For several months my grandmother has talked about the women who live in the treehouse in the back yard, how they will invite her to dine with them each morning, how they swing on vines like Tarzan, how they have sleds on ropes to go from tree to tree to tree. It took me aContinue reading “On My Grandmother's Perceptions”
Monthly Archives: July 2006
On Evaluating the Week
Today I feel mildly awake. It’s been quite a long week. Shore Leave over the weekend, inventory prep at the store–convention, lengthy drive, twelve-plus hour days at work. Suffice to say yesterday I was exhausted and unable to move, and not just from the seventeen hour shift I pulled on Wednesday due to performing theContinue reading “On Evaluating the Week”
On Thursday
I look on my friends' list, and what do I see? Thursday wailing and bemoaning. It's Thursday?!? How do this happen? Surely it's only Wednesday…. But no, it's not. I check the calendar, it really is Thursday. Sigh. Twelve hour shift on Monday. Twelve hour shift on Tuesday. And a seventeen hour shift Wednesday, endingContinue reading “On Thursday”
On Hives
I should have known better. At the Hunt Valley Marriott bar Friday night food wasn't available, so many of us in the corner of the bar snacked on Chex Mix. It must've had cashews in it. My arms have broken out in hives. Oh, I'm miserable. I should have known better.
On Shore Leave, A Quick Afterthought
Back from Shore Leave. I decided against staying until the bitter end. Frankly, I was tired, and I thought I needed sleep more than I needed to stay through to Mystery Trekkie Theatre. But we’ll cover that later, perhaps tomorrow. For the time being, I want to talk about the Dealer’s Room. Specifically, bootleg DVDContinue reading “On Shore Leave, A Quick Afterthought”
On Shore Leave 2006, Day Three
Have I ever mentioned how much I like the buffet breakfast at the Hunt Valley Marriott? I haven’t? Well, I do. 😉 What’s on tap for today? Well, that’s just it–the morning’s looking rather dull and lifeless, and the things I want to see and do aren’t until late in the day. Shore Leave hasContinue reading “On Shore Leave 2006, Day Three”
On Shore Leave 2006, Day Two
Ah, the second day of Shore Leave. Today looks to be exciting and jam-packed. The panel I’m most anticipating today is at eleven–“The Original USS Enterprise, the early American Navy, and the Life of Horatio Hornblower.” I don’t know what this is, but I know that, just from the panel’s topic alone, I’ll be gluedContinue reading “On Shore Leave 2006, Day Two”
On the Road
Today begins Shore Leave, a science-fiction convention I attend every July just north of Baltimore. And so, I am on the road, from Raleigh to Baltimore. It’s a long, lonely road, enlivened by the craziness of the Washington mixing bowl, the hecticness of the traffic on I-95 from Fredericksburg north. Fun, fun times. Tonight’s programmingContinue reading “On the Road”
On Getting Ready
Tomorrow begins Shore Leave, the Star Trek/media-SF convention I attend in Baltimore every July. I haven’t packed yet. Today I work until six, then I need to come home, pack a bag, and get some sleep. A little time, a little rest, will do me good. I should clean out the Beetle. Yes, that wouldContinue reading “On Getting Ready”
On Ten Pop Culture Questions
Stolen from Keith and Lisa, who stole it from Drew: 1) Wonder Woman or Xena? Wonder Woman. 2) John Strange or Carl Kolchak? Carl Kolchak. 3) 9th Doctor (Eccleston) or 10th Doctor (Tennant)? Eccleston. Tennant is more traditionally Doctor-ish, which makes Eccleston's performance look all the more impressive because he wasn't traditionally Doctor-ish. 4) JulyContinue reading “On Ten Pop Culture Questions”