Writercon 2006

[lunabee34]

Con Report the First: Concerning People I Met




suki_blue and kitty_poker1 were the first people we met. I was leaving the restroom, and Kitty recognized me as they were coming in. They are both absolutely lovely people, with darling accents. I had never spoken with their friends Vic and Ali on lj before, but they were also lots of fun. trekgirl55 and I ended up spending most of our time with hermionesviolin (who is as awesome and amazing as lj correspondence led me to believe) and fractal_bat and fiareynne. I had never met Ms. Brat (as I inadvertently misnamed her) and Fia before online, but they were loads of fun. lwbush, a Georgia native, was also incredibly sweet and cut a rug out on the dance floor at the cocktail party. I also met margarks, who has a beautiful smile and the sweetest giggle. I had the immense pleasure of meeting mosca, a writer I have long fangirled who turned out to be as gorgeous and wonderful in person as I’d imagined. ponders_life has the greatest hair! I’ll never forget her rocking out to the Cure on the dance floor. shadowscast is a doll; she looks so young. soundingsea is made of awesome—she made the tastiest caramels ever and gave everybody stickers to decorate their badges with. I did an interview with yourlibrarian for her dissertation work, and in a bit of its-a-small-world, she used to live in Hattiesburg and worked at the same uni library where I worked and ended up knowing my mother. dancetomato and essene were both sweet as hell and their love is so pure…well, you know. :) itsabigrock—I dunno if I can articulate here how fun and funny and uplifting and pervy this woman is here, so I’ll forgo. crazydiamondsue is precious, bless her heart. She’s funny as hell and I didn’t get to spend nearly enough time with her. Or stoney321 who is even more hilarious in person than in her journal (as well as being really articulate and a great panel moderator). After the showing of my movie (which was a huge success!), people I didn’t know randomly complimented me on it, as did hurry_sundown on the elevator. femmenerd is a stunning redhead and a brilliant writer who made my heart sing when she said, “There’s that girl with the pretty accent.” I also met nitkitangel, who is beautiful and incredibly friendly and who channels Faith so well it’s almost scary. I also very much enjoyed the kisses kiss I got on the cheek from yin_again, another flister I wish I’d been able to spend more time with. I’ll also never forget luvxander dressed in drag and dancing his heart out at the cocktail party. Finally, brandil is made of utter hotness and sexiness and twiny, writhy goodness when she dances.

I also got to meet redteufel, who is one of trekgirl’s old friends who now live in Atlanta. He took us out for a night in the gay part of town. We had dinner at Gilbert's and then went for drinks at Woof's. I had an absolutely brilliant time; Andy is dropdead gorgeous and funny and a total nerd like the rest of us. It was a really nice way to end the trip. Plus, gay bars are made of yay. I miss going to the gay bar in Hattiesburg; Oxford has no gay bars.

Overheard:

spuffyduds at the Badfic panel: “In the future, where we live, people have forgotten how to masturbate with their fingers.”

crazydiamondsue outside the elevator: “I had a dream where I could breed my own master race of people, so I took lunabee34 and brandil and made a race of hot, dancey women.”



Forthcoming:

1. Phone post in which I read my Joy Behar watches Star Jones Reynolds and Barbara Walters get it on drabble
2. Vampire physiology
3. Breaking writer’s block
4. Magic and science in the Jossverse