I have been so harried the last few months, that this WisCon was somewhat unprecedented for me, in that I only signed up for one thing, a single panel. No art show, no spice-grinding at the Gathering, and usually I have at least three panels / day, instead of just one at the con. It […]
Benjamin Rosenbaum and Annalee Newitz, after Ben’s novel, _The Unravelling_, made the Otherwise Award honor list. We’ll be seeing Annalee again soon, because they’ll be in Chicago at Women & Children First Bookstore on June 26th — I’ll be interviewing Annalee (and Ben will be visiting me as we’re teaching Clarion online that week). Details
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Wiscon lets you add stickers with your pronouns to your name badge. Although I generally would say I’m cisgender, the truth of the matter is that I don’t feel particularly attached to any gender. And I definitely have no preference in the matter of pronouns; whatever you want to use for me is fine with
After dinner on Saturday, Susan, Alex, and I ended up sitting at the capitol for a while, talking about our lives. One of the best parts of WisCon for me is spending time with old friends; it’s a good check-in. People who have known you 20-30 years have a different angle of vision than local
Dinner with friends at Tavernakaya – Madison — my poke bowl was delicious, but I was a little startled by the size of the sake that I ordered. After investigation, it seems like this is a type of sake that’s made with more water than what I’m used to seeing? So it’s still the same
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I think it was Saturday morning at WisCon when Alex and Dan and I terraformed Mars. As one does.
WisCon: a meal with friends at Short Stack — my pulled pork with cheesy grits was DELICIOUS, if also huge. You may want to split entrees with a friend here, as all the portions are Midwestern large. I was a little jealous I hadn’t ordered E.J.’s root beer float. Next time. Note that Benjamin is
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I spent a little time watching Benjamin Rosenbaum and Dan Percival play Ben and his son Noah’s home-made She-Ra game (which Kavi played with Ben last time he was visiting). Very fun game, but it is, of course, only for very strictly limited play with Ben in person at the moment, since it’s not authorized.
Dan kindly brought me back chocolate cake from the dinner my friends went to after the GOH speeches at WisCon, so I wasn’t TOO deprived by having to do a school board meeting that evening.
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A highlight of WisCon for me was getting to spend time with baby Ezra, child of one of my former Clarion students. I pretty much swooped him up and ran away with him. I need more friends with babies in my life. Ideally friends who don’t mind if I nibble on their baby’s toes…
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