I’m trying to find a new and better way to write up my trip. I wrote a blog post detailing the first leg of the journey — from Seoul to San Francisco, through Denver, Wyoming, Portland, and Seattle, until my departure to New York City. But I don’t think it’s very interesting, and I’m against posting boring crap online. There’s so much of it already, even on this blog. So it’s going to be a slower catchup, I think, as I work out how to say in an interesting way what these places and the people I saw in them …
Tag: TRAVELS
Back!
One of the great tragedies of the film version of The Lord of the Rings, in my opinion, is the fact that the ending was left out. You know, the part where the story seems over, the world is saved, the journey finished, and then the characters get home and have a big mess to sort out there? That always seemed to subvert expectations in a way I respected, and seemed also to reflect the messiness of real life in a way that makes more sense than the kind of “one great act saves the day everywhere” kind of stuff …
At the Airport
Here I am at another airport, sitting in yet another coffee shop, waiting for yet another flight. It’s been a long summer and I haven’t posted much at all — haven’t had the time, though tons has been going on. Hope to be updating and logging some of my adventures soon, but for now, I have one more leg in what has turned out, in many ways, to be an all-out Odyssey. So, yes, as they so often say, more soon!
Travel and WorldCon Update
This is just a small update to note that I’m doing very well. Yes, I failed to win the Campbell Award, but I was happy to congratulate David Anthony Durham in person (and tease him about his, er, tiara). The WorldCon was a blast, and my trip leading up to it has also been. A BLAST. I’m off to Toronto tomorrow, and I’ll write more about the trip on the train assuming I’ll be able to get wifi enroute, which is what Via Rail claims. (Dangerous, since I have some other writing I need to get done!) So, more update …
WorldCon Schedule
It seems people are posting their WorldCon schedules, so I’m going to post mine too, in case anyone wants to run into me or something… When: Thu 21:00 Location: P-511BE Title: East Meets West Session ID: 255 All Participants: Chandra Rooney, Derwin Mak, Gord Sellar, June M. Madeley, Feòrag NicBhrìde, Lila Garrott-Wejksnora, Hiroaki Inoue Moderator: Derwin Mak Description: Western fandom for manga and anime continues to grow. Are we now seeing western examples influenced by the East? Are they any good or just copies? Duration: 1:00 hrs:min Language: English Track: Media AV/Internet request: None When: Fri 15:30 Location: P-511D Title: …
Launch Pad Last Day
It’s the last day of Launch Pad, so I’m playing catch-up. This is not all the media that will be coming from it, just some of it. More will be coming, especially photographs. But for now, here are some videos shot by novelist and videographer Stacey Cochran. The first one is before the cut, and a bunch more are in the extended post: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/eF3QE6YEeXc” width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /]
Launch Pad Vids
Having a great time here at the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop in Laramie, Wyoming. Wish you were here? Well, some of the lectures are being posted online. Here are a couple of yesterday’s, courtesy of Stacey Cochran: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/rfKmfWYwzLo” width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/jD0g0vbX3VE” width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] And here are some useful links to useful resources, including the slides for a number of Mike Brotherton’s lectures.
Coordination…
It helps, when making big trips to see many people, to coordinate stuff. This week’s visiting is somewhat uncoordinated, and that means people are all scrambling and I’m getting double-booked and stuff. If I haven’t emailed you back yet, it’s because I was responding to an even more dire backlog of email. I should have a couple of days of quiet soon, when I get to Boulder, so I’ll get back to a lot of people then. As for now? Been hanging out with Ben in San Francisco. This is the guy:
San Franxaustion
Am in San Francisco. Ready to drop. A crisis with a friend prevented me getting much done over the weekend… like, booking a room, or getting friends’ phone numbers, or any other preparations I wanted to get done. But I’m here, and after a nap I should be good to go.
In Jeju
That’s a touristy island in South Korea. So I’m not responding to comments much for a reasons. Having fun, even if it is raining like nobody’s business. Should clear up tomorrow, and in the meantime, I got some necessary work done. Two stories down, a few more to go. If I’m slow replying to emails, you know why. Feel free to call me if you like.