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katallison) wrote2009-02-28 09:22 pm
katallison) wrote2009-02-28 09:22 pm
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So I'd pretty much decided that this year I'd give VividCon a bye. Money issues, partly; while it appears likely that I will be keeping my job, it also appears absolutely certain that my already-feeble income will be going down (furloughs are in the offing...). But also partly a feeling of disconnect from the fannish mainstream, and like I don't deserve to be taking up a space that could go to someone more actively engaged.
But then today I started thinking about all the people that I really only see at VVC, how much they really do mean to me, disconnect be damned, and how stupid it would be to miss this chance to see them; I examined the old bank account, lips pursed; I cancelled my gym membership, which is something I'd been thinking about doing anyway, since I can work out at home pretty much just as well with the kettlebell and the yoga tapes; and then at 9 p.m., I hit "Refresh" frenziedly a few times, and then typed in my reg info at top speed, momentarily forgetting my goddamned APARTMENT number, but then recovering.
I may be driving out instead of flying, and car-camping along the way (which, truth to tell, actually sounds like a bit of fun *g* and if fuloughs come down the way they might, I will for damn sure have the TIME); if worst comes to worst, I may have to cancel. But I appear to be registered, YAY, and with luck I will see various beloved folks out there, and some cool vids as well.
But then today I started thinking about all the people that I really only see at VVC, how much they really do mean to me, disconnect be damned, and how stupid it would be to miss this chance to see them; I examined the old bank account, lips pursed; I cancelled my gym membership, which is something I'd been thinking about doing anyway, since I can work out at home pretty much just as well with the kettlebell and the yoga tapes; and then at 9 p.m., I hit "Refresh" frenziedly a few times, and then typed in my reg info at top speed, momentarily forgetting my goddamned APARTMENT number, but then recovering.
I may be driving out instead of flying, and car-camping along the way (which, truth to tell, actually sounds like a bit of fun *g* and if fuloughs come down the way they might, I will for damn sure have the TIME); if worst comes to worst, I may have to cancel. But I appear to be registered, YAY, and with luck I will see various beloved folks out there, and some cool vids as well.
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Do you want to room with me? Just the two of us?
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We will talk quietly but with great animation and go to bed at a reasonable hour. (:
Bring earplugs. I snore like a buzzsaw these days.
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Kat, I'm so glad you're coming; I could think of a dozen reasons you might not, but very much hoped you would. (I'll bring tomatoes!)
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I am very very glad to be coming after all, and if I end up doing a drive out (which is entirely possible given that one entirely possible option is that my entire campus will be closed from mid-July to mid-August, and hence I would be, as theatre folks say *at liberty*) I might route myself through Minnesota, and maybe we could drive down together.
Wheeee!!
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::Zen makes grabby hands at Kat::
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*snuggles Zen with great glompy snugglishness*
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I'm not as actively engaged as some people and feel absolutely no guilt whatsoever about taking up space. Mine!
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aw, honey
I'm glad you're going to VVC!