Off to Duckon

[filkertom]

Great buncha folks, fun con. I'm gonna be moving a little slow at the junction -- my ankle has been giving me trouble for a few days, and I'm shambling -- but there are so many friends there, including a couple (like Moonwolf, Murray, Lee, and Frank) just don't see too often. If you're in the vicinity, come on down -- the music'll be great.

What all are you doing this weekend?

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[wormquartet.livejournal.com]

Rockin' Ithaca tonight, doing house-related things with the wife this weekend.

Sorry I couldn't make it to Duckon this year...hope it rocks.

Hurry up and fix your ankle. Tom Smith must PRANCE!

-=ShoEboX=-

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

It is my sincere hope that [a] Ithaca is properly, or improperly, rocked, [b] "house-related things with the wife" are entertaining, productive, or at least easy to clean up after, [c] you can make it to Duck next year, and [d] I am properly prancing by the end of the weekend. I'll send you video and everything.

(What I've really got to do is lose all this stupid weight, enough so that I can get back into a Frank N. Furter costume. Then you muthafukkas'll see some prancing.)

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

filkertom prancing...

MY EYES! AAARGH!

;P

[hms42]

I thought you played Rocky, not Frank...

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Before that, I played Frank. Mom destroyed two costumes and thought I was turning gay. I tried to explain to her that I was meeting more women than I ever imagined possible.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

I figured you would be Eddie, not Frankie. This is actually a scary image I now have in my mind.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, sure, now....

Prancing

[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

You'll have a hard time beating John Huff of Clam Chowder at Darkover last year. The Clams promised the crowd "Sweet Transvesite" if they donated $5000 the Children's Hospital in DC. They delivered, and so did poor John.

Even sweeter, a Clam spouse's office's donation matching program *doubled* the result.

Re: Prancing

[hms42]

Actually, the number was $10,000 for Sweet Transvestite. 2005 they raised over $5000. I don't think them or he expected that number to be reached.

Considering they raise the money to get the Clams to perform Bend Over Greek Sailor, its fun. (Its also one of the charitys I recommend a donation to.)

Harold S.

Re: Prancing

[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

Actually, the number was $10,000 for Sweet Transvestite.

What I said. The total was $5000 and change, which was *doubled* by the employer's matching donation.

Re: Prancing

[hms42]

What I understand it was $10k BEFORE the doubling, not after. I spoke to a filk dealer from the con who told me the numbers.

Harold

Re: Prancing

[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

No, that's wrong. I was there.

$5000 was impressive enough, considering that there were <300 people at the con.

Re: Prancing

[hms42]

Per Kathy Sands, it was $10k in 2006, 5k in 2005.

Harold

[elektra-h.livejournal.com]

Duckon a bit out of reach, but we'll try and make it to Castaways tonight . . .

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

I'll be at Duckon.

[ericcoleman]

I'm going to Fry's to find a stereo VCR ... Fry's is in the western suburbs of Chicago ... I haven't made up my mind about the rest yet ... I heard there was something going on in Naperville though ...

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

My foster-daughter's wedding is tomorrow, and I'm performing the ceremony. Wheeee!!!!!

Have a wonderful time. If only I could be two places at once. Duckon next year. :)

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

This weekend...

Tonite... Phila SF Society meeting.

Tomorrow... Philcon Committee meeting.

Sunday... Laundry, groceries, and alone time wif da missus. And maybe a nice birthday dinner.

Yep, I just live the life of Riley, don't I?

Duckon

[moquif.livejournal.com]

I'll be at Duckcon too. This is my first year of being a gopher and I'm leaving soon to help out. See you there!

[sdelmonte]

Might finally get to see Spidey 3. Remember when movies ran for months in the same theater? Now you're lucky if they run for more than two weeks.

If we can't find a timely screening, we will see Pirates again, since that is still in its window of play.

[poltr1]

Not sure yet. One possibility is seeing Mother Grove at the Dublin Pub on Saturday night.

[jonnorthwood.livejournal.com]

Bowling, cleaning the apartment, laundry, writing. The usual.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

Tonight, dinner and theatre. Today's our anniversary, so Sharon and I have reservations at the West End Grill in Ann Arbor. It's supposed to be one of the best in town, and we've never been. Then we have tickets to the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre production of "Hair".

My flight to Beijing leaves at 2:30 PM Saturday. Hopefully, I'll have time to file a post or two while I'm there. Back on the 23rd.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Good lord, I'd forgotten. Happy Anniversary, Mark and Sharon!!!

[tandw.livejournal.com]

I'll be at DucKon, too.

[hms42]

Weekend plans...

My sister's birthday tomorrow...

Sunday - Clean the room finally, design cover for a CD that has the audio done for months, just needs cover designed and permissions to be paid for. (If I ever do another CD for that artist, they are going to be told TRADITIONAL TUNES ONLY. Otherwise, compilation albums only.)

At least I have the computer repair projects off of the desk.

Harold

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

I will be at Duck, feeling frustrated that I don't have the three independent bodies that it would take to get to most of the con.

[it-aint-easy.livejournal.com]

Wow, Petticoat Junction reference. Good luck with that, Uncle Joe. I'd love to try out Duckon some year.

Me, I'll be taking care of the boys tomorrow (probably including another D&D session) while Beck gets some time off and away from home. Then Sunday's my turn: role-playing with (other) friends in Sacramento. Busy but fun.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I miss DuckCon.

But why didn't any of the cool people on my friends list ever go there while I was living in Chicago?

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Family weekend. The parents, and a grandmother, are driving down from New York tomorrow for a weekend with their eldest scion. Dinner scheduled for tomorrow night with the local branch (grandmother's extended family lives around here, and she hasn't seen them for a long time).

Tonight, gaming, of the board variety.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Saturday kshandra and I have the Baycon staff BBQ and possibly a party.

I will spend the majority of the weekend either:

a. Getting ready to return to work after four weeks of dealing with this damn potassium issue, or

b. Spend the weekend thinking up inventive curses and tortures for my bloody wishy-washy doctor who never answers his emails.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

Plans are to do some MUCH needed cleaning around the condo. Which means my parents will call and demand I drop what I am doing and go over to their house to do work around there that they should be paying someone to do for them. Like they did the last 3 weekends. They have no understanding of the statement "I have other plans that I made weeks ago!", they feel because they are both no longer in perfect health that my weekends should be spent playing slave to them. And they wonder why my other two brothers are moving out of this area and I serious considered doing the same last year while I was unemployed and looking for a new place to work.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Packing, of course...

Hope your ankle's OK - please take care of yourself!

Hi, Tom!

[old-fortissimo.livejournal.com]

*waving at Tom, which is about all I actually did get to do vis-a-vis Tom at DucKon. For those interested, his concert went off very well.*