Please find my harborcoat

[sovay]

My grandfather is out of the hospital. Everyone who wrote with hugs or health-wishes or fingers crossed, thank you. Thank you even if you didn't. Who knows, maybe you thought them. There may even be hope for the data on my computer. I may not have to fire this year after all.

I have also my finalized schedule for Arisia. Unless there are further changes I haven't yet been warned about:

Best Movies You've Never Heard Of
Sat 11:00 AM
Jerome Conner (m), Fig, Misty Pendragon, Eric M. Van, Lance C. Oszko, Sonya Taaffe

Many people don't watch many mainstream pictures—it's even more difficult to show them independent films. Use this time to promote your favorite unrecognized films. Sense and taste be damned, but politeness is welcomed. Panelists should have a broad viewing repertoire to be able to explain why a particular movie is unique and worth seeing.

Myth and Folklore in Fantasy
Sat 2:00 PM
Trisha J. Wooldridge (m), Sonya Taaffe, Catherynne Valente, Roxanne Reddington-Wilde

How do writers use myth in their stories? What are the most common myth cycles drawn from? How does yesterday's traditional folklore relate to today's urban legends? Why is the appeal of these stories so strong, even after millennia?

The Book Didn't Change, But I Did
Sat 8:00 PM
Sonya Taaffe (m), Rebecca, Mary Catelli, Greer Gilman, Jennifer Pelland

Rereading a book you loved as a child, or a teenager, or even last year can be an entirely new experience. Let's reflect together on how books have changed in meaning when read again after life's changes.

Pushing Daisies
Sun 3:00 PM
Eric M. Van (m), Sonya Taaffe, Michael A. Burstein, Mimi Noyes, Nomi Burstein

"Good artists copy. Great artists steal." —Picasso. One of the wonders of Pushing Daisies is that it wears its influences (Tim Burton, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) so openly . . . and yet transcends them and achieves something utterly original. We'll talk about why we love the show and about the strength of artistic vision that allows it to b/o/r/r/o/w/ steal from the best.

Beyond Hogwarts: A Young Fan's Reading List
Mon 12:00 PM
Peter Maranci (m), Sonya Taaffe, Don Sakers, Walter H. Hunt, Greer Gilman

What is out there for kids that doesn't insult the intelligence, but also doesn't fly over the heads faster than a Firebolt?

I still think they should have put me on the poetry reading, but I can always crash it with manuscript in hand. Some very neat people I'm on panels with this year. Anyone else I'm likely to see there?

Tomorrow, The Duchess of Malfi by the Actors' Shakespeare Project, somewhere in Fort Point nineweaving, rushthatspeaks, gaudior, and eredien are hoping we will not break our necks on black ice getting to. I will probably go broke if I keep up this rate of theater, but it will be good for me.

It should go without saying that it delights me that an Alan Turing tea mug has inexplicably appeared around the house. I wish I had a radiator to chain it to.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Very, very glad to hear your good news about your grandfather. That still leaves a father-in-law and a father on my list of folks to pray for, but I'm hopeful in those cases too.

The panels look excellent, especially "The Book Didn't Change, But I Did"--but all of them. Alas, I have a bona fide business trip (probably first and last of its kind) that very weekend, or I'd come for sure...

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

"Good artists copy. Great artists steal." —Picasso.

Now, did he take that from T. S. Eliot, or was it the other way round?

Glad to hear about your grandfather.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear he's back, I hope he stays well.
I may be doing an infamous drive by of Arisia on Saturday. I will keep you posted.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I am so sad about Pushing Daisies.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Boskone? I barely had a chance to see you last summer.

Nine

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Good news! May your grandfather stay well and happy. May your data stay put.

Nine

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Possibly! I'll know closer to the time...

[sovay]

That still leaves a father-in-law and a father on my list of folks to pray for, but I'm hopeful in those cases too.

Yikes. Best thoughts to them.

Alas, I have a bona fide business trip (probably first and last of its kind) that very weekend, or I'd come for sure...

All four days of the con?

(Congratulations, business trip?)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

yeah, probably all four days, because although the trip is only the first two, I'll need to start working on writing up the stuff when I get back.

It's a weird fluke job--I suppose it would be congratulations if I were suddenly going to be doing more things like it, but I can't imagine I will be. It's kind of weird... I don't own a laptop or even a wristwatch, and now I have to fly across the country and act.... professional.

Maybe I'll buy a wristwatch, at least.

[sovay]

I'm glad to hear he's back, I hope he stays well.

Thank you. Yes.

I may be doing an infamous drive by of Arisia on Saturday. I will keep you posted.

That would be very cool. Come and heckle!

[sovay]

I am so sad about Pushing Daisies.

Yes. That show knows how to use language.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Very glad that your grandfather's out of hospital! And I hope that the data-recovery hopes are realised.

Good luck getting to the play, and please don't any of you break a neck, or anything else.

It should go without saying that it delights me that an Alan Turing tea mug has inexplicably appeared around the house. I wish I had a radiator to chain it to.

Interesting. In the absence of a radiator, perhaps something like a refrigerator would do?

[sovay]

Now, did he take that from T. S. Eliot, or was it the other way round?

Hee!

Glad to hear about your grandfather.

Thank you. I hope things are going well with you and yours.

[sovay]

Very glad that your grandfather's out of hospital! And I hope that the data-recovery hopes are realised.

Thanks.

In the absence of a radiator, perhaps something like a refrigerator would do?

No, because the chain would have to run through the handle on the refrigerator or the freezer door; there are too many chances for the mug to be pulled off the counter and smash. The nice thing about radiators is they're stationary.

[sovay]

May your grandfather stay well and happy. May your data stay put.

Thank you!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

You're welcome.

No, because the chain would have to run through the handle on the refrigerator or the freezer door; there are too many chances for the mug to be pulled off the counter and smash. The nice thing about radiators is they're stationary.

True, and this would be an especial danger with a mug that has apparent wandering tendencies. I was thinking perhaps it could be chained to something on the back of the refrigerator, but those radiatorish things are probably not strong enough, really. (Besides which, I find myself uncertain of whether or not modern refrigerators actually have them. It's some while since I've seen the back of a refrigerator that wasn't an old dormitory-sized model.)

[gwynnega]

Great news about your grandfather.

And those panels look fantastic. Wish I could be there!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm wishing I'd managed to see this show; you're the third friend I've seen regretting its cancellation.

[mer-moon.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear that about your grandfather.

And those panels look awesome; wish I could listen!

[sovay]

Great news about your grandfather.

Yes. It is a definite, definite improvement.

Wish I could be there!

I will attempt a full report!

[sovay]

I'm so glad to hear that about your grandfather.

Thank you. It really is appreciated.

And those panels look awesome; wish I could listen!

I cannot say come to Arisia for them, but you could consider Readercon?