And why have you brought me children's toys?

[sovay]

Please ignore last post: I am not going to Wiscon this year. A confluence of physical health issues is not going to permit it. My apologies to everyone I had even tentative plans to meet up with. Trust me, I'd rather be hanging out with you.

I need an icon that's in even a worse mood than Psholtii.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry your health is preventing you from going. (When is it, exactly? Is it next weekend?)

[sovay]

(When is it, exactly? Is it next weekend?)

This weekend. I was supposed to leave tomorrow.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

This one might be appropriate. That's fucking awful. I am very sorry.

[sovay]

I am very sorry.

Thank you.

[gwynnega]

I'm so sorry you can't attend! You'll be at Readercon, yes?

[sovay]

You'll be at Readercon, yes?

Yes. Will you?

[gwynnega]

Yes! It'll be my first Readercon.

[sovay]

I'm so sorry. I hope you recover soon.

Thank you. I hope the con works out for you!

[chomiji]

I'm so sorry to hear this! I know you were really looking forward to it.

I hope you feel better soon.

[sovay]

I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you. It's that kind of spring.

damn damn damn DAMN!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

This ennead is fired.

Nine

[sovay]

This ennead is fired.

It's not fired. If I had been hit by a car or malaria, it could be fired. This is just unpleasant.

So enjoy!

[tim-pratt.livejournal.com]

Oh no! And I haven't seen you for years. I hope you feel better.

[sovay]

And I haven't seen you for years.

Seriously. I was looking forward to seeing you!

I hope you feel better.

Thanks. I hope you have a wonderful time!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Oh, damn. I hope you feel better soon -- is there anything you'd like from WisCon, or anything that would make the ill time pass more quickly?

[sovay]

I hope you feel better soon -- is there anything you'd like from WisCon, or anything that would make the ill time pass more quickly?

I can't think so, but thank you so much for the offer! And have a great con.

[ckd]

I'm very sorry you can't be there. I wish you a quick and full recovery, and hope to see you at Readercon if not before.

[sovay]

I wish you a quick and full recovery, and hope to see you at Readercon if not before.

Thanks. I'll be at Readercon, no fear. If Wiscon had been a local con, it wouldn't have been a problem.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

That's awful. I'm so very sorry.

I hope you're feeling better soon.

[sovay]

I hope you're feeling better soon.

Thanks.

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Ach! How disappointing and frustrating for you. I hope that your health issues clear out soon, for general health's sake even if it's too late for Wiscon utility.

(I am not going, either, but then I've known that for months.)

[sovay]

I hope that your health issues clear out soon, for general health's sake even if it's too late for Wiscon utility.

Thank you. It is very much appreciated.

(I am not going, either, but then I've known that for months.)

(Better luck next year!)

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

As promised, a small mix o' pain vs. hope:

Crow’s Nest—Claire Jenkins Avec Band (http://www.box.net/shared/uli6nhvm02)
Trouble is a Friend—Lenka (http://www.box.net/shared/rih24r0qld)
So Far from Your Weapon—the Dead Weather (http://www.box.net/shared/p027rbot1i)
Lightning Field—Sneaker Pimps (http://www.box.net/shared/x2mp8o4ev6)
Nid de Pie—Claire Jenkins Avec Band (http://www.box.net/shared/48oaiog7s4)

(The first and last tracks are from a local Toronto artist my Mom met through work, and are mirror-images of each other. It's too bad you never got to see Claire Jenkins' stage show, which involved pirate hats made from newspaper and shadow-puppets she eventually set on fire--but OTOH, I doubt I'll ever see it again myself, since she's moved to Australia to be with her boyfriend. Still...I thought of you.;))

[sovay]

As promised, a small mix o' pain vs. hope

You rock.

It's too bad you never got to see Claire Jenkins' stage show, which involved pirate hats made from newspaper and shadow-puppets she eventually set on fire--

Dude. Seriously.

Thank you.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

No problem! Music salves, if not saves.

[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

I signed onto my LJ friends just now to send you best wishes for your trip, and now offer condolences; very sorry you had to cancel. It might be small consolation, but maybe this weekend might be a good one to check out Boston Legal -- good for a few nuanced laughs, at least, and quite possibly more. Prayers for your health and well being.

[sovay]

Prayers for your health and well being.

Much appreciated.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I hope you're feeling better soon, sovay.

[sovay]

I hope you're feeling better soon, sovay.

Thank you.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry - how very disappointing! But you have re-earwormed me: I had just managed to substitute Katherine of Aragon...

[sovay]

I'm so sorry - how very disappointing!

Yeah; today I have a doctor's appointment. I preferred my original plans.

(Thanks.)

But you have re-earwormed me: I had just managed to substitute Katherine of Aragon...

Yikes. Sorry about that. Would you like some sea chanteys instead? That's what I've got at the minute.

[deliasherman.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! It's bad enough not being able to go to Wiscon (I feel your pain there, since I'm stuck home myself with a bad case of Final Draft). To be sick on top of it, when you'd been scheduled for awesome panels and all, is just the pits. Hope the issues clear up soon, and that there Will Be Treats.

[sovay]

Hope the issues clear up soon, and that there Will Be Treats.

Thank you. Assuming I don't spend this weekend in a state of total collapse, I am thinking I will go to the sea.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Epic suck! Is this a return of the Lurgi, or something new and different?

Hope you're better next weekend, for tea-related treats.

[sovay]

Is this a return of the Lurgi, or something new and different?

It's a sort of combination of fallout from lurgi and unrelated bad timing. And like unto the Spanish Inquisition, in that I was totally not expecting it.

Hope you're better next weekend, for tea-related treats.

I hope so!