as Snow Patrol's "We Can Run Away Now They're All" plays on Shuffle

[hermionesviolin]

Talking with Joe...

me: people keep asking when I'm going to take some vacation time and go away some where and I don't really have any ideas on that front at all.
him: haha
him: you should, though
him: vacations are good

In our conversation, I mentioned how everyone I know is working so even my usual plan of visiting people doesn't so much work.  It occurred to me that if I'd known there'd be all this pressure to take vacation time (and go away somewhere to boot) I should have made plans to go to writercon [I have difficulty self-identifying as a writer, so it barely even registered on my radar, being something that people who actually write seriously would go to -- plus, not like I know any of the actual writers in any of my fandoms ... but now I know that at least I'd get to meet lunabee34].

Comments

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I think that the panels will be fun, but the main attraction for me is getting to meet people. That's really the deal maker for me. Especially since some of my UK friends are coming and I didn't think I'd meet them, well, ever. So that's really cool.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not sure I know anyone who's going besides you -- though I supppose I could just glom onto you and get to know your friends.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes. Glom away. :)

And though you may not have really talked with anyone much besides me, I think you'll recognize a lot of the names of attendees from reading their fic or meta. Lots of BNFs gonna be there.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it sounds like musesfool is going, which I totally hadn't realized (see, I'm so out of the loop on this) and certainly I expect to recognize a lot of names -- which admittedly could be pretty cool, both in and of itself and because I suspect a lot of them would be great panel participants.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this would be the comment I need to retract (http://hermionesviolin.livejournal.com/732320.html?thread=2425760#t2425760).

::wavy hands::