol Flynn Swann showed what he could still do, despite the ravages of time and alcohol…

A simple box step, nothing difficult for her - and he never took his eyes off her.  She was the center of his whole attention, and he smiled a gentle, loving smile, looking straight into her eyes…

That woman floated back to her table with the memory of a lifetime:  Alan Swann asked her for a dance, her! and it was just the two of them on the dance floor, and he looked into her eyes, and she was beautiful…

It was a good comedy film, but far better for that.

[conuly]

It is not cricket of the con crud to preempt the con.

But it must be that way for somebody, or how would it be so ubiquitous?

[sovay]

But it must be that way for somebody, or how would it be so ubiquitous?

But it's supposed to be inconspicuous, so you don't know you're handing it out!

[pameladean]

Oh, unfair! And indeed, who wants ANY illness, ever, really; but particularly right now? I hope it goes away fast.

And that your panels are fun and interesting. I've avoided virtual conventions so far despite having thought before they were a possibility that they would probably suit me.

P.

Sympathies.

[kathmandu]

And here I thought skipping in-person cons would definitely free us from the con-crud this year.

Re: Sympathies.

[sovay]

And here I thought skipping in-person cons would definitely free us from the con-crud this year.

It's totally cheating!

[gwynnega]

Con crud for a virtual con really isn't fair.

[asakiyume]

Ugh; it's as if your body said, "Con?! Oh, okay, I know how to do that."

I bought a registration! I couldn't do anything last night and this morning I have a three-hour zoom training (_@) but I intend to drop by your things later in the afternoon, tomorrow, and Monday. At least some (especially the Monday one, God willing).

[genarti]

Oh, unfair! A lack of con crud is supposed to be an upside of the virtual con experience, along with the lack of travel, to partially offset all the inherent downsides! Boo and bah. May your restorative beverages of choice do the trick with marvelous haste and efficacy.

(I opted not to be on panels this year because sign-ups came at a point when I was feeling zoom-scheduled-out, and I think that was the right call, but I am attending! So I should see you at a few, technology willing. :) )

[thisbluespirit]

I resent coming down with a cold on the first night of Arisia. It is not cricket of the con crud to preempt the con.

That is taking virtual reality too far!!

I hope you feel better soon & good luck nonetheless. ♥