Worldcon update

The Fanzine Lounge has been the last party standing every night so far, at least of the public parties. Last night, despite the fact that we were out of beer shortly after midnight, asfi didn't get rid of the last of us until six in the morning. At that point Sharee, Tobes, daveon and I went outside so that half of us could suck a fag, then I decided it was time to sleep. The other three headed off in search of food, and I was told by Sharee when she came in later that they found gerisullivan, who gave them food, cider, and some bananas to bring back to me. Bless you, Geri! I've actually been getting leg cramps because I haven't been eating my daily banana.

I've made some new friends, too, as you do at a Worldcon. johnnyeponymous has been an enabler on that front. How have I gone this long in West Coast fandom without getting to know Andy and Kevin before? One of the other great lines of the convention was on the group outing to Au Pied de Cochon on Thursday, when Andy and Kevin both ordered a Tremblay ale. "Isn't that your last name?" I asked Andy. "Yes, I'm drinking my husband," said Kevin proudly. Ahem. And it's actually Trembley. Kevin is exactly four days older than I. Anyway, those two are good value, and they promise me I will meet more cool Bay Area fans when Chris hosts Corflu in San Jose in 2011.

Yeah, well, shit, as usual there has been a tidal wave of events. I will leave this with the note that when I finally made it to the fan art display that John Hertz set up in the art show, I discovered the Shiffman icon I'm using here hanging on the wall. I've had at least four great conversations with John so far, too.

Everybody is talking about going to Australia for the Worldcon next year. If we can all make it, we could have ourselves another hell of a time.

Okay, back to the tsunami.