Martian Con Machines

[mikailborg]

I had every intention of heading over to the MarsCon Badge Assembly Party last night, but the world caught up with me and I ended up insensate on the couch for most of the evening, with both knees screaming of inflammation. It was something like a milder version of the saying "A sucking chest wound is life's way of telling you to slow down a bit."

If I don't take it a bit easy this week, there will be little point in going at all; MarsCon is not the sort of SF convention where one wants to hit their energy limits at 9:30pm. I'm still kind of annoyed with myself for conking out at 1:30 at New Year's.

Happily, I found geckoman and big_danny_t at the concert on Sunday, and learned that Gecko is chairing next year. He has some great plans for the con - I hope that even a few of them work out.

In unrelated trivia, I heard this morning about a funeral parlour which is making plans to warm the building with the waste heat produced by the crematorium. I was immediately reminded of the Fremen of Dune, who are driven to such severe water-conservation necessities that they extract the water from their dead to return to the public supply. I can't seem to decide whether the parlour's plan is logical or nauseating. (I suppose neither reaction is exclusive.)

Comments

[raininva.livejournal.com]

Okay... question to you... have I met big danny t?

He commented on a post I made in the Hampton Roads journal that it was amazing we had so many of the same friends and have never met.

He mentioned the Hellboy costume he wore to MarsCon... which I remember... but since it was a decent amount of make up I can't remember what the person under it looked like completely and its bugging me trying to figure out if I have actually met him at any point.

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

I think we have both seen him at MarsCon, and you and I and he do all know a lot of the same crowd, but I think that Sunday night was the first time I've had a real conversation with him.

[meiran.livejournal.com]

Hey, I dropped you an email to the email you have listed on your info page, but if that's not the right one to contact you, what is? It's kind of OMGIMPORTANTSRSBZNS...