As you’re reading this, I’m not here. I am still here (of course) as I write it on the 18th of August. I have packed and I think this time I haven’t forgotten anything. (In the past I’ve managed to fly without, in order of direness: glasses, nightshirt, clean underwear, makeup and jewelry. Not all of those at the same time, but one per trip.)
I debated taking a laptop with me, but given how short our trip is (we’re only there two full days: Friday and Saturday and back again very early in the morning on Sunday) and that we’re flying only with carry-on (yes, we do learn) a laptop becomes cumbersome. I’m taking a notebook, (no, the paper kind) and have downloaded the stuff I need to read for the next book.
So, you’ll have to make do without me until late on Sunday, when I’ll post something to tell you I landed back safely.
If you’re at World con come to the Prometheus Award ceremony on Friday at one. I can’t promise the speech will be worth listening to (I’m still working on it. It’s on the idea that the future is free [with the purchase of another future!]) but I’m wearing a decolete black dress with a slit skirt. (I couldn’t find the black and silver. Sigh.) And I have truly wonderful black lace stockings. I’ll be sure to flash them. (What do you mean vapid? I aspire to vapid, most of the time.) So, there’s that at least.
I’ll report back on Sunday evening.
According To Hoyt 
Have fun, look great, and take notes on the most interesting things you see and hear.
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You still write on tree corpses? How atavistic! Fortunately, yours is a dying breed as modern youth are learning to keyboard rather than drag graphite across dead tree. Sing Hey! to the glorious future!
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Er… my experience with modern youth is, they’d rather text “Hey!” to glorious_future. And they’re all too likely to misspell it in the process.
“Hay, Glo_Fut! WU? LOL!”
I wouldn’t be surprised if a large proportion of those in the college-age population instinctively try to type with their thumbs when presented with a keyboard.
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So, let’s see if you make it to the con in time for the award ceremonies or if the airline has other ideas. ;)
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I prefer spiral notebooks to legal pads. ;) Hope your hand writing is easier to decipher than mine! And that the usual effect “I’m away from the computer, therefor I have all these brilliant ideas that I must write right now!” strikes.
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