measi's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- post non-con weekend musings... It felt so weird not attending Arisia this year. From what I've read on my livejournal friends page... it was a good con. People had fun. It was wild and crazy as always. *sigh* oh well, there's always next year. Erich and I chatted via email today about our ever-evolving con plans for the year, and we've decided to skip Boskone as well next month (since George R.R. Martin was the main draw for that one) and go to WorldCon over Labor Day weekend-- which will be huge and overwhelming... and have both Martin AND Terry Prachett scheduled to attend. After all, Arisia and Boskone are every year in the area. WorldCon will be in Scotland next year, and who knows where after that... I think Japan's up for the bid for 2007. So it's the "not to miss" this year since it's a special event. Regardless, I felt some pangs of "I wish I were there" off and on all weekend. But it turned out to be a productive weekend at home that I'm rather proud of. Lots of laundry, organization, cleaning, etc. done this weekend. Our apartment is starting to look much less like a pit, and more like an apartment. We wrestled an antique dresser out of storage for Erich, and swapped out his current one so Jason could finally have dresser in his room. And I battled a good chunk of the penpalling pit in the corner... so I feel good. We watched the Patriots game on Sunday and celebrated the fact that we get to have a hometown Superbowl party in two weeks. Whether we'll host one or just go somewhere is still a mystery. The drive up Mass. Ave two years ago still gets mentioned from time to time. It was an outpouring of pure joy and celebration that you rarely see in Boston. Somewhere in my apartment are a mess of photographs of the parade... So while the rest of the country could probably care less, football fever continues to build here in Patriot Nation. I'm sure Carolina's thankful that they don't have to play the game up here, where it could be hellishly cold... again. Meanwhile the Jeep is running well-- thankfully. Here's hoping that the last batch of fixes have solved all of the issues and will last for a while-- at least until my next oil change in about 2,500 miles... please? maybe? 2:45 p.m. - 20 January 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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