Post-Arisia Post I

[gnomi]

Back from Arisia; back in the office. I'm a very sleeeeeeeepy gnomi, but the con was most excellent. Some brief points; I'll post a longer con wrapup when I've acquired additional working brain cells.

1. It was wonderful to see everyone I saw this weekend. Hugs, virtual or real, to all of you.

2. My panels went well. I got many compliments on the one on Sapir-Whorf (which I moderated). They put the panel in a small room (which, given that it was a somewhat obscure topic for an SF convention and on Friday at 6 PM, made sense) and the room was overflowing. Other panels also went well. More on all this later.

3. I was touched and amazed by the number of people who showed up to wish me well on my (upcoming) birthday. Many, many people all in one place; lots of people from different segments of my life got to meet each other and intermingle. Only one item got left behind. Many generous people gave me gifts; I shall be writing thank-you notes this week.

4. One gift was wrapped and contained no card. I have no clue who gave me the lovely book, and I therefore cannot properly thank them. So if you gave me, or know who gave me, ReMemory: The Art of Bill Koeb, please do let me know.

5. Party finally broke up at about 1:15 AM, and we then cleaned up and fell into bed at about 2. Got up at 8:30 to bring stuff back home before mabfan's noon panel on Sunday. Lack of sleep means lack of brain. After more sleep, there will be more brain. And then there will be a more coherent post.

Comments

[bitty.livejournal.com]

Hey, happy birthday, even if I wasn't at Arisia ;)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

It was good to see you both, even if we weren't able to make the party. :(

*sends many good birthday wishes and hugs*

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It was great to see you both, as well. And I completely understand "fall-over-go-boom" after a late panel.

And thanks for the birthday wishes and virtual hugs!

*hugs back*

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!!

Post-party but pre-birthday :).

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks!

[fizzixrat.livejournal.com]

I've heard good thirdhand reviews of the party. :) Maybe, one of these days, years down the pike, I could actually sneak away to Boston this time of year and witness for myself.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

That would be most excellent. We try to do an Arisia birthday thing every year (this year was just more elaborate than most years).

ReMemory

[buxom-bey.livejournal.com]

That would be from Jon and I. Sorry about the shoddy wrapping. Jon had it with him returning from a business trip in Atlanta and Homeland Security was not kind.

I'm very happy you like it.

Re: ReMemory

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Completely understandable. Wrapping paper tends to confuse people who don't have X-ray vision.

The book is gorgeous.

[ckd]

The party ran that long? Wow. Now I feel like I left way early! (grin)

Oh, and happy birthday!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Past experience told us it would be unlikely if everyone was gone before 1, and we were correct.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Sorry I had to run out on the party... if I'd realized you were there so late, I would have come back (I thought 12:30 would be too late). Oh well. At least I got to give you your present! :-)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I knew you had a meeting, so no worries. And Solomon took photos of me opening the card and gift (which looks wonderfully complicated; I look forward to getting a chance to take a stab at it), so I'll give you copies when I get the film developed.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Very glad you liked it! It seemed to be calling for you... :-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Yay! Happy birthday!
Many many hippos!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I am quite fond of hippos, actually. And many, many of them would be quite fun. Though they'd take up quite a bit of space. :-)

[moria923.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the Sapir-Whorf panel.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad. I thought it was a fun and interesting panel, but I never know if what the panelists think of a panel translates to what the audience thought.