Heading Home From DemiCon

[filkertom]

I didn't get to Felix & Oscar's Pizza on Saturday, because I got up to the hotel room and realized I wanted to fall over. But Eric brought some pizza back for me. Mmmmmmm, garlic.

Sunday, I hung out for a few hours, singing songs and selling CDs and just chewin' the fat with folks. Very nice. (And there will be quite a bit of good pimpage come Thursday.)

Many, many thanks to the con-com for helping me get out there, and to all the nice people, particularly ericcoleman, exapno, ann_totusek, and lukeski. Nice little con, I had a great time, and I could definitely come back here.

Leaving, though, turned into a bit of a hassle. I already had a headache at the point when my cheapass Motorola phone literally fell apart in my hands. I ended up stopping at the Wal*Mart in Iowa City to get a GoPhone (I'd spoken to AT&T just Thursday about my phone replacement options, and one of 'em was getting a GoPhone and putting my SID card into it -- instant still-my-number phone). And the traffic was weird, not overly busy but still too damn many people tailgating me really close so I would know they felt I wasn't breaking the law to their satisfaction.

And so here I am at a Motel 6 in Yorkville, IL. Very pretty lady at the desk, nice sensahuma and all that. And in an hour or so, I'll drag myself onto the road and get home. I have projects to finish, a radio interview(!) tomorrow morning, and a 307 Ale to finish mixing. ;) If, by chance you still want to send me a track for that, it got delayed, obviously, and this week would really be the time. It WILL go live next Thursday, in time for MarCon, possibly with one or two other surprises.

What's your week look like?

Comments

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

My week will contain lots more job searching.
On a happy note, it looks like I *will* make it to Marcon, which will be good. I need some relax time during which I am not constantly looking for a job.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

Good luck on the job hunt. Be confident. Smile. Take notes. Be flexible. Learn about the company beforehand. And if you can make them laugh a little, all the better.

This is what helped me get 2 jobs and I hope they help you.

[ericcoleman]

I'm sitting here at work trying to stay awake. I'm going to rearrange the studio this week so it is more suited to rehearsing with three instruments. Other than that, rest and time with the WSPA.

[j-e-richards.livejournal.com]

Fiendishly busy week with Miami Cty Master Gardeners...Speech at a local grange tonight, tomorrow: Fair Booth Planning committee (at Marcon..ask me about "The Small Mammals Queen", Monthly MG meeting, and then a meeting for our Garden Tour in June. Wednesday visit my cousin's wife who had a knee replacement, Thursday take a friend to her eye Dr as she's starting a new series of exercises and isn't sure if they'll make her quesy or not (if not..lunch at the Fish restaurant!!!...if they do, driving home slowly over none twisty streets) A lot of the time, it seems that I'm busier than when I was working. Retirement ain't for sissies..

Elaine

PS MFP and I are working on the Listener's Choice concert at Marcon..Tom, we need your input, pleeze?

[wingus.livejournal.com]

Yay, can't wait to hear the new mix. :D

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

One of these days we have to get you out to the University of Maryland College Park campus, sit you next to the Jim and Kermit statue, and play "A Boy and his Frog."

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, hey. I'm supposed to get out to ConTata at last next year....

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I think it'll be good to get video of a performance next to this: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30075434

[alverant.livejournal.com]

Second week of new job. So far so good. We're doing a major conference right before DucKon. That's good because once it's over I may be able to get out a little early on Con day and have fun sooner.

Over the weekend my group in City of Heroes helped me past a some difficult missions so now I can get back to saving the world with gusto.

Here's a weird twist of fate, I bought a saganth's filk CD a while ago and recently he moved to my area. I met him in person at the last DuPage SF party. I returned the favor by giving him my spare Puzzlebox CD. You know, I never met a person in the flesh who I first met over a blog.

[hms42]

a radio interview(!) tomorrow morning,

How did the radio interview go?