Fanworks, Marvel Trumps Hate, Yuletide, Me vs The Fridge, Escapade

[tangeriner]

Time for a real update!

I realize fanworks was a month ago, but I would like to state for the records it was amazing, and I had a great time! The hotel was fabulous (hot tub!), and the programming was excellent. I think I am finally loosening up enough to actually speak to other people?

The only low point of the whole weekend was when I (temporarily) lost my passport during the trip home. Mercifully, it was found and returned to me before the plan took off, and even more mercifully, I lost it on the layover in Toronto, which meant I was at least back in my own country. I was my typical stoic self until the very kind flight attendant was all, "missing something?" And then I did that thing where big globby tears silently rolled down my cheeks.

So, yes, heads up to everyone: do not do that. Very stressful. Do not recommend.

But I def recommend fanworks! It was a blast!

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Marvel Trumps Hate is running again this year. I have already signed up with two offers: one ricstar, one Warren/Bobby. It was a good experience last year.

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yuletide is gearing up again! I have a notepad file open on my desktop, in an attempt to remember everything I want to nominate. This years noms are excessivly tiny.

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Instead of doing anything fun last night, I watched my (terrible) hockey teams lose to my second most hated nemesis team while I scrubbed my refrigerator from top to bottom. There is a smell. I do not like it. I am attempting to exorcise it. I'm hoping the deep clean helped. We shall see.

Last year, when I deep-cleaned the fridge at roughly the same point in the year, I dropped a very expensive glass shelf and broke it in spectacular fashion. This year, I am happy to report, I did not drop anything, and the fridge and I both made it through in one piece.

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Finally, I bought my plane ticket for escapade_con because it was the cheapest I had ever seen it. The usual five am departure, but I go through Montreal both ways. I also splurged and got covered parking for my car, because I did not want to get stuck in the snow at three am like last year trying to park outdoors. Winter is coming. I am not mentally prepared.

Comments

[umadoshi]

I'm glad the con was so good! And thank goodness for getting your passport back.

[tangeriner]

So relieved! Still! Thankfully, I had my driver's license, and could get on the plane home, but oh, that was going to be a very expensive lesson. ^^;;;