Glad to hear that Arisia has been surprisingly awesome, although I'd hope it would usually be at least moderately awesome.

Chantey sing? Interesting. Well, one of these days I'll hopefully be able to go.

Good luck with the blizzard--we've got a fair bit of snow coming down right now. My mother and father are going into the city tommorrow--mother's singing at Lincoln Centre. I hope it doesn't get snowed out, although I don't reckon it's over likely--they're only driving a couple of towns over to a commuter lot, and going by bus from there.